Subway Series: New York Mayor Giuliani Discusses Yankee Victory Parade
LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: All those screaming Yankees fans are moving from the stadium now to the streets of New York today. The city is getting ready to throw a victory parade for the World Series champs.</s>CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: That's right, this is the "Bronx Bomber"'s third-consecutive World Series title. And CNN's Deborah Feyerick is live at City Hall to give us a preview of what's going to happen today. Hi, Deb.</s>DEBORAH FEYERICK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, good morning, Leon and Carol. A lot of very excited fans here. Now preparations at City Hall well under way. Banners are being hung that resemble Yankee Stadium; also lots of blue and white balloons here. Thousands of fans have already begun to line the streets, many of them cheering, all of them wearing Yankee paraphernalia, T-shirts, hats, scarves, and of course many painted faces here. There are a lot of fans that are expected to be here, anywhere between 1 million and about 4 million fans. There will be 19 floats and some 11 double-decker buses. And the No. 1 fan, Mayor Giuliani, is making his way up here. We're going to be asking him several questions as he comes here. He, of course, will be on the lead float with Joe Torre and several Yankee officials. Mayor Giuliani...</s>MAYOR RUDOLPH GIULIANI (R), NEW YORK: Hi.</s>FEYERICK: ... quite a little party you're throwing here.</s>GIULIANI: It looks good.</s>FEYERICK: Tell us what we can expect today?</s>GIULIANI: Well, what we can expect is an unbelievable parade. You'll get to see all your Yankees favorites. Yogi Berra will be leading the parade as the grand marshal, Derek Jeter as the most valuable player, all the Yankee heroes, your favorite Yankee. You'll get to see them, get to see them up close. You can hear people cheering already.</s>FEYERICK: Now, is this -- are these parades getting easier to plan?</s>GIULIANI: Oh, sure, absolutely, yes. I mean, right, after you've done your fifth, you get pretty used to it, how to do it. But they're just as much fun as they've always been. And, in fact, this one probably has something special because it's a Subway Series.</s>FEYERICK: Some people are disappointed that the Mets aren't going to be here. What are you going to be doing for them?</s>GIULIANI: Well, we're going to be having a ceremony for them, you know, later on. That was their choice. I invited them to be part of it. I would like to have had them as part of it. But I can also understand: They're disappointed. You know, they feel they should have won, or, you know, they feel a little disappointed that they lost. And I keep telling Met fans they should have the consolation Dodger fans had: Wait till next year. And then it happened.</s>FEYERICK: Wait till next year, exactly.</s>GIULIANI: Then it happened for the Dodgers in '55.</s>FEYERICK: Mayor Giuliani, thank you very much for joining us.</s>GIULIANI: Thank you. Enjoy.</s>FEYERICK: This is going to be quite some party. The parade at the Canina Pier (ph) is set to start at noon -- Carol, Leon</s>HARRIS: All right, thanks, Deb. Appreciate it. Mayor looking rather dapper there.</s>LIN: That's right.