From could to should. And on schools, dr. Fauci speaking out against governors in states like florida and texas who have been blocking mask mandates. I can tell you that those of us in the public health sector are really very concerned when you have authorities at a higher level be that at the level of the state, a governor, what have you who tell local health people that they can t do things that are obviously important for the safety of people. I ll be speaking with kentucky s democratic governor andy basheer and we ll be bringing you president biden and he s running 45 minutes late already. Let s start on the covid crisis. Morgan chesky in dallas. There s still debate over masking in texas and no debate in hospitals and major cities are over capacity due to the variant. Tell us what s the latest. Reporter: yeah, andrea, hospitals all across the state are facing a shortage in staff while having to try to deal with this surge in patients that in some cases is closing down, at least te
Just six months after tokyo. Fellow democrats wanted him out, even president biden said he should go now, finally, the governor of new york state, andrew cuomo, has quit his office a full week after the state attorney generalfound him guilty of sexually harrassing 11 women. It s a humiliating outcome for one of the most high profile politicalfigures in the democratic party. But as he announced his departure, mr cuomo also denied any intentional misconduct, and said he was gearing up to fight the allegations. Nada tawfik has this report. Cuomo s going down. Once a new york hero, today a target of ridicule. Andrew cuomo s fall from grace has been dramatic. For months, the governor sought to stay in office after allegations of sexual harassment. But today, with impeachment looming, he announced he would step aside. 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. And therefore, that s what i ll do. His fate w
Less than an hour away from officially introducing him. We ll go live to paris for that. And tropical storm fred forms in the caribbean and barrels toward florida. The latest forecast just ahead. Good to have you with us. President biden is taking his covid vaccination campaign to business leaders, he will meet with a group of them later today to discuss strategies for getting more americans vaccinated. The meeting comes as three major u. S. Airlines have announced they will not require employees to get vaccinated. Delta, southwest and american airlines say they are encouraging employee vaccinations but won t mandate them. But uhe nited says its employee need to get vaccinated by late october or risk getting fired. Right now more than a half million americans are getting their shots each day, highest since june, but about 30% of eligible americans are still unprotected and that is a big concern as millions of children head back to the classroom. Many not yet eligible to get the vaccine
I love new york. I love you. Everything i ve ever done has been motivated by this love. I would never want to be unhelpful in any way. I think that given the circumstances it s the best way that i can help no as if i step aside and let government kickback to governing. We are live up from albany with more on this developing story this afternoon. Good afternoon it s just incredible 45 minutes before th governor resigned his personal attorney came out and said the attorney general s report was full of errors and lacked evidence and then he came on an spoke saying he would resign essentially saying that he didn t test intended too sexually harass anybody he said the report was false and that h also really blames politics. I m a fighter. My instinct is to fight through this controversy. I truly believe it is politically motivated. His instinct was to fight but ultimately he listened to those around him telling him to resig and that is what he did. What happens now with impeachment? the art
Capitol hill, meeting in solidarity with democratic senators as their majority leader, chuck schumer, reportedly expects his caucus to push to take up voting rights legislation ahead of the senate s rapidly approaching summer recess with an eye on next year s mid terms. What appears to be a budding victory lap for the biden administration, the containment of covid19, thanks to a vigorous vaccination campaign is now in peril at a crucial time. With the delta variant of the covid19 virus ravaging the nation, specifically those states where republican governors have demonized if not thenned to punish the mandated mask use of masks. All of that tonight on politics nation. So let s get started. Joining me now is senator debby stabenow of michigan, a democrat. Senator, thank you for joining us first tonight. Let me go to this, senator stabenow, because it appears that this infrastructure plan is advancing legislatively. Is it fair to say that former president trump s effort to bring down the