Tapper for a country that bills itself as the worlds oldest democracy, we sure do love a strongman, and from Teddy Roosevelt all the way up to our Reality Tv President , nowhere produces more of them than the empire state. And i get it. In an age where Congress Approval rating hovers somewhere around sewer rats, we wanna vote for the politician who can finally just get things done. That was Eliot Spitzer to a t. But when new yorkers sent the sheriff of wall street to the governors mansion, we all learned the hard way that White Knights can have dark secrets. Spitzer was caught breaking his own sex work laws, a level of hypocrisy we could never forget. Eliot spitzer blazed a trail through new york that had him in Spitting Distance of the white house, right up until the moment he set himself on fire. This will sound like a setup for a bad joke, but bear with me. [cheering] the change you seek, the new york you dream of begins tonight. [cheering] so theres this honest politician named Eli
And i get it. In an age where Congress Approval rating hovers somewhere around sewer rats, we wanna vote for the politician who can finally just get things done. That was Eliot Spitzer to a t. But when new yorkers sent the sheriff of wall street to the governors mansion, we all learned the hard way that White Knights can have dark secrets. Spitzer was caught breaking his own sex work laws, a level of hypocrisy we could never forget. Eliot spitzer blazed a trail through new york that had him in Spitting Distance of the white house, right up until the moment he set himself on fire. This will sound like a setup for a bad joke, but bear with me. [cheering] the change you seek, the new york you dream of begins tonight. [cheering] so theres this honest politician named Eliot Spitzer, a white knight, new york official with a reputation so pristine, they called him mr. Clean. He rose up the ranks from Attorney General to governor by taking down the mafia as well as wall street banks. These are
News, we are tracking devastating and Deadly Wildfires across hawaii. Drought and hurricaneforce winds fueling multiple blazes which have killed at least six people. Hawaiis Lieutenant Governor joins me live this hour. We are following Breaking News out of utah where a man accused of threatening to kill President Biden has just been shot dead by fbi agents trying to arrest him. The Fulton County District Attorney is expected to seek indictments against more than a dozen people as she nears Charging Decisions in her probe of the Election Interference by donald trump and his allies. Stand by for details. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room. This is cnn Breaking News. Lets get straight to the Breaking News. The horrendous wildfires scorching the Island Of Maui and that way. We are very grim reports of a rising death toll as authorities urge residents and tourists to flee the fastmoving blazes. Cnn Meteorologis