mayor michael nutter, and joe, the national guard is providing trucks as polling places in new jersey because the buildings were wiped out. officials in other states are getting creative to make sure everyone gets a chance to vote. so we still don't know. so i'm going to get to you and talk to you first about this. what are the states doing before i get to the mayor? what are the states doing to try to make sure that people are getting to the polls? and number one, should we really be considering the possibility of postponing voting in the hardest hit areas? >> well, don's it -- don it is easy if there is a state law that says you can change the election date in the state of an emergency, the law that says you can add a voting day if fewer than 25% of voters cast ballots, due to an emergency. otherwise, there are big challenges, secretary of state in connecticut, denise merrill was on cnn a little while ago. she said she did a tour of places like greenwitch, bringport, finding a lot of elderly people clustered along the shoreline. concerns that some are still in shelters, people have

. >> michael nutter is the mayor of philadelphia. nice to talk to you, mr. mayor. give me your assessment of what happened last night. >> well, certainly we had a great night in philadelphia, and pennsylvania. all congratulations certainly to president barack obama. on his re-election. and certainly as the president said, we thank mitt romney for a spirited, serious, campaign. but now is the time for governing. and my focus, quite frankly, soledad, is on how do we unify, how do we bring together the -- >> okay, how do you unify? how do you do that? >> and city government -- well, it's time for people to get serious about getting things done. putting americans back to work. put the politics aside. the points for politics and let's deal with real people and real personalities, real leadership, and commitment to making things happen on behalf of the american public. that's what i'm focused on. >> people tend to often focus on politics. ana navarro how do you navigate that. the congress, essentially the congress -- >> well, i understand that. but all us, pretty much th

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