- the city was ready to move on, was ready to turn the page from the giuliani years. [soft acoustic music] [dreamy piano music] - manhattan is like no place else in the world. in new york, what you see is first of all, you see a natural wonder of buildings. you know, it s like the pyramids. the buildings dwarf you. the buildings remind you of how unimportant you are, because you re so tiny. in this big, incredible city, when you see it, it makes you want to come and see it. it makes you curious about it. it makes it something bigger than life. i have strong feelings about new york, everything that makes up new york. we re the crossroads of the world. this is the center of the universe. i mean, there is no place that gets more people from more different places. you sort of get, like, a view of the whole world by just standing there and walking around. it s really my deep passion, the love for the people of this city, and the love of this city. when
- no, that sense has always been there. - oh. - the first time, he was mayor rudy. now he s king giuliani. - giuliani was just starting to wear on the public of new york. - the city was ready to move on, was ready to turn the page from the giuliani years. [soft acoustic music] [dreamy piano music] - manhattan is like no place else in the world. in new york, what you see is first of all, you see a natural wonder of buildings. you know, it s like the pyramids. the buildings dwarf you. the buildings remind you of how unimportant you are, because you re so tiny. in this big, incredible city, when you see it, it makes you want to come and see it. it makes you curious about it. it makes it something bigger than life. i have strong feelings about new york, everything that makes up new york. we re the crossroads of the world. this is the center of the universe. i mean, there is no place that gets more people from more different places. you sort of get, like,
collective release of, okay, if he can begin to smile, maybe we can too. i thought that was an important moment. it was like a curtain going up on this newest phase of the rudy giuliani story. his response to the attacks had elevated him to an unprecedented place for any mayor. he was named time magazine s man of the year. he would walk into rooms and there would be standing ovations. if you don t stop applauding, i will start singing. [ laughter ] you walk into every room and you re the center of attention, and it comes to feel natural and something that you re due. bits of the old giuliani do crack through. he s still operating politically and trying to grab some more time in city hall for at least as long as he feels he needs to be there. the offer is there. if people want to accept it, they can. some people are wondering if maybe we could just keep mayor giuliani in office for another year to get us through this crisis. the new york times has indicated they don
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thinking that, okay, we need to we need to start laughing again. - can we be funny? [audience laughs] - why start now? [laughter and applause] - there was this kind of, like, collective release of, okay, if he can begin to smile, maybe we can too. i thought that was an important moment. - it was like a curtain going up on this newest phase of the rudy giuliani story. - his response to the attacks had elevated him to an unprecedented place for any mayor. he was named time magazine s man of the year. he would walk into rooms and there d be standing ovations. - if you don t stop applauding, i will start singing. [laughter] - you walk into every room and you re the center of attention, and it comes to feel natural and something that you re due. - bits of the old giuliani do crack through.