Fired in letters to the house speaker. Well hear from the future governor of New York with the current governors problems not over yet. The legal and political Firestorm Andrew Cuomo is facing as he gets ready to step aside. Ahead, a new York State senator joining us live and how a new law in missouri makes it easier to free the wrongly convicted. We go oneonone with the man at the center of the fight in prison for 26 years even though the prosecutor said he didnt do it and we track down the states ag who says hes not playing politics. Do you believe theres a chance that Mark Johnson is innocent . Weve been dealing with procedural issues. Im asking on the innocence piece. Good morning to you. Im Halle Jackson in los angeles. With the action happening back home in d. C. , thats where we find ali on Capitol Hill and john. Were waking up to some developments on Capitol Hill not just overnight but even into the morning here. In the last 24 hours, we had that Senate Vote setting the biparti
Former government workers. Cuomos announcement comes as he was facing the prospect of impeachment and forced removal from office. But in a Press Conference this afternoon, he framed his resignation effective two weeks from today as anything but an admission of guilt. The times adding this, the governor framed his resignation as one of political necessity, given the firestorm of controversy surrounding his continued leadership, including an Impeachment Inquiry that he referred to as a distraction from pressing issues, pressing the state as it recovers from the pandemic. Here was outgoing Governor Andrew Cuomo in his Resignation Announcement to New York this afternoon. There is a difference between alleged improper conduct and concluding Sexual Harassment. Now, dont get me wrong, this is not to say that there are not 11 women who i truly offended. There are. And for that i deeply, deeply apologize. In my mind, i have never crossed the line with anyone. But i didnt realize the extent to w
For the safe upcoming school year. Now, earlier at the White House today, the covid Response Team released new numbers showing that 83 of all counties in the country are reporting a substantial or high transmission rate. And this is all counties. But theres also a spike in vaccinations. 864,000 over the last 24 hours, the most in more than month. Clearly americans are seeing the impact of being unvaccinated and unprotected. And the response is doing their part by rolling up the sleeve and getting vaccinated. And that is where we start with heidi prybylia, and the director of the national Preparedness Leonard and also our national correspondent on health, and so i apologize ahead of time if i have to cut you off with the speaker who makes it to the podium. What did we learn, heidi . Well, he is clearly concerned with the politics of the parents who wont go along with it. The administration is through a number of pediatricians, and the american academy of pediatricians working in concert
Sexually harassed nearly a dozen women, which he denies doing. Well talk to a new York State assemblyman about what comes next for the governor. Protesters took to the streets of beirut to mark one year since that massive explosion ripped through the city killing more than 200 people and exacerbating the economic, political and Health Crisis facing lebanon. Were going to have a live report on the ground from beirut later this hour. Also at this hour, President Biden visiting a Plummers Union Training facility in maryland just outside of washington, d. C. The visit comes as the senate makes progress on the bipartisan Infrastructure Bill in hopes of finishing work on the legislation in the coming days. The democratic senator leading the debate says that hes pleased with how the debate is going so far. The debate is in good spirit and i think were getting a good project, a large project for the Infrastructure Bill. Were actually making it better and doing it in a bipartisan way. So right
Served on the front lines on that day. Gonel described what he and his fellow officers encountered. What we subjected that day is from a medieval battle. We fought hand to hand, inch by inch to prevent a overtaking of the capitol. And were also following Breaking News out of the biden administration. Any minute now the cdc expected to announce Must Masking Guidance for those fully vaccinated in areas with high Covid19 Transmission rates. Were going to have a lot on that. We start with the pandemic and that Breaking News. New Mask Guidance from the biden administration. Now the Delta Variant is fueling the price in the nationwide. But some vaccinated americans are being advised to wear masks indoors in areas of the country with high Covid Transmission rates. According to multiple sources, a key point on what is driving this decision, new data suggesting fully vaccinated individuals are not just contracting covid19 but could also be carrying higher levels of the virus than previously und