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cuomo harassed 13 women. cuomo remains defiant, claiming he's innocents of the allegations. i'm jackie ibanez. governor, they do pretty. >> the pressure is intensifying in these latest calls, after the albany reporting a female executive chamber staff member alleges that governor aggressively groped her late last year at the executive mansion in albany" they were alone cuomo's private residence on the second floor when he closed the door and allegedly reached under her blouse in a television interview, she says that cuomo confessed that he was lonely and asked her shocking questions about her life pretty. >> you believe that he was proposition you are what pretty. >> yes for pretty. >> she was having unwanted physical contact pretty. >> he approached me and he took my hand and he pulled me to him. he leaned down over me and he kissed my cheek and what i felt was highly sexual manner pretty. >> married mother of three claim to governor cuomo grabbed her face and kissed her in a highly sexual manner while touri

gerry: and back with tammy bruce and charlie hurt, governor cuomo it is striking that cuomo, cuomo is no conservative, the governor of democratic state has pushback against many of the more progressive forces in his state, half the democratic delegation, the democratic assembly is going to claim socialist of new york, how did the parties get so left wing and is it ever going to roll back and is striking that biden has come in in a centrist and he should be allowed the left to dominate as a party headed continuously in that direction? >> is going to depend on whether or not they lift up at normal classical liberals, i would argue that this occurred as far back as 2010 when the democrats lost over 60 seats in the house of representatives that was there backbench, barack obama did that with the passage of the pushing through of obamacare, the american people were shocked and they took it out on the democrats, the 60 plus individuals, many of them are just gone and they were the talent that the democrat party had cultivated and moved along, with that vacuum after barack obama even during

amy: one of cuomo's accusers, former aide lindsey boylan, vowed to sue and condemned cuomo's victim-blaming. in a statement, she said -- "it is a tragedy that so many stood by and watched these abuses happen." adding -- "my hope always has been that this will make it safer for other women to report their own harassment and abuse." the resignation takes effect in two weeks, after which lieutenant governor kathy hochul will replace him, becoming the first woman governor of new york. the new york state judiciary committee is reptedly stil looking into whether impeachment is possible. meanwhile, cuomo could still faceriminal ancivil chars. he is also under investigation for covering up nursing home deaths earlyn the pandic. as covid-19 cases and deaths continue to trend upwards in the u.s., haii is the latest state to impose new measures, including limiting the number of people permitted at social gatherings and events and requiring masks indoors unless actively eating or drinking. oregon is restoring a statewide indoor mask mandate for both vaccinated and unvaccinated people amid the delta sur

it is andrew cuomo expendable? and it appears probably yes, because he is a liability at this point. >> sandra: i'm curious if jen psaki was asked to look at the findings of that report. i know peter doocy is in that briefing room right now, and we will dip back in their as she takes further questions, do you find it remarkable that this was announced at 11:00 this morning and still have not heard from the white house? because we will always be able to queue the tape depending on how the biden administration response to this as you guys just mentioned back in march. >> if the investigation confirms the claims of the women, should he resign? >> yes, and i think you will end up being prosecuted too. >> sandra: she says he will speak to this later this afternoon and just told by those monitoring this a good 10 minutes into the briefing and he has not taken another question on the andrew cuomo report, which is interesting. >> i wonder if the same allegations against another governor, let's pick one, florida, governor r

governor cuomo has a double standard. he went after three assembly members of his own party, accused of sexual harrassment from 2013 on. they didn't even have a investigation. they didn't have any due process. yet the governor now when you have this five-month investigation, 7400 communications including text messages and e-mails, 150 people including those very close to the governor, those that served in his administration, even those that served the state troopers who protect him, corroborated stories from these victims and he doesn't want to resign. he thinks he is above the law. by the way he drafted, he signed into law sexual harassment today that he violated. elizabeth: to your point an aide to governor cuomo, stephanie bennett, according to the state ag forged governor's signature on the state document that the governor completed mandatory sexual harassment training in 2019 when he didn't. so where this goes going forward, to your point, we hear what you're saying republicans out of new york saying to the doj why d

that's not what narcissists do and there is a second narcissist cuomo, chris cuomo. from this perspective this anchor should resign and go work for the democratic party particularly when you think what happens in aggregate since he was covering this story for cnn, a once proud news network that had a good brand in the days of bernard shaw a long time ago. chris cuomo got access to covid testing from his brother governor when almost no one could get tested early in the pandemic in new york. cnn says and does nothing. chris cuomo on market multiple occasions when he interviewed his brother never broached the nursing home death toll cover-up that one of his own aides admitted to. cnn does nothing unless heavily promoting keeping up with the cuomos and this isn't playing well inside of cnn. one staffer said it is our responsibility to act in the most responsible way to not only maintain journalistic integrity but public trust in journalism in television news and the fact that chris cuomo wasn't fired over his inappropriate conflict of interest affected his story is not o

damning report finding cuomo sexually harassed multiple women. the president also outlying what he calls encouraging signs of increased covid vaccinations and renewed his appeal for the unvaccinated to finally go ahead and do the right thing and get their shots. let's go straight to the white house right now. our senior white house correspondent phil mattingly is joining us. phil, the president made it abundantly clear what he thinks new york's democratic governor andrew cuomo needs to do. >> wolf, was blunt, it was a single word. andrew cuomo who has been more on an island than ever before after that damning 160-page plus report from the new york attorney general has now lost the support of the most powerful democrat in the country, the president of the united states, somebody whose national convention he had a prime time address in. he is officially calling for andrew cuomo to resign in the wake of that report. here is that exchange with our kaitlan collins. >> first i'd like to start with the news of the day given back in march you said that i

cuomo: intimate has a number of manifestations. i think we have an intimate relationship, don't you think that? yeah, not a sexual relationship. [laughs] no. no. >> reporter: no to governor -- >> gov. cuomo: made you uncomfortable with that question, didn't i? [laughs] >> kayleigh: smug, arrogant, and cruel. imagine you are that young woman who has been sexually assaulted twice and that's what you watched, a cackling governor who has assaulted you. >> smug narcissist, that's what i'm thinking when i watch that. he laughed it off like it's nothing. among the 11 women coming forward, many of those who had come forward before, i guarantee you there will be more to follow. kudos to those brave women who came forward during all of this. certainly, the nursing home disaster, and the abuse of power, giving special privileges to those within his close family to get the covid vaccine and tests. 74,000 pieces of evidence, 179 interviews, the state trooper was a surprise to me, to hear the story of his accusers, especially a state trooper. a

his father was new york governor mario cuomo and then andrew cuomo followed behind him as governor. do you think the cuomo era is over? >> as i said, i do. never say never, right? we cannot predict how things will work, what people will think about this for years on, eight years on. he is still not particularly old , early 60's. a comeback eight years from now is not the question. i think it is over. this is another point i was trying to make in the call, i used to cover and have observed this cuomo era and it has lasted almost 50 years. it was i think in 1973 that jack newfield of the village boys wrote a piece bringing to the public's attention this lawyer from queens named mario cuomo. ed was always marry a, not mario -- mario, not mario. he did a good job there. that is how he became famous and ran for mayor in 1977. he lost narrowly, but then governor of 1982, he ran against koch and eat him. that beat him. then he lost to a republican, than there were others in between, but his son andrew finally took over in 2010i guess it was. host: looks like some of our viewers -- let's le

biden calls on andrew cuomo to redesign. he's not the only cuomo needs to go. his brother, chris cuomo at cnn should resign from covering politics, extremely inappropriate for a journalist to advise and craft the statements of a politician. there is some truth to that but we need to recognize the source. they will benefit if chris cuomo is no longer at 9:00. jillian: we will follow how this plays out in the meantime. we have some guests who will discuss this. >> fox news meteorologist jesse will join us later this morning with reaction which we've seen janice all day on the program, interesting to see what she has to say. jillian: let's talk about the covid pandemic. the president takes aim at republican governors for banning mask mandate as that of the various cases surge. jillian: the president's message. >> reporter: the surgeon delta cases continues, president biden demanding some gop governors support mask mandates or at least stop impeding them. >> escalation of cases is particularly concentrated in states with low vaccination rates. just two states, flor

she is set to take over cuomo is gone. letitia james is first in line which is not the only one in line. al sharpton is line, so is bill de blasio. they are both planning to run for governor we read. so do you see how this works? andrew cuomo was an awful governor. it pains us to raise any voice in his defense. it was a vicious partisan, he was a thug, but if we are being honest, he was not completely insane. it wasn't totally untethered from reality. he acknowledged some limits to constitutional government. he wasn't, say, letitia james. he wasn't al sharpton, he wasn't even, pause and catch a breath there because it's so horrifying, he wasn't even bill de blasio. the most reckless and incompetent human being ever to hold elected office, a man who single-handedly discredits the idea of self-government. these people, just being honest, are worse than andrew cuomo. but because someone sat in andrew cuomo's lap, they may soon run the state of new york. just so you know it's actually going on here. just a kelly's host of the

those words game at governor andrew cuomo. they don't come from an unfriendly newspaper common, one of the 11 women accusing him of sexual harassment. no, those are from kathy hochul, his lieutenant governor. and they are not even the most damaging and problematic for cuomo tonight. not by a long shot. those could be found in the new york attorney general's damning 165-page report released today detailing a pattern of sexual harassment and intimidation by governor cuomo. new york's two senators kirsten gillibrand and chuck schumer called on cuomo to resign. so have the democratic members of new york's house delegation. so have key members of the new york assembly and state senate who are the power to remove him from office. so has the current new york city mayor and the man likely to be the next new york city mayor. so have, just moments ago, the democratic governors of rhode island, new jersey, pennsylvania and connecticut. so has house speaker nancy pelosi. and finally, late today, so did president biden. a long-time politic

cuomo to resign. he says the pressure is going to be immense on cuomo. how do you see this playing out. >> first, the president said one word, then three or four years. i'm asking about the crazy hug defense, the fact that he put out a montage of himself hugging people, and what we're going to say in axios, this isn't his investigators, this isn't his accusers, this was cuomo putting this out saying, i hug everyone. i kiss everyone. that was a complete flop in washington and albany, i can tell you nobody is buying it. >> certainly one of those photos, joe biden involved, that's not going to win you friends when you're trying to get the president, put him in the pictures too. thank you, mike allen for that. we will be reading that in axios later today. >> thank you, john. >>> thank you for getting up early with us, a day we are not scheduled to see the president in person, the stories of today, andrew cuomo and the delta variant. and the political fire storm in albany about stressing again, this is a p

cuomo. >> ron allen, susan del percio, tom winter, let me start with you about the accusations and the way he tried to re-cast them today. let's fact check him and his attorney who preceded him before we get into the politics of it. >> sure, andrea. a couple of things. this is the first time we heard the governor address specifically the allegations made against him in that independent report released by the attorney general's office as it pertained to trooper number 1. this is a member of his protective detail who she says was the subject of, rather, sexual harassment and claims in statements made by the governor about her attire and about her dress and about the idea that she was going to be married and that will result in a reduction in her sex drive according to the report. on top of that, she also said he touched her inappropriately at times. the governor addressed it and made several statements that i want to fact check, as you said. first off, that he was upset about the lack of diver

. -- loathes andrew cuomo. but the report, and you should read it, because it's relevant now, is full of lines like that, the kind of inconsistencies you would expect if you were reading, say, a political tract, not a legal document. but again, it doesn't matter now, because the report did its job. now the race for a new governor of new york is underway. boy, that didn't take long. candidates are lining up towa unseat the lieutenant governor, kathy hochul. she is set to take over cuomo is gone. letitia james is first in line which iss not the only one in line. al sharpton is line, so is bill de blasio. they are both planning to run for governor we read. so do you see how this works? andrew cuomo was an awful governor. it pains us to raise any voice in his defense. it was a vicious partisan, he was a thug, but if we are being honest, he was not completely insane. it wasn't totally untethered from reality.ne he acknowledged some limits to constitutional government. he wasn't, say, letitia james. he wasn't al shar

first, we go to marianne raff earth on governor cuomo's resignation. >> reporter: governor cuomo is in his final weeks in office, after he resigned on monday, >> i never crossed the line with anyone, but i didn't realize the extent to which the line has been redrawn. the best way i can help now is if i step aside. >> reporter: accuser lindsey boilen baffled at cuomo's continued denial, tweeting from the beginning i simply asked that the governor stop his abusive behavior. it became abundantly clear he was unable to do that, instead attacking and blaming victims until the end. the governor's brother, chris cuomo, staying silent as he is peppered with questions about the scandal in this video obtained exclusively by fox news. >> have you spoken to your brother today, sir? did you advise him to step down? do you believe the women's stories? did you counsel your brother to malign them? >> reporter: president biden also questioned about the scandal, raising eye you brow as he appear -- eyebrow as he appears to praise the disgraced governor. >> can you really say he's done a hell of a job if

mario cuomo served those three terms, andy cuomo, 14 days from now, did not. a failure in every way. >> kayleigh: no doubt about it. i've got to ask about the timing of the decision. i don't think it was coincidental. this is my surmising. i don't think it was continental he chose to do this just as the senate was voting on infrastructure, big win for the biden administration. it seems a revenge shot at schumer while schumer is on the floor of the senate, getting infrastructure through. almost a shot at his party who threw him under the bus. you make anything in the timing of the decision? >> dagen: he is petty, very petty. it wouldn't put it past him. however, i think that with the call so far and wide for members of his own party all the way up to president biden for him to resign, that he would start picking up. it was a cheap shot at schumer. but he might be expecting more and more calls for his resignation particularly with victory behind the democrats down in washington. one other thing, the state is in disarray because his micromanager. this states rent

sad because cuomo, he hadk, dona hell of a job. take a look. >> how would you assess his ten and a half years as governor? >> in terms of his personal behavior, what he has done as a governor? >> what he has done as a governor. >> he's done a hell have a job. on everything on access to voting to infrastructure, the whole range of things, that's why it's so sad. >> did you really say he's done a quote "hell of a job." if he is accused of sexually harassing women? >> the question is, did he do a good job on infrastructure?e? >> as governor. he did. >> no, the question was. correct me if i'm wrong. >> outside of his personal behavior. >> outside of his personal behavior. >> can you separate the two? >> i was asked a specific question. >> sean: caitlin collins was right. hell of a job. what about the thousands of seniors who are dead because of cuomo's insane executive order decision that put covid patients in nursing homes while leaving the covid hospitals that donald trump built for them 80% empty. the biggest hospital ever built at

a lot of women, retaliated against an accuser, cuomo and his team could face both criminal and civil charges this as lawmakers move them closer to impeachment, joining us new york congresswoman nicole malliotakis, kristin tate, robert orr, former white house testing right gerard, congresswomen mariannette miller-meeks, printing judge luncheon enter m brandon judd ad more on the report out of new york why did cnn chris cuomo, what was his role in advising his governor brother to fight back why did he get confidential information about state workers and state operations and we have the story in your gop delegation demanded to know why the justice department stopped investigating new york nursing home deaths tied to cuomo's executive order putting patients back in, new covid debate should the unvaccinated pay more for healthcare and insurance should the vaccinated book their bill, democrats view the new infrastructure bill they want to track you intact to based on the number of miles that you drive in order to pay for massive spending economies worn that can slam the middle class before

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mario cuomo i really like mario cuomo personally but he had some really sharp elbow as well. remember, being a tough guy or tough woman in new york is not exactly unique here. where i think it's different for andrew cuomo was this other dark side of him, whether it's true or not, the evidence is pretty damning, though. i read the report. and i read the appendix as well which is kind of scary stuff. howie: of course, it's an investigation that he asked for because -- now he's attacking the investigation. last question, i've got about a minute. now that the other democrats are coming out, when it's people like bill de blasio the new york mayor, saying yes, cuomo should he resign today and he should be tarred and a feathered and all that. does the press have a responsibility to say some of this is payback for the relations an threats that governor cuomo issued even against some of his nominal allies. >> yeah. and if you read the new york post where i have an affiliation with them, i'm a columnist for them, people have been saying that and i think it's -- listen, none of these gu

cuomo defended himself with a video message. his longtime ally, president biden, and the entire democratic congressional delegation of new york are calling on him to resign. the new york state's sibley plans to draft articles of impeachment. we will speak with state senator julia salazar and the director of the new york working families party. and we go to minnesota where 20 water protectors were brutally arrested asesistancto the peline ctinues. >>oung peoe and alpeople at are fhting r this wor fightingor le. ere nothi moreowerfu. we need to act soon. amy: we will speak with an indigenous lawyer who published photos of herself on social media with bloodied whelps -- welts on her arms after she was shot with rubber bullets by police. the biden administration partially reinstates the eviction moratorium after massive public outcry. and we will look at how critics say bipartisan -- the bipartisan infrastructure bill fails to address the climate emergency. some say progressives in congress should block it. all that and more, coming

president joe biden said he must resign, meaning cuomo. biden is the governor's close, per personal friend. how significant are the comments? >> it's huge. the report is detailed. it's damming, and it cuts the argument. they all full under sexual harassment. democrats, some felt in the wake of al franken, you didn't want to rush to judgment. is detailed. when you have the entire new york congressional allegation, all the regional governors and the president of the united states, a friend and former ally of andrew cuomo all saying resign, the situation is untenable. >> you have speaker pelosi, schumer, governors from new jersey, connecticut, rhode island. the list just seems to go on here. >> yeah. >> do you think he can hold on politically? >> no. i think he's going to have to make a choice about whether he is willing to risk impeachment, and cnn's tallying the numbers. the vote count is coming in. it does not look good. we haven't had a governor impeached in new york since 1913. or resign. or possibly, he promises not run for re-election,

andrew cuomo 32020, very few political allies? still an ongoing investigation for the nursing home scandal. sexual harassment allegations from 11 women don't vanish. they are sticky. chuck todd has a comeback could happen. that sound you just heard, that's the great tim russert rolling over in his grave. you're not going to see andrew cuomo running and winning anything ever again. it can't happen given everything we just laid out. he could be charged criminally in bed the time this is all done. >> sean: janice, it's appropriate we give you the last word. i like what the governor said and joe said, he still lost your in-laws. what you went through this week sounds awful. my question is, what was your reaction at joe biden saying "hell of a job he did." that came out of nowhere to me. >> i thought it was a tape from last year when he was wanting cuomo to be his ag. i couldn't believe that it was from today. i would like president joe biden or jen psaki to give me a call and i will give them a rundown of all the things this governor

i'm chris cuomo. welcome to "prime time." we're focused on covid here, at least until we get the delta variant under control. it's getting worse. there is an increasing response from leaders and citizens. the president today went after specific state leaders to change course. >> some governors aren't willing to do the right thing to beat this pandemic. i say to these governors, please help. if you aren't going to h

remove cuomo now. the white house signaling that president biden will keep a hands-off approach to the scandal after calling for cuomo to step down. >> the president said governor cuomo should resign. the governor hasn't done so. has the president called the governor? >> no. >> does the president want to see him impeached and removed from office? >> the president made clear yesterday governor cuomo should resign and i believe we should start with that. there is a process that is going to proceed and leaders in new york spoke to that yesterday. we'll leave it to them to speak to that. the president believes governor cuomo should do the right thing and reand leave space for future leadership. >> sandra: will cain joins us now. great to see you. inside of that "new york post" cover creep on the ropes the editorial board writes everyone has deserted him. it is over. just go. why won't he? >> well, because the world has lied to governor cuomo. he has been betrayed by what he thinks or the way he thinks. the

you heard chris cuomo said let's focus on covid. you think he should retain over the fear porn that cnn have delivering? someone showed you they're not willing to tell the trust at all times. we know the same applies to when they talked about the covid origins. they've impacted our everyday lives, a presidential election when it comes to hunter biden. in tend, the important thing is they're not truth tellers. >> trace: lastly, we should give joe concha credit. chris cuomo didn't talk about his brother at all but he started the show, opens the show but attacking governor desantis instead of addressing the elephant against sexual allegations against his brother. heave andrew alone but attack desantis, who has made some good choices the past 1 1/2 years. your final thoughts. >> absolutely. i was just spending the weekend with some floridians. let me promise you, they're very happy with governor desantis to who this day is the best performing with the balancing the economy and the low amount of covid deaths no matter how many lies cnn m

cuomo bridge. the bridge named after andrew cuomo's father. so there are questions that i think they can expect to face from their constituents about accountability, right? the governor has resigned, is going to be resign anything 14 days, will no longer be in office. but is there a duty these assembly members have to get to the bottom of these important questions. that is the question they will have to answer in the coming weeks as they decide how to move forward with this investigation. >> yeah. and what do we know about the lieutenant governor who will take over and become the governor in just two weeks, will face a host of challenges right at the start? >> let me start because i'm talking to you, wolf, by saying she is from buffalo, new york, like you, wolf blitzer. and she came up really through the ranks in politics in the state of new york, worked in local government for quite some time and then was a member of congress briefly. and she, you know, just to give an example of how this is not t

this is classic cuomo. the only issue is with the new york state legislature. >> we will see what happens in new york state. we know that all the democrats in the state have turned against him at the leadership level, i should say. but i will take you back to the moment where the media find over this man. here's a bit of what we heard over the past year and a half. >> governor cuomo who has politicians go, and that's truth versus audacity. >> he spoke to national guard troops today in a stirring speech, sending soldiers off to war. >> sandra: i'm sure -- last night and i'm sure many people did, as far as anderson cooper, you spend 21 minutes and 45 seconds on it. don lemon tonight with an awkward exchange and handoff and he then spent 21 minutes. i know thought? >> cnn has been an ethical problem his hands. jeff zucker has not disciplined chris cuomo and the fact that the cnn anchor actively, and that's a real ethical problem. governor cuomo was communications director, she now runs the show, and one of the

accusations against new york democratic governor andrew cuomo. a state attorney general's investigation has unveiled an array of accusations with specific and luring details of cuomo's alleged comments and actions. the governor quickly issued a lengthy rebuttal in which he attributed the allegations to misunderstandings, misinterpretations and politics. still prominent democrats including president biden are calling for his resignation. correspondent bryan llenas has been following the story from the start, joins us live from new york. hello, brian. >> shannon, good evening, tonight a stunningly detailed and damning report from independent investigators finds, in part, that governor cuomo groped an executive assistant inappropriately touched a state trooper, and unlawfully retaliated against an employee who spoke out against him. >> the independent investigation has concluded that governor andrew cuomo sexually harassed multiple women and in doing so violated federal and state law. >> new york attorney general latisha james making a stunning anno

he will talk about andrew cuomo. he said in march if this report comes back, the investigation and shows the accusers were correct, cuomo should resign. wonder if he stays with that stance. that's "the story" tuesday august 3, 2021. as always, the story continues. see you back here at 3:00. "your world" right now. >> neil: all right. thanks, trace. we're monitoring the developments at the white house. the president was going to use this moment to talk about covid and some of the latest restrictions going on around the country right now and where he would be on this. all of a sudden then came the andrew cuomo allegations that he sexually harassed a number of women and a growing call by democrats that run the legislature there and the state assembly to say the better part of valor is for the governor to go. a lot for the president of the united states to get

cuomo's response to the a.g.'s report getting a lot -- a lot -- really a lot of attention not just for what he said but for the bizarre photo presentation that we all saw play out yesterday. here is a bit of it. >> i do it with everyone, black and white, young and old, straight and lgbtq, powerful people, friends, strangers, people who i meet on the street. >> sandra: twitter users asked if andrew cuomo really thought this montage was a good idea. another one saying it is next level horrific. i want to know if they asked the people in the slide show if that was cool. new york city mayor bill deblasio torching the response. >> look, his statement was laughable, his attempt to show pictures of him with family members as a defense was an insult to these women. insult to the whole notion that a public servant is held to a high standard. he should resign and he won't resign. he should be impeached as quickly as possible. >> sandra: do you believe it's in him to resign and do you believe that will actually happen or wil

elizabeth: hollywood gives andrew cuomo an emmy. hollywood championed andrew cuomo. democrats champion andrew cuomo as a counter point to trump. it became too political. from where you sat, when you saw all of this going on, what was your reaction? >> well you know i had calls for the governor to step aside back in march because it was clear these were serious allegations, that they painted extremely disturbing conduct and they kept coming and they kept coming. we want someone who will lead the state forward, who will be able to govern effective to go not deal with all of this. to step back from all of this for a second, the things your grandparents teach you in fifth grade are still lessons in life i find that matter f you're just kind, decent, honest with people, you will do much better in life. the same people you see on the way up are the ones you see on the way down. i absolutely believe you can be an effective, strong elected official and strong leader without having to crush people, demean them or disrespect them or lie to them. i think new york is expecting t

i knew mario cuomo, and mr.,, you are no mario cuomo. host: to valley forge, pennsylvania to hear from pat. caller: good morning. my opinion is no. everyone needs to take a backseat and calm down and let the chips fall as they show. if this person is guilty of this situation, let their people, the administration do their voting and do what they have to do. let's not jump the gun too fast. thank you very much. host: and we will hear from sam in crystal springs, mississippi, who says yes, the governor should resign. caller: yes, he should resign. i'm disappointed that you should have challenged this lady. this is not about donald trump. this guy is a mafia clown that needs to be impeached, period. host: up next, more of "washington journal." we are going to turn our attention to the state of the economic recovery. we will be joined by mark zandi, talking about president biden, congressional democrats pushing for additional government spending. either we will turn our attention to capital security and the january 6 investigation. russel hon

what happens if cuomo doesn't do it? >> reporter: well, yeah, we knew president biden seen the coverage of this today and aware of the results of this investigation that came out just several hours before he was scheduled to speak to reporters because actually, when reporters saw him earlier in the day, he said he would answer questions on this later. yes, he was prepared for these questions on governor owecuomo. he said if this incest gages did confirm the accusations of these women and found them to be credible, which the investigators said it did, he would call on him to resign which he did today which is striking given the political alliance and what emanated from that. he did stop short of saying whether or not he believed he should be removed from office if he doesn't resign of course we saw governor cuomo come out on that video and did not sound like he was resigning and so that's a big question facing new yorkers, whether or not they will try to remove him from office that remains to be seen. what we do know is p

so far cuomo is refusing to resign. state lawmakers are moving forward with impeachment proceedings and criminal investigations are underway. we have got fox team coverage. howard kurtz on the media reaction to the allegations against one of their favorite politicians. we begin with correspondent bryan llenas in new york. hello, bryan. >> shannon, good evening. there are now reportedly enough votes in the new york state assembly and senate to impeach new york governor andrew cuomo if he chooses not to resign. this, as the new poll says nearly 60% of new yorkers believe the governor needs to go. [chanting] hey, hey, governor cuomo's got to go. >> tonight 70% of new york state lawmakers mostly democrats are calling on governor andrew cuomo to step down. >> he stands alone, the executive without a mandate with no partners and a distraction to the public and the public safety of new york. the growing political pressure comes as four district attorneys from albany, west chester, manhattan open criminal investigations into th

now, we know cuomos, not just andrew, but all cuomos have a propensity to dig their heels in. even though the writing is on the wall right now, it's still the case that he doesn't apparently see it. so could he decide, even though the rational thing is to kindly about ky acquiesce here. the end is in sight now. the question is how governor cuomo decides to go down. i don't just think there's many people around him. and one of the people around him is his brother chris cuomo. chris cuomo got in some trouble at cnn when this case came to light earlier in the story. this isn't something new. i don't think there's any questions, raising questions with the governor talking with his brother. legitimate questions have been raised whether a cnn anchor should be giving advice to his brother. i think chris cuomo has been reprimanded already. there's a question on the ethical side of the house. and it's not at all surprising that those two brothers would be talk that there might be advice given from the younger brother to the elder. not approving of it. >>> coming up from one governor to

thank goodness that governor cuomo didn't. when i saw it flash across the screen that he was going to participate himself, the press conference he had or the presser a couple days ago was a train wreck. saying what he said, i'm in my 60s doesn't help him. saying he's italian and grabby doesn't help him. saying he kissed and hugged and squeezed people from as -- all of these individuals doesn't help him. but this does not help him either. one other thing i do want to say, trace. there is already from the very moment that the attorney from our reporter spoke, you know that the state of new york is distancing themselves from the governor. they would not have an individual lawyer for governor cuomo if they didn't suspect that their interests were aligned. it happens all the time. you can represent the company but not the individual. >> trace: stand by, if you will. let's bring in leo terrell. paul fishman said that this whole process was not fair. what happened is the attorney general, the state of new york mischaracterized the at

it was more difficult for cuomo to find people to take his call. he was calling around to try and gauge support. in the end he lost all meaningful political support. >> reporter: while his political future appears to be effectively over, his legal woes are perhaps only beginning. >> beyond politics, the governor is also facing the possibility of criminal charges and civil lawsuits from his accusers if they want to go down that road. in many ways the state attorney general's 165-page report could be a roadmap for attorneys. >> reporter: the governor facing potential misdemeanor charges stemming from a criminal complaint filed by his former executive assistant britney kamiso, speaking with abc news. >> he put his hand up his blouse and cupped my breast over my bra. >> reporter: cuomo's legal team disputing her account and calling the motivations for the entire attorney general's report into question. >> the report got key facts wrong, it omitted key evidence, and it failed to include witnesses whose testimony did not support the narrative that was cl

the fact for cuomo if he wishes to we gain any sense of popularity and credibility. my guess is that he is going to go big again once more on covid. >> you know how corrupt the media is when it comes to covering these type of situations or politicians of the ideological views that they have or close enough to it they have the right party letter after their name. i know in northam's case as soon as it became apparent he wasn't going to be replaced. he wasn't going to be standing down the media essentially went silent and pretended this wasn't something they needed to be asking about. do you expect democrats to actually have to answer for what's going on here with andrew cuomo in the coming weeks or do you believe similarly the last time around certainly knowing his connections over at cnn that he is going to be able to escape that kind of media pressure? >> >> no it will be one news cycle and gone. i would expect it to be exactly the same thing. all we have to do to figure it out watch the human wind sock kristin gillibrand and she will tell us in a couple weeks wheth

the details from the report could put cuomo in legal jeopardy. it was a remarkable fall from grace for the governor who drew national acclaim for his daily briefings in the early days of the pandemic. and as we come on the air, he's quickly losing political support. besides president biden, the entire special delegation from new york is calling for cuomo to resign and in a moment we'll hear from a former accuser, charlotte bennett, who cuomo addressed by name in his response today. we begin with jericka duncan reporting tonight from albany, new york.can good evening, jericka. >> reporter: good evening, norah. when we stood here in front of the state capital back in march, many lawmakers here in albany said they wanted to wait and see the results of this investigation before they took a position on whether the governor should stepsi wenit,top leaders within the assembly say they've lost trust and confidence in the governor and that he can no longer remain in office. the long-awaited findings of the independent investigation are damning. the report