Jack Newfield

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
In April 1999 citywide polls indicated that Rudy Giuliani only had a 40 percent approval rate. After September 11th, however, he was named Time magazine’s "Person of the Year" and honorary knight by the Queen of England. Emmy award-winning journalist Jack Newfield uncovers the man behind the legend, The Full Rudy: The Man, the Mayor, the Myth.

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