here is just part of what maureen dowd wrote.t the 165-page report, in which derosa is mentioned 187 times makes sure that she enforced a culture of secrecy, loyalty, fear and retaliation. andrew cuomo couldn't get a handle on his ego. now comes a mudslide that may wash away him, his brother's reputation, the careers of derosa and company, and his family's legacy. so that's a devastating column from maureen dowd. kathy park, i think you've got a lot breaking there in albany today. thank you so much for your report. >>> meanwhile, total chaos in afghanistan. five major afghan cities back in taliban control. the speed of the taliban advance prompting a call from the state department for all american civilians to get out. a live report from kabul in a moment. plus, former defense secretary and cia director leon panetta on why many afghans are not fighting back. this is "andrew mitchell reports" on msnbc. and now get netflix on us. it's all included with 2 lines for only $70 bucks! only at t-mobile. mm. [ clicks tongue ] i don't know

this morning's new york times has an arm by maureen dowd which i'd like to quote from. she's speaking of laura ingraham, one of the political pundits on fox network. it says laura ingram even gave awards, best exaggerated performance, best political performance, performance in an action role to the police who recounted their terrifying battles with the mob. they came across as political actors, she said. that doesn't help anything. we want the police to be the police. even as laura ingram was describing as actors these cops who face danger, erin smith was trying to get the death of her husband -- the second officer to take his life after the insurrection -- reclassified from suicide to death in the line of duty. after he was hit in the head with a metal pole during the rampage, he fell into a dark depression, his wife told the times. on the way to his shift, he pulled his car off the george washington park and killed himself with his service weapon. more than casting the police who told their stories as drama queens and fabulous, four house are republicans representing

. >> many famous people that maureen dowd a syndicated columnist brilliant and funny she is writing aboutebody you don't like you enjoy reading it if it somebody you do like it's wonderful. about to be a start the washington star and that was big news one of the first major dailies to fail. she and another person aims stanley run the today show with jame polly doing the interview. and then to such a bright promising future what do youri have next and what do next and she says yours. that was a stand five seconds. so now back to you. so you learn to write at a young age when i agree with you completely so what about the significance? >> a and then to write a book one a day. >> i cannot remember what it was called but i remember that i had and with bunny rabbits and carrots. and on and on and america's education system does not dost a good job. i thought itnc was a great writer in college and then what is good writing? i don't know so in graduate school the first assignment all mass communication is journalism degree. we all failed it. eighteen of us. and the red markings tore it apart. tal

you've got the times union, the home newspaper there in albany, along with columnist maureen dowd, everybodysavaging him. what will be fascinateing to see as you pointed out correctly with ben that the press was slow to pick up on defending these victim as they're really rightfully called. will they also go after the members of his staff, the top aides, that in this report, 165 pages of unbelievable accusations, say they conducted something that amounts to unlawful retaliation. howie: i will come back to you on that. nice historical reference as today is august 8th. let me play for the audience some further comments that governor cuomo made in his defense and then we're going to look at charlotte bennett who became the face of the scandal, the first of the accusers to go public on tv. roll it. >> i do kiss people on the forehe'd had. i do kiss people on the cheek. i do kiss people on the hand. i do embrace people. >> he was coming onto me and he insinuated that survivors of trauma and sexual assault can't tell the difference between mentorship and leadership and sexual harassment itself whic

you know a world famous syndicated columnist, spectacular, brilliant, funny, maureen dowd, if she's writing about somebody you don't like, you really enjoy reading it. she was a young up coming about to be a star at the washington star when it folded. when it folded august 7, 1981, it was big news. it was one of the first major dailies to fail. she and another person named stanley cloud were on the today show doing an interview. jane turns to her and practically pats maureen on the head, saying everybody says you have a bright promising future. what job do you want next? maureen with ice water in her veins did not miss a beat and she said yours. it was five seconds in tv time, which is a lot. back to you, writing, you learned to write at a young age, and you write about this, everything will be okay, i agree with you completely. talk about what you think of the significance of being able to write well. >> well, i feel like if you are a young reader, in your mind, one of your big dreams is that you would love to be able to write a book one day. >> uh-huh. >> my mom still has my first book th

maureen dowd's latest op-ed is putting a spotlight on this. she writes it's hard to stop thinking about the over-the-top that the former president held at his martha's vin guard manse for his 60th birthday. as president he didn't try hard enough on things we needed. he was a deb tenant with a days taste for politics. post presidency he's trying too hard on things we don't need. the culture is swimming in netflix deals, celebrity worship, displays of wealth, not to mention podcasts. did the world really need "renegades" his duet with bruce springsteen. this is cheap shot stuff, she has the zingers but the big thing was the party and being cool and having beyonce there and people flying in on private jets. and there are some covid numbers going up on martha's vineyard, hard to tell if it's a cluster yet. what was the talk in democratic circles about this party? i know there was frustration because actually real friends were disinvited but more, in covid, in the emergence and reemergence of covid and the delta variant, really? >> yeah. i mean, fi