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Inappropriate behavior by the governor and a hostile Work Environment. It was a culture where you could not say no to the governor. 11 women describing their encounters as disturbing, humiliating and uncomfortable. We found all 11 women to be credible. There was corroboration to varying degrees. Charlotte bennett talked to people and texted people contemporaneously. Some of her texts were practically in realtime. A former Aid And Health Policy Adviser to the governor first told her story to the New York times in february. Investigators shared one of her texts renouncing the reports findings. Well, the verbal abuse, intimidation and living in constant fear were all horribly toxic, dehumanizing and traumatizing. On tuesday, she called on the governor to resign. He later addressed her in a taped statement. I have Heard Charlotte and her lawyer, and i understand what they are saying. But they read into comments that i made and draw inferences that i never meant. Simply put, they heard things that i just didnt say. Telling cnn in an email, quote, the governor has a serious problem with the truth. Among the other encounters laid out in The Ags 165page report, two involved a new York State trooper who was part of cuomos security detail. He took his open hand and ran it across her stomach to her bellybutton to the hip where she keeps her gun. She told us she felt completely violated to have the Governor Touch her between her chest and her privates. And a woman known as executive Assistant Number 1 outlining several other unwanted encounters. The governor hugged executive Assistant Number 1 and reached under her blouse to grab her breast. The governor denied the Sexual Harassment allegations. I never touched anyone inappropriately or made inappropriate sexual advances. While also claiming the report was politically motivated. Allegations The Ag strongly denied. You were a tax on me as well as members of the team, which i find offensive. What this investigation revealed was a disturbing pattern of conduct by the governor of the great state of New York. I believe women. And i believe these 11 women. Wolf, investigators spoke with nearly 200 people as part of this investigation. Many of the members of the governors inner circle, including his Brother Chris who of course is an anchor here at cnn. And when it comes to charges, the Attorney General was asked specifically about charges. This is a civil investigation. However, we have already heard from the Albany County da who said they will in Fact Request the materials that the Attorney Generals office had and also encouraged any other victims to reach out to the office of the Albany County da. Where does this go from here . We can tell you a new statement coming in which says, in part, it is abundantly clear to me that the governor has lost the confidence of the democratic majority and that he can no longer remain in office. I want you to stay with us. I want to also bring in our senior legal analyst, the former u. S. Attorney, another former federal Prosecutor Laura coats. Laura, 11 women spoke out against the governor in sworn depositions as they were, you know, under oath. Investigators say they spoke with 179 people in total. The governor insists all these allegations laid out in the report are, in his words, just not who i am. But a report this thorough is rather tough to refute, isnt it . It is. And also a report that he himself essentially commissioned having handed the reigns over to the Attorney General and now is attacking it. If he himself is the one to actually want this to take place. So you cant just simply criticize because it no longer supports you or has a different outcome here. You are right about the volume here. If the quantity and the quality, we are told Tens Of Thousands of pages of Kcorre Corroboration A. And you also have a state trooper. Credibility is simply going in a different direction that Governor Cuomo would like to at this point in time. There is no criminal prosecution at this point in time. We arent aware. We are talking about somebody asked for the opportunity to leave the state of New York. Thats a higher standard that goes along with somebody in that position. You heard from the President Of The United States on down the request to resign. He is not apparently going to do that, but maybe there is a political solution that might be on the horizon as well. I want you and our viewers to listen to the Attorney General of New York, Le Tish sha james, address the next steps now that they have released this report. Listen to this. Our work is concluded. And the document is now public, and the matter is civil in nature and is not does not have any criminal consequences. Explain why she isnt referring all of this evidence for criminal prosecution. Laura points out she herself and the Attorney Generals office probably does not have the authority to make a criminal prosecution. As laura also pointed out, you have the Albany County District Attorney who would have jurisdiction as the local prosecutor, has a Road Map with respect to Temperatcertain Of T allegations. Certain of the things alleged in the report are not criminal. They might constitute unlawful Sexual Harassment under title vii. But there is potential assault prosecution. I assume thats what they might be looking at. The governor has lost the support of so many prominent democrats, including the President Of The United States. As i said, the House Speaker Nancy pelosi, both New Yorks democratic senators. What is the likely political fallout from this . Bottom Line Question will he be impeached . Thats what a lot of people are asking at this point. More than twothirds of State Senators at this point have called on him to resign. Now, if he were to be impeached, you would need the state senate. A Twothirds Vote would remove him from office. We heard, too, i mention what we heard of course from the speaker, Majority Leader in the senate saying earlier today on cnn for the sake of the state he should resign and she supports efforts to move toward impeachment. I know you worked closely with June Kim, one of the lawyers who led this investigation. Given what you know about him, what do you say to the governors claim that this investigation was politically biassed . Thats what the governor is going to say, isnt it . It is reminiscent of what other people including the former President Of The United States says. I should make clear that i hired him back into the u. S. Attorneys office as chief counsel, promoted him multiple times and when i was fired by the president , he became the acting u. S. Attorney. He is a person of complete integrity, diligent in his work. By the way, you dont need me to be an advocate for June Kim and his colleague. People should read the report. It is meticulous. It is factbased. There are assessment of credibility of each of the substances. You dont even have to just read the report. Look at the reactions of people who are sitting on the sidelines after looking at the report, including Governor Cuomos friend and colleague, the sitting President Of The United States, including his own hand picked Lot Governor who says that she believes the accusations based on the report. So everything i know about june is one thing. What do i think the public must know about the report and June Kim is both from the report itself and reading it and looking at the lackluster response by the governor that he put that includes, among other things, pictures of himself kissing his mother as if thats some kind of defense of these claims of Sexual Misconduct and the reactions of other people who have no interest in beingdy Ver Gent from the governor unless they think these things are true. And i think the report makes that clear. Really dramatic development, guys. Just ahead, the new York City Mayor Bill de blasio is standing by live. He will join me in the Situation Room. I will ask him about this report alleging a pattern of Sexual Harassment by the governor. Well also discuss the Mayors Ground breaking new covid vaccine requirement. Standby. Well be right back. When you earn a degree with university of phoenix, we support you with Career Coaching for life, including Personal Branding, Resume Building and more. 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Disgusting and troubling and unacceptable and he needs to leave office immediately. You made it clear that you dont think the governor can continue to lead the state of New York. If he refuses to resign and today in his initial statement hes making it clear he is not planning to resign, what exactly are you calling for . Look, his statement was laughable. His attempt to show pictures of him with his Family Members was an insult to these women and the notion that ta public servant i held to a high standard. He should be impeached as quickly as possible. He cant govern. Wolf, this was one investigation. There is a whole separate series of issues around the nursing home scandal, whether the facts of all those deaths in the Nursing Homes due to covid was covered up. There is a scandal around the book he wrote with the help of state employees. There is a scandal around giving out vaccines to political supporters and Withholding Vaccine supplies from opponents. I mean, this guy is past the point of no return. He cant govern. He just has to go. If he doesnt go, can he face criminal charges . It looks that way to me. You know, obviously the Albany County District Attorney is looking at that right now. An assault on a women, any assault on a women you should face criminal charges, but if you, on top of that, used your Power And Position to think you could cover up the assault, well, that sounds criminal to me. And what do you say to his charge that those who led this investigation were politically biassed against him . The people who worked for him worked for him. They were public servants. A state trooper, i mean, you listen to someone like Charlotte Bennett. We have all heard her words obviously incredibly earnest young woman trying to go good in the world. This didnt come from the Attorney General or the lawyer she hired. It came from the people who worked for the governor and were disgusted by his behavior. The investigators did their job. So i go back to the Original Sin here. He did this to these women, 11 women came forward. How much more evidence do we need before its obvious that something is profoundly broken . All right. Lets turn to the coronavirus pandemic. You announced today that vaccines will be mandatory in new York City for indoor dining, fitness, entertainment venues. Can you walk us through how you decided on the details of this new policy . Absolutely. Wolf, let me tell you, the whole Ball Game is vaccination. The Delta Variant is bearing down on all of us. Unless we want to go back to restrictions and the horrible, horrible impact that covid had on our families, weve got to get serious. That means vaccination. Only one thing will stop the Delta Variant, vaccination at a much higher level. The incentives were great. Mandates are what will really work now. Were saying simply, do you want to dine indoors in new York City . Do you want to work in an indoor dining establishment, same with a fitness gym, you need to be vaccinated, period. We will have the specific rules out the next couple of weeks. We will implement, give businesses time to get used to it, educate, support them. Then on the First Monday after labor day, the 13th of september, we will start sending out inspectors and holding people accountable. But the message is very simple, to say to save cities all around the country, states, counties, every local government should do this. It is so straightforward. This is a way to make sure a lot more people get vaccinated to save lives. And were talking about indoors. Outdoors, there is obviously a little more freedom. Thats great. But the message it sends is go get vaccinated. Once you do, you have so many more options than choices. It rewarding vaccination, which is exactly where we need to go. It is so easy to get a shot these days. It is readily available. Just a curious development, though. Why are you only requiring people receive one dose of a Coronavirus Vaccine . Because we know protection increases significantly after the second. This is a strategy very clearly, wolf. Were saying we want to encourage people right now. If you are not vaccinated, were not telling you you have to wait a long time to experience all the great things in life. Go down to so many places in this city all around the country you can go for free. It only takes a few minutes. Get that first dose. Get that card. You are in business. You can work indoors. You can come indoors for great food, great entertainment and then of course go back and get the second shot when your time comes, but we want to reward certain behavior. We want people to know, there should be a clear red line. If you are vaccinated, a world of opportunity and great, positive things is there for you. You get to enjoy life. You get to have a lot of freedom. If you are unvaccinated, there will be fewer and fewer opportunities. Not only in this city, but the President Of The United States endorsed this approach that we started today. I think you will see localities pick up on this. It will send a message, if youre unvaccinated, you will get left out more and more. Particularly for young people in this country, they dont want to get left out of entertainment and concerts. I think this will push our youngest americans to go get vaccinated. How will you enforce this Vaccine Mandate if somebody wants to go see a play or a concert, go to a Gym Or Restaurant . I know there are several ways people can prove theyre vaccinated. It will be up to individual businesses, mayor, to turn away potential customers . Yeah. Were going to support them in putting together rules and enforcement. But the simple concept. When you go to a gym, there is a front desk and you show your id. You go to a movie theater, you buy a ticket or you put a ticket on the scanner. There is obvious checkin points. So what we want to do is simply have personnel from each of these establishments check if you have a Vaccination Card or one of the passes. New York City has a covid safe app. Show that you have a vaccination. Its really not complex. One of the members of congress supported this Move Today and he just took out his wallet and said, look, i keep my Vaccination Card right at my fingertips. It is as simple as that. With that simple act, we will be affirming the power of vaccination. I guarantee you people need a little Extra Push sometimes. There is a lot of people willing to be vaccinated. They havent focussed or gotten that final piece of inspiration. But when you cant go to a Restaurant Or Movie theater, people will say, its time to get vaccinated. It is time. So simple. So easy. Readily available for free. Just takes a few minutes. Mayor, thank you so much for joining me. Thank you, wolf. Just ahead, we will get an update from one of the major new covid hot spots. 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Get started today. Tonight the governor of louisiana is calling the current surge in covid19 cases around the united states the worst one yet. The state just broke its own Pandemic Record for a hospitalization. Cnn national Correspondent Nad Yeah has more from baton rouge. Reporter wolf, another grim milestone here forcing the governor to enact a statewide mask mandate. Hes asking people to start it today, with wearing a mask indoors whether you are vaccinated or not in all public places including schools. At our lady of the lake, the Chief Medical Officer says they are running out of beds. Theyre at capacity. Theyre turning people away who dont have urgent medical needs. There is a long list of people waiting to be transferred here who dont have a critical case of covid19. One bit of hope were seeing on the whohorizon is were seeing e people vaccinated. Wolf . Thank you very much, nadia. Lets bring in our covid expert, the dean of the brown University School of public health. And a cnn medical analyst, Emergency Room Physician for the baltimore City Health commissioners. Shes also the author of a Book Entitled Lifelines a Doctors Journey in the public health. As louisiana breaks its own record for coronavirus hospitalizations, what lesson do you hope other states are learning about the threat of this really awful Delta Variant and the need for action now . Yeah, wolf. Thanks for having me back. The biggest lesson is you can never act too soon. You have to act early. By the time hospitalizations have gone from louisianas have gone, there are a lot of infections arent baked in. The next few weeks will be tough for louisiana no matter what it does. So early action is the key. Obviously we know how to prevent this. It is by vaccinations. Other Public Health Measures will help as well. But really worried for the people of louisiana right now. Lets turn, doctor tor, to the Vaccine Mandate now in new York City. You said the Vaccine Honor System was not going to be sufficient. What do you think of this news we just heard from the mayor of New York. I think its a really good idea. It is a powerful incentive that is a powerful incentive. The venues that require vaccinations are optional. There is something fun going to restaurants, gyms, entertainment venues. You can still go to the Grocery Store or pharmacy, but you are now able to there is a positive incentive for you to get vaccinated. I think it helps to create a safer safe. I would feel better going to a Restaurant Or Gym where everybody around me is vaccinated. I have concerns about the one dose and not two doses. I hope there will be a type of good, secure proof of vaccination because i dont think we can trust the honor code. I agree with you on that. The mandate only requires people to get that one dose of a Coronavirus Vaccine. Pfizer, moderna also require two doses. After the second dose it still takes two to three weeks to be fully vaccinated, fully protected. Is that one Dose Requirement enough . I think its a good start. I understand the Mayors Argument that it gets people in through the door. We do know that one dose is still helpful for preventing severe hospitalizations and deaths. But it is not good enough for preventing infections and certainly not good enough for preventing transmission. To everybody needs to get that second dose. I think theyre trying to walk a Fine Line here. And then they have to make sure they complete that and get everybody a second shot as well. So, so important. Were just learning that the san francisco Health Department just announced it will allow people who received that Johnson Johnson single Covid19 Vaccine to receive a supplemental Mrna Vaccine dose. Do you think this is the right move . And is this even allowed . Doesnt the fda have to sign off of something like that . Well, i dont know the legalities of it, but i do think it is time for our federal health officials to allow this as well because frankly at this point we know that the Johnson Johnson vaccine is less effective than the Mrna Vac soons. I also recommended to some of my patients who are extremely high risk who have high Risk Exposure and who are older with chronic medical illnesses, they might benefit from an additional dose right now. We dont have the full studies, so it is hard for us to make a recommendation for everyone, but i think this needs to be a decision that a patient makes with their doctor. It shouldnt be something they have to sneak around to do. Somebody has to go pharmacy hopping to see if they could get that Mrna Vaccine from cvs or they have to cross state lines. We shouldnt have to do that when it is recommended for them based on their risk profile. I think i could be wrong, but i think like 12 Million meshes received the Johnson Johnson mingle dose vaccine. Do you think they should now get either the pfizer or the moderna as a booster, as a second dose . You know, i agree. This is a place where the fda really has to step in. Heres why, wolf. There are a lot of questions about boosters. Elderly americans who got vaccinated with the Mrna Vaccine six months ago may have some waning immunity. We have the Johnson Johnson question. Every single person trying to figure this out on their own is a really bad idea. So i want to see clear guidance from the fda. I do think some people will end up needing boosters. But i want the fda to weigh in on this and not Everybody Figure this out on their own. Were grateful to both of you as always. And there is more Breaking News emerging here in the Situation Room as President Biden joins the House Speaker Nancy pelosi and other top democrats calling for Andrew Cuomo to resign. Congressman James Clyburn is standing by live. 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Well, i have not read the report. The headlines coming from it, the gravity of the charges, and it looks as if all of the allegations were substantiated. I dont see how you survive that. So i suspect he will do himself and New York or the state of New York a whole lot of good if he resigned. If he doesnt resign, congressman, should he be impeached . I think that the legislature will probably let him know that they are contemplating that. You know, i hate to follow, so ill say he ought to save himself and the state The Agony. And simply resign. Right now he says hes not going to do that. We will soon find out. Lets turn to a different issue. The White House plans to announce a new Eviction Ban thats more limited in scope. How far would that go, do you believe, congressman, to help potentially 15 Million americans who are at risk of eviction from their homes right now, especially if President Biden is on shaky legal ground . I think it will go a long ways. As i said on yesterday, that we have got to do more than that. There is some reason that all this money is being bottled up in these state capitals. In south carolina, almost 500 million. And they say almost none of it, only 9 people, have been helped. 500 million. Why . I dont think that thats the fault of the moratorium. Thats the fault of something wrong with the system. I do believe that all the things we put people through, it is just too much. And we ought to do it. And i think the president was right on today when he said that we ought to figure out a way to get these monies directly to the landlords. If we can determine that someone is back six, seven, Eight Million in their rent, there ought to be a way for The Agency to make the landlord whole because these people want to stay in their homes. So however we can keep them there, we ought to do it. There are enough Homeless People there already throughout the country. We dont need more Homeless People. But what is your suspicion . Why is the money thats already out there thats available not be used to help those folks stay in their home . I think there is an attitude amongst many in the bureaucracy that you have got to go to these great lengths to make sure these people arent cheating the government. You know, its so much that low income people have to go through. I think about how the money went out to ppp and what we are doing now. There is just no comparison to the paperwork. Congressman James Clyburn, lets see what happens on this front. Thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me. A fourth Police Officer who responded to the January 6th attack on the u. S. Capital has now died by suicide. What were learning when we come back. Summer is a state of mind, you can visit anytime. Savor your summer with lincoln. Im so glad youre ok, sgt. Houston. This is sam with usaa. Do you see the Tow Truck . Yes, thank you, that was fast. Sgt. Houston never expected this to happen. 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Reaction right now from Charlotte Bennett, one of the 11 women who accused the new York Governor Andrew Cuomo of Sexual Harassment. Those allegations were detailed in a damning new report from the New York Attorney General. Erika hill is joining us once again right now. What exactly is Charlotte Bennett saying . She said today was emotional, a very long day, but she feels vindicated and it was validating. She also weighed in on what the governor had to say. Hes trying to justify himself by making me out to be someone who cant tell the difference between Sexual Harassment and mentorship. We have a report. We have the facts. The governor broke federal and State Law when he sexually harassed me and current and former staffers, and if hes not willing to step down, then we have a responsibility to act and impeach him. He sexually harassed me. I am not confused. It is not confusing. I am living in reality, and its sad to see that hes not. At one point he said that he was trying to help you work through a difficult time. Did that seem like that was his intention . No. His intention was trying to sleep with me. Charlotte bennett also went on to say she talked about the video, the taped statement the governor put out today. She called it in her words a propaganda video. In her estimation, he was only doing it, wolf, to protect herself. She said normalizing victim blaming, calling it a Circus Act and dangerous. Yeah. This is one of the 11 women. Others are also reacting. I know this is very difficult, very painful, and its, in many respects, very heroic for these women to be making these kinds of statements over these last several months against the sitting governor of New York. It absolutely is. Thats something we have heard from those women like Charlotte Bennett who did come forward and speak out. We heard from analysts earlier today who reacting to a report on twitter expressing her thanks and appreciation for those who listen to her, for the hugs, for the encouragement. Im trying to remember the exact words of her tweet, but as we know, wolf, it is so difficult for any survivor of sexual abuse, of Sexual Harassment to come forward. There has, for so many years been, a culture of Victim Shaming and victim blaming. So to find your voice, to be able to come forward and especially when you are dealing with someone like the governor of the state of New York, you know, this was discussed and this is part of the picture that this report painted was what they referred to as a toxic, a hostile Work Environment where people were afraid to say no to the governor, that it created this environment of fear for so many people. As you can imagine, wolf, that is also a fear of coming forward. In one of Charlotte Bennetts texts, which was quoted directly today by the investigators as they were talking about this report, they mentioned at one point how she was terrified. And she says in the text and im para paraphrasing. But she said at some point he was so afraid of what would happen if she rejected the governor that she decided she would disappear herself instead. I think for so many people, that really sums up how they feel about possibly coming allegations, the account of what has happened to them when theyre dealing with not just a person in a position over them but such a powerful person in this country. Erica hill reporting for us. Thank you very much. Just ahead, a fourth Police Officer responded to the January 6th attack on the u. S. Capitol has now died but suicide. Were getting new information. Well share it with you when we come back. 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Police chief, should this fourth suicide by ringing Alarm Bells for leaders in congress and for Law Enforcement for that matter . Well, certainly should be ringing Alarm Bells for everyone, but i think its also important to remember, Suicide And Policing is not new. I mean, that is an issue and it has been as long as ive been around in policing. We just never talked about it much. The stress thats associated with policing on a regular basis, you add to It Trama like officers experienced on January 6th is just a recipe for bad things to happen. We have to take Mental Health far more seriously than we do right now. Yeah, we certainly do. How worried how about the impact on Police Officers of some of these republicans who are trying to actually whitewash that deadly January 6th attack . Im very worried about that for politicians elected to have such an attitude towards the realities that officers face doing their job to withhold, to uphold the constitution to have politicians turn their backs on them is very disturbing, and we heard about back the blue. It was black the blue while they were running for election but now they have turned their packs on th backs on the blue and thats a problem. Will it hurt the whitewashing going on belittling what was going on, not believing the sworn under oath testimony of the four Police Officers that testified . Its an issue across the country in policing, not just associated with January 6th. Two years ago we began going through very, very rough times with policing with viral videos and it came to ahead with the murder of george floyd. So weve had an environment that hasnt been very positive in policing, which also adds to the Trama And Stress that officers are feeling right now across the country. Its all those combined that has a negative impact. No question about it. Chief ramsey, we learned today the Fraternal Order Of Police is working to protect the Police Officer who is actually among the rioters attacking the capitol on January 6th. What message does that send knowing some of these Police Officers who defended the capitol actually feel abandoned by that union . Its a terrible message. The fop and i dont see Eye To eye on a lot of things. I have respect for the fact men and women of our profession have Union Representation and serious misconduct, Criminal Activity and engaging in insurrection, you got to drop them. There is absolutely no reason at all for fop or any other Police Organization to be defending these guys. They were part of January 6th. Let me get to Commissioner Ma M marksdale to react. Im 100 with Chief Ramsey on that one. There is no way to support an officer that participated in an act of domestic terrorism. That is insane, let him go. He needs to be fired or go to jail. Thats unacceptable. It makes no sense. Have you ever seen anything like that Commissioner Ma Markse before . No, when you take that oath, youre a Police Officer 24 hours a day like it or not. Thats part of the job. Youre supposed to be a R Representative of your agency every second of the day, even off duty. To say this is okay because he was off duty is just sickening. Yeah. Its just crazy. All right. Guys, thank you very, very much. To our viewers, help is always available to anyone contemplating suicide through the national suicide prevention lifeline. The number, there you see it, 8002738255 or Text Home to 741741. Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. 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