>> Sean: NEW SHOW ON WABC
RADIO IN NEW YORK EXPLORING THE
LEFT-RIGHT DIVIDE AND MAJOR
ISSUES AFFECTING NEW YORK CITY
AND BEYOND.
FORMER NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN
ANTHONY WEINER.
HE WAS RELEASED IN 2019 AND HE
SAYS HE’S READY TO ANSWER TOUGH
QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS OWN LIFE.
THE CHALLENGES FACING THE
COUNTRY.
HE IS JOINING OUR FRIEND CURTIS
SLIWA WITH A NEW SHOW, THEY ARE
COHOSTING.
ANTHONY WEINER, THANK YOU FOR
BEING WITH US.
CURTIS SLIWA, ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE
YOU, MY FRIEND.
I GUESS THE FIRST QUESTION THAT
I HAVE IS YOU PLED GUILTY,
ANTHONY, TO THE SENDING OBSCENE
MATERIALS TO A YOUNG GIRL,
15-YEAR-OLD GIRL.
YOU PLED GUILTY.
YOU SERVED JAIL TIME.
HAVE YOU CHANGED?
ARE YOU A DIFFERENT PERSON?
>> WELL, I THINK SO.
I DON’T THINK ANYONE CAN GO
THROUGH THAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE
AND I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY
TRUE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
THROUGH OTHER TYPES OF
ADVERSITY.
I DON’T THINK YOU GO THROUGH
THAT TYPE OF EXPERIENCE AND
DON’T EMERGE CHANGED.
>> Sean: WAIT A MINUTE.
THAT IS AN OBSCURE ANSWER.
"I THINK SO."
EITHER YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR HEART
IF YOU’VE CHANGED OR YOU KNOW
WHEN YOUR HEART THAT YOU DIDN’T
CHANGE.
CAN YOU ASSURE PEOPLE, BECAUSE
YOU ARE GOING TO TRY TO DRAW IN
AN AUDIENCE AND THEY’RE GOING TO
WANT TO KNOW IF YOU’VE CHANGED
OR NOT.
HAVE YOU CHANGED?
>> THEY CAN JUDGE FOR THEMSELVES
THEMSELVES.
>> Sean: I’M SORRY?
>> I SAID THEY CAN JUDGE FOR
THEMSELVES.
I AM NOT OUT TO PERSUADE YOU OR
ANYONE ELSE THAT I’VE CHANGED.
I MEAN, I AM DOING A RADIO SHOW
AND PEOPLE CAN CALL IN AND THEN
ASK ME QUESTIONS.
WE DID ONE THIS PAST SATURDAY
WHERE PEOPLE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
TO CALL IN.
ASKING QUESTIONS AND I ANSWER
THEM THE BEST I CAN.
IN TERMS OF TRYING TO DRAW
SOMEONE IN.
I’M NOT TRYING TO MAKE SOMEONE
LIKE ME OR BE PERSUADED OF ANY
PARTICULAR OUTLOOK ON THE PIER
WHERE GOING TO HAVE SOME
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THINGS GOING
ON IN NEW YORK CITY AND OTHER
PLACES AND HOPEFULLY PEOPLE
WILL TUNE IN TO THE SHOW BUT
I’M NOT TERRIBLY INTERESTED IN
TRYING TO MAKE THEM FEEL ANY
DIFFERENTLY ABOUT ME.
>> Sean: CURTIS, I WOULD SAY
BETWEEN THE TWO OF US, WE HAVE
ANYWHERE BETWEEN 60 AND 70 YEARS
OF TALK RADIO EXPERIENCE WE’VE
BEEN FRIENDS FOR A LONG TIME.
ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT TALK
RADIO, IT’S A HARD MEDIA.
HAVE TO CONNECT WITH SOMEBODY ON
A VISCERAL LEVEL BECAUSE THEY
CAN’T SEE YOU.
I AM LISTENING TO ANTHONY’S
ANSWER.
IT DOESN’T SOUND THAT CONVINCING
TO ME.
I WOULD THINK THAT IF IT WAS ME,
I WOULD WANT TO CONVINCE PEOPLE
THAT I’M A DIFFERENT PERSON.
THAT I CHANGED, THAT I LEARNED
MY LESSON.
THAT I AM MOVING FORWARD IN A
DIFFERENT DIRECTION IN MY LIFE.
HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT THE
ANSWERS YOU GOT?
>> I ACTUALLY DID TWO WEEKS OF
PROGRAMMING WITH ANTHONY BEFORE
HIS LIFE JUST IMPLODED.
HE’S A GOOD TALK SHOW HOST.
HE REVEALS MUCH OF HIS FEELINGS.
I FEEL HE’S ON SOLID GROUND.
OUR OWNER OPERATOR, WHO AS YOU
KNOW SAVED WABC FROM THE
SCRAP HEAP.
IT WOULD HAVE NEVER AGAIN THEN
WABC IF HE HAD RESCUED IT.
HE BELIEVES IN GIVING PEOPLE A
SECOND CHANCE.
BILL O’REILLY.
I CAN RUN THROUGH A WHOLE LIST
OF PEOPLE WHO ARE MY COLLEAGUES
WHO HE HAS GIVEN A SECOND
CHANCE.
HE BELIEVES IN THAT.
LET’S FACE IT, WE NEED TO GIVE
PEOPLE A SECOND CHANCE.
WE SAW THAT IN THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION WHEN HE CUT THE
JAIL TIME OF SO MANY PEOPLE THAT
WE DIDN’T REALIZE WERE BEING
INCARCERATED 20, 30, 40 YEARS.
I THINK ALL OF US, DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS, WE HAVE COME TO A
CONCLUSION THAT IF YOU’VE DONE
YOUR TIME, IF YOU PAY THE PRICE
FOR WHAT YOU DID, IT’S TIME TO
COME BACK INTO THE FOLD.
I MUST TELL YOU IF
ANTHONY WEINER HAD NOT HAD HIS
PERSONAL PROBLEMS, WE WOULDN’T
HAVE HAD BILL de BLASIO FOR
EIGHT YEARS WHO SINGLE-HANDEDLY
DESTROYED OUR CITY.
I’M TELLING YOU.
>> Sean: WE HAVE BEEN FRIENDS
FOR A LONG TIME.
I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND IN THE
SENSE THAT IF IT WAS SOMETHING
THIS SERIOUS THAT THERE’S GOT TO
BE, LET ME FALL ON THE SWORD,
ADMIT AND TELL PEOPLE WHAT’S
DIFFERENT ABOUT ME AT THIS
POINT.
I WOULD THINK GOING TO JAIL IS
DIFFERENT.
THIS IS WHAT I LEARNED.
THIS IS THE HELP THAT I GOT.
THIS IS HOW --
>> IF YOU WANT, YOU CAN TUNE IN
TO THE SHOW AND YOU CAN HEAR IT.
>> Sean: YOU ARE ON MY SHOW
NOW.
I’M GIVING TO THE CHANCE NOW.
>> YOU INVITED ME TO COME ON
THEN THEN YOU SAY, DID YOU
CHANGE?
CAN I ANSWER THE QUESTION.
I SAID I BELIEVE I DID.
I BELIEVE THIS KIND OF EXPENSE
WOULD CHANGE ANY PERSON.
HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH
CURTIS WITH ME SITTING HERE
ABOUT MY ANSWER.
ALL I CAN DO IS GIVE YOU THE
ANSWER.
>> Sean: I WOULD’VE EXPECTED
MORE SINCERITY, MORE HEARTFELT,
MORE REPENTANT.
THE WORD FROM LATIN MEANS TO
CHANGE ONE’S HEART.
I AGREE WITH CURTIS.
I AM NOT THE GUY THAT CALLS FOR
CANCELING.
>> IT’S NOT SOMETHING AND I
APPRECIATE IT AND I APPRECIATE
YOU HAVING ME ON THE SHOW.
IT’S FINE AND I’M GLAD TO BE
HERE AND I’M GRATEFUL TO CURTIS.
HE AND I HAVE A GOOD SHOW.
I’VE ALWAYS IN MY POLITICAL LIFE
AND MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THINGS
ON BRIGHTON BEACH AVENUE THAN
BRIGHTON ENGLAND.
TALKING ABOUT NEW YORK CITY
ISSUES.
I AM OVER THE BELIEF THAT THE
WAY YOU DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU’VE
CHANGED IS FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO
PERCEIVE IT.
FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO SEE THAT YOU
ARE DEALING --
>> Sean: AFTER YOU TELL THAT
STORY --
THE LAST WORDS WOULD BE.
>> LET ME FINISH MY THOUGHT.
>> Sean: TIME WILL PROVE ME
RIGHT OR WRONG IF I AM BEING
HEARTFELT WITH YOU.
>> PERHAPS YOU SHOULD HELP DO
THE PREP FOR THE "HANNITY" SHOW
FOR YOUR GUESTS.
I WAS GIVEN THE ANSWER AS BEST I
CAN.
>> Sean: CURTIS, CURTIS NEVER
STOPS WORKING.
IF HE’S NOT ON THE AIR HE’S IN
THE SUBWAYS.
HE DOES NEVER STOP.
CURTIS, ARE YOU HAPPY?
HOW IS THE AUDIENCE ARE RESPONDI
>> LISTEN IN.
YOU LISTEN TO TALK RADIO AND
THEN GIVE ME YOUR OPINION.
WE HAVE TWO FULL HOURS.
I WILL GET DEEP INTO THE
MIND-SET OF ANTHONY WEINER.
I PROMISE YOU THAT.