obtaining a defense attorney to the nursing home scandal who once represented harvey weinstein. the green light has been given to independently investigate him and to make new york mayor bill de blasio is piling on calling for cuomo to resign if those claims against him are true. if these allegations are true, he cannot govern them. he would not be able to govern and it s as simple as that. you have to have trust from the people and if you can t maintain that trust and then you can t govern. john: the new york post again going after governor cuomo again this morning and its own inimitable passion, compassion. the title reads pansy andy. bryan llenas is reporting live on this. hi, john. all eyes are on this photo which was provided by anna rock to the new york times. this was a moment at a wedding in 2019 when the cuomo put his hands on the 33-year-old s face. when she removed it, governor cuomo called her aggressive and then asked if he could kiss her. she said sh
full-court press to save his first-court agenda and the stakes, as we keep reporting, could not be higher. he spent the day trying to bridge differences between members of the home team. this afternoon, he held three separate face-to-face meetings in the house and senate, as well as moderates and those on the left. this is a messy sausage-making process. the president is bringing people with a range of viewpoints on big important packages. he s going to be deeply engage would getting bills and legislation across the finish line. he doesn t have a whole lot of time to broker a truce with members of the home team. his trillion dollar bipartisan infrastructure bill and the 3.5 trillion social safety net package seem to be on a collision course. democrats voting which to vote first. progressives say they ll vote no unless the larger bill is passed. pelosi, who was mobbed by cameras, seem to suggest everything was on track. are you still planning on holding the bipartisan in
house with democratic leaders, at the house and senate as well as the moderates, and those on the left. this is a messy sausage making process. the president is bringing people of a range of viewpoints, on big important packages. this is going to be deeply engaged with getting bills and legislation across the finish line. biden doesn t have a whole lot of time to try and broker a truce with members of that home team. both pieces of his agenda, his trillion dollar bipartisan infrastructure bill, and that three and a half trillion dollar social safety net package, while they appear to be on a collision course. democrats are arguing among themselves, over which one to vote on. first speaker pelosi has promised to vote on the bipartisan bill monday. progressives say they won t know unless the larger bill is passed. when she returned from her meeting today with the president, pelosi who was mobbed by cameras, seemed to suggest that everything was on track. are you still plan
6 million jobs, wipe out $15 trillion in household wealth. nearly doubling the unemployment rate to 9%, and increase borrowing costs for all americans. it would be a catastrophe, and that s don t take it from me. let me quote mitch mcconnell when this came up during the donald trump years. mitch mcconnell said the following. he said much mcconnell stated that not supporting a debt limit suspension this is what he said. assures that congress will not throw this kind of unnecessary wrench into the gear of our job growth and thriving economy. when trump was president, they didn t want to throw a wrench, a wrench, unnecessary wrench into the gear of our job growth. today he s threatening to do just that. we are to stop holding the debt and the economy hostage. we ll do ndaa on the floor today. strengthening our security, honoring our service members, upholding our values and today we will have legislation on the security interests that we have in the middle east by putting ad
9%. it is so bad that six former treasury secretaries wrote a letter imploring congress to extend the limit saying allowing an unprecedented default could cause serious economic harm. confronted with the reality republicans say of course the u.s. can t default on the loans. they refuse to help democrats in any way. just two years ago mitch mcconnell made it clear the consequences of default would be dire but now he s saying republicans actually have no role to play in seeing the country stay afloat. so you are expecting to raise the debt ceiling one again? of course. we ll never have america default. america can t default. that would be a disaster. the facts are indisputable. this is a totally democratic government. they have an obligation to raise the debt ceiling and they will do it. don t play russian roulette with our economy. step up and raise the debt ceiling. it s clear it s a straight up dereliction of duty. the thing is mitch mcconnell doesn t care what happens