A big part of the statement today had to do with the actual harassment allegations that have been levelled against him. He said he never meant to offend but it s clear that culturely things have shifted in terms of what is viewed as appropriate and part of the reaction we re getting and there s been a ton of reaction to this huge news has been from the women. I want to read part of a statement from an attorney that represents two of the women who came forward. My clients feel both vindicated and relieved that cuomo will no longer be in a position of power over anyone n. They remain grateful that their voices were heard and feel solidarity with all women who continue to be abused by men in power and today one of them has faced some consequences. The consequences referring to this big news that andrew cuomo has resigned, effective in 14 days. So many layers to this. What are you hearing about this. Reporter: there so many aspects that do not go away. New york state asemimy members have b
Death of many in a nursing home. The orders that he put in place. But ultimately the straw that broke the camel s back are accusations of sexual harassment that were placed against him by 11 women. That pushed him to this extraordinary speech that we witnessed today. I would never want to be unhelpful in any way. I think that given the circumstances the best way i can help now is if i step aside and let government get back to governing. Martha: boy, that was an interesting moment politically today. Jonathan turley and andy mccarthy are starting by. But first, we ll bring in ron kim. He s a vocal opponent of the governor. He said he was at the other end of governor cuomo after he spoke out about the state s nursing home crisis. Very good to have you here, assemblyman. What was your reaction as you watched this play out in real time? at what point did you think he s going leave office? some of us knew the resignation was coming. His top aide, his top enforcer resigned over the weekend. M
Objective of president biden s domestic agenda. We ll bring those to you as soon as he gets started. We start with the breaking news no new york. Andrew cuomo resigning from office effective in 14 days. In my mind, i have never crossed the line with anyone. But i didn t realize the extent to which the line has been redrawn. New york attorney general james who led the investigation into him saying today closes a sad chapter for her state but that it marks an important step towards justice. Plus, the attorney for charlotte bennett, one of cuomo s most high profile accusers is calling it an important step in the right direction. He ll be replaced by kathy hokul who will become the second woman governor of new york. Cuomo has not been charged with any crime. Disputes many of the allegations made against him as we noted earlier. He tunz to deny any wrongdoing. I ve got the perfect break all of this down. Joining me now is our investigative reporter suzanne craig and nbc political analyst. T
Surge of migrant children at the border and a major attempt to block a parents fight against critical race theory in her child s school district. John: we begin with and assist tell governor andrew cuomo, the one who levels into the most serious claims against him has now filed a criminal complaint. I am john roberts, and this is america reports for a friday, sandra taking a little vacation, look who is here today. Anita: i am anita vogel in for sandra smith, news comes days after the attorney general released a report finding the governor sexually harassed 11 11 women. Keeping this woman s identity anonymous. Identifying her as executive assistant number 1. She accuses the governor of groping her and inappropriately hugging and kissing her at her executive mansion. John: she feared she would lose her job if she ever spoke about any of the incidents. It is possible the governor could be arrested if those allegations are substantiated. Anita: bryan llenas has been following the story fo
His full story for the first time, i m very excited to speak with him. That s coming up in a few minutes. We start tonight with a dire story out of florida, albeit a devastatingly familiar one. We had our numbers down, we were all excited. We were very busy and a lot of patients have been waiting and are now starting to come. In the delta variant then came, and in just a very short time just a few weeks it shot up from 3:30 something, patients. It feels like it was overnight. These patients are different and they are sick they are young they get sick fast and it used to be that we would come in and they would take four weeks before his lungs would teary rate if he was gonna be one of those patients that didn t do well on a band now i ve got patients deteriorating in 1 to 2 weeks i have no lost a pregnant fiancée, i had a 23yearold that we referred for transplant. These are sick people and the most frustrating an amazing part of this is not one of them needed to be here. Not one of the