and he is spewing blatant racism, claiming he wasn t afraid of the capitol rioters, because, well why don t you take a listen for yourself. criticized because i made the comment that on january 6th, i never felt threatened. because i didn t. and mainly because i knew even though those thousands of people, there were marching on the capitol were trying to pressure people like me to vote the way they wanted me to vote, i knew those are people that love this country, that truly respect law enforcement, would never do anything to break the law. so i wasn t concerned. had the tables been turned, this could mean trouble. had the tables been turned and president trump won the election and those were tens of thousands of black lives matter and antifa protesters, i might have been a little concerned. did you hear him? he wasn t afraid of those people maybe because they re white? not maybe. that s the reason. because if they were black, he would be afraid of them. he said the
shoulders, the small of my back, my waist. often enough by late 2014 i didn t want to go to the holiday party he was hosting for the albany press corps at the executive mansion. john: some top democrats are joining the list of the lawmakers demanding cuomo s resignation including house judiciary chairman jerry nadler among several prominent new york lawmakers issued statements saying that the time has come. sandra: yeah. yet still silence from vice president kamala harris on this. she has not joined those calls by fellow democrats for him to resign. nor have we heard from senators gillibrand or elizabeth warren, all three of whom were vocal in opposition of brett kavanaugh in the confirmation hearing. all of this is after the governor s own lawyer reported a groping allegation to the police. the woman involved has so far declined to press charges herself. cuomo has continued to deny the allegations, john. john: sandra, the cover of the new york post stating it all.
their part. there s a good chance you, your families and friendses, will be able to get together in your backyard or your neighborhood and have a cookout or barbecue and celebrate independence day when we mark our independence as a nation and our independence from this virus. joining me now, nbc news chief white house correspondent and weekend today co-anchor, kelly o donnell, yamiche alcindor, former deputy white house chief of staff to president obama, jim messina and former rnc chair, michael steele. welcome, all. kristen, let me start with you. if big primetime address last night after a major legislative win. now of course the challenge to make sure that americans understand why it is that they are receiving the help that they have. what s the plan going forward? reporter: that s right. now the president and vice president are going to be focused on selling this massive piece of legislation that just passed, $1.9 trillion covid relief and of course one of the cente
Victims are being let down and suspects left untracked by some Police Forces in england and wales according to a report out today. Her majestyS Inspectorate of constabulary found a third of forces needed improvement. It said a small number were putting the public at unacceptable risk by rationing services as they struggle with cutbacks. Heres our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani. The cornerstone of british policing the bobby on the beat. But are these Vital Community posts being eroded as forces juggle their priorities . Thats one of the warnings in a stark report from her majestyS Inspectorate of constabulary. After five years of budget cuts, some forces arent making the right tough calls over how to use their resources. Its raised what it calls a red warning flag to those struggling forces. Some have been downgrading 999 calls if theyre short on officers. That means they dont have to respond as quickly. The hmic also says Domestic Violence calls to some forces have been d
overnight and the campaign trail. that they can pay shop for on desantis is roughly a dozen staffers have been let go. new campaign finance numbers show flashing warning signs for desantis, and most of his cash coming from donors who have maxed out. speaking in florida last night, trump tells desantis to get home, accusing the governor of neglecting states needs as insurance companies flee the state. nbc s garrett hague is joining me from west palm beach and garrett is good to see you again on the sunday here. you were there for trump s speech. are you detecting a new energy in this campaign attack on run desantis? yeah, alex. i do think it is the case. trump and his allies clearly smell blood in the water when it comes to ron desantis and they are not backing off. the speech last night was an hour and 40 minutes and it was mostly focused on education topics and culture war topics. he s speaking to a group of conservative activists who are