cnbc's contessa brewer has been following this story contessa >> shep, governor cuomo is gearing up for a tense budget fight in a state that is struggling to effectively get vaccines into the arms of some of the most vulnerable new yorkers and the headlines over the weekend are about two women coming forward with more accusations of bad behavior. karen hinton was a top aid of cuomo when he was secretary of housing and urban development 20 years ago. >> he started asking me personal questions. i was uncomfortable with that conversation so i stood up to leave, and he walked across from his couch and embraced me intimately. >> she has been a long time political adversary of mine. highly critical for many many years and has made many many accusations. >> former state staffer analise told the "wall street journal" cuomo asked her personal questions and kissed her hand. cuomo's response. >> if customs change, then i'll change the customs and the behaviors, but i never meant to make anyone feel uncomfortable. >> but the majority leader of the state senate, a democrat herself, has had it. she's

i'm contessa brewer. glad to have you along we're watching stocks mixed in what's been a choppy session really, it's tech stocks getting hit the worst after yesterday's big rally. let's bring in bob pisani. sort of like the tennis match turned vertical here, bob. up and down, up and down >> yeah, right, exactly. last four days, two days, nicely up and then sideways today but we're trying to go positive. i keep stating we wait for the s&p to turn positive look, we were down 24 or 25 points in the s&p earlier, but we sort of have turned around here and getting very, very close to going in the positive territory. you can see, dow made it in the positive territory s&p not quite. triple q there's the tech stocks. they haven't been doing much today and that's always a problem. the russell 2000 also a little week that's the biggest subsector that's moved on the year a big cap tech, it's tough to keep moving when the chips don't cooperate, so your big names like nvidia aren't doing anything micron not doing anyth

awkwardly, it heads to governor cuomo's desk for approval, which he says he will give cnbc's contessa brewer now contessa. >> so, shep, governor cuomo has insisted throughout the pandemic the data was driving his decisions. but documents discovered by "the new york times" and "the wall street journal" really call into question how much his administration was driving that data, playing a kind of shell game to control the narrative. cuomo first came under fire last march when he ordered nursing homes to accept residents released from the hospital after covid treatment. but last summer, the report showed how many nursing home residents died it was roughly 50% lower in the report because documents show cuomo advisers rewrote the report to exclude the deaths of residents who were transferred and died at the hospital the department of health posted a statement explaining, the report's purpose was to ensure the public had a clear, non-political evaluation for how covid entered nursing homes at the height of the pandemic the conclusion was it was staff bringing in covid, not cuomo's decision to rein

as unwanted flirtation to the extent anyone felt that way, i am truly sorry about that cnbc's contessa brewer now contessa, the governor expressed regret but not for the things he's accused of doing. what do we know about this investigation? >> well, shep, it's not going the way cuom intended he tapped a chief judge at the state's highest court to lead the inquiry into the investigation, a judge with close links to a cuomo adviser the new york attorney general letitia james put a stop to that insisting that's her job cuom she capitulated and sent a referral letter to open the inquiry. his attempts to control the investigation are working just about as well as his attempt to control the narrative. three sunday statements from his office culminating in his apology-ish, but only after the second staffer, charlotte bennett added her voice to that of lindsey boylan. top democrats aren't rushing to the governor's defense either. >> more and more people are going to be talking about what they've experienced and i think as people see more and more evidence it's going to be clear this is not the way a

contessa brewer. the pressure on the governor is clearly building >> reporter: yeah, that's true, shep the white house today confirmed the third accuser worked on the biden campaign as an organizer in southwest florida today press secretary jen psaki spoke on behalf of the president and vice president. >> they both believe that every woman coming forward should be heard, should be treated with dignity and treated with respect. as you all know, the new york attorney general will oversee an independent investigation with subpoena power and the governor's office said he will fully cooperate. we certainly support that moving forward. >> meanwhile, u.s. congresswoman kathleen rice of new york became the first democrat to call for governor andrew cuomo to step down she ftweeted, the time has come the governor must resign two state senators, four others from the assembly support cuomo's impeachment. their statements, the accounts of sexual harassment from the women who have courageously come forward confirm

you already have, there's a new app that's offering a way out it's called zoom escaper cnbc's contessa brewer is here with that. what else zoom contessa, how does this app work >> reporter: shep, you and i have been doing this for years, right? now the rest of the world knows what it's like to be reduced to living inside a little box, that this meaningful human interaction is solely about a screen the endless school meetings have really taken over our lives and certainly our professional careers, and then you get the disruptions, right you get the babies crying. you get in my house especially, i'm always worried about my dachshund interrupting things with a bark that sounds bigger than she is. i've been on calls when i know mother nature is calling and everybody's just yelling, please mute please mute. please mute. well, what if we had control over when we hear these disruptions? we could use them to our advantage to escape that never ending zoom meeting. zoom escaper is a tool that allows you to sabotage your own audio and in the words of its creator, make your presence unbearable to others

cnbc's contessa brewer live now. contessa >> reporter: well, shep, the governor apologized over and over for making others feel uncomfortable, but he explained, look, it's just the way he greets people. it's the way his father, governor mario cuomo, greeted people still, there's a disconnect here between this picture and his statement. >> i never touched anyone inappropriately. i never touched anyone inappropriately. i never knew at the time that i was making anyone feel uncomfortable. >> reporter: former staffer lindsey boylan was the first to come forward, accusing the governor of giving her a kiss she didn't want. he denied it she tweeted today after cuomo's comments, "how can new yorkers trust you, governor cuomo, to lead our state if you don't know when you've been inappropriate with your own staff? cuomo says he's taken the sexual harassment training required of all state workers. he admitted he's deeply embarrassed but said he wasn't ashamed of anything he's done in his public career. cuomo urged new yorkers to

the biden administration says it is closely monitoring and preparing to take action cnbc's contessa brewerwhat is ahead. >> reporter: cyber criminals are having a field day amid the pandemic and the migration to work-from-home. >> hackers have been attacking businesses of all sizes and types. >> reporter: insurers are seeing a massive spike in damages aig says ransomware claims have grown 150% since 2018 with ransom demands sometimes growing to tens of millions of dollars and thieves stealing proprietary information in the process cyber security ventures predicts by 2025 cyber crime globally could amount to $10.5 trillion the head of insurance giant chubb says it could get worse. >> the next pandemic, the exposure that looks like a virus is cyber-related, because it has no geographic or time bound to it. >> reporter: cyber crime investigators say a pandemic is totally plausible. in fact, we are already getting a taste with microsoft and solarwind hacks. >> they're supply chain attacks. you know, compromising or exploiting vulnerabilities in their software enabled the adversaries, and not j

a new month, a new week, and a big rally on weiall street contessa brewer will join us in a moment johnson & johnson out for delivery, and the house passing a stimulus package we'll see what happens this week in the senate. >>> boeing leading the dow, and united orders more of the 737 max aircraft >>> watching the vaccine stocks with j&j's single-shot vaccine. >>> here's comes the march market in like a linens. s&p 500 on pace for its best day since june hi, bob. >> less worries, contessa about higher yields, at least today, is creating a powerful rally let as look at the sectors of the the old growth names that had a huff time of it in february, but now you also have the reflation stocks that did very well in february joining in here, so banks, industrials, energy, materials, all helping that reflation trait trade big industrial tames, cummins, deere, eaton also hitting 52-week highs. infrastructure stocks have been moves as well. martin marietta is obvious, will you bthematic etfs, people love buys the idea of solar stocks, clean energy stocks, again they are moving, social media stocks,

along with contessa brewer, i'm tyler mathisen contessa will join us in a minute or two.ut, everything from electric vehicles to solar stocks they're on fire but is there a green tech bubble? talk to

cnbc's contessa brewer explains. >> look at the little kids inside. >> reporter: matt and brandy wantook it she's so adorable. >> reporter: in their mid 40's married for three years they already tried ivf it failed. >> it was a very huge let down and very depressing. >> reporter: next step a donor, ch hundreds of agencies, hidden costs and complicated registration and then she found this. >> it's like the price line or expedia for donor. one-stop shop kind of thing. >> it matches prospective parents with dondonors. >> you create a profile what you're looking for, what they're looking for and you cross match. maybe the process is similar when choosing a donor you want to choose someone who maybe looks like you or has the same characteristics as you >> software designer created it after struggling himself to hav a surrogate. >> it's a long process there's so many websites out there. when you get to the website you understand there's lack of transparency into the industry they don't even tell you how much it will cost you. >> the costs can be astronomical. >> i spent more than $180,000 t

they're applying for the biggest universal basic income program in the country here's cnbc's contessa brewera side job just to make a little extra money to pay for food it's just getting too pricey. >> reporter: single mom pauline ostrander has two kids, one with special needs. she works two jobs, usually 12 hours a day, and makes $25,000 a year. >> it would mean me not having to work two jobs and be home more with my kids. they don't see me very much. ju be par >> reporter: she just applied to be part of the pilot program in ulster county, new york. families who earn less than $47,000 would receive des 500 a month for one year some 4,000 people have applied for 100 slots. >> it's encouraging people want to participate but it is tragic that we have that many families struggling right now >> reporter: county executive pat ryan believes direct payments, no strings attached, is a more efficient way of helping those in need with wider impact. >> our whole economy is going to benefit. >> needs are flexible. what you need month to month is going to shift and most of our programs don't work that wa

turn to cyber, in what some are calling the next global pandemic, following the microsoft hack contessa breweroins us with an explanation. >> hi there, yes, the microsoft hack left individual i.t.s vulnerable insurers, though, are ringing the alarm bell this could be just the tip of the iceberg. >> i have said for a number of quarters that the next pandemic, the exposure that looks like a virus is cyber-related because it has no geographic or time bound to it and we've seen a number of events over the repeat years that give a glimmer of that. >> aig says cyber attacks, especially ransomware, a type of attack which demands money from the victims is growing exponentially. it's seen cyber claims by 150% since 2018 and expects the price tag for damages to reach $20 billion this year. in fact, the insurer sent out a resiliency plan saying that the estimate for costs of all kind of cyber crime will hit 10.5 trillion dollars by 2025 aig's global head of psycher insurance tells me ransomware has increased in frequency and severity the attackers are asking for tense of millions of dollars in some cases

. >>> i'm contessa brewer, here is your cnbc covid update at this hour, a new study is dispelling fears could suffer long-term heart damage research by the nation's major sports leagues purchased of almost 800 pro athletes who tested positive between may and october of last year, only 0.5 of 1% show ed -- >>> and the governor of texas rejects president biden's bon that his decision is neanderthal thinking. >> texans should continue to wear a mask. the difference is for a year now, texans as well as americans have learned the safe standard is to wear a mask. because they know that standard, do they really need the state to tell them what they already know for their own personal behavior? >> researchers say there's a dramatic correlation between covid deaths and obesity around the world. covid fatality rates are ten times higher in nations where at least half the adults are overweight, like the understanding and great bring. back to you, morgan. >>> thank you, contessa. markets are in sell offmode. keep in mind it was down as many as 722 at the lows of the session. the nasdaq also under a

time now for a cnbc news update with contessa brewer >> sara, here's what's happening right now.e has approved a $6.6 billion plan aimed at getting students back into classrooms. it will give $2 billion to school districts but only if they begin in-person instruction by the end of the month. governor knew some says he will sign that bill. >>> in iraq, security preparations are set for pope francis's arrival tomorrow it is the first ever meeting between a pope and a grand ayatollah. they have declared a cease-fire for the duration of the papal visit. >>> universal pictures delayed the debut the next fast and furious movie by a monday. universal and cnbc are both part of comcast. >>> a tragic end to the first day back in classrooms in one arkansas town. 15-year-old detailin burnt has died after being shot by another student monday for more on the case, you can tune into the news with shepard smith. that's tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern time i will send it back to you, wilf. >> contessa, thanks so much. >>> we have got just over 30 minutes left in the session. let's check in on indivi

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trend of ageing influencers, using photos and videos to showcase their golden years here's cnbc's contessa brewer. >> instagram overflows with glitz and glamour, but if you think youth has cornered the market on beauty, you clearly haven't followed these women they're fierce and flom buoyant. they're glamorous and gorgeous ♪ >> the white haired wonder >> reporter: but don't call them grandma. >> it's a derogatory term. it is disparaging them as someone who's past their prime. >> reporter: at 67 lyn slater is just coming into her prime she is a high fashion accidental icon as her followers know her on instagram, nearly 750,000 of them. >> i was just doing it to be creative and to sort of celebrate my love of clothes >> reporter: but retirement from her day job added rocket fuel to her influencer career, and now it's on fire are you making money at instagram? >> oh, indeed, i am. it's probably three to five times more than i was making as a university professor. >> reporter: 3.5 million people follow baddiewinkle. 92-year-ol helen ruth elam landed a slew of sponsorships by international brands desi

they're stepping up to help america's most vulnerable track down doses and book appointments cnbc's contessa brewer on this one. just finding available vaccines, let alone signing up for one, it's hard. >> you know, shep, the process is confusing it can be nightmarish and infuriating and i'm speaking from personal experience here, others who realize it are trying to make sure that those who may be less tech savvy, still have a shot at getting a shot >> it's been a heartbreaking year for brianna wilan she's studying prosthetics and biomedical engineering in grad school, but struggling with grief over her grandfather's death from covid >> he got sick one day last april and six days later we were saying good-bye over zoom in the hospital. >> her sorrow spurred her to action these days brianna is balancing books with booking vaccine appointments >> i was able to book you in at 11:15, so i hope that still works. >> it feels so good to hear people have hope, have a sense of light at the end of the tunnel >> brianna is part of a group called the chicago vaccine angels. >> do we have any updates on let's s

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expected to bet on the games as the legal sports gambling business booms but like so many things, contessa brewerusiness is down because no one is in the office. you have the legalized gambling. we took a year off from march madness. now it's back. it will be better than people thought. the talent is amazing with who is in the tournament it should be good, right >> it should be very good. it is all on television which is how people prefer to watch it. the brackets are down. betting expected to be down 8% from the brackets. nevertheless, the same number of americans. 47 million americans expected to bet on march madness this year companies like fan duel and draft kings and penn anticipate it could be bigger than the super bowl in terms of the number of bets and handle. because the volume will would be spread out over three weeks, they also don't anticipate the technical snafus that took betting parlors offline during the super bowl sports books is expected to grow dramatically this year because the sports betting landscape changed from 2019. 74 million americans now able to bet legally in 14 more