disclosed the claims of sexual hairsment two months after a complaint was filed, accusing him of groping her. >> i exactly remember looking down, seeing his hand which is a large hand, thinking to myself oh, my god, this is happening. howie: the former new york governor has been charged with forcible sexual misconduct. his spokeswoman said cuomo pfeffer you assaulted anyone. emily, most of the media ignored on minimized the allegations when they first surfaced. now he is facing a criminal charge. >> local media did the heavy living while national media was taking a back seat to local media. i think some of that has to do with the power that the cuomo press operation, the pr operation has on the national media and that's a statement on the national media sort of compliance with he those operations in and of itself.