challenges in implementing the plan saying -- once again i'm quoting him -- it's going to require fastidious oversight to make sure there's no waste or fraud. meanwhile the cdc is saying over 100 million covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the united states. we're following the growing crisis follow new york governor andrew cuomo. our chief national affairs correspondent jeff ze lechlt ny is on the scene for us. a very cautious victory lap by the president. >> wolf, president biden is taking a cautious victory lap but a celebratory one as well as the $1.9 trillion spending bill is starting to make its way through the government bureaucracy, with some of those first checks arriving in the bank accounts of americans this weekend. the president also said this is a moment to show the country that government can work. >> help is here and we will not stop working for you. >> reporter: president biden celebrating his first success tonight shall hailing the american rescue plan as a triumph to lift the nation from a crisis. >> together with you, we're showing it's possible to get big, important things done. that's what america does. >> reporter: it was a rose garden victory lap, with biden soaking in his first official event there as president, to tout a law now part of his legacy. >> changes the paradigm for the fir time in a long time, this bill puts working people in this nation first. it's not hyperbole. it's a fact. >> reporter: he made clear the jubilation over the $1.9 trillion law that will touch the lives of millions of americans who have endured economic pain and hardship from the coronavirus pandemic came with deep responsibility for his new administration. >> we have to get this right. details matter. because we have to continue to build confidence in the american people that their government can function for them and deliver. >> reporter: vice president kamala harris praised biden's commitment to seeing the historic bill become reality, noting its focus on helping america's poor and middle class. >> help has arrived, america. this landmark legislation will get relief to families, get support to communities and make sure more shots get in arms. >> reporter: the president's often repeated campaign mantra -- >> help is on the way. >> reporter: -- will now be put to the test as stimulus checks start arriving in americans' bank accounts as soon as this weekend. a year after the pandemic changed everything. march 21st, 100 million shots in arms since taking office. may 1st, all adults eligible for the vaccine and by july 4th, americans can safely celebrate in small gatherings like backyard cookouts. white house press secretary jen psaki trying to set expectations for that optimism. >> we're not talking about a july 4th celebration on the mall. we're not quite there yet. this is a step more toward the kind of socialization and engagement with friends and family that he knows as a human being people have been missing over the last year. >> reporter: the white house is launching an extensive sales pitch next week with the president and first lady, vice president and members of the cabinet, traveling to points across the country to explain how the law can help americans. >> we'll be traveling the country to speak directly to the american people about how this law is going to make a real difference in their lives. >> translator: campaign is the first step in the administration's effort to try to make permanent provisions to the law, aid to working families and others left behind. >> this law is not the end of our efforts, though. i view it as only beginning. >> reporter: democrats only voted for this bill because it is notable, democrats did stay together on this as the biden administration begins its time in office here. that could be key on other legislative matters as well. wolf, 85% of the spending will touch 85% of american families. that is something that the white house is still trying to make its case. they'll be traveling next week. the president will be going to pennsylvania and georgia, the vice president going out west to nevada and colorado, making this case that, indeed, this is a good deal for americans. we have to point out, wolf, so much of this is dependent upon how the coronavirus proceeds. they're banking on the fact that the vaccine is still coming and the variants do not. wolf? >> good point. distributing those billions of billions of dollars will be difficult. they've got a lot of work ahead of them. jeff zeleny at the white house, thank you very much. major milestone in the fight against the pandemic. cdc now saying more than 1 million vaccine doses have been administered in the u.s. some people have been able to resume lives that came to a halt one year ago this week. >> reporter: her first hug in a year. >> it was blissful. it was wonderful. and it was something i'm going to remember for the rest of my life. >> reporter: across the country, families reunited. >> missed you. >> reporter: offer ing hope for what lies ahead. to get there, the white house promising every adult will be eligible for a vaccine by may 1st. with a new website and call center to find doses per zip code and more vaccination sites. >> doubling of pharmacy locations, and a surge in vaccinators. we're ensuring that equity remains at the center of our response. >> reporter: experts stress we can't rely on vaccines alone. >> we've always needed vaccines in the context of tried and true, basic public health blockling and tackling. >> reporter: yet more of those public health measures are being fazed out. most maryland businesses can operate at full capacity at 5:00 p.m. today, masks still required but quarantines for out-of-state travelers are not. new york state will eliminate them for domestic travelers starting april 1st. >> i don't know if that's the state's idea of an april fools' joke but it's absolutely the wrong thing to do. >> reporter: 1.83 million people passing through tsa checkpoints thursday, the third busiest day since the start of the pandemic. >> every single time we have escalations in travel right after that we have a surge. >> travel itself is not the problem. it's more about what happens when people get to their destination. >> reporter: the average seven-day cases is down 47% in just the last month. average daily reported deaths, down 48% in the last month. gains no one wants to lose. >> i think may and june are going to be really good months and july is going to be terrific. but we do need to get through the next six weeks. >> reporter: now predicting u.s. covid deaths could approach 600,000 by july 1st, an increase by more than 22,000 since its last estimate less than a week ago, due to increased mobility and a drop in masking. >> we need every individual to do their part. we can provide the guidance, but if people are not doing their part to keep the infection rates down and to get themselves vaccinated, we are, you know -- this is in our control. >> reporter: we learned more about the plans from the administration to get more shots in arms. they plan to double the number of federally run mass vaccination sites and a of them, we're told, will include mobile operations to make sure, wolf, they're reaching more of the underserved communities. wolf? >> erica hill, thank you very much. our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta is joining us. sanjay, as you heard, more than 100 million total doses of coronavirus vaccines have now been given in this country. this is a pretty remarkable milestone, isn't it? >> yeah, wolf, it really is. it's worth taking a step back and just reminding people that this is the largest vaccination effort in u.s. history. so, what we're experiencing right now is something that's never been done at this scale. we know there's all sorts of logistical challenges. some of these vaccines had to be kept at super cold temperatures. yeah, it is a remarkable milestone. we got off to a slow start. we thought 38 million doses would be administered by the end of last year, wolf. that didn't happen. there's been a persistent sort of ramp-up. it's incredible. a third of people now over the age of 65 have been vaccinated. people at the highest risk of getting sick. and that's important as well. >> very important. they're the most vulnerable. the president, president biden says all american adults will be eligible to get the coronavirus vaccine by may 1st, everyone over 18 years old. will dropping the complex eligibility guidelines that have been in place all these weeks and months mean states can get vaccines into arms more quickly? >> yeah. i think that's the goal. you have a lot of people right now who aren't eligible, who really want the vaccine and probably some people who are eligible who aren't getting the vaccine. so this will sort of even that out. i think there's going to be enough vaccine, which has been a big question -- it's not guaranteed but we know 200 million doses of both moderna and pfizer. that will be 200 million people total because those are two-dose vaccines. but now the 100 million by johnson & johnson, they say that will be available by the end of may. when you do the math it's enough doses. it's interesting, wolf. the point you're raising is an interesting one. things are looking better. there is a concern about vaccine hesitancy out there. but there may also be a concern about vaccine fade, meaning people who aren't necessarily hesitant but say hey, look, the numbers are getting better. do i need this? maybe i won't bother. that's part of what's driving this as well. open up the eligibility sort of requirements and make the vaccine available as quickly as possible to as many people as possible. >> i totally agree. sanjay, stand by for a moment. i want to bring in our chief correspondent dana bash and staff writer at "the new yorker" magazine. dana, president biden just held this event at the white house rose garden before heading out to sell this legislation, which he will be doing in the coming weeks. how important is it that he solidify the support of the american people right now behind this legislation? >> well, it's incredibly important. first and foremost so that people on the vaccine notion, as sanjay was just was talking about, that it will be available to them and when it is, that they are encouraged to take it when eligible. on the other public health note, he is continuing to, along with his top doctors and public health experts, encourage people to wear masks and other mitigation efforts. on the politics and the now law, the huge piece of legislation that he signed into law yesterday, it already has the backing across public opinion polls of a cross-section of americans. he clearly feels what he needs to do, along with his top aides, is solidify that support both for political reasons but also for, again, public health reasons and for bringing the economy back up and running, making people understand, here is the information about your earned income tax credit. here is the information about the new benefits you will get for the aca for obamacare, so on and so forth, so there is an education effort going on with regard to that, in addition to trying to bolster public support. >> evan, you wrote an excellent book about joe biden. when you look at this pivotal moment for him and the challenges that clearly lie ahead in terms of implementing this enormous relief and recovery package, what do you think goes through his mind? >> well, you know, what you're hearing from him and his advisers right now is sort of optimism, but with terms and conditions apply. meaning it's going to take a lot of hard work to make this a sustained recovery. hard work on the part of individuals, all of us, to do our part, wear our masks, get the vaccine. and then also really for the government to demonstrate it can get moving again. i'm reminded of something ron klain said to me, now chief of staff of the white house, they take a lot of inspiration from l lyndon johnson, was able to pass a tremendous amount of legislation. he knew how to use the rules of the senate and had democrats behind him. you've seen this administration now use the rules of the senate to get this big bill through reconciliation and now they need to marshall the political energy, both within government and across the country. that's the moment they're in now. they're not just sort of -- it's one thing to deliver the bill. now they need to go out and ring the bell a little bit, tell people we're in motion. so stay with us. stay on the team and help make it happen. >> that's an enormous challenge right now, guys. stick around. don't go too far away. more information we're following in "the situation room." andrew cuom o digs in as the majority of his state's house democrats call for his resignation. >> huge settlement just approved by minneapolis for the f familyf george floyd. every day better. with 5g nationwide, millions of people can now woro, listenen, and stream in verizon 5g quality. and in parts of many cities where people can use massive capacity, we have ultra wideband, the fastest 5g in the world. this is the 5g that's built for you. this is 5g built right. only from verizon. - [narrator] grubhub perks give you deals on all the food that makes you boogie. 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so, wolf. you know, we're on target to do that maybe even a little bit before that. we've opened it this week to 50 years old and over. we vaccinated yesterday, it was our high day, 84,000 first doses and another 50,000 second doses. so, you know, as long as this vaccine keeps coming in, and they're projecting -- the government is telling us, the biden administration, it's going to go up some in the next few weeks. as long as that vaccine comes in, i think we can do that. >> we checked. you joined me here in "the situation room," virtually, of course, exactly one year ago at the start of this horrible pandemic. this is what you were deal ing with. watch this. >> this was dramatic and traffic action, shutting all the schools down in the state of ohio, going to, you know, shutting down the theaters, shutting down movie theaters, not something we want to do, but as i told the people of the state of ohio today, look, we're going to get through this. >> you, among the governors, were ahead of the curve on this. it was a daunting time, as all of us remember. where do things stand now, governor? do you share president biden's optimism that the fourth of july could signal the return, sort of, to a new normal? >> wolf, i'm very optimistic. our schools are now open. 98% of our kids are back in school physically. we're very happy about that. we set a goal of march 1 and vaccinated teachers to do it, and it's working very well. you know, our cases remain down. positivity is low. we have some worry about this variant out there that we know is multiplying. we don't really know exactly the full impact of that, but each day as we vaccinate more and more people, you know, we are making it harder for this virus to, you know, to spread. so, i'm optimistic about the future. i've told our fair managers and fair boards around the state -- we're a big county fair state. i said we're going to have fair this is year. it will be full fairs. the first -- some of them may have to continue to wear masks. i think we're in a very crucial six-week period of time. we have to continue to wear masks. we have to continue to be on defense. but now we're on offense, wolf, and having this vaccine, it's great. fran and i have had a chance to go around -- we going to our second shot two weeks ago and so now we're traveling around the state and going to some of the vaccination sites. and they're the happiest places that you can imagine. when you go into a vaccination site and you talk to people who have been vaccinated or are about to get vaccinated, it's just a sense of relief. many of them have told us, i'm going to see my grandkids for the first time. i get to hug my grandkids. and for fran and me, that's really the biggest thing for us. we have a lot of grandkids. and to be able to get back very close with them and be with them, it's just great. >> it certainly is. on the other hand, one of your republican colleagues, governor kemp of georgia, he noted they're running into this vaccine hesitancy, specifically citing white republicans. that's reflected, by the way, in our brand new cnn poll. listen to this 46% of republicans, governor, are saying they won't even try to get a vaccine. is that something you're seeing in ohio as well? >> it's interesting, wolf. some of our rural counties are doing exceedingly well. rural counties in ohio are predominantly republican. it's kind of mixed. we're seeing that it's taking longer. as we open up by age, it's taking longer the lower an age we get. i think that will be a bigger factor. and it won't be too many weeks until our challenge no longer will be we don't have enough vaccine. our challenge will be, you know, to get people to finish this thing up and to take it. you know, i like the football analogies, baseball analogies. we're on the five yard line, driving for a touchdown, but we've got to get across that line and we have to continue to vaccinate people at a high rate. >> and the vaccine hesitancy is such a big problem. don't you wish the former president would have done a public service announcement publicly noting that he got a vaccine days before leaving the white house, to reassure his fellow republicans that this is safe, this is critically important? didn't he miss a major opportunity to save lives? >> well, we had other ex-presidents do it. i enjoyed watching it last night on the news. i thought it was great. i'll tell you what we're seeing. just as i talk to people, get out and talk to people, people who maybe a week ago or two weeks ago wouldn't get it, we're now seeing people moving more towards that. and i think it's knowing someone who has got it and it's turned out great. i think it's consulting -- we have found the most persuasive person is your own doctor. if you have a doctor, my advice if anyone is watching this and they don't think they want to get a vaccine, talk to your own doctor. get the advice from that person who you trust. i think if people will do that, we'll see it continue to spread out and we're going to get to that herd immunity that we, you know, so much desire to get to. >> how much credit do you give president biden right now for this vaccine distribution? more than 10.2% of the american population right now is fully vaccinated. >> no, it's good. it's good. look, we've put out over 3 million shots in the state of ohio. and, look, let me be honest, wolf. we had a good relationship with the trump administration. we worked with them. we're working very closely as well with the biden administration. so, i think it's going well. they're going to open up a mass vaccination site in cleveland. fran and i will be up there on tuesday. i was just talking to the fema folks a few minutes ago about it. you know, it's not just getting people in. one of the goals we have in ohio and i know the president has, is to reach the hardest to reach people, people who may not have a medical home, people who may be in a situation where they cannot get out. we have a moral obligation to reach them. it's a shared mission, and we're going to get it done. >> and your life can open up a bit right now since you got both shots of the vaccine. good luck, governor. >> thanks, wolf. >> thanks for joining us. >> good to be with you. thank you. >> appreciate it. new york governor andrew cuomo defiant in the face of growing calls for his resignation. plus, switch today and get a free smartphone for each line. the best value and award-winning customer service. only at t-mobile. new york majority of house democrats are calling for new york governor cuomo to resign. brynn gingras is following the story for us. >> i did not do what has been alleged, period. i have not had a sexual relationship that was inappropriate, period. >> reporter: tonight new york governor andrew cuomo digging in his heels, reiterating he's innocent, amid mounting allegations into his alleged misconduct. >> look, it's very simple. i never harassed anyone i never abused anyone. i never assaulted anyone. now -- and i never would, right? my statement could not be clearer. >> reporter: even as a majority of the democratic new york delegation are calling on cuomo to resign, jerry nadler saying in a statement the repeated accusations against the governor and the way he has responded to them make it impore for him to continue to govern at this point. the governor says he's not going anywhere. >> the people know the difference between playing politics, bowing to cancel culture and the truth. let the review proceed. i'm not going to resign. part of this is i am not part of the political club. and you know what? i'm proud of it. >> reporter: cuomo facing three separate ongoing probes. >> at a time when our state and new yorkers need us the most we are unable to focus on the issues at hand because we have a fwfr lying to the public and a governor refusing to face up to what he has done. >> reporter: judiciary committee's investigation is the first step toward possibly removing the governor from office. subpoenaing documents, request records and conduct interviews. the attorney for charlotte bennett, former aide who accuses cuomo of sexual harassment said she would testify in those proceedings. >> he said he was lonely. >> reporter: one of several women who, in the last month, have publicly made allegations of inappropriate behavior or sexual harassment against cuomo. the new york attorney general's office is leading that probe and has set up a website, calling for tips to help with its investigation. cuomo maintains he didn't do anything wrong and apologized, saying he didn't know he was making anyone feel uncomfortable. >> there are often many motivations for making an allegation. that's why you need to know the facts before making a decision. there are now two reviews under way. no one wants them to happen more quickly and more thoroughly than i do. let them do it. >> >> reporter: and in a separate probe, scrutinizing the handling of data surrounding covid-19 death in nursing homes. a senior adviser said in february the administration has been cooperating with that inquiry, which started last year. >> we are talking about a public health emergency. >> reporter: three investigations, proof of what a difference a year makes. when this time last year cuomo's star was on the rise as one of the nation's leading voices in the early days of the pandemic. >> i have a job to do. i've been doing it for 11 years. this is probably the most critical time in the state's his history. >> reporter: cuomo says he is going to focus on that job, saying he has to worry about the vaccine rollout and the state budget, which is happening in the next couple of weeks. of course, we know those vaccinations, wolf, are just in the early stages. he says he and his administration will cooperate with investigators in both of them. wolf? >> i want to bring in errol lewis, political anchor for spectrum news. you just heard the governor very defiant, not showing much contrition at all. what does that say to you? >> what it says to me is that the governor believes that he did nothing wrong. he has said it over and over again. the problem, wolf, is that that doesn't necessarily line up with the facts. there are six different accusers. when the governor says that there are lots of motivations for bringing an allegation, that sounds to some like victim blaming. and these are six different women in very different circumstances. at least one of them is a candidate for public office. she's arguably a public figure but some of the others are definitely not public figures. some worked for him, some did not. to cast a blanket sort of suggestion that they've got multiple motives and none of these things ever happened is just too much for some people to swallow. i think that's why he's getting so much opposition from the political class. >> errol, i know you've been following this so, so closely. the governor has lost the support of so much of the top new york congressional delegation. we're talking about fellow democrats. do you think, errol, he could survive this, politically speaking? >> politically speaking, it's a fascinating kind of political science experiment, wolf, because the congressional delegations against him, they're all democrats. the state legislature moving against him, the speaker of the state senate, who is a democrat, has called for him to resign. down at the local level, mayor of new york city and a lot of other local officials are saying he should step down. i don't know that it makes it impossible for him to govern, but we're going to see. it will be a fascinating experiment to see. can you govern new york without the cooperation at the federal, state or local level that we're accustomed to seeing? i suspect he will be able to do more than we might think, even without cooperation from his partners in government. the governor, any governor of new york is a very powerful figure with a lot of levers and a lot of power. >> yeah. and when you've got the mayor of new york city, bill de blasio saying you should resign, jerry nadler saying you should resign, you know you have serious problems. brynn, the governor continues to point into the ongoing investigations into these accusations as he asks new yorkers to withhold judgment. seems like he's trying to buy some time. he's getting some time, at least for the time being. right? >> reporter: yeah. he keeps saying, wolf, the people calling for those resignations, the ones just mentioned with errol there, they're just playing politics. when in the past we've seen him do somewhat of the same thing, come forward and say someone should resign when there was investigations that were still needing to be played out. he's certainly asking for the public's patience and any lawmakers that are remaining, which we know there's some big ones, including the top two senators here in new york. but, yeah, buying time until he can figure out what his next step would be is a good way to characterize it. >> errol, this is important news we're just getting in. we're just getting a joint statement from the two democratic senators from new york, senator schumer and gillibrand also now finally they're calling on the governor to resign. let me read to you part of that statement. confronting and overcoming the covid crisis requires sure and steady leadership. we commend the brave actions of the individuals who have come forward with serious allegations of abuse and misconduct. due to the multiple credible sexual harassment and misconduct allegations, the statement goes on to say, it is clear that governor cuomo has lost the confidence of his governing partners and the people of new york. they end their statement, the two senators, errol, by saying governor cuomo should resign. how significant is this? >> that is very significant. that is enormously significant, because, you know, chuck schumer is not just our senior senator here in new york, he's also the majority leader of the senate. major legislation goes through him. there's no getting around that. it's also significant that our junior senator, kirsten gillibrand used to work for governor cuomo. these are people who have been reliable, solid leaders. they're not bomb throwers. they don't speak recklessly. they don't go out on a limb. they know him. again, in the case of senator gillibrand and they're all saying, i guess unanimously now, it's time for a change in leadership. not trying to litigate the specific charges so much but to say that the kind of slowdown in government that you alluded to a minute ago is too much in their opinion for new york to go through as we try to come out of the pandemic. very, very significant statement. >> errol, we got a statement from congressman hakeem jeffries, a man you know well, democratic congressman from new york. he concludes his statement by saying under these extraordinary circumstances, the governor must consider, must seriously consider whether he can continue to effectively lead the state. and then he adds these words. no one is above the law. how significant is that? >> that last line is significant that congressman jeffries in the house leadership said over and over again about donald trump. that really speaks to the fact that this latest allegation has been referred to the police. that it goes beyond workplace harassment and might involve criminal conduct. that, i think, is what happens made the difference for so many of these lawmakers that for the first time we've got a charge of actual criminally illegal conduct, potentially. and while the woman in question is not known, albany times union broke this. their reporting has not been verified by us, least not yet. it seems to be enough for these lawmakers to say we can't have somebody who breaks the law as the governor of new york. a very harsh judgment. perhaps an early judgment, i think the governor would say, but that's where they've arrived. >> cnn has not verified that unknown woman's allegations other in the albany times union and we don't know who she is. br brynn, i thought it was curious today, and you're covering this on a minute-by-minute basis for us. the governor spoke out, but he didn't do it on camera. we just heard his voice. what was all that about? >> reporter: yeah. you know, that's how he has lately been conducting his news conferences. for the most part we haven't seen him in a couple of weeks, other than going to availabilities with vaccine rollouts, but not taking any questions at those availabilities. so this is how we've been able to ask questions. you know, we did speculate, is this because he doesn't want his face to say something big, some big news? of course, as we mentioned, he said he's not going anywhere, but i'm sitting here, listening to you, wolf, and getting my news from you that these new -- with gillibrand and schumer saying he should resign. we are all curious to see what's going to happen next because those are some big -- that's big news. >> let me bring in joey jackson into this conversation. from a legal perspective, give us your thoughts. these developments, they are very dramatic, and things are moving, clearly, very rapidly. >> they certainly are, wolf. i think there's a number of things to consider, right? from my legal hat, that perspective is something called due process. to the governor's point, the fact is that there needs to be a full, fair and thorough investigation. and to the extent that investigation would reveal something untoward, something inappropriate, something illegal, then certainly i think that would provide a more -- greater basis and more of a foundation for him to resign. if we want to talk about the law, rye, the foundation of our democracy is predicated upon due process and that has to play out. now, of course, you have the other side. you need to be able to govern with confidence. you need to have the confidence certainly of the people of your state. i can tell you in large measure throughout his tenure, he has. i'm here. i see what he does. i witness, along with so many other new yorkers what he does. but you certainly need to have the confidence of your local officials who are moving forward an agenda. your state officials certainly that are doing that, and the people in washington who are bringing back the bacon. to the extent you lose that support based upon these allegations then, of course, there needs to be consideration to, can i do my job? at the end of the day, you need to govern the state, govern it effectively. if you can't do that, it's a political consideration whether to move. on a legal front you should have, of course, the tools necessary to provide everyone with, you know, the allegations absolutely presumably credible but what are the specific findings? for that we need to wait until that process plays itself out. >> errol, it looks like almost every major democratic leader in the state of new york is now coming out against governor cuomo, saying he must step down, he must resign. we put up the new york congressional democrats now calling for his resignation. that's from the house of representatives. now we have both new york state senators, schumer and gillibrand also calling for his resignation, the mayor of new york city calling for his resignation. is there anyone in a serious leadership position, errol, who is standing by the governor right now? >> not that we have seen. it's important to keep in mind, you know, there's a pretty wide spectrum among members of the democratic delegation in new york. there are moderates, conservatives, ultra liberals, and they're all on the same page. yes, the governor does not have any visible support of any significant size within the political class. there are 20 women in the state legislature who signed a letter, saying they want this process to play out, going back to the due process concerns that joey jackson just raised but other than that, there's been no one, even as a character witness, w wolf, saying we don't know what the truth of these allegations are, but we know the governor say good guy. nobody has stepped forward to say even that. that's very telling and very damaging. >> from a legal perspective, joey, what's more of a serious potential problem for the governor right now, the sexual harassment allegations, from a legal perspective, or the allegations involving how he dealt with the nursing home deaths? >> i think both are, wolf, quite frankly, right? that's not to punt. it's just to say what the realities are. to the extent you're dealing with women in a way that it appears, based upon the facts we know them -- again, they have to be vetted and that process needs to play out. that is serious and it is concerning, particularly in our day and age. we are in the day of me too times of accountability. if you're going to be governing to the extent that we have. new york has gone through massive reform as it relates to, you know, women, sexual harassment, the ability for women to come forward, state their piece, and what employers need to do. that's the problem. you are the chief law enforcement officer of the state. pivoting quickly to the issue of the nursing homes, wolf, was there a cover-up? did you give any direction as it related to what should be reported, not be reported, how it should be reported, what should be held? you have concerns there. the dual concern really leads to a credibility gap and why people are calling for his resignation. >> dramatic news unfolding even as we're speaking. errol, brynn, joey, thank you very much. other important news we're following in "the situation room." latest into the investigation of the capitol riot. with more than 400 possible defendants now, it's being called one of the largest investigations in u.s. history. t back to safety. and help make a hospital come to you, instead of you going to it. so when it comes to your business, you know we'll stop at 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