thousands of new hospital beds. that s what was going on. that s why the cdc and that s why cms made those decisions, and at the time cdc, cms, they were white house task forces. the they were daily briefings. everyone was focused on this issue. this was not a little issue. the all the best minds were looking at it. fact. of the 613 nursing homes, we have 613 nursing homes in the state, 365 received a person from a hospital. of the 365 that received a person from this march 25th guidance which was then superceded in may, 98% of those 365 already had covid in their facility. covid did not get into the nursing homes by people coming from hospitals. the covid got into the nursing homes by staff walking into the nursing home when we didn t even know we had covid. staff walking into a nursing home even though they were asymptomatic because the national experts all told us you could only spread covid if you had symptoms and they were wrong. covid may have been brought into a nursin
book says g.o.a.t. of radio broadcasting, the greatest of all time. he revolutionized talk radio, single-handedly saved the am band, and later the fm band in radio, and in doing so forge a path, a path for people like me, the great one, mark levin, people like glenn beck, who you just heard from, and others. when rush limbaugh first syndicated, the year 1988. ronald reagan was president. nobody thought it would ever work. they thought it was impossible. a daytime segment data talk show. there were less than 200 talk radio stations in the entire country. now i believe there s well over 4,000 stations. talk radio is by far the largest format and all of radio. you add podcasts, website listening, x and listening it s a lot. he also paved the way, even for this network, fox news, and even opinion shows on not that they would ever acknowledge it. over five decades, it was his words, his principles from his ideals, his spirit, it shaped the soul of a nation. generations of americ
announcing stage iv lung cancer diagnosis. his wife katherine broke the news of his passing on his radio show. from today on, there will be a tremendous void in our lives and on the radio. i would personally like to thank each and every one of you who rallied around rush when he needed you the most. carley: donald trump awarding the media icon the presidential medal of freedom at the state of the union address one day after revealing his cancer diagnosis. the former president reflecting on that moment yesterday. it was an idea that we had that a lot of people suggested to me, it was an amazing night because republicans went wild and the democrats sat there but they are respected rush. one of the great orders of his life. reporter: the rush limbaugh show began in 1988 and grew to be the most listened to radio show in the country attracting 27 million people per week. his voice even influencing the nation s most prominent lawmakers. i was inspired to go into conservativ
to be a press conference about covid. that s what made him rise to fame sort of nationally was his handling of covid during the height of the pandemic here in new york. but of course he is facing a number of controversies that he could be asked about. there is the still unfolding nursing home scandal. there are these accusations of bullying and intimidation. and also these two former aides who have accused him of sexual harassment and now a third woman accusing him of an unwanted advance at a wedding reception a couple of years ago. the last we heard from him in terms of any kind of statement was sunday night when he said in response to the second allegation from a young woman named charlotte bennett that he apologized for his actions having been misinterpreted. we know that that young woman has blasted that apology saying, look, his actions weren t misinterpreted. she called his behavior predatory. and she s been urging other women to come forward. that is when a day later o
impeachment. a republican congressman from new york will discuss this and more since his first tv interview since he announced he is exploring a run for new york governor next year. john: first, brian, this is billed as a coronavirus news conference. i am not sure you would expect cuomo would make a big announcement on stepping down as he is about to brief on covid-19. i think that s right. new york is run by a democratic state legislature. there is a ton of pressure on the democrats to speak out against cuomo on the sexual harassment as well as the nursing home scandal. it has been a mixed reaction. this is the first time he will be speaking since he gave that written apology amid allegations by 2 former aides. in that written apology he said he was sorry that his playful jokes were misinterpreted by these women. the last time we saw a press announcement made like this, he had a power point presentation ready to go and spoke for about 45 minutes defending his administrat