vote counts. the departments found those claims were not credible. not credible, as in, there was no foreign interference. the kind trump allies, rudy giuliani, sidney powell and others repeatedly touted on the campaign trail as evidence to fuel their dangerous lie on the legitimacy of the november result. of course, that was just a small part of the disinformation apparatus that trump and his supporters deployed in the weeks and months surrounding the election. there was also the lie that china not so much russia was involved in a massive election manipulation campaign. here s donald trump breaking with his own fbi director christopher wray on that point. we ve certainly seen very active, very active efforts by the russians to influence our election in 2020 through maligned foreign influence side of things. social media, use of proxies, state media, online journals, et cetera. an effort to both sow divisiveness and discord and i think the intelligence community has ass
which may well be his signature achievement. the white house is also dealing with an escalating situation at the southern border, the biden administration employing fema to take care of hundreds of migrant teens and children who are arriving in such large numbers, there aren t facilities to shelter them. so almost 4,000 kids are being kept in border patrol facilities and even jail cells designed for adults. we re going to go live to the border in a moment. there is also breaking news involving a lingering mystery of an insurrection at the capitol. two men have been charged in the assault of capitol police officer brian sicknick, who died a day after the riot. the men were caught on video spraying officer sicknick with an unknown substance, possibly bear spray. much more on that in a moment as well, and why the mystery may have just deepened. as we await the president, we want to get to the latest reporting on that relief rollout as those checks begin to land in bank account
join a majority of the overall delegation from new york calling for cuomo to step down. front page of huffington post tonight, it s over. photo is odd series of reuters photographs taken at governor s mansion from a distance. seen walking around talking on cell phone wearing a blanket. also in company of really amazing looking good dog. why the governor is wearing a blanket, nobody knows. news of senator schumer and senator gillibrand joining the pile on and demanding cuomo s resignation is front page news around the country. cuomo himself is showing no signs of heeding demands for his resignation. if he refuses to resign, only way he can be removed from office against his will before next election is by impeachment. as we reported last night, democrats in state legislature in new york have announced opening of impeachment inquiry targeting cuomo yesterday. if they impeach in the assembly, will be going on trial in new york senate where a majority of senators have called on h
all my colleagues at networks of nbc news, good night. a busy friday and busy friday night in the news tonight. new york governor andrew cuomo in water that appears to be getting deeper and hotter all the time. after the publication of a long investigative piece by rebecca traister in new york magazine today, reporting on litany of women who worked for him say he s behaved inappropriately in the workplace. botham u.s. senators from new york, senate majority leader chuck schumer and kirsten gillibrand have called for cuomo to resign. join a majority of the overall delegation from new york calling for cuomo to step down. front page of huffington post tonight, it s over. schumer and gillibrand call for cuomo s head. photo is odd series of reuters photographs taken at governor s mansion from a distance. in these photos, the governor is seen walking around talking on cell phone wearing a blanket. also in company of really amazing looking good dog. why the governor is wearing a
outbreak a global pandemic. our senior medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta joins us to explain why. what makes it a pandemic? there are criteria that are somewhat defined to call something a pandemic. let me preface by saying this terminology that we re going to start using now isn t so much to cause panic but rather to really cause a focus on preparedness. sanjay will join us in a moment. more than 525,000 americans have died since sanjay made those remarks. but this morning there are so many positive signs. 2.2 million people a day are getting vaccinated. the cdc has new guidelines for 30 million people who are fully vaccinated. if you are one of them, the cdc says it is safe to gather with other vaccinated people indoors without masks. and vaccinated grandparents can safely visit unvaccinated grandchildren. but the experts say we re not out of the wood yet. coronavirus variants could still trigger another deadly surge, especially as states relax their guidelines.