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Remembering Ed Koch on 'Your World'

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    Larger-than-life mayor always good for a laugh

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Well he was larger than life New York's feisty -- who helped to rescue this city from six billion dollars in debt.

Ed Koch died this morning at the age of 88 from congestive heart failure always a straight shooter he once said.

He punched me.

I punch back but as -- found out he always did it in good spirits and with a laugh.

America's mayor joining me right now we -- -- find cities for three.

Incredibles.

Terms mayor good to have you.

Thank you.

Yeah.

I'll -- I think you had the first point soon right -- is it how did you design concept patented.

We know it's his easily MS in the governance there IdeaPad brand himself -- -- government sitting right where you -- like this week at this time what is that.

He -- though it cuts and I wanted to -- them again no backup so actually.

Well is no time for former President Bill Clinton to enjoy this new library officially dedicated today -- next guest says he has a new job itself well.

At first -- -- -- -- looking at the screen these changes hairstyle you'll go back to the old when you know by the way that was just framed by the way Mary I was getting.

And -- that I didn't have a lot of these folks.

Are protesting.

I'm not.

Jobs for jobless benefits they want -- Jobless benefits beyond an on and on weeks the president doesn't mean there and they want benefits instead of jobs and if that's what they want their flights.

These kind of scenes -- more compliment I don't want to -- benefits no one G obvious idea that you mentioned that the President Obama.

Well he doesn't call me really no hope that in his -- terrible really yes -- -- a bit reluctant.

I'm I'm still on the bus but I could get off the bus I served in the congress and we were always telling the president what to do.

And we always felt that was a reasonable role.

Do you think that he's lost his base the -- seemed to show that he's gained much more.

There are people who like what he did he made Republicans pitch and that's the fact that Bill Clinton -- and a yes but the fact were you yelling get out I'm not.

Well guess what are you hearing me -- -- wanted to do this thing is that when he listed the names.

He said and Mitch and -- -- -- copyright notice I don't know I think you're seeing this.

Meeting with him for eighteen months -- so now it's -- course.

I am doing for the Republicans when I would have been doing for the Democrats both.

If the Democrats have decided to come here they decided.

That they would only come here if the mayor refused to allow Republicans to come here that's outrageous so they went to -- and who replied yeah I mean just flushed with a nice -- -- can compare.