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 governor s 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 there s 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
Jim bacon: we heard a tremendous blast, and all of a sudden all chaos ensued. Everybody started running. Rick schwein: he set the thing up to hurt people in a mass way. [crowd clamoring, whistle] mark mckay: we don t know if that person is going to strike again. [blows whistle] let s go! mark mckay: who did this? is it part of a strategy or is it a singular event? we didn t know any of that. [theme music] hello, and welcome to how it really happened. I m jesse l. Martin. In the summer of 1996, all eyes were on atlanta, georgia for the centennial olympics. The southern city put on quite a show for the opening ceremony as muhammad ali lit the olympic flame. But just eight days later, at a celebration in centennial park, a security guard noticed a suspicious backpack under a bench. Security and law enforcement moved quickly to evacuate the massive crowd, but time was not on their side. This is how it really happened. [indistinct chatter] it s a weekend night in atlanta. It s hot. The stre
Don t have gotten okay on everybody started running. He said the thing up to hurt in a mass way we don t know that that person is going to strike. Again who did this? is it part of a strategy or is it a singular event? we didn t know any of that hello, and welcome to how it really happened. I m jesse l. Martin. In the summer of 1996, all eyes were on atlanta, georgia for the centennial olympics. The southern city put on quite a show for the opening ceremony as muhammad ali lit the olympic flame. But just eight days later, at a celebration in centennial park, a security guard noticed a suspicious backpack under a bench. Security and law enforcement moved quickly to evacuate the massive crowd, but time was not on their side. This is how it really happened. [indistinct chatter] it s a weekend night in atlanta. It s hot. The streets are packed. [groovy music] there is entertainment at centennial park. The beating heart at night of the olympics. (singing) something about you driving me craz
Tapper: for a country that bills itself as the world s 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 governor s 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 there s this honest politician named
Don t touch that dial. We re about to flip it for you. In five, four, three, two. Tv is changing dramatically now with 150 channels that might be available in the near future. There s a lot of things that we do that you couldn t have on network television. People are really trying to do something adventurous. [both gasp] all: channel 7, shame on you. This is more a celebration of culture and opening the doors and allowing america to come on inside. There s always something on television, and some of it may be better than we deserve. [laughs] that was cool. [dramatic music] listen to it. Oh! [crowd cheering] they know when it hits the bottom, it ll be 1990. Goodbye to the 80s in. All: ten, nine. All: eight. Eight! eight! eight! oh, will this horrible year never end? when the 90s begin, we re starting to see a lot of experimentation. [gunshots] all: [quickly] seven, six, five, four, three, two, one! [cheering] and the simpsons, i think, in some senses was inspired by not necessarily a