Rudy Giuliani On Good Day NY

NEW YORK - Former New York City Mayor and presidential contender Rudy Giuliani is a life-long Yankee fan and a staple at the old Yankee stadium.

The team won four world championships while he was mayor.

Good Day's Rosanna Scotto spoke with Giuliani on the day the new Yankee stadium holds the first team exhibition game.

Watch the video, left.

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BLOOMBERG SUPPORTS GIULIANI

(AP) — Mayor Michael Bloomberg met with the chairman of the national GOP on Wednesday as he tries to convince New York City Republican leaders to give him their ballot line this year.

Bloomberg and Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele got together with other local Republicans behind closed doors Wednesday in Manhattan.

The mayor, who was once a Democrat and then a Republican but is now without a party, is trying to persuade city Republicans to let him run on the GOP line in the mayoral election.

Steele declined to endorse Bloomberg's effort, saying that he will leave it to the local party officials to decide.

"They're closest to the ground. ... I tend to trust their judgment," Steele said.

To run on the Republican ballot line, Bloomberg needs permission from three of the city's five Republican county chairmen. So far, he has persuaded one. Another is likely to back him, two have hinted they would not allow it and one has not indicated a position.

If he does not secure a major party line, he can get on the ballot by collecting signatures, but his name would not be featured as prominently, and he would not have that added organization from a party.

Bloomberg's Republican predecessor, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, briefly stopped by the gathering and said afterward that "there's no question that Republicans are upset" about Bloomberg leaving the party in 2007.

"But I think they have to put that aside and say to themselves, 'What's best for my city?'" Giuliani said.

The one-time presidential candidate said he supports Bloomberg and will try to help rally support for his ballot line effort.

Bloomberg left the gathering without speaking to reporters. Earlier in the day, he insisted he was meeting Steele to share ideas, completely separate from his re-election bid. His campaign, however, sent a press aide to the event.

Steele said he and the billionaire mayor, who served together years ago on the board of trustees at Johns Hopkins University, did get the chance to chat.

"I asked him how the city was running, he said, 'Pretty good.' He asked me how the party was running, I said, 'Eh, we're working on it,'" Steele said.