lindsey boylan was the first accuser to come forward in a new interview.intimidation inside the governor's office. overnight, governor cuomo accuser lindsey boylan speaking out in her first interview with "the new yorker's" ronan farrow. the former aide detailing a new claim of harassment against the governor that she says happened in 2018. she says she was walking with cuomo after a meeting at the governor's mansion when his dog jumped on her. cuomo then, quote, joked that if he were a dog, he would try to mount her as well. boylan adding, i remember being grossed out, but also adding, what a dumb third grade thing to say. a spokesperson for cuomo declined to comment to the magazine on this claim but reiterated cuomo's denial that he behaved inappropriately with boylan. the article also details newly reported plans by cuomo advisers to discredit boylan. reportedly leaking boylan's personnel records and releasing a letter attacking her credibility allegedly planning to use the press to turn the tables on her and accuse her of bullying female colleagues inc

boylan., administration officials responded to our report by saying that this effort was organic. which as a party a senior adviser to the governor said the administration's effort boiled after boylan's tweets and she reached out to the executive chamber. as a party said, as a result, the governor and his allies -- the governor's aided and allies reached out to some former colleagues to check in and make sure that they had a heads-up. we've spoken to a few people that got the called. at lease one of them a 35-year-old that lives in rod rosenstein. she was surprised be i the outreach and took it as intimidation. he said none of these calls were meant to intimidate anybody. >> neil: the governor was among those call something. >> our report does not indicate that. what we have learned is his top aide, melissa derosa is the person that sort of encouraged this outreach to be made. that the outreach itself came from -- >> neil: did the governor know this outreach was being made, jimmy? >> our repo

one of his accusers, lindsey boylan, calling for him to be impeached at a rally in new york. and an eighth woman who currently works for the governor now coming forward. the governor's lawyer still denying he did anything wrong. here's abc's trevor ault. >> reporter: tonight, the first of governor andrew cuomo's accusers speaking out, calling on lawmakers to remove him from office. >> the only way we can hold this governor accountable is to impeach him. the assembly must act swiftly. >> reporter: former aide lindsey boylan claims cuomo repeatedly sexually harassed her, allegedly kissing her without warning inside his manhattan office then trying to tarnish her reputation when she came forward. >> cuomo is a coward! >> cuomo is a coward! >> reporter: today at a political rally, boylan, who is running for manhattan borough president, joining demonstrators demanding the governor's impeachment. >> i think he should leave office. i think that he should never, you know, be in office again. >> reporter: cuomo refused to resign, denying any sexual misconduct or harassment, and admitt

that same year boylan says cuomo gave her an unwanted kiss on the lips.y posted to twitter when he was asked about them in a news conference in december. >> on the tweets i totally respect a woman's right, fought for a woman's right to express any concern and issue that she has in the workplace. i support that. but the tweets were simply not true. >> and, again, yesterday, he repeated his denial that he sf never touched anyone inappropriately. >> 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. i never knew at the time that i was making anyone feel uncomfortable. >> in response, boylan tweeted, how can new yorkers trust you to lead our state if you don't know when you've been inappropriate with your own staff? in 2018 the same year that boylan alleges cuomo kissed her, the governor signed legislation requiring all state government employees to undergo sexual harassment training. and in 2019 cuomo appeared with the leaders of th

boylan.taliating against someone who had made a claim. >> so when we talk about people tied to cuomo in this letter, what sort of people were we talking about, aides? how high did this go? >> governor cuomo has been in office for a decade. there's a large number of people connected to him both in official and unofficial capacities, both as advisers, aides, consultants, what have you. without revealing sourcing, there are a number of people he regularly consults with on things like this, both political and policy wise. and it was in that orbit that this memo was being circulated. >> i've asked you this before. i'm curious, though, what is the mood like in the governor's office and now that the president has weighed in, you know, is the governor feeling as strong in his refusal to resign as maybe he did yesterday? >> well, i certainly haven't spoken to the governor, but i will tell you amongst his aides, i think there is a consistent message that they're going to continue to do the work of the

they tried to smear boylan by leaking her personnel files that include glaegs of past bullying.his rate. a young woman accuses a former boss of harassment and there's a tax-financed smear campaign. did they do this? >> reporter: they said they have a right to do this. lindsey boylan is the first accuser of sexual harassment against governor cuomo and she first came out with her accusations back in december, and it didn't get much attention according to this "new yorker" article. the administration was dealing with the fallout of the nursing home deaths when the tweets started happening, so they formed a brain trust made up of high-level officials in the administration who came up with this idea to basically send out her personnel records to members of the press. cnn received them as well. in them there was allegations of bullying of co-workers when she worked at the administration, some of them women of color. and boylan in this article said this was clearly just retaliation for me coming out with these sexual harassment allegations against the governor. let me read you in full

. >> the allegations that have been made by miss ruch and miss boylan and miss bennet are serious, veryubling. these women have to be listened to. >> reporter: the third accuser, 33-year-old anna ruch, told "the new york times" after meeting cuomo for the first time at a wedding in 2019, she says he put his hand on her bare lower back. she says she removed his hand. the next moment, seen here, is when the governor put his hands on her cheeks and asked if he could kiss her. cuomo has not directly responded to the latest allegation. in a previous statement he said he never inappropriately propositioned anyone. rather, his comments were attempts at being playful, and apologized to anyone who misinterpreted his actions. the two former cuomo staffers, lindsey boylan and charlotte bennett, who have also leveled sexual harassment allegations against the governor, both tweeted their support of ruch, boylan writing, "i feel nauseous thinking about anna's experience. charlotte and i are with you, anna." while the governor has denied the sexual harassment against these women, there are continuing

the first accuser lindsey boylan had something to say about that. she said i'm tired of leaders in my own party calling allegations against our governor nauseating and hard to read. take time to sit with yourselves and who you are. so obviously that is her saying that schumer and other leaders should be saying that cuomo should resign right now. the count is about at least 120. that is the majority of lawmakers calling on cuomo to resign or to be impeached. this impeachment, by the way, investigation launched yesterday by the democrat-controlled legislature. they will have full subpoena power and focus on the sex misconduct and the nursing home scandals. republican leader of the assembly will barclay released a statement after the announced impeachment investigation saying republicans have called for impeachment investigations for weeks. now that democrats have finally recognized the need the committee's work must move expeditiously and must provide a deadline and defined process this investigation will take. republicans worry this is a delay tactic

kiss today boylan says i just want the abuse to stop. i am not focused on punishment i am focused on accountability it is a different story in the state's capitol where the attorney general is expected to appoint an independent investigator to look into the claims anne thompson, nbc news, new york >>> a series of powerful earthquakes struck near new zealand today. the largest triggering tsunami alerts as far as hawaii and central south america and some in new zealand moved higher ground as a precaution our investigation of unemployment fraud, tens of billions of dollars stolen from those who really need it >>> the u.s. senate will consider a police relief bill naming after george floyd. >> reporter: with tension high, with the trial of derek chauvin, over night the u.s. house passed a police reform bill in floyd's name. >> we have people that understand that what happened on that day was wrong >> reporter: louisville banned no knock warrant following breonna taylor's death >> in 2021, we don't have a federal database that tracks police o

speaking for the first time on camera, boylan wants accountability. >> we do not have accountabilityon women, mostly younger than myself, and then lies about it. >> reporter: now, cuomo has long denied boylan's accusations, but, stephanie, to give you an idea of just how quickly the attorney general's independent investigation is moving along, we understand that next week investigators will interview charlotte bennett. she is the 25-year-old who says that governor cuomo asked her intimate questions about her sex life. stephanie? >> anne thompson, thank you. we have more breaking news out of new york this morning. manhattan district attorney cy advance, whose office is investigating president trump and his administration says he will not run for re-election and will be out by the end of the year. he said a statement that says, i never thought of this as my last job, even though it's been the best job and the biggest honor i will ever have. no word on the investigation into former president trump. >>> many americans could be getting a stimulus check as soon as this weekend, but for man

boylan is one of six women accusing him.an tell you charlotte bennett, the woman who spoke on television last week, she is going to be meeting with investigators next week to tell her side of the story, investigators from that independent probe ordered by the attorney general. >> we're going to be again learning more from governor cuomo today when he talks to reporters at 1:00 p.m. anne thompson, thank you very much as always for your reporting. >>> up next here, texas tussle. as president biden warns not to let up on social distancing and mask wearing, texas is taking a dramatically different approach. more on the legal battle there next. >>> but first, governor mcconaughey? amid rumors he might enter the race for governor in texas, actor and activist matthew mcconaughey told nbc's al roker today he is getting it serious thought. >> it's a very honorable consideration. so am i considering that, sure, it's a great and honorable thing to be able to consider. what i've got to choose for myself is i want to get into a leadershi

boylan said she did not reply and was grossed out and thought what a dumb third grade thing to say.r the governor detailed the comments specifically on the claim. he declined to comment on that specific story but reiterated that cuomo's denial is he never behaved inappropriate with boylan. also within this story in the "new yorker," they talk about the cuomo administration's efforts to talk about boylan to reporters. they shared her personnel file with several reporters. she was disturbed by that as well. cuomo's office responded to that by saying " with certain limited exceptions as a general matter, it is within a government t entity's discretion to share redacted employment recorded material. of course, many are criticizing the way the cuomo administration has handled their response to these accusations, particularly the accusers who have come forward and the way they try to run disinformation campaigns or counter them by some of these accusers. pam. >> ryan nobles live for us in albany. >>> in minneapolis, lawyers need to pick only one more juror for the trial of derek chauvin,

to that point, one of his accusers, lindsey boylan, who said cuomo made inappropriate comments to her and kissed her on the lips, says he is calling up hate and speculation to be directed to his accusers. all harm and hate sits squarely on governor cuomo, close quote. we saw a cascade of lawmakers call for his resignation yesterday because it had reached a tipping point, they came to the decision that he didn't have the gravity anymore to effectively run the state and execute his state duties. not listed among the democratic lawmakers calling for his resignation is representative tom suozzi. i spoke with him this morning. he says it's up to the governor to decide whether he can execute his duties. >> like everybody else, i'm grossed out by the allegations that exist. if my daughter came home and said -- and she's 25, came home

a cuomo spokesperson has said, quote, there is simply no truth to the claims made by boylan.cuomo said in part, "to be clear, i never inappropriately touched anybody and i never propositioned anyone." when asked what she thought of the governor's statement in response to her accusation, boylan said, "i just want the abuse to stop. i'm really not focused on punishment. i'm focused on accountability. and i think we're seeing somewhat the way the governor and his administration operates, the way that they are, and it's being seen in real time, and i think that's really unfortunate but probably necessary." boylan issued a statement yesterday thanking those supporting her and acknowledging that she's received many threats. she added, "when someone abouses their power, they're not just harming the victim, they're often harming their entire communities." >>> still ahead, republicans are hitting back after the president slams the governors of texas and mississippi for their, quote, neanderthal thinking when it comes to lifting mask mandates. but the white house offers its own rebutta

cuomo denied boylan's accusations in december when they first surfaced.y tried to appoint an independent reviewer to look into the allegations. but new york's attorney general letitia james rejected that, insisting on an independent investigation by an outside law firm with subpoena power. several high profile new york democrats also rejecting cuomo's effort, arguing that he should have no role in shaping the probe. >> if these investigations bear out, it really starts to, i think, call into question the leadership that we currently have. >> reporter: now, cnn has reached out to bennett for comment on this latest accusation, but has not heard back, and cnn has not been able to corroborate the allegations, and when asked for further comment, boylan, who is running for a manhattan borough president said she wanted to let her medium post speak for itself. jim, poppy. >> athena, thank you very much for that important reporting. we'll stay on it. in the middle of this pandemic, we are seeing a surge in attacks on asian americans and they're happening all acros

lindsey boylan saying cuomo asked for a kiss cuomo denied boylan's allegation >> it is not true. >> andrew cuomo sadly does not have many friends. >> reporter: he's facing many setbacks for his administration a dramatic turn of events for cuomo lester >>> anne thompson. thank you. trump's breaking his silence hinting he may run in 2024 and there is news of him and his wife receiving the covid vaccine. president biden meeting virtually with the president of mexico following his predecessor blasting his early move at the border >> biden's radical immigration policies are not just illegal but immoral. >> reporter: former president trump breaking his silence >> do you miss me yet? >> reporter: and planning president biden's ongoing school closures >> there is no reason why the vast majority of young americans should not be back in school immediately >> joe biden sold out america's children to the teachers unions. >> reporter: a conference straw poll shows 95% of the people at the event wants gop to back trump's agenda, fewer than 68% want him to run again. mr. trump hinting at it, while we are

lindsey boylan saying she wants a transparent process.at story. trevor, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. lindsey boylan is 1 of now 8 women accusing governor andrew cuomo of some form of sexual harassment or inappropriate behavior, including two women who still work for him, and with cuomo refusing to resign, boylan and others are calling on the state assembly to remove him from office immediately. this weekend, andrew cuomo's first accuser speaking out at a political rally, surrounded by a crowd of demonstrators who demanded impeachment. >> someone who abuses their power doesn't just do it to one woman or one community. they do it on some level to every person and every community. >> reporter: former aide lindsey boylan claims cuomo repeatedly sexually harassed her. allegedly kissing her without warning on one occasion inside his manhattan office. now as she's running for manhattan borough president, she says cuomo and his staff have tried to retaliate against her for sharing her story. cuomo has denied any sexual misconduc

now, in the past, governor cuomo has denied lindsay boylan's accusations.countability she seeks, well, everybody is looking at the state attorney general's independent investigator, but at this point no independent investigator has been named and when one does, what i'm hearing is this is an investigation that's going to take months, not days. katy. >> anne thompson. ann, thank you so much. joining me now is the managing editor for the albany times union overseeing the capitol bureau and investigations. brendan, thanks for being here. first off, this vote to revoke the governor's emergency powers, does the governor have to sign off on that? >> he does not is my understanding because the legislature can take this action unilaterally. he is not disputing this, even if he did have to sign it, because he has said throughout and his office has said throughout this that the legislature could always overturn any of his executive orders. they could just convene and do that. but this really represents something more serious where it's a power play by the legislature

the governor denied boylan's charges.rvative political action conference-known as c-pac-- wrapped up its annual meeting today with an address from former president donald trump. it was the first major address by the former president since he left office after losing the election. >> we began the journey 4 years ago, and the journey is far from >> sreenivasan: president joe biden is spending two nights at his home in wilmington, delaware this weekend. he had no public events today, but did go to church this morning. for the latest national and international news, visit pbs.org/newshour. >> sreenivasan: as investigations into the january 6 insurrection at the capitol continue, we're learning more about how misinformation, lies and conspiracyheories online helped to incite the violence. an investigation by the associated press delved into the public and private social media accounts of nearly 1,000 elected and appointed republican officials at the state and local level nationwide. many had voiced support for the insurrection

lindsey boylan tweeted out. but i suspect we'll hear from her in the near term. those sorts of statements, the rebuttal of the governor's direct remarks, that certainly doesn't help his case. >> i'll just read that, because debra katz, the attorney for charlotte bennett did put this out. the governor repeatedly said he had no idea he made anyone uncomfortable. my client, charlotte bennett, reported his sexually harassing behavior immediately to his chief of staff and chief counsel. we are confident that they made him aware of her complaint. so that's a problem. i mean, that's a problem, if they have evidence. if this comes out in the investigation, which there's no reason to believe it wouldn't, and it's not true, what he's saying. >> well, certainly, the legal aspect of this is going to be fascinating. the attorney general will be appointing an outside investigator in the days and weeks to come. we'll see who that is. that person will have subpoena power. they'll be able to draw down documents sand compel testi

boylan tweeting today, how can new yorkers trust you to lead our state if you don't know when you'veriate with your own staff? a third woman has accused him of unwanted advances. anna ruch told "the new york times" cuomo asked if he could kiss her at a wedding. the governor pictured here in 2019 with her hands cupped around her face. cuomo addressing that picture directly for the first time. >> it is my usual and customary way of greeting. however, what i also understand is it doesn't matter my intent. what matters is if anybody was offended by it, then it was wrong. >> while some calls for his resignation are increasing in new york -- >> i call on governor cuomo to resign, because this is about an abuse of power. >> reporter: national democratic leaders have largely stopped short of that, and pressed for an independent investigation without political interference. >> look, the allegations that have been made by miss ruch and miss boylan and miss bennett are serious, very troubling. these women have to be listened to. >> he's saying that nothing inappropriate happened. if the investi

reportedly been attempted smears against his accuser lindsey boylan interpersonal record released intoedia the wall street journal is reporting melissa derosa led a staffer who basically harassed a half a dozen former and current staffers to basically discredit lindsey boylan and the accuser. is this obstruction of justice? >> possibly it is easy, permissible and ugly for politicians to reach out to other politicians and say stop trying to get me impeached or to resign but when you start dealing with actual complaint the victims of the incident then you're playinge with fire becaue you might be attr a position whe orchestrating obstruction of justice if you people that are being told this is going to get rough for you are you sure you want to go down this road will be embarrassing there is a flavor of obstruction that a criminal prosecutor would want to listen to and figure out if they can prove beyond a reasonable doubt pretty quickly when it comes to the interference with the normal ability of a plaintiff to come forward. elizabeth: he faces an impeachment trial in the state of new y

. >> reporter: another former aide, lindsey boylan, said the governor made inappropriate marks during her tenure and gave her an unwanted kiss in "harper's bazaar," boylan said i want it to stop it's a different story in the state capitol where the attorney general is expected to appoint an independent investigator to look into the claims anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> the pope is headed to the middle east this morning and this papal visit is said to be a historic one the pontiff is traveling there to ease muslim christian tensions and the trip comes at a very davis time. nbc's raf sanchez joins us with more. >> reporter: good morning. the pope is going to a region that's seen so much war. this is going to be a busy trip. hundreds of thousands of christians have fled the country in recent years heechls going to areas once controlled by isis and he's going to meet christians who survived the dark time on saturday he's going to the holy city, meet one of iraq's top shia muslim clerics. as you aid, this trip is not without risk the pope is 84 years old he's been vaccinated but ir

"he would find a way to, like, touch me in passing, getting on the plane, getting off the plane," boylanays "he frequently stared at my legs." and she says in 2018 the governor made a crude joke when his puppy jumped near her. the governor, now deflecting questions >> i'm not going to resign find out the facts and we'll take it from there. >> reporter: as for this latest allegation, tonight the governor's attorney reiterates what cuomo has said all along, that he's never made inappropriate advances or inappropriately touched anyone lester >> all right thank you, anne. >>> in texas the homeland security secretary toured a facility sheltering hundreds of migrant children amid a growing surge at the border gabe gutierrez reports now from mexico on the desperation on both sides of the border. >> reporter: for the youngest children it's all they know. an agonizing wait for asylum "we're desperate," jeanine torres tells us "as a mother we want the best for our kids." at this shelter in matamoros, mexico she and other mothers allowed us to film their family right now there are about 80 or so mi

. >> reporter: but another former aide, lindsay boylan, says the governor gave her an unwanted kiss. and a third woman, anna ruch said the governor took her face in his hands and asked to kiss her. >> you can go find hundreds of pictures of me kissing people, men, women, it is my usual and customary way of greeting. >> reporter: cuomo says he's not about to quit. >> i wasn't elected by politicians, i was elected by the people of the state of new york. i'm not going to resign. >> stephanie ramos back with us from albany. and the governor says he's learned, in his words, a very important lesson, and tonight, you have reaction from two of the women? >> reporter: exactly, david. the governor's former aide lindsay boylan tweeting, how can new yorkers trust you to lead our state if you don't know when you've been inappropriate with your own staff? the lawyer for charlotte bennett releasing a statement, saying the governor's remarks were full of falsehoods. david? >> all right, stephanie ramos, thank you. >>> we're going to turn now to the coronavirus here in the u.s. president biden blasti

her claims follow charlotte bennett and lindsey boylan.rew cuomo and claimed sexual harrassment. anna ruch also made claims that he made advancements toward her at a wedding reception back in 2019. for more on these new accusations, let's bring in alexandra field. alexandra, what more do we know about these allegations and how the governor is reacting? >> reporter: we are learning new allegations this week and hearing from more women, but the governor of new york spuis putt it bluntly, saying this afternoon, there is no way i resign. he has the attorney general has launched an investigation into the allegations. the governor said she must be given time to perform an investigation. >> i'm not go r -- i was electee people of the state. i wasn't elected by politicians. i'm not going to resign because of allegations. the premise of resigning because of allegations is usually anti-democratic. the system is based on due process and the credibility of the allegation. anybody has the ability to make an allegation in democracy, and that's great, bu

cuomo denied boylan's accusations in december when they first surfaced.ied to appoint an independent reviewer to look into the allegations. but new york's attorney general letitia james rejected that, insisting on an independent law firm with subpoena powers. several high-profile democrats rejecting the effort, arguing he should have no role in shaping the probe. >> if the investigations fair out, it starts to, i think, call into question the leadership that we currently have. >> reporter: now cnn has reached out to bennett for comment on this latest accusation but have not received a response. cnn has not been able to corroborate the allegations an when asked for further comment, boylan, running for manhattan borough president wanted her post on medium to speak for itself. kate. >> athena, thank you very much. >>> coming up for us, donald trump promises to target his enemies within the republican party. how much power does he actually h hold. we'll be right back. (announcer) carvana's had a lot of firsts. 100% online car buying. car vending machines. and

his boylan, he said he never inappropriately touched somebody.kiss on the lips, to invite you to play strip poker as he did with miss boylan? two women lost their jobs that meant a lot to them as a result of his behavior and the hostile work environment for all women knowing about that, witnessing it, and even knowing now his aides participated. his aides participated with him in rating women's looks, writing to miss boylan, we've decided you're the better looking sister. this is a hostile work environment. if he didn't know this was wrong until now, he should have never been governor. >> you just, again, think about the timing, the me too movement. that should have been a wake-up call about being more aware of how your actions are perceived even if the intent wasn't as such. let me play what we have heard from the governor in response to allegations in part of what he said this week. >> i understand that i acted in a way that made people feel uncomf uncomfortable. it was unintentional and i truly and deeply apologize for it. i feel awful about i

. >> charlotte bennett and lindsey boylan have gone public with accounts of being sexually harassed byrivate plane and once kissed her on the lips in her office. governor cuomo denied that. bennett told the "new york times" that when she was working for governor last year at height of the covid-19 pandemic, initiated conversations about dating life and asked if age mattered, he was open to dating anyone above 22. issued apology, i now understand may have been insensitive or too personal and some of my comments given my position made others feel in ways i never intended. bennett refused to accept the apology saying he never acknowledged or took responsible for predatory behavior. new reporting from jesse mckinley in the "new york times," tells the story of anna ruck, 30 years younger than the governor and met him at new york city wedding in 2017. never worked for governor cuomo but worked for obama administration and biden campaign. "times" reports the governor was working the room after toasting the newlyweds, and came upon miss ruch, now 33, she thanked him. but what happened next uns

it follows allegations by another former aide, lindsey boylan. harassment, describing two separate interactions with the governor. she says he asked her to play strip poker in 2017 and gave her an uninvited kiss in his office a year later. cuomo rejecting these allegations as quite simply false. >> the white house weighed in on sunday with jen psaki. let me show this to you. >> president biden has been consistent that he believes that every woman should be heard, should be treated with respect and dignity. charlotte should be treated with respect and dignity. so should lindsey. there should be an independent review looking into these allegations. >> joining me now is nbc's anne thompson, who's been covering this. anne, i just want to share with anyone what you have just seen as well. a new statement from the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, which is really stunning in its directness. she says the women who have come forward with serious and credible charges against governor cuomo deserve to be heard and to be treated with dignity. the independ

. >> reporter: another former aide, lindsey boylan, says cuomo gave her an unwanted kiss. she tells "the new yorker's" ronan farrow that one time at the governor's mansion one of cuomo's dogs jumped on her. she claims cuomo joked if he were a dog he would try to mount her as well. >> we unearthed emails, texts, both internal communications in the governor's office that talked about her looks and alluded to an elevated level of interest from the governor. >> reporter: and david, lindsey boylan said the governor's office tried to retaliate by leaking her personnel files with unflattering information to reporters. the governor's office says that was appropriate to set the record straight. david? >> erielle reshef here in new york. thank you. >>> when we come back tonight, the another headline breaking involving coronavirus at mar-a-lago. what's being done there tonight. >>> and a major step if you're looking to travel soon again, but with a major change. during photosynthesis, plants convert solar energy to chemical energy, cleaning the oxygen we breathe. plants clean the air

boylan tweeted i just don't have words. i spoke my truth about his abuse. the times reports this letter was being drafted months after another accuser charlotte bennett told staff privately that cuomo had sexually harassed her, too. at least seven women have come forward alleging sexual misconduct against cuomo. bennett's lawyer says she has been contacted privately by other accusers who have not yet come forward publicly. cuomo continues to deny these allegations. harris. >> harris: thank you very much. defunding the police is backfiring in a big way as portland, oregon's mayor, is requesting emergency funding for the police. >> today's filibuster moved the world's most ineffectual bodies. it is often used to prevent the senate from starting to debate important ideas. it's not the guarantor of democracy, it has become the death grip of democracy. >> harris: a number of democrats changing their tune on ending the filibuster as liberals aim to muscle through their agenda in the senate without any republican support. moments

days after lindsey boylan went public, according to the times, the letter suggested that boylan's accusationitated and politically motivated and disclosed personnel complaints filed against her and attempted to link her to supporters of former president trump. they said the initial plan take to have former cuomo aides and especially women sign their names to the document. the letter reviewed by the times was ultimately never released. spokesperson for cuomo's administration did not provide a statement on the story citing nog investigations. boylan tweeted in part, quote. >>> despite repeated assertion by senior trump administration officials that china sought to hurt the former president's re-election chances a newly declassified intelligence assessment says china stayed out of it but russia and iran did not. quote. china, on the other hand, considered, but did not deploy influence efforts intended to change the outcome of the u.s. presidential election. iran intended to undercut former president trump's relex prospects but not direct promoting his rivals and try to undermine general confide

now we've got lindsey boylan reportedly being, attempted smears against his accuser, lindsay boylan,sonnel records released into the media. "the wall street journal" was reporting melissa derosa who led staffers who basically harassed half a dozen former and current staffers to basically discredit lindsay boylan and the accusers. so is this obstruction the of justice? >> well, possibly. you know, here's the line, right? i mean, it's easy, it's permissible, if ugly, for politicians to reach out to other politicians and say stop trying to get me impeached or stop trying to get me to resign. but when you start dealing with the actual victims of these incidents, then you're playing with fire because you might be in a position where you are orchestrating an obstruction of justice. if you've got people that are being told things like, hey, this is going to get really rough for you, are you sure you want to go down this road, it's going to be really embarrassing, there's a flavor of obstruction that a criminal prosecutor would want to listen to and figure out if they can prove beyond a reas

as i see it, the governor specifically denied the allegations made by lindsey boylan. bennett told her story to me last week and we published it on saturday night, and since that time he's not explicitly denied anything charlotte said, he made a broad statement on saturday, saying he believed that to be a mentorship rather than a relationship that miss bennett believed was veering in a sexual manner. in the case of miss ruch that we broke this evening, with matt, my colleague, his response is to point back to a statement he made on sunday night that some of his remarks he feels have simply been misinterpreted, that's he's been known to banter with people and he apologized if people took that as inappropriate comments. >> do you think the anna ruch story will be regarded differently in albany because it was not an at-work story? >> well, certainly it is not a place -- a case of workplace discrimination, but i think it's beginning to fit into a narrative of, first of all, a governor under siege, but also a governor whose private behavior is being thrust into the public e

boylan says cuomo worked to -- boylan addressed a crowd of anti-cuomo protesters in manhattan on saturday. >> i spoke truth to power. when the governor should have been focused on leading us out of this pandemic, he was instead focused on covering up the deaths of 15,000 new yorkers and snaring me and my reputation. amy: in western new york, republican u.s. congress member tom reed has apologized to a female lobbyist who accused him of unwanted sexual advances. she says he drunkenly rbed her back, unhooked her bra, and moved his head to her thigh during a gathering at a minneapolis are in 2017. reid said he would not seek reelection next year. he is among elected officials: governor cuomo to resign over sexual harassment claims and said as recently as last month he would consider a run for governor in 2022. he now says he will not run. louisiana republican julia letlow has won a special election to replace her husband, luke letlow, who died in december of covid-19 before he could take his seat in congress for what would have been his freshman term. meanwhile, louisiana democrats troy cart

aide actually participated in it by writing to miss boylan about how the governor thought she lookedtainly -- there's evidence besides women, but we have to learn how to listen to women. why would these women lie? why would three women lie? and i absolutely guarantee there are going to be others. because this is the kind of per va vasive -- this isn't the governor met somebody and they developed chemistry. this is the governor harassing -- he called it unwanted flirtation, we call this sexual harassment. this is governor. he's got 25-year-old aide, miss bennett, and a 36-year-old aide, miss boylan, and then we have a photograph of him touching a woman he just met at a wedding, who was 31 years old. this is about power and these women should be believed, because they've put themselves in a very difficult position. and the fact that miss bennett, 25 years old, had the guts to complain immediately and what happened? there's no investigation? i think that the investigation should include whoever received any other complaints about governor cuomo. i guarantee you, there's going to be more

also developing tonight accuser lindsey boylan came forward with a new allegation that cuomo said heslams hillary clinton for her silence and refusal to condemn cuomo for a growing number of acquisitions. as farrow rights in the new yorker:: the accountability for governor cuomo should have come a long time with the nursing home cover-up. the fbi is probings whether the cuomo administration gave false data on nursing home deaths of it. started with the march 25, 2020 order despite early warnings from over the summer, cuomo and his team saw early by june and then the cover-up started. then a staffer admitted on a call they were fearful of a federal investigation. that would be called corruption, obstruction. you pick the word that fits for you. a failure of leadership. the victims and their families deserve so much better. here f with reaction the host of candace, candace owens. this is a serious issue. this is one big movement. where is it headed? >> i want to point out one thing that is getting lost in all of this noise about cuomo. he is instructing people to go into nursing homes

has lindsey boylan reached out to you? have you spoken to her. i said, no.p i remember thinking, how many other people is he calling? elizabeth: who else did the spokesman call? is that his job? is that what taxpayers pay him to do, is to pressure and influence women who are involved in a sexual harrassment allegation that is now being investigated by the state attorney general office? is that what, is that his job? is that what he is supposed to be doing? >> certainly not. and i would say, you know, i have colleagues on the other side of the aisle who have been saying hey, let the attorney general's investigation play out, see what happens. it is premature to call for resignation. here is a perfect example why we need to act now. if the governor is not going to resign we should take action and begin impeachment proceedings because clearly you know they're going to try to interfere. elizabeth: yeah. we also are showing that the cuomo administration ordered homes for the disabled to take back in covid-19 patients recovering patients and they never rescinded t

cuomo denied boylan's accusations and said they're, quote, quite simply false. these allegations have caused new york's attorney general to open an independent investigation into the matter. cuomo says that he does welcome that investigation, but asks the people of new york reserve judgment until the investigation is complete. alex, as you mentioned, this is now the second investigation launched against the cuomo investigation in 2021. the first one being led by the fbi regarding the potential undercounting of nursing home deaths amid the pandemic. >> you explained that well for us. thank you very much, cori coffin. >>> joining me now is myra riley, a represent tipgs of the southern district of new york and now candidate for mayor here in new york city and good friend to us here at msnbc. so, maya, you have the governor who repeatedly denied these allegations. but if you were in charge of this harassment investigation, what direction would you go in? >> it's good to be with you, alex. i'm sorry it's on this deeply disturbing topic. look, i would start with the t

as for boylan's accusations cuomo has denied those in the past.king ahead the next step is for the attorney general to appoint that independent investigator to look into these claims, an investigation that many believe will take months, not days. stephanie? >> anne, thank you. >>> coming up next, 17 states on their way or have already dropped their mask mandates, one state that has not, west virginia. i'll be asking governor jim justice to see if he's feeling pressured to change the rules where he is. you have 100 days to change your mind. that's the visionworks difference. visionworks. see the difference. (vo) ideas exist inside you, electrify you. they grow from our imagination, but they can't be held back. they want to be set free. to make the world more responsible, and even more incredible. ideas start the future, just like that. you may have many reasons for waiting to go to your doctor right now. but if you're experiencing leg pain, swelling, or redness, don't wait to see your doctor. these could be symptoms of deep vein thrombosis, a blood

this morning, boylan tweeted this -- "my abuser used the full force of the state government of all hiser to destroy me when i spoke out." meanwhile, governor cuomo could face criminal charges now after a sixth woman claimed he groped her in the executive mansion last year. local police reportedly say the incident may have risen to the level of a crime. we know it's within the statute of limitations as well. you are watching "outnumbered." i'm harris faulkner. here today my cohest, emily campagno, syndicated radio host and fox news contributor leslie marshall, host of "no interruption" on fox nation tomi lahren. joining today the former arkansas governor and fox news contributor mike huckabee. great to see everybody on this fine friday. the tale tie is bringing it, gov! all right. so, governor cuomo has a problem with democrats. i don't know if nadler and ocasio-cortez matter as much as the 53 of them in the new york assembly now calling for his resignation. >> mike: if you are talking to me first let me say the tie is in honor of next week's st. patrick's day. my only good opportunity

the first boylan accuser said he kissed her without her consent. he said i never engaged in behavior i am ashamed of. he kept repeating he was sorry for behavior that accidentally offended someone. he said sensitivities have changed. but he is maintaining that hard line he never engaged in something he is ashamed of. he said i am apologizeings to the young woman who said i made her feel uncomfortable. the allegations go far beyond that and allege a severe, hostile workplace environment which rises to the legal standard of sexual harassment. >> john: i noticed the same thing you he kept repeating the same phrase. i never knew at the time i made anyone feel uncomfortable. as an attorney that, sounded like a lawyered statement. it doesn't make any difference. if it were lower down the food chain, such allegations would be referred to the human resources department and there would be an investigation at that level. then there might be some sort of remedy that followed out of that. when you are the top dog and you are the governor of the state, it's a d