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CNN Live Event/Special

Mayor Rudolph Giuliani Gives Press Conference

Aired October 24, 2001 - 13:05   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


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AARON BROWN, CNN ANCHOR: Here in New York, New York mayor Rudy Giuliani is starting to take some questions from reporters. We are not sure where this is going, but we might as well listen in until we know. So here is the mayor.

(JOINED IN PROGRESS)

MAYOR RUDOLPH GIULIANI (R), NEW YORK: People should enjoy Halloween. They should act responsibly and sensibly. The things that were stupid on other Halloweens are stupid this Halloween. There are stupid people who act like jerks, so if they could try to control themselves and not act like jerks that would be helpful. That's always been true. We have a few extra ones in New York.

QUESTION: (OFF-MIKE)

GIULIANI: Because we're a big city. We have more people here. We're 8 million people. So that's 3, 4 five times greater chance to have more jerks than if you were, like...

(LAUGHTER)

... like if you're in Phoenix, Arizona, you would have, you know, you would have less.

QUESTION: (OFF-MIKE)

GIULIANI: Cocoa-Cola? Where is my Coke? What happened to my Coke? What did you do with my Coke? There it is. OK. All right.

BROWN: The mayor is settling in here.

GIULIANI: You forgot your broom here.

(LAUGHTER)

BROWN: The mayor is settling in here. I must say, that is the mayor that we have come to know for the last 7 almost 8 years now.

"There are a lot of stupid people here who act like jerks" he said, referring to people who do Halloween pranks. That is Mayor Giuliani also.

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