people and the passion of belief are still more important than money. believed in the power of individuals to achieve. with no one like him. he could have been the president of the united states. he was that great. the first funeral for a victim of the crash of flight 8501. the weather unfortunately not looking good for the next two or three days. praying has given way to despair. until we get the data recorder and the voice recorder we re still somewhat in the dark. good morning, welcome to new day, i m michaela pereira, john berman is alongside me and christine romans is here. we begin with a a loss one that hits so very close to home for us here at new day, the passing of an american giant. legendary former new york governor mario cuomo, the father of our dear colleague, chris cuomo, has died at the age of 82. an icon in american politics a
came as ronald reagan was on his way to the greatest landslide in american politics and governor cuomo offered the liberal wing of the democratic party hope on two fronts. both that traditional liberalism could still be packaged as an agenda that most americans would support. and that democrats could compete with the awesome communication skills of governor reagan. now on the first point, ultimately i think the governor cuomo s side of the argument lost out to the one that bill clinton represented. but no doubt in the 1980s, he was a central figure a beacon of hope for democrats who had grown lost confidence in the party s ability to compete at the national level at that point. you talked about the 1984 convention speech. you talked about the soaring oratory. let s play a little of that. i remember ron, i m a little younger than you, i remember watching this on the floor of my father s house, looking at the room that was electrified in san francisco with the lights dimmed at the word
seek the democratic nomination. had he done that in 88 or 92, do you think he could have won? well he certainly could have. it would have been it would have been to me like the lincoln/douglass debates. a race that people would have talked about forever. the level of debate the level of eloquence and the challenge to ideas, of ideas would have been really at a level that we haven t seen for too long. representative peter king really appreciate you being with us. and i can t help but thinking that one way or another, governor cuomo is going to get back at you for jabbing at his high school in queens. i m sure he will by the way. and the school was in brooklyn. we lived in queens went to school in brooklyn. so again out of borough all the way. thanks again. the body count rising in the airasia crash this morning, 30 victims have now been recovered. along with what appears to be a piece of the fuselage. though the wreck itself still
rafah cuomo, his five children including our cnn new day anchor chris, and 14 grandchildren. the constants of his life always faith and family. that was john berman reporting. condolences are now pouring in remembering governor mario cuomo. president obama calls mario cuomo a determined champion of progressive values and unflinching voice for tolerance, inclusiveness, fairness dignity and opportunity. while new jersey governor chris christie said cuomo was a strong, eloquent leader who loved new york and his people and he was a role model for future generations that anything is possible through hard work and education. former new york governor david paterson joins know now. good morning, carol, happy new year although it s not getting off to a very good start. no but i m thankful you re here. can you share one of your
mario cuomo was a giant. he personify it had american mosaic certainly the new york mosaic. that was congressman peter king, a republican paying tribute to liberal icon mario cuomo who passed away yesterday at the age of 82. a three-term governor cuomo was indeed a giant of new york politics but he never forgot hit humble roots. in a statement, president obama said cuomo s own story taught him as americans we are bound together as one people. our country s success rests on the success of all of us not just a fortunate few. mario cuomo liked to say you campaign in poetry you govern in prose. he did both. simply it was the american dream. the son of italian immigrants mario cuomo rose from from thegrocery