TRIP THAT INCLUDED AN AUDIENCE WITH THE DALAI LAMA. CINCINNATI’S MAYOR CALLS IT A PROFOUND EXPERIENCE. SHEREE: HE SHARED HIS OBSERVATIONS ABOUT IT THIS AFTERNOON. WITH WLWT NEWS 5’S JOHN LONDON. HE’S HERE, WITH THE MAYOR’S PROFESSIONAL AND ALSOJ HIS PERSONAL ACCOUNT. -- AND PERSONAL HIS COUNT -- AND HIS PERSONAL ACCOUNT. JOHN: HE IS THE ONLY TIBETAN-AMERICAN ELECTED TO PUBLIC OFFICE AT ANY LEVEL. HERE’S A COUPLE OF PICTURES OF HIS TRIP TO DHARAMSALA, INDIA WHERE THE DALAI LAMA IS IN EXILE. IT’S WHERE HE ESTABLISHED A DEMOCRATICALLY-BASED SHADOW TIBETAN GOVERNMENT. AND IT’S WHERE THE MAYOR GOT TO ASK QUESTIONS AND ABOUT GLOBAL ISSUES AND WORLD EVENTS, INCLUDING THE WAR IN UKRAINE. IN AN INTERVIEW AT HIS OFFICE THIS AFTERNOON, HE SHARED WITH US THE MAIN THINGS THAT THE DALAI LAMA WANTED TO CONVEY. >> HE WAS REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND HOW THAT IS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT FOR ALL OF US AROUND THE WORLD. HIS PRIMARY MESSAGE TO THE MAYORS WHO WERE IN AUDIENCE WITH HIM WAS TO LEAD BY PRIORITIZING OTHERS, TO HAVE A WARM HEART, AND TO ALWAYS FOCUS AND PRIORITIZE COMPASSION. JOHN: PUREVAL SAYS HE WAS STRUCK BY THE AMOUNT OF HOPE, COMPASSION, AND LOVE EXPRESSED BY SOMEONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED SUCH PERSONAL TRAGEDY. INVOLVING THE HARDSHIPS HIS PEOPLE HAVE FACED AND THE TIBETAN DIASPORA. A BIG DEAL, AS FAR AS HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRIP. SHEREE: I AM SURE SO MANY OF OUR VIEWERS, REMEMBER THIS. THE DALAI LAMA WAS HERE AT OUR UNDERGROUND RAILROAD BACK IN 2010. BUT THE MAYOR, THAT WAS YEARS BEFORE HE WAS IN POLITICS. DID HE TALK AT ALL ABOUT THAT? JOHN: HE DID, A BIT. I COVERED THAT IN 2010 AND ALSO THE CONVENTION CENTER. THERE WAS SIX YEARS BEFORE THE CURRENT MAYOR WAS ELECTED. I LEARNED TODAY PUREVAL’S PICTURES IN THE TIBETAN CULTURAL HISTORY MUSEUM. HE TOLD US TODAY, IT’S SPECIAL TO HIM. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, PRETTY COOL. ASHLEY: THAT IS AMAZING