- did you go too far on some of t this? - nono, that senense has s always beeeen there. - oh.. - ththe first titime, he was mayayor rudy. now he s k king giuliaiani. - gigiuliani wasas just stararto wear on ththe public o of new y. - the cityty was readydy to m move on, was ready to turn the page from the giuliani years. [sofoft acousticic music] [dreamy pipiano music]c] - manhnhattan is l like no place e else in thehe worl. in newew york, whahat you see- first of a all, you sesee a naturaral wondr of buiuildings. you knknow, it s like e the pyramimids. the e buildings s dwarf yo. the buildidings remindnd you of how uninimportant y you ar, bebecause you u re so tinyn. in this s big, increredible cit, whwhen you seeee it, it makeses you wantt to c come and sesee it. it m makes you c curious abob. it makes i it somethining bibigger than n life. i hahave strong g feelings about nenew york, evererything thahat mamakes up newew york. wewe re the crcrossroad
[indistinct chatter] - - hey, here e s a man whwho ls lilike he has s something g to . - arare we all s set, ronnie? - wewell, i bet!t! ohoh! - - hey, carefeful. - lookoks like he e s got flubur shoes s on, too, t today. [laughter]r] - a a wonderful l anonymous s dr mailed a a mono a m monopoly game p piece, and righght here in the m middle of i it was a littttle winningng tickt of $1 mimillion. - - whoa! - hey, w wow! [cheers s and applauause] [d[dramatic mumusic] - somemebody won a $1 m million mononopoly ge at mcdonalald s, and god blbless him, decided d to send ththat moy to thehe children n of st. j. - well, ththis is a grgreat . uh, we a and mcdonalald s he a gameme going, which, uh,h, a person n won a game pieiece in in texexas and maiailedt to st. j jude s anononymousy and, u uh, mcdonalald s worket a way to p pay the gamame pie even thougugh it couldld rey can t t be transfeferred. - - it s just t a wonderfufl chchristmas ststory that someoeone would g give that way
- giululiani has t taken fiererce criticicism for r his controroversial plp, but evenen opponentsts concee his s political l stature in amemerica is somomething mosost mayos only d dream aboutut. - i i got the memessage that he wowould investst his chchurchillianan populariy to a attack me.. - - rudy! rudydy! get t over here,e, rudy! - i would d head up a campmpaign to - to reelelect him for a ththird term.. he s the m man. - basisically, my y agenda is the o only agendada discussesed in the c campai, one waway or the o other. whenen you thinknk about it, i mean,, ththat s the c core of whaht the e discussionon is all aba, the agagenda thatt we ve e set to thehe city. - afteter i had sasaid okay, borough prpresident frfreddy fer madede the very y smart decin to say no.o. - we v ve done thihis for centns in this cicity, fofor centurieies in this s na, in timeses of crisisis and wa. thisis should bebe no exceptp. - ththis city isis bigger than anyny one indivividua. we havave to move e f
he saiaid, mark, , look, it s a helell of a sitituatio. who knowsws if there e coulde another atattack. i d l like to asksk someththing unusuaual: to ststay three m months bebeyond my teterm, whicich ends jananuary 1st. - so y you create e a stable, sensibible transitition proce, bebecause thisis has to bee the bebest transitition ththis city hahas ever dono. - - in the civivil war, wewe t extendnd abraham l lincoln s . he has to o run for rereelectn for presesident in the mididdle of a c civil w. it s j just madnesess. but therere was someme publblic sentimement for th, times being what they were. - i m sorry that he s leaving. hehe s done a a phenomenalalb of u uniting thehe you u know, our r community. - - god bless s you, rudy.. - god blbless you! - [inanaudible]. god blesess you, rududy! - onon the way a away from the m meeting, i gogot a phone e call from ms totop aide at t city halll saying, mark, you don t want to fight r rudy on thihis. he is not t gonna be h happ this