united states and around the world. tonight, new york governor andrew cuomo is clinging to power in the face of multiple allegations of sexual harassment and unwanted advancements. but he is increasingly isolated after a piece in the new york magazine. a performer political reporter who covered the administration said the governor sexually harassed her in front of colleagues on multiple occasions. she grows a growing list. he is denying any wrong doing and refusing to resign tonight. cnn s athena jones is in new york. what do we know about the new allegations? reporter: hi, pamela. they are coming from, as you said, a journalist, jessica bakeman, a former capital beat reporter. she writes in a first person piece in new york mag give, and the multiple intenses. cuomo has hands had been on my body, my shoulders, waist. she adds, cuomo never let me forget i m a woman. she describes her job as to report on the governor s every move. she didn t want to go to the holiday party at
dismantling every system in place to address this with humanity and compassion. and new warnings from health officials as more states look to ease covid restrictions. this morning, dr. anthony fauci is saying, not so fast. even though the decline was steep, we absolutely need to avoid the urge to say, oh, everything is going great, which it is going in the right direction, but once you declare victory, that metaphor that people say, if you re going for a touchdown, don t spike the ball on the five-yard lane, wait until you get into the end zone. it all comes as u.s. vaccine efforts are picking up steam. yesterday the weekly average was brought to 2.5 million vaccines per day. joining me right now is white house principal deputy press secretary, karine jean-pierre, which is the most beautiful name in the world, we ll take it from there. the president is hitting the road to promote the details of the american rescue plan. does he feel he need to sell this more than he d
not really about the virus. it s such a major piece of legislation. it s the most significant change for middle class people, for poor people, people trying to get into the middle class in decades in a very long time. it has amazing things in it. if everybody is vaccinated by june, then it s clearly not related to covid. there is $350 billion for state and local government. california is getting $41 billion. that $41 billion is not related to covid, it s related to kind of helping a blue state. meanwhile, a humanitarian crisis is growing at the u.s./mexico border. fema ordered to help shelter and transfer a record number of child migrants. the biden administration addressing this situation last hour right here on my show. when you look at the past four years, just the rule inhumane way that the last administration moved forward with immigration, it did not enhance our security at all. and so now we re in a situation where, you know, this president and the administrati
movement for women s rights. we do want to start with the president and covid as well. tomorrow president joe biden and vice president kamala harris and their spouses are going to start a whirlwind tour fanning out across battleground states to promote and explain the coronavirus relief package. with that i want to go to monica alba who s in wilmington, delaware, for us standing by with all this information. monica, good to see you this afternoon. talk us through some of the first stops of the president and the vice president and what we re expecting from them. reporter: well, this is really where you re going to see the policies start to intersect with the politics. you re going to see the president, the vice president, their spouses, cabinet officials, really fanning out all across the country from nevada and colorado to states like pennsylvania and elsewhere to tout what s in the covid relief package. everybody has seen the headlines at this point and the white house fee
account at the moment as covid relief checks are rolling out with president biden s relief plan now law. the stimulus is a huge help in getting america back to normal after a year of anything but normal. as the president made clear this week in his first prime time address to the american people, while this progress is huge, it does not mean we can lower our guards. if we do this together, by july 4 there is a good chance you, your families, and friends will be able to get together in your backyard or in your understand neighborhood and have a cookout, a barbecue, and celebrate independence day, where we not only mark our independence as a nation but we begin to mark our independence from this virus. as mentioned a moment ago, those $1,400 relief checks are officially rolling out. 85% of eligible households can expect to see a direct deposit by monday. and with public polling in their favor, president biden and vice president harris embark next week on a tour to tout thei