could be upended from scenes like this. this is live pictures, from miami beach, and you can see crowds are in full force. and masks are hard to spot, as americans, tired of more than a year of restrictions, let loose. the tsa is reporting that friday was the busiest travel day since the pandemic started. we are finding the embattled governor from new york losing support as he struggles to stay in office. even new york's two senators, both democrats, have called for his residegnation. and governor cuomo is running out of support among all the serious allegations. >> reporter: hey, ana. you're exactly right. big names in new york politics. the two u.s. senators came out in a joint statement friday, and it shows he is losing support among the allegations. the latest one from a woman named jessica bakeman. she had been a capitol beat reporter for albany. and new york magazine, she alleges multiple incidents. she writes, andrew cuomo's hands have been on my body. my arms, shoulders, my waist. often enough. cuomo never let me forget i was a woman. she describes her job at the time as someone who was supposed to be reporting on the governor's every move. she said the alleged unwanted touching made her not want to go to the holiday party. she describes the incident, saying, he put his other arm around my back, his hands on my waist and hold me firmly in place, and said, si'm sorry, ami making you uncomfortable? i thought weer with going steaddy. i stood there shocked and humiliated. she said he made the comments in front of her colleagues. they wanted her to feel powerless. cnn has reached out for comment on this. we have nod ht heard back. we reached out to the governor's office. they have not responded directly but the governor did address the allegations overall in a news conference friday. here is what he had to say. >> people know the difference between playing politics, bowing to cancel culture and the truth. let the review proceed. i am not going to resign. ip was not elected by the politicians, i was elected by the people. i never harassed anyone. i never assaulted anyone. i never abused anyone. and the extent you say people, he took a picture with me and i was uncomfortable. i apologize for that. i have not a sexual relationship that was inappropriate period. >> he said women do have a trite come forward but he is urging the public to wait for the investigation and wait for the facts. >> thank you. i want to bring in our cnn commentators, former white house commentator, paul, and amanda carpenter. governor cuomo lost the support of senators. how much longer can he remain defiant? >> he has until the attorney jeanl comes back. there is another investigation the assembly is doing in albany. >> that is an impeachment investigation they have started. >> right, right. the attorney general investigation will probably determine the outcome. she happens to be in the same party, she is a democrat. and i think when he says let's wait for the investigation to conclude, i think it buys him enough time. and new yorkers will say, we have seen allegation after allegation. let's see them all collected. investigated by professionals and see what that investigation is. that is going to drive the outcome. >> amanda, i think people were surprised when he invoked cancel culture playing a role here. he suggested his accusers had political motivations. what is your reaction to that? >> yeah, they have political motivations. they don't like the way that women were treated under his control. he has a lot of this use here. it's surprising he didn't have more scrutiny for what happened in nursing homes but i do think the two scandals are intertwined. it stems from a brutal -- you cannot question me style of leadership rooted in arrogance. and it has not been successful. i think paul is right. he can probably buy time prior to the invest gigs. he probably can write it off that way. there is a lot more know notice now of his leadership style and disaster. a lot of leaders are not waiting. they are sayingt time to go, paul. bhi do you the y is? -- >> he was pressured to resign before the ethics committee could do investigation. this is very, very serious. i'm not sure the governor can survive 24. amanda may be i right to say i'm he's not going to run for re-election, that will take the pressure off. when you have had a pentagon inspector general investigation, to president obama and trump. >> and scores are classmates are accusing him -- >> is there a double standard there? you are calling or a democratic governor to resign, and republicans not holding accountability in the same way. >> i think it's a double standard, and the republicans need to have a good, hard it could make both sides better. rather than play both sides, if both sides police the teams, we could have better team in office. hoe would have better government, and we couldn't be caught up in embarrassing scandals day in and day out. and why people like chuck schumer and gillibrand want to call on cuomo to resign. they want to call him on for accountability. >> i want to ask you about the comments made by republican senator ron johnson about the capitol insurrection. take a listen. >> i knew those were people that love this country, that truly respect law enforcement, would never do anything to break a law. now, had the tables been turned, joe, this could be get me in trouble. had the tables been turned and president trump won the election and those were tens of thousands of black lives matter and antifa protestors, i might have been a little concerned. >> a couple concerns there. the obvious racism in that statement. but was he watching a different riot? i don't get this is a group of people that respect law enforcement and love this country. >> no, and i have to say, my friend amanda carpenter wrote a book about in called "gaslighting" and everybody should read it. these are not patriots. they are terrorists. and a terrorist is someone who wages war against a country for a political end. that is what they are doing. they were insurrectionists. they. >> reporter: criminals, terrorists. and for ron johnson to say, they could be okay with me because i'm on their team, he sees them as kindred spirit. i think he does identify with those terrorists and white sue p supremacists, and that is not what they want. >> johnson is praising the crowd and in the past tried to claim it was driven by left wing provocateurs trying to make trump supporters look bad. which is it? >> ron johnson is peddling misinformation. he is doing it in a concerted way. at a senate hearing on capitol security, he suggested the violence was conducted by fake trump supporters. that is a lie. that is a lie. they showed what happened during the impeachment hearing. we have the video. maybe he was getting a glass of milk or something. maybe he was busy. mu but knows it. it's not the first time he lied about it. and almost every public forum. he not only tries to down play the idea this was violent event but he blames the violence on antifa. it's crazy. it's a plain fat ugly lie. >> it is a fact that was not the face case. and he has been called on that. in front of all of his colleagues during congressional testimony. those who know. thank you so much for the conversations. to the airports. that is where more and more people are heading. tsa reporting a record-high number of travellers, the most since the pandemic began. that was yesterday. we go to miami beach where spring break is kicking off after this. you're live in the cnn newsroom. when it comes to your financial health, just a few small steps can make a real difference. ♪ ♪ ♪ learn, save and spend with guidance from chase. confidence feels good. chase. make more of what's yours. visible is wireless that doesn't play games. it's powered by verizon for as little as $25 a month. but it gets crazier. bring a friend every month and get every month for $5. boom! 12 months of $5 wireless. visible, wireless that gets better with friends. jackson hewitt knows your job description may have changed this year. to say... account manager... third grade teacher... and senior vice dog-walker. don't add tax preparer. let jackson hewitt do it for you, so you can be certain your taxes are done right, guaranteed. help and hope. are finally here. some americans will start seeing the $1400 stimulus checks hitting their bank accounts this weekend. there is also promises news on the vaccine front. the u.s. has topped more than 100 million doses. 101 million have been administered. and biden set july 4th as a goal date to return to some normalcy there are signs many americans are not willing to wait that long. the tsa is reporting more than 1.3 million passengers went through airports yesterday. that is where we mind gnatasha. tell us what you have there? >> reporter: it's a struggle here. they need business for the businesses that have struggled here in the past year, but it's still a pandemic. you can tell from the traffic behind me, everyone is headed to the beach right now. the florida department of health has 5,000 new cases since yesterday, and after seeing a decline. so this is trending in the wrong direction right now. just to be clear about what's allowed in florida, the state fully allowed businesses to reopen in late december. there is no way for them to actually fine people were not wearing a mask. so the miami beach mayor told me he is giving out the miami beach face masks and free dispose able masks in hopes that tourists will take them. here is what he told me. >> i think there are 30 or 40 ambassadors out. we have lots of police officers, we have park rangers, but that is not going to change a lot. if someone doesn't want to carry it. they take and it throw it away. we found them all over the place. so it does feel a little bit like you're starting the water from coming over the dam and it's coming over everywhere. >> reporter: the city's motto right now is telling people to vacation responsibly. we have seen packed restaurants, people not wearing masks on the beach. i saw folks getting really excited at one business, getting up to dance, and the servers were telling them, if they are going to get up from the table, put your mask back on. but there are a couple servers versus a lot of people there. >> thanks for being eyes and ears. li let's bring in dr. carlos del rio. what is your message to people who are traveling or ignoring guidelines during spring break? >> you know, ana, i think we have to be careful. i keep telling people, we are landing the plane. and when you land the plane, not the time the captain says, take off your seat belt. it's the most dangerous part of the process. when you land the covid plane, we have to wear our mask, socially distance. not congregate with a lot of people. we are going to see an increase in cases, and the variants, the uk variant, it's highly transmissible, and it can be lost. >> the cdc continues to advise people not to travel for spring break. but the agency does not have guidance for people who are fully vaccinated. and i think there is debate over whether they have loosened the reins there. did they miss an opportunity to get peeople vaccinated? >> there are not americans actually vaccinated. maybe 11% of americans or so. and most are over the age of 65. >> why can't they travel? >> i think they did miss an opportunity. i think rather than telling people what not to do, we need to tell people how to do it. >> what would that be? >> my recommendation is get tested before you travel. 72 hourps before you get on a plane or travel, three or four days after you arrive, you get tested again. you try -- you wear your mask. you socially distance. you didn't go in bars, restaurants with a lot of people. are ways to vacation that are safe, and we need to let people vacation. but it's not the right time for parties. when i see spring breaks and i see thousands of kids and young people in a bar or restaurant, i think that is going to create a lot of problems and we're going to pay for it. >> i think your guidance is important. clearly, people are traveling. as we reported earlier, it was the peak travel we have seen all pandemic just yesterday. i want to move on. a number of urinations have suspended the use of astrazeneca vaccine. because of blood clots. here is why it matters to our viewers in the u.s. reuters is reporting that astrazeneca is asking for emergency use in the u.s., or in april. do you see red flags with the astrazeneca vaccine? >> i have read the reports but i haven't seen the data. i am confident in the u.s. fda. the fda scientists will review the data. they will get access to the file. if they see any signs or concerns, they will not give authorization to the vaccine. we have enough vaccines right now, we can probably to continue doing it with the vaccines we have. i trust the fda. they will make the right decision. >> there is good news. fiz pfizer announcing that the vaccine was 94% effective in transmission of asymptomatic covid-19. vaccinated people can still get it and spread it, be a carrier. so what does the finding mean for that concern? >> i think it's really something that is very good and we're all excited to see it. i would say, i think the vaccine -- my gut feeling is the vaccines prevent infection. but to see actual data, out of israel, it's really reassuring, and i think having a vaccine that prevents transmission is really important. and pulley vaccinated individuals can congregate in small groups. >> this week marked a year since the world health organization declared covid-19 a pandemic, and we saw heart warming videos of grandparents finally hugging their grand kids for the first time in months, if not a year plus. here is one of those moments. >> take off your mask. >> ah! oh! >> hi. >> hi. >> surprise! >> so whether it's hugging a grandparent or just another loved one you haven't. >> bucky: been able to see, i wonder, personally for you, what are your thoughts on what the nation has been through and what the next if you months will be like? >> what we have gone through as a country, there is no way a year ago we could have predicted half a million americans or more would be dead by this time. there is devastation, and economic devastation, and many thousands of people have lost their job, income, food, security, and we have seen an important -- a disproportionat impact, and i hope after the pandemic, we strive for a better nation. i don't want to go back to where we were. i want to go forward to where we learn the lessons of the pandemic and apply them, and we really make health equity one of the main focuses. we will be susceptible, and a high risk. >> what a wake up call the whole experience has been. it has shaken us to our core in identifying what is wrong with health care in the country right now. dr. del rio, thank you for your time, and all do you. good to see you. >> good seeing, you ana. >> coming up, we have stunning video from the southern border as cnn investigates a surge of migrants. >> you can see that this is a serious operation. there are dozens of migrants. still above the hills there, and it's quickly moving. keeping the family together? 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