[laughter] please join me in welcomeing landrieu. [applause] oh, my goodness chef thank you to be with you and thank you aallowing me to couple into your presence are i was from new orleans and jumping over to atlanta you know to have a talk and i was nervous about it because it was a controversial topic they said what are you talking about he said monument and race he said no problem don't tell them you're a new orleans states fan. [laughter] y'all that was not nice. it's greats to be with all of you. and cynthia who is one of my great wonderful human being and heros in my life is with us tonight and her little girl it's so nice to be with all of you thank you so much for the kind introduction. i had an opportunity to meet with jason carter who is as you know a grandson of your great president of the united states and a dear friend of mine a gentleman that has been a great inspiration to me he and roseline, of course, is hometown boy. our thoughts and prayers out to miller who -- as you know has left us who is a great citizen of the

join me in welcoming mayor landrieu. [applause] >> thank you very much. toll somebody from new orleans i was jumping to atlanta to have a talk and i was nervous because it was very controversial topic, and they said, what are you talking about? i said the monuments and race. he said no problem. just don't tell them you're a new orleans saints fan. [laughter] >> that was not nice. it's great to be with all of you. in sin that ya, one of my great, wonderful human being and heros in my life is with us today and her little girl. it's so nice to be with here. thank you nor kind introduction. i had the opportunity to meet with jason carter, who is the grandson of your great president of the united states and a dear friend of mine, a gentleman nat has been a great inspiration to me both economy roslyn and is a home town boy. thoughts and prayers to zell miller who has left us, great citizen of the united states of america. and really to the people of georgia and atlanta and particularly my personal hero, john lewis, who is a congressman -- [applause] i know some

mayor mitch landrieu spoke us to recently and took the opposite view.hat he's say which goes to the heart of what you're saying. let me play that. >> slavery, it should not be hard for us to say in the second decade of the 21st century was one of our nation's great original sins that has affected us through today and to have statues up that were basically put up as political messages to tell african-americans that they were not welcome here is not something that's consistent with the history of new orleans or who we have ever been. >> so, brian, in the bottom of your heart despite all that you're doing to create a different narrative, what do you feel, how do you keep your passion and motivation when you see reports in the united states that say even if a young black boy is raised in a very upper middle class, wealthy home, and he's going to face discrimination the minute he faces discrimination when you see in britain, a massive, real problem with the notion of deporting black people, caribbean people who were brought over here at the invitation of the

grand deal with to be preserved now you're talking about a new deal with it landrieu why did you change your mind when you david but when i said there was no plan b. if you can i usually refer to the fact there is no plan it be brutal it was about climate change rather than iran's to put it. what do you have as a better option i don't see. what is a what if scenario or your plan b. i don't have any plan b. for nuclear against iran. military organizations are demanding answers over an alleged saudi led coalition air strike on a wedding party and given the bombing killed at least twenty people and injured dozens more some reports suggest as many as fifty people were killed we have to warn you now the video you're about to see is distressing to watch a small seven year old boy can be seen clinging to his father's body. we understand a family traveled from another part of the country to attend the celebrations the man's body was reportedly the last to be taken away following their strike as the boy wouldn't let go of his father and many of the victims were apparently women and children. i w

tomorrow morning, chief isaac and mayor landrieu and i are part of a continuing police community reform, which is really police/community relations in the time frame we live in. that'll be sort of chapter two of this discussion. i have a lot more to add, but given the time, i'd like to keep things moving. we are now going to move to a section to be run by my good friend from finley, ohio, about dealing with people in crisis. i will make one point of personal information to everybody. i'm going to have to step out of this session a little early because i'm having to take a call from reverend jesse jackson. the good news is he's coming to cincinnati tomorrow and not with happy news. the good news is it has nothing to do with the police. the bad news is he's announcing a boycott against kroger, which is headquartered in my city. in my experience, it's done a lot of good things for our city and our urban corp. nonetheless, please forgive me for stepping out to take that call. if i'm not here to wrap up this session, i'd appreciate you do so. >> thank you very much, mayor. thank you, all, fo

are talking about running and being talked about as potential candidate, garcetti in los angeles, landrieun new orleans, deblastow in new york, and pete from south bend, indiana, and castro. >> aim talk about current returns. is its possible a mayor could leapfrog the to additional ways to be elected mayor, given everything we have been talking about. >> i think not. but then i was completely wrong about he the last e. >> you and everybody else. >> it shake mist confidence in my political prognostication ability. >> it's not you, it's us. don't worry. >> i thought i knew the country. i thought i knew its sensibilities and knew what you could say and get away with or not. the things that would absolutely sort of wall you off. and i was just dead wrong about everything. >> so who knows. >> who knows. >> it's possible, lightning too strike. i know eric garcetti, very smart guy and very charming and articulate. >> los angeles is bigger than some states. kind our like a governor. >> just on the merits, someone like that, someone like julean could break through. is the country going to apply the

. >> i've had the opportunity to talk to your predecessor a few times, mitch landrieu.somebody who tried very hard to elevate that profile, to be seen as one truffling the country talking about what new orleans has accomplished. how much do you think about that, the role you'll play on the national stage? >> oh, you know, i do definitely think about that national stage. new orleans is a world-class city, but what i am focused on is improving the quality of life of the people in the city of new orleans, the disparity gaps have grown wider innocent post-katrina environment. so it's really back to the basics. you talk about infrastructure, i'm inheriting infrastructure as it's declining in our city, so it's a real focus and a priority to address. sewer, water, drainage, of course as climate change is happening, so there's other ways we have to live with water, but i tell you our people want a better quality of life. they want their streets free of potholes and debris. housing stock that is affordable, a community they feel they can walk in, be safe in. so again, this is br

and i will say that mayor, landrieu, i agree with you that the issue of closing gap between law enforcement and the citizens of our community is certainly a solvable problem. but it's not a simple one. my best friend who was a -- an elected official once said that public service is not forethe faint of heart. i would say coming up with a slugs to what we are discussing today is certainly not for the faint of heart. i have been the mayor of baton rouge for 15 months. but who is counting? when i came in office i inherited a community that was in great need of healing from three tragedies that took place in the year of 2016. the first was an officer-involved shooting surrounding the alton sterling case. the second was the ambush and murder of three law enforcement officers. the third was the great flood of 2016 that took place in baton rouge and surrounding areas. when i took the oath of office in -- on january 1st, 2017, those issues didn't stay in 2016. they came right with me as mayor. and so my platform and running for mayor and talking about public safety was integrating the pillars of th