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Snxtd just minutes from now we re bringing you the cnn original series, giuliani. what happened to america s mayor. here s a preview. new york has five organized crime families and they ve been permitted to grow and grow and grow. when rudy took over the office and got involved in this case, he was very enthusiastic about it. very engaging. anxious to get the case going. my great grandfather, when he was an immigrant in brooklyn, the black hand at that time wanted him to pay protection to him. when people say there is no mafia, these organizations don t exist, i know from my history that there is such a thing and i know what it does and what it can do. and joining us now, a former aide to rudy giuliani. ken friedman joins us now. i know i ve talked to you ....
Before, forgive me. you served as a consulting producer on the series. the documentary does an amazing job of examining how rudy giuliani of 9/11, we all remember that, became the ruledy giuliani of january 6th. and i think the question is fitting. what happened to america s mayor? well, you know, i ve spent four years trying to get to the heart of that question. my educated theories are many. greed, access to power, need to maintain relevance, all the above. perhaps, you know, an alcohol problem. it s a combination of things that made him what he is today. and i have trouble reconciling the man that i worked for as, ....
University. professor, jeff, great to see you as always. let me ask you about this, because republicans have become increasingly vocal about, we were just talking about this with kim dozier a few moments ago, the war in ukraine, and republicans have become increasingly vocal against open-ended u.s. funding for the war in ukraine. how much of a topic is that going to be on wednesday? we were talking with asa hutchinson about this at the top of the hour, and he plans on susp spending some time on it. jim, you have been covering this from different angles. i was glued to the show, as i always am, and it s an honor to rejoin you. as a quick aside, i want to congratulate you guys on your nimbleness in bringing on judge michael ludig, a leading originalist thinker from the bench, originally, and lawrence from the other side of the aisle, professor tribe from harvard that these guys have never been unified on any cause before and this patriotic message they ve given you is perhaps something ....
Are things hotter, cooler than they were four years ago? are they as much of a danger and a threat as they have been? i do think so. just because we have not been as focused on it. we do have russia s war with ukraine. we have other u.s. issues in the region they re concerned about. but while we re focused on other issues, north korea has been extending their nuclear missile arsenal. they tested 80 missiles last year. they have went diversifying their capability. they have tested ballistic missiles. we have other concerns. but north korea is perfecting their nuclear missile capability and because there is nothing that we can do about it, the we ll environment is actually favorable for north korea because the united nations security council, there is nothing to be done. ....
You re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in the newsroom. an historic and catastrophic storm is headed for the u.s. hilary is headed as a category 2. it is already hitting places in san bernardino county. it is made up of mountain communities where mud slides could be a huge threat. it is already bringing strong winds to southern california. strong bands in san diego. the navy is moving ships from the three bases in the area out to the sea until the storm passes. hilary could bring a year s worth of rain in a single day to parts of the southwestern u.s. let s go straight to the cnn weather center. and you ll be very busy tracking this storm. when is this storm expected to hit the u.s.? what kind of time line are we looking at right now? reporter: the storm has sped up considerably. we re looking more like a sunday storm even though the outer rain ....