guest: the lieutenant governor kathy hogle. i have a special relationship with kathy hogle.he republican incumbent in her congressional district left. that was the first open seat i inherited, which gave me 30% of these gray hairs she had been the county clerk in that area of new york, northwest new york. that district had not seen a democratic member of congress since the civil war or before the civil war. kathy hochul ran as a democrat in that special election in that district and stunned the political world by winning, served a term, and then was defeated. that district returned to its gravity. here is the lesson she taught us. if you can win that district in new york, you can win almost any district in new york. if you can win almost any district in new york, you are a pretty good candidate statewide. if you happen to be the lieutenant governor, that gives you a leg up -- a leg up. there are others looking at it. in my view, the advantage has to be given to kathy hochul. she will be acting governor if governor cuomo leaves. host: former chair of the d triple c, as you kn

and here in new york, lieutenant governor kathy hogle distanced herself from disgraced governor andrew cuomo. cuomo announced his resignation tuesday after new york attorney general james reported he sexually harassed at least 11 women. kathy hogle a set to replace cuomo on august 24, becoming new york's first female governor. >> the governor and i have not been close, physically or otherwise, in terms of much time. at the end of my term, whenever it ends, no one will ever describe my administration as a toxic work environment. amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman in new york, with nermeen shaikh. hi, nermeen. nermeen: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. the world health organization is warning over 100 million more people will be infected with covid-19 by early next year as the delta variant continues to rapidly spread. who director general tedros adhanom ghebreyesus spoke on wednesday. >> cases and deaths contin

. >> lieutenants governor kathy hogle takes over in two weeks as new york's first-ever female governor. >>> covid hospitalizations just hit their highest point of the pandemic. some are so short on beds, ambulances are forced to wait outside with emergency patients. >> when patients get admitted to us, almost all of them are unvaccinated, and i think that has a little bit of the exasperation effect. >> meanwhile, the number of kids contracting covid-19 has increased fivefold since the end of june. some school districts in texas and florida are now starting to issue mask mandates in defiance of their governor's orders. >>> a bipartisan victory for president biden, as 19 republicans joined senate democrats to pass a trillion dollar physical infrastructure plan. it now heads to the house as the senate pivots to an even bigger budget bill, a $3.5 trillion expansion of the nation's social safety net. that measure is not likely to win republican support. >>> california's drought emergency having a devastating impact on some bay area wineries. griffins layer vineyard produces some of the best

. >> here is ahead who is kathy hogle?once elected now she will succeed him as the first woman governor of new york as he resigned. between cuomo and mayor de blasio new york has been on automatic pilot the past two years so we wish kathy locke as well all the rest of us living here in new york. paul: get out the veto pen governor and stop the crazy assembly and state senate. if you have your own hit or miss send it to us. that is it for this week's shelving into my panel and especially to all of you. i do see you all here next week. >> at least 227 people killed and many more feared dead after a powerful earthquake rocked haiti this morning leveling buildings in a country still recovering from a tremor back in 2010. welcome to fox news lives. >> it struck in western haiti over 90 miles from the capital of port-au-prince the usd logical survey measured a magnitude of seven.2 stronger

the lieutenant governor kathy hogle is an incredibly impressive public servant, i think are a lot ofr to be able to take the helm but what a story of hubris and ego land, you know, the question is whether he can walk away from this with any sense of dignity left. i don't know. >> bret: steve, the attorney general in new york was pretty blonde. take a listen >> there were attempts to undermine and politicize this investigation and there were attacks on me as well as members of the team which i find offensive. and our focus again should be on the bravery and the courage of these 11 women and of the others who came forward. these allegations were substantiated, they were corroborated, and i believe these women. >> bret: steve, there's a lot of people who were upset into the investigation of the governor's handling of covid in nursing homes was not the impotence for what's happening now in new york but this seems like it's moving the ball, but it's taking some time. >> yeah, well governor cuomo certainly i think should have been impeached for the many false things he said in the context

guest: the lieutenant governor kathy hogle. i have a special relationship with kathy hogle.he republican incumbent in her congressional district left. that was the first open seat i inherited, which gave me 30% of these gray hairs she had been the county clerk in that area of new york, northwest new york. that district had not seen a democratic member of congress since the civil war or before the civil war. kathy hochul ran as a democrat in that special election in that district and stunned the political world by winning, served a term, and then was defeated. that district returned to its gravity. here is the lesson she taught us. if you can win that district in new york, you can win almost any district in new york. if you can win almost any district in new york, you are a pretty good candidate statewide. if you happen to be the lieutenant governor, that gives you a leg up -- a leg up. there are others looking at it. in my view, the advantage has to be given to kathy hochul. she will be acting governor if governor cuomo leaves. host: former chair of the d triple c, as you kn

kathy hogle, my lieutenant governor is smart and competent. this transition must be seamless.n, i am very worried about the delta variant. and so should you be. but she can come up to speed quickly and my resignation will be effective in 14 days. to my team, melissa derosa robert, and others rick cotton, jacket babies and the hundreds of dedicated administration officials, i want to say this. thank you. thank you. and be proud. we may new york state the progressive capital of the nation. no other state government accomplish more to help people and thatis accomplish more to help people and that is what it is all about. just think about what we did we passed marriage equality creating a new civil rights, legalised love for the lgbtq community and we generated a force for change that swept the nation. we passed the safe act years ago, the smartest gun safety law in the united states and at banned the madness of assault weapons. we have saved countless lives with that law, $15 minimum wage, the highest minimum wage in the nation lifting millions of families standard of living and

i will express the opinion that the last thing new york needs is a dose of identity politics kathy hogle addresses new yorkers this afternoon. there's an lot going on to massive earning of coinbase and the white house wants opec to raise production. why can't we raise our oil production, mr. president? we will call-- cover it all, wednesday, august 11, 2021 and "varney & co." is about to begin. ♪♪ stuart: let's get to the crypto's. and that's where we lead this morning. susan, good morning. susan: good morning. stuart: it's been called-- let me see now, the largest crypto hack ever. susan: it is. stuart: and staff to speak to think about losing $600 million instantly, $600 million. susan: if that's true it would be the largest crypto hack in history. lost $400 million in bitcoin kuro-- crypto currency back then and with inflation-adjusted is probably a few billion, but this will the the largest tax since 201430 this morning i went to show you because it's interesting poly network is a company that lost the $600 million. they held different block chain interact with each other. they actua

she has run on her own platform, but i think what is critical here is -- cap the hogle ani do not share the same -- kathyhochul and i do not share the same politics. but i believe kathy hochul will not abu her position of power. i don't think she will use threats, abusers staffers come and that we need to take this moment to transform the deeply corrupt and usive and toxic culture of albany. and i would be pushing her to be -- lead as a progressive governor. and i said this before, this is the moment for the state legislature in new york. it is a moment to stop looki at individual leaders and look at the small d democratic moment so we can look at assemblywoman niou who deleting on legislation to drive with funding for schools and infrastruures, for building new york and that requires both a change in our understanding of what is possible in new york, but also a wholeheartedejection of granting anyone souch power to be so abusive as andrew cuomo has. amy: zephyr teachout, thank you for being with us, professor of law at fordham university. 2014, she ran for the democratic party nomination for new york go