greg fischer is here the democratic mayor of louisville, kentucky. he's tried to reform it to an urban laboratory and create jobs and make louisville a more compassionate city and added jobs and businesses and 23 hotels. his belief that data and technology can improve people's lives has brought to his city projects like google fiber and c-net smart apartment. politico called him the most innovative mayor. welcome. how have you done it? and then we'll talk to charlottesville. all i suggested there does this come from your background as an entrepreneur? why you? why louisville? >> well, you combine the head with the heart and great things happen and that's what great businesses do. they appeal to the best in people. they train people and set a vision and you guide the city through wonderful values. our values are life long learning and health and compassion and you have a strong economic development strategy focussed on the unique strengths of the city and everybody has to feel like they're along for an economic positive ride. you pull that together an

charlie: greg fischer is here, the democratic mayor of louisville, kentucky. tried to transform city into an urban laboratory for innovators. his mantra is create jobs, improve education, and make louisville a more compassionate city. louisville has added 63,000 jobs, thousands of businesses, and hotels. he believes data and technology, and has brought to the city projects like google fiber and smart apartments. political has called mayor fischer the most innovative mayor in america. i am pleased to have him at the table. welcome. how have you done it -- then we will talk about charlottesville, but all that i suggested, did this come from your background as an entrepreneur? why you? why louisville? mayor fischer: combined ahead with the heart, and great things happen. head with the heart, and great things happen. that's what little did. you set a big vision and guide your city to wonderful values. you put all that together and make sure you have a strong economic development, and you reach out to everybody in the city. the issue of the day is everybody has to

greg fischer has been called the most innovative mayor in the mayor fischer is also working to increaseeating new jobs. he joins us at the table. good morning, mayor. >> good morning. >> let's talk about what happened this charlottesville over the weekend. i know you wrote about it and said it's not at the country we aspired to be. >> that's right. muhammad ali was born there. we condemn that type of activity. this is an easy one for all leaders to get up and say this is not us. the strength of americans is human values, diversity what makes us strong. >> you moved the con femme rat monument. y monuments and more statues? >> there was a big monument. we moved it to another location. we didn't destroy it. it's an important part of historying but it needs to be in an important context. there was a man on a horse. what i did yesterday was identify any piece of public art that had a cop notation of race and put them in the proper context. >> people say mayors are where the rubber meets the ground. >> yeah. >> what kinds of issues do you think are looming in the future for american cities in