governor called an employee of his, someone who he had power over, called them to a private place and then sexually assaulted her is absolutely unacceptable. it is disgusting to me and he can no longer serve as governor. >> harris: all of that means governor cuomo's own current office has referred a complaint of alleged sexual misconduct to albany police as part of a state policy after a report that cuomo, an aide alleged she was groped by the governor. now more than half of all new york lawmakers are calling for cuomo to resign or be impeached. state assembly democrats have taken the first step toward impeachment investigation. cuomo continues to deny the allegations. the "new york post" is out with this cover page take a look. the headline, cuo must go. >> in a statement ocasio-cortez and jamal bowman say the latest allegation of groping from that sixth accuser is alarming and they say it raises the concerns about the present safety and well-being for the administration's stave safety. they have concluded amid these sex misconduct allegations and nursing home scandal that governor cuomo can no longer effectively lead and should resign. in a statement new york representative jerry nadler and chairman of the house judiciary committee wrote this. the question before us is squairl a political judgment, governor cuomo has lost the confidence of the people of new york. governor cuomo must resign. this is different than what we heard just yesterday from senate majority leader chuck schumer who hasn't gone that far yet. listen. >> the allegations of these women are very, very troubling. the one last night was particularly nauseating. they all must be looked into. i've always strongly been against sexual harassment. it cannot -- cannot be tolerated. >> so he is still calling on these allegations to be investigated. the first accuser lindsey boylan had something to say about that. she said i'm tired of leaders in my own party calling allegations against our governor nauseating and hard to read. take time to sit with yourselves and who you are. so obviously that is her saying that schumer and other leaders should be saying that cuomo should resign right now. the count is about at least 120. that is the majority of lawmakers calling on cuomo to resign or to be impeached. this impeachment, by the way, investigation launched yesterday by the democrat-controlled legislature. they will have full subpoena power and focus on the sex misconduct and the nursing home scandals. republican leader of the assembly will barclay released a statement after the announced impeachment investigation saying republicans have called for impeachment investigations for weeks. now that democrats have finally recognized the need the committee's work must move expeditiously and must provide a deadline and defined process this investigation will take. republicans worry this is a delay tactic by democrats just trying to help cuomo buy some time. the albany police department tells us they have not received a criminal complaint against governor cuomo over that groping allegation just yet, harris. they have offered their services to the alleged victim's lawyer in case she may be willing to move forward on that front. harris. >> harris: let's unpack this for a bit. for the last 20 or 25 minutes or so this has been rapidly changing and we saw this again yesterday, too. so now there is a report, i understand, from the governor's office that that office may have tried to discredit the first accuser, lindsey boylan. a report that cuomo's office may have gone after her. what is that about? >> the "wall street journal" is reporting it was a coordinated effort by cuomo's top aides to call people in and around staff members and other accusers about lindsey boylan. the "wall street journal" piece reads the governor's office called other employees if they had heard from the accuser and some conversations they saw as attempts to intimidate. lindsey boylan sent out a tweet saying that alouding to the fact it was indeed and attempt to intimidate her into silence. cuomo's office has not responded to us directly but did tell the "wall street journal" that ultimately this was not some sort of coordinated effort. they were just trying to get some information. >> harris: we'll see because if there are receipts in the form of emails and the like we'll soon know the truth. that's the one thing about all of this, when you get this many people involved as potential victims the story is so much as it should be about what has happened with them and if there are pieces of evidence hopefully we'll see them. in the meanwhile, bryan llenas always on the story intrepidly. appreciate the update. thank you very much. >> with the passage of the american rescue plan and my announcement last month of a plan to vaccinate teachers and school staff, we can accelerate massive nationwide effort to reopen our schools safely. and meet my goal that i stated at the same time about 100 million shots of opening the majority of k-8 schools in my first 100 days in office. >> harris: president biden last night again saying all children need to get back to school in person but teachers unions are still refusing over what they say are their safety concerns. only five states have ordered all public schools to reopen for in-person learning. congress is about to get a report on reopenings which says the benefits of closures questionable and outweighed by the risk of virtual learning which will only get worse the longer this goes on. mark meredith in washington, d.c. now with more on this. mark. >> a new report shows sending kids back to school doesn't significantly increase their risk of contracting covid-19 and shows not going back may be a lot more harmful to their overall health. seven organizations put together this report including the conservative american enterprise institute. it reviewed 130 different studies examining how closed classrooms and -- the risk of children dying from covid-19 was exceedingly low. face more risks from drug overdoses, suicide and homicide than the coronavirus. >> we have also seen there is a cost to school closures. unfortunately that's borne by a lot of students from minority. rises cases of concerns around suicide. >> the study found schools can reopen like improving ventilation and providing more covid screenings. students and staff can return faster that way. kids not in school will miss health screenings and may not have access to food. parents are speeng up in greater numbers demanding local leaders do more to reopen. california parent groups are promising to make reopening schools a political issue that neither party can ignore. president biden is directing his education secretary to make reopening his top priority. congress vows to keep the pressure on the administration to reopen faster. >> harris: this is a layering on. parents already know that isolation for 13 to 18 age groups studies are showing their psychological problems are happening. self-harm is going up by 300 percent in that age group. a red flag more evidence. >> a lot of people are saying enough is enough. >> harris: no doubt. president biden is stressing unity in his first ever prime time address as president of the united states. but his speech was laced with veiled attack at the former president trump. now critics are calling biden out on this. and this. >> we still have razor wire fencing around the capitol. still have thousands of national guard troops there. >> harris: a growing showdown over the national guard still stationed on capitol hill. fox news has learned the secretary of defense stepped in to keep them there despite the national guard chief's objections. stay close. hey limu! 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why don't you thank donald trump. you want us all to get along you say. no trump, no vaccine, joe. stop taking credit for something you had nothing to do with. nothing. >> harris: joe concha fox news contributor and columnist for the hill. so many examples of what sean is saying. the vaccine was there for the former president. give the guy credit, why not? >> it is not hard, right? we lost faith in whether our democracy can deliver on the hard things. thank god we're making some progress now. the really hard things were the three vaccines that this president inherited when he took office and that's why we're seeing such a drop in cases and hospitalizations at this point because of the vaccine. that is everything. the really hard thing for a unity president is to thank his predecessor. if you want to be a president to all americans as he said that would be a good first step. boy, this address you said it was laced with shots at his predecessor. also laced with invalid toougts if we want to be generous in another way to say lie. to say the virus was met with silence. what, the china ban that happened six weeks prior to the pandemic actually hitting in mid-march, that never happened. or the european travel ban that happened one year ago yesterday, or maybe the u.s.s. comfort drove itself to new york harbor by osmosis to assist governor cuomo or the javits centered opened magically. last night was a classic sales 101 syllabus which says under promise and over deliver. that's what the president is doing, low expectations and limp goals in return to normal. when he says in one breath everybody that wants a vaccine will get it in may and says another two months later maybe you can gather in small groups during a cook-out in the july 4th. that gives him the ability say on memorial day i said july 4th but we're beating our own expectations, good job us. >> harris: a lot there and all he had to do was split the facts on the vaccine and where we are. it doesn't take away from what he is doing but split the facts on that. one second, i have to get to this, joe. president biden has now gone his entire term so far 51 days and counting. i want to get your take on this without holding a solo news conference. more media outlets are taking notice. abc news warning biden not yet holding a formal news conference raises accountability questions. white house press secretary jen psaki appeared on "good morning america" today where george stephanopolous never asked her when we might see that news conference she said biden would hold by the end of the month. joe. >> why can't the white house just commit to a date at this point? again, harris, you have 81 million votes, the most in u.s. history. he passed the nearly $2 trillion spending bill. that is what some would consider a victory. here is somebody who has been in office in some capacity for five decades. was vice president for eight years, and his own team seems petrified to put him in front of a mostly friendly press in terms of taking anything that would resemble a tough question or anything that is even resembling a solid question. why is the president of the united states not speaking to the american people? speak to them in a teleprompter, that's fine but in the end be held accountable for all these executive orders and spending in the bill where 9% only actually goes to covid. i think the american people want answers and want to hear from their presidents besides the one that reads from a teleprompter. >> harris: we got a taste last night. as he walked away from his prime time address somebody shouted a question and he kept walking. we see this all the time. joe concha. have a great weekend and thank you very much for breaking down some hot topics with me today. the white house is down playing and deflecting questions about president biden's immigration policy as the migrant crisis at the border -- look at that. that's a line of people trying to cross. see the people in the boat? how long can they keep that up? and even mexico's president says migrants see biden as their president. and this. >> it is the doctors and the data almost singly that are driving what we do in austin. >> texas is suing its own state capitol for refusing to follow the governor's orders and lift its mask mandate. the man behind that lawsuit, the attorney general of texas, ken paxton, is with me next. us. i was covered from head to toe. i was afraid to show my skin. after i started cosentyx i wasn't covered anymore. four years clear. five years now. i just look and feel better. see me. real people with psoriasis look and feel better with cosentyx. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms, if your inflammatory bowel disease symptoms develop or worsen, or if you've had a vaccine, or plan to. serious allergic reactions may occur. five years is just crazy. see me. learn more at cosentyx.com. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> so many feel they are going to reach the united states. >> mexico will have to be -- is an important partner in insuring we're addressing the flow of migrants. we made a policy decision because we felt it was the humane approach. >> what does that say about how the president is handling this situation? >> look, i think the president has been clear as has every member of our administration, the border is not open. now is not the time to come. >> harris: chunks of it are. we'll get into this a second. jen psaki on defense over the growing crisis at our southern border. our own peter doocy there noted that mexico's president says the migrants are flooding our way to see her boss as the migrant president. they are fans. laura ingraham accused the media of having a double standard. >> when biden dismantled trump's border policies why didn't cnn talk about the impending humanitarian health crisis. when trump was dealing with the migrant increase the 2017 narrative was kids in cages. now that biden has more than 3200 minors being kept in holding cells meant for adults, we here a completely different tone. >> harris: op-ed in the "washington examiner" ripping president biden as the human trafficking president. quote, unquote, as more migrants head toward the border having heard biden promise to take every one of them in, the more human trafficking there is, biden's presidency is the best thing to happen to human traffickers in at least four years. texas attorney general ken paxton joins me now. every time we get together this situation gets a lot worse. my question for you is how much evidence does the biden administration need when you see chunks of wallop en where they didn't finish the wall, people flooding through and border agents saying, attorney general, they are so overwhelmed they see 39,000 illegally gained access to our country recently. they can't catch them all. >> it is sad but doesn't seem like evidence matters. they adopted the policy of open borders and sticking with it despite the consequences of the spread of covid, human trafficking, increase in drug trafficking, increase of crime and just general chaos as laura ingraham mentioned. you have all these kids caged up that shouldn't be here. >> harris: we're looking at video and seeing little ones who can't make the journey being carried. children carried to the border and separated from whomever these adults are. maybe some are families. but we have created a situation that we said that we wouldn't do. it is a mark against us, a mark against our soul. i want to get the quick response to that and we'll move on. >> it is so sad. we've seen this happen before and saw it happen under obama and at the beginning of the trump administration. we got the cut back. we saw the negative consequences to these children and to our state and to our country. yet for some reason we want to repeat that. i have no good explanation for why he is doing it. it isn't good for our country or the kids coming across the border. >> harris: it's on him. even abc news said have to hold a news conference, accountability. new numbers out of brownsville, texas, many migrants are released there after being processed by border officials. city officials test migrants for covid-19. from march 4 to 9 the positivity rate was been 9.25%. since january 25th they have tested 1700 migrants, 204 of them to date positive. and they are free to travel, go wherever they choose until they get that court date. i checked. the national positivity rate is 4.3. brownsville, texas, is more than twice what the illegal people coming in twice the national average of covid. >> again, so sad because we have been dealing with this covid issue for almost a year now and we put all these restrictions on americans, businesses, and travel. it has affected our lives in so many negative ways and yet for some reason we've opened up the border and risk our population along the border but really as they spread through my state and across the country we put people's health at risk and putting us at increased risk for a spike in covid and it doesn't make any sense. >> harris: how do we stop it? >> we have a lawsuit to stop them from not enforcing federal law relating to people coming across the border. they are supposed to be arresting and deporting these people. we haven't gotten into court to show that evidence. at some point, it will take a while. we have an injunction. we need to get back in court and have the opportunity to have the court put it back in place. >> harris: you are fighting another front, too. your office is suing the state of texas capital, austin and surrounding travis counting for refusing to lift their mask mandates after the governor rolled back restrictions as your state reopened. >> the governor's order couldn't have been more clear. ended the mask mandate. individual businesses can continue it. individuals make their own choices. cities don't have the authority. the mayor and county judge absolutely can't do this. they tried this with shutting down bars for new year's eve. we had to go in and stop them. we're already in court now as we speak we're in court right now trying to stop this from happening. >> harris: do you think we'll win? >> we've won in the past on the same issues. the order wasn't more clear. his power couldn't be more clear. sometimes we have to appeal. in the end i'm confident we'll win this. >> harris: we're hearing from business owners that they feel like they're in the middle without that backup from the state or from the city. we'll see how it goes. attorney general ken paxton, thank you very much for being on the program today. remember seattle police-free autonomous protest zone? now there is another one. it's in minneapolis, a city already on edge over the trial of the former police officer accused of killing george floyd. people say it is dangerous and why city leaders are allowing it to happen. >> i ask you, mr. speaker and my colleagues considering voting for this bill, are you waking up at 2:00 a.m. going to respond to a gruesome murder or missing your children's birthday parties to respond to gang shootings? >> harris: a challenge to house democrats who passed a sweeping police reform bill. that congresswoman whose husband is a swat medic joins me coming up. want to brain better? 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[inaudible] >> harris: the mayor and police chief say they will reopen the area after chauvin's trial. some say it needs to happen now. if city leaders had a spine they would put an end to autonomous zones. they don't and the city's issues will get worse before they get better. betsy smith is a retired illinois police sergeant and spokesperson for the national police association. great to see you today. first of all who is in charge? >> well, that's a really good question. this is not property owned by a private entity, harris. this is public property. there are businesses in this autonomous zone. there are residents and it is a very multi-cultural area. yet as we saw in that video with that reporter they are being told you can't come in here. what the neighbors are saying in the residential areas is that after darkness falls, that criminals are using it to freely commit crimes, deal drugs, things like that. they are very frustrated. >> harris: of course they are. the cover of darkness and the cover by the city, right? because if they are making threats, which we have on camera against people, the situation could get bad for you. that's a threat. if something happens to someone can't police do something about it? >> here is the thing, harris i want everybody to understand. this is not the fault of the quote, unquote police. this is the fault of city leadership. minneapolis has a huge leadership issue and they apparently haven't learned from chop in seattle, from the red house in portland, and so we're going to have to see what happens. remember, they have short staffed themselves and they have got to protect the hennepin county courthouse, the downtown area and protests have a hand in this as well. city resources are being tied up. >> harris: it is so interesting, though, the city says it will reopen this -- they're doing this on purpose. they closed down this area, the city has on purpose and look at what just rocks at night. real quickly portland, oregon. we're seeing this pop up just like we did last summer. also having some problems in response to what is going on with the trial with george floyd. what is your take on what we're really facing? >> well, so what we're seeing in portland. last night they set the federal courthouse on fire again. it was occupied at the time. the courthouse is occupied 24 hours a day. i would like to know where -- we're protecting the capitol with two armed zones that you have to go in and out of, checkpoints. fencing, wire and national guard. why doesn't the federal courthouse in portland deserve that same protection? you have federal agents and local police officers who are trying to keep the people in the courthouse safe but it is very difficult. it will continue to get worse and yet, of course, we have an administration that doesn't want to admit that antifa is a problem. they are still calling it an idea. so our take on that is we need to protect everyone everywhere as much as possible. that includes the federal courthouse in portland, oregon. >> harris: you know, we use the word protestors for what these occupiers are doing in minneapolis. i think we should just call them what they are. they are an occupation right now that the city apparently are approving it. sergeant, thank you for being with me. appreciate your time and expertise. >> thank you, harris. >> harris: confusion around the vaccine roll-out continues. president biden has called for states to make all adults eligible for shots by may 1. but he says we may not see a return to normalcy until july 4. where is he getting these dates? what's the science here? customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? i mean it... uh-oh, sorry... oh... what? i'm an emu! no, buddy! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty. ♪ if you're 55 and up, t-mobile has plans built just for you. get 2 unlimited lines for only $70. and now get netflix on us with your plan. and this rate is fixed, you'll pay 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vaccine roll-out accelerates. cdc promised new travel guidelines to reflect the increased pace of vaccinations. however, former covid testing czar brett giroir says biden's timeline for reopening the nation is too cautious. >> it was kind of crazy what was said about july 4th. if you are an adult and you are meeting outside or if you are children and meeting outside you can do that now. there is no reason you can't have outdoor small gatherings and have a barbecue outside. by july we should be almost back to normal with herd immunity with everybody getting vaccine. i don't know what reality he is talking about. >> harris: that's the medical expert dr. giroir. blake berman is live at the white house. >> july 4th is the target date for the biden team over here at the white house. the president saying last night that we hope as a country at that point we can declare full independence from the virus at that time. july 4th is one of the busiest travel holidays of the year. there are still real questions at this point as to why the cdc hasn't updated its travel guidance for those who have already been vaccinated. the president last night suggested that could potentially be coming soon. >> president biden: in the coming weeks, we will issue further guidance on what you can and cannot do once fully vaccinated. to lessen the confusion, to keep people safe and encourage more people to get vaccinated. >> the president said there could be small gatherings then but that is already happening right now. you are looking at stills from spring training that's going on. pga tour golf as fans by the thousands and adding them by the weeks. governors and states like florida, texas, mississippi are encouraging indoor dining to resume at 100%. top republican in the house says increased vaccine doses should mean increased openings. >> now there are three out there that are already approved. we're producing more than two million a day into people's arms. i say every american who wants a vaccine should get it but also every american should be able to go back to work, back to school and back to health. >> speaking of travel you can expect to see president biden traveling more in the near future starting to hit the road in the upcoming days to tout and to sell the $1.9 trillion american rescue plan. >> harris: nobody missed that veiled threat to put restrictions and lockdowns back in if we don't hit the goals. we'll have to see if this president is willing to do that again. not a lot of people happy about that. the top democrat and top republican on the house armed services committee says the national guard are no longer needed at the u.s. capitol. this comes after defense secretary lloyd austin overruled the chief of the national guard to keep nearly 2300 troops stationed at the u.s. capitols. those details in a memo obtained by gillian turner who is live in washington, d.c. with the latest. so at the top they can't agree on this. >> they cannot. that's absolutely right. basically what happened is the national guard chief wanted to send his troops home. the secretary of defense said no dice. fox news did exclusively obtain this official government memo you mentioned revealing that defense secretary lloyd austin overruled the chief of the national guard with a decision to keep 2280 national guard troops here at the capitol through may. let's look at the memo. it is dated march 4. the guard's top general makes the case right here that the guard is overstretched and not equipped to carry out the mission he cites specifically. quote, covid-19, civil disturbance, wildfire and hurricane and flood response and says efforts to date haven't secured enough volunteers among supporting states to meet the u.s. capitol police request of 2280 soldiers. nor even option b which just calls for 1,000 soldiers. key lawmakers in the house are getting grilled about the need for the heavy troop presence despite no overt threats against the capitol since inauguration day. >> that has been alleged i have never made any characterization of that. that remains for the f.b.i. and others to investigate. >> it's not just the house, harris, key senators are responding to fox news's reporting on the story as well. listen to senator cotton. >> we still have razor wire fencing around the capitol and thousands of national guard troops there even though the director of the national guard does not believe they can continue to support that mission. >> as of right now states are pledged 500 troops to stay for this extended mission. the secretary of defense needs 800 more. also we're learning this morning from our pentagon team that the price tag for this extension is going to be $111 million. you know who is paying for that. >> harris: we are. >> exactly. >> harris: the taxpayers. i can think of a couple places where they could use help. have you seen minneapolis and the autonomous zone there and another one in portland? we'll move on. as the house sends a 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to spend one day in a ride-along as the police do their jobs and part of the letter reads -- understanding the nuance of effective police reform can only be achieved when we witness law enforcement officers and first responders' jobs firsthand. it's critical to restore confidence in the law enforcement community and this starts at the top. florida congresswoman cat cammack starts now and she is with me. you made an impassioned plea. i'm curious to know why this is necessary. what are you up against on the hill? >> congresswoman: it's just like you said. this bill impacts me directly. my husband has served our local community for 14 years as a firefighter and as a s.w.a.t. medic for our local sheriff's office and police department. in that time i have seen the danger he is faced with on every callout there is unknown number of the factors that he will face. and so i ask my colleagues during that speech, are you waking up at 2:00 to respond to a murder? are you missing your churn's birthday party for a s.w.a.t. callout? i don't think so. so you have this assault on the police officers, and the s.w.a.t. vest that i presented as part of mu speech, that is my husband's s.w.a.t. vest. that is what they are ultimately taking off his back and the backs of so many men and women in uniform. that is why this is so dangerous. >> harris: congresswoman, any takers on your offer in that letter, to go do a ride-along? >> congresswoman: as of right now, no. >> harris: not a single one? >> congresswoman: not a single one. we hand-delivered letters to every single one of my colleagues that voted to defund the police. and i knew that they might be hesitant to accept my invitation, which i had said i will fly to your district. heck, i will arrange the ride-along between you, myself and your local police department. but if they didn't want to do that, i invited them to my hometown where they could do a ride-along in my district. knowing they might be hesitant to do that, i'm making the pledge regardless if they want to come or not, i'm going to go to their district and highlight the work and the dangerous things that their local police officers have to do on a daily basis. even if they don't want to see it. they will see it. >> harris: let's slide in with the danger quickly. homicides spiking in several major cities now. portland homicides up by 700%. atlanta, 80%. minneapolis 63%. all amid the calls to defund the police. your last comments, congresswoman? >> congresswoman: they want to talk about a better community response and a better relationship with the police. they need to fully fund the police. it's that simple. you see what is happening across the country. the lack of recruitment, the lack of retention. there are tons and tons of incredible law enforcement officers around the country that put their life on the line every day. it's time we had this fixed finally. >> harris: amen. >> congresswoman: once and for all. >> harris: i can't believe you have not had one taker. we'll see if it changes. >> congresswoman: not one. >> harris: congresswoman, thank you very much. safety to your husband and his colleagues on the force. >> congresswoman: thank you. >> harris: thank you for watching. "outnumbered" now. ♪ ♪ >> harris: we do begin here, house judiciary committee chairman jerrold nadler, congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez joined a growing list of the democratic lawmakers calling for andrew cuomo to resign as the new york governor faces possible impeachment over his alleged conduct with women. according to a report, his top aide led an apparent effort to discredit his first accuser lindsey boylan. at le