i guess they came close, when looking at the staten island mayor. yes.malliotakis: host: have you ever stayed at a trump property ? echo alliotakis: stadia -state? echo- you support the legalization of marijuana? rep. rose: i do. rep. malliotakis: i don't. host: do you support a federal mask mandate? rep. malliotakis: i don't. rep. rose: it is not enforceable. i do support everyone wearing a mask. trustalliotakis: do you the federal government to come up with a safe covid 19 a vaccine? and what your ticket? rep. rose: i would take it. yes and yes. ?ost: ms. malliotakis rep. malliotakis: yes i do. host: we are going to talk about the waterfront district of 11th. what federal investment should be made in combating climate change? taxes, like aort carbon tax or a higher gasoline tax and order to do it? rep. malliotakis: i am very proud of my record voting against tax increases. i'm not going to start voting for that now. i would say this is something near and dear to my heart. is a district that was certainly devastated by hurricane sandy. i'm emotiona

staten island report shows a rising number of infections in staten island along with research the borough'sate of proper mask wearing is only 45%. the district that falls in brooklyn is actually within a zone where rates are rising as well. so i'm going to ask you to go first, mr. rose. explain to voters what you've been doing during this crisis and specifically about the rising rates in the district. >> thank you again, as of course i just mentioned, finally staten island and south brooklyn did not take a back seat during covid and we were able to get the first drive through testing site. and i worked consistently on a bipartisan basis to make sure he we were dealing with the dual economic crisis as well as the public health crisis, holding the mayor accountable when he failed with the testing strategy, as well as pushing this president to assert the defense protection act, as well as other executive authorities. now work is not done yet. we have got to practice social distancing. we've got to wear mask, continue to race towards a vaccine and fund that effort. as well increase our treatmen

there will be something unique and different that nobody else on staten island will have.a start over. is that clear? tranchina: i like that very much. sammy: i'm ready. i'm ready. lemonis: but we got a lot of damn work to do. let's get to work. come on. so, fuji, one of the things that we're gonna do -- we're gonna start over on the menu. now that we've got the chef back, the thing i'm most excited about is getting him into that kitchen to come up with new ideas. i'm looking to kind of see the gold inside of here -come out in here. -fuji: all righty. tranchina: what do you think about doing a mixture, like doing a little pork with a little beef or something? meatballs -- sometimes that meat is so juicy 'cause it's got that fat from the pork in there. maybe, like, some jalapeÑos with some brown sugar -- like, they balance each other out. you got to play around, try different stuff. lemonis: it's important for me to be very clear with these guys on whose job is what. i wanted to clarify something so we don't keep having these bumpy roads. so, who's in charge of the menu? tr

the staten island assemblywoman running. when we went to bed, we thought that she was winning the race, and she ended up losing when the absentees came in. the congresswoman from that district, trump won the district, so we have high .xpectations and a couple of the really competitive ones. we have the oklahoma five, where we have 70 by running. it's the most republican seats currently with the democratic woman sitting in it. what is complicated is it was a primary,petitive cystectomy did not get the nomination until august. so sadly we have been fired the -- firing the guns internally and the fifth one is south mae isa five, or nancy running. the first woman to graduate from the city now. .tate wrap tremendous candidate. these five women are terrific. all different backgrounds. some have legislative experience, some don't read some of military experience. some don't. we go great. >> i have to agree with the entire list. i would be remiss if i did not seats.ere are a few open there's the florida three. she is a former staffe

. >> so we were diverse, the only thing we were messing with staten island. (laughs). >> i'm sure the president if he had an opportunity, whoever the president was, would have been looking for someone 50 years old from harvard and staten island. >> there's quite a few of them by the way. >> should that matter? there was a time earlier in our history, when there were certain geographic areas were presumed to be -- a southern seat or something like that. should that matter? >> diversity of experience includes where you grew up. by the way you have to have one western justice breyer grew up on the west coast in san francisco. >> yeah but then he wound up at harvard. >> is that a special taint. (laughs). >> you left? . >> yes and i have no harvard -- >> i'm going to ask a question about justice o'connor was a trail blazer. people knew who she was, this was maybe the first time for in a long time that someone knew somebody. the name of somebody on the face of somebody on the united states supreme court. in that sense, she was not a role model, a trail blazer becau

voting itself was very straightforward and having done my civic duty it was time to head to staten islandere the only to vote for donald trump in 2016. support is still strong. >> i do not like what is haening in my country so i voted down the line. laura: what are you hoping for as an outcom >> donald trump to win and move forward with the economy, jobs, get rid of all the racism. just to be cohesive. laura: many new yorkers have waited in line for hours and the board ofnolections was prepared. the top officialenies. >> we had folks showing up saturday morning when the pollsa open 10:00 a.m. at 6:00 a.m. -- the lines were forming. thisportant to people. they are willing to put the time into it and they are going to make their vois heard. laur in new york city and pandemic, millions are voting in for a presidentialion. turnout that solemn moment that the people give their verdict on their leaders. as americans flocked to vote the rest o close eye on what it means. we are talking to our correspondence around the globe and tonight, we go to south korea and germany, countries that were ruilt

i'll work for the people of staten island.ight. if you look at the five or ten things that have caused this poison and this partisanship, gerrymandering is up there. in new orleans, when i was growing up, the whole area was a particular district. it was black, it was white, it was suburban. and a person like hale bogg would come along and be able to get a consensus of all sides and was a great leader. after that, it gets gerrymandered and you have david duke and the suburban counties, a guy -- the urban part of the city had somebody who ends up going to jail, and you have a divisiveness. mike barnicle has said over and over again on this show that this election, we have to worry about when we say this is not who we are as a country, that maybe this is who we are as a country. and that's on the ballot now. who are we as a country. and the notion that we're a country that can work together is something we have to keep pushing for. and as you point out, joe, we need, especially with the new census coming on, we need districts tha

one in staten island, owner of that theater does everything and anything he can to protect those that to go to his theater. looks like he can't. for wait some time. is that fair or balanced? we pick apart the theaters. you decide. we're keeping a very, very close eye on the real life movie playing out over stimulus. right now growing confusion over nancy pelosi so-called 48-hour deadline to come up with something from the white house, presumably. republicans more generally to respond to her sort of bottom line deadline, get it done by tuesday or it is after the election. let's get the latest from chad pergram, who always said it is about the math and right now it is still about the math, sir. reporter: absolutely it will be a about the math that they're trying to get this across the finish line. keep in mind they're starting to run out of track. they don't have a lot of time to get a bill of this magnitude together, get it processed into legislative text, communicate this, educate the members what is in it. that is going to be key. you still have a lot of democrats pushing house speak

>> well, this was the staten island republican party.of the most hotly contested congressional races. i'm taking on congressman max rose, who not only voted to impeach the president but has also sided with the defund the police crowd, votes with nancy pelosi 97% of the time. these people came out to support the president but to also demand law and order be restored to the streets of our city. they are very unhappy with what's happening here under mayor bill deblasio. they want someone in washington who is going to hold him accountable and that's why i'm running for congress and right now, we are ahead in the polls. nancy pelosi keeps pumping in millions of dollars in an attempt to stop me from winning, but as you can see from the crowd, this district is energized and they are ready to get out there and vote. neil: i had congressman rose on last week. we were talking about, you know, where things stand on, you know, various stimulus efforts to help folks out. he is for anything and everything that can be done to get another coronavirus pa

being held in a chokehold after police confronted him for selli loose cigarettes on the street in staten islandw york in july of 2014. since that incident,inal refrains of "i can't breathe" had beco synonymous with national and global demonstrations calling for police reforms. some change has come. many jurisdictions have changed rules involving the use of choke holds; still, as with eric garner's death and others, many cases with police-involved deaths rarely brinan ysdictment or go to trial. garner's family or them, justice was not served. but a film released this past spring, now showing on the cable channel reelz, chronicles the case that never was. newshour weekend's christopher booker has more. >> reporter: it's been six years since eric garner, gasped, "i can't breathe."ia words captured cell phone video. words the world has come to know. and words that prompteests across the country-- activists, atetes, and garner's wife, esaw snipes-garner, and his family, king that officer daniel pantaleo be held accountable in a court of law for garner's death. but that never happened. a grand jury d

it's time to turn to staten island. the only borough to vote for donald trump in 2016.port for the president is still strong. i do not like what is going on in my country, so i voted straight down the line, a man named trump. what are you hoping for as an outcome? donald trump to win. and move forward. with the economy, jobs, get rid of all the racism just be cohesive. many new yorkers waited for hours for early voting. the board of elections was not really prepared. a charge the top official denies. we had folks showing up on saturday morning when the polls opened at 10am at six o'clock in the morning. lines were already forming four hours ahead of time. so, that means that this is important to people, that they're willing to put their time into it and that they're going to have their voices heard. to make their voices heard. in new york and across america despite the pandemic, millions of voting in what could be a record turnout for presidential election. it's that solemn moment where the people get their verdict on their leaders. stay with us on bbc news, still to co

so, earlier this year, i headed to staten island to meet him and his partners.ammy: it's a pleasure to meet you. how are you? lemonis: how you doing? my first impression was not good. is the restaurant making money? -todd: no. lemonis: how much are you losing? covello: $5,000, $6,000 a month. lemonis: their pricing was all over the place. todd: there's no logic on it. lemonis: there's no logic. thank you. and the restaurant was a mess. look at the toilet. it's disgusting. the product was underwhelming. honestly, i would say the burgers are average. but it didn't take long to find out why... you guys have frozen burger? -sammy: yes. lemonis: ...the four partners didn't know what they were doing. joe t.: keep in mind, none of us have had any restaurant ownership experience at all. lemonis: oh, i don't have to keep it in mind. i picked up on it. and instead of figuring it out... sammy: we had an idea. it [bleep] went to [bleep] lemonis: ...they fought bitterly. sammy: that's [bleep] that i don't love this place. joe t.: hey! that's enough. fuji, that's enough. lemo

and having done my civic duty, it was hot time to head over to staten island to stop the only boroughw york city to vote for donald trump in 2016. turned out there was brisk and support for the president is still strong. i don't like what's happening in my country so i voted straight down the line a man named trump. what are you hoping for is an outcome? donald trump to win. and move forward. with the economy, jobs. get rid of all the racism just be cohesive. many new yorkers have waited on line for hours during early voting. and critics say the board of elections just wasn't prepared. in charge the top official denies. we had folks showing up on saturday morning when the polls opened at 10am. at six o'clock in the morning. lines were already forming. four hours ahead of time. so that means that this is important people, they are willing to put the time into it, and that they're going to make their voices heard. in new york city and across america despite the pandemic, millions are voting in what could be a record turnout for a presidential election. it's that solemn moment when the p

max rose, congressman, from staten island. very good catching up with you. want to be fair with everybody. yourself included sir. and your opponent. thank you for coming on. congressman max rose. we're following a couple of developments at corner of wall and broad. we're moving ahead, concern over some of the things jerome powell is making, remarks at nabe, big executives and the like, we're going to need, we're going to need stimulus. the risk of overdoing it is smaller than doing too little. right now too little support would create unnecessary hardships for the economy. also saying the expansion is far from complete. those caveats, those warnings from the man who runs the federal reserve were sort of a wake-up call to investors. we're not out of this yet. hardly a "fox business alert" but for many it turned out to be. stay with us. ♪ metastatic breast cancer is relentless, but i'm relentless too. because every day matters. and having more of them is possible with verzenio, the only one of its kind proven to help you live significantly longer when taken wi

at a grocery store parking lot in staten island, i went looking for the kind of information you don'tlieve but why. how important is the election? >> very important. >> why? >> because we can't have biden as president. >> of course it's important. i'm an american. i'm free and i want to stay free. believe me, there's no way i'd vote for biden. >> there was clear consensus

staten island's new york. in a state that's considered a stronghold for democrats this suburb is an exception. most of the people here voted for donald trump. scott libido lives here patriots artists and a big supporter of the president's. use unconventional. i am unconventional i mean new york city artist i'm selling for $45.00 because he's the 45th president is a new sheriff in town knows we're going to we're going to clean house we can kick some ass did you need the media to win an election when a state that it was stacked against him you know it's always stacked against a republican no matter who won it's the media is like that and just like that than that and we hate you know the extent the obvious it's like you put on you know c.n.n. knows the psych alright alright alright alright but i'll flip around and it's like holy. you know it's and this and b c and it's like relentless they can't stand bad he beat them because they said he wasn't going to win fed up with traditional media gets his information on t

very late in the 1968 campaign wallace is pulling in double digits in brooklyn, staten island, his best burro in new york city. in queens, and in upstate new york. he is not just a southern candidate. indeed, he poses a problem for the republican nominee, richard nixon. if wallace siphons to many conservative votes, he would help the democrats win with the minority of the votes. the strategy was called at the time a southern strategy. it was much broader of challenging the precedence of the warren court. appealing to what we would call a racial backlash vote. but doing so in code. you won't hear anything that the civil rights act was bad or that he was opposed to equal rights for lack people. -- for black people. he would leave impressions of the mind. the issue he seizes on his crime. -- on is crime. he says the warren court has made too many decisions in favor of the rights of criminals and it created dangerous situations for society as a whole. here is an example of a television ad he runs in 1968. it is a very cleverly constructed ad. there is only one person in this advertisement.

at a grocery store parking lot in staten island, i went looking for the kind of information you don't get from polls. a sense of not only what voters believe but why. how important is the election? >> very important. >> why? >> because we can't have biden as president. >> of course it's important. i'm an american. i'm free and i want to stay free. believe me, there's no way i'd vote for biden. >> there was clear consensus in this republican pocket of liberal new york city where 57% of the 2016 vote went for donald trump. it went beyond the belief that trump was the better candidate. voters here told me that joe biden wasn't really a candidate at all. >> oh, he's a puppet. >> he's just a puppet. >> the belief was widely held, but it wasn't rooted in evidence. who's controlling him? >> the clintons. >> aoc and all of them. >> nancy pelosi. >> the voters i spoke with were committed to their version of events, even when that version departed from the public record. >> this country is in a big mess. if the democrats get in, god knows most of the people supports them are looting and burning

. >> tell us what is going on in staten island, new york, parts of brooklyn i understand.rate are a lot of people there? how badly do they need serious economic assistance right now to help them pay the bills, pay the rent, feed their families? >> people are in desperate need of direct assistance, whether extended unemployment, stimulus checks and the like. but we also cannot forget about the importance of state and local aid. if we don't have that, you will see thousands of new york city workers, whether it's cops, firemen, teachers, sanitation workers and so many others potentially laid off. you'll see a dramatic reduction in social services. you'll see it wills increase. you'll see transportation cut incredibly and transportation is a social justice issue. so at this point, everything is on the line. that's why we need a bold bill. we can't have something small like mitch mcconnell had pushed in the past. we have to have something that is commencing with the scale of economic crisis we're facing right now. >> what's your message to the speaker? you're a democrat. she's

at a grocery store parking lot in staten island, i went looking for the kind of information you don'trom polls. >> you say you want to hear? >> i do want to hear. >> reporter: a sense of not only what voters believe but why. >> how important is the election. >> very important. >> you sure you want me on camera. we can't have biden as president. >> of course it's important. i'm an american. i'm free and i want to stay free. believe me, there's no way i'd vote for biden. >> reporter: there was a pretty clear consensus in this republican pocket of liberal new york city where 57% of the 2016 vote went for donald trump, but it went beyond the belief that trump was the better candidate. voters here told me that joe biden wasn't really a candidate at all. >> he's a puppet. he's a puppet. >> he's their little puppet. >> just a puppet. >> reporter: the belief was widely held but it wasn't rooted in evidence. >> who is controlling him? >> i think the clintons. >> aoc and all of them. >> nancy pelosi. >> reporter: the voters i spoke with were committed to their version of events, even when that

paralyzed veterans from pitching hospital, they came down to new york city to play against a team from staten island. and you can see the game is very of crude. there's not a whole lot of ostensive plays and things like that but this is the first time that paralyzed veterans and paraplegics are displayed in front of huge crowds. you have 15,000 people admiring the pioneers, these veterans who have managed to start a normal life and the sport was part of that. one of the key teams and will see the thing in the next clip, one of the key teams and by the way this was sort of the result. you had media coverage this was one of the players in that game , jack ehrhardt. he was wounded in normandy and here he is on the cover of news event and every media covered these guys from the communist daily worker to popular mechanics. and out here in southern california there was a bastion of wheelchair basketball and this was out of the early da hospital in van nuys in the san fernando valley and is caught the attention of hollywood and here's marlon brando in his first hollywood movie and he plays a paralyzed vete

the ones we just showed you were in new york, staten island, new york city. we saw maryland and there, california. tell me, for those who look at that and say, is that significant? is that real? are the rally is something that is indicative of this? or the numbers picking up? >> with absolutely got that going on in georgia. and look, people know, americans know that he's a fighter and a winner. look what he's done this year. he fought the russia hoax. he fought the sham impeachment and won. and now he is fighting this pandemic, covid. he's fighting. that's what he's going to continue to do. and look what he's done for america. americans are so grateful. he has created the best economy that we've had in our lifetime. he has lifted all americans up. he just signed historic trade deals, historic peace deals. and now we are going to hold china accountable. i'm going to work with him on that. i have introduced legislation called the beat china act. we bring work back here from china to america to create more jobs. we've got a lot t of work to do. now the president

at a grocery store parking lot in staten island,i listen to viewers. >> are you sure you want to hear, i am free and i want to stay free. there is no way i would vote for biden. >> reporter: there was a clear s consensus where 57 % went for donald trump. voters here told me joe biden was not a candidate at all. >> oh, he's a puppet. >> he's their little puppet. >> reporter: the belief was widely held but it was not rooted in evidence. >> reporter: what's controlling him? >> the aoc and all of them. >> nancy pelosi. >> reporter: the voters were committed to their version of events even when that version departed. >> this country is a big mess because of the democrats. their supporters, most of people are supporting them and looting them. these guys are a bunch of thugs. >> reporter: you didn't hear joe biden condemned the violence? >> they should have done it in the beginning. >> there is no place for violence or burning churches or destroying businesses. >> no, i didn't hear anything. >> reporter: in the absence of public record in case for one simply did not exist. some people prepar

at a grocery store parking lot in staten island, i went looking for the kind of information you don'tpolls. >> you sure you want to hear what i got to say? >> a sense of not only what voters believe but why. >> how important is the election? >> because we can't have biden as president. >> of course it's important. i'm an american. i'm free, and i want to stay free. believe me, there's no way i'd vote for biden. >> what is so important this election? >> have you watched joe biden lately? i mean, trump is doing everything he can for this country as far as i'm concerned. >> there was a pretty clear consensus in this republican pocket of liberal new york city where 57% of the 2016 vote went for donald trump. but it went beyond the belief that trump was the better candidate. voters here told me that joe biden wasn't really a candidate at all. >> oh, he's a puppet. >> he's their little puppet. >> clearly he has dementia and he's just a puppet. >> reporter: the belief was widely held, but it wasn't rooted in evidence. >> who's controlling him? >> i think the clintons. kamala harris. >> i wou

on staten island we had back the blue rally. you see the divide in the american population.all of the stories as we bring them to you? >> these all come together, emac, why we need a law and order nation. why president trump is right and the the republican is right. this needs to be law and order in this election. what do people want? safe communities. they want people to walk down the street, to make sure kids are safe walking around the neighborhood. that crime isn't happening and growing. robberies are growing up all around america. not just, we talked about the big stories, murders, shootings in chicago and other cities but robberies are going up. lead to greater crime packages stolen by b and e, breaking and entering. this is something we need to watch in america. what we see in portland and other cities, is a cost coming to all of our cities. the cost as they defund or cut funding from police. followed by the fact there will be trials, prosecution, where they actually do them. there will be taxation to replace lost money dealing with the riots. this is not just one sto

mark and staten island, new york, supporting president trump. caller: good morning.irst of all, i just want to who said last caller republicans should open up their eyes. what about the democrats? recently talked to a friend. we were talking politics a couple of weeks ago and she asked me pretty much where i get my news from. my updates and stuff like that. i told her i listen to c-span a lot in the mornings. she was just telling me to be careful on some of the networks because of all of the fake news going on. you know what? i defended your network to the t. c-spanm done with because this whole thing with the china-biden investigation, you guys have done absolutely nothing on it. yesterday, you read one paragraph about the whole story, and i have not seen nothing on it. you are part of the fake news. i'm done with your station. have a good day. host: ok. the candidates are hitting the campaign trail hard over the next couple of days ahead of tuesday. vice president mike pence will be in flagstaff, arizona. you can listen to what he has to tell voters out there, 2:30

. >> that was bill in paling, new york, mike, staten island, new york. >> caller: i'd like to ask mr. smith, if mr. dewey had won the 1944 election what would his policy as far as ending the war? >> 1944 did you say? >> yes. >> okay. >> i think -- well, you know, it's a fair question, but i think if you look at the calendar and you see where the armies were in january of 1945, i think at that point obviously announcing defeat was only a question of time. the larger question, of course, of, for example, yalta, you know how dewey might have conducted diplomacy differently if it had been him meeting churchill and stalin. >> and what about the atomic bomb? do you think dewey would have done that? >> you know, it's hard -- it's hard for me to believe that any president after we'd spent $2 billion to do this thing, knowing that if he didn't use the bomb and if the war were prolonged quite frankly he'd be subject to impeachment. i mean, what was the point of -- i think this retrospective argument over truman and whether it was moral to use the bomb and so forth and so on, it's hard to believ

mike, staten island, new york. >> yes, i'd like to ask mr. smith, if mr. dewey had won the 1944 election, what would his policies as far as spending the war? >> 1944, did you say? >> yes, 1944. >> i think, you know, it's a fair question, but i think if you look at the calendar and you see where the armies were in january in 1945, obviously the nazi defeat was only a question of time, but the larger question of course, for example, yalta, how do we might have conducted diplomacy differently, if it had been him, amid churchill and stalin. >> and what about the atomic bomb? do you think do we would've done that? >> well, you know, it's hard for me to believe that any president after we had spent two billion dollars to do this, knowing that he didn't used to bomb, and if the war would prolong, quite frankly, he might have received impeachment. what was the point -- i think, this retrospective argument of a truman, and whether was moral to used a bomb and so on, it's hard to believe any american president not take the advantage of the opportunity to end the war

teddy roosevelt is one that broke up staten island in new jersey and i can't imagine ross perot being someone that would condone breaking up ... teddy roosevelt was in a league of his own, but i would like david brinkley's comment on that. >> it's doug brinkley who is our guest tonight, it probably happens to you pretty frequently. >> it does. >> but teddy roosevelt seems to have struck a chord. >> he's in the air now. president obama just gave the anniversary cancer this talk about the new nationalism. a couple of things i would like to mention. i've been reflecting on what we've been talking about here. one thing to keep in mind with ross perot in 92 is and that you had the soviet union collapse. the cold war ended in 91 when perot is entering in 92. there was a lot of jubilation in that. we have been fighting the cold war from harry truman on down. taxpayers had built up this huge deficit to win the cold war. the fact that perot was being the sort of irritant in the nineties worrying about the deficit, you know, everyone was running deficits up around the world. he seems a little m

new york city also had outer boroughs that had republican dominance, which is still the case in staten island. >> but in pockets of queens as well. >> social security? >> the issue on social security is something that smith had tried to implement in new york state when it came to widows and orphans'pensions. >> he tried to experiment with health insurance for industrial workers and also tried to do all kinds of social security issues when it came to trying to support those that were downtrodden, make-work projects were something that he had experimented with and it might have been one of those programs he would have carried into the new deal had he won. >> i just wanted to address one other aspect that came up, which is about the south. one of the strange things that emerges, so wasn't anti-catholicism more powerfu in the south than in the midwest? that's a hard question to answer. but we've been talking about democrats versus republicans here. one of the things that were very difficult for smith were the divisions in the national party. >> the whole south at this point is still a democratic

the line for those who have had covid out of staten island. caller: good morning.hank you for taking my call. i have had the covid-19 virus and i was contact tracer. i've been in my home approximately eight weeks, ladies and gentlemen. and the only symptom i had was loss of taste and smell. but i knew i wanted to take responsibility. i live with other people in my home. room quarantined in a which thank goodness had a bathroom. my family did not contact me at -- did not contact me at all, and thankfully no one in my home had it. for the president of the united states to go to walter reed where none of us can go, we can't get this kind of health care. he's in court now trying to get health care away from people. he went to the best hospital ever. he got the greatest health care ever. he even stated. and then for him to tell the american people, don't worry about it. do not be afraid of covid. go out and continue your life. it's such an insult, c-span. it's such an insult, america. people who211,000 died from covid. what is going on? for him to tell everyone i'm just

these speed cameras, we know about the speed cameras in my hometown of staten island there are thousands machines. they are not doing the purpose they were meant to do, be at schools. the cameras are running all the time. one more thing, a million things. get the kids back to school, do what? teach them what happened to wood shop and mick mechanics? the kids are being taught classes on the psychology of the norwegian woodchuck. what will that get them. work with your hands. have a backup job. this is old school. my fathers built this city. my father. picked up garbage for the city. it is unbelievable what is happening to the place. people are leaving in droves. no reason why me as a fourth generation. i'm a very creative new yorker can pull this city back together with the right team. and i'm doing it. pete: scott, you think even democrats in the city say we need a giuliani type moment? >> exactly. you know, people laughed. they say, scott, you're an artist. look at my background. for 25 years i've been an activist for the people of this city, for the people of this country. why can't i