Former government workers. Cuomos announcement comes as he was facing the prospect of impeachment and forced removal from office. But in a Press Conference this afternoon, he framed his resignation effective two weeks from today as anything but an admission of guilt. The times adding this, the governor framed his resignation as one of political necessity, given the firestorm of controversy surrounding his continued leadership, including an Impeachment Inquiry that he referred to as a distraction from pressing issues, pressing the state as it recovers from the pandemic. Here was outgoing Governor Andrew Cuomo in his Resignation Announcement to New York this afternoon. There is a difference between alleged improper conduct and concluding Sexual Harassment. Now, dont get me wrong, this is not to say that there are not 11 women who i truly offended. There are. And for that i deeply, deeply apologize. In my mind, i have never crossed the line with anyone. But i didnt realize the extent to w
Is a, quote, serious threat to public health. It loses lives, frankly. The biden administration is growing increasingly concerned Bts Vaccine lies as the Delta Variant fuels a rise in cases of 47 states, new infections are up by more than 50 in 35 of those states. Our John Harwood joins us from the White House with more. So, look, i mean the White House has done a lot to try to get a handle on this disinformation. Clearly it is not having enough of an effect. And it is not all on them as jim pointed out last hour, it is a lot of republican lawmakers continuing these false claims, state governments, you know, making moves to discourage people to take a vaccine and then the Social Media platforms. Well that is exactly the situation. And the answer to it is very difficult to find. Because calling it out in partisan terms, would only serve to further polarize the situation. So what youve got today is this 22page Paper Advisory from vivek murthy, the Surgerion General calling on average cit
So youre saying you stand by your assessment in our impromptu interview Last Night in which you said this is closer to The End than the beginning despite my skeptical eyebrow raise. Well, technically it is one quarter of the way. If they pass the resolution, the full senate has to pass the resolution, the house has to do exactly the same thing. Then the resolution is just a promise in september, they will come back and do the socalled reconciliation to pass the bills within the committees, take that it out to the floor. The huge deal is that Bernie Sanders got an agreement of all the Budget Committee members which really represents the whole senate in that way. And now he has Bernie Sanderss agreement now extends to Nancy Pelosi and as far as we can tell, every democratic member of the house. So thats one of the things we were talking about Last Night. Is this just a small group in the Budget Committee that agrees . Or did they go outside the committee, make sure Nancy Pelosi is on boa
Hi, willie, good to have you back. Weve missed you. Thanks, good to be back with you. I had an Eye Injury the last week, wish i could say i was on a beach but im here, not fully recovered but as close as i can get, its good to be back. We are glad to have you. Among the many stories were following, quote, theyre getting laughed Out Of Court. Thats what the republican partys top lawyers said in real time about the Election Fraud cases of trump. And this morning, michigan is calling the claims from Trump Ally lawyers fantastical. Well talk about the efforts to hold the former president and his backers accountable for spreading those lies about the election. Plus a dramatic escalation over the battle of Voting Rights in texas as Texas Democrats flee the state. Theyre now in washington to Lobby Congress. And the warning of the Johnson Johnson Vaccine amid a surge of covid cases. The Polar Bear does it again. Mets Slugger Pete Alonso wins his second straight Home Run Derby. He just complete
, laura coates. cnn broke this yesterday. lisa monaco confirming there is an investigation, an active investigation into these fake electoral college certificates, which were something we know that rudy giuliani and others, senior players in trump world, were involved with. so how significant is the fact that we now know such an investigation exists? this is extremely significant. and one that should actually be happening. remember, it is not just the hypothetical conversations happening in some back room or war room about i wonder what it would look like if you tried to overturn an election or derail a certification process. you would actual steps, actual overt steps in the action and trying to create the perception that the lawful, the real legitimate slate of electors were not actually that. and so you had but for the actions and decision of the then vice president mike pence to not follow the advice, not to go through this, even having him on the floor that day, used p