and mick cornett is a republican , mayor of oklahoma city. gentlemen, thank you so much for being with us. here on "newsmakers." also joining us is our press panel. lisa mascaro is a reporter with the "los angeles times." if the i could start with a general question. kind of building on what you were saying in the -- we had a taped press conference, mayor nutter, right before we came onto this live program. how dependent are u.s. cities on congress and the federal government at this point? and we'll start with you, mayor nutter, and then -- >> the federal government plays a significant role and affects cities and states all across america. the federal budget obviously is huge. many departments and agencies directly fund programs and services to states and in some instances directly to cities and so when the federal government makes cuts, or when they invest, you can see the difference right on the ground in cities and states all across america. >> well, we're at the bottom of the funding stream. cities operate within the enabling legislation

michael nutter, a docrat, mayor of philadelphia, and mick cornett, republican, mayor of oklahoma city. lisama -- lisa mascaro and kevin hall are our political reporters panel. kevin hall. >> back on this theory of the community block grants, one of paul ryan's path to prosperity republican plan on medicare talks about a block grant, you would give states medicaid money as a lump stomacher -- sum for them to distribute. mayors aren't governors so it's obviously not going to come directly to you, but i'm curious whether you think this approach wod take you right down the same path of what y've described absent community block grants, would it end up going to rural areas and cities not -- >> my experience is that if governors get money they take care of their inventory, whether that's tnsportation or social services and we might get something indirectly or later, but if you want money to go to cities, don't give it to governors. >> you would argue if you go down this path you have to line it, not give them a blank check. >> it is a tremendous risk. both of our cities and many others acro

. >> michael nut second quarter mayor of philadelphia, mick cornett is the mayor of oklahoma city. kevin hall, lisa mascaro, thank you all for being on news maker d. >> thank you, thanks for having us. coming up, a look at the influence of new media and campaign advertising with former white house senior advisor david axelrod and former rnc chairman ed gillespie and later, the future of media and telecommunications. next, a look at the influence of new media in campaign advertising. you will hear from former without house senior advisor david axelrod who is now heading up president obama a re-election campaign and former rnc chairman ed gillespie. they spoke at the annual convention. cnn chief political correspondent leads this 20-minute discussion. we want to talk turkey and politics. >> some people think they're the same! >> how do you pick where you put your advertising dollars? >> look, it is a simple concept. we are all about targeting. we want to reach people who might vote for us or we need to mobilize at the most cost-effective way. i remember when i started off in this bus

. >> michael nut second quarter mayor of philadelphia, mick cornett is the mayor of oklahoma city. kevin hall, lisa mascaro, thank you all for being on news maker d. >> thank you, thanks for having us. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> defense secretary robert gates at a senate hearing on the president's 2012 budget request. >> c-span's coverage of the national cable telecommunication association's 2011 cable show continues today at 5:15 p.m. eastern. f.c.c. chairman is interviewed by former f.c.c. chairman powell who heads the ncta. then at 6:30, a look ahead to next year's presidential election with former obama white house senior advisor and former republican national committee chairman. >> the times sort of ordered the world. when i was growing up. >> page one, producer and director andrew rossi looks at the changing newspaper industry and takes an inside look at "the new york times" through the eyes of the staff. >> i came into it without a grand sort of sense of what the solutions are for tradit