To see those babies with no food for three of four days, old people sitting in the hot sun, when you see these poor people, you cannot help but being compassionate or affected.

His conclusion caused Tennessee medical authorities to later revoke the medical license of Dr. He was raised "mostly Jewish" and had a Bar Mitzvah. Rivera's father was a descendant of Catholic conversos Puerto Rican Sephardic Jews and his mother is of Ashkenazi Russian Jewish descent.

Geraldo Rivera (/ˌhɜrˈɔːldoʊ ˌrɪˈvɛərʌ/ born Gerald Michael Riviera; July 4 1943) is an American attorney journalist author reporter and talk show host. He is also well known from his history as a reporter and TV personality and as the host of the controversial talk show Geraldo from 1987 to 1998.