Hello there, I'm Chuck Todd. This is the Chuck Todd cast. We've said it for weeks now, Democrats

and Republicans are running virtually parallel campaigns. Republicans are focused on a couple

of core issues like crime in the economy and Democrats. Our focus on their core issues

of abortion rights and protecting the democracy. But there's one group of elected officials

that don't have the luxury of splitting apart those issues. It's our nation's governors

and mayors. And I'm joined here at NBC affiliate WKYC in their studio here. But I'm joined

by the mayor of Cleveland, Justin Bibb. He was sworn into office in January of this year

in a city where police reform, crime are obviously big issues for these voters. And this is

a city that wants to continue to revitalize itself economically. Mr. Mayor, welcome to the

great city of Cleveland, Ohio. I love being in Cleveland. Cleveland is a city that wants

to reinvent itself and has done a pretty good job of it over the last 20 years. But wants

to do more. Is that fair? Fairway to describe it? Absolutely. It was a big reason why I ran

for mayor. I ran on a platform of really making sure that we had bold dynamic visionary leadership,

particularly in this era coming out of COVID-19 that I think is the era of the mid-size city.

And so we are big enough where a policy change will make a big difference with small enough

to innovate and experiment on big, bold new ideas for the whole country. Look, the biggest

thing you've got to do is expand your tax base, right? Yeah. I mean, I always said to

mayor in some ways, you're the chief economic developer officer and the Che sales officer

for these things. So what do you think is the best way to expand the tax base here in

Cleveland? Be as aggressive as I can on talking about the great amenities and assets we have

in Cleveland. We have the second largest theater district outside of New York City right

here in Playhouse Square. One of the worlds best orchestras in the Cleveland,

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