[dramamatic music]c] ladies a and gentlememen, amerericas mayoyor, Rudy Giuliliani. Today,y, i am o officially y Announcig My Withdrarawal as a candidate e for Presidident Of T the united d states. Veryry difficultlt night for Rudy G Giuliani. We arere going to o make our r country grgreat again. Giuliaiani sees onone thin, opportununity. Trumump is cleararly the bebest choice. E. He thoughtht, this wilillt me back inin the spotltlight. Whwhat i did f for new w york, Donanald Trump Will D do for amererica [cheers s and applauause] ohoh, my god. I momoved on herer, actually. You knknow, She Wawas Downwn in palm b beach. I i moved on h her, and i i fa. Iill admit i it. Whoaoa. I i did try anand [bleep] ]. She wawas married. D. Thatss huge newsws there. Sosome breakining news rigigh. Dadavid fahrenenthold of the Wasashington Popost got his hahands on a t tape. Hehello. Hohow are you . U . Hi. Hihi, mr. Trumump. Hohow are you . U . Nicece seeing yoyou. Teterrific. Pleasurere to meet y you. When thehe Access Hohollywod Tape dropped, i was on air. Donanald trump a and billy bush Hadad Somethingng of a rauaunchy conveversatio. And whwhen youre e a star, they letet you do itit. Yoyou can do a anything. Whatever y you want. Grgrab em by y the [bleep. Hes Braragging Abouout Commmmitting sexexual assaul. So i was j just stunnened, absosolutely stutunned. Therere is a Pololitical Ststorm that h has eruptede. Already y a parade of repubublicans has eitherer condemneded trumpps commentsts, withdrawawn their support t completelyly, or calleled on him t to step d. Any y truth thatat hes d Dropping Ouout . No. Kellyayanne conwayay, reincece priebus, others, Werere Scheduleded to be on the sununday shows. S. All of Thehem Canceleded their r appearanceces. Anand the one e person whoho wn to Defenend Him In W wake of tt was s Rudy Giuliliani. Joining g me now isis former nenew York Citiy Mamayor and dodonald trumpp suppororter, rudy y giuliani. Rudydy giuliani,i, Top Adadvisor To D donald tru. Thanank you. Thanks f for having g me bac. That Wasas A Momentt for Rurudy GiuliananiTo Realllly Step Upp and shshow that wawas willing to be Donald Trumps number one defender, nunumber one a attack dog. Men n at times, talk like e. I i dont knowow how muchh he wasas exaggeratating. I i dont knowow how much h is. Hes a Dififferent Manan now than he was s then. Men say Ststupid Thingngs in lococker rooms. S. We shoululd move on. N. Rurudy Giulianani Bet T On Trump W when very f few people e were doing. He stutuck with trtrump after the acaccess hollylywood tap. Shameful, but like, you kn, you dodo this becacause youe exexpecting a a reward. I guguess there e are a a few perfecect people. But in my y view, theres ononly been onone. And d that was j jesus chris. Cnn can report that Hillary Clinton has called Dodonald Trumpmp to cononcede the r race. Im M Enormouslyly excited d for the cocountry. I i believe Dodonald Trumpmp l be a trulyly great preresiden. [draramatic musisic] this is s probably one of t the greatesest victories s for the Pepeople F America A since andrdrew jacks. The election of donald trump to the white house shocks the country from coaoast to coast. [a[all cheerining] im so proroud to call him t the presidedent of the u united statates. Eveven people e who are pulling Fofor Donald TTrump Are Amazazed that hehe won. Whwhoo it felt t like this s Increde Periodod of uncertrtainty. Who that i is that . Is t that the Mamayor Thatat showed upup . Rudydy . Mornining after ththe 2016 president itial electioion, if y youre rudydy giuliani, and donald trump had just been Electcted Presidedent of u united statates, youure feelingng that Theres Totons of oppoportunity ahah. Whatss your Rolele Expecteded to be . I have n no expectatation. All i do i is give my y advic. Donanalds been n my frieiend for 28 8 years. All of My Y Work On Bebehalf ofm has s been out o of great loloy Anand Friendshship to him. Whatevever rudy wawants, rurudy gets, b because he e s the guguy who stooood by trum. Whateverer he said, bill c Clinton Didid much wor. Hihis top pickck is sececretary of f state. So is thisis true . Yoyou want to o be secrcretary of s state . [lauaughs] whatetever i wawant to be, ill Discucs Wiwith the preresidentelele. Rudy has d developed a a nk of contactcts in Countntries Across Thehe World in the wakake of 9 111 and His Geopolitical Rock Star Status Where hes treatated almost t like anan expresidident as hee Trtravels Arouound the woror. I ththink he thohought Beining Secretarary of state would bebe a good waway to s stay in thehe game. Youre n not presidedent. Youre n not vice prpresiden. Secretarary of statete is the e most preststigious job in the c cabinet. And i ththink that h he saw that as as an alteternate to the p president iaial ambibitions thatat were nevever going toto be fulfili. John w would be a very good choicece. Is t there anybobody bette . Mamaybe me. I donnt know. He gets a a little toooor ouout ahead ofof himself o on. Anand what wasas Really Happenining Behind T The Scens was thatat there wasas actualy some c concerns ababout rudy a and d whether hehe was up for the chchallenge hehere. Trtrump confididante, Rudy Giuliaiani, formerer new york mayor, mayay not Actuaually Nw be a locock for the e positin of secreretary of ststate. Therees one momement in trp towewer where jajason miller, one ofof the top c communicatn advivisors for t trump, comes out t of the Bulullpen Ofof his team m and says, we neeeed someone e to go in te anand just Lobob Questionsns Ay toto see what t he says. Everybodody scattersrs. Ththe aide whoho does get t pd goes in Bebehind Closesed Doos and is h horrified by what t he hears, a Ququestion Abobout when is the lasast time yououve traveled to the middle easast. That question comes with enough stammering that they have a followup meeting. The aide asks giuliani, you told me yesterdaday that youou hadnt n to t the middle e east for a a. Are yoyou sure abobout that . Are ththere any Otother Tripips you can n remember . . Giululianis facace goes blal. Turns out, his secretary had said rudy had just been in the middle east a month ago. If you talk to people who were talking to trump at the time, they say he was never seseriously Coconsiderd Fofor it, whicich is Probabable Revealining in and o of itsef of the dynynamic of the relatitionship between the two of them. The relationship between trump and rudy is really a fraught one. Itss one wherere trump p really valalues giulianinis defensese of hi. He was t the best mayor inin the Histotory Of T the city ofof new york. Hes a Grereat Personn who loloves our cocountry. But shshows his apappreciati, shows s his love f for rudy with bacackhand and d criticis. Inin Donald Trtrump eyes, theress part of f giulianiss recor. Likeke, he ran f for the prpresidency, and d it totallyly went u up in flamemes. So to donanald trump, hes a a loser. There e was a Momement Aftr Trump had d been electcted, Steve Mnucuchin his Nenew Treaeasury Secreretary is Gettiting Marrieded in wasashington, and d giuliani i is very excitedly y talking. And trtrump stops s him. Says, rudy, youre spipitting all l over. Gogo stand ovever there. And rudydy does. Rudy t Thought Trurump was s going to a appoint him secretary of state. And d that didnnt work. Soso he keeps s around Thee Marginins in any w way he ca, trying t to get backck to ththe center o of the actiti. One has toto really appreciatete to Undersrstand Ththe arc of Rudy Giuliani, how intoxicating fame a and power a are. For r a politicician to lose relevavance is gututting. Whwhat happensns to Polititil Anand MediaFifigures Whenen y Fear I Irrelevancece and Gogo Off The D deep end to become e relevant a again. I i dont thinink he rereally Got O Over Losingg the rarace for preresident. Hehe misses ththe action. He wanants to be a a player. [dramamatic music]c] weve gogot some major newsws that werre still absosorbing as we speaeak right nonow ththat broke o overnight. A Bombshshell Reportrt from the new yoyork times, claimiming that ththe fbi launched a an investigation into p president T Trump To Se if h he was workrking for rura and Agagainst The E united sta. Mostst of trumpps first two yearars in officice Arare OvershadadowedByby Allegatioions of collllug with russisia to Try T To Tilt t the 2016 elelection. And Thosose Eventualally Landn the Lalap Of The S Special Coul robert mueller. I said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russiaia is a madedeup st. Prpresident neneeds a fighg. He needsds somebody y who he t thinks willll push back agaiainst this i investigatit, Agagainst The EPress Obsessioion with the investstigation, Wiwith The Samame Zeal that he wowould. And says, i need you to fight for me here. Its Divivorce Numbeber Three E for Rudy G Giuliani, new yoyork citys s former may. Anand at a heaearing todaya, it b became cleaear that thihs are e taking a n nasty turn. Since 2016, you see him without any of the tethers that guided him in more productive directions. Peter powers was rudys closest confidant since their boyhood days. If anyone could center him, it was peter. If there was anyone who could calm him down, it was peter. And when peter died during the Trump Campaign, rudy lost his lifeline. And i think thats what happens to him. Hes morore alone than early rudy wawas. Rudy giuiuliani is finally y an Officiaial Membr of the trump team. The former new york mayor now joining the president s legal team. He wants to do battle the way he knows how to do battle, Whwhich Is On Twitter and on t. I have no problem with that. He is treated differenently and ununfairly. I haveve no problelem with t. Hess innocent. T. He wanants giulianani, the prprosecutor, to prosecucute the preress, O Prosecute E the prosececutor. Youveve Got A Hysysteria going on i in the medidia Ththat Interprprets everytytg agagainst donanald trump. Therees No Hysteteria her. Anand that is s what takes giuliaiani all Thehe Way Ththrough The E trump yeara. Waitit. Waitit. Hihis fatheriinlaw jake jake, we e are so wewe are so didistorting the syststem of juststice just to geget donald t trump. Its Goioing To Hurtrt us. He wasas spending g a lot of time inin the west t wing. He was somebody who was constantly on call for the e former president to reach out to. And i ththink this k kind of brought back together this onagain, offagain Longstananding Bromamance between Ththe Two Of T these th of a c certain erara new york. He has t this directct accessss, without t any of Thehe Responsibibility or any of t the accountntabilit. As a Skikilled Profefessionl who figurered out how toto Climb Hisis Way Upup in the lelegal world, anand then up p in the pololil world, thahat he figurured o, now im inin the trumpmp worl. Whatat do i needed to do too succeeeed in this s world . And in t this world,d, loyaly is 100 obedience,e, is 100. And he jusust decided,d, well, this is the woworld im gogoing to be , anand im justst going to o do. Almostst immediatetely, Asas Giulianii joins s the team i in a forml way, hees doing a a lot of pr. When youou tell me that yoyou know, he s should teststify because hess going to o tell the t h and hehe shouldntt worry,y, well, thahats so silly becacause its somebodydys versionon of thehe truth, nonot the tru. He dididnt have a a Converersation Abobout the trututh is truthth. I donnt mean to o go, like, no it i isnt truthth. Truth h isnt trututh. The Presesident Of T the Unitd Stateses says, i d didnt. Trututh isnt trtruth. Mr. Mayor, do o you rerealize whatat, i mean. Ththeres a Momoment Ininside The W white housee where trtrump aides s start criticizining what giuiuliani s said on air, and trump barks at them all and says, at least rudys out there defending me. Whwhen you do o find out . . Iill tell yoyou what. Rurudy knows i its a witctch. He starteded yesterdayay. Hell get t his facts s straig. Hes a g great guy. In 2018, j joe biden is cleararly gearing upp for a a president itial run n and is wididely perceived as the frontrunner. Remember, in 2007, when joe biden was making his sesecond run for the E Presidencycy and d Rudy Giuliliani wawas making h his first, Joe Bibiden Famoususly in a Democratatic Debatee jujust dismissssed giuliana. Thereres Only T Three Thins He M mentions inin a sentenc, a noun, and a verbrb, and 9 . I i mean, thereres nothining. Ththeres noththing else. Giululiani neverer has gotttten over ththat, ever. Rudy giuiuliani called forormer Vice President joe biden a moron and mentally deficient idiot. I believe that he always needs to define himself through anatomy. Right . So, Cathololic School He was good and there were o other kids s who were b. And ththen hes aa prosececutor and h hes gonna lockck up the babad guy. And thenen hes mayoyor and d hes Gonnana Lolock up the e Squeegee Guys andnd jaywalkerers, and now itits biden. Rurudy starts s kind ofof from whatat i can best s say, Fancyiying Himf as Likike The New W roger sto. Opposition research is as old as the game of politics, but its t the lengngths he wenent to. This is s the formerer mayor r of new yoro