on sunday. >> that's a good point. max, i'll be interested in your take once we hear the full interview. thanks for joining me this hour. i'm kate bolduan on cnn. john king picks up our coverage right now. top of the hour. hello, everybody, and welcome to "inside politics." i'm john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. today president biden's massive and important covid relief package hits the senate floor where it will immediately be mmet by republican objections and delays. they must keep their entire membership on board to get that bill back to the house and then on the president's desk. inexplicable and kneneanderthal. that's how biden expresses his

sentiment for how some states face restrictions. he said the governor did not talk to him before declaring texas 100% open. the house cancelling its thursday session. the why is familiar and it's frightening. an intelligence bulletin warning of a violent militia group discussing plans to seize the u.s. capitol and remove democratic lawmakers. the trump supporters pinpoint today as the real inauguration today and it marks president trump's return to power. it's a fantasy and a potentially dangerous fantasy. a source said it's mostly online chatter, but we learned on january 6 what can happen when online chatter leaps to reality. nancy pelosi saying conspiracy talk not behind why she insisted on scrapping today's schedule.

but she is being extra cautious. >> i don't think anybody should take any encouragement that because some troublemakers might show up that we changed our whole schedule. no, we just moved it a few hours. the threat of all the president's men out there, we have to ensure with our security that we are safe enough to do our job. >> let's get straight to cnn's donie o'sullivan. he's near the capitol. donie, you spent months and months and months tracking this. what is the online chatter now about the alleged march 4 plot? >> reporter: hey, john, a lot of qanon followers are already moving on. many of them were convinced biden was not going to be inaugurated. they were hoping and believed that marshal law would be declared on the day of the inauguration. of course, that didn't happen and many of them quickly moved to this march 4 date which is,

of course, today, and they believed that trump would be inaugurated today. why? well, because a lot of presidents were inaugurated in the 19th century on march 4th. this is a belief that's been coast to coast. i want you to take a listen to this trump supporter and qanon believer who i spoke to in california last week. >> it is my hope that president trump comes back as the 19th president of the united states under the 1776, and that he is inaugurated on march 4th. that is my hope for our future. >> reporter: are you going to feel foolish on march 5th when biden is still president? >> then trump has a different plan. >> reporter: john, obviously, that's crazy. but what we've seen is these crazy conspiracy theories. they can have meaningful impact. they can lead to violence.

obviously we saw today that it has contributed to the heightened security presence here in washington, d.c. as crazy as those conspiracy theories are, john, it also comes back to the big lie, because the big lie that's being perpetrated by former president trump that the election was somehow stolen, it's that conspiracy that's enabling the rest of the crazy. john? >> without a doubt. when you hear that woman say "then trump has another plan." if biden is inaugurated on the 20th, if trump is inaugurated today, then he has a different plan. some people think this is funny. it's not funny. >> reporter: it's terrifying. we traveled the country speaking to different conspiracy theorists. not much shocks us anymore. but at that event i was talking to people about what's happening in myanmar.

they are obsessed with the idea that the military is on their side. they want the military to come in and put trump back into office. it's pay very scary scenario that we're hearing. >> donie, grateful for your reporting not just for today but these past months. you have a great understanding of it all. appreciate it. here in the studio to share her reporting, our political correspondent dana bash. you spent years covering capitol hill and i know you were up there this morning. the speaker said this was not just because of the threat. she doesn't want to publicly say she is essentially bowing to the threat. but that's what happened. those who lived through january 6th just decided, if we don't have to take a chance, let's not. >> pts is real. as you said, i was just up there this morning and talking privately to a lot of the police officers, never mind the elected members, people who are trained to defend and protect, who are still very, very traumatized. very traumatized. because they felt that they were left vulnerable and they weren't given the resources that they

needed to really do their jobs well, and, look, it is -- i'm afraid to say it out loud because it's only noon eastern. so far it's quiet. it is -- there is no sign of anything that we see, but it is incredibly fortified. you saw donie standing in front of that fence. it continues to run around a very large perimeter and you see national guardsmen after national guardsmen standing in camo with giant arms, not something that we're used to in the united states of america. >> and on this day, on this very day, retired generous sell honore who the speaker asked to investigate what happened on january 6. general honore a quick look at what's happened full-time at the u.s. capitol. a thousand police officers,

retractible fencing around the u.s. capitol complex. after oklahoma city, there were changes. after 9/11 there were dramatic changes. now it looks like there will be even additional changes around, again, the building you have to -- you must, you have to choice. the safety of the capitol grounds is critical, but anyone from the city can walk up and see the magic. >> that's correct, and right now they're kept very, very far from that because of the makeshift fence, the very tall fence. what you just showed there about ae re reco recommendations for the future. there were threats of what donie were reporting on, the crazy

conspiracy theory of this day. but the question is long term. what happens when everybody isn't on heightened alert? that's something that needs to be addressed and not forgotten as this town sometimes, well, often, does. there is a crisis, but when you get further away, people forget about it. >> when you're sworn in as a member of congress, the words matter so much. the former president's words matter so much. this is congressman michael mccall of texas. people may not like his view s, but he says the president owes this country something big. >> the president needs to tell them to stand down. this threat is credible. it's real. it's a right wing militia group. >> that is congressman mccaul.

g gohmert said, that's what we're going to be determining. if people in positions of authority keep saying these theories, everybody will keep believing it. >> that's exactly right. the former vice president was playing footsie with people who still perpetuate the big lie. somebody like william gohmert is in it. he is someone who has stoked the conspiracy theories. but what he said about the former president should be played over and over and taken to him in mar-a-lago, because it

matters. you heard what donie played for you from that qanon member saying they take their cues from the former president. all he has to do is come out and say, everybody, calm down. this is not what i want. this is not what we want as americans. the fact he doesn't do it speaks volumes. >> president trump has a responsibility to tell them to stand down. well chosen, economical words from the congressman. we'll see if the former president listens. up next, the vaccine rollout is gaining steam. so, gs too, though, our restrictions being flifted.

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restrictions. there is no question cases are significantly down. one month ago, 120,911 cases. if you look two weeks back, this is what concerns the cdc and other public health officials. a plateau right there that they say needs to be shoved down. in their view not the time to release restrictions. 84% of national tests came down positive, now it's just over 5% again. public health experts say get it to 5 and keep shoving it down. one question at the moment, though, are tests being conducted. let's look at the 7-day average in terms of vaccines. this right now is a biden administration success story. more than 2 million vaccines now is the average in the united states. public health experts say it would be nice to get it to 3 million a day, but when the

president took office, it was just over 3 million cases a day. fewer covid infections now than a week ago. you see six states, though -- eight states trending up overall. two of them, mississippi and arkansas, the deep red, 50% higher than the data a week ago. so you see 22 states holding steady. that's essentially where this country is, in this plateau. some up a little, some down a little. this is the controversy at the moment. is it time to relax your covid restrictions? 16 staltes right now do not hav state mask man dates. texas lifting mask man dates there. case counts going up but they lifted the mask mandates.

governor abbott of texas says, i stand by my call. >> what would be the right time? would it be when everyone gets the vaccine? now it seems like the goalpost has been completely moved to lock down and have mask mandates forever. >> biden called it neanderthal to drop restrictions. dr. fauci asks you to think back a few months ago. >> we tried opening up the states, opening up economies. we had rebounds which are very troublesome. what we don't need right now is another surge. it is inexplicable why you would want to pull back now. >> these are state decisions, of course, and many states are relaxing covid restrictions. in west virginia, for example,

bars, restaurants and stores can now increase their capacity. social gatherings can include up to 75 people. and k through 8 students are back in school full-time. west virginia's governor joining us now. you have the president getting involved, saying, please, team, go slower. the governor of alabama decided the mask mandate in that state will expire in a month. listen. >> let me be abundantly clear. after april 9th, i will not keep the mask order in effect. while i'm convinced that a mask mandate has been the right thing to do, i also respect those who object and believe this was a step too far in government overreach. >> you had an executive order last month, governor. you're considering additional relaxation of some of the

restrictions, but there is still requirement for face coverings in west virginia, in most places, especially indoors in crowds. do you think it's time to drop the mask mandate, or do you think the president is right? >> i don't want this to become a political football. i don't want to be critical, but some people want to just move because it's the most politically correct thing they can do. it becomes almost a macho thing and sf everything. in west virginia we wanted to be cautious, safe, respectful of everybody's rights. ment -- first leading the nation

in all the vaccines, and we've always listened to the experts and we've let them lead us. we've been cautious and bold, but we've been cautious. i'm not going to throw mud on everything, and i'm not going to dance like a politician, because i'm not that. but at the end of the day, we're going to do the smart thing in west virginia, we're not just going to do what's politically correct. >> choose your language, governor. you are a republican governor. you don't want to throw a republican football or throw mud at each side. it might be easier to listen to jim justice who just went through the west roll just recently to say, governor, give it another month. but don't drop something like the mask mandate which we are told is working right now. is that your plan, keep the mask mandate in place for the foreseeable future?

>> to be perfectly hoinest, we have not had a discussion with my medical team in terms of lifting the mask mandate. i am hoping we can get rid of these crazy masks, because we all know we don't want to wear the masks. that's all there is to it. if we start to vaccinate more and more, we'll get rid of the mask. but i don't know what turn these masks took, because these masks it can. at the end of the day, i don't know what the rush is, and if we don't watch that, we can make some mistakes. >> appreciate yor candor rmt. >>.

80% of the doses have been administered, meaning we lack a fifth of doses given. what are you doing that maybe other states can copy that as soon as they come off the plane or come off the truck, they're in an arm? >> well, john, first of all, i don't know the, week after week after week after week, we've gotten every single, 100%. that's all we're going to continue to do. with all that, we basically got everybody hands on deck. we brought our local guard in, the local health clinics and

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. two top progressive priorities cleared the house last night. hr1 is the democrats' view of needed election reforms, including voting by mail and trying to change redistricting rules. the george floyd justice in policing act makes it easier to sue police for alleged misconduct. both are top agenda items for top democrats and both face bleak odds in the 50-50 senate. i'm joined by the congressman of new york. thank you for joining me. chuck schumer is your majority leader in the senate, and i'm

sure he tells you publicly what he says in private. i'm not sure i have the votes. i'm sure the biden camp tells you they support you but not the senate. what now? >> it is completely unacceptable. we organize across this country in communities of color and communities that have been ignored to get joe biden elected and to get kamala harris elected. we did the work, now it's time for the white house to deliver. we need to use all of our power, all of our resources both inside and outside of congress to make sure our colleagues in the senate do the right thing. we have to pass hr1. we need to get big money out of politics. we need to protect the right to vote. republicans across the country continue to do everything in their power to undermine the vote. they can't win on ideas, they can't win the hearts and minds of the american people, so their only recourse is to stop the american people from voting.

so our colleagues in the senate as well as republicans who are still principled if they still exist in the senate need to come on board and support hr1. and the justice and policing act, this was a long time coming. this should have been in place since rodney king, since tamir bell, since rice. but since we saw george floyd get murdered this summer, this is why the uprising occurred. you talked about qualifying immunity. that is huge because we need to hold police accountable who aren't doing their jobs correctly. we need a national database to know which police officers have infractions against them so that they cannot move from new york to california to get another job. it's the floor and not the ceiling. there is a lot more we need to do with police reform and criminal justice reform, but this is a good place to start. >> i want to come back to the criminal justice reform in a

moment because i agree it's a critical issue for the country right now. on this democratic party issue, it is only a 50-50 senate. joe manchin says he will never move on the filibuster. what do you call on the president to do? dump the filibuster, at least for a few pieces of legislation? what must he do? >> well, we absolutely need to end the filibuster. it's a relic of a time in our country where racism ruled the day. >> forgive me for interrupting, sir, but the president says a 37-year member of the senate says that's no rule for them and he puts his foot in the fight. do you think he should? >> he absolutely has to. he has many relationships in the senate. he needs to leverage those relationships and lerverage the

political power in the white house to build back for our country. this is a moment in time that we have to realize what america is all about from a social and political perspective. for us in the democratic party, that starts with working people, that starts with the workers who are historically disenfranchised and fighting for them. we cannot play decades-old political gains while the american people suffer. and joe biden needs to be a leader in this moment. this is his fdr moment to step up and do what's necessary to move the votes in the senate to get us where we need to be in terms of stimulus, in terms of education, in terms of health care and in terms of uplifting the tens of millions of american people who continue to feel disenfranchised. >> there are too often bumper sticker slogans which allow people to get away from the substance. you heard the republican opposition to the george floyd act. they say you're defunding the police, you're defunding the police, you're defunding the

police. i saw it from kevin mccarthy. they signed a bill that says it raises costs for police departments and therefore they would have no choice but to lay a few offers off. answer that. >> first of all, we need to realize public safety and we need to move resources from police departments to social workers and community workers to help engage communities in a more intimate way and effective way so that police aren't responding to mental health challenges and domestic challenges. that's number one. number two, this bill does not defund the police. it simply doesn't. it points to and focuses on accountability and transparency. taxpayer money funds police officers and police departments across the country. the police department should be accountable to taxpayers. that's all this bill does. this is about accountability. the same way you and i have accountability in our workplaces, the same way

teachers and those in the health care profession have accountability, police need to be held accountable when they violate something or murder someone. the republicans are wrong. they're not being truthful. they're using lies and misdirection to sway the american people, but the american people are smarter than that. they know what the bill is all about. and that's why i hope this bill has bipartisan support both in the house and -- excuse me, not in the house, unfortunately, but on the senate side. >> as you know, these issues and the tension will be with us the next two years as you try to move in agenda. we'll come back to the conversation. greateful for your time today. thank you. >> thank you. governor andrew cuomo says he is sorry, but the women who accuse him of sexual harrassment say he still clearly doesn't get it. bring a friend every month and get every month for $5. which is why i brought them.

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andrew cuomo says he won't resign, but he hopes a wednesday apology is enough to calm the apologies and let the allegations play out and for him to hold his job. the battered governor finally went on camera and apologized for making unwanted advances, including, one woman said, a forced kiss. he replied with motivation and passion, but not with specifics. >> i now understand that i acted in a way that made people feel uncomfortable. it was unintentional, and i truly and deeply apologize for

it. i never touched anyone inappropriately. you can go find hundreds of pictures of me kissing people, men, women. it is my usual and customary way of greeting. by the way, it was my father's way of greeting people. the governor of the state, you want people to feel comfortable. i'm not going to resign. joining the conversation, maggie haber of the "new york times". there have been calls of resignation, calls of impeachment. was yesterday enough, at least in terms of buying space and buying time. >> yesterday was about buying time, john. andrew cuomo has never been somebody who was in favor of due process in the court of public opinion for other people when he has called on, say, eric

schneiderman who preceded him in that job for much more physical acts that he was accused of, but nonetheless, he is asking for that for himself, and basically just waiting to see if he can calm the waters. now, is it enough? it's enough for the time being. he did say something that strikes me every time i hear the audio, which is, i never touched anyone inappropriately. >> anna rouch, who my colleague wrote about yesterday, said he did touch her inappropriately. he touched his hand on her back. you'll find ahl-feell of these pictures going forward, but that's just what i did. it calls for something darker, more physical to come forward. i think knowing him, john, and i've covered him a long time, i have a hard time seeing him step down based on the fact set, and

i don't see him step down based on the current vibe. >> again, to give the governor some grace, if you will, he knows there's an investigation coming. any smart staffer or any smart lawyer would say be careful what you say in public. however, you have three women who have raised very serious allegations of inappropriate behavior, and they did not like, frankly, what they heard yesterday. this is lindsey boylan, the first woman who came forward, and said he kissed her. how can you be governor when you don't know if you're inappropriate with your own staff? one of the other women , the other than for charlotte bennett says, the governor's press conference was full of falsehoods and inaccurate information, and new yorkers

deserve better. the governor repeatedly said he never touched anyone inappropriately. ms. ruch's story makes clear that we are confident of our report. if you're an investigator gathering facts, if that is true, the governor said, i don't know, no one told me. charlotte bennett said she went immediately to the chief of staff and told. >> i think that's exactly right, and i think that's going to be something he gets pressed on as the investigation goes forward. again, it remains to be seen whether there will be other people who come forward with similar complaints. he was, as i said, trying to inoculate against those and buy himself some time. it may work. look, his numbers have sagged, obviously, since this started, since the scandal about nursing home deaths related to covid started, but he generally does have some reservoir of goodwill with voters in new york, and what is lacking, john, and you know this well, there is no

obvious replacement for him. there is no obvious person who is going to step up and run and challenge him right now. that could change, at least from the left. there could be from the right. congressman lee zeldin from new york could challenge him. that is what andrew cuomo is relying on and that's what we'll have to see as it plays out. >> the substance here in the attorney's investigation, she will name an outside law firm to look at this. that's pothe point, gets the fas and move on. this is the new york post today. i never touched anyone inappropriately, as he's touching someone who didn't ask to be touched. that photo is out there, and then you have the front page, "crocodile tears." this governor is also in one of the most immediate climates in

america. >> this governor is in the climate of the #metoo movement. new york has had any number of scandals related to elected officials in the past decade and plus. but this is a very changed universe and a very, very difficult media climate, even with the new york newspapers sort of not what they were in the past. they're still plenty aggressive. the new york post is a very formidable adversary for any elected official in new york, and i think andrew cuomo is going to find that in ways he has not before. but i come back to what the investigation shows and whether more women come forward. >> the facts and the substance more important than anything here. maggie haberman, appreciate your insight. a teacher shares advice and

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and call pg&e right after so we can both respond out and keep the public safe. the biden white house is pushing schools to reopen. the first lady, jill biden, education secretary mary cardona talked to three schools who had recently reopened their doors. the prioritization is vaccines for teachers. every parent weighed this issue, the safety concerns about returning back to the classroom.

we are lucky here on "inside politics" to have people who talk with experience. chrissy is a teacher. thank you for coming back. i'm grateful for you explaining this. we have some pictures of your school that we can show. some empty classrooms just to see what they look like, some students spread out, some learning outside like you see right there. walk us through the experience of the context of this question. many parents are given the option to send their children back to school. is it safe? >> really, you have to assess and think back to your own child and each individual situation is really unique. we can't promise anything when you're sending your child to school, but what we can promise is we're doing absolutely everything we can to keep your child safe at school, so i do think you have to -- every

situation is unique, and just knowing what your concerns are -- we've had a lot of calls, and with parents that have really helped to ease nerves as well, so if you have questions, reach out to your school principal to find out what they're doing to keep kids safe in the school. >> you've had 1500 cases of covid. that's below 10%. 15% of the population has decided we're going to learn the remote learning option, and for your school, not just your school but the entire school district. 6 65% have opted to receive the vaccine. >> i will tell you that our teachers are heroes, they really are. what they've learned is we are able to teach children remotely.

the best option for us has been the in-person option, but if a child is in quarantine for an extended amount of time, students and teachers are also teaching their students who are in quarantine remotely or their students who have tested positive for covid, they are teaching them remotely. i think the greatest atry bout has been our team really coming together, so our administration staff and our teaching staff really want to be in person so they're doing everything they absolutely can to maintain that. and then when a student can't be there, doing everything they can to maintain the learning while a child is away. the quarantine has been quite challenging, but like i said, teachers are heroes. >> teachers are heroes and principals are heroes as well. kri chrissy cox, thank you for your time. as a parent who has tried to sort things out for this last

year, you're a hero. everyone on your staff at the school are heroes. >> thank you. major ethics lapse by a trump cabinet member probing into then-secretary chao.

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now topping the radar, national guard support at the capitol. the request is under review at

the pentagon for a two-month review. it was scheduled to end a week from tomorrow. senate democrats about ready to bring their revised covid relief bill to the floor. they promoted on eligibilities for stimulus checks. but some republicans want to slow down the process, including taking hours to read the entire bill aloud. the majority leader chuck schumer says he welcomes reading the bill. >> we are delighted that the senator from wisconsin wants to give the american people another opportunity to hear what's in the american rescue plan. we democrats want america to hear what's in the plan, and if the senator from wisconsin wants to read it, let everybody listen. >> we're learning now the transportation department's watchdog asked for a criminal probe into then-transportation secretary elaine chao last year over concerns she was misusing her office for personal benefit. but the justice department and

the attorney's office declined that investigation saying secretary chao's actions may have been unethical, but not, in their view, unlawful. brianna keilar picks up our coverage right now. thank you for watching. hello, i'm brianna keilar, and i want to welcome viewers here in the united states and around the world. we begin with stunt day, targeting a relief package for americans. as the senate begins to advance, president biden's 1$1.9 trillio relief bill, republicans are set to put it into a made-for-tv watch moment. the senator wants to read it, all 600 pages of it. sdplz so often we rush these massive bills that are