melissa derosa's mother-in-law is the u.s. new york. they will have to bring in somebody else from the department of justice to properly do an investigation without a conflict of interest. you have nine, i think it is the democratic lawmakers that are calling on the governor to take some dramatic action and step away from this issue. you have the one specific democrat who is saying that he was threatened. i think anybody in law enforcement would like to know specifically. remember this is allegedly a coverup of the numbers. it is not just about new york. the centers for disease control is trying to figure out how the disease is spread, who it is affecting, how it is being affected. so when you cover up, don't provide the data, the centers for disease control it affects us across the country because then the scientists cannot do their job. elizabeth: that is an important point you just made. you know, you wonder if the biden administration, if the doj there would do a probe because of what you pointed out. melissa derosa's moth

unfortunately my understanding is that melissa derosa's mother-in-law is a u.s.the southern district of new york they're going to have to bring in somebody else from the department of justice to properly do an investigation without a conflict of interest you have the democratic lawmakers that are calling on the governor to take dramatic action and step away from the issue give the one s specific democrat saying he was threatened and i think anybody in law enforcement would like to know specifically because remember this is allegedly a cover-up of the numbers it is not just about new york the centers for disease control is trying to figure out how the spread, who it is affecting how it's been affected and when you cover-up adult provide that data the center for disease patrol affects all of us across the country because the scientist cannot do their job. elizabeth: that is an important point that you just made. and you wonder if the biden administration in the d.o.j. would do a probe because of what you pointed out melissa derosa's mother-in-law is a u.s. attorney

, what was reported by "the new york post" late last night is that melissa derosa had a conversation with new york state democratic lawmakers and admitted that they withheld this information from the feds because they wanted to block a doj investigation. i believe and my colleagues in the new york congressional delegation believe as many others as well that there should be a an investigation into this. not just the consequences of the original policy and a cover-up that followed but also fast forward to what we were learning last night. there is an admission of what could be obstruction of justice. >> sandra: and it janice dean as well has spoken up to so many families. what level of accountability are you looking for here and do you believe based on what you know today that the governor engaged in a criminal offense? >> the investigation is what you need to do to determine who is specifically should be held accountable from the criminal justice standpoint, obstruction of justice seems to be admitted and what "the new york post" was reporting late yesterday. as you point to janice de

we do understand the eastern district of new york which is not where melissa derosa's mother in law,ghboring jurisdiction, the fbi fair and the us attorney is starting to look into this but for this candidate to say he is open to it, doesn't seem like he is really interested in pursuing it. i am calling for a special prosecutor to be appointed so we have clear independence on this and don't get a whitewashing. jillian: thank you for joining us, appreciate it. todd: fire erupts when a train and an 18 wheeler, lied. that's never good news. what caused that crashed? jillian: president biden holds a virtual meeting with the canadian prime minister. they are not talking publicly about their feud over the keystone pipeline, the conversation next. ♪♪ ♪♪ walk away ♪♪ ♪ ♪ four filets. you know this dinner's for their... kids. thanks for watching them. where's the pizza? the buick encore gx. current eligible non-gm owners get nearly $4,300 purchase allowance on 2020 buick encore gx models. >> us airlines grounding planes of the same type of engine that. up after taking off in denver last week.

melissa derosa said his team froze because they were worried that giving out the information "would be aid trying to walk back that statement today saying the governor's office was "comprehensive and transparent." greg, it keeps on getting worse and worse for governor cuomo. i guess the biden doj's dropping the nursing home investigation but the state of new york is coming after him. >> greg: this scandal sent his political career to one of his rest homes because i don't think it's going to survive, nor should it. the one thing that bugs me is how his team apologized to the state democrats for putting them in a difficult position. may be apologizing to them first is not a good look. there's a whole other group of people you should be apologizing, like to the victims' families, it was a political apology. they are more worried about how the fallout would affect them politically, and they didn't seem too concerned about the press because i guess they figured the press would run cover for them, because they have in the past. remember how much they love their cuomo. i went on amazon to loo

he also defended his top aide, melissa derosa that admitted that they withheld nursing home death tollion in terms of the data because they feared political backlash from the trump administration who at the time asked the doj to beginning a inquiry into the nursing home scandal. governor cuomo said the data wasn't being hidden by legislatures. no, instead, it was just being delayed while they dealt with the doj inquiry. democratic assemblyman ron kim that lost his uncle, a u.s. army veteran to covid-19 veteran said they were withholding data because of politics. >> he didn't address the core problem that we're dealing with. if secretary derosa came to us and told us those things, we could have disagreed and we could have argued back. but that's not what she did. that's not what she told us. >> the reality is, jerry, for months reporters as well as others have been -- and legislators have been asks for the full data, the full scope of the death toll and the thousands moved from hospitals to nursing homes. they were being stonewalled and now democrats and republicans want a full investig

it was compounded with the phone call that you were on for democratic lawmakers when melissa derosa said, she said in addition to attacking cuomo's democratic governors trump "directs the department of justice to do an investigation into us and we froze. we were then in a position if we weren't sure we were going to give -- what we were going to give them was going to be used against us." so he's saying today, that's not the way it sounds. what really happened is we had a state investigation, a doj investigation so we held back on the seat numbers while we addressed the doj. he said over and over assembly man, we did the best we could. these people how they died and that directive came out didn't change. this is what happened. it attacks older people. he said as much as everybody wants to blame somebody, it's not his fault. has anything changed based on what you just heard? >> i think that's the talking point, the script that they want to tell us. oh, let's go take care of the federal inquiry first and then we'll get to you. that's why it was delayed. but that's not what we heard. that's

we know the truth because melissa derosa never expected her meeting with fellow democrats would come out. i will tell you this, she was not remorseful. she spoke to the cuomo administration she has her finger on the pulse of the cuomo mono administration but she was not remorseful that 15000 senior citizens died preventable deaths and cause undue pain to thousands upon thousands of people. she was apologetic to her fellow democrats because of the political fallout it caused them. it gave them a bad election. that says it all to me. kennedy: yes, that was the most important thing to her was apologizing to people within her own party for some political difficulties. so jim, are we seeing democrats reach out to you? are we reaching critical mass here? and do you think this governor will be impeached and removed? >> the first thing we need to deal you mentioned that his takeaways emergency abilities. your due diligence with checks and balances with that we have to support my bill unless the committee members who control the senate are willing to subpoena, the commissioner, melissa derosa

ask melissa derosa your confidante, your right hand and you couldn't have been more aggressive andrewou are too busy promoting yourself on the national stage with your pathetic attempts to promote yourself as a presidential candidate. funny though how "cnn" isn't talking about you now but there's your movement to remove your emergency powers done in a movement to impeach you did turn a general investigating you. once a liar, with a always a liar. once a crook, resa curt or give it up and her. no one believes a word you say and most of all the families of those killed by your mandates. thanks so much for watching. i'm judge jeanine pirro advocating for truth justice and the american way. you can catch me on cameo and i will see you next saturday night. greg: thanks to "cnn" we learned a lot of new things about president biden. a he likes to build a fire in the oval office b uses the fireplace c he often throws a logon otherwise known as the john kerry, d he likes to read the newspaper on a plane. this is some crazy [bleep] so what else will we hope to learn from our fearless friend tha

>> remember a top aide to governor cuomo melissa derosa told state lawmakers in a private meeting thatcovid-related deaths of nursing home residents because of can concerns about a potential federal investigation. now, one person who was on that call was new york democratic assemblyman ron kim who represents queens. what he has now told cnn is that last week after the story first broke, governor cuomo called him wanting him to put out a new statement. kim told cnn governor cuomo called on me directly on thursday, called me directly on thursday to threaten my career if i did not cover up for melissa derosa and what she said. he tried to pressure me to issue a statement and it was a very traumatizing experience. now, he went on to say that that cuomo said we're in this business together and we don't cross certain lines. and he said i hadn't seen his wrath and that he can destroy me. now, cnn also spoke with kim's wife who says that she overheard parts of the phone call and heard cuomo saying things like who do you think you are, and that her husband told her immediately afterwards that c

. >> the tipping point came when, in a private video call the governor's top aide, melissa derosa, toldthey delayed giving updated information to them after then president trump's department of justice sent an inquiry about nursing home deaths in the state, because, quote, basically we froze because then we were in a position where we weren't sure of what we were going to give to the department of justice or what we give to you guys. what we start saying was going to be used against us. her words, an admission that the administration stalled on showing a true picture of just how many nursing home residents died, just as the governor was lauded globally for his pandemic response. >> between his emmy for his coronavirus press briefings to governor cuomo's book, to his speech at the democratic national convention, governor cuomo has been held up as the model governor in his coronavirus response, even though new york was so hard hit by the virus early on. >> reporter: cuomo arguing today much the same as his top aide that, request for data by former president trump's department of justice w

were made, i think the bigger concern is the attempt to cover up the decision and we know that melissa derosa your colleagues a week before last that the decision had been made quite deliberately to cover-up the numbers who had died as a result from nursing homes into cover-up those numbers precisely for political reasons because they were concerned they didn't want to be attacked by the trump administration. that is not a mistake that is something much more serious than a mistake that you're making emergency circumstances, isn't it? >> which is why immediately the calls were revoking the emergency powers came and it's something that we are deliberating very carefully in both chambers of the state legislature in new york and the action in my opinion is necessary to restore full public confidence in state government. gerry: great thanks to senator john liu. thank you very much indeed. democratic states struggled to reopen the schools while florida has been open for months we will take it up with the florida education or next. it. >> all be thankful for the sure strong in fact driven leadership

melissa derosa secretly told democrats cuomo hid the nursing home deaths because the feds were investigatinge because the worried the information would be used against them. nearly 9,000 recovering covid-19 patients were sent to nursing homes in new york directed by cuomo and 15,000 nursing home residents died in that state. he could have used the u.s.s. comfort, but refused because he probably didn't want to give trump any credit. here to react, congressman steve scalise. the feds were looking into him because he directed these sick patients to go into these nursing homes. he looks count barrel of that gun and says no, no, no. we have to hide this. according to our research, you are looking at obstructing government administration in the second degree, you could be look at conspiracy. conspiracy -- misdemeanors are still official misconduct, but i think things are starting to tighten up for the governor. >> this report from the "new york post" is a bombshell. thousands of people died who shouldn't have died from covid, going back to march when the governor cuomo gave it order that covid pat

his closest confidant melissa derosa unveiled they withheld the true number of nursing home deaths because they were afraid federal prosecutors would finds out. the truth was twice as bad as they said it was. that stunning, cold hearted admission is relevant admissible evidence in a court of law. it shows consciousness of guilt, attempt to cover up the truth and conspiracy to deny the number of deaths in nursing homes by aself-absorbed politician. victims families and the public at large sought the numbers. the pathetic disdisgusting part of this is derosa on cuomo's behalf apologized to the democrats in the legislature for the inconvenience their cover-up caused. no apology to the legislature, the press or the victims' families. like fox's janice dean who desperately tried to find out what happened to her father and mother-in-law when they died in a nursing home of covid. derosa's apology was for the political inconvenience to the democrats and not for the families of those who died as the result of the mercyless calculated effort to force covid infected patients into nursing homes. the c

the biggest bombshell was that his secretary, melissa derosa, admitted that they covered it all up. > would die on tuesday and the wife on friday and someone such as yourself mass that terrible thing where you have to explain to your kids that grandma has died and a few days later that grandpa has died. yet, we have all these restrictions on restaurants and every other aspect of life and the people most vulnerable, andrew cuomo, failed to protect on a horrific scale. >> it wasn't just him. there were other governors, other democratic governors, putting covid positive patients into nursing homes, newsom, whitmer, wolf, and murphy and cuomo. five of them put covid positive patients into nursing homes. >> let's be bipartisan and throw in that so-called republican in massachusetts too, because he did that as well for a while. he became a hero to the left in this country, cuomo. he still thinks this can bounce off him. >> it can't, not now. we have admission. i would like to thank whoever that democratic lawmaker that was the leak yesterday that gave did us that information. i believe all

before our very eyes, this week will most right hand his most trusted aide his closest confidant melissa derosaonfessed in a phone call to democrat politicians that the cuomo administration withheld the true and real number of nursing home deaths because they were afraid federal prosecutors would find out. the truth you see was twice as bad as they said it was. that stunning coldhearted omission is relevant and visible evidence in a court of law. he shows consciousness of guilt, and intent to cover up the truth and conspiracy to deny the number of covid deaths in nursing homes via self promoting, self worshiping self absorbed politician. those numbers were sought by the new york state legislature, the associated press, victims families and the public at large, the pathetic disgusting part of all of this is that derosa on behalf apologized to her democrat in the legislature for the political inconvenience their cover-up caused. no apology to the new york state legislature, the press or the victims families. fox janice dean for months desperately tried to find out what happened to her mother and

lawmakers melissa derosa admitted they had feared there would the evidence for the feds say quote weosition where we weren't sure of what we are going to give the department of justice but we were saying was going to be used against us. try to walk that back. we now know covid patients were transferred to nursing homes in the pandemic started this number 40% higher than the stats of the department. cuomo has not admitted any wrongdoing but derosa gave an apology to state them sing it to understand what you are putting their know that was not fair but is not her intention to to put you in that political position with the republicans so welcome to the democratic party of new york where political fallout, trump's your dead relative. joe he apologize to the politicians first. amazing. >> to janice dean for fighting for the story for a long time and hats back onto the mainstream media for tossing that guy a whole bunch of softballs and an m.a.. it was a policy that made so little since to begin with because you couldn't see you on relatives because of covid and the only way you could get

ainsley: the secretary to the governor, melissa derosa made these comments during a video call with state democrats, saying, quote, he meaning trump, starts tweeting that we killed everyone in nursing homes and basicallily we froze. we were in a position where we weren't sure if what we were going to give to the department of justice or what we want to give you guys was going to be used against us. they were worried about what was going to be used against them. >> they were afraid of the president. it goes back to trump, always. according to the associated press over 9,000 recovering covid-19 patients were sent to nursing homes in new york and 15,000 facility residents died from the virus in the state. that's up 40% from the 8900 initially reported. the report comes as cuomo, the governor, prepares to meet with president biden on covid relief today at the white house. i guarantee you that does come up. they're on a conference call with democratic lawmakers, at which time the -- we're going to expose it to you, they're apologizing not for the deaths, it seems, they're apologizing for the a

investigation into the new york governor andrew cuomo as the office releases full transcript, melissa derosaeople who died as result of the order to put covid-19 positive patients in nursing home saying, quote, we were in a position we weren't sure if what we were going to give the department of justice or what we give to you guys was going to be used against them. we were not sure there would be an investigation. new york state assemblyman ron kim is facing attacks from cuomo. >> my office more than me has had a long and hostile relationship with assembly when ron kim. he had a meeting with legislators and members of my staff. on the tape at the meeting he says positive things. a story in the new york post, he says the opposite. jillian: overnight, a state senator coming to his defense writing governor cuomo's statement saying they are part of a disturbing pattern of behavior from the governor. instead of accepting responsibility for mistakes the governor has chosen to evade accountability time and time again. a senior a to the governor acknowledges the lack of transparency saying, quote, w

. >> reporter: but now according to a transcript of a private video call, melissa derosa told lawmakersecause we were in a position where we weren't sure if what we were going to give to the department of justice or what we give to you guys what, we start saying was going to be used against us. 14 democratic state senators saying in a statement, cuomo should be striped of his emergency powers. state republicans echoing the call and going further. >> cuomo administration purposely lied and withheld evidence and information to avoid prosecution. andrew cuomo must be prosecute and impeached if this evidence exists. >> reporter: 15,000 residents in fursing homes died according to the department of health. about a third of all covid deaths statewide. the truth death toll was revealed after letitia james issuinged a scathing report accusing the state of undercounting deaths by some 50%. by only publicly reporting those who died on site, not those admitted to hospitals and died there or elsewhere. >> whether a person died in a hospital or died in a nursing home, it's the people -- people died.

on the new york's major newspapers engaged in the possible cover-up, admission by melissa derosa who said the state withheld data because it feared an investigation by the trump justice department, she said the state needed to temporarily set aside the legislature's request to deal with the federal request first. asked if mister biden had confidence in governor cuomo's handling the pandemic, jen psaki january. >> the president host governor cuomo and a bipartisan group of governors and mayors to get their perspective. not to give anyone a stamp of approval or seek their step approval. >> then and after 5:00 pm friday news, mister biden says he wants all states to back the cdc new guidance for reopening schools which does not mandate opening, based on the best available scientific evidence, a surprise, he says, following the cdc guidance will cost money, lots of it. teachers don't need to be vaccinated against covid-19 to get back to work according to the new guidance from the cdc. >> we believe in the sciences demonstrated schools can be reopened safely prior to all teachers being va

ask melissa derosa.been more aggressive andrew, because you were too busy promoting yourself on the national stage with your pathetic attempt to promote yourself as a presidential candidate. funny though, how brother fredo on cnn is not talking about you now there is a movement to remove your emergency powers to impeach you, fbi and attorney general investigating you. won't a -- once a liar always a crook, once a crook, always a crook, give it up andrew, no woe no one believes the word you say, most of all the families of those killed by your mandate. thank you for watching. i am judge jeanine. you can catch me on cameo, i'll see you next saturday night. ♪ ♪ mark: hello i am mark levine, this is "life, liberty and levin." tonight's program is dedicated on rush limbaugh. a friend, mentor, leader to show many of us and an iconic figure. i put him up there with ronald reagan and bill buckley. and milton friedman. and

melissa derosa, who often appeared at press conferences with the governor, told state lawmakers, basically, we froze, because then we were in a position where we weren't sure what we gave to the department of justice, or what we give to you guys , what we were saying, would be used against us. cuomo cuomo and the new york post cited a recording of the call. republicans from both parties slamming derosa's confession. they said you are sorry you only got caught. >> the cuomo administration purposely lied and withheld evidence and information to avoid prosecution. andrew cuomo must be prosecuted and andrew cuomo must be impeached if this evidence exists. >> residents of long-term care facilities have accounted for a number of covid deaths in many states. in new york some 15,000 residents in facilities like nursing homes died, according to the department of health, about a third of all covid deaths statewide. the true death toll was revealed after new york attorney general and cuomo ally letitia james issued a scathing report last month accusing the state of undercounting death in these facili

office releases the full transcript of the 2-hour meeting between state lawmakers and top aide melissa derosaring that meeting she acknowledged cuomo withheld data requested by lawmakers saying, quote, we were in a position where we weren't sure if what we were going to give that apartment of justice are what we give to you guys was going to be used against us, we weren't sure if there was going to be an investigation. new york state assemblyman ron kim is facing attacks from cuomo. >> my office more than me is how long and hostile relationship with his will: ron kim. he has a meeting with our legislators and members of my staff. on tape at the meeting he says positive things. there's been a story that moves in the new york post where he says the exact opposite. >> reporter: new york state senator coming to commit stevens rating governor cuomo's statement about us and remember kim are part of a disturbing pattern of behavior from the governor. instead of accepting responsibility for mistakes the governor has chosen to deflect blame and evade accountability time and again. a senior aide releas

governor cuomo called me directly on thursday to threaten my career if i did not cover up for melissa derosaaid i hadn't seen his wrath and that he can destroy me. this morning on another network bill deblasio who has a contentious relationship with cuomo blasted the governor and defended kim. >> it's just the script is exactly what a lot of us have heard before. it is not a surprise. it is sad. it is not the way people should be treated. and, you know, a lot of people get intimidated by that. i give him credit for not being intimidated. >> cuomo's office says kim is lying and cuomo also denies there is in sort of cover-up. meantime the national academy of television arts and sciences received a letter by nearly two dozen state assembly members calling on the academy to vacate the emmy they awarded cuomo last year for his covid-19 news briefings. harris. >> harris: wow. bryan llenas, thank you very much. while governor cuomo is busy confronting that scandal, this is what mayor deblasio is spending his time on. ♪♪♪ >> we need a recovery that brings back the life and heart and energy of this c

reporter: the tipping point came during a private video call between the governor's top aide melissa derosakers. derosa told the lawmakers the governor's office delayed giving updated information to them after then president trump's department of justice sent an inquiry about nursing home deaths in the state because basically, we froze because then we were in a position where we weren't sure if what we were going to get to the department of justice or what we gave to you guys, what we start saying was going to be used against us. her words an admission they stalled on showing a true picture of how many nursing home residents died. the governor was lauded globally for his pandemic response. >> between his emmy for his coronavirus press briefings, to governor cuomo's book, to his speech at the democratic national convention, governor cuomo has been held up as the model governor in his coronavirus response, even though new york was so hard hit by the virus early on. >> reporter: cuomo arguing monday much the same as his top aide that the request for data at the time was politically motivated.

a source tells cnn that secretary melissa derosa said the administration, quote, froze after the department a preliminary investigation last summer. after recent pressure from the state's attorney general, it was disclosed that as many as 15,000 people died in nursing homes and other adult care facilities. >> the cdc will release new guidance today on how to safely reopen schools. the biden administration is facing scrutiny for shifting its goalposts on the plan to reopen the majority of schools in the president's first 100 days in office. we have the latest. >> reporter: educators across the country are eagerly waiting for details from the cdc today on how to safely reopen schools after promising headlines from its director. >> the data from schools suggest there's very little transmission that is happening within the schools, especially when there's masking and distancing occurring. >> reporter: nearly half the schools are still fully online. among the setbacks, funding and tensions over safety guidelines. the biden administration said funding in the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill will allow

. >> reporter: the tipping point game during a private video call between melissa derosa who told thelayed giving updated information after president trump's department of justice sent an inquiry about nursing homes deaths in the state because basically we froze because we weren't sure what we could give to the department of justice or what we give to you guys or start saying was going to be used against us. her words and admission is that the administration stalled on showing a true picture of how many nursing homes residents died. jess said the government was lauded globally for his pandemic response. >> between his emmy for his coronavirus press briefings, to governor cuomo's book, to his speech at the democratic national convention, governor cuomo has been held up as the model governor in his coronavirus response, even though new york was so hard hit by the virus early on. >> reporter: cuomo arguing on monday, much of the same as his top aide, that the request for data at the time was political motivated. and came amid many other competing priorities as the state was struggling to

mentioned it at the top last night the "new york post" reported that the secretary to the governor, melissa derosa, allegedly admitted that the cuomo administration has been withholding the true number of deaths in nursing homes due to covid in a videoconference call with state democratic leaders. according to the most recent numbers released by the state, more than 15,000 people died in nursing homes which is over 6,000 more deaths than previously released by the state prior to the january attorney general's report. she told lawmakers one reason they kept larger numbers under wraps was because she claimed then president donald trump was turning the issue into a political football. state republicans have renewed their call for an investigation and asking for cuomo's resignation. in an attempt to clarify her remarks today derosa issued a statement on twitter saying i was explaining that when we received the d.o.j. inquiry we needed to temporarily set aside the legislature's request to deal with the federal request first. all of this about the numbers. all this on top of new information obtained by

they did implicate us in the private meeting when his secretary melissa derosa admitted to hiding informationponized against administration, fear that we would go back and legislate and repeal legal immunity, the stuff you and i have been talking about for months now, fear we would undo the policies. that's why they cover up the data and she admitted it. she said you want the truth? this is the truth. she said she hid that information. that is what the governor did and because i called out and refused to lie for them, now they get to threaten my career, my wife and make my wife in tears all night. my wife, you know, that night was very, very troubling because we couldn't sleep and she's telling me what did you do to us? stop what you're doing. please. she was -- she feared for my future, for my life. that's the kind of shock that this governor gave to my family, and his administration should be apologizing to me right away, not spinning and distracting us from getting to the truth. >> appreciate your time and i want everyone to know, it is true you have cared about these issues about nursing

. >> reporter: the tipping point came when, in a private video call, the governor's top aide, melissa derosae lawmakers they delayed giving updated information to them after then president trump's department of justice sent an inquiry about nursing home deaths in the state because, quote, basically we froze because then we were in a position where we weren't sure of what we were going to give to the department of justice or what we give to you guys. what we start saying was going to be used against us. her words, an admission that the administration stalled on showing a true picture of just how many nursing home residents died, just as the governor was lauded globally for his pandemic response. >> between his emmy for his coronavirus press briefings to governor cuomo's book, to his speech at the democratic national convention, governor cuomo has been held up as the model governor in his coronavirus response, even though new york was so hard hit by the virus early on. >> reporter: cuomo arguing much as the same as his top aide that the request for data from former president trump's department