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what you see is what you get. [cheers and applause] - so that was very much a model for rudy, someone who's gonna take on sort of democratic party corruption and excesses and bureaucracy and breathe new life and a spirit of reform into the city. - say hi to rudy giuliani, our next mayor. come on over and say hi to rudy giuliani. - give me a kiss. - i believe him. and i'm all for him. i like the way he's talking. - rudy was an outer borough guy. not too handsome, not too tall, a little crabby, maybe sometimes a little loopy. and what he said, that was good. - darn right, mistakes have been made, sure. i'm a democrat who has-- i'm a la guardia republican. i get a lot of criticism for my haircut. - why do you want to be mayor? - well, this is a great city. it's a city i love. i was born here. i've grown up here, gone to school here. i think the city is in terrible trouble. more murders last year than ever before. the drug problem out of control.
that's who we are! that's who we are! you betrayed us! - the resentment for those people who got ahead was really great in the city. - it's become a four-letter word, almost. like, oh, you yup. or look at those yups and their yuplets. and they're just raising prices and glitzing up the neighborhood, and none of us can afford it. even though we've got our rent-control apartments, they're turning everything into condominiums and co-ops. and it's like, what about the rest of us? - you know, there's a reason that the movie "wall street" and gordon gekko is set in the 1980s. - greed, for lack of a better word, is good. - a lot of the stuff was real. people were ostentatiously wealthy, ostentatiously greedy. and the king of that crowd was donald trump. - forget paris, and forget london, and forget everything else. new york city is where it's at. - i don't know how close giuliani and trump were personally in the 1980s. but i do know they occupied similar spaces. - they're outer borough guys. one thing that they have inherited from their fathers
tackling serious crime. tomorrow, london's ultra low emission zone officially expands to cover every borough of the capital in a bid to stop the most polluting vehicles from driving in town. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. let's head straight to new york first — where the final tennis grand slam of the season — the us open — is under way, and the defending women's champion, iga swiatek is among the opening matches at flushing meadows. she's not long started her first round match against rebecca peterson, the world number one on arthur ashe today. elsewhere though we could have an upset, in eighth seed maria sakkari losing to spain's rebeka masarova, who won the first set 6—4. currently 4—3 to masorova in the second.
he is feeding their denial when you don't like a servant. >> congresswoman, that is literally what you are saying i mean we have watched clarence thomas behave. he said the borough was not just for black people, it's literally what it was. he serves a very similar purpose. when i heard your quote, that is what you are talking about. you have people as doctor kendi has said who serve a purpose in they themselves are people of color, but they speak only to white audiences. vivek ramaswamy is not talking to black people, he lectured don lemon for the benefit of white voters in the republican party. that is who is attempting to entertain. i do not want to say that's what you are saying, i do want to miss quote you, but is that what you are coming from? >> again, it's a consistent play from their tired playbook to weaponize words. i was speaking about the power and the importance of representation. but, the real weapons here are
you betrayed us! - the resentment for those people who got ahead was really great in the city. - it's become a four-letter word, almost. like, oh, you yup. or look at those yups and their yuplets. and they're just raising prices and glitzing up the neighborhood, and none of us can afford it. even though we've got our rent-control apartments, they're turning everything into condominiums and co-ops. and it's like, what about the rest of us? - you know, there's a reason that the movie "wall street" and gordon gekko is set in the 1980s. - greed, for lack of a better word, is good. - a lot of the stuff was real. people were ostentatiously wealthy, ostentatiously greedy. and the king of that crowd was donald trump. - forget paris, and forget london, and forget everything else. new york city is where it's at. - i don't know how close giuliani and trump were personally in the 1980s. but i do know they occupied similar spaces. - they're outer borough guys. one thing that they have inherited from their fathers
- this is no time for sob stuff and whining. now is the time to fight, to fight for the best interests of our city. - let me repeat it one more time: no deals for jobs, no deals for contributors. what you see is what you get. [cheers and applause] - so that was very much a model for rudy, someone who's gonna take on sort of democratic party corruption and excesses and bureaucracy and breathe new life and a spirit of reform into the city. - say hi to rudy giuliani, our next mayor. come on over and say hi to rudy giuliani. - give me a kiss. - i believe him. and i'm all for him. i like the way he's talking. - rudy was an outer borough guy. not too handsome, not too tall, a little crabby, maybe sometimes a little loopy. and what he said, that was good. - darn right, mistakes have been made, sure. i'm a democrat who has-- i'm a la guardia republican. i get a lot of criticism for my haircut.
solution may have to address drivers' paychecks. >> one of the components is compensation for drivers in salaries and benefits. it's in the workday they're having. it's in training and assistance they goet to do their jobs. it's trying to expand hours so they have a full-time job. >> thank you for bringing us that story. a hot collector's item this month in brooklyn is a library card. for 50th anniversary of hip-hop, the brooklyn public library is issuing limited edition library cards featurie ing jay-z. 14,000 new accounts have been established this month. >> members can select 13 different cards from different locations across the borough. the ceo of the library told cnn the community's enthusiastic response to this exhibition is a
sector or as a government liaison, if you will, unofficially. >> when is the -- the series we were talking about during the break, it's excellent. >> thank you. >> and it's fascinating to follow the arc because you forget so much from that '93 campaign, the whole way up from his time as a u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york. people forget he was the clear frontrunner in the 2008 republican primary for a period of time for his campaign crashed and burned. what precipitated the change, the move into trump orbit? is it purely power, or was there a series of events that led to it? >> i think they already knew each other from his mayoral days. trump was not a presence at city hall. he got very few contracts. and he was sort of dismissed as sort of an out of borough -- >> the whole relationship converted.
there, but as you heard, there are risks, it�*s changing all the time. and when you see that collapse, it�*s frightening, really frightening. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london, i�*m alison earle. strike action by ground staff at gatwick airport has been called off after an improved pay offer. members of unite were due to walk out today but will now be balloted on the proposed deal. union officials have warned that if members reject it strike action planned for the bank holiday weekend august 25 to 28th will go ahead. havering council is considering building a tram route as part of plans to boost the local economy. the council will carry out a study to see if trams could connect the north and south of the borough. other options including a light rail
the council will carry out a study to see if trams could connect the north and south of the borough. other options including a light rail or "rapid bus" system. existing public transport in the area mainly provides east—to—west journeys. oxford street has earned the reputation as europe's busiest shopping street. but with visitor numbers down 20% compared with pre—pandemic levels what's the future for the area? some retailers are adjusting to changing customer demands and footfall. thursdays and fridays, fuelled by office workers, was, back in 2019, our busiest two days of the week. now we are seeing saturdays and sundays as the busiest days. so people are coming for different reasons, they're coming purely to shop and enjoy themselves at the weekend, they're staying for longer to do that. sundays, in terms of the shopping day, it's obviously shorter but in terms of the days, in terms of the hours the shops are open, it's actually the busiest.