Transcripts For CNNW Giuliani 20240706

This holiday season. Thank you for joining me this season. Im jim acosta. I will see you tomorrow starting at 2 00 p. M. Eastern. Merry christmas almomost. Santnta is watchching. Haveve a good ninight. [draramatic musisic] over the n next ten dada, wewe get to sesee the machinines that arare croo, the Ballllots Ththat are fraraudulent. Anand if werere wrong, we will l be made fofools of. But ifif were rigight, a a lot of thehem will go o to. [cheerers and applplause] so letets have trtrial by com. [c[crowd clamomoring] Whwhen Giulianani appeared alongsgside donaldld trump on jananuary 6th, what c came to my y mind was ththe riot at t city hal. [c[crowd yelliling] [whistlingng] they Marchched Arouound City Hahall Park in a peaeaceful and d orderly fashion, but ththen, minutetes later, thousandnds of copss stormed Ththrough The E Barrics and raran on top o of cars as they chcharged the e stais of city hahall. [crowd c cheering anand yelli] peopople called d it at the e ththe riot of f the oppresess. [crorowd yellingng] a a riot of popolicemen. [crowd y yelling] you hahave a bunchch of offffduty copsps. [crowd y yelling] took ovever The Roadadway Of T the brooklylyn bridge. Jumped on n cars. Stormed cicity hall. Sayingng that theieir jobs hahad become t too difficuct and that t they didntt have the supporort that thehey need and they wanted a much tougher hanand. Crowd Dininkins Must T Go dinknkins must g go these e were somee angrylolooking whitite men. Now,w, youve gogot to s see the setetting. Ththis is at c city hall. City h hall is undnder siege. And, y you know, right inin the middldle of al of t that Crazininess Onon Septemberer 16, 1992, is candididate rudy y giulian. The mayoyor doesnt t know whwhy the morarale of the n new york cicity Polilice Departmtment is so o. He blames s it on me. He blamemes it on yoyou. The reasason the mororale of t the police e department of the citity of new y york isis so low is onene reason and one e reason alolone. David dinknkins they were e cheering h hi. They w were sayingng, david dinkins,s, we dont t want hi sosome of themem were calllg ouout, [bleepep], for ininst. This i is the nypdpd at City L Ususing the nnword. That r really hurtrt the mayo. And then h he said, would t they have d done ths ifif i was a w white man . There was s just a a sense of d disgust. This man w wants to bebe mayo, and lookok how hes s behavin. Bull[b[bleep]. The e fact that t he signedn and d participatated in Somemeg Thatat clearly h had just overt Raracism Attacached To T Wawas an Indicicator Ofof where he e was going. The E Suggestionon that i i incited t them oror i had anynything to d o withth that is totalally wrong, is fals. Whwhen januaryry 6th happep, anybybody Who Wawas Covering Or W watching Popolitics Inin 1992, im m sure the s same light tb wewent off foror them as it t did for meme, which h is, like, tthats the e guy ththat we rememember. My grandfather, he was somomebody who lived around new york and Nenew Jersey H his entire l, watched d what happepened hehere closelyly. And as g giuliani came ontnto the Scenene Anand then bececame mayor, he saiaid very aptptly Thatat Giulianii was a Bebeloved Son N of a bit. Lots of people who couldnt stand him came around to a real sense of endearment with him because he got some things donee that were impoportant and that s substantialally chad ththe city foror the bettet. Hehes an extrtraordinarily compmplex indivividual, smarart, smart, smart, hard, harard, hardwoworkin. He had a a little bibit of not a littttle bit. He had a a lot of kind of f a supermanan comple, that, you know, he couould do anytything. Mymy real ambibition was s sy to be unitited States S Attory in the Sououthern Diststrict Ofof new york,k, whwhich i finanally attainin. The u. S. S. Attorneyys offe of the Sououthern Diststrict is t the most prprestigiouss in the c country. And Rudy Giuliani made a major mark in new york city shortly after he arrived in the role. I i was very f fortunate to find d somethingg ththat i can d do that i h He Someme Natural T Talent Forr And D that engagages my intetes and that i i enjoy. I enjojoy working g as a lawy. Ththeres Probobably Nothig more C Challengingng to a upanandcoming l litigar than tryrying cases. S. You are coconstantly o on disp. You u are Constatantly Memeeting the e Argumentss Ofof very goodod defense l law. Its a nononstop dadaytoday i interaction in which you are constantly under assault. And rudydy was good d at tha. I think thats what rudy wanted. Hes not afraid of the firire. Hess not afraiaid of t the fire totoday. We havave to do Securitieses Fraud because wewe have twoo Stock Mamarkets Herere in new y. We havave to do drdrug work bebe we have a a big drug p proble. And we h have to do O Organizd Crime E work because We Havee Fiveve Organizeded Crime Famams that have e decided, sisince the tuturn of the e ce, to Locatate Themselvlves here in newew york and d have acquid a a tremendousus amount of polititical powerer, economomic power, and all l sorts ofof other kininds of powew. For the e tenth timeme in less s than two w weeks, a bodydy has been n found, kild gagangland stytyle in new w y. Carmine gagalante, onone of the u underworldds most powowerful figugures, was s gunned dowown. I think, living nowow in new yoyork, its h hard to Imamagine Whatat Role The E mob played in a l lot of Aspepects Ofof the city. Y. Joe e colombo srsr. Was lylying on thehe ground badly woununded, Shot T In The D and blbleeding prorofusely. Peoplele feared ththe mafi. Ththey feared d organized d ce back then. N. The mamafia, or wewe used to call itit la cosa n nostr, or lcn f for short, infiltltrated Every Aspepect of lifefe in n new york cicity. These e People Prorobably dont evenen know it pricice they paiaid for r their clotothes more t than likelyly included a tax. X. An orgrganized Cririme Hidddden tax ththat is placaced on Itemes Thatat evolved f from Businens Oror Industrieies Whwhere Organinized Crimee has sisignificant t influenc. The modedern mob wawas formed a around 19303. They m moved into o a variety of Indndustries Byby the 50. Well, you u pay dues to the a associationon. And itit was, likeke, a seselect few i in there ththat were momore or lesss organinized. Soso i said, what if i it toto Call Anotother Garbagage and d this guy s said, try y this wasas just Widedely Acced as t The Way Thihings were and d not someththing to t tamper withth. The e hierarchyy of Thehe Cosa Noststra the bossss, the underboss were well insulated from most criminal activities. So it was the lowlevel street guys that were doing the work. They were the ones that took the rap. And you had plenty behind them to take their spot. So Law Enforcement was handcuffed, in many respects. New york has five organized crime families. And they have been permitted to grow and grow a and grow anand gro. Whenen rudy tookok over the officece and d got involvlved in t this case, he wasas very enththusiastic about it, very engagaging, anxiouous to get t the case go. My greatggrandfatherer, we was Anan Immigrantnt in brookn and the blblack hand at that titime wanted d him to Pay P Protection N money toto them, when Peoplple Say There Is N No Mafia and thesese organizazations dont exisist, i memean, i knowow from my h hy that therere is such a a thin. And i i know what t it does and whatat it can dodo. The fbi,i, sometime e severl years befofore rudy bebecame the u. S. S. Attorney,y, had decicided to fococus in a b big way on n the five nenew york mafafia familiei. Theyey had devototed separarate squads s to focus onon individuaual familiese. But rudy h had the idedea, well, lets makeke the biggggest ofof all mafiaia cases, where e our targetets are the es of the fivive familieses. The Commmmission Casase was s Somethingg Thatat I Developoped actually shortltly before i i became unitited States S Attorney when i w was Readingng Sosome of the e materialss and readading joe bobonannos b. It occurrered to me that we cocould do a Rackcketeering C Case Againt The E Commissionon of the mam. Joe bonannnno, who wasas thd of Thehe Bonanno F family years agago who wass in retetirement, wrote e a Book Calalled manan of honor. R. He had basically written the book to describe his interaction with the mob. I can reremember rududy Readins Passssages from m the book ababout the cocommission and saidid, you knowow, This Wouould Be A Grgreat Case T Hehe would takake on persoson. Onone of the a attributess that h he had, Whwhich I Thinink was s very imporortant, was that h he tried to see h how thingss could d be done rather t than Findining Reasonons for not t doing the. The reallyly good Lawywyers Arare Those Ththat Spot Ththe S and then figure out legally how you can accomplish what you want to do. Fifirst, we cacan expose t. Ththat is a vevery, very Importanant Ingredieient Inin Taking Sosome of theieir r away, nonot all of t their pow. Because asas i said, they opeperate throuough secre. It is s also very y important r Ththe Public T to see whatat w. There wawas a real s sense ththat rudy was Ththe Dominantnt Personaly in thahat office. Anand he did n not brook dissent. He wanted people to agree with him. M. Ththere was a a joke araround the o Office Thatat the Peoplple Around H Hie members s of the yesesrudy Tre Bebecause Theyey said, yyes, rudy, yes, rudy. Y when h he said, jjump, they said,d, how high . So giuiuliani wawas taking o on the mafif. And he w wasnt onlyly being fefearless. He wasas being smamart about w he w was going t to prosecute Anan Organizatation and d people whoho had beenn able to evade successful and effective prosecutions for many, many years. We had a ample evidedence f what we cacall the jagaguar ta, in which a anthony cararollo, whwho was the e head of t the lucchesese family, he was Dririven Aroundnd in hisis jaguar and usused it kindnd of asas an officece. Theyey Recordedd Everytything that t happened. And d it was likike a goldmie of i informationon because hehe just spilled hihis guts. Giulianini was Enthuhused Abouout the Carorollo Tapess cause t they Didirectly Cororroboratedd that Thehe Commissioion Existd and ththat the orgrganized Cre Families W were, in fafact, Cocommitting W Whatever Illegal L acts ththey were cocommitting. It i is called t the commiss, Ththe Inner Cocouncil that Rununs Organizezed crime in this cocountry. Led by Thehe Reputed B bs of a all bosses,s, paul castste, head of ththe gambino o famil, four of f new yorkss five Gododfathers Appeareded in Federaral Court to facace a wide r range of r racketeerining charges. Thisis is a greaeat day for law enenforcement,t, but this i is a bad daday, proby the e worst, foror the mafia. Guililty verdictcts today in the f Federal Tririal of a groupup of mobsteters. Guguilty on alall 22 counts of racacketeering, conspiracy, and extortion. Judge owen gave the kind of sentence that you have to give to habitual criminals who, a at bottom, are murder. He putut them in p Prison Hopepy for the rerest of theieir liv. Rudy w was very susuccessfl in taking g out the mamafia asas we knew i it. He was t the motivatating fact. He m mastermindeded the case to Thehe Indictmenent and conviciction stagege. Whwhen giulianani won a cae againsnst the commission, he clearly set himself apart in the city as someone who could get the job done. Whenen i came ininto offic, my firirst big mobob case, one of thehe People Involveded in It Put T Out A Contntract To K kill me foror 400,000. Ththen in the e last yearr that i i was in ofoffice, one of t the same Grgroups Puput Out A Cocontract On N Mye for r only 200,0,000. [l[laughter] yoyou had dimiminished. Gee, thanknks a lot, g g. One of t the things s thati fifind, you knknow, somewhwhat c about the e arc ofof his careeeer is that t a lot of what hehe said at t the tie actualally made sosome sense. Crimime is a comomplex probl. That doeoesnt meann that i its a proboblem that c cannot be d dealt wit. Itit means thahat its a p prm ththat is goining to requiue a a lot more t than a feww quick k fixes or a a few slogs to realllly turn aroround. Clearly, h he was Adadvancing Hihis own causu, burnishihing his ownwn fame. But ththere was alalways Ththis Tensionon Betweeeen Genuine E public sere anand the Purerely Egomaniacal Pursuit of the greater glory of giuliani. For so long, they were aligned, it did result in enhanced reputation for giuliani personally and D Achievemenents that Pepe Apprpreciated Anand admired. Weve had alarming increases in the levels of homicide, inin the Levelels Of M Muggings Anand rapes and d robberies s and burglala. I i believe Ththat Sameme increase e has taken placace in the w whitecor areaeas as well. L. Wawall street t today poststs sesecondbiggegest gain inin hi. The Dodow Jones Avaverage broke the e 2,400 markrk fofor the firsrst time evev. The e amex, up 5 5. 22, ththats a rececord too. Itits incredidible out tht. Itit really isis. Therere was Justst Suddenly Tremendodous Money Anand Power Anand Influencne on walall street. Hey y hey y pepeople Were E Making Mony hand o over fist. And it wasas A Group O Of E that wererent all t that Shy Ababout Showining off. Theyey call thememselves yupu. Brokokers and wawall street traders. S. Mostst of them a are in theiei. A lot t of them mamake 80,00, 10000,000, 20000,000 a yea. Were e going for the sisixfigure. Thats allll we want. You Werere Beginningng to se the Divivide Betweenen the 1 and kindnd of everyoyone els. Were the E Generationn who Yoyou Betrayeded thats whoho we are thats w who we are e you betrtrayed us Ththe Resentmement for r those peopople who gototd was Rereally Greatat in the ci. Itits becomee a foururletter woword, almos. Like, oh, you yuyup. Or looook at thosese yups and their r yuplets. And theyeyre just r raising prices andnd glitzing g up ththe neighbororhood, and none o of us can a afford. Even thougugh weve gogot our rerentcontrolol apartmentn, ththeyre Turnrning Everytytg ininto condomiminiums and d co. And itss like, What Aboutut The Rest T of u . You know, theres a a rn that the m movie wallll stre and gordonon gekko is set in n the 1980s. S. Greed, f for lack of a betetter word, is goo. A Lot T Of The Stutuff was r. People werere ostentntatiously w wealthy, ostetentatiouslyly greedy. Anand the kingng of that c cd wawas donald t trump. Forget p paris, and forgetet london, anand forget e everything g e. New yoyork city isis where itt. I dont t know how c close Gigiuliani Andnd trump Werere Personalllly in the 1 1. But i dodo know Theyey Occupid similar r spaces. Theyre e outer bororough gu. One ththing that t they have inheriteted from Theheir Faths is a c certain kinind of a awe and resesentment of manhattttan and d those richch people. Rudy repepresented the kindnd of every y guy whwho came frorom the Bororos Anand came to o new york and made i it big. Ifif you are a a person thats looooking at a snow glob, if y you will, from thehe outside, even if f you end Upup Insidede the snow w globe, you alwaways feel like an n outsider. Giuliani d didnt comeme m the upperrcrust estatablishm. That may have fueled his ambition. Did it also contribute to some deep sense of insecurity that he was an outsider, and in that, maybe he does identify with trump. Rudydy giuliani i is born in East T Flatbush i in brookn in the 4040s, so not v very far inin time and not vevery far in N Distae From W where Donalald Trump was bornrn. He was t the first a and ony child ofof harold anand hele. Theyd hadad trouble c conceiv. And so his arrival was like a gift from heaven. Ththey lived o on hawthornrne s. Itit was a bluluecollar italian n neighborhohood. They werere a littlele trinit. On the kititchen wall,l, theres some kinind of decororation with allll three of f their na. And i ththink that r rudy wawas the starar of the fafam. A theme that runs through his life is that hes got to be at the center of the action. Hes got to be the guy. And i think it started on Hawthorne Street with mom and dad where he was the star. I was s born and i i Grew P One Milele from ebbebets fiel. Ebbebets field, the homeme of the dododgers, a brbrooklyn insnstitution. The signs s tell the s sy ofof brooklynns love for its owown bums, as they fofondly call l their t. My f father, howowever, was born i in manhattatan. Soso His Revenenge was s to make meme a yankee e. Rurudy is a vevery complicid persrson. He grows u up in brookoklyn, a a yankees fafan. So hes Alalways A Litittle Bt of a contrtrarian. In 1950s0s brooklyn,n, The Dodgdgers were clcloser to a a borough rereli. Anand that kinind of strong cultltural bias,s, to be e a yankee f fan in b brooklyn, would tatake either r a lot of s oror a lot of f stupidity. Iveve been a yayankee fan since ththe day i wawas born. This is s like Cocondemning Y yourself to complplete isolatation. He told ststories Abouot Growining up in brbrooklyn, his loveve for the y yankees. Wawalking arouound in h his mini yayankees unifi, took a a lot of veverbal anand physicalal abuse. Whenen i was twowo years ol, i was s Thrown In N The Mud By Thehe other kidids on the b. So i bececame a Veryry Determid yanknkee fan. Its a sigign of indepependen. But t it gave rurudy a Lilifelong Senense of being the outsidider, the ununderdo. He would d do what he e wd when he wawanted and foforce peoplele, whetether they l liked it oror, to pay attttention. Undoubtedldly made himi, you u know, pugngnacious to somome degree that weveve seen througughout the r rest ofof his life. E. Im a little anxious, im a little excited. Im gonna be emotional, shes gonna be emotional, but its gonna be so worth it. I love that i can give back to one of our customers. I hope you enjoy these amazing gifts. Oh my goodness. Oh, you guys. I know you like wrestling, so we got you some vip tickets. You have made an impact. So have you. For you guys to be out here doing Something Like this, it restores a lot of faith in humanity. Bebecause of t the Spotligt Rudydy brought to t the southerern district, there e is a measusure of priride in the e office. Ththere was a a sense of greaterer aggressivivenes. Rudy reaeally wanteded to mae big caseses, lots o of big caseses, and win ththose cases. S. Thereres no dououbt Thatat America i in the 1980s faces a Crcrime Problelem Thats A Majojor Social P Problem for. Jimmy breseslin said hes a smamall man in seaearch of a b balcony. Hehe has to Fifind Somethihg Thatat he can cocorrect. Hes the corrector. The Three E Complaintsts cd these threree defendanants, and an u Unidentifieied Confnfidential i Informant Wawas Carryingng out a schche to e exchange Ininformationn To O Obtain Millllions of dodos in illegalal profits. Wawall street t in new york stararts to feelel like Thehe Party Hasas gone n a couple h hours too l long. And d at the samame time, youre s seeing a lot ofof differentnt kinds s of corruptption emergiging throughghout the ci. Experts s say that t This S Ththe Biggest T scandal ever toto hit wall l street, even biggeger than someme of Those E Of The 20. Insider r trading cacan hurtrt a lot of f people. Its b breaking Anand Enterig into thehe stock accccount. Well, Insider Trtrading is a form m of cheatining. When an Ininvestor Makakes a dedecision to o buy or selell , what they y cant do i is use coconfidentialal Informatitn Thatat is guarananteed toto increase e the stock k p. If youou were a hihighrankig personon and you h happened tot this inforormation, ofof cour, you coululd make mononey, but t the averagage american couldndnt. And ththey were cacashing in and comingng away with tenens of millilions, or e even hundrereds ofof millions s of dollarsr. And ththere was gigiuliani, the prososecutor for the lilittle peoplple, Takg On Thosese titans ofof wall str, Makiking Sure Ththat the whwhitecollarar criminalsl, Asas Well As T The Mafia and orgaganized crimime, Wewere Gonna B be heldld accountabable. Maybe we c cant catchh all ofof them, but t we sure asas heck can delivever a Messagage Which H is, if youou do get cac, yoyou are gonnnna lose your libererty. Youre gononna go to p priso. In 1986 i rememember this s vividly Dennis Levine got arrested. The e biggest ininsider tradg dedeal anybodydys ever hehear, dennisis levine, Made Milillions Tradading on insidider informamation. I i realized t that ive committeted very sererious cri, which iim very sororry. Anand it was a a very Paininl Lesssson to leararn. Thatat was the B Beginning Of This S Giant Scanandal that giuiuliani was s able toto pursue Anand Capitalilizn and geget a lot ofof publicityt. It really y went to ththe heat of this,s, you know,w, Momoneymaking G Machine on wall ststreet. Wall strtreet has bebeen ht by yet anonother Insider Trtrading scanandal. The mergrger and d acquisitioion boom. Its tenen years behehind bs fofor one of a americas richest t men. The e rise of t the junk bobond world. The once O Omnipotentt Wall Strtreet king was Leftft Staggerining off hihis throne. The e raiders, the hoststile takeovovers. Once onene of wall s streets mightiesest, Ivan Boboesky apappeared foror sentencini, in t the judgess words, humiliatated, vilifified, Anand Cut Downwn to size. And d all of thahat was entwined w with what was s a deeply c corrupt sysy. You findnd for Me Inin The W where e the Uniteded States Congress Hahas distinguguished multibilliliondollarr financiaial firms from otherer institutitions, and you u show me whwhere that. Rurudy createded The Chararacter Of H himself asas a workingngclass, seam strtraight, Ststreetwise N New Yorkerr who o wasnt gononna take all the Bubullshit Frorom these ele. Rudy knenew that he e was igigniting a p populist reret against t this classss of peop. Itit is like t the Americacn Narrrrative Of T The Little Ey who Standsds Up Anand turns ththings over, a lilittle guy who can n finally hahand back to the peoeople Who O Have Humililiated Himm or disapappointed hihim. Thats thehe american n thin, you know . . The e federal Gogovernments Investstigation of i Insider Trarading Onon Wall Strereet has widenened dramaticically. The Arrerests Anand the Frauaud Chargess were annouounced by u. U. S. Attoy rudodolph giuliaiani. Compmplaints allllege Ofof Illegal P profits Ofof Millionss and millllions of dodollars. Wall streeeet isnt usud to thehe sight of f its best and d brightest t in handcufu. He usesed that Offffice Vevery Strategegically Anand Produceded Extraordidinars that m made him a hero t to many peoeople. Rudy r really did d redefie the modernrn image ofof what a Fefederal Prososer is tododay. Hehe raised Ththe Visibilily Of T the job of u. S. Attorney n nationwi. There e was a a lot of spepeculation about whatat rudy was s gonna do next whwhen he leftft. We a all knew that he was not gogoing toto go into s some sleepyy law fifirm practicice. Have y you made a a decisin on runnining for mayayor yet . Could wewe take thatat up la . Rudy giuiuliani was s lookig for the e next thingng. Whats t the next ththing . Mayor ofof The City Y Of New y. get exclusive offers on select new volvo models. Contact your volvo retailer to learn more. In the 1980s, i knew, if he wanted to be mayor, get exclusive offers on select new volvo models. He would get it, because he was that driven. He w was that amambitious. He wanted to be a power player. He wanted to have influence. And i think he more or less thought he was running new york when he was head of the southern district. The lines are drawawn, and d the battlele has begun. Foformer u. S. Attorney Rudolph Giuliani launched his formal Campaign Today to capture city hall l from mayoror koc. Rudy annnnounced His Candididacy in 1989 in the samame room Whehere Fiororello La Guguardia First announced his candidacy. In 1933, fiorellolo La Guardia Stooood in this s room and d asked the e people of new yorork toto embrace t the candidadacyd not on p political n name tas but t on integririty, leadadership, anand vision. La guardiaia, for mostt of rududys lifetitime, was ththe prototypypical mayo. In la guguardias cacase, hehe was fighthting the cocorrn ofof tammany h Hall Agagainst Greaeat odds with a l largerthananlife kind of tatabloid persrsonali. This is s no time for sob b stuff and d whinin. Now is t the time toto fight, to fightht for the b best inters ofof our city. Y. Let t me repeat t it one moe timeme no deals f for jobs, no dealsls for contrtributor. Whatat you see i is what youou. [cheers anand applausese] so that wawas very mucuch al for rudydy, someone e whos Gonnnna Take On N sort of Democratatic Party C Corruptin and exexcesses Anand Bureaucrcracy Anand Breathe E New Life and a spspirit of rereform into thehe city. Sasay hi to rurudy giulian, our nenext mayor. Come on ovover and sayay hi toto rudy giululiani. Give me e a kiss. I bebelieve him. M. And iim all for r him. I lilike the wayay hes talkl. Rurudy was an outer b borough guyuy. Not t too handsosome, not too tatall, a little crabby, maybe sosometimes a little looo. And whatat he said, that w was good. Dadarn right, mistakakes have bebeen made, s. Im a Dedemocrat Whoho has im a lala guardia r republic. I i get a Lot T Of Criticicm for mymy haircut. Whwhy do you w want to be e . Wellll, this is s a great ci. Itits a city y i love. I was boborn here. Iveve grown up p here, gone to scschool here. E. I i think the e city is i in terriblele trouble. Morere murders l last year than evever before. The E Drug Problblem out ofof control. Rudydy giuliani i is Presentg Hihimself as t the guy who Cacan Get Thinings done, whoos proven t that He Canat Ththings done e as a prosesec, as a Figigure Aroundnd new Yorko Wawants To Tururn the city aro. Im m gonna be r running against Ththe Acknowleledged pt ofof new york k city. And i reprpresent the e futue of new yorork city. Who cacan reduce c crime bett . Who can geget the drugug probm under Cocontrol Betttter . Whos up t to dealingg with Thehe Fiscal Crcrisis . All the e issues the city w was facingg crcrime, crack, Evererything Elslse we were e gonna run n against t. Are you u happy withth the y things a are in new w york ciy right now . W . Crowd d no you Sasatisfied Wiwith the Amt Ofof Crime In N this city . . Crowd d no arare You Satitisfied with the Cocondition Ofof the stree . Crowd d no thisis is ed kococh, your ma. You knknow, Ththe Sanitatition Departmtmt Cacannot Sweepep the streeet if y you dont m move your illegegally parkeked ca. Ed koch h was the mamayor atat the time,e, a threreeterm incncumbent. Say hellllo to dave e dinki, our next m mayor. And dave d Dinkins Wasase mamanhattan Boborough Presesit Lookoking to bececome the fift blblack mayor r of new yorork. Gogood luck. Thank k you. Davivid dinkins s wasnt really knonown to haveve anan outgoing g personaliti. I think k that i havave the e capacity to bring p people togegether. Kochch was overbrbearing with persosonality. Ththere are pepeople who t k iim acerbic c and sarcasasc and d too new yoyorkish. Iim proud toto be new yoyor. [crowd c cheering] and polilitical Wisdsdom Saidid that Kochch Wowould Defeatat dave dinknk. Mrmr. Giulianini, with Allle Cacandidates r running foror m, do you c consider eded koch Yoyour Principipal Opponene . Sure, absosolutely. Ed koch h is the mayayor. Hehes been elelected a number o of times. Hehe was a conongressman before t that. Hehes the tououghest oppopon, and hes t the person n to be. Koch s says he is s still the man fofor the job. B. When i l look at somome of Ththese Peoplele who are r run, i dodont think k they can h ha. It was my y cases thatatd toto the Revelelation Of E Edh having tururned this c city or to a bunchch of polititical cro. Rudys affffect was thts workrkingclass,s, aggrieved, pissedoff white dude. And d theres a a Big Demo Out Therere for workrkingclass,s, aggriev, pissssedoff whihite dude, qed trump p in the lasast, you u know, seveven years of ourur american n political l. In 89, ed koch hahad ben mayor for going on 12 years. The cicity was deaealing withth high crimime. Anand there wawas a blame e e ofof hostilityty. Its theheir fault. Its t their faultlt. [crowd yelelling] it wasas, i believeve, the Mt Racialally Polarizized year inin the histotory of the e c. In m most Big Cicities Wiwith a Largege Blblack and Lalatino Popululan and a susubstantiall white e populationon, theres s racial tenension. Crcrowd no jujustice, no o p no justicece, no peacece anand it was h happening in new y york. The tensioion was s very, veryry high. And you cocould feel i it. I mean, yoyou could cucut it lilike cuttingng butter. You had d the rape in Centralal Park Anand the falslse arrest of blackck teenagersrs. In new y york city this mororning, a jojogger is fifighting for her lilife after a a Brutal Attttack in c central parark. Five s Suspects Wewere Arresd Outsidide the Parkrk On W West 102nd D Street for these e assaults. The Policece Bring In N Fivs who Arare Basicalllly Cocoerced intoto confessioio. They w were not reresponsibl. Someone e else Stepppped Forwd and coconfessed. Bubut at the t time, it Waws Jumpmped On By V Vast Majoriy of new yororkers that t This S An Exampmple of supeper predat. I personalally hope they reaeally nail t those gu. Therees a tremenendous lackck of respecect, Especicially Fofor Authoritity figures. Anand they reaeally do whatever t they want. The Centntral Park F five ce was as r racial as r race get. The narrative was simple outtofcontrolol black crir. Billioionaire deveveloper Donald Trurump has enentered the e fray wiwith fullpapage ads in new yororks major r newspap. Donald trump b bought ads in Newewspapers Calllling for ththe death pepey onon these fivive young mem. I dodont know what cririme and Figighting Cre has to do o with racisism. Im very m much in favavor of t the death p penalty. Anand you had d a mayor Tht Playayed Betweenen the divisis. Grgrandmothersrs say, but hes s a good boy. He neverer did anyththing. Dodont you bebelieve it. A big g part of gigiulianis n was s peeling ofoff 3030 of the b black vote, because a a lot of Blalack New W Yorkers Loloathed ed k. Ohoh, mayor kokoch, hess told so m many lies. Mamayor for ththe rich, not for r the poor. In t terms of adadministrati, inin terms of f business, i ththink hes b been terrifi. But t in race rerelations, hes been n very, veryry, very. Justicice justicice justicice for yusesef and d then therere was ththe murder o of this blalack, yusef hahawkins. Younung man getsts off a trn in the Benensonhurst S Sectin of brooklylyn. He wasas going with some e friends that wanted to look at a used car. And a crowd gets around them and say, we dont allow the ns around here. And they surround him, and they kill him. A clear raracial murdeder. Anand ed kochh immedidiately saysys, wwait a minunute. Donnt prejudgege. Prejudgege . They saiaid, well, we dont know if f it was racace. Maybybe it was a a guy mad about hihis girlfrieiend. So i s say, okay,y, you dont know i if its racace . We a are going t to come out here a and march, cause i i wanted toto make itit clear to o the nationo, this wasas about racace. Over the w weekend, Civil Rirights Leadeders Marcd through h bensonhursrst, the e allwhite e neighborhod Whwhere Hawkinins was killll. They w wanted to s show theyey could go o anywhere. Bubut they metet pure hatrtd along g the route. E. Go home e [bleleep] tell t them to go o home, back to eaeast new yorork where ththey came frfrom. Crowowd yusef yusef yusef yususef [c[crowd yelliling] there e might haveve been 1,000 peopople on b both sides s of the strt nns, go homeme. Ns, go home. Crowowd yusef [bleep] ] ththats rightht thatats right thats r right ththats rightht, baby we werere walking,g, and ththey were fofollowing u, a group with signs with, you know, a monkey, a watermelon. The nwoword was usesed. And d when we gogot to the f fd truck, welell, i said d to da, i said, dave, thihis is Getg Pretetty Volatilile here. He saiaid, dont t worry. I got thisis. He said d to me, i i got thi we went t on a flatbtbed truc, and ththe first Wowords Ouout of his m mouth he pointnted to themem. Hehe said, iim gonna be your r mayor too. O. As soon as Yusef Hawkins dies, it becomes the lead issue in the race for mayor. Totoday The Hehealing has begun,n, and new w york isis coming totogether. It is wronong to referr to benensonhurst a as johannesg or as s selma, alalabama. Its jusust not compmparable. Its unfnfair. What w we need arere people who are e going to b bring people t together and not trtry to use t this inin a subtle e or notsoose way to tryry to gain v votes. Soso my advicece to the mamayo, for oncece in your l life, keep your r mouth shutut, ed. Feeleling justifified. Therees somethining thatat were notot teaching g. [c[cheers and d applause]] we went toto the funerer, as d did ed kochch, as did t the other mayoral l candidateses. [crowd booooing] new yoyorks Goverernor Anand mayor, b both white, wewere booed w when they c ce to p pay respectcts. Therere was a grgreat deal of tensision in the e air. Thesese 1,000 pepeople there waitining for the e service toto start. I reremember when i gavave the Eulology Thatat day for y yusef hawkik. The ththree major r candidats were s seated in t the audien. Mayoyor ed koch,h, david d dinkins, and the e republicanan candida, rudydy giuliani,i, was there. And i wawanted toto Challengege Them not to do o a ceremoninial symbmbolic driveby but to really deal with what would cause people to feel ththey had thehe rigt toto kill somemebody Bebecause Of T the color of theirir skin. Im m scared. I i cant walklk in Thehe Streets N no more cause i m might get s shot n. Hess scared, and i amam distressesed. I i am in terrrror. I know w we had somemething that it totook from usus. And it is s time toto leave us s alone. Ed kococh snuck ouout, Wentnt Down The E fire escape cauause he was s Afraid Off Being G Confronteded by the crd as he leleft. Yusef f Hawkins Bebecomes a Sn Onon The Admininistrationn Of Ed D Koch Anand Catapultlts dave dinins to win the democratic primary. In new york city, democratic voters have turned threeterm mayor ed koch into a lame duck. Instead, t theyve chohosen dadavid dinkinins. You,u, the peoplple of new y, Mamade Historyry today. Hihis republicican Opponent In N November Will B be former u u. S. Attory rudodolph giuliaiani. The Entitire Campaigign was s predicateded on the ida that wed d be runningng againsnst koch. Insteaead, to our r surprise, were e Running Agagainst A Mn whos s Potentialllly Gonna E the Fifirst Black K mayor of new y york, an hihistoric ev. We are in n heaven nowo. We have mamade historyr. Rurudy had Beeeen Campaigngg in a a differentnt Direction Upup until thehe moment it becamame clear hehe was gonna facece david dininkins. Anand then he e sort of exexec, in some e ways, a 18180. Racialal issues Have Bececome a Big G Part Ofof the race e for mayor. A a fullpage e Advertisemet Giuliani T took Inin A Jewish H Weekly was attatacked by ththe amerin Jewishsh Committeeee as an illldisguised d appeal to prejudidice. Does thehe ad represesent a Slsleazy Appeaeal by Giuliliani Suppororters to t the Prejudidiced Fearss of some e voters . I think ththe ad isis quite appppropriate. It is s quite fairir. Its c calculated,d, obvious, to prerey upon Thehe Fear Ofof the jewisish communiti. Youre gononna be Acaccused Of G going low w ball with h this campap. [laughs]s] oh, cocome on, nowow. Youre probably not easily persuaded to switch mobile providers for your business. But what if we told you its possible that comcast Business Mobile can save you up to 75 a year on your wireless bill versus the big three carriers . Did we peak your interest . You can get two unlimited lines for just 30 each a month. There are no Term Contracts or line activation fees. And you can bring your own device. Oh, and all on the most reliable 5g Mobile Network nationwide. Wireless that works for you. Its not just possible, its happening. I love giuliani. No more drugs in new york city. Beautiful. No more drdrugs. Nono more drugugs rudydy giuliani,i, who can also reaead the numbmbers, Ststarts Migrarating In T The Directition of what cacan help himim win,s any goodod politiciaian would. Ththe race statarts to Takakn Kikind of an u ugly tone. New yorkrk city, 198989. All ththis going o on. And all ofof a sudden,n, ts a kind o of a snarl l and a sn. Thereres a sensnse that, lil, eveverythings wrong in the ciy and we havave to get Those P People outut of the. When a asked how h hed del with a defeficit, David Dinknkins said, its t clear r where We G Go From Her to rudy y giuliani, its cle. The e last two w weeks, he went ababsolutely as harard as he cocould afafter david d dinkins. Well, were in the final stretch in the mayoral race in new york. The Mudslilinging Seemems to getet worse by y the day. Gigiuliani hasas tried to make didinkins the e issu. Dinkinins accused d giuliani of gutteter politicscs. David dinknkins is notot prd to be e mayor of t this city. [crowd yelelling] nonow to polititics inin the big a apple. A final l flurry of campaigigning therere, wherere polls Shshow Dinkinsnsd by about 1 15 points. There was a big voter turnout. One e estimate s said 60 . The e citys 3. 2. 2 million registereded voters cacast ball. The nighght of the e electi, i felt t that we hadad a chan. But i kept telling myself, dont build yourself up for disappointment. Let yourself accept that we ran the best race weweve seen f for mayor. And then w we won. And it w was very clclose. Bubut we won. [cheerers and applplause] new yoyork City Totonight has the Fifirst Black K mayor inin its histotory. The rarace to succcceed flambot threreeterm mayayor ed koch was the e most contetested Anand Contentitious in 20 0 y. This year,r, voters rejecteded the callsls to fer and spoke e with voiceces of h. [cheers anand applausese] history y was made. Hes now t the mayor for the e city of nenew york. Joy in thehe streets of harlelem, bedstutuy. We were getting calls from doctors andnd nurses and hohospitals sasaying thatat, you knowow, The E Black Patitients in the hospspital were e going banan. [cheers s and applauause] you knowow, Politicicians Trtry and win n races. Thosose races chchange them. Atat a minimumum, i think,k, y changed Frfrom The Pubublic Fie he had b been into s somebody who was s a little b bit mean, a a little bitit more divivis. There e comes a Momoment Inin a lot of f Campaignss Whenen the losining candidat, especicially if hehe or she wants toto have a fufuture inin politics,s, has s to give a concesession speecech. [crowd y yelling] the Boisteterous Crowdwd that he e had whippeped up, who had d probably m made a a couple of f trips to t thr at that t point, wowould not bebe quieted. Ive just t spoken to mayoreelect davidid dinki. Crowd b boo no no no no and wewere not at t all in sc withth what rudydy wanted tot. Quiet t quiet t He Scrcreamed Atat the top o of his lungn. It was a amazing. Anand it came e across Ass Stridedent and sorort of offk. Please be quiet and listen to me. Thisis Is A Situtuation where he w wasnt ablele to conontrol his e environmen, and he dididnt like i it. Itits Very Imimportant for the e future of f our ciy ththat we all l come togetet. Anand i want y you to s show that s spirit nonow, do it i believe the seeds of the rudy that we see now were always there. What i didnt recognize is, as other aspects of his career fellll away, howow prominent they w would becomome. Rurudy told jajack newfiel, the e famous jouournalist, after the 1989 election that the election wawas stolen from him. Wewere You Sururprised . Wawas I Surprirised by were Y You Surprisised at hw close e it came atat the end . Could d you have p predicted t in a a sealed enenvelope . No, i donnt think sos. I thouought we werere either ga wiwin it by a a very littltlet or l lose it by y eight or ten poioints. Having nevever been through h it before,e, i didnt know which to believe, the polls or the enthusiasm of the people. It didnt get a lot of attention. And so it didnt really spring forward until the trump era. We cannonot allow ththese cros to s steal an elelection from the a american pepeople. When i r ran for mayayor of new york c city the fifirst ti, someme people Vovoted Eieight and teten times. Anand it realllly struck m, becacause it Wasas Sosomething Ththat giulianai didndnt carry o on a lot abat at thehe time. Hehe may have e said it here and t there, but itits not somomething he made a a big issue. E. It did Notot Definene Him in 191989. I ththink he stitill had enough intnternal discsciplin, connecection to ththe real wor, Whwhatever Youou want to c cal, that h he didnt d define Himsf Asas A Person N who had an electioion stolen f from h. From now o on, i Wiwill Believeve the peopl, not the e wisdom of the polollsters. Every ststep in his s carer was naturaral from whatt had hahappened befefore. I donnt Think Ththere was er a titime when i i thought, oh, w wow, rurudy is now w finished. I nevever thought t that, even when n he lost. From that t night, giuiuli started Hihis Second C Campain for the nenext four yeyears. Peoplple say this cantt be done . . Screw themem. Im Gonnnna Showow You that t it can. There isis this Tighght Sense , its us against the world. Lets show the world what assholes they are. Those have always been his instincts. And lookok, god, Talk Aboutut Longevityty in americacan politicscs. Ththe guy is, like, [b[bleep] amazazing. The battle has begun. Former u. S. Attorney Rudolph Giuliani launchehed His Formalal Campaign N today to capturere city hallll