- there was a secret reason for that, which we learned in the course of this campaign, which was that he had yet another new girlfriend. - at the time, he was married to donna hanover. they had two kids. - we alighted over the problem. but you couldn t alight over the problem when he was going out to dinner with her in public and baiting the news media in new york to cover her. - and then, soon thereafter, not too much soon, you know, he got prostate cancer. - good morning. i was diagnosed yesterday with a with prostate cancer. - that news rocked him. this may have been the first time he was confronted directly with his own mortality. - the biopsy revealed that several of the samples had implications of cancer. - this was in the midst of his senate race. and there was a lot of speculation about what effect the diagnosis would have. - his wife, donna hanover, rarely seen with the mayor,
which i believe is the best in the country, and i think most professionals do, would be very unfair. it s really a form of prejudice when you do that. - we did a focus group. we had giuliani voters and supporters in the room. and they were highly critical of what rudy had said and what he had done in the days and weeks after the shooting. and he was furious. and he starts yelling at me and pointing to me, telling me that this was a waste of his time, that it taught him nothing, that these people are misinformed. they don t understand. this is what s wrong with the press. and then he stops and says, i just need you to understand, i ve seen cops accused mistakenly. i ve seen cops careers destroyed. but these cops risk their life every day. and someone needs to understand them too. - rudy giuliani basically asked the city to shut up and go away. - his whole political strategy was us against them.
from communities across the city about these aggressive policing tactics. - there was something very sad and operatic about it. you know, as the bartender says, you don t have to go home, but you can t stay here. - the story of rudy giuliani is the story of rise and fall. he has this totally broken city in terms of rampant crime. he comes in, and he turns it around. he cleans up the city. fast-forward to a mayor who was nearing the end of his second term, and seemed to, sort of, almost have overstayed his welcome with the people of new york at that point. - he and his cronies went to one of his places. you know, they were all very happy and upbeat, and it felt like he was gonna run. they were talking about something, and rudy just kind of looked down and wistfully said, yeah, you know, politics is just so rough these days.
- you ask that question cause you re too young. this is déjà vu all over again. - the thing you have to remember about rudy is, he always felt that he was the smartest guy in the room. he actually enjoyed press conferences where he could parry with reporters because he could show how smart he was. - explain why your men decided to do that? - nope, i m not gonna discuss the case. - in many ways, tactically, rudy was donald trump before donald trump was donald trump. - you say that she set up her own - yeah, i ve answered enough questions about. you know, you get to the point where it gets ridiculous. - he discovered and perfected the political art of maintaining really hostile relationships with the press and enjoying hostile relationships with the press. - then you can all spin it 5,000 different ways. - giuliani is really trump-like, i think, in his willingness to believe that all publicity is good publicity. - i think both of them, they kind of kind of peaked in a certain era.
overall, crime rates have dropped almost 16%. - it worked. it brought the murder rate down to 600, which was quite a decrease from 2000. - under mayor rudy giuliani, new york, once the crime capital, is now the safest large city in america, according to the fbi. even the most cynical new yorkers credit giuliani with vastly improving their quality of life. - this is a remarkable moment of transformation for the city. these are the years of the yankees and derek jeter. these are the first years of chelsea. these are the first years of brooklyn happening. so the art scene begins to expand in these ways. this is the new york of sex and the city. - there was a sense among new yorkers, and among people around the world, that the city was a different, and more vibrant, and bigger, and better place than it had been for a very long time. - mayor giuliani has been, in my view, the best mayor we ve had for public safety. - giuliani happens to be an excellent mayor. - the man s great. look what