sheriff confirmed that they are in the early stages of investigating a criminal complaint against governor cuomo. >> the conduct was sexual in nature. at that point, the investigation is commenced with the albany county sheriff's office. >>'side is one of 11 women accusing him of sexual harassment. he said in 2019 and 2020 that governor cuomo engaging intimate hugs on multiple occasions. >> at this point i'm very comfortable and safe saying she is in fact a victim. and i commend all of them for coming forward. >> the sheriff says the allegations could lead to misdemeanor charges. the 63-year-old governor denies all allegations and is facing calls to step down. >>> despite the delta search, hundreds of thousands of bikers are expected to flood into sturgis south dakota this weekend. the slogan for this year's rally is we are spreading our wings. health officials are concerned it could turn into a super spreader event. cases are spiking 68%. the ten-day rally got underway yesterday with no proof of vaccinations needed. >> we are not going to start checking papers. >> does the covid thing worry you at all like >> i haven't worried about it at all, not since day one. not vaccinated and not getting vaccinated. >> people are all

the bottom line, now, is there's a criminal complaint sitting with the sheriff's office. the albany d.a.'se now has to make a decision, whether or not they have enough information, enough to charge the governor with a crime. >> it was interesting to watch all of this and done over zoom, considering the times that we're in, on top of everything else. thank you, shimon. i appreciate your reporting. >>> i want to bring in, now, criminal defense attorney, joey jackson, and former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, jennifer rogers. they are, both, cnn legal analysts and very qualified legal minds. very experienced legal minds. thank you, very much, for joining. good evening. joey, i am going to start with you. these are very serious, very serious allegations. you are the defense attorney. what do you think of the governor's defense today? >> i think, good evening, to you, don. and jennifer. i think they came out swinging and they need to. with respect to process and not getting information in advance. the fact is, is that, yes, there is a public-relations narrative h

bomb who accused andrew cuomo of groping her has been interviewed by the albany county sheriff and d.a.'s offices governor's mansion. cuomo denied the allegations. >>> what the hell happened to me face? why would i go back to a visual medium? >> jon stewart returning to tv six years after leaving "the daily show." his new show" the problem" will be a deep dive into current affairs. you look great, jon. >> hd is not easy on anybody, let me tell you. >>> america's longest war is over after nearly 20 years, now the battle begins for afghanistan's future. president biden must deal with doubts over whether the taliban will keep their promises for women, for inclusiveness and not to prosecute afghans who supported the u.s. or the ousted government. >>> the biden administration says that it is committed to helping afghans and americans who still want to leave. cnn spoke to a woman left behind. >> i just found out that they left and i was just sad for a little while and i just went, walk around the rooms, and i saw others sleeping and they have no clue what happened this morning, that the last flight is

>> look, the bottom line now is there is a crime untinal compla sitting with the sheriff's office and the albany's d.a.'ssays they have enough information, enough to charge the governor with the crime. >> interesting to watch this and done over zoom considering the times we're in on top of everything else. thank you, appreciate your reporting. i want to bring in criminal defense attorney joey jackson and former u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, jennifer rogers and very qualified legal minds. very experienced. thank you for joining us. joey, these are very serious, very serious allegations. you are the defense attorney. what do you think of the governor's defense today? >> i think good evening to you don and jennifer. i think they came out swinging and need to. with respect to process and not getting information in advance, you should. the fact is that yes, there is a public relations narrative. the whole trust of the people. we have to know our governor is not a criminal at all but if you conduct an investigation, it ought to be fair and there ought to be people on the investigation te

office and the u. s attorney to investigate the sheriff's office.ould like the fbi to investigate, citing concerns that she has violated civil rights. we're live outside. sheriff's office. jesse garrett ktvu fox two news. we'll head back to you, all right, so we could see some outside investigations a lot more to come here, jesse. thank you, so we'll have this afternoon and increasing death toll, widespread damage and now flooding the storm. that's complicating search and rescue efforts. days after that devastat i'm morgan, and there's more to me than hiv. more love, more adventure, more community. but with my hiv treatment, there's not more medicines in my pill. i talked to my doctor and switched to fewer medicines with dovato. dovato is for some adults who are starting hiv-1 treatment or replacing their current hiv-1 regimen. with just 2 medicines in 1 pill, dovato is as effective as a 3-drug regimen... to help you reach and stay undetectable. research shows people who take hiv treatment as prescribed and get to and stay undetectable can no longer

s attorney's office. sheriff is calling for an fbi investigation of her department department, citing concerns she's committed civil rights violations. we're live outside the sheriff's office here in santa clara county, jesse gary ktvu fox two news. we'll head back to ukraine, jesse i'm one could she be recalled? could she be fired? and if so, by whom? and could she, uh, just be ousted from office in the next election? well she is up for election. i believe in a couple of years, so obviously somebody could run against her and win and she'd be out that way. although six term incumbent so it's difficult for an incumbent to lose, um, could she be fired? no, because she's an elected a fish. show because should be ousted. um if public official were criminally charged and convicted, maybe that way, but there's we're not even close to that right now. there is just a criminal investigation into bribery charges in her department, but she hasn't been named in that she used pleaded taking her fifth amendment rights and i wi

because frankly, neil, if the victims themselves aren't in the sheriff's office, aren't in the d.a.'s then that may weigh heavily on the d.a.'s decision whether to go forward. otherwise, neil, the next would weeks, the next two months, frankly the next two years, the governor is going to be consumed with prosecutions and civil lawsuits. neil: i wanted to pick your brain real quickly about a comment i heard a critic of the governor saying, i don't want him there for two weeks. got knows what he would be up to and trying to do? let me ask you what could he do in two weeks that worries his critics? >> great question. so let me put my prosecutor's hat back on, neil. as a prosecutor i would be worried about him either destroying documents, emails, or through inappropriate means, having contact with witnesses and or victims. so as a prosecutor i would be reaching out and saying, look you're going to have no contact, zero contact. you're to say all documents, including emails. i would frankly ask that the state turn those over now, his computers, his iphones, his laptop, everything because i

s office also tells me that it's not necessarily the sheriff's department or police that need to hand out these citations, it can also be someone from the health department coming over to a business to hand out those citations. reporting live in danville, i'm sharon katsuda, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, sharon. >>> now, with covid cases on the rise a number of south bay leaders and local clinics announced a new campaign to try and increase the number of people fully vaccinated. county leaders say they are trying to jumpstart the vaccination program in hopes of getting at least 80% of all south bay residents to roll up their sleeves. the new push comes as santa clara county announced its seven-day case rate has bounced back up from the low 20s to 225 today. now, for some people in the community the 80% target seems a bit low, particularly because the current vaccination rate is about 78% and the goal was 85%. >> the 85% was a target that we'd set before we knew about so many of these variants. >> among the changes being made as part of the new vaccine push, many south bay clinics w

kpix 5's justin andrews is live in san jose this morning. at the sheriff's office.t to be a lot of tension there right now because at this point, we have no idea if the sheriff is planning to resign or even respond to the specific allegations. >> reporter: yeah. a lot of talk, a lot of controversy this morning. we tried to get sher smith to talk about this yesterday, but she denied. instead, this morning, we are sent to hear from her at 9:30. she is set to talk to our cameras about all of this controversy. she has been in office since about 98. and leaders say her reputation has been marred for years. there have been allegations of concealed back is, tens of millions of taxpayer dollars paid out in civil rights cases, costly consent decrees to improve jail conditions, and ongoing bribery and campaign investigations. so, there is a lot there. there were calls for her to step down in 2016 as well. today though, santa clara county supervisors will vote to get the civil grand jury, -- and fair political practices involve. this, in hopes of obtaining and releasing more i

the sheriff's department again for further questioning, and the sheriff's department said that they will be linking up with the d.a.'s officeforward. here is more from the sheriff. take a listen. >> i can tell you that i had a female victim come forward which had to be the hardest thing she has ever done in her life, and make an allegation of criminal conduct against the governor. i think as far as the sheriff's office, i am elected as well. i think that we have a proven record in this area, in this region of helping people, taking care of people, and i think that's what we're supposed to do with law enforcement. i think that's what we're supposed to do in government, is take care of people. i have a young lady that came in who is alleging she was victimized and we are going to do everything in our powers to help her. >> reporter: and, joe, obviously this is a very high-profile investigation, and the sheriff said that the governor will not be treated any differently. the a.g. also responded quickly after this press conference wrapped up, saying that they will turn over all evidence related to the complainant. meanwhile, rep

s office. she has yet to tell her story to the albany county d.a., which is running this investigation. she filed that criminal complaint with the albany sheriff next step would be that she gets interviewed by the d.a.'s office. we're waiting to hear on when that happens then we'll see if the d.a. feels they have enough to pursue a criminal case. >> we've also learned one of the governor's most loyal and high ranking aides has resigned. what can you tell us about that? >> people i've talked to who work for her describe her as a loyalist of the loyals. she is the most loyal person to the governor. she's well-known to all of us in the public. she sat by the governor for many, many months during the pandemic in all of his briefings. melissa derosa. that's her there on your screen. she resigned last night. it certainly shocked people that were close to the governor. some of the people who used to work for the governor. they certainly did not expect to see her go as quickly as she has. the thing here is with her is that she is in the attorney general's report. they say she did some retaliation against one of the alleged victims where she released h

sheriff smith said she had no regrets. >> you know, i think that's a right everyone has during the investigation, the d.a.'s office never asked me any questions. i didn't know what the investigation was about. that is my right, and i'm glad that i did it. >> reporter: asked directly if she directed her staff to trade concealed carry weapons permits in exchange for contributions, sheriff smith said, quote, i don't think that has been proven. and from pressed further, she said "i'm not going to answer that." >>> up next, issuing a very big challenge. two leaders in contra costa county are calling on every city to do to fight off the coronavirus. >>> and here's a look in dublin. you can see that smoke is starting to move our way. we'll take a look at the smoke forecast and the wind coming up in about seven minutes. when it comes to flooring, i'm hard to please. so, i go to floor & decor where i find every imaginable tile, wood, laminate or stone without compromising my design. cause one aisle doesn't cut it. i need an entire store. explore floor & decor in person or online. it's taken a lot to get to this moment. ♪ g

s f p d. well new 10. the alameda county sheriff's office has given more information about the death of missing runner philip kray. czech authorities say there was no trauma to the body, including anything from animal attack wounds or broken bones. they've also ruled out foul play here, however, officials say it's likely they will never know how crazy check died. create check went missing nearly one month ago after going on a run at pleasant regional park. some of speculated his cause of death could be heat related since it was over 100 degrees the day he went missing, a volunteer searcher found a body believed to be create check earlier this week. well barry a weather temperatures warmed up across a good portion of the region this afternoon away from the coastline temperatures back up into the mid to upper nineties, we will gradually cool things off over the next few days. let's show you some of the highest from this afternoon across the region. as we take a look at the maps here, you can see the hotspots out toward concord liver, more antioch and fairfield mid to upper nineties san francisco, one of the wa

s report as executive assist taant 1 filed a complain with the albany sheriff's office.al complaint. >> in the executive mansion, the governor hugged executive assistant number 1 and reached under her blouse to grab her breast. this is the culmination of a pattern of inappropriate sexual misconduct. >> reporter: the lawyers say that's not what happened. >> she was at the mansion that day for several hours. she wasn't just working with the governor, she was working with other staffers. emails that she sent while she was at the mansion requests that she was joking while she was there. she was eating snacks. and she even offered to stay longer at the mansion when her work was done. >> reporter: the governor's office said it notified albany police of the sexual misconduct allegations several months ago in accordance with state policies. the governor's lawyers also taking issue with another accusation. that the governor inappropriately touched a state trooper assigned to security detail. the lawyers said cuomo saw her out in an event to recruit her and increase diversity. >>

s attorney's office and the state attorney general's office to investigate the sheriff's office. sheriff is calling for the fbi to investigate her own office because she says, there are fears she's violated civil rights outside the sheriff's office here in santa clara county, jesse gary ktvu, fox two news. v to employees who are still dealing with the massacre at the light rail yard in san jose, are now mourning the death of another coworker. ktvu is henry lee tells us henry gonzales tried to comfort the victim's families following that tragedy, and now police believe he took his own life. veteran vita worker, henry gonzales survived the massacre at the light rail yard in san jose back in may. but gonzalez seen here in a photo posted by a relative on facebook is now the latest casualty. san jose police are investigating his death as an apparent suicide. gonzales a married father of four, who helped co workers cope after the mass shooting, was found dead on monday, his first day back at work. those who knew him said the pain he endured was too much to bear. he was a rock for the f

s report as executive assistant one filed a complaint thursday with the albany sheriff's office.of sexual misconduct against the governor. >> in the executive mansion, the governor reached under her blouse to grab her breast. this was the culmination of a pattern of inappropriate sexual misconduct. >> lawyers said that's not what happened. >> she was at the mansion that day for several hours. she wasn't just working with the governor. she was working with other staffers, emails that she sent while she was at the mansion reflect that she was joking while she was there, she was eating snacks and she even offered to stay longer at the mansion when her work was done. >> reporter: the governor's office says it notified albany police of the sexual misconduct allegations several months ago in accordance with state policies. the governor's lawyers also taking issue with another accusation that the governor inappropriately touched a state trooper assigned to his security detail. the lawyer saying cuomo sought her out at an event to recruit her and increase diversity. >> he liked how she m

you, sheriff smith called on the fbi to get involved and insisted her office has aggressively implemented reforms and improve the system for inmates to file grievances. >> critics, however, say the 10's of millions of dollars spent on the jails in recent years have failed to put things right. you know, certainly progress has been made by virtue of the. >> a commitment funds from the county. but i am still concerned that even with those funds. in place. we're not getting the kind of professional leadership and accountability that we should so as for the lack of the investigations. i'm fully prepared to move forward. >> and since there continues to be a lot of speculation. and certainly in france's, i welcome any and all investigations in san jose. rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> former u.s. representatives of oc is ending his campaign for governor in next month's recall election. that's after suffering a heart attack. in a statement released see says he was hospitalized sunday evening after a sudden onset of concerning medical symptoms. he goes on to say while i'm told i should expect a full recovery. additional procedures and potentially surgery are requiredcand it has become clear that

you, sheriff called on the fbi to get involved and insisted her office has aggressively implemented reforms and improve the system for inmates to file grievances. >> critics, however, say the 10'sdollars spent on the jails in recent years have failed to put things right. you know, certainly progress has been made by virtue of the. >> a commitment of funds from the county. but i am still concerned that even with those funds. in place. we're not getting the kind of professional leadership and accountability that we should so as for the lack of the investigations. i'm fully prepared to move forward. >> and since there continues to be a lot of speculation and certainly in france's i welcome any and all investigations. >> now the board of late this afternoon voted unanimously to press ahead with this investigation. supervisor smith says he would all confidential use of force records at the jail made public. the sheriff says about that investigation. bring it on live in san jose. rob fladeboe kron 4 news. thank you rob. police arrested in milpitas man after a narcotics investigation uncovered 27 guns. >> and methamphetamine for sales. 66 year-old thomas rain water was arrested friday

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sheriff's office over allegations of abuse that led to inmate deaths or injuries. sheriff smith says she will not resign and defended her record on managing the county's jail system while critics say the 10's of millions of dollars spent on jails have failed to make things right. shares have blamed the failures on a lack of staffing at the jails. now, as for the lack of the investigations. i'm fully prepared to move forward. >> and since there continues to be a lot of speculation. and certainly in france's, i welcome any and all investigations. not only did we cooperate, but we as we are continuing to make progress on their long recommendations were continuing to send updates to the auditor's. >> shares have called on the fbi to get involved and insisted her office has aggressively implement reforms and improve the system for inmates to file grievances. republican doug oc is dropping out of the recall race for california governor. in a statement he revealed that he suffered a heart attack on sunday evening. well, she says he's now focusing on his health and is expected to make a full recovery. he thanked his family supporters and team for believing in his campaign and vision for the state.

sheriff's office and this is reportedly filed on thursday. this is also regarding an account that we know is in that a.g.'seport that was also referenced specifically at the press conference on tuesday, and this is that allegation of groping that was brought up. here's how it was addressed in the press conference. >> on november 16th, 2020, in the executive mansion, the governor hugged executive assistant number one and reached under her blouse to grab her breast. this was the culmination of a pattern of inappropriate sexual conduct, including numerous close and intimate hugs where the governor held her so closely that her breasts were pressed against his body and he sometimes ran his hands up and down her back while he did so. there were also several occasions on which the governor grabbed her bullet. butt. >> now, in response, in both his taped statement and also in this 85-page rebuttal, essentially, that we got from the governor's attorneys, he said very clearly, this just did not happen. those were his words, victor. now, just to put a little bit more in context here too, we also heard from his camp.

contra costa county sheriff's deputy will not face charges after shooting and killing a suspect during an attempted arrest three years ago. the d a s office the deputy matthew got the aid did not break the law when he shot paul ridgeway got the was trying to arrest ridgeway when ridgeway fired a single shot at the deputies. head prosecutors ruled the deputy acted in self defense. it's a number of immigrants detained in the united states has increased in recent months, according to the chronicle. the number of detainees more than doubled since the end of february two. nearly 27,000 as of july 22nd. that number is disappointing to some immigrant advocates who say president biden campaigned on ending prolonged detention and the use of private prisons for immigration detention straight back to the bay area. warm up if you live inland and the mild temperatures, you get closer to the coast, right, rosemary? yes, very comfortable along the coast and inside the bay. it's a warm day, but not bad at all. temperatures will continue to climb, though. as this warming trend gets underway outsider doors at this hour we do have mostly sunny skies away fr

sheriff,'s waiting for, believed to be photo, a selfie taken with the governor and executive assistant number one. the sheriff is waiting for the evidence and material from the attorney general's office. is it possible that while it appears the governor was convicted in the court of public opinion with these documents, with this testimony. it will lead to conviction? >> griff, the thing is, this is going on two different tracks and they're not the same thing. one is impeachment. in terms of impeachment. what we just saw really advances the ball. in terms of, you know, an ultimate criminal proceeding, what will have to happen, they'll have to investigate this. they'll have to decide whether to prosecute him or not and then he'll get the rights, if he gets charged, that a normal criminal defendant gets. but i think from cuomo's standpoint, your political motivation and your legal jeopardy are kind of intention. so, normally what would lawyer would want in a criminal case is for the client just to pipe down and be quiet and let's see what the government decides to do. cuomo politically can't afford to do that, so, you know, i think what he's got his eyes on right now is how this affects

facilities sheriff smith called on the fbi to get involved and insisted her office has aggressively implemented reforms and improve the system for inmates to file grievances. >> critics, however, say the 10's of millions of dollars spent on the jails in recent years have failed to put things right. you know, certainly progress has been made by virtue of the. >> a commitment of funds from the county. but i am still concerned that even with those funds. >> in place. we're not getting the kind of professional leadership and accountability that we should so as for the lack of the investigations. i'm fully prepared to move forward. >> and since there continues to be a lot of speculation. and certainly in france's, i welcome any and all investigations. >> this issue back in the spotlight after it came to light recently that the county paid 10 million dollars to the family of a mentally ill inmate who suffered a serious head injury here in the jail. 2018. the 3rd such incident in last several years supervisor smitty and says he wants all of the confidential records in connection with the most recent case made public live in san jose. rob fladeboe kron 4 news. thank you, ron. >> coming up this hou

sheriff's office after she says deputies knocked her unconscious at 10 30. we take a look at both dash and body camera video of the incident. tor withdrawing u. s forces from afghanistan the pentagon says they can evacuate americans and afghan partners by then fox news madeline rivera tells us the white house fears that an extension of the deadline could put u. s troops at risk. we will continue to close our close cooperation to get people out as efficiently and safely as possible as president biden insists the u s. is on track to pull americans and vulnerable afghans out of afghanistan by august 31st many on capitol hill are skeptical there's no way and seven days we can remove all american citizens. much less our afghan partners the president cited threats outside of the airport in kabul primarily from an isis affiliate in the country as the main reason to stick with the end of the month deadline. some critics, however argue the president's decision creates more future security risks all of those terrorist organizations which want to attack the united states now have an entire country is a sanctuary thanks to this withdrawal that we've seen p

sheriff's office over allegations of abuse that led to inmate deaths and injuries. sheriff smith says she will not resign and she defended her record on managing the jail system while critics say that 10'sdollars spent on the jails have failed to make things right. the sheriff blames the failures on a lack of staffing. so as for the lack of the investigations. i'm fully prepared to move forward. >> and since there continues to be a lot of speculation. and certainly in france's, i welcome any and all investigations. not only did we cooperate, but we as we are continuing to make progress on their long recommendations were continuing to send updates to the auditor's. >> in fact, sheriff smith called on the fbi to get involved and insist that her office has aggressively implemented reforms and improved the system for inmates to file grievances. >> well, the u.s. is ramping up of activations out of afghanistan as thousands of us citizens and vulnerable afghans are looking for refuge from taliban control. but they're still having trouble at the airport with nobody able to get out there. there are crowds trying to get out. krakow. martin is live in washington, d c with the latest raquel. >> go

sheriff's office over allegations of abuse that led to inmate deaths and injuries. sheriff smith says she will not resign and she defended her record on managing the jail system while critics say that 10'sails have failed to make things right. the sheriff blames the failures on a lack of staffing at the jails. now, as for the lack of the investigations. i'm fully prepared to move forward. >> and since there continues to be a lot of speculation. and certainly in france's, i welcome any and all investigations. not only did we cooperate, but we as we are continuing to make progress on their long recommendations were continuing to send updates to the auditor's. >> sheriff smith called on the fbi to get involved and insist that her office has aggressively implemented reforms and improved the system for inmates to file grievances. >> and daria. speaking of aggressive, the san jose unified school district. they are aggressively fighting covid-19 has 30,000 students are heading back to class in about an hour from now. i'll tell you about all the restrictions coming up. and a make this the summer you taught them what it means to serve. the summer of hauling happiness by the ton. and bringing hom