biaggi: yes.re things beyond sexual harassment claims, which are serious and efficient in their own right, but the nursing home deaths where he covered up the debts, the number of deaths, so that he could -- number -- covered up the deaths, the number of deaths so thahe could make $5 million and profit during a time when the state of new york was the state with the largest number of deaths but the greatest among of lead -- greatest amount of need with a leader more concerned with serving his own needs, rather than protecting those in nursing homes. we lost 16,000 elderly because of decisions he made that were uninformed and irresponsible. amy: alessandra biaggi, we want to thank you for joining us. new york state senator representing parts of the .

so state senator biaggi, i'm going to start with you. you used to work for governor cuomo and you've been open about feeling uncomfortable around him even after you left the job. what is your reaction to this report? >> i mean, first i want to say that i commend the brave women who came forward. it took an incredible amount of courage to report their interactions with the governor and their instances of sexual harassment. and i think that what the a.g.'s report confirmed for many of us was really what most of us knew to be true, that the governor has fostered and upheld a toxic work environment that is harmful to women. his staff has perpetuated this toxic environment. and now what's concluded as we all know is there were violations of both federal and state law. so his actions ultimately have become an abuse of power and

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new york state senator alessandra biaggi. i appreciate you joining us this afternoon, sharing your time and experiences in the governor's office and your voice on this because i know it is not easy, especially when it is, as you described it, some of the darkest times in your career and in your life. i'm thankful that you are on the other side of things. thank you, senator. >>> coming up in our next hour, everybody, another personal perspective of working directly with the governor from a familiar face here at msnbc, republican strategist susan del percio is going to join me live with her experiences, and how this news is changing her views on politics. >>> but up first, the olympics coming to a close in one more day. the highs and lows of the last big events of an unprecedented games. stay with us. can actually attract pet hair? with bounce pet hair & lint guard, your clothes can repel pet hair. look how the shirt on the left attracts pet hair like a magnet! pet hair is no match for bounce. with bounce, you can love your pet

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state senator alessandra biaggi, who formerly worked on his staff, joins us now from pelham, new york. senator, the governor says the harassment didn't happen. he said it as a result of cultural misunderstandings. as a result of cultural misunderstandinas. . ~' , ., ., misunderstandings. thank you for havin: me misunderstandings. thank you for having me on- _ misunderstandings. thank you for having me on. i— misunderstandings. thank you for having me on. ithink— misunderstandings. thank you for having me on. i think the - misunderstandings. thank you for i having me on. i think the governor's response to the attorney general�*s report is irresponsible, and it also feels like a master class in gas lighting. he attempts in his response to undermine the credibility not only of the report, a report that is incredibly thorough with many different people who were interviewed over 147 people — there were tens of thousands of documents and what is going on here is because he has lost credibility. my response

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thank you for being with us senator biaggi. you put out a statement today talking about this you were relieved that it has happened, however you said resignation is not accountability. you want that impeachment process to continue to go forward, one of your fears is that resignation does not prevent andrew cuomo for running for office again. >> that's right, thank you very much for having me tonight, ali. first, i want to say that the governor resigning today was a shocked to me like it was too many people who were watching the press conference or who had heard about it there after, the important part of it is that it feels as if new york is closing a dark chapter, in its history, but to the point that you're making about resignation it doesn't equal accountability, and the reason is because we have not had a full reckoning of the many ways in which governor cuomo has harmed not only these 11 women but our government, and our state. right now, without impeachment andrew cuomo is permitted to run again for office, and so we have

joining me, alessandra biaggi and john t. mcdonald iii. i'm so happy you're both here. state senator biaggi, you used to work for governor cuomo and have been open about feeling uncomfortable around him even after you left the job. what is your reaction to this report? >> i mean, first i want to say that i commend the brave women who came forward. it took an credible amount of courage to report their interactions with the governor and their instances of sexual harassment. what the a.d.'s report confirmed for many of us is what most of us knew to be true, that the governor has fostered and upheld a toxic work environment that's harmful to women. his staff has perpetuated this toxic environment. now what they concluded, as we all know, there are violations of federal and state law. his actions have become an abuse of power. and they don't just impact those individual women who came forward but they also impact the function and the integrity of the entire new york state government. >> i had a similar conversation with jay jacobs, it seems like you have the votes to impeach

owner bring into our conversation new york states are alessandra biaggi. thank you for spending time with us today. obviously, you have some personal experiences and i first want to ask you your reaction to what you saw today. >> first nicole, thank you for having me on. i think today was a mixture of feelings. i think there was a sense of gratitude to all of the woman who bravely spoke out, despite the real reputation of retaliation and toxicity that the executive chamber has. they did so in a way that allowed these independent investigators to have findings of toxic workplace and retaliation, violations of federal law. that was on the one hand. in the response to these reports that governor cuomo made, i think the overriding feeling was one of sorrow. not only for the woman who stepped forward, but really for all women and all victims and survivors of sexual abuse because, when it felt like was happening was the governor was attempting to gaslight new yorkers as to what the report had said. the report was independent, we will get to it. it was very thoro

poster first image, this is a gordon biaggi. so when we talk about the man, the first one we are talking about actually did not serve in the military service, he actually two very different path. and here is what i think with esther snow it is leading in and talk gordon why you included him in the story. >> gordon as you know, as you spent many hours talking to him, he's very interesting man. this situation was in the beginning of the war, he was a student at the university of washington and he was also a before the war and the war broke out, and a curfew was of anybody of japanese ancestry. and one of the things gordon did is he wanted to evade that curfew. we'll talk with that in the minute i think. but then, subsequently, began to document this location and then a little later, when the time came the japanese-americans to get on the buses and be taken away to the camp, gordon did not get on the bus and instead he sat down and wrote a very detailed reason statement about why he felt that the incarcerations were wrong and in eq

. >> and now of course i have to ask about you, senator biaggi.g a run for governor in 2022. what would convince you to make that leap? how close are you to deciding? >> so i want to be very clear with all of your listeners and everyone who is watching right now that i am not i am not runn governor, and i am fully committed to making sure that this governor has not only the support of myself but also my colleagues and that we give this governor a good-faith effort to make sure that she succeeds. i think that down the road or later in life it is something to certainly think about, but, again, i think it is a moment that really just causes many of us to pause. i don't think that there's a majority of people in the legislature who have functioned under a normal government, and i think that's an important thing for people to know. but i think that this moment really just reflects how much just gravity and how much effort has been made to make sure that albany actually is reflective of what new york really represents in terms of its values. so we'll se

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my sincere thanks to barbara mcquade, state senator biaggi and shelly banjo. thank you so much for starting us off on today's breaking news. >>> when we come back, it seems every day we're learning more about the ex-president, donald trump's desperate 11th hour plot to overthrow president biden's legitimate election victory. as multiple committees in congress are actively investigating that, our next guest says it's time for a criminal investigation into the ex-president. dan goldman will be our next guest. >>> and president biden delivering on his landmark bipartisan legislation. a clear win for this white house achieving something that the last guy never even came close to. >>> plus later in the program, local leaders defying red state governors who are threatening the health and safety of our kids. all those stories and more when "deadline white house" continues after a quick break. don't go anywhere. after a quick break. don't go anywhere. ♪ ♪ ♪ hey google, turn up the heat. ♪ ♪ ♪ rugs starting at $39.99. but you'll make 'em look like a million bucks. home