kirsten gillibrand comes to mind. she led the charge against al franken. she's been silent on this, not demanding the resignation of andrew cuomo. biden has done the opposite, saying he must step down. you think that national pressure -- you've been around state lawmakers -- can force their hand to call for and moved for impeachment? >> janice: they need to stand up today. i know that they have months ago when this first started to become front-line page in the newspaper. they did say "if these accusations are real, the governor should resign." they need to do that today and make sure impeachment is on make sure impeachment is underway. listen, i want justice for my in-laws, just as for the 15,000 that aren't able to testify. if this is easier to digest for democrats to get rid of the sky, i'm all for it. >> kayleigh: can you update our viewers on the status of justice for those 15,000 seniors, investigations? update us where that stands in parallel to these other very egregious findings here from the new york attorney general. >> janice: the attorney gene

good afternoon, demands for andrew cuomo to resign, chuck schumer putting out a statement with kirsten gillibrandyork saying he should resign and add that the empire state deserves better leadership from the governor. gillibrand was the first senator to call for the ouster of al franken three years ago over concerns about sexual harassment. >> there are 11 women coming forward. it is deeply, deeply disturbing. i feel his actions are inappropriate for the governor of new york state. speak at the trio of house democrats say that andrew cuomo should step down. including hakeem jeffries, foreign affairs chairman and tom swazi from long island, previously had not called on andrew cuomo to resign. democrat monty or joan says today is a very, very sad day for new york, new york republican elise stefanik once andrew cuomo arrested. >> sandra: as she told us right here on this program last hour. thank you. john, a lot to take in. at the conference from letitia james happened at 11:00 eastern time this morning when she clearly laid out the findings of that report and then andrew cuomo teed up his response,

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completely unacceptable senate majority leader chuck schumer announced he and new york senator kirsten gillibrand, stand by the investigation's findings act. i continue to believe the governor should resign still working deal with. as i said, i continue to believe that he should resign other congressional democrats, including jerry nadler, brian under jones, carolyn maloney, grace meng and alexandra ocasio cortez say cuomo should leave office quote, for the good of new york state. republicans are also calling for governor cuomo's resignation. >> new york republican congresswoman elise stefanik says the governor should never considered himself above the law. he is committed harassment as well as retaliation. that is illegal in new york state. >> it is a legal federally and he needs to be held accountable. if we don't have equal justice under the law. we start to lose our country. republican congresswoman claudia tenney says the governor won't be able to do his job. i don't think this guy is capable of haven't got it from day one. the party. >> particularly now he is so compromised lawmakers say if

. >>> new york's two democratic senators, chuck schumer and kirsten gillibrand, are also calling r the governor to resign. >>> an evolving story out of washington. the pentagon went into lockdown for more than an hour today after a deadly attack on a police officer. this happened on a metro bus platform near the pentagon. authorities say the suspect stabbed the officer to death. other officers responded by fatally shooting the suspect. >>> onto the fire watch right now. the dixie fire is forcing new mandatory evacuations to our north, this time on the east shore of lake almanor. alameda county fire crews giving us a behind-the-scenes look at what they're up against in this time lapse video, and all that dark smoke billowing into the sky. the fire in butte and plumas county's has exploded in size again to more than 253,000 acres now. a new video just into the newsroom shows crews fighting it from the air. amid those smoky skies in greenville today. you can see some areas are smoldering. crews are trying to create a barrier between these flame and fresh vegetation. they've also been out

fellow new york democrats, senate majority leader chuck schumer and senator kirsten gillibrand, haveomo to resign. for more on the allegations against andrew cuomo, here's our correspondent in new york samira hussain. it's a 165 page report in which, in painful detail, outlines the kinds of actions that mr cuomo and barked on to create this toxic work environment in which this kind of harassment could continue. it also went on to say that, look, mr cuomo actually violated both state and federal laws, and that there was retaliation against some of the women when they would come forward and say that they were inappropriately approached by the governor himself. there was a lot of detail in terms of the kinds of things that these women experienced, being forced to sit on the governor's lap, being forced to withstand these sexual comments, these unwanted sexual comments and unwanted sexual groping and touching. it was really — there were some pretty disturbing things that were corroborated through this report in this investigation. find report in this investigation. and how will this _ rep

two senior democrats — us senate majority leader, chuck schumer and senator kirsten gillibrand, bothmocrats — have called on governor andrew cuomo to resign. here's a little of what the attorney general had to say. the independent investigation has concluded that governor andrew cuomo sexually harassed multiple women — and in doing so, violated federal and state law. specifically, the investigation found that governor andrew cuomo sexually harassed current and former new york state employees by engaging in unwelcome and nonconsensual touching, and making numerous offensive comments of a suggestive and sexual nature that created a hostile work environment for women. this is what mr cuomo had to say in response to the report. i want you to know directly from me that i never touched anyone inappropriately or made inappropriate sexual advances. i am 63 years old. i have lived my entire adult life in public view. that isjust not who i am. and that is not who i have ever been. today we are living in a superheated, if not toxic political environment. that should not be lost on anyone _ envi

new york's two senators kirsten gillibrand and majority leader chuck schumer called on cuomo to resignbers of the new york assembly and state senate who have the power to remove him from office. so has the current new york city mayor and the man likely to be

pretty much every single utterly elected lawmaker in new york including senator schumer and kirsten gillibrand list tom suazo, alexandria ocasio-cortez are all calling on governor andrew cuomo to resign after following what was an explosive report for the new york attorney general, pattern of sexual harassment against at least 11 current and former state female employees. here's joe biden calling for his resignation earlier today. >> back in march you said if the investigation confirms the allegations against governor cuomo than he should resign, will you now call on him to resign given the investigators said the 11 women were credible? >> i stand by that statement. >> are you now calling on him to resign? >> yes. >> sean: the governor tonight claims he has done nothing wrong and is refusing to step down. his defense to all of this, he says he touches people like this all the time, apparently. take a look. >> indeed, there are hundreds if not thousands of photos of me using the exact same gesture. i do it with everyone. black-and-white, young and old, straight and lgbtq, powerful people, frien

look at prominent democrat like kirsten gillibrand elizabeth warren all rehashing their calls for the to follow the science. here is al gore tweeting one of the most important lessons from the covid-19 pandemic is that when scientists are warning about a looming threat, we are -- we ought to listen to them. haven't we heard that one before? let's ask the climate depot publisher and author of green fraud marc morano. mark, are we going wrong on though or are the liberals going wrong with the fear-mongering and not following the science that they say that we're not following? >> no, here's what's happening, lawrence, they are following the bureaucratic science institution, not the science. what tough understand, what all these democrat politicians and all the climate activists are latching on to the united nations self-interested lobbying organization. if it fails to find co 2 is driving the crisis it fails to be in charge of the solution and hold annual conferences all over of the globe. what they have done with this report when current reality fails to alarm they have gone to extreme

and house speaker nancy pelosi and new york senators chuck schumer and kirsten gillibrand making clearve that the governor should resign. >> these actions are inappropriate for the governor of the new york state. and i do believe he should resign. >> reporter: 37 democratic state assembly members have indicated they want impeachment articles introduced to the legislature. and at least 22 have confirmed publicly or told cnn they would vote to impeach. cuomo promptly denying the findings of the report and saying some things were taken out of context. >> i want you to know directly from me, that i never touched anyone inappropriately or made inappropriate sexual advances. >> reporter: but state attorney general latitia james standing by the investigation. saying the evidence is damning. >> these interviews and pieces 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: one of cuomo's accusers told investigators that cuomo asked her questions about her sex life

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 island. neil? >> neil: thanks, chad. let's go to the former federal prosecutor. katie, again, this was not in a criminal indictment. it was and independent probe conducted and led by the democratic attorney general of new york. she stated at the

. >> chuck schumer and kirsten gillibrand issued a joint statement renewing their efforts, calling for> the people of new york deserve better leadership in the governor's office. we continue to believe that the governor should resign. >> albany county district attorney says they will request investigative materials from the noew york ag on the cuomo repor and says a criminal investigation is ongoing. >> and we are also now getting more reaction from some of the governor's alleged victims. cnn's erica hill joins us now. what are you seeing on social media? what are you hearing? >> reporter: a lot on social media and a lot we heard in that press conference. if i could, i want to play more of that to get a better sense of what we're hearing from this report. 11 complainants, nine of them former or current state employees and here is a little bit more of what the investigators say they learned. >> many of whom were young women by engaging in unwanted groping, kisses, hugging. >> some suffered through unwanted touching and grabbing of their most intimate body parts. >> the governor hugged e

i want to translate to the political issue, first, here is senator kirsten gillibrand with her call for resignation. >> as i said before, these allegations are deeply disturbing. i'm just reading the report now and factual evidence along with the fact that facts have been corroborated, the fact that there are 11 women coming forward is deeply, deeply disturbing. as i said already, these actions are inappropriate for the governor of new york state. my heart goes out to the women who come forward. and i thank them for their courage because this is a serious and damning report. >> i should point out, three members of congress from new york city area, king jeffries, tom squaz ee, greg meeks issued a joint statement calling on the governor to do the right thing for the people of new york state and resign. brendan, there's potential impeachment situation also in albany that could take place with the legislature. governor cuomo sounds like somebody that wants to have a fight and he is not looking to take the attorney general's report at her word and walk away. that sounds to me it means the ba

when the allegations came out democrat after democrat after democrat from chuck schumer and kirsten gillibrand in the senate to many of his democratic colleagues in the congressional delegation in the house saying he should resign. that's not new, but if i may, the political ramifications are very important. but i just -- as a woman, stepping back, and listening to these allegations in the detail that they were laid out in the press concerns, never mind what we're going to see in this very lengthy report. the fact that you have these women saying that they went to a place for public service, and they were not able to do that job because of not just a hostile work environment, because they were -- they felt they were being sexually abused, sexually assaulted, sexually harassed, pick your word. obviously that will be determined by a court. but it is remarkable to hear that detail. as kate bolduan said in the last hour in 2020, not in 1971. not in 2000. in 2020 after all of the #metoo allegations erupted and after that was part of the culture in this country. >> right. and the meticulous detail,

senate majority leader chuck schumer announced he and new york senator kirsten gillibrand, stand by thegation's findings. is your reaction? i continue to believe the governor should resign still working deal with. as i said, i continue to believe that he should resign other congressional democrats, including jerry nadler, brian under jones, carolyn maloney, grace meng and alexandra ocasio cortez say cuomo should leave office quote, for the good of new york state. republicans are also calling for governor cuomo's resignation. >> new york republican congresswoman elise stefanik says the governor should never considered himself above the law. he is committed harassment as well as retaliation. that is illegal in new york state. >> it is a legal federally and he needs to be held accountable. if we don't have equal justice under the law. we start to lose our country. republican congresswoman claudia tenney says the governor won't be able to do his job. i don't think this guy is capable of governing i haven't thought of from day one. the party. >> particularly now he is so compromised lawmaker

new york's two senators kirsten gillibrand and chuck schumer called on cuomo to resign. so have the democratic members of new york's house delegation. so have key members of the new york assembly and state senate who are the power to remove him from office. so has the current new york city mayor and the man likely to be the next new york city mayor. so have, just moments ago, the democratic governors of rhode island, new jersey, pennsylvania and connecticut. so has house speaker nancy pelosi. and finally, late today, so did president biden. a long-time political ally and friend of the new york governor. >> back in march you said if the investigation confirmed the allegations against governor cuomo, then he should resign. so will you now call on him to resign given the investigators said the 11 women were credible? >> i stand by that statement. >> are you now calling on him to resign? >> yes. >> more on the white house reaction shortly. it wasn't so long ago that governor cuomo was a potential pick for attorney general. now he is facing the possibility of criminal charges

senators, majority leader chuck schumer and senator kirsten gillibrand, both democrats, reiterated theirto resign. before today, president biden had said that he, too, would call for cuomo's resignation-- if the attorney general's investigation confirmed the allegations against cuomo. mr. biden weighed in, late today: >> i think he should resign. i understand that the state legislature may decide to impeach. i don't know that for a fact. >> woodruff: cuomo is also the subject of an impeachment investigation in the state assembly, over this and other scandals. attorney general james pledged today to provide the assembly with any relevant evidence from her investigation. we turn now to karen dewitt, new york state public radio's capitol bureau chief, in albany. karen dewitt, welcome to the "newshour". just how come -- >> thanks, judy. >> woodruff: absolutely. how compelling is the evidence that the attorney general presents in this report? >> well, you know, i found all of these allegations pretty compelling, and most of them we knew about when they first became public late in march, i cov

new york senators chuck schumer and kirsten gillibrand issued a statement reading no elected official is above the law, the people of new york deserve better leadership in the governor's office. we continue to believe the governor should resign. the mayor of new york city wrote he must resign, and if he continues to resist and attack the investigators who did their jobs, he should be impeached immediately. >> you know that had to hurt them to have to write that. >> speaker of the house nancy pelosi's statement reads, recognizing his love of new york and respect for the office he holds, i call on the governor to resign. let's bring in msnbc national affairs analyst, host and producer of show time circus, and the hell and high water recount john heldman, and susan del percio. john, i would like to start with you! susan's the expert here. your thoughts, i'm focused now on hearing more and understanding more about the governor's response, this video he put out, and also his brother's involvement. is it a sign that there are still no boundaries for this governor or is that insignificant? >