said apartments must reinvent and modernize to battle systemic racism and qualify for mr. cuomo there is tost, police cannot effectively police. if there is no trust the community will not allow the police to police. there is no trust. a or, there ieach of the trust, and that has to be restor the only way to do it is to get to the table, let everyoneec say their and let's figure it out, community by community, acroch the state. : let's speak to mark griffith, director of the ooklyn movement center and long-time proponent of police reform. whou make of these reforms? mark: i am mostly happy. we have been fighting for some of these for a long time. when i say we, i mean the movement center for police reform, a coition of groups from throughout new york city that have come togethe have been fighting for these for this is happening now because the political moment isig and another governor has political cover. we are happy. we have been fighting for twos pa that legislation he announced. i don't want to disparage the progress we have made, only to say, a lot more has to be done. whe

as soon as he did that, mr. cuomo, my client put his gun in his toledo holster. they then took mr.loyd out of his vehicle, because they're going to arrest him. and he resisted leaving his vehicle. they finally got him out of his vehicle. it wasn't a violent resistance, but it was not a kind of nonresistance that an individual should do when a police officer is arresting him. he should get out of his vehicle and follow the orders of the police officer. he didn't go that. once they get him out of the squad car, they told him to put his hands on his head. he did. and then they tried to put his hands -- that's what they're supposed to do, they went to put his hands behind his back to handcuff him. and then he resisted again. he didn't want that, once they got the handcuffs on him. they then directed him over and set him down on the sidewalk and went over to investigate the other two individuals that were in the squad car, who are now in the -- mr. floyd's car. they're now out on the sidewalk. in any event after they talked to them, they're going to put mr. floyd in the squad car. they

mr cuomo said departments must "reinvent and modernise" to battle systemic racism and qualify for statethere is no trust, the police can't effectively police. the community is not if there is no trust, the community is not going to allow the police to police. and there is no trust or there is a breach of the trust and that has to be restored and repaired. and the only way to do it is to get in a room, get to the table, let everyone say their piece and let's figure it out community by community all across the state. let's speak now to mark griffith, director of the brooklyn movement centre, and long—time campaigner for police reform. he joins us now from new york. welcome to you. thank you very much for being with us. what do you make of these reforms? well, i mean, i mostly happy. we have been fighting for some of these for a long time. when i say we, i mean the brooklyn movement centre, police reform which isa movement centre, police reform which is a coalition from groups from throughout new york city that has come together, they have been fighting for these for quite a long time. bec

not a great recipe, it seems, for re-election for mr. cuomolly when the largest police department known as new york's finest and, by the way, law enforcement organizations and agencies are some of the largest contributors to the democratic party. and a senior editor at the "l.a. times" says the term "looting" is racist. the dems would like you to now worry about scenes like this. if you speak out and call it for what it is, looting by a violent mob, you're a racist. but the left says removing money from police departments will make all of this go away. leaders in at least 34 cities and statements across the -- and states across the country now, democratic leaders we should point out, are now actively or simply considering defunding their police departments. the left has sown chaos in parts of this country with their obsession of race and identity-based politics, but that now is accompanied by their for power. the democrat party is under threat by the radical left. not just anarchists, it's a a threat that poses a large threat to the democratic

mr. cuomo i love you brother. >> i love you. >> thank you very much. this is where we are tonight. this is "cnn tonight." and i want to talk about the moment that we're in and how we move forward. and offer people not only some advice on how to move forward, but also something that will help you understand and not be so depressed. a little bit of hope. because now is the time it's not the time, now is not the time to stay on the sideline. it's time to take action. it is time to stand up. to stand up like in your very own way. like mitt romney. generals mattis and powell. even nascar and the commissioner. now is the time. protestors on the streets tonight calling for action. making their voices heard. demanding justice for george floyd. and beyond. demanding that this president hear them. dmanlding that he stand up. and not hide behind fences or in a bunker. now is the time. instead this president who is literally and figuratively in a bunker behind a wall, confined to the white house. the people's house. is now a fortress. hemmed in by protes to r in the streets of america. and by

mr cuomo mentioned florida which is saying one of the biggest surges in the number of new cases the governor has defended his state's reopening plants and resisted making masks mandatory but on wednesday rhonda santas acknowledged the severity of the numbers what we're seeing in florida is really rapid transmission in that 18 to 34 age group and you're seeing a lot of cases come up and granted they weren't being tested at this at this level a couple months ago but i also think they're testing positive at a higher and higher rate the u.n. secretary general has urged israel to abandon its plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank and turn a protest made the comments at a virtual meeting of the u.n. security council the arab league warmed to the move which could begin as soon as next week could ignite a religious war if implemented is eric sation course in the most serious violation of international law grievously harmed the prospect of a 2 state solution and the gulf the possibilities of a new will of negotiations i call on the israeli governments balance it's an exception class the pales

can't talk about that, that's communication between my client and myself, which is confidential, mr. cuomo yeah, i know. but you're relying things from your client in terms of what he was seeing -- >> no, i'm relying what i saw on the video. you get the video when you see it -- i'm not 100% as to the accuracy of -- >> what was that -- >> nothing, it was your computer making a noise, don't worry about it. >> i think i get it, you got me excited. a lot of people are excited about this, i have to tell you, we have more we have to discuss. you have another five minutes on you? >> sure. >> this matters too much, let's take another break, i want to give this a full conversation. this matters, there's too much on the line about what people perceive and what they should have from their police and what should have been done here. stay with me. in the laundry room ahh... new gain with essential oils detergent ♪ we bwe want to be known ase have america's mortgage company for veterans and active-duty service people. some of them are giving their lives right now, today, for the freedoms that we have he

mr. kerpen, governor cuomo and the governors from the six other states you referenced did it exactly wrongdidn't they? >> yes, they did. >> they put older americans infected with covid-19 back in nursing homes, back with the most vulnerable and at risk population on our planet, is that right? >> that's right. >> and it didn't come in the case of governor cuomo they didn't do it just a one day, two days, three days. governor cuomo had this policy in place for 46 days, it's at right? >> that is right. >> i mean, i think next to defunding the police, this may be the most ridiculous policy thing i've ever seen, policy decision i've ever seen from democrats. and any person sent from a hospital to nursing home was, in new york, was proven from the tested before the way back in the nursing home, is that right? >> they could not require a test, that's right. >> they're taking the most at risk people putting them in come back with the most at risk people and wouldn't let them be tested before they allow that to happen. this is crazy. as ranking member scalise pointed out, mr. kerpen, this was a dir

mr. jordan. >> thank you. governor cuomo and the governors from the six other states you reference did it exactly wrong, didn't they? >> yes, they did. >> they put older americans, infected with covid-19, back in nursing homes, back with the most vulnerable and at-risk population on our planet. is that right? >> that's right. >> and they didn't -- in the case of governor cuomo, they didn't do it for one day, two days, three days. governor cuomo did this, had this policy in place for 46 days. is that right? >> that is right. >> i mean, i think about, next to -- next to defunding the police, this may be the most ridiculous policy thing i've ever seen, policy decision i've ever seen from a democrat. and -- and any person sent from a hospital to a nursing home was, in new york's case, was prevented from being tested before they went back to the nursing home, is that right? >> they could not require a test. that's right. >> they couldn't require a test. so they're taking their most at-risk people, putting them in a -- back with t

mr. christopher cuomo. i love you. >> i love you, don lemon. >> so this is where we are tonight. this is cnn tonight. i am don lemon. and i want to talk about the moment that we're in, and how we move forward. and offer people, not only some advice on how to move forward but, also, something that will help you understand and not be so depressed. a little bit of hope. because now is the time -- it's not the time -- now is not the time to stay on the sidelines. it's time to take action. it is time to stand up. to stand up, like in your very -- like mitt romney. like generals jim mattis and colin powell. even roger goodell and nascar. now is the time. the protestors are out there on the streets tonight. they are calling for action. they are making their voices heard. they're demanding justice for george floyd and beyond. demanding that this president hear them. demanding that he stand up, and not hide behind fences or in a bunker. now is the time. instead, this president, who is literally, and figuratively, in a bunker behind a wall, confined to the white house, the people's house,

mr. chris cuomo. chris, that's how you do it, brother. >> well, i'll tell you what.to be part of the community. the community is supposed to have the trust that the police are a phone call away for them. not a moment away from coming after them. and it takes time to build it and it's lost in a moment. so that sheriff was right. he was right to do what he did. but as i heard -- i forget who it was -- i think it was cedric said it on your show earlier tonight. it's important now, but it's important when there isn't a dead, black man in the

the way over failures of leadership, conrad de blasio and of course the ever so confident governor cuomo, mrcovid-19 into nursing homes themselves making it clear that the lawless antipolice agenda is not acceptable. are we going to listen to them? you take a look. >> i feel like at times, there is some flip-flopping as far as what we are supposed to be doing out there. the comments were extremely hurtful from the mayor and the governor. to say that they are not doing the job, doing our best to get the city safe is terrible. and we all know it's a tough job, but any moment, but the unhinged new democratic socialist left, they don't seem to appreciate just how hard this is for them and they don't appreciate that, and this is a woman verbally abusing police officers in portland. now the police officers there is discretion advised. >> is it against the law to insult a man in blue? >> can we have a normal conversation? >> you guys get called leap all the time. and you take down the blacks and you get [bleep] video. [screaming] >> i want him arrested for physical assault. >> sean: now he asked th

mr. chris cuomo. chris, that's how you do it, brother. >> well, i'll tell you what. they serve the community. they're supposed to be part of the community. the community is supposed to have the trust that the police are a phone call away for them. not a moment away from coming after them. and it takes time to build it and it's lost in a moment. so that sheriff was right. he was right to do what he did. but as i heard -- i forget who it was -- i think it was cedric said it on your show earlier tonight. it's important now, but it's important when there isn't a dead, black man in the street. on every days, ordinary days, that's when trust is built. in a crisis, it's hard to build trust. but i think the discussions are important. especially, because my brother, we're dealing in a vacuum. ideally, the tone should be set at the top. and you and i should be talking about what leadership's doing, can leadership deliver on this? those are some big promises they made. will they be able to deliver? will the communities believe it? when will it happen? and we're not there becaus

mr. cancian: look -- av. cuomo: look, we had terrible night, the night of looting in the city. it was terrible. it was distraught of. -- it was destructive. it was frightening. it was bad for the city in a number of ways. i think it scared city residents . and it scared city residents of the bad time because were already going for covid and people were nervous about the city, about the density, about the numbers, and then you see this night of looting, which just look like the city was out of control. it was bad for the communities we are trying to how . people see the pictures of looters running up and down madison avenue in manhattan. there were not as many pictures, but there was just as much activity in the bronx and in between and in queens mom and pop businesses that are struggling on a good day. destroying businesses that are providing needed services to or communities. so, the looting was very bad. it wasn't the fault of the protesters. some people try to put the protesters as looters. toh, that would be a way dismiss the protesters, but it's not true. it's not the faul

cuomo: buffalo new york, yesterday. spoke with mr. gujino on that gentlemanis who thankfully is alive. but you see that video, and it disturbs your basic sense of decency and humanity. why? why? why was that necessary? where was that threat that the older gentleman, where was the threat? and then you just walk by the person when you see blood coming from his head. and police officers walked by. it is just fundamentally offensive and frightening. frightening. you say, who are we? how did we get to this place? incidents of pushing the press, you have incidents of police getting hit with bricks in the head, and you say, where are we? who are we? and these are undeniable situations. the buffalo situation i want to applaud mayor byron brown. the mayor of buffalo suspended the police officers yesterday, immediately. and i believe the district attorney is looking into it from a possible criminal liability point of view, and i applaud the district attorney for moving quickly. but people see this. they see the facts. now, when you have all of

mr. andrew cuomo deliberately said coronavirus patients into nursing homes and over 5000 people in new yorklone were killed, more than were killed on 9/11? just as the democrat governor, themurphy, in my state did same thing. and democrat governor mr. wolf in pennsylvania also send virus patients into nursing homes. this is beyond the scandal. before mr. wolf did that, directed his health commissioner her ownat, she pulled mother out of the nursing home before sending virus patients in. same thing in michigan with governor whitmer. this is -- it is a shame. the media focused chooses to do liberally ignore those stories, like they ignore the deaths or theers -- i'm sorry -- of two black police officers, mr. david doran and mr. pat underwood, federal police officers murdered in the oakland, california riots, and the murder of natalia kelly. her sister was shot to death in the riot in st. louis. she is on youtube blaming the protesters, correctly, who shot and murdered her sister. selective,a is very steve, when it comes to their outrage. and to the people who hate, who are filled with anger a

mr president." and this is new york governor andrew cuomo. what do you think it was, it was staged?ing out of his head was staged?! is that what you're saying? you saw his head hit the pavement! you see blood on the pavement. "maybe he fell harder than he was pushed." how reckless, how irresponsible, how mean, how crude! i mean, if there was ever a reprehensible, dumb comment — and from the president of the united states — at this moment of anguish and anger, what does he do? pours gasoline on the fire. if there was ever — if he ever feels a moment of decency, he should apologise for that tweet. because it is wholly unacceptable. tens of thousands across the uk havejoined a wave of anti—racism protests triggered by george floyd's death. many hope the demonstrations will be a catalyst for change. a statue of the slave trader edward colston was toppled in bristol on sunday and attention is turning to other public statues. there have long been demands for oriel college, oxford, to remove an image of the imperialist cecil rhodes, and those protests have new energy now. from oxford, reet

understand why governor cuomo and the four other governors ordered covid-19-positive seniors to be forced into nursing homes, exposing the entire nursing home population and staff to death. mrrman, i'm asking -- this is a copy of the march 25th executive order from governor cuomo, which i ask unanimous consent be included in the record. thank you. i assume that's a yes. i didn't hear you, mr. chairman. it was muted. >> yes, sir. it's without objection. >> thank you. i find it particularly important because as you indicated in your opening remarks, mr. chairman, transparency is important and this order has been deleted from the public records on the internet for the state of new york. i want to also note, mr. chairman, immediately after governor cuomo imposed this order to force covid-19-positive patients into nursing homes, the society for long-term care sent a direct written letter warning to the governor, and i quote, "the mandate was overreaching, not consistent with science, and beyond all, not in the least consistent with patient safety principles." and particularly indicated that the order caused significant risk of fatality to nursing home patients. awould also like

cuomo signed a bill makeing choke holds illega. eric garner told the police "i can't breathe" and he, like mr. floyd, was ignored. y was not lost on governor cuomo. >> how many times do you have to see the sail case before you do something? how many times? this was eric garner, it was amadou diallo. it was the same case over and over and still no change. and mr. floyd's murder, god bless this country for standing up and saying enough is enough. eric garner did not die in vein. sean bell did not die in vein. it took -- it took a number of lives, unfortunately. it took a number of injustices, unfortunately. but each one was a part in getting to today. >> eric garner's mother gwenn carr attended the bill signing ceremony and joins us now. ms. carr, welcome. >> thank you. >> how are you doing these days? are you ok? >> yeah. i've been exhausted but i'm ok. celebrating a little bit of progress. >> what do you think of the policy changes we've seen lately? there's been a lot going on in the last few weeks? do you like what you see? >> yes, i do. i like seeing the protesters out here because we have to do this to bring a

mr president." and this is what new york governor andrew cuomo has said. what do you think it was, it was staged? coming out of his head was staged?! is that what you're saying? you saw his head hit the pavement! you see blood on the pavement. maybe he fell harder than he was pushed. how reckless, how irresponsible, how mean, how crude! i mean, if there was ever a reprehensible, dumb comment — and from the president of the united states — at this moment of anguish and anger, what does he do? pours gasoline on the fire. if there was ever — if he ever feels a moment of decency, he should apologise for that tweet. because it is wholly unacceptable. we can now speak tojennvine wong, who's a staff attorney at the cop accountability project, which helps hold police officers to account for human rights violations in new york city. it's difficult to get convictions for police for this kind of event, isn't it? yes, that's correct. historically, it's been very difficult. the evidence required for the prosecution to secure a conviction often turns on how much deferencejurors conviction often turns on how mu

mr president." and this is what new york governor andrew cuomo has said. what do you think it was, it was staged?!is head was staged?! is that what you are saying? you saw his head hit the pavement! you saw blood on the pavement. maybe he fell harder than he was pushed? how reckless, how irresponsible, how mean, how crude. i mean, if there was ever a reprehensible dumb comment, and from the president of the united states at this moment of anguish and angen at this moment of anguish and anger, what does he do? pause gasoline on the fire. if there was ever — if he ever feels a moment of decency, he should apologise for that tweet. because it is wholly unacceptable. governor cuomo there. many of the largest protests of the last two weeks have taken place in washington, dc, with much of the attention focussed on and around the white house. muriel bowser is the mayor of washington, dc and she joins me now. it is very good to talk to you. thank you very much for your time. thank you, thanks to having me. the song change is going to come heard at the funeral today. we all look the turning point. it looke

mr. speaker, i appreciate it. andrew cuomo has said a point that a lot of americans seem to be missing right now. whether or not you agree with defund the police or abolish the police and a lot of people think that is not a reasonable approach to take, whether or not you agree with it police are public servants. they work for the people. and that seems to be lost on some police and some police unions. >> well, i think what many people are saying and particularly people here in new york are saying is they want to see funding for other purposes. they'd rather see money spent more on youth, more on education, more on social services, more money on mental health services. i think that is really what the cry that you've been hearing from the people in the state of new york is. and the city of new york from particularly saying that we want to reshuffle the way our priorities are and many of the interactions happening between police and people may be handled in a different way and maybe by different people. >> so what do you think wh

mr. chairman, immediately after governor cuomo issued his order to insert covid positive patients at nursing homes, in a direct written letter, warning to the governor, it is stated, and i quote, "the mandate was overreaching, not consistent with science, and beyond all, not consistent with safety principles and particularly indicated that the order created significant risk of fatality of nursing home patients. i would like unanimous consent to enter into the record of march 26, the day after the march 25 executive order. doggett: without objection. rep. reed: thank you, mr. chairman. instead of working together, they are almost focusing on lying to the american public, as evidenced by independent fact checkers, who did not follow federal guidelines, even know he said it was the fault of the trump administration. even now, he continues to refuse to take responsibility for state care. it is offensive for those who have lost a parent or a grandparent and who just want answers, like myself. our investigation in this committee should serve as the foundation of future nursing home policies and de

mr. floyd, you killed my brother, my family member. >> and i stand with the protestors. >> reporter: just as millions of american families have watched has the cuomo family in a grand house where old and new memories meet. >> all the family holidays were here. my mother did the renovation of the whole mansion. so my mother can walk into a room now, she'll tell you exactly every piece of furniture, every piece of fabric. so there are a lot of great memory. >> reporter: new york's former first lady matilda cuomo hasn't seen the house or her son lately. >> when did you see your mother last? >> oh, breaks my heart. i have not seen her since this started. i put myself in a lot of situations where i might be exposed. my mother is still young, but she is in a category where she is vulnerable. so i've literally not seen her since this started. >> reporter: but the governor doesn't lack for company. the covid lockdown brought his three daughters home. >> this is a gift. this will never happen again. every second i get, i spend time with them. >> and the boyfriends? >> and the boyfriend was here. the boyfriend is now gone. not -- he's still in the overall -

cuomo: good morning. to my right, acting mayor. -- acting major. to her left, the budget director. day 98 of the covid crisis, the 13 of the civil unrest after the murder of mr. floyd.

mr. de blasio does not see eye to eye with governor cuomo. they were never together other.mayor de blasio is should not even be talked about but he is so far off what a mayor should be and if andrew cuomo told you the truth he would tell you that he's a complete incompetent and you can't rely on him which is why he was never seen with him and 2.5 months and having to deal with the pandemic where he never had a real mayor in new york city. mayor de blasio is a disgrace and so is the mayor of minnesota. any america gives up a police precinct and lets people burn it down should be required to resign. shannon: that was heartbreaking to see. it is an these have incredible, incredible jobs and very difficult balancing acts right now in the middle of this. mayor giuliani, thank you for popping in with us. we will keep an eye on new york city. thank you, sir. we we'll take a quick break and then vacuumed to the white house where things are heating up. recheck and live with kevin corke next. it's best we stay apart for a bit, but that doesn't mean you're in this alone. we're automat

mr. engel, the opponent, your incumbent, andrew cuomo, the governor, senate minority leader chuck schumerbacked your opponent. you were backed by congresswoman alexandra ocasio-cortez, bernie sanders, and elizabeth warren. you're being compared very much to aoc. they'll have to shorten your name and make you into a hash tag as well. do you think it's important to have more regular folks be in congress? you're a former middle school principal. she has waited tables and has had those life experiences, meaning you're not wealthy. do you think that that's part of the challenge of getting good representation that so many folks in congress are wealthy and don't necessarily know what it's like to sort of live life as a regular person? >> absolutely. we need more working class people in congress. 50% of congress are millionaires. big money in politics is a huge problem right now. and that's why congress has been compromised by the wealthy elite and large corporations. both aoc and i, not only did we work regular jobs and were working class people, but we were both organizationsers. we work with g

cuomo: you have a in there. there are necessary reforms that need to be made. that.is no doubt about i hope that is the positive legacy of the injustice that was done to mr. floyd. many of those policies are law in the state of new york. a, the disciplinary records, i hope they become law shortly. we have to respect everyone's interests. i look forward to doing that. and i think the legislature is prepared to do it. will be coming back in the next couple of weeks to have those conversations. reporter: the power of police unions, specifically, something that they have talked about trying to change the culture. agencies tot local think about this idea. governor cuomo: i will see what he said and then comment appropriately. reporter: with reference to what the president did on monday -- >> they said it was. reporter: i got it. governor cuomo: even if i didn't say it, you would have figured it out. reporter: what do you make of the president's recent attacks on new york? is he trying to rile his base and make legitimate criticism. governor cuomo: far be it from me to psychoanalyze the president of the united states. i have a lot agree. i have no medical degre

cuomo there. the episode has exposed america's racial divisions to the greatest degree since the 1960s. the democratic presidential candidate, joe biden, said mrlection points in american history'. i'm been speaking to keisha blain, who is an associate professor of history at the university of pittsburgh. i asked her if the recent anger of the past ten days was now changing to something more optimistic. i think so. i think several recent developments suggest that we might be moving in the right direction. certainly with changes to the police department in minneapolis. we're still waiting for details to unfold, but based on what we've heard so far, it seems that we are beginning to move closer to making, i think, some meaningful changes. what is america polarised on this? when you see how donald trump is reacting to this idea of defunding or disbanding the police department, i mean, he is the polar opposite, isn't he of calling for changes? he is, but that's not too surprising. given his record. we've long seen how his attitude toward policing, toward black communities, so we're not too surprised by his response. i think what is encouraging is

mr. softy. >> camden new jersey, thanks very much. >>> i want to hand it over to chris for cuomo prime time. >> welcome to prime time. one of the three officers charged with aiding and abetting the alleged murder of george floyd has now made bail. he is thomas lane. his lawyer was on this program monday night, popped some eyeballs, punting blame to bystanders for not stepping in to save george floyd. >> if all these people say why didn't my client intercede, well if the public is there and they're in an uproar about this, they didn't intercede either. and my client's down where he can't really see. >> hold on, hold on. counselor, there's a duty to intervene. and if an officer is doing something that's dangerous to a civilian, you have a duty to intervene. he did not intervene. just to be very clear here, civilians did come, okay? they called on police to stop hurting floyd. officers pushed one away. but be very clear, it is always the officer who has a duty to stop, harm, even at the hands or knee of another officer. and none of those present did their duty in that regard. that's not coming fr

cuomo. >> my client's at his feet. he doesn't have a real good view of mr. chauvin -- or excuse me, mr.loyd, of what chauvin's doing. but if all these people say, why didn't my client intercede -- well, if the public is there and they're so in an uproar about this, they didn't intercede either. >> reporter: so, this attorney saying that these bystanders, i assume should have tried to intervene where these four armed officers involved in this encounter seem to be saying, if you were so concerned about what we were doing, why didn't you try to stop us? i don't know if that strategy will continue. we'll wait and see if they actually use that in court, but obviously just an extraordinary interview there. we're getting, again, a sense of what their view is on what happened that day with george floyd, guys. >> he wants the bystanders to tackle the armed police officer who has a knee on the neck of george floyd? that one was jaw-dropping. but there's also video. there's surveillance video of this whole event. and so, we do know some of what the bystanders were saying and trying to do, so let's

mr. softy. >> camden new jersey, thanks very much. >>> i want to hand it over to chris for cuomo prime time. >lcome to prime time. one of the three officers charged with aiding and abetting the alleged murder of george floyd has now made bail. he is thomas lane. his lawyer was on this program monday night, popped some eyeballs, punting blame to bystanders for not stepping in to save george floyd. >> if all these people say why didn't my client intercede, well if the public

cuomo: i think that would be helpful. i do not think any of these things are the silver bullet. you are looking at a lot of the video that came from the mr. floyd murder. it is from video, from phones, from observers, can -- but security cameras. my point to the police and protesters is, whatever you do, just assume that it is going to be videotaped and the attorney general will look at it tonight. that is where we are. tonight,u go out there when a police officer is getting dressed, suited up, a protester is calling their friends to go out, assume that we are going to watch the video tonight and the attorney general is going to watch it tonight, and if there is any potential liability, it will be immediate. let us take one more. joseph. arechool board elections tuesday, and schools are having a difficult time getting the ballots out, so they want to have the vote delayed a week, or to allow the votes to come in postmarked tuesday rather than delivered to the district on tuesday. are you looking at that? gov. cuomo: we are looking at that and we do not have a decision yet. we will over the weekend. i understand the issue, and we are look

cuomo: good morning. to my right, acting mayor. -- acting major. to her left, the budget director. day 98 of the covid crisis, the 13 of the civil unrest after the murder of mr. floyd. today is saturday. it is a nice day in albany. half. time and i'm happy. none of which i get. today, we have one of the lowest hospitalization rates since this began and really good news, we have the lowest death rate, down .o 35 i've been asking all the experts who will talk to me, what is the lowest that number can go? when it gets this low, it is really a question of what they are attributing as the cause of death. in other words, you have people who are gravely ill who are ifng to die of something and they get covid virus, the attribute it to the covid virus, but there is a number -- when it gets down this low, it is really a question of what that hospital certifies as a cause of death, so we would like to see nobody die in the state of new york this is really, really good news. compared to where we were, this is a big sigh of relief. we talked about calibrating the control of the reopening based on the metrics that we have seen . we said this from day one. we then did thi

me first in the beginning, if you hear governor cuomo say thanks but no thanks to the offer from president trump but i would say as a citizen of new york, mr. governor, you've had your chance and you've blown it. i have never seen destruction, looting, robbery, violence in the city like this before. he had his chance, he doesn't get to say no thanks. as for our mayor, who the other night, he tweeted that union square looks great, that there were peaceful protests going on there. we all thought, are you tweeting from your bed, you don't know what's going on out in your city right now? and it's amazing to me that it wasn't that long ago that he was threatening to send police to arrest people at a religious gathering for not social distancing but then he's tweeting, good job peaceful protesting when at the very least those people were not social distancing, there's a lot more than that going on but at the very least he is such an incredible hypocrite, such an incredible failure, they have both failed in terms of their one and only main job which is to make this city safe and livable. i understand the idea of protesting what you have been hear

cuomo what he saw and heard. >> the energy was set wrong by the police when they approached him because they approached with like an energy where it startled mrd, that's what i believe. he was trying to diffuse the situation as best and humbly. the man asked what do you want him to do. the cops said, put your hands up, show me your hands. floyd showed hands. put his hands in the air. i'm not moving in the vehicle. i'm not trying to flee or no -- >> george was saying things like i'm good. i'm not going to do anything. here it is? he was speaking that way? >> by actions. showing here's my hands over the steering wheel. the cops reached in and grabbed his arms. >> got it. >> when he grabs his arms, george asked the cop, why are you grabbing me? why are you doing this? you ask to see my hands. here go my hands. he's a big fella. as a cop, one officer is tussling with george's hands while george was sitting in a peaceful form in his vehicle. the cop is like it seems as if he was trying to pull him out or something. all george was doing was just trying to stay humble and trying to be as relaxed as possible. once they dragged him out the vehicle and

mr. mayor, thank you for coming on tonight. the one new york by contract is a disaster as plainly as we can say it. andrew cuomo governor and the mayor of new york might be the most exciting competition to take place. and governor cuomo to mentor policies on nursing homes help with thousands of new yorkers. now they are the blauzeeyo came through macy's, wrecked it and today, bill de blasio refused to consider the idea of bringing on that national guard to bring in the city, the situation is so bad in new york that governor cuomo attacked de blasio and said he might invoke a new york law allowing him to remove bill de blasio from power. and involved in running the city for many, many years and former police commissioner of new york. he joins us. thank you for joining us in coming on. what do you make of this? >> well, look, i have who have incompetence on the behalf of the mayor. better listen to the governors comments talking about the nypd. he specifically criticized the nypd. well if the nypd was not doing their job than the mayor is not doing his job, the new york city is burning. where are you? where is th

cuomo just a few moments ago. listen in. >> compare that coronavirus situation to the situation we're in with the social unrest we see. people have seen mrd's murder. they're watching what's going on on the streets every day, and they're saying enough is enough. and it's what they are seeing and what they know that is disturbing. we're going to show you again for those of you who haven't seen, a seen from buffalo and a scene from new york city. this is a story all across the state. [ shouting ]. >> that's buffalo, new york, yesterday. i just spoke to the gentleman on the phone who thankfully is alive. you see that video and it disturbs your basic sense of decency and humanity. why? why was that necessary? where was the threat? older gentleman. where was the threat? and then you just walk by the person while you see blood coming from his head. police officers walked by. it's just fundamentally offensive and frightening. it's frightening. you say who are we? how did we get to this place? incidents of pushing the press. you have incidents of police getting hit with bricks in the head. you say where are we? who are we? and these are undeniab

mr. president, because there's a patchwork guilt of guidance nationwide. give us a nationwide mandate. right? >> it is up to the governors in each of the state and governor cuomo able to not just flatten the curve in new york but talking about how to sustain progress here. people in new york city looking forward to the idea to eat inside of restaurants soon. >> forgive me. let's go to the former vice president joe biden speaking in delaware. >> i wanted to take a few minutes to tell you a little bit about what i think we should be doing right now and then happy to take questions. for weeks we have been seeing the warning signs. numbers don't lie. infection rates are now going up in more states than they're going down. more than 125,000 people in the united states have lost their lives. and those numbers and new infections continue to grow at alarming rate. once again, this is confronting the simple fact that we won't be able to solve the economic crisis without a rigorous public health approach. they're not separate. despite the administration's pr propaganda their response is a cause for celebration, despite president trump's request to slow down testing beca

york governor andrew cuomo signed a series of police reforms th week th a b on chokeholds and changes a measurth protects police discipline from public view. >> this is not just about mr. floyd's murder. it's about being here before, many, many times before. >> reporter: in boston the mayor declared racism a public health crisis and made a pledge to transfer funds from the police department's overtime budget towards community programs. >> we're listening. and we're taking action and that's what we need to continue to do. >> reporter: in minneapolis the city council voted to completely replace the existing police department and reimagine public safety. committing to a year-long community-driven effort to rethink what policing looks like post-george floyd. the mayor there has said he wants to make reforms to the existing system. really interesting to see what we're seeing out of minneapolis. we haven't seen anywhere else around the country take those kinds of measures. of course, it's important to delineate between disband and defund. of course, disband means replace, defund means to reallocate those funds to other areas like education or social services. also worth not

mr. speaker. as america has been shocked at the murder of george floyd in with polis, i agree governor andrew cuomo of new ork that 99.9% of police are dedicated public servants. reaffirmation of appreciation of law enforcement has been by senator tim scott with the just and unifying to invigorate communities everywhere, justice act. this reform legislation will more resources and de-escalation training. senator scott has correctly identified the police department part of our community. i'm grateful to co-sponsor of ouse companion legislation led by congressman pete stauber, a veteran police officer. now is the time for republicans democrats to work together to restore trust in our police and reduce divisions with families. in conclusion, god bless our troops and we will never forget september 11 and the global war terrorism. thank you, chief andrew chief dennis -- tindell. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? mr. chair.u, i ask unanimous consent to be emoved as co-sponsor of h.r. 1154. the speaker pro t