i think given the circumstances is if i step aside and let government get back to the governing. that s what i ll do. he remains defiant and insists he did nothing wrong. the report said i sexually harassed 11 women, that was the headline people heard and saw and reacted to. the reaction was outrage, it should have been. however, it would also false. don t get me wrong. this is not to say that there are not 11 women who i truly offended, there are. i thought a hug and putting my arm around a staff person while taking a picture was friendly, but she found it to be too forward. i kissed a woman on the cheek at a wedding, and i thought i was being nice, but she felt it was too aggressive. he said all that. he could also face trouble in other areas facing investigations into his handling of the nursing home scandal and his pandemic book that you ll remember plus prosecutors across new york are pursuing criminal into sexual allegations. this is one of my most frustrating parts
nations are vaccinated. and more new evidence shows donald trump and his allies blatantly attempted a coup. now new calls for him to be charged. and alone without defenders, new details on andrew cuomo s plan to stay in power despite facing a potential criminal investigation. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is thursday, august 5th. we ve let our children down. that is the message from one fda vaccine adviser as millions of families prepare to send their children back to school, including many who were too young to be vaccinated. millions in places where the delta variant is running rampant. look at arkansas, between april and july, cases involving children younger than 18 spiked 517%. hospitalizations up 270%. icu admissions up 275%. arkansas s republican governor who banned mask mandates has seen the data and now changed his mind. our cases were at a low point. everything has changed now. and yes, in hindsight i wish
at least four new prosecutors are investigating sexual harassment allegations against cuomo. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage this hour with breaking news just coming into the the situation room. the secretary of defense lloyd austin is expected to take a major step toward mandating covid vaccination for all active duty u.s. military troops. our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins is joining us right now. kaitlan, what can you tell us? reporter: wolf, cnn is now learning that defense secretary austin is expected to seek authorization to make these coronavirus vaccines mandatory for all active duty troops. a defense official told my colleague barbara starr who broke this news that that decision could come as soon as this week. and the defense secretary is leaning towards mandating these vaccines for active duty troops. of course, wolf, if he does de
that day to plead not guilty to a whole bunch of federal crimes. good evening, seven men who were once the most powerful of president nixon s it ministration and reelection campaign were arraigned in federal court in washington today. each of them pleaded not guilty as a result of that watergate cover-up in the break-in at daniel ellsberg psychiatry. robert arriving in the darkness of the underground garage. some people gathered and came to watch and others to demonstrate. campaign lawyer, now defendant arrived. then, former attorney general john mitchell. there were cheers for charles carlson and there were top aide. john earlington, all those hidden from view. and former alderman gordon strong and his lawyer arriving almost unrecognized. and one by one, sandwiched among their ten lawyers defendants responded to the charges which showed first loudly and not guilty all counts, not guilty. carlson, not guilty. ehrlich min, not guilty. holden meant, not guilty. parkinson an
seven men who once had been the most powerful in president nixon s reelection campaign were in federal court today. each of them pleadet not guilty. the first defendant arriving in the darkness of the underground garage. out front, several hundred persons had gathered. some came to watch and others to demonstrate. campaign lawyer, now defendant, kenneth parkinson arrived. then former attorney general john mitchell. put the traitors in jail! reporter: there were jeers for charles colson and strawn and his lawyer aliving almost unrecognized, and one by one, sandwiched among their ten lawyers, the defendants responded to the charges, mitchell first loudly, not guilty to all counts. martian, not guilty, colson, not guilty ehrlichman, not guilty, halderman, not guilty and parkinson and strong, not guilty. they were taunted with cheers of law and order. law and order was one of nixon s slogan and now they were using it to taunt his attorney general as he arrived to face h