spring break could bring a spike in cases, too. >> if you get the coronavirus that's your own fault because you know the risks of coming out here. >> wearing a mask, that's not the normal compared to people who do wear a mask. governor cuomo has lost the confidence of his governing partners. for the good of the state he should resign. >> he should look into his heart to see if he can govern effectively. >> we have a broken immigration system. our cities and our counties on the border don't have the resources to deal with this. >> the flow of humanity arriving at our front door never stopped. the donald trump administration didn't stop them. ♪ i'm pamela brown in washington. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world on this sunday. you are live in the "cnn newsroom." a year ago, the pandemic was just getting started in the u.s. i'm sure we all remember how we felt at that time. and spring breakers were largely oblivious to its threats. you can't say people don't know better now, though. but spring break still looks better than it has. even though the cdc says we should still avoid travel, the tsa screened more than 1.2 million people on saturday. in miami beach, the streets are packed with largely mask-free tourists. >> if you aren't wearing a mask, like that's kind of the normal compared to people who do wear a mask. it is kind of nice to just be out and not have to worry about it. when we do get back, we are going to have to quarantine. but it's nice for just these two weeks just kind of let that weight off your shoulders and just kind of have a good time. >> the pandemic is far from over. yesterday alone 1,846 deaths. the "new york times" puts the seven-day average at roughly 1,400 covid deaths a day. and this just into cnn tonight, the netherlands has paused the use of the astrazeneca vaccine because of, quote, new information. the dutch government says it is a precautionary measure pending further investigation. and it joined ireland as the latest two nations suspending the use of this vaccine. earlier today astrazeneca issued a statement insisting there is no evidence of blood clot risks from its vaccine, and that company is still awaiting approval from the fda for emergency use authorization in the u.s. >> reporter: more than a third of european countries have now partially or fully suspended astrazeneca vaccinations. ireland becoming the latest e.u. member state to do so on sunday after a report from the norwegian health authority of patients developing blood clots after inoculation. concerns have been emerging throughout the week. e.u. countries reported three deaths and multiple incidents. a 49-year-old woman in austria died as a result of blood coagulation, and several countries banned that particular batch of astrazeneca doses. then denmark went a step further, suspending its entire astrazeneca rollout for two weeks after a vaccine recipient died of a blood clot. norway and iceland immediately followed suit. it is important to note those countries acknowledge there is no proof these incidents are connected to the vaccine, but they want more information. meanwhile a majority of european countries including germany, spain, and france are proceeding with the rollout. astrazeneca has responded. it says that the data from more than 10 million vaccine recipients shows no evidence of increased risk of pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis. and the european medicines agency seems to agree. it says the number of such events in vaccinated people is no higher than that seen in the general population. the ema is investigating the incidents but advises that in the meantime the vaccines can continue to be used. pam? >> thanks so much. and joining me now is primary care physician. astrazeneca insists, doctor, that its vaccine is safe, as we just heard there, even as ireland and just today the netherlands joined a list of countries suspending it. do you think it should be approved for emergency use authorization? >> good evening, pamela. nice to be on your show. listen. when you start vaccinating hundreds and thousands of people, you are going to find some of these events. now it doesn't necessarily mean that there is a direct cause and effect. we had a couple of these events happen in some of the vaccines that were approved here in the u.s. to answer your question, pamela, more specifically, one thing that gives me a lot of consolation as an american physician is our fda is a very strict organization. when the data is presented to them, they will go through it and make sure that it is safe and effective like they have already for the three vaccines we have currently in the u.s. >> so, you don't think that this latest, what's coming out about people's reactions after taking the vaccine is enough to prevent the u.s. from emergency use authorization as you see it now, right? >> right. that's correct, pamela. and, again, it's because these blood clots happen quite a bit anyway in a normal population. and when you're vaccinating people, you're going to find out that some of these people that got vaccinated also have blood clots. but it doesn't mean that the vaccination actually caused the blood clot. >> so, former fda commissioner scott gottlieb spoke today about concerns related to a new york mutation that seems similar to the south african variant. let's listen to what he had to say. >> new york is really the only place in the country right now where we know of that 1526 is that much the infection. and about half of those cases, so half of the cases of 1526 have the same mutation that's in the south african variant, this 484 k mutation that could make the virus more impervious to our vaccine. so it is a concern. we also are seeing with the 1351, the south african variant with this same mutation, we're seeing people get reinfected. whether or not that's starting to happen in new york, and that explains these trends, we don't know yet. >> so what does that mean practically for all of us as we're getting the vaccine or waiting to get it if a variant spreads more easily, may cause reinfection, and is resistant to current vaccines, how dangerous could that be? >> yeah. so, pamela, i hope that the keyword that you just said will not happen, which is resistance to the vaccine. we already know that the approved vaccines here in the u.s., moderna, pfizer, and the johnson & johnson, they will work on these variants, but they may not work at the efficacy that we would like for it to. they are still going to be effective. they will work also on the vial strains which are the strains circulating in the u.s. i don't think we need to be concerned about the current vaccines. now this is also the reason, pamela, that we are going to gefl these vaccines that will work specifically against the variants. so i think in the near future, everybody that gets one or two shots will probably end up getting a booster. but we still have to mask up and get vaccinated. and that's the way that we can take care of these variants. >> but you have vaccine hesitancy. governor brian kemp in georgia said he has seen vaccine hesitancy. >> it definitely makes me a bit upset because i also feel that president trump, whether you like him or not, had a golden opportunity to talk about getting the vaccine when he and the former first lady got it before they left the white house. he has a huge following, and i definitely think that a lot of white republicans will listen to him. listen, at the end of the day, pamela, we've still got a lot of work to do. we've got to work on minority populations. 67% of our white people have gotten the vaccine, but only 6 to 7% of the black population have gotten the shot. we've got a lot of work to do. and i think that talking about it, answering a lot of questions, we will definitely be able to overcome that to a degree. >> but are you concerned given the vaccine hesitancy in the numbers you just laid out that there is a scenario where the u.s. doesn't reach herd immunity in the amount of time that is necessary to prevent a resurgence of the pandemic? >> there is always that possibility. as scientists we're always very careful to say that, hey, if 85% of americans get the vaccine, we are going to get to herd immunity. one thing that's reassuring is the fact that we have about 100 million people that have already gotten covid. so we do have some natural immunity that will go towards that herd immunity. and now we have about 15% of the u.s. population fully vaccinated. that's another 100 million people. i still think we should be positive. we're getting there. but i don't want people to think because the numbers are coming down that there's no need to get the vaccine. >> all right, dr. matthew, thank you for coming on the show and sharing your expertise with us. >> thank you. and this just in to cnn. president biden has just returned to the white house and took some questions about whether new york governor andrew cuomo should resign. i want to bring in cnn's white house correspondent john harwin. >> president biden was asked about whether he would echo the calls for governor andrew cuomo of new york should resign. and just like how house speaker nancy pelosi declined to say that earlier today. what president biden said was that an investigation is underway. he did not echo the calls that have come from both senators in the new york delegation and numerous democratic house members from new york, numerous state legislatures as well, increasing pressure on governor cuomo to resign. joe biden decided not to go there, pamela. >> thank you for bringing us the latest there from the white house. a navy investigation finds that one of its contractors who sported a hitler mustache and was charged in the capitol siege was a well-known neo-nazi. stacey abrams is branding georgia's new voting bill racist, calling it nothing more than jim crow in a suit and tie. and an outspoken parent tells teachers who are worried about returning to class that it's time to follow the science. she joins me live later in the hour. but first, the curious case of a missing audio file of trump trying to overturn his election loss in georgia that has miraculously been found in an investigator's trash folder. more on that with our legal analyst laura coates. stay with us. we'll be right back. ♪ hey now, you're a rock star, get the show on, get paid ♪ ♪ and all that glitters is gold ♪ get 5 boneless wings for $1 with any handcrafted burger. only at applebee's. antibacterial or moisturizing body wash? 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>> well, it's the very reason, pam, you have things that were called preservation that goes out to tay freeze everything you have, i want to be able to access it because the red tape, perhaps sometimes the protracted litigation, the investigation can have this very result happen with things fall through the cracks. of course the very idea that going into a trash folder is a bit odd. we don't exactly how why it's there or how it ended up there, whether it was a benign incident or nefarious. but this is why you actually have these letters go out because you do not want to have evidence that can become fleeting that otherwise would be useful, that can contextualize, that can give the full color of every statement. knowing that the audio call or the telephone call existed is one thing. being hear it and perceive it and understand the tone is essential in any investigation. >> and georgia is investigating trump's call to their secretary of state pressuring him to, quote, find enough votes to give trump a fraudulent win. just how exposed is trump legally on this? >> well, he is quite exposed. remember, the idea of federal pardons went away when he was no longer the president of the united states. this is also a state investigation so it wouldn't have touched it any way. and we actually have it from the proverbial horse's mouth, him saying these statements as a part of a greater holistic investigation. in isolation in a vacuum, every particular statement could be dismissed by people. but it's about the idea of all of these things coming into fruition. the directive to find a certain amount of votes, going into fulton county, at one point talking about stacey abrams, having the thread that is followed about not that there was an overall evidentiary basis for any allegation of fraud but that targeting it to particular areas according to perhaps demographics or the way they voted as an act of suppression is part of what is being investigated right now. so there's a whole lot of exposure. but this is yet another thing. and, remember, he is alienated most of the people for the most part those who could have come to his defense. they were the ones targeted for these statements. >> and we're seeing in the wake of this, this battle brewing over voting in georgia after trump lost the state for weeks now cnn has reported on how the gop bills there would disproportionately affect black voters. here's how stacey abrams views the situation. >> i do absolutely agree that it is racist. it is a redux of jim crow in a suit and tie. we know that the only thing that precipitated these changes, it's not that there was a question of security. in fact, the secretary of state and the governor went to great pains to assure america that georgia's elections were secure. and so the only connection that we can find is that more people of color voted, and it changed the outcome of elections and the direction that republicans do not like. so instead of celebrating better access and more participation, their response to try to eliminate access to voting for primarily communities of color. and there is a direct correlation between the usage of dropboxes, between in-person early voting and the use of vote by mail and a direct increase in the number of people of color voting. >> so, laura, what do you think can be done about this? it seems like there is no down side for republicans doing this at the state level where republicans have the majority in the legislature. >> well, the only down side of course is that you're violating voting rights act of 1965 and you are engaging in voter suppression with the pretextual reason of having widespread fraud be the reason when in fact it seems to be north carolina a few years ago the act of trying to disenfranchise with surgical precision, knowing the voting behavior and pattern of a particular demographic and voting bloc and then saying that we would like to figure out a way to disenfranchise and not having any other rhyme or reason other than it does not align with who you would like to be in office. that's not what we should do in a democracy. and of course the reason it's pretextual for the reasons that stacey abrams has already articulated here. but most importantly it's nonsensical. because on the one hand republicans in georgia have been quite clear they have butted heads with former president trump on this very issue that there is no widespread voter fraud. they had a fair and free election not just one but two with a special election. they had re-counts of actual votes. they did this a number of times. to say they had a free and fair election that was devoid of any fraud or widespread voter fraud to say we need to correct fraud as the reason, this smacks the very things she speaks of in a very unpersuasive use of this use of widespread voter fraud. another thing that needs to happen of course is you have to make sure that the voting rights act once again has teeth. these ideas of having a state being able to engage themselves in these election-related voting changes without having the preclearance of the voting rights section of the civil rights division which i was an alum of is going to lead to further incidents like this, being able to be empowered and emboldened to engage in behavior that disenfranchises simply because you don't like the fact that the state went blue. that's not what the red, white, and blue flag of democracy should actually stand for. >> all right, laura coates, we will leave it there. thank you so much. well, president biden has just waited on the controversy surrounded governor andrew cuomo. we're going to play that tape for you in just a moment. and also tonight a damning assessment from new york state senator. she says she's never met a person in new york politics who has a good relationship with governor cuomo, not even those close to him. we will talk with her when we come back. stay with us. sturizer! antibacterial can i have both? 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>> hi, pamela. well, he weighed in. he's not joining, adding his voice to those calling for governor cuomo to step down now. listen to what the president had to say just now. >> do you think governor andrew cuomo should resign? >> i think the investigation is underway and we should see what it brings us. >> now those remarks from president biden echoing very similar to what we heard from house speaker nancy pelosi saying, you know, there are investigations going on, we should let those investigations play out. but speaker pelosi said that the governor should search his heart and ask himself whether he could lead effectively. pamela, the majority of the new york congressional delegation is now calling on him to resign. that includes senate majority leader chuck schumer and senator kirsten gillibrand who, on friday afternoon, put out a joint statement joining with the other members of congress who believe that the governor should, for the sake of new york, step down, arguing that he's lost the confidence of the people of new york. pamela? >> all right, athena jones live for us in albany new york, thank you so much. and joining me now is democratic new york state senator alle is of c allesandra biaggi. president biden did not join the calls of others to resign. what is your reaction to that? >> listen, i'm not surprised, but i do think that the details of the growing sexual harassment allegations and the nursing home death cover-up, and now today the reports of the governor's vaccine czar calling county officials to gauge their loyalty to the governor reveals something that is an underlying issue, which is that the new york state executive branch has been working to protect andrew cuomo and not the people of new york. and collectively there is a pattern of abusive behavior. >> cnn has not confirmed that reporting about the vaccine czar. but i want to ask you about the role that you were in that put you directly in cuomo's orbit. and you have been a fierce critique of him. you told the "new york times," if you are a woman who wants to focus on work, it is the worst place to be. why is that? >> so, i worked in the governor's council's office from april of 2017 to december of 2017. i went into that office bright-eyed and bushy tailed very excited to work on women's policy to codify roe v. wade. and i realized not only that i wasn't going to do the actual work. but what i realized is that i was part of a culture where people were sidelined, there were people who were frankly afraid to make a mistake because they were afraid that they were going to get fired as a result of it. it was probably one of the worst work environments i have ever been in, in my life. and i say that in a way that gives me a heavy heart to say because i actually love public service. i love the work that i do today. and frankly had it not been for what i was able to witness when i was there, i wouldn't be in public service today. the experience there did have a positive thread which is that it really motivated me to run for this state senate seat. but, frankly, most people are not that lucky. and we can not afford to lose good talent in a moment like this when we have to recover from covid and our state has its greatest moment of need. >> and you also told the "new york times" that i have not met a person yet in new york politics who has a good relationship with andrew cuomo, and i'm not saying close relationship, i'm saying good relationship, even people who are close to him, i cannot say in good faith have a good relationship with him. if he is constantly burning bridges, how has he been able to survive this long politically? >> i mean, listen, he has gotten a lot done with brute force. and i think that when we think about who we want to be leading us, we want leaders. i want a leader who will also fight for what all of us believe in. but what he has done is gone over a boundary where he uses his position of power strictly to control others and to dominate others. and it's the governor's abusive behavior that again has forced intelligent and motivated people who are really eager to serve n new yorkers. it really does harm new yorkers because we are here to actually serve and get the job done. >> but let me just ask you about the allegations and the nursing home data. he said, look, these are allegations, he has denied many of them and said this is under investigation, we should let that play out. and others have said the same. you heard president biden today. but why didn't the nursing home scandal force the widespread calls for his resignation like these allegations that are under investigation have? >> i think what's happening here is that we are seeing finally or at least the public is seeing finally because many of us inside of government have known that these are the behaviors that follow andrew cuomo. the collection of misdeeds is evolving and unfolding in realtime. even though many of my, myself, assembly women and others have been seeing that the governor has not only been acting in bad faith but has attempted to cover up a nursing home scandal where he has lowered the numbers in order to make the numbers look lower so he could get a book deal for other reasons. but what we have been seeing now is that because of this cracking open of the behaviors of the governor, more people are speaking out. so in realtime, it's not just that the sexual harassment allegations have happened and that everyone is calling for the governor to resign. it's that in realtime we're learning more now about the nursing home scandal -- >> but why wasn't the nursing home situation enough? i'm trying to get to that. why wasn't that enough to prompt these calls for his resignation from people like you and others in the state senate? >> the reason for that is because i think we didn't have all of the facts in realtime. myself and others have really been clear that there has been something wrong in the process here because there has been an inability of the executive branch to share the number of nursing home deaths with us. but just only about a week ago we learned that his top aides have not only falsified reports but prevented the actual number of deaths from being reported in the july report. and so this is something, again, these are facts that are happening in realtime. i think for us the nursing home deaths and making sure that the attorney general actually investigating this as something that we believed should be panned out in an investigation. but now that we've learned that there was an intentional attempt to falsify a report from the department of health to lower those nursing home -- i think that alone is sufficient to call for his resignation. but that fact in and of itself did not come out until later. >> all right, new york state senator alessandra biaggi, thank you for coming on the show. >> thank you for having me. in one state some parents are going as far as suing to get their kids back in the classroom. up next, i'll speak to a mother telling hesitant teachers it is time to follow the science and get back to the classroom. we'll be back. hands feel dry? 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is that not enough for you that they're saying, hey, we could likely go back in april as long as the teachers are fully vaccinated? >> yeah. she also mentioned that they've been following the science, they've been following their own ucsd scientists here in sand diego. and they are saying that the vaccinations are not necessary for returning to campus. and all experts and top public health officials are urging that we get our children in school and not continue to wait and delay for everyone to be vaccinated. >> so you heard the president of the san diego education association say that teachers don't want to open the school to then return to virtual learning if there is an outbreak. san diego county's currently in the most restrictive tier restriction. do you worry about the risk of returning schools to -- >> we have 150,000 students that are in-person learning currently and have been. many of them since september. and we have not seen a lot of shut downs. i know from personal experience with some of my children that have been able to get some in-person education, we have not been yo-yo'ing. i have felt very confident. and currently we're at 8.8 cases out of 100,000 right now, which is like teetering on the edge of that red tier, which we also were in back in september and could've opened our schools then. and so, no, i'm not concerned at this point about the community transmission. and i think with schools reopened, we actually will see less transmission. >> and i want to note your kids actually you put them in a private school because you were getting so frustrated. i'm going to get to that in just a second. but i want to listen to the sound from the national teacher of the year, and asked her about the push to get kids back to school. how that may be overlooking the well-being of educators. let's listen. >> you know, i think our emotional well-being is something that's often o overlooked in times of crisis, but it's one that's something that we end up paying for or dealing with for years to come after any kind of trauma or change in our lives. and so often i think during disappointment or loss like we're all going through right now, we're all looking for someone to blame. families are looking to blame the school. and school is upset with the families. but i think we ultimately all want the same thing. we want our kids back in school. >> so you've said that there is never going to be a zero risk situation anywhere in life. but can you empathize with what some teachers may be going through, and tell us also what you as a parent with young children have been going through? >> you know, i think, for teachers, i completely understand that they're afraid. and i would understand any essential worker, anyone on the front lines, anyone who has to get up close and personal with the risks of this virus, i get it. it is scary. and we have been in fear for this past year. and, yet, at the same time, more and more evidence is suggesting that we can reopen our schools safely. and you can ask teachers across the country, you can ask teachers even across our own san diego county that have been doing it, you know, what is the best way to do this, and how do you feel about this now? i think there probably are plenty of teachers who could share their confidence that this can be done safely. >> all right. leslie, thank you for coming on. important to hear your perspective as a parent with children in that district. thanks so much. >> thank you. the birthplace of the renaissance, but tuscany is so much more than that. with dishes featuring steak to stale bread. stanley touchi gives me a sneak peek into his former hometown. the sun is incredible. it makes our lipton tea leaves better. which makes the smooth tea taste better, and time together even better. and drinking lipton can help support a healthy heart. lipton is a proud sponsor of the american heart association's life is why campaign. ♪ ♪ ♪like an echo in the forest♪ [singing in korean] ♪another day will return♪ [singing in korean] ♪like nothing ever happened♪ ♪ ♪ my name is austin james. as a musician living with diabetes, fingersticks can be a real challenge. that's why i use the freestyle libre 14 day system. with a painless, onesecond scan i can check my glucose without fingersticks. now i'm managing my diabetes better and i've lowered my a1c from 8.2 to 6.7. you can do it without fingersticks, too. ask your doctor for a prescription for the freestyle libre 14 day system. and visit freestyle libre.us to try it for free. for the freestyle libre 14 day system. ♪ and a little bit of chicken fried ♪ ♪ cold beer on a friday night ♪ ♪ a pair of jeans that fit just right ♪ ♪ and the radio up ♪ get 5 boneless wings for $1 with any handcrafted burger. wealth is your first big investment. worth is a partner to help share the load. wealth is saving a little extra. worth is knowing it's never too late to start - or too early. ♪ ♪ wealth helps you retire. worth is knowing why. ♪ ♪ principal. for all it's worth. discover the replenishing power of new pronamel mineral boost. teeth need natural minerals to keep enamel healthy, strong, and white. but every day, acidic food and drink can wash these minerals away, weakening and dulling enamel over time. pronamel mineral boost protects teeth by working with your mouth to boost absorption of calcium and phosphate which naturally strengthens enamel. pronamel mineral boost helps keep teeth strong, white, and protected from sensitivity. new pronamel mineral boost tuscany a region like no other, home to world class art and architecture and architecture. it is the former home of stanley tucci. stanley takes a trip down memory lane with mhis parents. i sat down with stanley tucci to talk about his trip and bringing his parents along for the ride. >> stanley, you actually lived in tuscany and florence for a year. it is home to rich history architecture and arts and culture. what's your favorite thing about this region? 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