hochul already appointing two women to two top posts in her cabinet. as if this all wasn t dramatic enough, it will all become official at a minute past midnight tonight. a midnight swearing in. that does it for us tonight. i will see you again tomorrow. way way this morning, president biden is facing mounting pressure from congress and the international community to extend evacuation efforts in afghanistan. but with the taliban warning of consequences if the u.s. exit is delayed, the question is will the president keep troops in kabul past august? plus, pfizer s coronavirus vaccine gets full approval from the fda. a milestone that could help increase vaccination rates. the question is will this kick off new mandates from private companies and schools? and new, overnight. kathy hochul has been sworn in as new york s first female
he is leaving office tonight following the publication of a scathing report by new york s attorney general, tish james. a report that accused him of sexually harassing 11 women. have we been able to get this up on screen yet? we just got this moments ago. yes. this reportedly is andrew cuomo s resignation letter, and it sure does look authentic. we received this just moments ago. soon-to-be former governor cuomo continues to deny the allegations against him even as he leaves office but in anticipation of her taking over the top job tonight, kathy hochul already appointing two women to two top posts in her cabinet. as if this all wasn t dramatic enough, it will all become official at a minute past midnight tonight. a midnight swearing in. that does it for us tonight. i will see you again tomorrow. now, it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. evening, rachel. i know there is a lot of news today and a lot of stuff to cover and the networks didn t c
over the top job tonight kathy hochul has started out her governorship by appointing two women to two top post in the cabinet. as if this all wasn t dramatic enough, it will all become official at a minute past midnight tonight. a midnight swearing in. that s it for us tonight. i will see you again tomorrow. now it s time for a last word with lawrence. o donnell good. evening i know there s a lot of news today, in a lot of stuff to cover. in the networks didn t cover this. but i watched andrew cuomo s farewell speech today, which if you came in late, if you missed the part where he attacked the state attorney general, you would think it was a campaign speech for his campaign for governor. which he has $18 million to finance, if he chooses to run for governor next year. which as of now, he can do. we have the chair of the state
news this morning, an ethiopian airliner hijacked by the co-pilot with nearly 200 people aboard. rene marsh has the latest. reporter: police tell cnn while in flight the pilot left the cockpit to use the rest room. that s when the co-pilot locked the protected door and hijacked the plane early this morning. the hijacker in his 30s is from ethiopia. investigators said he hijacked the plane because he feels threatened in his country and wants asylum in switzerland. at one point they were just hovering and the hijacker asked if he would get permission for asylum. as if the situation wasn t dramatic enough, when the plane finally landed, the hijacker used a rope to escape through a cockpit window before surrendering to police. we should tell you 202 passengers on board, police say