To not the Biden Administration that sent the message to Mohammed Bin Salman that he has impunity, its the Trump Administration that did that. Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. Im pamela brown in washington. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world on this sunday. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. And we have Breaking News tonight. Americans now have three covid19 Vaccines Available in the fight of coronavirus. The cdc director has given the all clear which means any minute now, the singledose Johnson Johnson vaccine will be loaded on trucks to be distributed to millions of americans over the age of 18. Now let me bring in Jacqueline Howard for more on this. Bottom line, jacqueline, how soon until people start getting this shot . Pamela, that all depends on how quickly the shots can get to their locations. Now, what just came in, the white house says that distribution of the vaccine will begin tonight. And so as the shots get distributed, we could see them start being administered as early as tomorrow in some places or tuesday or later in the week in other places. So this all depends on how quickly we can get the doses shipped out to their locations. As of now, pamela, with the cdc now recommending the vaccine following the fdas authorization, that gives the green light for shots to start going into arms. Wow. So soon. This is great news. Will a priority for this vaccine differ from those first vaccines or will it be a broader first wave . So what the cdcs recommendation today, they did not mention any certain priority access. It was just a Blanket Recommendation that the vaccine can be used in ages 18 and older. So who is eligible for the vaccine depends on each states individual eligibility requirements. In some states, it might be adults 65 and older, and others it might be more stricter eligibility requirements. It does depend state by state. What stood out to me today, pamela, when dr. Rochelle walensky announced the recommendation of this vaccine, she did mention because its a onedose shot and because it requires normal Refrigerator Temperatures to store, she said it will be easier to distribute. She says in a statement, quote, its easy to transport and store and allows for expanded availability in most Community Settings and mobile sites as supply scales up. What well see this week is that it will be a little easier, it seems. It will be. And do we know where the shot will first be available . Will it be pharmacies, hospitals, kroracross the board . Its all of the above. The rollout plan, we talked about this before, but just to remind people, Johnson Johnson says that 3. 9 million doses will be made available and they will be sent out to states, to retail pharmacies, federally qualified Health Centers and Community Vaccine centers. Those locations that i just mentioned, thats where they will be sent out. Whoever gets it first just depends on how quickly the shipments will be. All right. Jacqueline howard, thanks for laying it all out for us. Im joined by dr. William schaffner. Hes a Liaison Representative on the committee, hes served the cdc investigating outbreaks of diseases and a professor at vand vand vanderbilt university. What this means that the committee is has made this determination about the vaccine, what it means for its safety. Well, pamela, what it means is that were all very excited. We in the committee and also the food and drug administrations expert Committee Also was unanimous in saying that this vaccine ought to be used and get out there. Its good for people age 18 and over. As jacqueline said, because its one and done, a singledose vaccine, and because it can be treated like other vaccines in normal refrigerator temperature, we ought to be able to get it much more widely distributed to rural areas, doctors offices, pharmacies, and were all eager to see how it goes. Each state will have its own version of a plan to distribute the vaccine. But lets get more doses out there because we have more people who want it than we currently have vaccines. And that is a true dynamic. Jacqueline just said that tonight theyre expected to be loaded up on the trucks to be distributed. It could be as soon as tomorrow where people get these first Johnson Johnson vaccines. How soon after that will people get protected . How long does it take . Well, it takes about ten days to two weeks for your body to respond to the vaccine and develop the protection that youre going to get and it actually increases over time even after that. But this is a great vaccine. Its right up there with moderna and pfizer in preventing serious disease, the kind that puts you into the hospital. And thats what we need to know. I have been asked if this vaccine is available, shall i get it . And i said, roll up your sleeve and get it right away. Youre saying even though it has a lower Efficacy Rate than the other two, that should not deter anyone from getting this vaccine over the other ones, right . Well, its efficacy in preventing the most serious disease, the kind that gets you into the hospital, puts you into the intensive care unit, theyre all in the same ballpark. So dont try to parse them apart. Get the one thats available and get it as quickly as you can. Because the bottom line, it keeps you out of the hospital, it keeps you out of the morgue. Doctor, thank you for coming on. We appreciate it. Thanks, pamela. Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. Breaking news right here on cnn, new York Governor Andrew Cuomo addressing the Sexual Harassment charges leveled against him. He released a statement saying hes, quote, truly sorry and calling comments hes accused of making misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation. Quote, at work sometimes i think im being playful and make jokes that i think are funny. I do on occasion tease people in what i think is a goodnatured way. I do it in public and in private. You have seen me do it at briefings hundreds of times. He continues, i now understand that my interactions may have been insensitive or too personal and that some of my comments, given my position, made others feel in ways i never intended. I acknowledge some of the things i have said, have been misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation. I am truly sorry about that. And then to be clear, i never inappropriately touched anybody and i never propositioned anybody and i never intended to make anyone feel uncomfortable. But these are allegations that new yorkers deserve answers to. For the record this sunday evening, President Bidens saudi arabia problem and the white houses attempt to explain it. As we broke down right here last night, the president has decided to give Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman a pass. No direct sanctions, no punishment, even though the cia has concluded that mbs personally approved the murder and and butchering of a journalist in 2018. President trump has not punished senior saudi leaders. Would you . Yes. I would make it very clear we were not going to, in fact, sell more weapons to them. We were going to, in fact, make them pay the price and make them, in fact, the pariah that they are. They have to be held accountable. Well, today the president s Press Secretary spoke to my colleague, dana bash, who pressed her on why the white house was not directly holding the Saudi Arabia Crown Prince personally responsible for Jamal Khashoggi murder. We believe theres more effective ways to make sure this doesnt happen again and to also be able to leave room to work with the saudis on areas where theres mutual agreement, where theres National Interest for the United States. Thats what diplomacy looks like. Thats what a complicated Global Engagement looks like and we have made no secret and been clear were going to hold them accountable on the global stage. Do you feel like justice has really been done when it comes specifically to the crown prince and his role of the brutal murder of a journalist, because the journalist was working on stories that were challenging him . This is a horrific crime. And the president has said that himself. At the same time, dana, it needs to be clear that our relationship with saudi arabia is one that is in the interest of the United States to maintain while still being clear, it will be recalibrated. Were going to hold them accountable for human rights abuses. So heres the price saudi arabia is paying for butchering a u. S. Resident and father who was just doing his job as a Washington Post journalist. Some Travel Restrictions on a few dozen saudis, and a Treasury Department sanction against the crown princes security detail. Not much out. Thats how President Biden is punishing the leader who was personally responsible for this. Stay tuned, the white house saying it will announce tomorrow more action against saudi arabia in a more general sense. Tonight as the u. S. Sees a spike in migrants heading for the u. S. , we take you to hear their stories of struggle and uncertainty. They walked more than 12 hours after they fled. Exhausted and resting outside of a small shop. We took the moment to ask, is this worth it . Carlos said it was. A better life awaited. This man, quietly, not so sure. You can see the rest of that report from matt rivers live near the mexicanguatemalan border next hour. 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This crowd is bathing in his dishonesty and the biggest lie hes telling at this cpac is the big lie about the 2020 election. That he won the election and it was stolen from him. He repeated this several times and heres one of the lies he told earlier during these remarks. Heres what he had to say. Actually, as you know, they just lost the white house. Its one of those who knows . Who knows . I may even decide to beat them for a third time, okay . [ cheers and applause ] reporter and, you know, pam, he went on and told the same lie over and over again in different ways. At one point he said the election was rigged and the Supreme Court didnt do anything about it. This is the same Supreme Court, as you know, pam, that has three of his Supreme Court justices that he picked and put on the high court. At one point he said that democrats used covid as a way of cheating, just over and over again, repeating the big lie, but doing it in different ways. The other thing we should point out during this speech, pam, he talked about trumpism and what Trumpism Means. He said at one point that Trumpism Means a respect for Law Enforcement. Tell that to the Capitol Police, the Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick who died on january 6th. There were Law Enforcement officers who would agree with the former president s Discri Description of trumpism. Watching and covering the insurrection on that day on the capitol, there were Trump Supporters up on capitol hill using american flags to beat police officers. And so, you know, the former president is not just lying about the election, hes trying to pull the wool over everybodys eyes here at cpac about whats been going on in the real world the last couple of months. It seems like hes successfully doing it based on some of the conversations you have been having. Thank you so much for bringing us the latest there from orlando. Joining me now is cnn political commentator charlie dent, and scott jennings. Scott is also a cnn political commentator. Scott, we just heard jim acosta about laying out his speech. After hearing trumps speech, is there any doubt that trump is still in total command of this party . No. Hes clearly the boss of the Republican Party. He has high Approval Ratings among republicans. They listen to what he says, even when he says things that arent true and they believe it. And i suspect if he is not criminally prosecuted sometime in the next four years, if he wants to be the republican nominee in 2024, he will be that nominee. The question for the party, is it wise to put someone on the top of the ticket who lost the National Popular vote in the last two elections. So the definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again and expect a different result. This would be testing that theory. But does that bother you, scott, when you hear his speech and talking about the big election lie and staying stuff like, trumpism is proLaw Enforcement. That republicans still exhult him and accept that and take it in. Does that bother you as a republican, that hes a leader of the party . Yes, it bothers me tremendously. I heard a number of things at this conference that bothers. Ted cruz said the Republican Party, were no longer the party of country clubs. Donald trump lives at a country club. The contradictions, the hypocrisy, saying things that are directly refuted by what we saw on our television screens. It bothers not because its immoral, but theres no way to present to the American People a Governing Alternative if they see you doing this. Our house is not clean. We say the democrats are hypocrites, too liberal, they do things that arent right and our house isnt clean on these kinds of issues. And so how can we win an election if we keep those circumstances in place . You say your house isnt clean. But President Trump stressed during his speech that the Republican Party is united, everyone is on board. He also said this. Were not starting new parties. They kept saying, hes going to start a brandnew party. We have the Republican Party. Its going to unit and be stronger than ever before. Im not starting a new party. Wouldnt that be brilliant . Lets start a new party and divide our vote so you can never win. No, were not interested in that. What do you think when you hear that, Congressman Dent . Well, the Republican Party is deeply divided. Its fractured. Everybody saw that Press Conference the other day with liz cheney and kevin mccarthy, completely opposite sides of the trump issue. 20 to 30 of the republicans are very dissatisfied with the direction of the party. Weve been witnessing just in pennsylvania alone we saw 20,000 people leave the Republican Party since Insurrection Day on january 6th. Were losing members. The party is shrinking. Whats left is more trumpian. But the party in a very terrible place for many of the reasons that scott just smartly outlined. This president , you know, has lost the popular vote twice. Hes been impeached twice. And i just dont see why anybody would want to embrace defeat like this and look backwards rather than look forwards. We have to Start Talking about a party thats more inclusive, thats about addition and not subtraction. And thats what were getting from donald trump who is complaining about the transgender taking over sports, that he won the election again, hell win a third one. All of this nonsense. More red meat to the tinfoil hat brigades. Why are we seeing this fuelty to donald trump given what you both laid out especially among people who have spoken out against him in the past, ted cruz, lindsey graham, and even Mitch Mcconnell now saying he would support him if he ran in 2024. Whats going on . Why is that the case . Well, if youre ted cruz or anybody else on that stage this weekend who wants to be president in the future, youre whole fate is not in your hands. Its in Donald Trumps hands. Their whole game is to see if he doesnt run and would anoint them for his base to support. I think thats a fools errand for most of these folks. I dont think donald trump would tap many of these people up there. Its the only game they can play. They see the polling, they see what donald trump means to the voters they would need to attract, they fall in line in the hopes that their dreams would someday come true. Its the only chance that most of them have to be the president if thats their hearts desire. People watch this is think this is what i hate about politics. Theyre trying to get in line because they think, oh, this is what im supposed to do, even if they dont believe it or not acting by their conscious or by integrity. Something that stuck out to me, actually, is just that mike pence, he wasnt there. He wasnt speaking there. But he also only got 1 in the straw poll. Does that surprise you . No, not really. This straw poll has been fairly meaningless. Ron and rand paul both did well in these straw polls. One would think they would have been the republican nominees for president. They never were. Im not surprised that mike pence did poorly. Im not at all surprised he didnt show up. The last time a lot of these Trump Supporters were screaming Hang Mike Pence on Insurrection Day. And i expect people at that trump fest were very unhappy with mike pence for not trying to uncertify the election. I think it was good for him that he did stay away. There would be nothing for him to be gained by showing up at an event like this where really nothing is accomplished other than just to throw this red meat to the most fringe elements of the base. Scott jennings, charlie dent, great to have you on. Really interesting conversation. Well continue that. Thanks. 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She particularly noted an incident in june and she told the times kthat she was in Governor Cuomos office and he started asking her personal questions. He asked if he had ever been with an older man and he was open to relationships with women in their 20s. And she interpreted these questions as an overture for a sexual relationship. And she also had conversations with him about a Sexual Assault she had experienced previously and the times said they saw Text Messages to support these claims. Now we have another statement from the governor since these allegations came out. The first one came yesterday after the reporting and then these new ones. I want to read it to you. It says, quote, at work sometimes i think im being playful and make jokes that i think are funny. I tease people in a goodnatured way. I do it in public and in private. You have seen me do it at briefings hundreds of times. I now understand that my interactions may have been insensitive and some of my comments made others feel in ways i never intended. I acknowledged some of the things i have said have been misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation. Im truly sorry about that. I never inappropriately touched anybody and i never propositioned anybody but these are allegations that new yorkers deserve answers to. So he says im sorry in this newest statement. And, of course, this is now the second person in just a week where there have been allegations of harassment against him. The first one came last wednesday, pam, by a former aide, Lindsey Boylan who said that she received an unwanted kiss from cuomo which he also denies. Now, just moving forward, really quickly, theres going to be an independent investigation given by the new York Attorney general who will appoint a private attorney to do this with full subpoena powers which is something he was catching a lot of heat for. His Office Facing two separate investigations at this point, pam. Were about to dive deeper into that. Thank you so much for bringing us the latest there. New yorks democratic governor was expected to coast to a fourth term next year and last year, as his political star soared from the daily covid briefings, there were whispers of a president ial bid. With these allegations and controversies over his handling of covid deaths and nursing homes, suddenly his future looks murky. Jessie mckinley joins me now. In this statement that was just read, he apologizes for remarks, he says new yorkers dweserve answers. Does this statement give answers . Well, its certainly an apology which is not something he offered yesterday. The at the same time he provided to the times and the world after the story broke was basically that he had never intended for any of these remarks that he made to offend anybody. But he stopped short of an apology. Tonight hes come around to saying im sorry and offering a fuller explanation of what happened here. You know, i dont know necessarily whether this will answer all of the questions. Theres still a number of questions outstanding about what the governor did and said. Our reporting was solid on this. But obviously there are going to be ongoing investigations. I think both democrats and republicans here in albany want that. They want to see what the governor is going to stay about stuff like this and the governor seems to be agreeing that the state Attorney General will be leading that investigation. Before we get to that, i want to ask a followup question on the statement. He conflated what i said privately to these women is what i say publicly in briefings. Is that true . Are the comments he made privately similar to what hes said publicly in briefings . Certainly not. The comments that we reported on were quite direct. They were comments about ms. Bennetts context life, comments on her feelings about older men, there were comments on Age Difference in relationships. And as someone who has covered Governor Cuomo for the entirety of the Coronavirus Crisis and for years before that, ive never heard him discuss any of those things in a Press Conference of any sort. So to conflate the two is not actually true. I think the governors argument is that, look, i spent a lot of time at work, im bantering with people behind the scenes and youve seen me banter with reporters and other people in public. That may well be true. But to compare the comments he made to ms. Bennett versus the comments hes made to the public is simply not a fair equation. Really quick before we let you go, theres this Fight Brewing over the probe that will be looking into the allegations. Just how independent will it be . It seems as though at this point, Letitia James will be able to choose a lawyer. Its more independent than the version Governor Cuomo came out last night where he was going to name a friend of a friend to oversee that investigation. All right. Thank you so much. Of course. And tonight we have Breaking News in the fight against the coronavirus. Americans now have three covid19 vaccines. Details on that just ahead. Stay with us. vo ideas exist inside you, electrify you. They grow from our imagination, but they cant be held back. They want to be set free. To make the world more responsible, and even more incredible. Ideas start the future, just like that. Hey now, youre an allstar, get your game on, go play hey now, youre a rock star, get the show on, get paid and all that glitters is gold get 5 boneless wings for 1 with any handcrafted burger. Every time we prerinse we waste up to 20 gallons. Only at applebees. Lets skip the rinse. With any handcrafted burger. Finish quantum with activeblu technology, cleans without prerinsing. 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Are the easing of the restrictions too obviously each individual state and city needs to look at the situation in their own in their own location where they are. But in general, to think just because the cases are coming down on a daily basis, take a look at the pattern and just watch over the next several days to a week. Reporter on friday, North Carolina increased the mass gathering limit for indoor gatherings and capacity limits for certain businesses. Starting tomorrow, massachusetts will allow Indoor Dining with fewer restrictions and next friday, new york movie theaters can open at 25 . It is really risky to say its over, were on the way out, lets pull back. What we can see is we turn it. Just look historically at the late winter, early spring of 2020, the summer of 2020, when we started to pull back prematurely, we saw the rebound. We dont want that to happen. Meantime, former President Trump is recycling old lines and lies to an adoring cpac crowd. 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We heard President Trump tease a possible run in 2024, but also reinforce that lie that the last election was stolen from him. That he actually won in 2020. Other Cpac Speakers repeated this claim. If Conspiracy Theories continue to drive the gop, where does that take your party . Well, Conspiracy Theories arent driving the gop. I think if you look at what other Party Leaders are saying, even today, Senator Cassidy of louisiana, senator scott of florida, i think everybody who understands what actually happened appreciates that trump lost the 2020 election, lost it fair and square. Whatever validity his complaints may have are undercut by the fact his own incompetent legal team didnt do anything about what hes complaining of before the election, when they could have taken steps to do it. I have to say watching the speech at cpac today, it was like watching an old movie or a tv reruns. Very stale. I think this is a mark of what happens when somebody leaves the presidency, especially under the cloud of dishonor that trump did. Hes fading. People may not appreciate it at the moment. But the real test here is not what they think in olrlando today, but what the public will think as a whole in six months. And you say that the gop is not being driven by conspiracy, senators pushing the big election lie and that antifa was part of the riot. But i want to ask you about mbs. Wait a minute. I mean honestly you cant make a generalization based on the comments of a few people or incidents in some republican parties. There will be a struggle. That part is true. To make sure that people understand really what happened in 2020. But just to take cpac, if this is the epitome of support for trump, the straw poll that was taken this weekend and release just before trump spoke showed of all the participants 55 supported trump being reelected as president. That is a pathetic figure. I would have expected 90 . So if 55 one month after leaving office and cpac is the best you can do, thats a mark how fall he has fallen already. Okay. I want to ask you about this because on friday the Biden Administration released a declassified u. S. Intelligence report that the Trump Administration previously withheld from the public. And it concludes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman directly approved the brutal killing of the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. So far the Biden Administration has not directly sanctioned the saudi prince himself. As you know the Trump Administration didnt either. What is your reaction to all of this . Should the crown prince be directly punished . I wonder first why the Biden Administration released this report. Its very brief. Anybody can read it and declassify it. Its a series of assumptions. Lets assume the assumptions are correct, and perhaps the Biden Administration will do something tomorrow or later in terms of actually punishing the crown prince, although i dont think from their statements they intend to do it. Should they . The question for me thats what im getting to. The question is whats the best interest of the United States . And even if you assume this is correct, lets just take for the sake of argument that the crown prince did authorize the attack on khashoggi, in the world we inhabit, which is a hard world, i dont think that making saudi arabia or the crown prince a pariah is in the best interest of the United States. However heinous the crime was in the middle east the saudis are an important ally of ours against the threat of the Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program and international terrorism. Let me be clear, thats a coldblooded analysis. Its real politic. But thats what the best interest of the United States is. Just want to ask you quickly how you think mbs views this. Now another administration is not punishing him for the brutal murdering of Jamal Khashoggi. How do you think he views this . One source i spoke to close to this issue says hes probably laughing right now. I think it goes to the question why if the Biden Administration isnt going to put sanctions on the mbs it released this report to begin with. Well, Congress Passed it. I think it shows confusion in the Biden Administration policy. All right, former National Security advisor john bolten, thank you. Always good to hear your analysis, and well be right back. For as little as 25 a month. And the best part, its powered by verizon. But it gets crazier. Bring a friend every month and get every month for 5. Which is why i brought them. Two 5amonths right here. Hey. Hey. Plus the players of my squad. Hey. Whats up . Then finally my whole livestream. Boom 12 months of 5 wireless. 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I think these are the people that probably planned this. As the Washington Post pointed out, the source of that account was also behind the theory that barack obama was a secret muslim. But that didnt stop republican senator roy blunt for saying it was a okay for johnson to float that false information. I mean having all the information on the table i think is a good thing. Obviously that was a dramatically different view of the day than we heard from the captain who was testifying or others. I dont think it hurts to have that information out there. Okay, so by that standard you could float that maybe they were aliens dressed up as Trump Supporters, and that would be a good thing to put out there . 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