We kick it off with a guy that's a very good friend of the show. He ran for mayor. He's one of the most respected and talented lawyers in our town. I know that because Joseph Takapina loves him. And right now he's representing Vicky Paladino in a very big case. His name is Jim Walden. Now, Jimmy a couple days ago did something very, very good. Okay. And that is when Mamdani's wife came out, Mamdani came out and said, my wife didn't know that this illustrator, she co-authored this children's book, I guess. I don't know. Jimmy's got the details. My wife didn't know that this lady was an anti-Semite and said all these things, including calling Jewish people cockroaches.

Have you heard that word before, folks?

Years ago.

So Jimmy goes back into time and finds out that the mayor lied and his wife lied, and he did a

terrific job over, I don't know, maybe a decade, listing 10 or 12 different times when the mayor and his wife were in the presence or doing something in conjunction with this Babbo-wobo ladies.

Who is a Babelwabo?

Whatever her name is.

So you proved beyond a shadow of a doubt with incredible investigative work.

Roddo Rivera would be very proud of you that once again, the mayor and his wife lied, right?

Yeah, well, but listen, I learned being an investigator from cops.

So Patty Russo and Tommy Dades, they're the ones that are proud.

But I snuck onto your show to interview you.

I'm hearing all this, you're going to run for mayor.

I got some questions for you.

You let me do that? This is sitting friends in the morning. I didn't, have we renamed the program today to Jim and friends in the morning? I didn't know. Sure, why not? Let's habit. First of all, do you feel vindicated in Cockroach Gate? Because, I mean, listen, you took a lot of heat. I thought it was stupid because I'm a student of history. So I know the word cockroach has been used in political campaigns all over time. It's referred to because of corruption, not racism. Of course. Labelled it racist. Do you feel vindicated now that you know that the mayor's wife? No. You don't. I'm not vindicated. First of all, I have no issue with the apology, and I would do it again. So I'm not here to say I'm taking that back. No, not at all. Even though, like you said, there was nothing racist about it. Of course not. But I don't feel vindicated because no one's talking about this. Oh, good. So outside of Jim

Walden on Twitter or Sid Rosenberg or Samantha Edis or Michael Rappaport or a few select others,

all those people that came at me like rabid dogs, rabid dogs, from James to Hockel to De Blasio to Richie Torres, every Democrat in this city,

to all the media, the Today Show, TMZ, New York Times, city and state, no one has come out and said,

you know, we're not saying what Sir Rosenberg said was okay, and I'd be fine with that,

but take a look at this if they

did that they can still criticize me I'm okay with that but if they said but take a look at this

then I would at that point feel some vindication but the truth is we're not getting that they'll never

...