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max kutner is a journalist and political analyst in new york.sked him about the amount of pressure that mr cuomo came under. yes, he said he was going to fight the allegations, which he is still saying that he will fight the allegations, but even just days ago, his office was releasing photos of him hugging and kissing people and saying, "this is just how i am and this is how i was raised," and so certainly a lot going from that to a resignation in one week. but there really doesn't not seem to be a way around it. i mean, president biden was calling for this, democrats from his own party in the state had been calling for this and really trying to distance themselves from the governor. i spoke with a spokesperson for a democratic senator in the state just a couple of days ago about a totally unrelated topic, a piece of legislation, and even that spokesperson used it as an opportunity to distance that state senator from cuomo. we've seen resignations of people from his office, including a top aide of his, in recent days, so this really, i think, b

we can now speak to the us political analyst max kutner. what you make of biden�*s response here to criticismpublicans but not just republicans but democrats, notjust republicans but democrats, too? it notjust republicans but democrats, too? , ~ democrats, too? it sounds like he is going _ democrats, too? it sounds like he is going to _ democrats, too? it sounds like he is going to stick _ democrats, too? it sounds like he is going to stick with - democrats, too? it sounds like he is going to stick with what i he is going to stick with what saying all week that he is comfortable in his decision but is planning on getting people out. perhaps a response to what dozens of democrats urged a letter this week to biden administration folks saying that while they appreciated some of the efforts, the administration really needs to focus on getting those people out. they said they had grave concerns. that was some of the more moderate comments that we got from democrats. we also heard happened a failure of diplomacy, a failure of intelligence, and someone who should be aligned with biden saying we will

max kutner is a journalist and political analyst in new york.signation, when it came, happened quickly. even days ago, his office is releasing photos of him hugging and kissing people and saying thatis and kissing people and saying that is how he is and how was raised. so certainly going from that to his resignation in one week but there really does not seem a way around it. president biden was calling for this. democrats from his own party in the state was calling for that and really trying to distance themselves from the governor. i spoke with a spokesperson for a democratic senator or the state just a couple of days ago about a totally unrelated topic, a piece of legislation, and even that spokesperson used as an opportunity to distance that state's senator from andrew cuomo. we have seen resignations of people from his office including a top eight of use in the next two eight in the few days. i —— aide. taliban militants in afghanistan are said to have raised theirflag on the main square and the governor's office in pul—e—khumri — the capita

max kutner is a journalist and political analyst in new york.resignation, when it came, happened quickly. even just days ago, his office was releasing photos of him hugging and kissing people and saying, "this is just how i am and this is how i was raised," and so certainly a lot going from that to a resignation in one week. but there really doesn't seem to be a way around it. i mean, president biden was calling for this, democrats from his own party in the state had been calling for this and really trying to distance themselves from the governor. i spoke with a spokesperson for a democratic senator in the state just a couple of days ago about a totally unrelated topic, a piece of legislation, and even that spokesperson used it as an opportunity to distance that state senator from cuomo. we've seen resignations of people from his office, including a top aide of his, in recent days, so this really, i think, became inevitable. taliban militants in afghanistan are said to have raised theirflag on the main square and the governor's office in puli kh

well earlier i spoke to us political analyst max kutner and asked what he made of president biden�*s voices too. it sounds like biden is going to stick with what he has been saying all week that he is comfortable in his decision but he is planning on getting those people out there. perhaps that is a response to what dozens of democrats urged in a letter this week to administration folk saying that while they appreciated some of the administration's efforts the administration's efforts the administration really needs to focus on getting those people out. they said they have grave concerns and that was some of the more moderate comments that we got. we also heard democrats calling what happened the failure of diplomacy, failure of intelligence, and a top democrat on the senate intelligence committee who would presumably be aligned with biden said we are going to have to ask tough questions about how the sort of thing happened. maybe we could have expected some criticisms and questions from perhaps more progressive democrats but he is really getting it from all sides of the democratic p