and the team before you, ms. clark and mr. respected not only in new york, but all across this nation. and i support their work, will defend their work, and i believe these women. ms. kempner: zack? zack: zack from new york 1. you mentioned that it corroborated a lot of what the witness testimony was when you spoke with -- the investigation. when you interviewed governor cuomo, did he admit to or deny the majority of what was said here? ms. clark: there was a combination. there are some incidents that he admitted to, but had a different interpretation of, and there were other things that he denied or said he didn't recall. reporter: can you speak a little bit more about that? wnyc. can you speak a little bit more about what that conversation, that 11 hour conversation was like the other week? ms. clark: i can't recount all 11 hours of it. as i said, there were certain things. like he admitted that he asked ms. bennett whether she had been involved with older men. he denied touching the state trooper, although he said he might'v

ms. clarke: thank you mr. attorney general.rotecting the rule of law means making sure those who enforce our laws abide by them. ensuring law enforcement act in an accountable and law-abiding manner is important. as the attorney general has announced following an extensive review of publicly available information from the phoenix police department, today we are opening a civil investigation into the city of phoenix in the phoenix police department. we have reviewed court files, media reports, citizen complaints, and we also considered factors we ordinarily -- would not ordinarily weigh in an investigation including the seriousness of the allegations, the number of allegations, the steps of the department may be taking to address the allegations and the history of the department. we found that the evidence here warranted in full investigation but we approach this with no predispositions or conclusions. our pattern or practice in the seasons have been successful at identifying not only whether systemic misconduct is occurring but

ms. clarke: mr. speaker, as the member designated by chairwoman nydia velazquez, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. velazquez will vote yes on h.res. 601. and as the member designated by chairwoman carolyn maloney, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mrs. maloney will vote yes on h.res. 601. and as the member designated by ms. robin kelly of illinois, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. kelly will vote yes on h.res. 601.

the team before you, ms. clark and mr. kim, were professionals widely respected across this state and nation, and i will respect and support and defend their work. i support these women. >> you mentioned there was a lot of corroboration. did cuomo admit or deny what was said here? >> there was a combination. there are some incidents he admitted to but had a different interpretation of, and there were other things he denied or said he didn't recall. >> could you speak a little more about that? could you speak more about what that 11-hour conversation was like? >> i can't recount all of it, but he remembered he asked ms. bennett if she had been with older men, and he denied touching the state trooper although he said he could have kissed her at an event, and he said executive assistant number one, he did hug her repeatedly but claims she was the one that initiated the hugs. it was a mixture of admitting certain things and putting a different spin on them and denying others. >> cnn. what are the next steps here? this report,

ms. clark and mr. kim and their respective firms were chosen to lead this investigation because of their decades of work at the highest levels. their deep expertise on matters in question and their careers fighting to uphold the rule of law. ann clark is a partner at a firm where she focuses on employment law issues on behalf of employees at the trial and appellate level and during her more than 30 year career she has represented clients in many discrimination cases in the private sector in education and in government. she also has deep experience with retaliation, whistleblower and other cases. june kim is with a law firm and for more than two decades worked at the highest levels of government and in private practice. from march 2017 to january 2018, he served as the acting united states attorney for the southern district of new york. as the most senior federal law enforcement officer in the district he oversaw all criminal and civil litigation conducted on behalf of the united states. before becoming

i will make a brief statement and then turn it over to ms. clark

i will make a brief statement and then turn it over to ms. clark and mr.im who will delve into the investigation's findings.

ms. clarke: as the member designated by ms. velazquez of new york, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that ms. velazquez will vote yes on s. 272. as the member designated by chairwoman maloney, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mrs. maloney will vote yes on s. 272. as the member designated by ms. robin kelly of illinois, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that ms. kelly will vote yes on s. 272. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? >> thank you,. mary: as the member designated by mr. meeks -- thank you, madam speaker. as the member designated by mr. meeks, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. meeks will vote yes on s. 272. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. jeffries: as the member designated by chairwoman johnson, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that chairwoman johnson will vote yea on s. 272. as the member designated by congresswoman grace meng, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform th

kim and ms. clark. they had underlings do it. and i think this begs the question of what they chose to put in the memos, which i assume they did and did not, and whether we're going to get an accurate recitation versus having done all of the interviews with a court reporter there and a q&a. i am also aware -- >> they had attorneys present? >> they had attorneys present, but you're not going to get a q&a transcript. you're going to get people's notes, and those attorneys' notes, i can tell you that they will probably say that they were work product. >> but there were no objections raised at the time on the record? >> i don't know because we were not told every person that was interviewed. we still don't know every person that was interviewed to date. >> question comes from sony mcgee of cnn. ms. mcgee, your line is now open. >> hi. just getting back to the state trooper again. first of all, is she still assigned to protect the governor? >> yes. >> and -- oh, she is. and what is being done to protect her and others who have spoken

and with respect to ms. clark, as an attorney her practice is focused on bringing sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuits on behalf of employees. of course that colored how she viewed what complainants told her versus what other people told her. she could not -- that was the lens they brought to the case and those backgrounds certainly influenced how they went about the investigation and drafted this report. but what we do know is that report got facts wrong, it omitted favorable evidence that didn't support the narrative. there were 179 witness interviews and they only transcribed where we get the actual q and as, 41. so what did the other 138 say? because there are not 179 people mentioned in that report. so here is where we are. because of what has happened since august 3rd, with the press conference and a report that there is no question in my mind was designed and meant to devastate governor cuomo and his chamber. and for the last eight days it has been a pile-on with people judging facts when they didn

and ms. clark was definitive about it in a press conference. can you trust their conclusions?d on, let me just finish. there's two more points i want to make on this. two more points i want to make on this. with respect to lindsey boylan, they credited lindsey boylan, okay? and this is a woman who in -- she claimed that the governor on a plane made a comment, let's play strip poker. every single person that was on that plane said that that did not happen. and then what did ms. boylan do? and this is in the report. this is in the report. ms. boylan send to howard zemsky, her former boss, a disparaging message that he considered, quote, jarring and, quote, threatening. >> they didn't include what that was. you made that point yesterday. >> hold on. can i finish this? >> i let you speak for a long time. go ahead. >> you've asked me a lot of questions. if you want me -- >> i have. >> -- as a guest on your show -- >> i have but those are points i have not asked you about and we don't have a lot of time. >> you're saying why is the report biased. why do they choose to believe lindse

. >> this also for ms. clark. with the nature of the investigations, i was wondering if you could look at a couple of the legal issues of what you are looking at with the amendments, and whether or not this is intended to send a message to the other law enforcement agencies across the country who are routinely -- >> the basis of the investigation includes that the violent control act of 1994, and whether the sweeps of unlawfully disposing of the belongings of those experiencing homelessness may in fact trigger a violation of the 4th and the 14th amendment and that is another basis of the investigation that we are launching today. >> mr. attorney general, you mentioned the eviction and the danger posed by mass e vek shuns is -- evictions, and can you tell us in light of what has been going on, and were you or the department consulted is on the policies of the eviction ban and are you confident to get it through the supreme court? >> oh, as i said, the effects of mass e vek shins would be devastating both on the ind

. >> ms. clark warned that the current round of gerrymandering could result in more suppression unless congress acts now to protect voters. stay here with msnbc tonight for the latest on the unfolding situation in savings. "all in with chris hayes" starts now. >>> tonight on "all in" -- >> the truth is, this did unfold more quickly than we had anticipated. >> afghanistan has fallen. >> by the way, i started the process. all of the troops are coming back home. they couldn't stop the press. >> tonight as desperate scenes unfold across the country, how 20 years of bad policy and big lies culminated in catastrophe. >>> then -- >> the developments of the past week reinforced that any u.s. military involvement in afghanistan now was the right decision. >> the president's rationale for getting out of afghanistan. and the only member of congress who voted against the war on why we never should have gotten in. >> however difficult this vote may be, some of us must urge the use of restraint. >>> plus, as kids

ms. clarke. sorry. investigation, the nature of the investigation with respect to people -- i wonder if you could speak as to the legal issues you're looking at there, the fourth amendment and the like, and whether it is intended to send a message to other law enforcement entities which routinely sweep across the country, in cities across the country the belongings of the homeless? >> the basis for our investigation includes the violent crime control and law enforcement act of 1994. whether those sweeps unlawfully seizing and disposing of the belongings of persons experiencing homelessness may, indeed, trigger a violation of the fourth and 14th amendments. so that is another basis for the investigation that we are launching today. >> reporter: mr. attorney general, you mentioned the eviction crisis and the dangers posed by mass evictions. can you tell us in light of what has gone on in the last day or two were you or the justice department consulted about the administration's reversal and policy on the

. >> ms. clarkess acts now to protect voters. stay here with msnbc tonight for the latest on the unfolding situation in savings. "all in with chris hayes" starts now. >>> tonight on "all in" -- >> the truth is, this did unfold more quickly than we had anticipated. >> afghanistan has fallen. >> by the way, i started the process. all of the troops are coming back home. they couldn't stop the press. >> tonight as desperate scenes unfold across the country, how 20 years of bad policy and big lies culminated in catastrophe. >>> then -- >> the developments of the past week reinforced that any u.s. military involvement in afghanistan now was the right decision. >> the president's rationale for

ms. clarkill be our first panelist. i now recognize the ranking member of the subcommittee, the gentleman from louisiana, my friend mr. johnson of louisiana. >> i think all of us in the judiciary committee and every member of congress must first address the outrageous national security and foreign policy disaster that took lace over the weekend. people look up to another incomprehensible disaster created by the incompetent biden administration. after 20 years, trillions of dollars and thousands of american lives were spent standing up afghanistan's army and government, the country has been ceded back to the taliban in one week. americans are being killed along with their families. people are hanging on the side to b-52s as they evacuate for fear of their lives under taliban rule. there should be top to bottom accountability at the pentagon and within the administration for this disaster. this stunning failure has been met with silence from president biden, causing a serious question as to his a

ms. clarke five minutes. -- for five minutes. ms. clarke: thank you very much. i appreciate today's hearing. it has been extraordinary. i want to thank you for convening today -- i'm sorry. i'm having a little technical difficulties here. i want to thank you for convening today's hearing. the topic is critical to the work of the energy and commerce committee has been doing to advance our national priorities and technological advancement, economic competitiveness and national security. i would like to thank our witnesses for virtually joining the committee and sharing your testimony addressing the challenges and areas of opportunity concerning the supply chain of our wireless infrastructure. as chair of the homeland cybersecurity infrastructure protection and innovation subcommittee under the jurisdiction of the house committee on homeland security, treating a secure 21st century digital infrastructure remains a critical priority. as we continue to chart the path toward recovery from the pandemic and seek to modernize our nations infrastructure, we must not forge

ms. clarke: mr. speaker, as the member designated by chairwoman nydia velazquez, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. velazquez will vote yes on h.res. 601. and as the member designated by chairwoman carolyn maloney, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mrs. maloney will vote yes on h.res. 601. and as the member designated by ms. robin kelly of illinois, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. kelly will vote yes on h.res. 601. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. jeffries: as the member designated by chairwoman eddie bernice johnson, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that chairwoman johnson will vote yea on h.res. 601. as the member designated by congresswoman grace meng, pursuant to h.res. 8, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that congresswoman meng will vote yea on h.res. 601. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from the state of washington seek recognition? >> thank you, m

ms. brownley will vote yes on h.r. 4. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from massachusetts again seek recognition? mr. clarke: as the member designated by by ms. brownley as * pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that ms. brownley will vote yes. >> as the member designated by mr. chris stewart of utah pursuant to h.r.8, i inform the house that mr. stewart will vote nay. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. khanna, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. khanna will vote yes on h.r. 4. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from you ta seek recognition? >> as the member designated by representative peter phao*euer of michigan, i inform the house that will vote no. pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. curtis will vote nay on h.r. 4. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. jeffries: as the member designated by chairwoman johnson, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that chairwoman johnson will vo