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New York Senate Race Tightens Up and Gets Ugly

Aired November 4, 2000 - 10:20 p.m. ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

ANDRIA HALL, CNN ANCHOR: Now we move on to one of America's other high-profile elections. The race for the U.S. Senate seat is getting fired up as the campaign season dwindles down. Today, Democratic candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton got a little help from her husband.

White House correspondent Kelly Wallace with more now.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

KELLY WALLACE (voice-over): With a retooled Latin favorite blasting, Bronx Democrats rallied for the first lady without her, but with her biggest booster.

CROWD: We want Bill. We want Bill.

WALLACE: From there, Harlem, where the president urged voters to go to the polls for Democrats, including his wife.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: If you want to keep building one America, you just have one choice -- Al Gore, Joe Lieberman, Hillary and Charlie Reingold.

WALLACE: His wife's race has gotten nasty. Republican Rick Lazio continues attacking Mrs; Clinton for receiving a $50,000 from and sending a than you note to the American-Muslim Alliance, some of whose members defend the use of violence against Israel.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, LAZIO CAMPAIGN AD)

NARRATOR: She invited a leader of the group to the White House. Here he is at a rally last week supporting a terrorist group.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

WALLACE: The first lady fired back.

HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON (D), NEW YORK SENATE CANDIDATE: How dare Rick Lazio suggest that I any way associate with, condone or promote terrorism or violence.

WALLACE: She's also hitting hard on the air, getting help from one familiar New York face, former mayor Ed Koch.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, HILLARY CLINTON CAMPAIGN AD)

ED KOCH, FORMER MAYOR OF NEW YORK: Have you seen this? It's garbage. Rick, stop with the sleaze already. This guy gave money to George W. Bush and to Hillary and they both returned it. So what?

(END VIDEO CLIP)

WALLACE: In the final days, both candidates are getting some help on the stump. Political observers say the first lady needs to overwhelmingly win New York City; Lazio needs a double-digit lead upstate.

MAURICE CARROLL, QUINNIPIAC COLLEGE: Everything is turn-out. Can Lazio turn-out Republicans, Italians, Catholics? Essentially, can Mrs. Clinton turn-out black voters?

WALLACE (on camera): The minority vote may be the deciding factor for Mrs. Clinton. It may also mean the difference between victory and defeat for Al Gore, and that is why the president is heading for his home state of Arkansas Sunday for his final "Get Out the Vote" rally before election day.

Kelly Wallace, CNN, Harlem.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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