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- rudolph giuliani, thank you for being with us. - thank you. - and in new york citys race for mayor, democrat david dinkins is leading in the polls over republican rudolph giuliani. - all of a sudden, david dinkins comes along, riding the wave of, you know, he was gonna be the first black mayor. and that was at a time when that had a real kind of emotional resonance, both within new york and nationally. - it was a historic day for new york and a triumphant moment for the biggest black...

and rudy was very much cut from that cloth and made no bones about it. - but when he was a prosecutor he was smart, he was tough, he was creative. - he was a perfect match for new york city. he was a perfect match for a tabloid culture. and he was brash and he was, you know, he was a self-promoter. - rudolph giuliani, thank you for being with us. - thank you. - and in new york citys race for mayor, democrat david dinkins is leading in the polls over republican rudolph giuliani. - all o...

he was a perfect match for a tabloid culture. and he was brash and he was, you know, he was a self-promoter. - rudolph giuliani, thank you for being with us. - thank you. - and in new york citys race for mayor, democrat david dinkins is leading in the polls over republican rudolph giuliani. - all of a sudden, david dinkins comes along, riding the wave of, you know, he was gonna be the first black mayor. and that was at a time when that had a real kind of emotional resonance, both withi...

And that was at a time when that had a real kind of emotional resonance, both within new york and nationally. It was a historic day for new york and a triumphant moment for the biggest black population of any american city. Quiet quiet rudy very quickly seems to have made the decision to embrace the sort of racism that a lot of his party believed in. White power i saw god out on the block today he was darker than the preachers say with a teardrop tattooed on his face and dirt in his fingers i he...

Because, you know, that sells more papers. - can this former prosecutor, can he actually be the one to come in and help bring new york into the right direction? the giuliani playbook is successful. the giuliani playbook is game changing. - but i do have a lot of hard work, a very different way of governing this city. ♪ - quality of life was to appeal to a lot of white, upper middle class disturbed by somebody maybe wanting to wash their windshield, hoping to get a dollar or two. - here, voters...

- can this former prosecutor, can he actuallyinto the righ? the giuliani playbook is successful. the giuliani playbook is game changing. - but i do have a lot of hard work, a very different way of governing this city. ♪ - quality of life was to appeal to a lot of white, upper middle class disturbed by somebody maybe wanting to wash their windshield, hoping to get a dollar or two. - here, voters are socially and fiscally conservative. no matter the falling crime rates, aggressive street beggars...

Its statistics he doesnt understand. - taking out window wipers and people that would ask for a dime or two on the subway-- the focus was cosmetic. - we wanna show people improvement in the quality of their life, that things are getting better for them, that things are safer, quieter. - so that he would give the perception that, "im taking care of crime. "im getting all the nuisance out of the way. these criminals are threat to your tranquility." and it was all optics. - new york and new jersey,...

Be above freezing at all this weekend. oklahoma, all counties are under a state of emergency today, more than 7,500 homes have no electricity, and the red cross churches and community groups are opening kitchens and shelters and warming centers all across the state. memphis, tennessee, was supposed to host a marathon today. why not? it should have been in the mid-50s. our indra peterson is there, and, indra, the race is canceled. how are people coping? and how much longer is this cold snap going...