spirit airlines cancels more flights. passengers are so frustrated. they are stuck in airports. what you can do if you find yourself in a similar situation. and frightening behavior. that s how firefighters are describing the dixie fire, which is burning mostly unchecked and prompting more evacuations. new day starts right now. thank you so much for keeping us company this morning. it is sunday, august 8th. you are up early, but we are grateful for it, hey, boris. good morning, christi. always great to be with you. you, as well. let s talk about the attorney for he embattled new york governor andrew cuomo forcefully pushing back on sexual harassment claims. rita glavin signaled that cuomo intends to continue to fight the allegations and she railed against the new york attorney general s report that found that cuomo sexually harassed 11 women. that report is shoddy, it is biased, it omits evidence, and it was an ambush, and they haven t shared all of their eviden
texas state legislature last week as she shepherded them around on capitol hill. i am both officials attended the reception with the texas democrats, only six of whom who have now tested positive for covid. sandra: the nation s top health officials testifying before the senate committee today. there were some fireworks. republican kentucky senator rand paul and anthony fauci at one point going at it. listen here. it is a crime to lie to congress. do you wish to retract your statement of may 11th where you claimed that the nih never funded research in wuhan? senator paul, i have never lied it your microphone. senator paul, i have never lied before the congress, and i do not retract that statement. this paper that you are referring to was judged by qualified staff up and down the chain as not being of function. let me finish. you take an animal virus, increase the transmissibility to humans. that is correct. senator paul, you do not know what you are talking abo
federal inquiry for six months. gaetz says there is nothing to even inquire about. he denies any and all allegations. okay. then we learn it s not just an inquiry, it s an investigation, and that investigation is into gaetz s dealings with a potentially under age woman. and it was then that the allegation was that he was involved in the trafficking of that under age woman. now, it is that there might be multiple minors involved, cash and drugs involved as well in that behavior. the latest, investigators may be trying to tie a sitting congressman to a fake i.d. scheme in which someone he apparently knows well was indicted. here is what we know. a witness has reportedly provided evidence linking him to a man named joel greenberg in florida, who was arrested, indicted and charged. and criminally including sex trafficking of a minor, and fabricating fake i.d.s and furtherance of the same thing. greenberg confirms he was in his office, quote, showing congressman gaetz what our ope
deliberate. silent. never said a word during the killing spree. one person treated for injuries and according to police, that was the gunman himself. which suggests everyone he shot he killed. we know of ten fatalities at the scene. including one of our boulder officers by the name of eric tally. who has been on the police department since 2010. he served in numerous roles supporting the police department. and the community of boulder. cnn is live this hour in boulder, colorado. what s the latest? when will we find out more about the victims? we expect another press conference tomorrow morning. we re hoping to get more information on both the suspect, the shooter and the victims here. all we know is ten people tragically lost their lives in mass shooting here in america. that officer that you referenced about 51 year-old eric tally. one of the first officers to respond to the scene. the supermarket is down behind me. part of large shopping area. with know at 2:30 p.m. l
it s a lot easier said than done , but they are close, because they are coupling this with some sort of measure that will stop the government from shutting down late sunday night. that was pushed back 48 hours, thanks to a vote and a signing by no less than president trump, to make sure that they continue moving on this so that they can avoid a shutdown of the united states government. this does seem to happen every year doesn t it? but we re on top of that with first taking a very close look at what s in the measure, where the divisions are. leland, the more i look at this , they had a lot of common ground, but it s some of the more thorny issues that are keeping them apart, right? leland: so close, yet so far away, neil, and behind me on capitol hill, negotiators are burning the weekend oil. congress is working on a weekend , you know, there s something happening. they are trying to find a deal to spend somewhere around a trillion more dollars on covid relief, fund the gove