piece of legislation. then at the same time that was happening in washington, d.c. came an absolute thunderclap here in new york. now, you know me. i m a new yorker, born and bred. i am a fighter. and my instinct is to fight through this controversy, because i truly believe it is politically motivated. i believe it is unfair and it is untruthful. this situation by its current trajectory will generate months of political and legal coronavirus. that is what is going to happen. 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. therefore, that s what i ll do and my resignation will be effective in 14 days. andrew cuomo brought down by 11 accusations of sexual harassment and the threat of near certain impeachment and ouster from office. cuomo was preceded by his lawyer who came out swinging attempting to discredit the accusers. the outgoing governor blaming his own failure to recognize what he called
department. bill barr was donald trump s loyal attorney general for about two years, until december 1st of last year when bill barr had this shocking moment where he came out and publicly said, to date we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election. that was pretty much the end of the long-standing trump/barr relationship. barr was gone a few weeks later. in came jeffrey rosen who had been number two at the justice department. he moves up and becomes the acting attorney general and richard don owe hugh becomes number two. donald trump wasted no time pressuring these two to try to get on board with his election fraud theme. he called them we know from richard donohue s notes, what he told them to do was just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me, and the r republican congressman and as you just said with ambassador bolton, the chief of staff mark meadows got in on the act. he started emailing these two, giving t
there s no turning back. whitaker: raid gone wrong: a chicago family sues police after officers kick in their door and hold them at gunpoint, even two young girls. so what did you do when you saw the gun? i was crying. whitaker: olympic home coming: fans celebrate a triumphant stateside return for team u.s.a.. and the ten-year-old who proves kindness is contagious. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. whitaker: good evening, to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. norah is off tonight, i m bill whitaker. we re going to begin tonight in the west, which is getting ravaged by nearly 100 wildfires. overnight, the largest one in california, all but destroyed greenville, an historic gold rush town. buildings that had stood since the 1800s were leveled in hours, leaving an apocalyptic scene. in just three weeks, the so- called dixie fire has burned more than 500 square miles, an area larger than t
exclusive town hall last night. this is simple basic proposition. if you re vaccinated you re not going to be hospitalized. you re not going to be in the i.c.u. unit and you re not going to die. so it s gigantically important that you act like we all act like americans care about our fellow americans. we re not in the position where we think that any virus, including the delta virus, which is much more transmissible and more deadly in terms of non-vaccinated people. the various shots that people are getting now cover that. you re okay. you re not going to get covid if you have these vaccinations. for the most part that s the case. let s go to john harwood at the white house. good morning. let s get to the mask conversation in a moment. it was so notable last night at that town hall to hear the president imploring the unvaccinated to get vaccinated. reporter: poppy, you really heard in that town hall with don lemon last night the frustration of the president that milli
theory may have a big impact on what is talk to your kids. alicia: a truck and a sand trap gets a golfer s attention before it gets him shot. even more disturbing? what cops found that truck carrying. and a senate seat as a pro-trump republican different from trump unfit to lead. the new york times got punched and the papers take on the red, white, and blue. that s all i had to. alicia: we begin with families in surfside florida where the chances of finding loved ones alive is growing dimmer enter there. speed to the mayor says that families know that there is a slimmer chance after the demolition of the remaining tower. rescue crews were back to searching after the demolition last night. at least 27 people have died and 180 more are unaccounted for. surfside mayor does that rescue teams have been able to move much faster. alicia: search and rescue efforts will continue 24 hours a day until april every person out of the rubble. this all comes as florida is bracing f