Tonight the White House ramping up its Vaccination Push as the u. S. Passes 100,000 cases in a single day. In seven states alone, florida, texas, missouri, louisiana, alabama, mississippi, states with some of the lowest Vaccination Rates account for about half of new cases and hospitalizations in the past week, despite making up less than a quarter of the u. S. Population. Reporter a level that at one point seemed it would never be reached again. With the Delta Variant Surge gripping nearly the entire nation, a reality thats driven a return to a near singular daily focus ramping up vaccinations. Today i want to emphasize one fact that remains true. And that is the vaccines are working against the Delta Variant. Reporter numbers that continue to tick upward with more 164,000 vaccinations on wednesday, more than 560,000 firsttime shots, the highest daily total in more than a month. Clearly americans are seeing the impact of being unvaccinated and unprotected. And they respond by doing their work, rolling up their sleeve and getting vaccinated. Reporter but officials now acknowledging just how much remains unknown about the variant driving more than 90 of u. S. Cases. So those data were data that were from analysis in several states from january through june and didnt reflect the data we have now from the Delta Variant. Reporter revealing the actual data regarding hospitalizations and Death Hasnt been confirmed. We are actively working to update those in the context of the Delta Variant. I do want to reiterate that based on the data were seeing and we dont have fully updated numbers, universally as we look at our hospitalizations and our deaths, they are overwhelmingly unvaccinated people. With more than 90 Million eligible americans still unvaccinated, renewed focus on other Mitigation Efforts has devolved once again into a pitched political battle. What is his big solution . What is he so upset about florida . His solution is he wants to have the Government Force kindergartens to wear masks in school. I dont want to hear a blip about covid from you. Reporter the days long back and forth between the white House And Governor Ron Desantis still in effect. Governor who . 20 in florida. Reporter pointing to Deltas Surge in the state. Were here to state the facts. Frankly our view is that this is too serious, deadly serious, to be doing partisan name calling. Thats what were not doing here. Reporter wolf, the war of words between florida governor Ron Desantis and the White House extended to the Cabinet Level as well. Saying in the briefing room, basically Chastising Florida and texas about Mask Mandates saying dont be the reasons our Kids Cant go Back To School. They have suffered enough, wolf. Thank you very much. Lets discuss this and more with the director for the centers for Disease Control and prevention. Thank you so much for joining us. Were grateful to you for helping our viewers appreciate whats going on. You announced today that the cdc reported more than 103,000 new coronavirus cases just yesterday. Six weeks ago, they were averaging about 11,000 or 12,000 cases a day. Now more than 100,000 cases a day. What is the outlook right now . What are the next few weeks an months going to hold . There is a lot of nervous people out there, not just the unvaccinated but the vaccinated as well. Good evening, wolf. You know, what were seeing in our projections demonstrates two different extremes. If we work together, unify as a country, vaccinate everyone who is interested in unvaccinated and put our masks on to prevent disease, we could really control this in a matter of weeks. However, if we dont do see, we could be up to several hundred thousand cases a day, similar to our surge in early january. When do you think that would happen . Right now lets say 100,000 cases a day. Six weeks ago 11,000 cases a day. When it will be 200,000 or 300,000 . We dont want to see that. Im opting for the lets unify as a country, put our masks on to Prevent Transmission of disease and get vaccinated. In the interim, what i would say is, you know, we can see these kinds of Exponential Rises were seeing, but thats not where im heading . What about deaths . You saw 614 new deaths reported to the cdc just on tuesday of this week. A few weeks ago, there were 100, 200, now more than 600. What does it look like as far as deaths are concerned, deaths of americans in the coming weeks and months . This is a critically important point. When we have seen this number of cases before, we have seen far more deaths. What that means is that our vaccines are working to prevent deaths. Theyre working to prevent hospitalizations, and theyre working to prevent deaths among those who are vaccinated. So the best way to stop those deaths from happening is to get vaccinated. Are we nearing the peak of cases in the south in places like florida, for example . Will we start to see case Counts Drop again any time soon . We have not seen that yet. Were still seeing Exponential Rises in florida. Many in louisiana and many of the southern states that are seeing these surges. So, no, were not quite there yet. And i certainly hope that now were taking these matters seriously. Im grateful to the governor of louisiana who put forward Masking And Mask mandates and i want to encourage others, either leaders or to have The American Public Pull together and prevent from infecting others. What are your models saying about the northeast where Vaccination Levels are clearly higher . Should those states expect to see surges due to this awful Delta Variant as well . We know how to protect ourselves. Many of those places, we will encourage this will happen at the community level. So we would encourage vaccination across those areas so that we dont have pockets of surges around areas that might have been undervaccinated in the northeast region. There are some things i would like to clear up while i have you, doctor. In terms of communication, you clearly have data thats informing your decisions or you wouldnt be making these decisions. But a lot of experts are asking, why arent you sharing that data right away or at least giving it more quickly . Last tuesday we made the decision to begin masking america. That was based on data we had seen just several days before and corroborated within hours or a couple of days before. We made those recommendations based on data. The data were released on friday, just three days later. If we had waited to release the data, we would have had, you know, people who would unknowingly potentially bring virus to their loved ones, to their immunosuppressed loved ones. We thought It Imperative to publish the data as soon as we could within three days of our guidance. Thats really important to get that information out there. Do you think the cdc and others got the Messaging Wrong when it comes to Breakthrough Cases . People who are fully vaccinated but get covid. Experts have insisted that Breakthrough Cases are rare, almost dismissing fears. But wouldnt it have been better to give a more nuanced explanation . With 164 Million people who are vaccinated, we should expect tens of thousands, perhaps, of Breakthrough Infections. But the most important thing, it is not the number of the Breakthrough Infections but what happens here. Those Breakthrough Infections have mild illness. They are staying out of the hospital. They are not dying. And i think thats the most important thing to understand. We have a massive number of people who are vaccinated, and those Breakthrough Infections tend to be mild and not severe. What about all the fully vaccinated people who get the Breakthrough Infection . Can they pass it on to their children . Could they pass the virus on to older people, elspecially more vulnerable people with underlying Health Conditions . Thats exactly the point we made in our guidance. Yes, they can with the Delta Variant. That was the reason we changed our guidance last tuesday. Our vaccines are working exceptionally well. They continue to work well with delta with regard to severe illness and death. But what they cant do anymore is Prevent Transmission. So if you are going home to somebody who has not been vaccinated to somebody who cant get vaccinated, somebody who is immunosuppressed or a little frail, somebody with comorbidities, i would suggest you wear a mask in public indoor settings. Especially if there is a Breakthrough Case and you get covid, youre fully vaccinated but you are totally asymptomatic, you can still pass on the virus to someone else. Is that right . Thats right. Thats where Masking Recommendation came from. Were learning the fda could lay out a national strategy for Covid19 Booster shots in early september, just in a few weeks. What will the strategy look like . Who will be eligible for these boosters . First All Of Us who got two shots we might need after five or six months a third shot. Were looking at those data carefully. Those include looking at clinical cohorts. Cohorts from across the country. Our essential workers, Health Care workers who were vaccinated early, and were working closely with the fda following those data and well come up with a plan soon in september. And do you think that before that will happen the Emergency Use Authorization for these vaccines will be changed to complete and full authorization . That lies squarely with the fda. But i know theyre working hard to get that full approval because i recognize that we all recognize that some people are waiting for that approval to get vaccinated. So what were seeing in israel, germany and the United Kingdom right now people getting these third booster shots. We should anticipate that happening in the next few weeks here in the united states. Is that right . Were having conversations with those countries, and were looking at the same data that they are looking at and we are making our independent decisions looking at the data they have, collaborating with the data we have and well make those in collaboration with the fda. Im anxious to get my third shot if thats going to help. Why has the messaging from the cdc and other experts for that matter on boosters at least so far been unclear . First we were told we wouldnt need boosters. Then we were told information is coming. Other experts said there is no evidence to support needing a booster. Its all been rather confusing. We are following the science. There is immuno logic data. Some people are following the immunologic data and reporting on that data. There is effectiveness data from those cohort studies across the nation. Tens of thousands of people. We have not yet seen a signal that we require boosters from those studies. Were looking at many different areas and everybody is assessing the science. As that science evolves, we will report that science to The American people. 12 Million americans got the Johnson Johnson single dose vaccine. If they get a booster, will it be Johnson Johnson or Moderna Or Pfizer . Those data are going to live with the fda right now. They are looking at the data on what were calling crossover studies, whether what you got the first time you would get the same thing or a different vaccine. Those data are with the fda right now. So that hasnt been determined yet. You have said that 99 of the coronavirus deaths, 95 of the hospitalizations are among the unvaccinated. But when you were asked today by our chief white House Correspondent kaitlyn collins, you said those numbers were from january through june. June. And didnt reflect the data we have now from the Delta Variant, which im told by experts is entirely different than the older variants, very highly transmissible, much more deadly. Do you have updated data that includes the Delta Variant . Were working closely with the states and in touch with them in terms of their reports. There was a terrific Kaiser Family Foundation analysis that was done, including 25 states that suggested that those data still hold, that over 99 of hospitalizations, over 99. 9 of deaths still are in unvaccinated people in these hospitals. So when do you think we could expect to see the new data on Breakthrough Hospitalizations and deaths . Were talking about fully vaccinated americans in light of the Delta Variant. And does it closely reflect the statistics you have been citing that entirely almost all the hospitalizations and deaths are among unvaccinated . All of the data that i have seen to date have demonstrated that the severe disease, hospitalizations and deaths associated with covid19, even with the Delta Variant have suggested over 99 , a vast majority of people are unvaccinated, which is why it is so very important to get the people vaccinated. But if you are still evaluating the new data, why is President Biden, for example, still citing Sta Hitsics that dont necessarily take into account this awful Delta Variant . You know, as the data come in, as we update the data, not all of our inpatients, for example, have a sequence associated with their test, so were continually updating the data. It is a very fluid situation. How does the Communication Strategy evolve . Because there is a real serious problem out there, at least right now. And hopefully it will go away of confusion. A lot of us are confused by what were hearing, different things all the time. The american public wants certainty. I want certainly. I think we all want certainly. We want to understand the path forward. And i completely understand that. My job is to evaluate the science. The science every single day, hundreds of papers are being posted that evaluate our vaccines, how they are working, the epidemiology of the Delta Variant both here and around the world. My job is to update that science and to communicate that to The American people. I know dr. Fauci said that about 93 Million americans right now are still unvaccinated. Do we know of that 93 Million how many actually had covid and have some antibodies built in . Do they need those who already had covid . Do they need to get those two shots . Importantly, yes, they do. So we know that the Breadth And Depth of your immune response is far expanded when you get the vaccine and that it is important to get vaccinated even if you had covid. You may have had a different variant. We know your rates are higher if you have not been vaccinated. Do we know how many of the 93 Million actually had covid . We have data, zero prevalence data across the nation, but i dont know that we can match the people who have been unvaccinated with the zero prevalence data. With 96. 1 of the population in areas which are described as high or substantial transmission that are subject to updated Masking Guidelines indoors, are changes coming to the recommendations from the cdc On Masking outdoors as well . Right now we are not anticipating any changes to our guidance outdoors. Our guidance outdoors is if you are in crowded settings and you are unvaccinated, please do wear a mask. If you are vaccinated and you are going to see immunocompromised people in crowded settings, consider wearing a mask. We dont anticipate those changes coming any time soon. Even if you are in a Baseball Game or concert, you should still be wearing a mask if there is a big crowd around you. Is that what im hearing . If you are in a big crowd and you are unvaccinated, absolutely. If you are vaccinated, were leaving that to personal discretion. Dr. Fauci says that even worse Coronavirus Variant could be coming beyond delta. Is there a specific variant youre watching right now with concern . Were watching numerous variants as they emerge. I dont have one that is more concerning right now in addition to delta. What i can say, though, is that the more we have viral replication, the more we have transmission, the more we are at risk of a new and emerging variant, and that is why it is so very critical to get vaccinated not just for yourself, for your own personal health, but to protect you from transmission to others as well as to protect All Of Us from seeing a more aggressive emerging variant. Im so worried about a new variant thats even worse than delta. And the question is, doctor, will our current vaccines hold up against the next, the next variant . Thats of course the concern. And we will have to see what this virus brings. What i can say is that the virus generally mutates and those mutations hold because it is advantageous to the virus. Our job now is to squash the virus and to do so by decreasing chains of transmission through Vaccination And Masking in the interim. Among the fully vaccinated right now and, you know, thats a huge part of the country, are there populations within the fully vaccinated, doctor, who are more vulnerable right now . Among the fully vaccinated, certainly those immunosuppressed. We know that people have had solid organ transplants, people undergoing chemotherapy, people on modulating agents. We know despite having been fully vaccinated, they may not have complete protection. Is there any update on when kids, children under 12 will be able to get vaccinated . So those data are of course going to be with the fda. I havent seen them and im looking forward to when we will see them hopefully in the next, you know, several months, in the fall. You know, hopefully in the fall before The End of the calendar year. And i have heard that were talking about kids 5 to 11 who will be next in line to start getting vaccinated. Is that right . Indeed. And in the meantime, please know that the best way to protect your unvaccinated children is to surround them with vaccinated people. And to wear masks even if you are vaccinated potentially, right . In public indoor settings so that you can shed it when you come home. As children across the nation are returning and preparing to return to school right now, is an increase in cases around the country inevitable . I think its really clear that we know how to keep our children safe. We know how to keep our schools safe. Disease comes into the schools from high rates in the community. We know how to keep our community safe. Our children deserve to have fulltime in person Safe Learning with Prevention Measures in place, and that includes masking for everyone in schools. Are you getting any early data from places like georgia, for example, where schools are back in session right now . Are you getting any new information already coming in, or is it too early . What i can tell you is that we have been following this through the Summer Both in camps and Summer Schools and where places did not enforce mitigation strategies, masking, those are the Summer Schools that had a challenge and had to close down. What is your reaction to the florida Governors Decision to prevent schools throughout the state of florida from mandating masks, warning they would be denied State Funding if they were to do so . Im a physician. I want our children to be safe. I want them to be safe wherever they live. The best way to keep them safe is to surround them by vaccinated people and to have them where masks in school. I want our kids Back To School and i want them back safely, and i want them to be able to safely stay there. Me too. I think everybody watching wants the kids to be safe in the most effective way. When did the president , doctor, first approach you guys over at the Cdc About Finding Ways to extend whats called the Eviction Moratorium following the u. S. Supreme Court Decision in june. There are a lot of nervous people out there that are fearful they will be kicked out of their homes and become homeless. As we have seen the Case Counts go up and knowing that this Eviction Moratorium End Date was going to impose hundreds of thousands of people were going to have to find congregate settings to live in, we decided to update a new well, actually, provide a new tailored Eviction Moratorium so that in places where there was the most disease would not be an increased public Health Risk by having all of these families and people need to find shelter in congregate settings. Millions of americans have not even gotten one shot right now. What is your message to them. Are there any of those millions who shouldnt be getting a vaccine right now . Whats the downside of potentially getting a vaccine . My message to those people is to get the information you need. Get it from a trusted source. Get it from somebody who understands the science behind it because i do think that if you talk to the people who understand the science, who are trusted to you, you will not need to be convinced to get the vaccine. You will be asking for it. I have asked you a lot of questions, doctor. You have been very generous with your time. Is there anything i didnt ask you, any points you want to make beyond what we have already discussed . No. Only that we are here for you. We are here for the health of the public. We are asking people to get the information that they need to get vaccinated. This is a difficult, hard, frustrating time. We share that frustration, and we are updating the science and will convey it to you as soon as we have it. And should we be bracing for the situation to get worse before it gets better . I think we should be bracing for a unified nation that can come together and realize that the common foe is covid19. Certainly is. And were so approacheciative f what you and all of your teams are doing. We are grateful to you. Thank you so much for joining us. Were learning about a key u. S. Justice Department Official who actually aided former president trumps attempt to try to stage a coup during his final days in office. Stay with us here in the situation room. 2on2s. And 1on1s. At aspen dental, we see all the moments that make us smile so we make it easy to share your smile with convenient, total care all in one place. And flexible hours that work with your life. Right now, new patients get a complete exam and xrays free without insurance, and everyone saves 20 on their treatment plan. 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Wolf, it isnt uncommon for a select committee to consolidate all of the work of these committees, so there is not a Turf Battle if we will. But that does mean that the former interviews of Jeffrey Rosen and his deputy richard donahue, they will not be delayed. They were expected to happen this week. And of Course Rosen and donahue, they are expected to give crucial insight into how a Trump Ally within the Justice Department pushed others to pack those claims of election fraud. Good morning. Im jeff clark. Im the head of the civil division. He was in charge of a department at doj that would have had no role investigating voter proud. But in the weeks after the election, clark seemed to Cozy Up To trump by parroting the president s false claims of fraud. That was a rigged election. And pushing the Justice Department to step in. Jeffrey clark reportedly told you that your days as Acting Attorney General bewere numbere. Is that true . Congressman, the items you are talking about, i have seen media accounts. Jeffrey rosen has never publically confirmed the intense Pressure Campaign coming from clark to get the doj to help overturn the election for trump. But new documents and detailed uncovered in connection with an in Depth Probe shows just how far clark went. A Draft Letter details how clark planned to write Georgia Officials to Falsesy Say Doj found Voting Irregularities in several states. He wanted them to sign on, but they flatout refused be donovan responding in email, there is no chance i would sign this Letter Or Anything remotely like this. It signifies how perilously close we came to the department of justice being weaponized. Clarks Draft Letter was dated december 28th, one day after trump called Rosen And Donahue telling them, just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the republican congressmen. Days later trump was on the phone with Georgias Secretary of state pleading. All i want to do this is. I just want to find 11,780 votes. Which is one more than we have. I certainly have that the u. S. Justice department, as well as Georgia Officials are studying the president s conduct because it seems to cross the line into ill legality. There is no known federal investigation into trump or clark, but laid out the possible crimes both could hypothetically be charged with. It is a federal crime to deprive a state of a fair election. It is a federal crime to conspire against theniunkely with congress taking the lead on this investigation of this issue. As for Jeffrey Clark, there is no indication hes facing any backlash in the legal community since he was just hired last month to be chief of litigation for a conservative law firm. But, wolf, we reached out to his representative. He is declining to comment on any of this. As for the investigation here, the Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin says he wants Jeffrey Clark to testify before his committee. No word on when. I suspect he will be at least subpoenaed if he doesnt want to voluntarily show up. Thank you very much. Lets discuss with this dana bash, Jeff Rey Toobin and laura coats. Jeffrey, how outrageous was this behavior by Jeffrey Clark to essentially attempt a coup from inside the u. S. Justice department . You know, it is really bad. But it is not nearly as bad as what his boss, his ultimate boss, donald trump, did. I think Jeffrey Clark was simply acting out the abuse of power that the president was engaged in. You know, whats gone on here with the president is so much like what he did when he told the president of ukraine that he should come up with Dirt On President Biden or lose government money. Im not sure its a crime. I dont think any of this, frankly, is criminal in nature. But it would have been impeachable if the president stayed in office. And i think its an abuse of president ial power, which is in many respects more important than a crime. Laura coats, what do you think . Well, i think its outrageous that somebody who would not even oversee elections or voting as the head of the civil division, i was in the civil Rights Division at one point in my career. And the idea that it would originate from Jeffrey Clark in a way that actually was adopted by a number of jurisdictions who wanted to promote this Big Lie and this thought that otherwise fair and free election was anything but that. The good news here is that his superiors decided that they were not going to do that, that they refused to do so and they werent going to be essentially those that were the vehicles in this effect. But whats very troubling here is that the goal was to plant the seeds. And ultimately were Germ Nated by people that ultimately still for people who either when theyre looking at the attack on the citadel of our democracy on January 6th or to this day still believe this election was stolen, he was effective in that respect to try to per Petuate I. Surely, it is unethical. He knew better. We know that in a court of law they would never have promoted these theories because there is no basis. Dont take my word for it. Take William Barr who himself said he saw no evidence of widespread Voter Fraud or otherwise. Thats exactly right. Dana, We Saw the effort, the violent effort to try to overturn the election unfold during the January 6th insurrection. But there was a quiet effort going on behind the scenes inside the Justice Department. Yes. And, look, they were very much connected, as laura was just saying, that what was going on inside the Justice Department was No Doubt at the behest of the president of the united states. What happened on January 6th was because of what the president of the united states and those around him were perpetuating, a lie they were perpetuating up until and including that day, that rally on January 6th. So they are very much connected. They are just different avenues that people who were doing the now former president s bidding for were going down. It is interesting what jessica was reporting about, the fact that congress as a select committee and the fact that theyre going to try to interview these individuals that we have been reporting on, that that might be why doj, the biden Justice Department, will hold off on even considering whether there is criminal charges to be had here. But theyre definitely different things. What congress has to do is get information for historical record. They dont have the ability to criminalically prosecute. That is doj. Might just kick the can down the road a bit. But i dont think, unless their legal colleagues think so, theyre mutually exclusive. Let me bring jeffrey back into this conversation. A lot of democrats are looking into Merrick Garland to investigate this, restore integrity over the department of justice. Does he need to take a more aggressive approach here . Well, i certainly think there is no problem with an investigation. But, you know, one everything we are outraged by is not a crime. And i think, you know, it is very important if you believe in civil liberties to limit criminal violations, limit the prosecution of criminal violations to actual, provable violations of federal law. Im not sure that Jeffrey Clarks letter in fact, i would be surprised if that is a violation of any criminal law. It is outrageous. It should be condemned. But i think we need to keep a clear line between whats criminal and whats merely outrageous. And the Justice Department at least so far seems very determined to do that. Laura . You know, on that thought, if i could, you know, one way to find out if there truly is criminal behavior and violations of our federal law is through discovery, interviews and what the doj and Justice Department has done essentially through Merrick Garland, has been to say, were not going to assert the public privilege that muzzle those people who would have the information. They decided theyre not going to assert executive privilege, which normally has been a roadblock that says, you might want transparency, but we dont have to give it to you. Including there was a u. S. Attorney in the State Of Georgia who abruptly resigned. Is there a correlation to this Big Lie that was promoted by this person as well . Then you have an even bigger story. So we are at a premature level now to decide that it is not criminal and the investigation should unfold to figure out if it in fact is. Either way, the doj is not putting up a roadblock that was up in effect a few months ago. President trump has already said he is going to try to stop his former subordinates from testifying. I dont know if he can do that, but he can get these people to go to court. If they go to court, it could delay their testimony for months, and that may be as good as stopping it altogether. Thank you. Coming up, the New York governor, Andrew Cuomo, is yet to resign. But as pressure mounts, is a resignation near . Stay with us. Youre in the situation room. Hey google, turn up the heat. When you earn a degree with university of phoenix, we support you with Career Coaching for life, including personal branding, Resume Building and more. Thats our promise to you. Thats Career Services for life. Learn more at phoenix. Edu. Its dry. Theres no dry time. Makes us wonder why we booked fifteen second ad slots. Team usa is ready for the olympic games. And so is sharon she got Xfinity Internet and mobile together. So she has fast and reliable wifi at home. Wow . 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I can tell you that we earned earlier this week from an Assembly Speaker who said that everything that developed on tuesday in that Ags Report meant they were going to move expeditiously to conclude this investigation as soon as possible. Now, both the Governors Attorney and his Director Of Communications responding to that letter said this morning, they both side they would cooperate. Were grateful for the opportunity, essentially, to contribute more information. I should point out his attorney took the opportunity to criticize the Ags Report accusing the investigators acting as prosecutor, Judge And Jury rather than independent fact finders. Is there any indication that Governor Cuomo will resign . Because this certainly seems like, at least for now, that hes digging in. I think he is digging in. We see that in a response from his attorneys. We know there have been a number of public calls for him to resign. A lot of people telling him he should not go through this Impeachment Process. We learned a little bit about what some of those conversations may have been like behind the scenes. Jay jacobs, the head of the states democratic party sharing the Governors Response to his conversation with him when he urged the governor to resign. Listen. He didnt characterize, you know, his views on resignation. He was more directed to how he was going to defend himself. I think he feels that he wants his moment to tell the public his side of the story. Jay jacobs saying that taped statement the governor put out on tuesday after the Ags Report was released likely didnt land the way he thought it would and perhaps his team. But interesting to note there that the governor in the Phone Call with Jay Jacobs was more focussed on his defense, on telling what he referred to as his side of the story. I think we got a little sense of that in that taped statement and even in some of the statements We Saw today. Thank you very much. Lets get some analysis from the Washington Correspondent for the New York times and a cnn analyst. Maggie, is it resign or face impeachment at this point, or does Governor Cuomo think he has other options to cling to power . Because any support he thinks he might have seems to be crumbling. Wolf, if there was an impeachment vote today, Governor Cuomo would be impeached and pushed out through a Senate Trial that i cannot imagine he would want to go through. Its not today. He will probably hope he can change some lawmakers minds. That seems very unlikely just based on the crumbling of support, nearly universal that has taken place among his key supports, black leaders, union leaders, a number of State Assembly officials, among democrats and every republican would vote in favor of impeachment. It is hard to see how buying time is going to help him. It is not surprising thats what hes doing unlike, wolf, in 2002 when he dropped out of the race for governor a couple of days before the democratic primary. He does not have a political future now. He is a much older man. There are not many options. That report is seen as very damning. I think he will ride this out as soon as possible. The prospect of being impeached i think is devastating to him. If the facts dont change, then i think it is more than likely. Noixon decided he would resin rather than get impeached. The letter says the new York State assembly will consider potential articles of impeachable. How quickly could the Dominos Fall . It really depends, wolf. It could happen fairly quickly. There could be a vote within several days of that happening. Thats all going to get ironed out. But it could happen very quickly. Remember, there is no hard and fast rule in new York States laws about how this Impeachment Process would go. They get to sort of make it up as they go along. Again, i dont think that Andrew Cuomo will stick it out for a trial. I think when there is a vote nearing is when you will see a potential breaking report. According to the report released this week, Governor Cuomo never bothered to complete his own sexual harassment training program, while at the same time he was harassing women, touting himself as a leader on this issue. Does that speak to how he operates . What i think it speaks to is a culture in that office. I do want to say, youd have to read the report. I think he says he doesnt remember whether thats true. It speaks to the fact that there is an important aspect of i think its gotten overlooked a lot. It isnt that hes accused of harassing 11 women working in his office, its that he created a Workplace Culture of toxicity after passing laws against such a thing. It wasnt that he was harassing, he was violating his own laws, to your point. I dont know it speaks to how he operates necessarily. I think it speaks to the fact that he was more than willing to put into place laws that essentially, according to this report, he was not being to follow along and refer other people. The idea that you would have a subordinate fill out and complete training that you have subjected other people to in their workplace speaks krums about how he views power. Now, again, he has denied all this. I am really curious to see what their denials are. They keep stressing emphatically they will have them. What We Saw is frankly, were not much of a defense at all. Well see where this goes. Thank you very much. Just ahead, the Arkansas Governor Aissa hutchingson is standing by. He will join us live. We will discuss the worst of the Coronavirus Surge and the role when we get back. When youre entertaining, you want to put out the best snacks that taste great, and come straight from the earth. And last time i checked, pretzels dont grow on trees. Just saying. Planters. A nut above. 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You say you regret a bill that banned mass requirements in schools. Why did you think putting a ban in place was a good idea. What are you doing now to correct that mistake . Well, at the time that we put that law into place, that banned Mask Mandates and also vaccine passports, our cases were very, very low. It looked like we were at The End of this pandemic. I felt comfortable at the time signing it and obviously this virus threw us another curve. The Delta Variant came in. Our cases have gone up. And now were looking at going Back To School. Our focus the on the vaccines, but there is still a gap there, because under 12 cannot be vaccinated. We need some Method And Flexibility from local School Districts to protect them. So i called the general assembly back into session and the governor to address this gap scanned them to give flexibility to local School Districts, so if they decided to cover those that are under 12 that cant be vaccinated with face coverings, to protect them, then thatser that prerogative. That the a local decisionmaking. The legislatures meet for a couple days. They have not reached approval of this. Theyll come back tomorrow and its also in the courts being reviewed as to whether that law is constitutional. So well see how this develops tomorrow. But that itself the reason i called them back into session. Its a good reason, because this Delta Variant, as you know, is highly, highly transmissible. Much worse than the original virus whats your message, governor to some of your fellow republican governors fueling misinformation about simply wear ac mask, including the florida governor Ron Desantis. Who has gone so far to threaten to pull funding from local School Districts that would actually institute Mask Mandates . Wolf, im not getting into whats happening in florida. Thats the beauty of our system that every State And Governor manages it with their legislature and it reflects the culture of their state. So, i just got a lock at what we are doing here in arkansas and this made Common Sense to me. One, promoting vaccines, weve got to get those out. Thats the first level. Secondly, there is the gap again and my judgment is thats a conservative view that local School Districts out to be able to make decisions, themselves. Some of the rural ones will say, no, we dont need that. Other urban School Districts, they want to have more protection. They might adopt that protective measure and they ought to have the right to do that. Its very simple. Thats the approach. If they want to go ahead and mandate masks, you wouldnt pull State Funding to those School Districts, would you . Well, no i mean, again, i believe they ought to have that prerogative particularly whenever theyre under 12. But thats local control. Whenever you are looking at, i think the debate were getting off track here. The debate right now is on masks and it shouldnt b. It ought to be on the work of getting vacs out. Thats the Number One priority that i have. We got that gap we got to cover. You want everyone in arkansas to get vaccinated, right . Well, absolutely. Ive gone to i believe its 12 cities. I will be going to two more cities next week having conversations for those that have questions, honesty. Were not shaming anybody, providing good information. Thats so, so important. It could save a lot of live, governor Asa Hutchinson from arkansas. Thank you so much for joining us. You are always welcome to the situation room. Thank you for watching. Erin burnett Out Front starts right now. Out front next, trumps Coup Attempt in plain sight. 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