A big part of the Statement Today had to do with the actual harassment allegations that have been levelled against him. He said he never meant to offend but its clear that culturely things have shifted in terms of what is viewed as appropriate and part of the reaction were getting and theres been a ton of reaction to this huge news has been from the women. I want to read part of a statement from an attorney that represents two of the women who came forward. My clients feel both vindicated and relieved that cuomo will no longer be in a position of power over anyone n. They remain grateful that their voices were heard and feel solidarity with all women who continue to be abused by men in Power And Today one of them has faced some consequences. The consequences referring to this big news that Andrew Cuomo has resigned, effective in 14 days. So many layers to this. What are you hearing about this. Reporter there so many aspects that do not go away. New York State asemimy members have been
Can work, as he promises to bring it across the finish line. Im Pamela Brown in for jake tapper. Welcome to the lead. And we begin with our Politics Lead and a truly historic day in American Politics. Embattled new York Governor Andrew Cuomo is resigning exactly one week aer the new York Attorney Generals Investigation concluded he sexually harassed 11 women. Cuomo maintains his innocence, even as he resigned today. The Threeterm Governor will leave office in two weeks. My instinct is to fight through this controversy because i truly believe it is politically motivated. 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 thats what ill do. This can only be described as an abrupt and dramatic Fall From Grace, a little more than a year ago cuomo received high praise for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, Holding Daily Press conferences. You may remember, which turned into mustsee tv. But then
Jim jordan. Both ardent trump loyalists who voted to overturn the results of the 2020 election. As pelosi explained, the unprecedented nature of January 6th demands this unprecedented decision. But she also said she had raised up her objections with mccarthy, asking him to recommend two other members in their place. Instead mccarthy threw a tantrum and pulled all of his proposed appointees, including the three that pelosi had already approved. As he made clear in a hastily arranged press conference, republicans are literally taking their ball an going home. Its an egregious abuse of power. Pelosi has broken this institution. Pelosi has created a sham process. Unless Speaker Pelosi reverses course and seats all five republicans, we will not participate. Mccarthy claims pelosi is somehow abusing her power, but her authority was literally spelled out in the resolution the house passed to create the select committee. In fact, it was the exact same language that republicans used when they f
no? no, ma am. by statute, in order for the u.s. capitol police to have the national guard on our grounds, the capitol police board must declare an emergency. the board? yes, ma am. was there any emergency declared of either prior to with intelligence information that determined that they were coming for the congress and, quite frankly, in the midst where were where was this board prior to and during this insurrection? yes, ma am. it s my understanding that chief sun did make the request to the capitol police board to declare an emergency. when? prior to january 6th. prior to january 6th? yes. the response from the capitol police board was that the request was denied. right. the issue was i don t have all of my quotes in front of me here. but that it was the optics of the national guard being on the capitol grounds that was a concern? i was not privy firsthand to those conversations. to say whether or not i know the request was denied. th
first, let s get to the white house right away. chief white house correspondent k kaitlan collins is joining us right now. there s a huge gap between what the president is seeking in covid relief and what these group of ten republican senators are offering. reporter: wolf, it s a very wide gap. the white house is downplaying expectations for what s going to come out of this meeting with these ten republicans. happening right now inside the oval office, where reporters are about to go and cameras are about to be there to capture it all. the white house is saying don t expect them to whack out of that room with some kind of bipartisan deal they ve struck. there s a wide gap between the $600 billion proposal and what president biden has put forward which, of course, is 1.9 trillion, and the devil is in the details of what republicans are looking at and what republicans are saying they re going to push ahead with. listen to what the white house press secretary said a few hours