mick cornett is the mayor of oklahoma city. he joins us from washington.me to "bottom line." >> good afternoon. >> let's begin with last night state of the union. did you and your colleagues hear anything from president obama that leads you to believe that washington is a sympathetic to or paying attention to the needs of america's cities? >> what mayors want is action out of washington. i saw another partisan pep rally . the executive branch has a response ability to step in and try to bridge that partisan divide. all we are seeing from the president is a wedge. you saw it on the looks of the republican spaces last night. the 2015 congressional session will be a lot like the last two. american cities need something to happen. >> is the federal government an impediment or partner to transform the nation's cities into places where commerce is thriving? >> it is generally hurting it. we need a transportation bill and help with our infrastructure. we need less regulation and more money and more decisions being made at the local level. i would say it's largely

usually on my right, politically and otherwise mick cornett. let's give him a round of applause. our vice president, stephanie rawlings blake will be joining us. i want to a knowledge of the past presidents. please give them a round of a applause. and, tom cochrane is out there and handling the business. we cannot thank tom for his leadership -- we can now thank tom for his leadership. let's give them a round of applause. as a reminder, all of the sessions are alive and available on demand. for those of you who need toon twitter, use the hashtags. i have two housekeeping items. you know the president will be visiting and the vice president will be joining tomorrow. you have to make sure that you go through the security. downstairs, you go through security. once you get to the second floor, you'll be able to move along freely. secondly, please take a look at your name badges. if you have a star you have the clearance you need to get to the white house. if you do not have a star you need to see the u.s. conference of mayors staff today to make sure you're not left out of our white

on my left which he's usually on my right politically and otherwise, the second vice president mick cornette ] our vice president stephanie rawlings-lake will be joining us a little later. she's attending a swearing-in. and i want to acknowledge all of our past presidents. we have mayor nutter mayor pascual and mayor reilly. please give them all a round of applause. [ applause ] and tom cochran, i know he's out there handling business. we cannot thank tom for his leadership, and the whole entire staff of the u.s. conference of mayors, let's give them a round of applause. [ applause ] as a reminder, all of the plenary sessions are livestreamed and available on demand at usmayors.org. for those of you on facebook, twitter or instagram use our #uscmwinter15. when sharing about this particular conference. i also have two housekeeping items that are really important. the first one, while you know that the president will be visiting him on friday we have the vice president who will be joining us tomorrow at 1:00. so you have to make sure that you go through the security. so downstairs tomorrow ea