mike duggan, we all came up in that era.aving a connection to the city and understanding what it was in its heyday, as well as having participated in other cases, the chrysler case, perhaps, made me seem like a more logical selection than someone else. brian: wxyz tv in detroit covered you a lot. we are going back to one of the first times in march of 2013, to get a sense of what they were saying before you took the job. [video clip] >> a historic day, but not the sort of history a city and its people want to make. detroit has been declared in financial emergency. cash deficit of $100 million coming up june 30. $15 billion in long-term debt. $1.5 billion of that due in the next five years. the governor has taken the next step in getting the finances under control. jim kurtzner was in the room when he made the announcement. he joins me now. relating to kevyn orr, do we know when his first day will be? >> they have to do all the paperwork. his start date is march 25. brian: what did you feel like at that point? kevyn: it is in

they wrote in mike duggan, the white guy.nd his opponents decided they would try to get him disqualified on ballot count. they sent it to the state. state did a recount and found out mike duggan had more votes in the original count. midcity --emocracy in the city and voting rights at a high level. the first white mayor in 35 years. this is a testament to the people of detroit. they put aside race and thought, who is the best guy with the best track record? mike was ceo of detroit medical center. who has the best record? we think it is that guy. that is who they voted for. guest: when was the election? kevyn: in the fall of 2014. detroit --event in not sure how old you were at the 1967 -- clarence talked about his involvement in this. let's watch this. fill in the blanks. [video clip] >> i remember vividly the>> 1967 riot, in part, began a few blocks from my house. my mother, father, and my sisters and i had been in canada. it started on a saturday night. we had spent all day in canada. people cross the bridge and go fishing.

mike duggan is the mayor of detroit.ayor, thank you for being here today. >> well, thanks for having me. >> obviously you've come a long way, but there still is work to do. how would you characterize the state of detroit's economic right now? >> well, it's definitely heading the right direction. you very rarely hear the word "bankruptcy" in detroit anymore. the number of young people coming across america to start businesses and nonprofits and move here is -- is remarkable. we've got 5,000 new residential units under construction. i've been in detroit my whole life and i've never seen anything like it, but we've got manufacturing companies from india and china setting up shop, and of course we're deeply appreciative to trevor, tenet is one of the largest employers in detroit and they're putting $500 million into hospital improvements in this city right now. it's a good time to be the mayor. >> we hear about some of these revival stories, but many seem like they come from downtown detroit. is there a difference what's hap