we have bryan llenas life in albany. he's been on the story since hit broke. bring us up to speed and reaction that you're seeing. >> i have gotten confirmation from a few members on the judiciary committee that's running the impeachment investigation here in albany that there is an appetite to move forward with impeachment at least from one republicanism women as well as two other democrats and that includes the chairman of the judiciary committee, charles levine, who just yesterday in a press conference at that i wouldn't discount back for a moment when asked whether or not they would move forward with impeachment regardless of whether or not the governor resigns. so we'll see. the appetite can be for a couple things. i've heard that there's -- people really want to make sure that they hold the governor accountable. one democrat, and assemblyman said, this is the most powerful governorship in the entire country. we need to move forward with his impeachment so that we can start to rein in the power of the governorship. others have pointed to the nursing home

bryan llenas live from new york as we await the breaking news. n. >> good afternoon, trace. we don't expect the governor to be at the press conference but we'll see. we expect three of the governor's attorneys to be there. it was announced after the albany sheriff's office said they had received a criminal complaint from an unidentified executive assistant pictured here that claims governor cuomo groped her several times in the executive mansion including seconds before taking this selfie in 2019 and again in 2020 when cuomo put his hand understood her blouse. according to that ag report tuesday, executive assistant number 1 stepped away and said you're going to get us in trouble to which the governor replied, i don't care and slammed the door shut. at that moment he was sexually driven. i could tell and the way he said it, i could tell. governor cuomo told the independent investigators of this serious allegation "to touch a woman's breath that i hardly know in the mansion with my family around to say i don't care who sees us, i would have to lose

>> shannon: bryan llenas in new york, thank you, bryan.eam media turn on cuomo has been whiplash inducing. once a darling of the press, the governor tonight is a pariah, also a major problem for one particular media personality. fox news media analyst and host fox news media buzz howard kurtz has the story. >> i'm chris quomg mow welcome to prime. we are focused on covid here. >> chris cuomo made no mention of the scandal threatening to drive his brother of from office. cuomo was unable to address it because he and the network have decided he cannot cover the new york governor in any way. a marked contrast to last year's 11 love-filled appearances on his program when andrew cuomo was being hailed during the pandemic. >> thank you for coming back to the show. >> mom told me i had to. >> when the shower. allegations surfaced, cnn reinstated an earlier ban on cuomo on cuomo coverage. >> obviously, i'm aware of what is going on with my brother. and, obviously, i cannot cover it because he is my brother. >> new york's attorney general uncovered

correspondent bryan llenas has that story from the haitian capital of port-au-prince. >> it's a raceinst time for the u.s. coast guard as their three helicopters fly critically injured patients from the epicenter of saturday mornings devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake. to the capital city of port-au-prince where hospitals are still standing. dozens have been transferred this way with various injuries. >> we have seen everything from crush injuries, and debris falling and people, compound fractures, head trauma. we have seen the entire gamut we are trying to get to as many people as we can. >> more than 6,000 haitians are wounded, at least 1419 are dead after the quake devastated smaller cities 80 miles west of the capital. more than 12,000 homes are gone or badly damaged. thousands are displaced, for us to the streets or in makeshift temporary hospitals and shelters. >> we are on the soccer field. many people are staying there. our houses destroyed. >> and urban search and rescue team. first responders and four canines to help search for survivors in the rubble. >> we are using our

correspondent bryan llenas is reporting some new accusers actually are coming forward. good evening bryan. >> bret, good evening. two more women have come forward with new allegations against governor andrew cuomo. that, according to the reporting of the "new york post" which said that frankly these women were not even -- were not even referred to the attorney general letitia james. she was not even briefed about their allegations because the allegations came after the report was published instead, they were referred to local law enforcement. this as the problems continue to compound for the embattled governor. >> the governor needs to be held accountable. >> in her first tv interview the woman known as executive assistant number one britney co-miss so he is speaking out. >> what he did to me was a crime he broke the law. >> she says governor andrew cuomo allegedly groped her twice and kissed her without consent. >> these were not hugs that he would give his mother or his brother. these were hugs with the intention of getting some personal sexual satisfaction. >> she is

bret. >> bret: bryan llenas in new york, thank you. texas republican governor greg abbott says the second special legislative session will begin saturday in austin. the purpose of the session is to pass g.o.p. back late legislation including the bill. state democratic lawmakers like the washington, d.c., to startle the effort. democrats are fighting each other tonight over what to do with police budgets. it's becoming a central issue in the midterm election push. president biden and moderates want everything to go away but the progressive such as missouri democratic congresswoman cori bush are demanding that law enforcement spending be slashed. however, there is a catch. if she's being called out for her own personal safety requirements. congressional correspondent chad pergram takes a look at the hill. >> good evening, there's a fracture in the democratic party or defunding the police and inspires the progressive cori bush in missouri, she wants to defund the police yet she has spent $70,000 on her own private security. >> if i end up

bryan llenas live in albany where we're waiting for more developments. xecutive assistant number 1 talked about how she was groped twice by the governor in that interview. what is fascinating, we may never have known her story had it not been for the march 3 press conference in which governor cuomo denied touching anyone inappropriately for the third time. she watched the press conference at work and decided enough is enough. >> he almost has this smirk that he thinks that he's untouchable. that was the tipping point. i broke down. he's lying. i felt like he was personally saying it to me. >> she filed a criminal complaint with the albany sheriff's department. she believes that cuomo broke the law and deserves to be held accountable. the sheriff says the criminal investigation could lead to a misdemeanor arrest of the governor. cuomo's top aide resigned last night. she was mentioned 187 times in the attorney general's report that cited her as leading a toxic workplace. "the new york times" says derosa resigned after determining that cuomo no longer had a

first to bryan llenas on how cuomo's successor is getting ready for 13 days from now. bryan?neil, good afternoon. well, governor cuomo's replacement, let's gorka think hochul and the first female governor of new york did hold her first press conference today. she didn't want to get to whether or not she would pardon governor cuomo and didn't talk about impeachment. she said they were never close and she distanced herself from him. and those in the damning report will be out of a job. >> anybody doing unethical in the report will not be in my administration. nobody will describe any administration as a toxic work environment. >> governor cuomo is under multiple criminal investigations. the albany sheriff is looking to misdemeanor charges for groping. the fbi is looking into his covering up of covid-19 deaths. the new york attorney general is investigate whether he used state resources to write his $5 million memoire. all of this is being looked into by the impeachment investigation. the question is will impeachment still move and go forward. listen. >> whether that conclusion

sandra. >> sandra: bryan llenas in new york city for us.nd in chicago yet again. at least eight people killed there and more than 50 wounded across the city. for more let's bring in former utah congressman jason chaffetz. great to see you. it is heartbreaking to see what's happening. the numbers in chicago to new york absolutely stunning. what is happening? what is being done about this? you go to sliwa and talking about the defund the police movement. mayor deblasio's actions here and the fact that led to a spike in crime but it does not seem to be going away. what can be done? >> well, it is getting worse. these democrats and progressives have more power than they've ever had and able to institute more of that power. so their policies are clearly -- they aren't working. you have to have boots on the street. they did defund the police and they did take nearly 500 under cover police officers off the street in new york. there is a consequence. more crime and less ability to apprehend people. the other thing that is happening i think behind t

bryan llenas with the very latest on how it played out and how it might continue playing out. hey, bryan. >> hi, neil. this morning governor cuomo's outside counsel delivering a blistering attack against each and every one of the cuesers. then the governor came on tv and apologized for making people feel uncomfortable and if he had offended them. at the same time, he discredited the most serious allegations against him and then he decided to resign blaming politics. listen. >> i am a fighter. my instinct is to fight through this controversy. because i truly believe it is politically motivated. the best way i can help now is if i step aside and let government get back to governing. >> it is a stunning fall for one of the democratic party's biggest stars. earlier president biden was just asked about this. well, he had very brief comments. listen. >> i respect the governor's decision. i respect the decision he made. >> earlier, rita glavin attacked lindsey boylan, the first accuse tore come out publicly against the governor, this is what boylan now says about the resignation. "fro

bryan llenas, thank you. let's go to chad pergram in washington who is digesting this in our nation's capitol. chad? >> good afternoon, neil. new york congressional democrats are turning on cuomo. chuck schumer and kirsten gillibrand says the governor should step aside. they add that new york deserves better leadership. >> we continue to believe that the governor should resign. >> gillibrand was the first senator to call for the ouster of al franken three years ago over sexual harassment. >> heart goes out to the women who have come forward after what they went through. i thank them for their courage. >> democrats stopped short of demanding a civil rights probe. they said they should let prosecutors do their job. house gop conference chair elise stefanik went further. >> joe biden said he should be prosecuted and he should be. multiple crimes were committed. >> a tree you of house democrats say cuomo should step down. they have not said that before. that's hakeem jeffries, greg meeks and tom swazzi from long

bryan llenas has been following the story from the beginning. your reaction. >> stunning in terms of its depth, i think and detail. the bottom line here is that this report, these independent investigators deputized by the attorney general found governor cuomo violated multiple federal and state sexual harassment laws. not only that, it was corroborated an substantiated with 74,000 pieces of evidence, 179 interviews with current and former members, state troopers, defendants. they went into deep detail about some of these accusations including the fact that he retaliated against charlotte bennett who was the second accuser to come forward, a former employee who came forward and then to the staff of the governor and was treated -- essentially demoted and found that was sexually harassment and retaliation. on top of all of that you have to understand the governor foss the last five months has been living his life normally conducting state business but at the same time also been changing his tone on some of this stuff. in the beginning when these a

bryan llenas, thank you for your reporting.e've been telling you for some time about the flood of covid positive people at our southern border overcrowding border facilities and potentially spreading the virus. how about some evidence? stunning numbers, texas officials say the border patrol has released more than 7,000 covid-positive migrants into the border city of mcallen, texas, since mid-february. the director of one medical center in that city says 80% of the covid patients are coming from south of the border. our doctor marc siegel spoke with her not long ago. this doctor says most of the patients are these migrants, how is that happening if that's not happening? >> exactly, harris. doctor lopez is the director of the mcallen medical center. she often does not go home at the end of a 12-hour shift. she and her hospital are overwhelmed by unvaccinated migrants many who are covid positive and very ill. is that overburdening the system in the hospital? >> things got a little bit hectic and we're making plans. we are working

>> bret: bryan llenas in haiti, thank you.liban takes control of afghanistan will neighboring pakistan lend the west a hand in the aftermath? we will discuss it with pakistan's ambassador to the united nations. first, beyond our borders tonight. thousands of people are fleeing their homes, campgrounds and hotels near a popular tourist destination in southeastern france as fires sweep through french forests. about 900 firefighters there working to contain the blazes. at least 22 people have suffered from smoke inhalation or minor fire related injuries. a newborn orangutan is delighting crowds at spanish zoo and encouraging conservationists who are striving to protect the critically endangered apes born on august 4th. that's my birthday. the zoo says the baby is the only one to be born in the europe breeding plan over the last 12 months. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ why choose proven quality sleep from sleep number? because every new day starts the night before. and a qualit

first, bryan llenas in new york. good afternoon. >> good afternoon.cuomo has not made an appearance since tuesday. he was spotted at the governor's mansion lounging poolside while a woman was typing on a computer next to him. there's no sign that he's resigning. cuomo spent the day inside that mansion in albany locked up with his closest advisers strategizing his next press appearance in the wake of the ag's investigation that found that he harassed 11 employees. by fox news' count, there's enough support to impeach and convict cuomo today. the judiciary committee sent the following to governor cuomo's lawyers. we write to inform you that the committee's investigation is nearing completion and the assembly will consider potential articles of impeachment against your client. cuomo's lawyers have until friday, august 13, to submit defense evidence. remember, the assembly's impeachment probe has been going on for months over multiple different scandals. here's a member of the judiciary committee. >> i want accountability not just for the victims of the s

correspondent bryan llenas tells us that resignation was the subject of considerable angst on the part learning more about governor andrew cuomo's last days before his surprise resignation speech for the governor intended to resign last friday, but changed his mind in a last-ditch effort to boost public opinion. there was talk among some advisors on thursday about preparing and running a series of person on the street television advertisements featuring new yorkers who thought he was doing a great job. the idea was dismissed. his advisors including his brother, cnn anchor chris cuomo, reportedly urged him to resign. "the washington post" reports cuomo decided to stepped on the day before his resignation. the albany sheriff is looking into misdemeanor charges for groping. the fbi is probing his alleged cover-up of nursing home covid-19 doves while the new york attorney is also investigating whether he misused resources for his pandemic memoir. all of this and more as part of an ongoing impeachment investigation. the question is whether democrats will still move forward with impeachment.

>> bret: bryan llenas in port-au-prince, bryan, thanks. the desperate rush to get u.s. of afghanistan as the taliban seized the capital. beyond our borders other stories evacuation alerts are in effect for villages southeast and northwest of athens, greece after two new wildfires broke out there today. strong winds expected to continue fanning flames into the evening hampering firefighter efforts. greece has been royaled by hundreds of fires this month. police and antigovernment protesters clash for a second straight day in bangkok over the handling of the coronavirus pandemic continues to boil over there. police fired a water canon and tear goose force protesters back as they approached the prime minister's office. and rafts built from cardboard, empty barrels and bicycle parts sailed or try sail into the danub river race over the weekend. the vessels piloted by hundred delawarean teams could not be made using boats, kayaks or canoes or using any materials that could damage the environment. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back.

that is the question. >> sandra: bryan llenas, thank you. >> john: for more and thus bringing in andy go through a 30 page rebuttal from andrew cuomo's attorney rita glavine that starts out this way. i made the statement on behalf of my client andrew cuomo to set the record straight about the unfair and inaccurate findings of the attorney general's report, regrettably the investigators have directed and utterly biased investigation and willfully ignored evidence inconsistent with the narrative they have sought to leave from the outset. i mean, everybody gets their day in court, but letitia james had a pretty powerful presentation the other day. >> she sure did, john, that is the point, everybody usually gets their day in court, ordinarily when a prosecutor is designing charges to bring or even when a civil litigant is designing a lawsuit, you think about the things that you can prove in court, and for a prosecutor it is what can you prove beyond a reasonable doubt? what can i prove from a preponderance of the evidence. but the oddity is this is in a sense political, because letitia ja

bryan llenas is with us right now and followed this from the very beginning. they do have to at this point, bryan, make sure that they file all the paperwork by next friday, if 13th in response to albany lawmakers request for any and all information that they have on this investigation. so where is this going now? >> well, first of all, what we're seeing is pretty remarkable in that this all about attacking the full-throated -- the really well-done ag report in terms of its thoroughness. what we're talking about right now is that the governor -- what they're saying is governor cuomo felt ambushed, felt like help didn't get due process, attacking the credibility of the document, the basis for the accusations accusing cuomo of sexually harassing 11 women. they're specifically talking about the fact that they never got the transcripts, the full transcripts. they believe the questions were leading in terms of not getting the right -- pushing people to be a predetermined objective. the whole press conference says that this a.g. investigation was done with a goal to

bryan llenas with the very latest on where this is going. litical future aside for a moment, the governor's legal troubles have taken a serious turn. the first criminal complaint has been filed against cuomo by an unidentified executive assistant who's made the most serious sexual harassment allegation as documented in that a.g.'s report. she claims she was groped just seconds before taking selfie with the governor in the executive mansion in 2019. e says in0 2 cmouo putut handernd hnd hnd hlo aro he rt. now, cuo'suouo oiceeefhe inde t pol peolic four monthsgo. a o'syor sneoror about the itit,te:. te weeurct of or theovrho iho aicroscopescsc toobbb an emretsn theeiddl koforkaykttis man mon ce. this simispl syyy hap hap thvernveveasee publicblicbl appearappncera sine ess bsbshellbs rlleporll beennn bke b b up binsip hehe gorngornansionan inianal ini b wherewher yayteaytee ayrk post" caught him lounging poolside in these photos with a woman identified as his secretary typing away on her laptop. now, cuomo is reportedly thinking of having a pres

>> sandra: bryan llenas, you've been on this since it began. he's running to take cuomo's job if he's not already been booted. so what do you believe happens with the governor next, congressman? welcome. >> it's great to be with you. the assembly democrats need to push forward with impeachment. if they don't, when they run for re-election next year, they'll get accused of a cover up. it was encouraging yesterday that the speaker of the assembly after meeting with his conference announced that they would get the information from the attorney general and move expeditiously. they said there was a lost of trust and faith in the governor amongst their democratic conference. the governor yesterday didn't show the remorse that he needed to. he should have resigned. the video instead continued to attack his accusers and the investigators. that's one of the reasons why many of his top allies including president of the united states himself as well as today a number of his top allied unions are all saying that it's time for him to go. as far as what shou

bryan llenas is following this in new york. bryan?cuomo should go. if the governor doesn't resign, the democrats would have to impeach him, a simple majority is needed for that to happen to draft the articles of impeachment and 2/3 majority of stat senators and seven judges would have to vote to find him guilty. in that trial, cuomo has to step down. it's been done once before in 1913. and look, all of this as four district attorneys for albany, westchester, nassau county and manhattan have now requested evidence gathered by the attorney general's office be turned over for criminal investigation into the governor. the albany d.a. is continuing its investigation into the allegations made by an unnamed executive assistant who says cuomo groped her seconds before asking to take this selfie in the executive mansion in 2019. she claims cuomo put his hand under her blouse in a separate incident months later. the westchester d.a. is investigating claims made by a state trooper that cuomo personally asked that she join his security detail and

bryan llenas in port-au-prince with more. bryan? reporter: neil, good afternoon.ndfall here in haiti. it is making complicated what is already a complicated search-and-rescue. behind me there is a u.s. coast guard helicopter and bringing in over a does people critically injured from the southwest peninsula. that is 80 miles west of port-au-prince. take a look at this video. these critically injured people are brought to hospitals in port-au-prince because they have the resources to take care of them. this earthquake on saturday, while 7.2 magnitude, it really it, hurt over 5600 people, about 1300 people are killed and we expect those numbers to go up. here is the u.s. coast guard what we've seen on the ground. >> seen everything from crush injuries to debris falling on people. compound fractures, head trauma. we're seeing entire gamut. we're trying to get as many people as we can to higher level care. reporter: some 12,000 homes were completely destroyed or damaged. buildings, including schools, hospitals, churches, businesses also demolished in the two cities of

bryan llenas. thank you. let's go to bernadette hogan, albany reporter. do you think? >> it is kind of wait and see as bryan said. he was think about addressing the public second time yesterday. but he inned up spending time in the mansion in albany. it depends whether he chooses to resign or wait out the impeachment process. it could take out several weeks and go through the fall. this is something democrats likely going to proceed with as fast as possible. they have requested evidence from the governor, giving him friday of next week deadline. it just depends if the governor wants to step down before that and before week's long impeachment process again trial in the state senate. neil: you know, bernadette, i notice in the past when everything hits the fan the governor tends to wait it out, wait the heat and heated commentary and you know, i'm thinking with the virus and these accelerating cases in new york and the fact that an inflation, impeachment process could take a little while, that, that could, that could work to his advantage. i'm just wondering

fox news correspondent bryan llenas has more for us. good afternoon, bryan.n, jackie. look over the weekend here in new york city there were essentially 33 people shot, 19 shooting incidents and six people lot of their lives. now a manhunt is underway for the four men responsible for saturday night's mass moped shooting. two men dressed in hoodies, wearing face masks opening fire on a sidewalk in queens, new york. the shooters were picked up by two accomplices on mopeds as they fled the scene. 10 people suffered nonlife-threatening gunshot wounds. they believe the three were quote of brazen, coordinated gang-related shooting. meanwhile the gang members, this gang members shot an nypd lieutenant in the ankle last friday night in the bronx. the armed gang member reportedly arrested, get this, 25 prior times. was out free on bail on a gun arrest made in november. here is police body camera footage of the violent struggle. >> reaching for it. stop reaching for it. stop reaching for it. stop reaching for it, dude. [bleep] stop it, stop it. reporter: of the wounded

bryan llenas is in albany with more. bryan? >> charles, good afternoon. abruptly resigned last night. she did it after coming to the conclusion that there wasn't a path forward for the governor to stay in office. now, the look, the attorney general mention derosa's name 187 times. she retaliated cuomo's accusers and helped create a protocol that kept young female staff members away from cuomo. this as executive assist about the number 1, brittany commisso spoke out in her first tv interview. she said that cuomo groped her twice and kissed her. the albany sheriff's department says they could arrest cuomo on misdemeanor charges. >> it was not a hug he would give his mother or brother. these were the hugs with the intention of getting some personal sexual satisfaction out of. when he went to kiss me on the cheek, he would turn his head and he kissed me on the lips. >> the state assembly judiciary committee says they will hold public hearings in a couple weeks but plan to be done with their investigation as soon as by the end of the month. even if cuomo does

latest on bryan llenas where this stands as the governor refuses to step down right now. bryan?trict attorneys for albany, westchester, manhattan, formally requested all of the evidence gathered by the attorney general's office for on going criminal investigations against governor andrew cuomo. this is a pretty big development. some of that evidence inside of the ag's 165-page report includes this selfie taken by unnamed executive assistant with the governor in the executive mansion. the assistant said governor cuomo asked for the photo, was groping her seconds after it was taken. months later he put his hands under her blouse. unwanted touching from a 30-year-old state trooper who cuomo allegedly asked to personally be on his private security detail. >> in an elevator while standing behind the trooper he ran his finger from her neck down her spine and said, hey, you. another time she was standing holding the door open for the governor. as he passed, he took his open hand and ran it across her stomach from her belly button to the hip where she keeps her gun. reporter: the govern

neil: bryan llenas in albany. that, bryan. to guy lewis, the former u.s.f the governor impeached after he leaves office. they did that with donald trump. he staved off that effort in the senate but sometimes, guys i understand that the push is to make sure that the guy can't run for office again. it failed in bringing down donald trump after he left. it likely would fail here if it never happened but what are your thoughts? >> i think you're right, neil. i don't think they're going to move forward with articles of impeachment, referring it over, setting for trial. i don't think they have time. secondly i don't think they will put in the work. i look for something in terms of look, he resigned. we adopt the findings of the attorney general and i suspect that they will want to move on and try to get this behind them. neil: you know, this is weighing more into the policy part of this than the legal issue here, guy. there is always a possibility that cuomo could come back and run for that term that was cut short in 2022. he joined likely a crowded field but th

bryan llenas live in new york with more. >> good morning.pearance since the attorney general's came out tuesday. he has inside the governor mansion in albany. he was caught louning poomside with a woman identified as his secretary typing away on her laptop. he is reportedly thinking about holding a press conference different than his pre-taped address on tuesday. friends who have spoken to the governor say he wants to make his case to the public in the hopes he can change people's minds. democrats are urging him to resign. >> i'm hopeful over the next day or two or three he will see the political situation is just completely untenable and that he needs to step aside. >> just get the hell out of the way. in the end maybe he could close off his career with one act of dignity and decency and just step aside. but don't bet on that. >> the new york state assembly says its impeachment investigation launched months ago into multiple scandals affecting cuomo is nearly complete. his office says they will submit their evidence by the august 13th deadl

the news from bryan llenas here in studio in new york. >> the study 155 page report led investigators to conclude governor cuomo sexually harassed 11 employees. this selfie of an unnamed executive assistance and governor taken seconds after he allegedly groped her. the assistant says cuomo put her hands under her blouse. the district attorney is conducting a criminal investigation. investigators detailed a new allegation from a now 30-year-old state trooper who the governor personally asked to have assigned to his protective detail. >> in an elevator while standing behind the trooper he ran his finger from her neck down her spine and said hey you. another time she was standing holding the door open for the governor. as he passed, he took his open hand and ran it across her stomach from her belly button to her hip. >> charlotte bennett said the governor asked her about her previous sexual assault and made inappropriate sexual remarks. >> do you love, do you really love me. do you love me, do you care ♪ >> in a taped video response the governor denied all of the allegations. he included

we begin with bryan llenas. good afternoon. >> new york's attorney's general's office releasing a disturbing report finding that governor cuomo harassed sexually former employees violating the law. >> the investigators corroborated and substantiated these facts through interviews and evidence and including contemporaneous notes and communications. these interviews and pieces of evidence reveal a deeply disturbing yet clear picture. >> investigators found that governor cuomo groped an executive assistant putting his hand under her blouse. he made inappropriate sexual comments to others. the governor and his staff retaliated against one employee and fostered a hostile, abusive, intimidating workplace. the governor denied all of the allegations in a taped response. his office releasing their own 85-page response to the investigation, but only 26 pages of it are texts. the rest is dozens of photos showing cuomo hugging and kissing people and other politicians. the governor defending his actions as everyday interacti

bryan llenas has more. >> we get more details from the 165 page report. a selfie taken by an unnamed executive assistance with the governor in the executive mansion. the assistant says cuomo was groping her before the photograph. later he would put his hands under her blouse. there is a separate criminal investigation. >> there were several occasions on which the governor grabbed her butt. executive assistant number one had vowed she would take these violations as she put it to the grave. she was terrified that if she spoke out, she would lose her job. >> former aide charlotte bennett said the governor made inappropriate sexual remarks and put her in uncomfortable situations. he is singing to her. ♪ do you love me, do you really love me ♪ ♪ do you care ♪ >> the governor denied the allegations yesterday in a taped video response that included a montage of photos of him kissing and touching people and politicians. bennett said the video was inappropriate and the governor knew what he was doing. >> he was coming on to me and he insinuated that survivors of t

in new york city tells us how cuomo may still have legal problems despite his resignation and bryan llenas is in albany tonight with the blockbuster details of this day. good evening, brian. >> bret, good evening, governor andrew cuomo's reputation in albany is infamous a bully and fighter who gets his way no matter what. tonight, facing the biggest political fight of his life, cuomo did what few believed possible, he gave up. >> the best way i can help now is if i step aside and let government get back to governing. >> new york governor andrew cuomo resigned today amid shower. allegations criminal investigation and a looming impeachment. in a surprise speech, the governor apologized for offending women but at the same time denied that he ever groped anyone while also saying he is the victim of a political witch-hunt. >> the most serious allegations made against me have no credible factual basis in the report. i am a fighter. and my instinct is to fight through this controversy because i truly believe it is politically motivated. >> just minutes before cuomo resigned, his attorney rita gla

. >> sandra: bryan llenas is live with the latest. >> we're starting to get a timeline for possible impeachment proceedings against governor cuomo. the new york state assembly's judiciary committee has just sent the following to governor cuomo's lawyers. we write to inform you the committee's investigation is nearing completion and assembly will soon consider potential articles of impeachment against your client. accordingly we invite you to provide any additional evidence or written submission you with like the committee to consider before its work concludes. cuomo's lawyers have until friday, august 13th. remember, the assembly's impeachment probe has been going on now for months over multiple different scandals. there is enough support to impeach and convict cuomo by our count. it takes a simple majority, 76 votes in the assembly to impeach. then 2/3 of the state senators and court of appeal judges to convict him. during the impeachment trial, cuomo would have to step down temporarily and the lieutenant governor would assume power. there is no sign cuomo is resigning. according to the "new y

. >> anita: bryan llenas has been following the story for days now, live from new york, brian. >> anita, good afternoon. the first complaint was filed with the albany sheriff's office by that unidentified executive assistant pictured here in this cell fee from 2019 with the governor in the executive mansion. the woman said the governor had just groped her seconds before this photo and that she was shaking uncontrollably. she claims in 2020, cuomo would then put his hand under her blouse. the office referred the incident to the police four months ago and that's when they investigated. the criminal complaint is a big step forward in all of this. cuomo's attorney said this about the accusation, and an 85-page rebuttal to the report released on tuesday. "it would be a pure act of insanity for the governor who is 63 years old and lives his life under a microscope to grab an employee's breast in the middle of the workday at his mansion office. this simply did not happen." he has not made an appearance since tuesday's bombshell report. buttoned up inside the governor's mansion in albany where

bryan llenas is live with more on what we just learned. >> bryan: they just released a 155 pages report, and in it, it has the accounts from 11 people that say governor andrew cuomo sexually harassed them. this was an independent investigation. they did not brief criminal charges, but this was a report from the governor's office, and it was done by independent investigators, and attorney general letitia james del mike james. the details are graphic. executive assistant who accused the governor of groping her, that that did happen. i also found that the governor inappropriately touched a state trooper as part of his security detail. it was into one independent investigators describing some of what just learned. we don't have that, but on top of that, bottom line is that these are two independent investigators deputized by the attorney general. this was a former u.s. attorney in manhattan. the governor's office has attacked him and the attorney general for saying that this report was politically motivated, and the governor has said he wanted to come out and speak about this, that he was e

bryan llenas has followed this tragic soap opera right from the beginning, joins us right now. really something. the governor starting off and saying that he was taking full responsibility for making people feel uncomfortable and offended at the same time, he called the attorney general's report from last week accusing him of sexually harassing 11 women untruthful and unfair, and then, he resigned and he said he was doing it in the interest of new yorkers. listen. >> i am a fighter, and my instinct is to fight through this controversy because i truly believe it is politically motivated. the best way i can help now is if i step aside and let government get back to governing reporter: the question is what happens with the impeachment process? there was an appetite for impeachment and the votes to get it done based on all of the reporting. now, we had asked this question yesterday to the chair of the judiciary committee, and charles levine had this to say about whether or not it be smart to move forward with an impeachment, regard less, even if the governor resigned. >> we may ver

correspondent bryan llenas has been following the story from the start, joins us live from new york. hello, brian. >> shannon, good evening, tonight a stunningly detailed and damning report from independent investigators finds, in part, that governor cuomo groped an executive assistant inappropriately touched a state trooper, and unlawfully retaliated against an employee who spoke out against him. >> the independent investigation has concluded that governor andrew cuomo sexually harassed multiple women and in doing so violated federal and state law. >> new york attorney general latisha james making a stunning announcement today that an independent investigation by her office found governor andrew cuomo sexually harassed 11 current and staff and employees. >> these interviews and pieces of evidence reveal a deeply disturbing, yet clear picture investigators released a 165 page public report including testimony from the 11 accusers. interviews with 179 current and former employees of the governor and 74,000 pieces of emails, texts and pictures. the report concluded cuomo foster add tox

>> mike: brutal summer, bryan llenas, thank you very much.ides surpassed coronavirus deaths 3 to 1 ratio in july. our affiliate in d.c. fox 5 reports there were 21 homicides throughout the month compared to 8 coronavirus fatalities. for the year the district had reported 100 homicides by july 10th. the earliest it has hit that number since 2003. no comments from either the police department or the mayor's office. up next, the resurgence of the coronavirus congress considers new relief spending. first, here's what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. 213 fox in seattle where bill and melinda gates have finalized their divorce. court documents show a judge signed off on the split today. former couple announced they would divorce in may after 27 years of marriage. live look of san diego from fox 5. one of the big stories there tonight the uss karl vincent leaves for deployment. it is the first carrier strike group to deploy with the f-35 c lightning 2 mighter jet and cmv 22 b off spray the super power will support

bryan llenas is in new york. bryan, the big question is, are there enough votes to impeach him? impeachment proceedings against governor cuomo. the new york state assembly judiciary committee just sent the following to governor cuomo's lawyers, quote, we write to inform you that the committee's investigation is nearing completion and the assembly will soon consider potential articles of impeachment against your client. accordingly we invite you to provide any additional evidence or written submissions you would like to the committee to consider before the work concludes. cuomo's lawyers have until friday august 13th. the assembly impeachment probe is going for months over multiple different scandals there is enough support to impeachment and convict cuomo by our count. it take as simple majority, 76 votes to impeach, 2/3 of the state senators and seven court of appeals judges to convict him. during the impeachment trial cuomo would have to step down temporarily and the lieutenant governor would assume power. there is no sign cuomo is resigning. according to the "new york post" c

bryan llenas is in port-au-prince. how are the rescue efforts going right now?g over port-au-prince, making its way, and that's going to have a major effect on rescue efforts. they have been dependent on air support. essentially, the u.s. coast guard as well as airplanes from chile and others have brought in supplies to port-au-prince which has served as the center for operations for the country. and then from there they load them onto helicopters and bring them to the southwestern peninsula which is a lot more rural, and that's where that earthquake hit. 7.2 monster of an earthquake on saturday morning, and that's what we've been seeing all morning. they have brought in injured, critically injured people if those areas in the southwestern peninsula about 80 miles west of port-au-prince, they load them up into ambulances here at the airport and bring them to the hospital. we're talking about at least 1300 people that have been killed by this earthquake, 5700 people injured at least. 5,000 homes destroyed, 7,000 damaged. and, obviously, hospitals and schools and

. >> john: our bryan llenas has been on this right from the very beginning. live in albany, new york. the heat being turned up another notch. >> no doubt about it, john peered with governor andrew cuomo showing no signs that he will resign, all eyes are now on the impeachment process. the state assembly's judiciary committee has been meeting behind closed doors to discuss next steps and their five month long impeachment investigation. and also to discuss perhaps possible impeachment proceedings. earlier today, they discussed a little bit about this on camera but potentially the kind of timeline we are talking about in terms of the potential impeachment. listen. >> as early as later this month, we will discuss the evidence publicly and in an open and transparent manner. once the investigation is either completed or very close to completion. >> now, that is, as executive assistant number one, brittany commisso, still working in the governor's office, spoken her first tv interview about how he groped her aunt sexually harassed her. warning that what you're about

bryan llenas is live in new york city. >> it does not look like governor andrew cuomo is resigning. he spent the day yesterday inside the governor's mansion locked up with closest advisors strategizing what he will say next to the public after an independent investigation found he sexually harassed 11 employees. he has lost the support of democratic leadership including new york democratic chair and cuomo ally jay jacobs. he said i was working hard to accomplish that and i wasn't making headway. there is enough support to impeach and convict cuomo. it takes a simple majority, 76 votes to impeach. 2/3 of the state senators and court of appeals judges to convict him. during the impeachment trial cuomo would have to step down temporarily and lieutenant governor would assume power. >> andrew cuomo is not in the position where he can say to a state senator in western new york if you vote to convict and remove me from office, i'll make sure you get a primary and you'll lose and your career will be finished. he doesn't wield that kind of power now. >> cuomo accusing boylen is filing a civi

bryan llenas is live in port prince. -- port-au-prince. >> ngos are working as fast as they can and thisick up four or five critically injured patients and bring them back here. we flew into the city near the epicenter of saturday's earthquake. large swaths of the city are standing, many hotels, businesses and homes are not. multiple hotels collapsed. four people died in one. we saw volunteers and neighbors sifting through the rubble. they are still finding bodies in the city as the death toll hits nearly 2,000. we rode on a u.s. coast guard helicopter yesterday and landed at a hospital. patients are being treated outside hospitals are in need of more supplies. ant buy attics, bandages. many of the 10,000 wounded from rural areas now risk deadly infections. >> in the early stages of any disaster like an earthquake the first injuries will be traumatic injuries, hip fractures and femur fractures. a lot of those injuries sometimes come through the skin and so when those skin wounds open, they are exposed to bacteria and infections set in three or four days later. those infections could be l

. >> bill: bryan llenas live with us today. a lot of people were stunned when he said he was out in two weeks. >> dana: i predicted it on "the five" on monday. president biden said i agree with the decision. later asked again and he said this. do we have it? >> president biden: he has done a hell of a job. he has done a hell of a job. and i mean both on everything from access to voting to infrastructure, a whole range of things. that's why it's so sad. >> dana: so sad. >> bill: access to voting can be debated based on early voting in new york versus a lot of other states that have it in florida, texas, georgia. infrastructure, we want to argue that? is new york city better now than it was five years ago? is new york state better now than it was 10 years ago? >> dana: we are going to go. i don't think so, no. i don't think so. take a look at this now. >> they want to put behind this budget resolution somebody walked across to the house and handed the squad and pen a piece of paper. >> bill: mitch mcconnell reacting late last nig

bryan llenas has been following actually from the very beginning this fast-moving story the very latesty, bryan. reporter: this is shocking in terms of the detail of the report and just how large it is. it is about 165 pages. they interviewed 179 current and former employees, 74,000 pieces of contemporaneous evidence, including emails and text messages, coming to one conclusion. that new york governor andrew cuomo sexually harassed multiple women that worked for him. 11 women and ultimately he violated laws. here is attorney general letitia james moments ago. >> these interviews and piece of evidence reveal a deeply disturbing yet clear picture. governor cuomo sexually harassed current and former state employees in violation of both federal and state laws. reporter: some of the details here in terms of the women is pretty shocking. we knew about the executive assistant who was groped by the governor in the executive mansion. this report by independent investigators found that that was substantiated as well as a new report from a state trooper who was part of his security detail who says

bryan llenas begins our week anew in new york. good morning. >> bill and dana, good morning. nypd is searching for the four men responsible for the moped mass shooting. two men dressed in hood east and wearing fast masks opening fire on a city sidewalk in queens, new york. the shooters were picked up by two accomplices on mopeds as they fled the scene. police believe there were three targets of a gang-related shooting. both candidates to be the next new york city mayor republican curtis sliwa and democrat eric adams visited the crime scene. >> with the defunding of the police by a billion dollars by mayor deblasio who should be here. where is he? not even available when the police officer was shot by a gang banger. >> we have to come to grips with the fact we're living in a city where someone can drive up oh than a moped, shoot people, hop back on and get away safely. >> police found at least 40 bullets at the scene. this is body camera footage from friday night in the bronx. nypd lieutenant was shot in the ankle during a violent struggle with a known gang member when four ny

. >> trace: bryan llenas, life for us. >> sandra: control of afghanistan.re are reports of afghan girls being forced to marry fighters. let's bring in will cain, host of "fox & friends" weekend. wish it was under better circumstances. it is a mess. there are women and children who have been talking about the interpreters. what do you expect to hear. dumb i? >> i guess i can hope that there is some form of leadership. you would call this an embarrassment of leadership if there had been any leadership. it is stunning how absent the biden administration has been as afghanistan falls, but i don't think that we should reserve our condemnation of leadership just for the biden administration. the desire to leave afghanistan have spanned three different presidential administrations. the management of this campaign for four different presidential administrations has been with the military grab, and i have trouble accepting that the best we can do with leaving afghanistan is to manage the chaos that we see before us. the military brass has been advising the situation

. >> bill: thank you, bryan llenas a lot of anxiety for the storm. for others turned out all right.uch. nice to see you in rhode island. >> dana: we're just learning president biden will speak to reporters later today. supposed to be on covid following the fda approval of the pfizer vaccine. see if he takes questions on afghanistan. we're waiting to hear from the pentagon in moments. let's bring in a former senior intelligence officers and 26 years veteran of the cia. this happens regularly where an administration will try to blame the intelligence community for a situation that happened -- that has been happening over the last few days. how do you see that? >> unfortunately it is part of the business and this is certainly not new. i wouldn't call this an intelligence failure. when -- as we read the reports coming in to the white house from the intelligence community one talked about 30 days perhaps before the fall of kabul. if you are a policymaker 30 days is the lights blinking red. an incredible warning. at the end of the day cia is not in the business of predicting time and plac

bryan llenas is live in western rhode island. cleanup efforts are now underway. what's the latest?ra, good afternoon. tropical storm henri brought flooding and also 16 more miles per hour winds. that is a bad combination with these big pine trees. you can see crews clearing the way. that downed power line over there. clearing trees throughout the northeast. more than 33,000 customers here in rhode island are now without power at this hour. tropical storm henri made landfall. it was downgraded from a hurricane right before landfall. it shifted west and brought torrential rains. in fact, nearly 10 inches of rain fell in some parts of new jersey, forcing evacuations, road closures, water rescues and central jersey. 86 people were reportedly rescued in newark. today, the governor to her to some of the neighborhoods. >> certainly mother nature has reared its head in a big way. we were touring some of the parts of this community and asking folks in many cases who had been living here for a double digit years and have never seen anything like that. >> western and central connecticut saw h