one key thing that happened actually over the weekend on sunday was the resignation of melissa derosa, his top aide, the woman who has spent -- if you watched every single briefing last year, if you were in the room like myself, she was in the room next to him and he was the person he would turn to to describe certain things going on with the pandemic, but also years and years of background and history between the two so once she detargeted and said she was going to resign. that was a major sign. i still didn't think it was going to be as soon as yesterday that the governor would step down, but melissa derosa's departure was absolutely a major sign of the governor being at the end. >> yeah. and to your point, his attorney ryota glavin was on this program the day before sounding defiant on behalf of her client and to a lawyer's perspective, cindy, i want to get your reaction to the governor's defense here, and a little bit and we saw it, you know, in that news conference where he kind of said, you know, he's from a different generation. he used and tried to infer that there was a cultu

and even lateesha james said to melissa derosa she had been at an event and heard she was not credible. yet the report credits her 100%. that is problematic. that is very problematic. i do take issue. again, i don't mean to be -- i do take issue that governor groped and fondled all of these women. you need to look at it is equally take theively different. we have kaitlyn does not suggest that the governor groped or fondled her. neither does the health care worker. >> i understand that. i understand you want to -- >> it's a bit frustrating. >> you want to go through every case. we don't the time for that. certainly that will come out. i do want to say over the weekend you characterized the attorney general's report as an ambush. do you still stand fwha? >> absolutely. >> okay. so let me just share -- let me share something with you. two things. one, nothing in state law actually says that you or your client are entitled to get a report from the attorney general's office beforehand. i actual will you want to put up for viewers a letter you sent to the attorney general actually -- i think

derosa who holds the title of secretary to the governor as well. she's often seen as being andrew cuomo's enforcer and "the washington post" noted that throughout the report derosa is portrayed as a constant force, taking part in the alleged effort to discredit women lining up officials to defend him and even confronting and chastising the governor about his behavior at one point. could she potentially be held liable in this case given her behavior? >> are i think that she could be potentially held liable civilly, absolutely. you see individuals in all types of these predatory cases where you have unwelcome or sexual misconduct because there's someone holding it together. the one thing that really stands out to me, ayman, you know, what she kind of brings to the table is more corroboration that this work mace was particularly hostile and unsafe for these women. you know, all of these 11 women, both former and current employees, particularly the one who made the report and the -- and instead of referring it to the governor's office, employee relatio