arthel: for trouble for new york governor andrew cuomo, two more former aides have joined the other women accusing him of sexual misconduct in two separate interviews, in the washington post and wall street journal yesterday, both accusers said governor cuomo acted inappropriately in private. hello, welcome to fox news live. i'm. arthel: eric: no claims of sexualharase governor. a total of five women came forward with accusations that the new york democrat made unwanted advances toward hem.

cuomo resigns defiant as calls for him to resign get louder during the day. even the albany times union that endorsed him three times for governor citing the alleged behavior and nursing home deaths, now says, quote, it is time for mr. cuomo to resign and for those who helped him deceive the public to go too. alex hogan falling all the late-breaking developments live in new york city. alex. >> reporter: hi, eric and arthel. now the governor's office is responding to fox news after the two more women came forward with accusations of an inappropriate workplace environment, this former aide named anna liss tells the wall street journal that cuomo would ask her if she had a boyfriend and called had her sweetheart. at first she said she saw it as harmless flirtations until she started to see the actions and patronizing. a former press aide spoke to the washington post and said twice

after events in 2000, cuomo called her to his hotel room and pulled her toward him until she left the room. cuomo's office telling fox news hinton is a known an taking gisf the governor. five women accuse cuomo of harassment or inappropriate behavior. cuomo apologized on camera this week for making people feel uncomfortable. one former aide, charlotte bennett, is responding to the claims, quote, she was proud of her role in the executive chamber but was dismayed that the governor never asked her about her work. focusing instead on personal questions about her appearance. meanwhile, the governor's administration is also under review for its nursing home policies during the start of the pandemic. and for not counting patients who died at hospitals. continued criticism, new york assembly member ron kim, calling for impeachment.

congressman lee zeldin should not remain in office. >> allow the person to be able to defend themselves and tell their story too. that's the way our process -- that's who we are as a country. everyone deserves that opportunity. >> reporter: the new york state legislator voted to remove governor andrew cuomo of his pandemic emergency powers and that will go to the governor himself. he will have 10 days to sign off on this bill. eric, arthel. eric: alex, thanks so much. arthel. arthel: president biden's nearly $2 trillion coronavirus relief package bouncing back to the house this week after the senate passed the bill on a party line vote. if all goes as planned, house democrats will send it to the president's desk for his signature in a matter of days. and get those stimulus checks in the mail as soon as possible.

>> the plan will get checks out the door starting this month to the american people who so desperately need the help. many of whom are lying in bed at night, staring at the ceiling, wondering will i lose my job if i haven't already, will i lose my insurance, will i lose my home? over 85% of american households will get direct payments of $1,400 per person. arthel: let's go to david spunt, he is live in washington with more from president biden as well as lawmakers' reaction. david? hi, arthel. good afternoon. president biden spent 36 years walking the hallways of capitol hill, bipartisanship was a word he knew well, working across the aisle. he wanted to see bipartisanship in this bill. it did not happen. republicans voted with republicans, democrats voted with democrats. this comes after more than 24 hours of intense debate on the senate floor. let's talk about the highlights of what this bill does.

testing and vaccine development, money there. $350 billion for state and local governments. nutrition assistance, tax credits, housing aid and child care, stuff the bill does not include, it was taken away after negotiations, the $15 minimum wage was removed. unemployment benefits were reduced and fewer people will be getting $1,400 checks. some of the money doesn't go to covid relief projects. not for months but for years, senator tom cotton from arkansas upset, arthel, that prisoners are eligible for the $1,400 direct payments, tweeting that the boston bomber, he murdered three people and terrorized the city, he will get the stimulus check as a part of the bill. the senate got rid of two pork projects that would have pumped billions into the san francisco

transit system. west virginia moderate senator joe manchin engaged in hours of political arm twisting to reduce unemployment benefits like i said from 400 to $300 a week, down from that proposed $400 that democrats wanted. here's man chin. >> seize the moment and fix what has gone wrong. why do we go so right and so left? we don't run our lives from the extreme. you always try to find that moderate middle. >> reporter: house democrats can only afford to lose a handful of votes and pass the bill. the reason, two of them voted against the house version of the bill. also, congresswoman from ohio, marcia fudge, poised to be the next secretary of housing and urban development, she will vote on the package before resigning to become a number of the cabinet. democrats cannot afford to lose fudge's vote. if all goes well, this is expected to pass the house on tuesday. president biden expected to sign it into law, likely tuesday, depending on how late that is. probably wednesday at the

latest, arthel. arthel: in a bit, eric will speak with republican senator marsha blackburn with her take on what is set to be president biden's first major legislative act. eric: we'll talk to her about that. meanwhile, on the border, texas governor greg abbott launched a new anti-smuggling operation with mexico. state officials facing an influx of migrants they say is related to the biden's administration's reinstatement of the catch and release policy, and rolling back of other trump add-mile-an-hour strayings policies -- administration policies. they say thousands of immigrants have crossed the border, many of them unaccompanied minors and reports say as many as 100,000 you migrants were detained last month, the highest number since 12. 2006.mark meredith has more on . >> reporter: the white house sent advisors to the border on

saturday to get a better idea of what's going on on the ground. republicans say this kind of confusion and chaos is coming because of some the rollbacks in the trump era border policies. the white house insists this is not at a crisis level. we know that it was the homeland security secretary, alejandro mayorkas, that led the delegation. also there was domestic advisor susan rice as well as deputy of national security advisor. the white house put out a readout of the trip saying they discussed capacity, given the number of unaccompanied children and families arriving at our border. the complex challenges with rebuilding the system as well as improvements that must be made in order to restore safe and efficient procedures to place children with families or sponsors. republicans say this mass influx of migrants is not going to end any time soon and while the administration looks for resources, the others argue it's the policies that need to be reviewed.

>> we sent a signal to the world that if you bring a child to the border that we're going to let them in. these people are going to come because we told them that we're going to go soft on immigration enforcement in the interior and soft at the border. >> reporter: officials are expected to brief president biden about what they saw. we heard from former president trump on friday who had a scathing letter saying he felt that this was going in the wrong direction, the white house said it wasn't looking for the former president's a vice when it comes to -- advice when it comes to immigration. eric. eric: not just those officials will meet with the president billions also kevin mccarthy, he wants to sit down with the president about the border. what do we know about that potential meeting? >> reporter: minority leader sent a letter to president biden on friday saying he wanted the sit down meeting to talk about immigration reform and what's going on on the border. the white house said it was open to meeting with lawmakers from both party as they try to figure out the best way to go forward. it's not clear whether or not there will be a sit down with

mccarthy any time soon, but interesting to see the dialogue between top republicans and the president himself. eric. eric: as the pressure seems to be ramping up on the border. mark, thank you. arthel. arthel: pope francis wrapping up his four-day visit to iraq, celebrating sunday mass at a stadium in the northern part of the country with thousands of people in attendance. the pontiff also visited former eye sus stronghold -- isis strongholds where he preyed for war victims. trey yingst is covering this story. >> reporter: powerful images of pope francis today. the leader of the catholic church prayed among ruins, he called for tolerance among christians and muslims while pledging to rise from the ashes. the pope remembered victims killed by the islamic state as he released a dove. the church was set ablaze by terrorists in 2016.

after spending around an hour there, in what's left of the church yard, the pope traveled to a small town in northern iraq where only half the population returned since the fall of isis. as the pope arrived, bells rang out. pope francis met with christian survivors, urging them to rebuild. he wrapped up the tour in iraq with a massive sunday mass attended by more than 10,000 people, inside a soccer stadium, attendees filled withstands with a third capacity over concerns for coronavirus. pope francis left them with this message. >> here in iraq, how many of your brothers and sisters, friends and fellow citizens feel the wounds of war and violence, wounds both visible and invisible? the temptation is to react to these and other painful experiences with human power, human wisdom. instead, jesus shows us the way

of god, the path that he took, the path on which he calls us to follow him. >> reporter: this trip was filled with health and security concerns amid continued instability in iraq during the coronavirus outbreak, pope francis though was determined to go, saying that iraq will always remain in his heart. arthel. arthel: very good. trey yingst in jerusalem. thank you, trey. eric. eric: well, arthel, it's too big, it's not enough. those reactions of the massive coronavirus relief package that was passed by the senate, well now it's heading back to the house for a tuesday vote. my next guest voted no on that bill. tennessee senator marsha blackburn is here, she joins us in just a few moments to tell us why she turned thumbs down. there she is. plus, states are reassessing covid lockdowns and mask mandates as more americans are getting the vaccine. some doctors are asking he's it too early to ease the restrictions in we'll take a look as fox news live continues on this sunday.

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someone in the crowd assaulted three officers, throwing rocks and bricks at them, damaging property. covid still exists. detectiving pouring over video evidence to identify the suspects. eric: back in washington, president biden taking a big victory lap yesterday after senate democrats passed his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill, despite not one single republican voting for it. >> this plan gives those families who are struggling the most the help and breathing room they need to get through this moment. this plan gives small businesses in this country a fighting chance to survive. and one more thing, this plan is historic. taken all together, this plan is going to make it possible to cut child poverty in half. eric: the bill now goes to the house for a vote on tuesday. so what can we expect?

republican senator from tennessee, marsha blackburn, joins us now. senator, good to see you. thank you for coming on "fox news live." >> thank you. eric: you voted against this bill as did every other republican senator. all united in opposition to it. why did you turn thumbs down? >> you know, it's so interesting that all the covid relief bills that we have passed under leader mcconnell's leadership were done in a bipartisan manner. every one of them got 90 votes or more. so that shows you the degree of bipartisanship and how very hard leader mcconnell and president trump and leader mccarthy had worked to make these bipartisan. and now when the democrats are in charge, what do they do? they they want party line votes which is what they got in the house and the senate and the reason for that, eric, is because only 9% -- 9% of this bill had anything to do with

covid. the other 91% is money for the arts, humanities, transportation, abortion, loan forgiveness for students, loan for giveness for -- forgiveness for socially disadvantaged farmers. you have a provision of 15 weeks of paid vacation leave for federal employees. and then you've got earmarks in there for hospitals in new jersey, rhode island, delaware. plus the big $350 billion blue state bailout. this bill is not fair to people who are truly hurting because of covid. it is not fair to our children and grandchildren and future generations because they're the ones that are going to see their tax rates go up when the bill comes due. eric: i'm going to ask about the debt which we haven't heard that word a lot lately, in just

a moment, but the president hailed it as -- there's the debt clock right there. we're at $23 trillion or so and it's just zipping -- it never stops. at the same time, despite what you just said, 18 million americans unemployed, 8 million jobs not coming back, 40 million americans can't meet rent they say. so the president says that this is so important in order to help those people beyond coronavirus. what do you say to that? >> relief should be targeted, temporary, and timely. the democrats did not want timely relief prior to the election. they wanted people to suffer and nancy pelosi told us why. she said because they felt like it would help them win the election. eric: do you think it really is fair? senator, i'm sorry to interrupt. do you think it's fair to say democrats wanted people to suffer. >> eric, they delayed relief

when people were saying we desperately need relief. they delayed money to small businesses when small businesses were saying we need another round of ppp. that was a choice they made. as i said, there were five covid bills that were bipartisan bills. there is one that is on party line and 91% of the bill does not affect covid. 9%of the bill affects covid. so you know, whether you want to say it was fair or not fair, it is an action they took and it is admission that they have made. so i think it was just really unfortunate that that was their choice. now, people are saying we need -- those that are unemployed desperately need help. we know the jobs market is

coming back. let's help individuals bridge this gap. let's come around them and support them when they need these jobs. let's cheer for these employers that are opening their doors and getting back to work. and people that are getting back to work and help them with that process. but do you really need to bail out the blue states that have mismanaged their funds and have mismanaged their pensions? do you really want to put money now into arts and humanities? i think that's the question -- eric: okay. you also know -- your state gets $6 billion, florida gets $16 billion, texas gets $27 billion. red states get a lot of money to. someone raising a question about all of this is joe manchin. he's become the john mccain of the democrats, a mask rick. let -- maverick. let me show you something he said about the deficit and his concerns. he threw a monkey wrench into this.

here's senator manchin. >> i'm concerned about the debt we've been accumulating through all different types of administrations. it's time to get our financial house in order. i'm in that moderate middle and common sense is not real common sometimes in washington but we can come together. we have to. eric: finally, do you think you can come together? do you think your side can work with senator manchin? >> i think that my side has been trying to work with people, as i said, look at the covid relief bills that were bipartisan under a different type of leadership. and working on the debt, of course, when i went to congress waste, fraud and abuse, drawing attention to that was our project that we were working on. it is immoral to continue to pile debt on our children and grandchildren to know that they're going to have to find a way to pay for this. it is selfish not to sit down and work this out so that we are not adding to the debt.

there are all sorts of good things that you can do with money, but we have to remember the federal government only has money that the taxpayers sends to them. hard-working taxpayers earned this money. and as margaret thatcher would have said, socialism is fine until you run out of other people's money and this continuing to say we're going to pick winners and losers with federal government money, which is taxpayer money, is completely inappropriate and, yes, it does need to stop. eric: we will get back to you certainly in the coming months on this issue. let me show you the debt clock one more time. people are hurting, but this is an issue, 23 trillion and growing that we will hear a lot more in washington.

senator marsha blackburn of tennessee. is the debt clock evoking the iron lady. thank you for joining us on "fox news live" on this sunday. >> thank you. arthel: speaking of the royals, prince harry and meghan markle, yep, speaking of britain, i should say, are set to go in depth. why they stepped away from royal duties, how the palace is bracing for the sit-down interview, plus more a accusations of inappropriate behavior from governor andrew cuomo, a former aide said she struggled to free herself from him repeatedly hugging. former arkansas governor mike huckabee is standing by to weigh in on that [♪♪] when you have diabetes, managing your blood sugar is crucial. try boost glucose control. the patented blend is clinically shown to help manage blood sugar levels. boost glucose control products contain high quality protein and key nutrients to support immune health. try boost.

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wife was, quote, swimming with the fishes. he faces first degree murder an drug charges. parents and children join demonstrators who burned masks outside idaho's capital, a statement they said against pandemic restrictions. there is no statewide mask mandate in the state. cities have continued to enforce safety precautions including in boise, as the cdc says americans should continue to wear masks to protect themselves and others. one person is dead, several injured after a car crashed into a post office in savannah, georgia. the 82-year-old driver of the car reportedly hit the gas pedal instead of the brake while trying to park. that deadly mishap was ruled an accident. arthel: more fallout for new york governor andrew cuomo after two more women emerge accusing him of sexual harassment. a former press aide telling the washington post governor cuomo made a pass at her back in 2000.

here's the governor's spokesman, quote, this did not happen. karen hinton is a known antagonist of the governor who is attempting to take advantage of this moment to score cheap points with made up allegations from 21 years ago. all women have the right to come forward and tell their story. however, it is also the responsibility of the press to consider self-motivation. this is reckless, end quote. another scandal continues to plague the new york governor with recent reports that senior members of his administration allegedly rewrote reviews to lower the number of covid related deaths in the state's long-term care facilities. let's bring in former arkansas governor, mike huckabee, also a fox news contributor. governor, thanks for joining us. what kind of pressure is governor cuomo under now. >> i think he's under tremendous pressure because it's coming from his own party as well as from the press who has protected him and i mean

unbelievably protected him. and the problem that he's got, arthel, is that while these accusations from the women, they're very serious and they're very specific. they have times and dates and places and very specific allegations of what he supposedly did. but let's be fair. he's entitled to a presumption of innocence and he's entitled to due process. so i want us to be careful and not rush to judgment and say, well, he's guilty because somebody accused him. we didn't like that when it happened to brett kavanaugh. we shouldn't like it when it happens to cuomo. but he's got to be able to substantially push back. i think his bigger problem is this nursing home scandal. and the reason is because as bad as those other things were, it has to do with his personal life, but this those do -- the nursing home scandal -- with his professional judgment, with his duties as governor and the fact that thousands of people died because of very poor judgment on his part and then the worst

thing than the crime itself is the coverup. and the fact that they hid data from his own legislative body and did it intentionally. that's a problem. i don't know how he survives it. either one could be enough to get rid of a governor. in politics, it's not just about the facts that you deal with, it's the perception of them. and the perception on either of these things are enough to take most people out. arthel: and i want to stay on the sexual harassmental he lee gas stations a little bit more, governor. according to new reporting in the wall street journal, one of the new accusers who served as a policy and operations aide to the governor from 2013 to 2015 said he hugged her, kissed her on both cheeks and grabbed her waist for a photo. yesterday a senior advisor said in a statement, saying in part, quote reporters and photographers have covered the governor for 14 years, watching him kiss men and women and

posing for pictures, end quote. so governor huckabee, what do you make of this as well as governor cuomo's spokesperson implying that self motivation might be driving some of the accusations? >> that's entirely possible. look, i'm a southerner. we hug everybody, you know, it's normal, it's the way we greet people. at least we did before covid. but there's still a line, arthel and i think most of us clearly understand what is a friendly kind of hug and what crosses the line and becomes a little bit too intimate. certainly the person who is gibbing it knows and when -- giving it knows and when this many people -- these are pill, e that worked with him. these are not random strangers. these are people who liked him enough, they wanted to work for him, they did work for him, they must have admired him. whatever it was he did squared

the daylights -- squared the daylights out of them. a lot of them are saying the reason they didn't say it before is because he's vindictive and he promises that he's going to reap punishment on them and so they were fearful. every day there's more and more stepping forward. i think that's a huge problem for governor cuomo. arthel: i want to take a look at a quinnipiac poll for last week that showed 55% of new yorkers say that governor cuomo should not resign. however, 59% say they don't want him to run for re-election again in 2022. where do you stand on this? >> well, honestly, it's going to be the pressure that is coming from his own of party that will be his undoing. he can't be effective as a governor if the people in his own party are pushing him out the door. he'll never get his legislation passed. he's not going to get the

cooperation that he needs. having been a governor, you just can't function very well if the people that ought to be your strongest allies have turned against you and are demanding that you find the door and find it quickly. and then when the press turns against you, that's tough. arthel: are you saying that maybe governor cuomo should resign? >> i think there comes a point at which when he cares more about the function of the state government of new york than he does his own personal position, if arthel he cannot dramatically and forcefully say these things did not happen and i never crossed the line, then i think he's in trouble. he has got to have some proof. and i'm not trying to say he's guilty until proven innocent. but these allegations keep mounting and it comes down to not is he guilty in a court of law, but is he guilty enough

that he can't function and carry out his job, because his own party is -- they're sick of him, they're ready for him to go. arthel: well, this is heavy stuff. i want to end on a lighter note myself, quite frankly, to give us a little break. you say you're a southerner, you kiss and hug people pre-covid. i'm a southerner too. all everybody darling. everybody around me, hey, darling how are you doing? i'm not going to call you darling. i'll call you governor. i'll leave it there. >> good to see you, darling. hope to see you again soon. [laughter] arthel: likewise. eric, go. eric: thank you, darling. well, the royal family, man oh, man they are bracing for prince harry and meghan markle's highly anticipated sit-down interview with oprah winfrey tonight. hours before that is set to go on tv, the queen provides counter-programming with a television appearance of her

own. christina coleman with the details of this royal row. hi, christina. >> reporter: hi, eric. yeah, the british royal family just finished airing a tv special to commemorate commonwealth day and we're hours away from harry and megan's big interview with oprah, so the two broadcasts won't clash but it's going to give a lot of people a lot to talk about today. the royal special has been in the works since january and an actual date for it was set three weeks ago. millions though are still expected to tune into harry and megan's interview this evening. it's unclear exactly what he details will be revealed in this bombshell interview. a lot has happened. megan and harry stepped down from their role as royals, they're having a second child envelope announced that on -- they announced that on valentine's. megan is facing allegations that she bullied staff members in 2018. kensington palace is investigating the allegations. in a teaser to the interview,

megan said she doesn't know how the palace could expect that after all this time they would just still be silent if there is an active role that the firm is perpetuating falsehoods about them. that was something she mentioned and a lot has been circling about that comment alone on social media. she also said that there was a lot that's already been lost. many of megan's celebrity friends have been coming to her defense as she faces a storm of tabloid scrutiny ahead of today's interview. megan's long-time friend and stylist jessica mulroney tweeted, quote, i don't know that anyone has ever had to deal with the pressure, the politics and the press like this woman and in the face of it all i have never seen her waiver from kindness, empathy and love. other celebrities like kristie tiegen have shown support too. we'll see what happens today with the big interview.

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eric: as more and more americans are getting vaccinated against coronavirus, more states are dropping their mask mandates. utah is the latest state to signal the end of the covid restrictions. arkansas will let the mask

mandate expire at the end of the month. the governor talked about it earlier today. >> there's just a limit as to how much the restrictions can be placed on business and for how long. they struggled. they suffered. and so we want to give more flexibility. i wanted to set a goal and give people hope that we can end the mask mandate if we get to this place and where we feel more comfortable that our hospitalizations are still down and so we wanted an off-ramp. we didn't want a cliff. eric: and dr. jeanette nesheiwat is with us, she's a fox news medical contributor. dr. nesheiwat, good to see you. what do you think about the lifting of-good to see you. what do you think of the lifting of these mask mandates by some states? >> well, it depends on the area that you're in. i think it's critical to open up

the economy. we've seen the turmoil that the lockdowns have caused. we've seen it translate into physical, mental and emotional destruction among a millions of people throughout the country. but you have to look at the big picture. is the number of cases down? is the number of hospitalizations down? is the number of deaths down? and is your number of vaccinations up? we've got to take all of that into consideration when we look at easing and scaling back and relaxing on our mitigation efforts. i think it's very appropriate to set goals and to give out realistic expectations and have transparency when communicating, when the governors are communicating with their state. i think that is going to really motivate people to do the right thing. for example, in you utah, they placed a date of april 10th for example, that gives them another month to get everyone vac nateed,-dark vaccinated to continue to get numbers down. i love the governor of alabama,

what she is doing. she said we need to extend the mandate a little longer. west virginia, they're going to open up full capacity. i think that's fantastic. but they're still ensuring that everyone wears masks for safety and so is texas. they're still encouraging masks in schools and social gatherings. but they want to give americans choices, freedom and rights but ultimately it's important, know your risk, be smart, protect yourself. and understand that other than the vaccine, the best way to protect yourself right now is by wearing your mask. eric: at the same time, looking at the coronavirus pandemic map, i mean, is it enough for government to encourage? the facts are that masks do help. masks protect you, masks protect other people. i mean, they can be uncomfortable. you're talking about saving lives and wearing masks. even if you're vaccinated -- if you're vaccinated should you or should you not continue to wear your mask. >> as it is right now, the cdc

recommends you continue to wear your mask even if you're vaccinated if you're out in public and the reason is, because we want to wait until we get most americans vaccinated. we're not quite there at herd immunity. once we get the majority of americans vaccinated and get closer to herd immunity, we'll be able to ease back on guidelines and restrictions, probably sometime this week the cdc is going to come out with guidelines for those who have been vaccinated that they don't have to wear their mask if they've been fully vaccinated and they're at home with a small group of people who have also been fully vaccinated. we're going to expect some of those guidelines this week. but we just -- we're at the home stretch. we need to hang in there a little longer. another couple of months of these guidelines until we can get most americans vaccinated. right now, only about 10%. but we're getting there. as soon as we get there we'll be able to scale back. eric: if you get a vaccine, r it's like wee. but no, way.

here's what the cdc, those guidelines. cdc recommends that people wear masks in public settings, as you said. and events and gatherings and anywhere they will be around other people. when we all wear a mask we take care of each other and everyone is protected. dr. nesheiwat, final word on mask wearing. >> yes. we're almost there. we're at the home stretch. protect yourself. the mask is just this little piece of cloth right here cannot only save your life but can save the life of your grandma, neighbor, loved one. and remember, it's temporary. we're doing so much better as far as our number of cases in this country and the number of deaths but just hang in there a little longer and sign up for your vaccine if you haven't already. eric: yeah. like in the seventh inning stretch, two more innings to go. not time to give up. dr. jeanette nesheiwat. doctor, good to see you. thank you. >> good to see you too. thank you. eric: arrest a nfl.

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arthel: playing basketball, the nba all-star game is a go for tonight in atlanta after a string of delays and cancellations. of course due to covid-19. there will be no fans in the arena, only players, their staff and their guests. local officials have urged the public to stay away to avoid spreading the virus. but it appears that everyone is following that advice. charles watson, what is up in atlanta in the a, as they call it now. i don't know. too much coffee. take it away. go. >> reporter: well, you know, arthel, the pandemic has essentially forced the nba to give this year's all-star game a makeover. the commissioner has said this is a made for tv event. there will be no fans inside the arena behind me to see the likes of lebron james and kevin durant. because of that, city leaders in atlanta were hoping that would keep the large crowds away.

atlanta mayor keisha lance bottom making a plea on twitter, asking out-of-towners to sit this all-star weekend out, saying under normal circumstances we would be grateful for the opportunity to host the nba all-star game 3w-9 this is not a -- but this is not a typical year. this is a made for tv event only and people shouldn't travel to atlanta to party. that doesn't appear to be the case. the clubs have been packed and the lines have been long as thousands of folks try to party at dozens of events with celebrity guests that are being promoted for all- weekend. business owners say they're focusing on safety but they're looking to make some money. >> i want people to social distafnls i want it to be full too. businesses like mine that are really driving the economy, because we put people to work. we pay a lot of taxes. >> reporter: meanwhile, the nba has scaled down its all-star

activities to just one day, the skills challenge and 3-point contest will take place prior to the game this year, the slam dunk contest will take place at half time. arthel, this will be a lively event. no fans allowed inside the state farm arena. we'll have the latest out here throughout the day. back to you. arthel: charles, team lebron? team durant? you got to pick one, quickly. >> reporter: team lebron. team lebron. arthel: that's a good answer. okay. thank you. eric, you got anybody? eric: he lebron. got to go with lebron. i want to meet some of those celebrity guests. arthel: i'll introduce you at heinz, every ketchup starts with our same tomatoes.

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