that station ironically, wsb and the big break was fox news going on the air, and then that led to wabc, roger ailes and phil voice. i'm friends with every person that hired me. i talk to them all. they all critique me to this day. if i do something they don't like, sluggo is writing me, shut up, don't talk. they care. i prefer the criticism rather than the compliment because that makes you better. mark: and, you know, you're one of the few people who have been able to do radio and tv. the only one i know for a couple of decades now. >> no. mark: no, no, no, for a couple of decades now. >> 23 years. mark: 23 years.

i remember when you were doing a local show on wabc and you hit the bigtime, you substituted for rush, you went into syndication, you started with fox at the beginning of fox. >> 1996. mark: 1996, you been there the entire time and now the babe ruth of cable tv. you're the babe ruth of cable tv. >> let's not overstate the case. mark: but you are, and so as the babe ruth of cable tv, you're also attacked a lot by the left. they try the boycotts every now and then, attack you, go after you, what is that like? >> wow, this is a great question. the most important thing to me, i don't care, not even a little bit mark, one bit what the left thinks of me. i just care about what's right. like you, i have a love and a passion for this country, and i always brought up in 201, i do it by design, it's my way. you have your gifts and unique style. rush has his, his unique style. i like to be myself, and i saw 13 million more americans on food stamps, million more in poverty. i saw the lowest label participation rate since the 70s. worst recovery since the 40s. 51% low home ownership. doubling of t

you were doing a local show on wabc, and then you hit the big time, you substituted for rush, you wento syndication, you started with fox at the very beginning of fox. >> 1996. >> you've been there the entire time. now you're really the babe ruth of cable tv. you're the babe ruth of cable tv. >> sean: let's not jo state the case -- overstate the case. >> but you are. as the babe ruth of cable tv, you're attacked by the left. they attack you, call for boycotts, what is that like? >> sean: that's a great question. the most important thing to me, i don't care. not even a little bit, mark. one bit what the left thinks of me. i just care about what's right. like you, i have a love and a passion for this country. i do it by design, my way. you have your unique style, rush has his style, i like to be myself. and i saw 13 million more americans on food stamps, 8 million more in poverty, i saw the lowest labor participation rate since the '70s, worse the recovery since the '40s. 51% low home openership, doubling of the debt. i give those numbers out regularly on purpose. those are real people,

i remember when you were doing a local show on wabc and you hit the bigtime, you substituted for rush, you went into syndication, you started with fox at the beginning of fox. >> 1996. mark: 1996, you been there the entire time and now the babe ruth of cable tv. you're the babe ruth of cable tv. >> let's not overstate the case. mark: but you are, and so as the babe ruth of cable tv, you're also attacked a lot by the left. they try the boycotts every now and then, attack you, go after you, what is that like? >> wow, this is a great question. the most important thing to me, i don't care, not even a little bit mark, one bit what the left thinks of me. i just care about what's right. like you, i have a love and a passion for this country, and i always brought up in 201, i do it by design, it's my way. you have your gifts and unique style. rush has his, his unique style. i like to be myself, and i saw 13 million more americans on food stamps, million more in poverty. i saw the lowest label participation rate since the 70s. worst recovery since the 40s. 51% low home ownership. doubling of t

wabc's jim dolan with the latest. >> reporter: he ended with officers risking their lives to finally capture 44-year-old theresa patricia okoumou of staten island resting under the raised right sandal of the statue of liberty. okoumou put up a brief struggle but at times she cooperated enough that she climbed down the ladder she had early threatened to push over. >> definitely dangerous but that's why we take our time. in the beginning she threatened to push us off, push the ladder off, but, you know, we were persistent. >> reporter: this how it began a protest by a left wing fringe group called rise and resist. when it was over one from the group climbed on top of the pedestal. immediately evacuated the island. a couple of thousand tourists from around the world, most people assumed the protester was a man. >> our vacation was ruined. that man ruined our vacation. >> reporter: for nearly three hours the woman played a cat and mouse game with esu officers, talking with them and not talking at one point holding up a t-shirt with two different political messages, one about immigration

that station ironically, wsb and the big break was fox news going on the air, and then that led to wabcand phil voice. i'm friends with every person that hired me. i talk to them all. they all critique me to this day. if i do something they don't like, sluggo is writing me, shut up, don't talk. they care. i prefer the criticism rather than the compliment because that makes you better. mark: and, you know, you're one of the few people who have been able to do radio and tv. the only one i know for a couple of decades now. >> no. mark: no, no, no, for a couple of decades now. >> 23 years. mark: 23 years. how do you have the energy for this? >> i mean, i don't know, i can flip the question. if i didn't do it every day i'd be riding around in a car doing my own talk show probably out loud. mark: talking to yourself? >> to myself. mark: on the corner with a rain coat. >> saying okay, i'd be going john in atlanta. mark: talk shows. >> longtime listener, first time caller. mark: you call into talk shows early on? >> i was on ladders doing construction calling talk shows. when ollie was going on