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The Axe Files with David Axelrod

Ep. 50 - Michael Nutter

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

CNN

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4.67.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2016

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Michael Nutter, former mayor of Philadelphia, speaks with David about going from nightclub disc jockey to City Council representative to mayor of the country’s fifth-largest city, his views on how to improve community policing, and his take on a possible Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton general election. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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

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host, David Axelrod.

0:16.0

There are two jobs in American politics that are unlike any others, present in the United

0:22.0

States and mayors of big cities.

0:24.7

Those are two jobs in which your constituents hold you responsible for everything, whether

0:28.6

you have any power to do anything about it or not.

0:31.9

And for big city mayors, the issues of crime, the issues of education, the quality of life,

0:37.3

our front and center 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

0:41.2

Michael Nutter did that job for eight years in Philadelphia and has a lot to impart about

0:47.2

policing, about public education and those issues that are very much in the forefront of

0:52.0

our discussions today.

0:53.8

I explored that with Mayor Nutter the other day when we sat down for this conversation.

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Michael Nutter, welcome.

1:01.8

Welcome to the Axviles, but also to the Institute of Politics.

1:06.5

Appreciate you bringing the benefit of your experience here.

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David, thank you very much.

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It's exciting to be here.

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So here's my question for you.

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As you know, I spent some time in Philadelphia politics.

1:20.1

I know.

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And I roughly equated with Chicago, got your ethnic enclaves, you got your ward politics,

1:27.6

you got your rough entumble.

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