Flood alerts all the way up to the canadian border. And frightening new details about a group of teenagers suspected of plotting to attack a taylor swift concert in austria, and in the words of officials, kill as many people as possible. Well explain how the u. S. Helped stop it and how officials in vienna are defending their decision to cancel all of the sold out concerts disappointing thousands of swifties in the process. So much to get to, but we start with donald trump, set to hold that Press Event one hour from now as he tries to reclaim momentum for a campaign thats seen itself outmatched in nearly every way, since Kamala Harris became the democratic nominee, from the energy to the crowds to the record amounts of money coming in. Nbc News has learned that trump is expected to propose a new debate with harris, the Lates Volley in the back and forth since she became his opponent. All of this part of a stunning turn of events from just a couple of weeks ago when trump had people pre
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
I m jim sciutto. Breaking news on the coronavirus pandemic, this morning 24 states have now seen at least a 10% uptick in new covid infections just in the last week as the more contagious and more dangerous delta vasriant spread in this country. Five recently identified clusters of our yeahs could become a breeding ground for deadly variants and in the end put the entire u. S. At risk. As concerns about the delta variant grow here we ve learned a rise in infections in japan means there will not be no spect atsors for the olympics coming up. The japanese prime minister issued a state of emergency in tokyo covering the entire 16 days of the games. Experts have, quote, no choice but to hold the games in a limited way. Cnn s selena wang joins me now live from tokyo. There is a lot of debate going into this and back and forth frankly. What finally put tokyo officials over the edge? reporter: well, jim, honestly this comes as a huge relief to the public here to experts who for months have be