Welcome to the NewsHour. President Donald Trump and the future mayor of New York City,

Zoranam-Dani, met today at the White House after months of trading insults.

In an Oval Office meeting, they were far more civilized with the president at points

praising the mayor-elect despite their political differences.

I expect to be helping him, not hurting him. A big help, because I want New York City to be great.

And what I really appreciate about the president is that the meeting that we had focused

not on places of disagreement, which there are, many, and also focused on the shared purpose

that we have in serving New Yorkers.

Boats said that they'll look to work together to improve the nation's largest city.

Our White House correspondent Liz Landers has been following today's meeting and joins us now from the White House.

So Liz, what happened today in that Oval Office meeting and what was behind the change in tone that we saw,

especially from President Trump?

Anna, today was quite the turn of events, especially after these two men have been trading barbs through the media really for months now.

In the past, President Trump calling Mondani a communist.

Momdani, in turn, calling the president a despot today a much calmer tone between those two men, indicating that they plan to work

together in the future.

Mamdani spokesperson had said before this meeting that this was a customary type of meeting,

that the mayor of America's largest city would go meet at the White House with the president,

and that they were hoping to focus on issues like public

safety, economic security and affordability.

And it was really that last part that we heard over and over from these two men today,

affordability.

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