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What did U.S. mayors hear in Obama’s State of the Union?

Clip: 1/21/2015 | 8m 23s

What do city leaders think about President Obama's State of the Union proposals?

Gridlock in Washington has left much of the heavy lifting of governance to states, cities and towns. What do city leaders think about President Obama's State of the Union proposals? Judy Woodruff asks Mayor Stephen Benjamin of Columbia, South Carolina, and Mayor Richard Berry of Albuquerque, New Mexico what they hope to see materialize.

01/21/2015 | Rating NR

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