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And now from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN, the Axviles with your host

David Axelrod.

They say authenticity is the coin of the realm in politics.

There's hardly a more authentic politician in America than Mayor Marty Walsh of Boston.

The son of immigrants came up a hard way, battled a lot of things in his life, became a leader

of the labor movement, and then mayor of his city.

And one of the leading mayors in America, he came to the Institute of Politics this week,

and we talked about his life, his city, and the president.

Mayor Walsh, great to be with you.

There's plenty to talk about relative to what's going on in Boston around the country right

now, but I wanted to talk a little bit about your story, which is kind of an extraordinary

story, starting with the fact that your first generation American son of immigrants, my

mother and father came over from Ireland.

My father came over from 1956.

My mother came up in 1959.

And they were from roughly the same area from Galway, my mother was from a place called

Rasmusk and my father's place called Kaira.

So they met out here in Boston at the intercolonial dance hall, which was a big popularity

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