new york state, we have some of the highest electric rates in the country. will we switch from fossil fuels to a more expensive product? i can't imagine. in new york state, they are proposing on the floor on our state assembly and the senate, carbon taxes. they want to carbon tax all our fossil fuels so that gasoline, diesel, natural gas, propane and home heating oil, everything. a carbon tax on top of what the pandemic with the new york state's $15 billion budget deficit, i can't imagine how we are going to be able to do it. how can anybody afford to get to work or even heat their home? >> outside of new york city, westchester and the hamptons, new york is a poor state, drive around it. you will find it out very quickly. it is going to hurt the people there. do you think andrew cuomo, it seems like he is doing a good fellows imitation but i guess he is not. is he an expert in hvac? why is he weighing in on how people heat their homes? >> i can't tell you. i'm sure his home is warm in westchester or albany, wherever he is. the people in new york state are str

only new york state counted it that way. new york state was like a war zone here.responded when cuomo complained. they sent in the usns comfort. that ship, that navy ship, hospital ship was hardly used. the jacob javits center, massive amounts of ppe, beds put inside of the jacob javits center, hardly used. when he complained people responded and tried to give him what he wanted. at the same time he is covering up this information. why not just be honest about it? why not be transparent? why not just tell the truth? >> the answer is because he is as brazen a politician i think i have ever seen. the only thing he cares about, not the lives of people lost in new york unfortunately. his behavior demonstrated only thing he cares about his political future. he has aspirations beyond the governor's office in new york. as a result is doing everything he can to hold on to any semblance of legitimacy. so far he has gotten way too much coverage from the press to do that very thing. elizabeth: but when the biden administration did not hire andrew cuomo his initial reaction wa

only new york state counted it that way. new york state was like a war zone here.lain. they sanded and comfort. that ship, that navy ship was hardly used. massive amount of ppe, beds put inside the jacob javits center. hardly used. people responded. at the same time he is covering up this information. why not just be honest about it. why not just tell the truth. >> the answer is because he is as a brazen as a politician as i think i've ever seen. the only thing he cares about are not the life that were lost to new york, unfortunately, the only thing he cares about its his political future. he had aspirations to be on the governor's office in new york. as a result, is doing everything he can to hold on into any legitimacy. he has gotten way too much coverage. elizabeth: when the biden administration did not hire andrew cuomo, his initial reaction was i am going to sue you, fight in administration, if you don't give new york state money to do a vaccination rollout and help us. anything he has asked for they have got and. his threat is to sue the biden administration.

but what i know in new york state were 72% of our electric is produced from fossil fuels and the remainings from solar panels for wind. so in new york state's initiatives on the table facing in over the next 30 years, it's very hard with a nine. i don't necessarily see how we're going to increase the number to ever make it work. the disaster we saw in texas is nothing compared to what we saw here. if we just rely on alternative energies. i think we need a common sense mix and i believe things have been improving drastically over the years. but i just can't flip the switch this fast. >> tucker: it seems to me from an outsiders perspective that we've allowed lunatic ideologues who know nothing about science to have a lot of control over our power grid. do you think that's why? should we let engineers make decisions, or no? >> i would definitely agree with you on that one. this is proven. our winters up in the northeast don't cross the northern united states -- they are much more severe than what they have in texas. i can imagine how it's going to work from the long run. we see in new york st

clearly we've done something wrong during this pandemic to have such high numbers. >> harris: new york state assembly republican leader will barkley. wonderful to have you on the program as we navigate our way through a disaster for some in new york. good to see you today. >> thanks for having me on. >> harris: the biden administration's roll back of the trump remain in mexico policy begins today. some 30,000 asylum seekers will now be allowed to enter the united states until their claims are heard. the administration says this is, quote, a crucial first step to communicate our respect for human rights and human dignity, end quote. but former acting cbp commissioner mark morgan sees it this way. >> not only have they drastically reduced ice's enforcement authorities but given those in this country illegally a roadmap. this memo created new law but tom homan said these memos have essentially created a sanctuary country. >> harris: william la jeunesse on the story for us all week in arizona, a port of entry at the u.s./mexico border, william. >> this is new mexico over there. 200 to 400 asylum

briefings where people around the world tuned in in new york became a symbol of new york tough determination. now that the truthhe is out new york state the highest number of nursing home deaths in the country. why? on march 25, 2020 cuomo issued a new direction of nursing home administrators, no resident shall be denied readmission or admission to the nursing home based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of covid-19. nursing homes are b prohibited from requiring a hospitalized resident who is determined medically stable to be tested for covid-19 prior to admission or readmission. whene he was asked why he was forcing nursing homes to accept covid infected patients he lied. he blamed the trump administration saying he was following federal guidelines, the lie, federal guidelines do not and never did requirerein nursing homes to take covid infected patients the truth, you and your are one of the only governors in america to insist that covid infected seniors in place of their most vulnerable population the elderly. you and you alone inflamed all of new york states nursing home population preview and you alone underreported the numbe

i'm interested as we look at the push of what's happening here in new york state. we know there is a bipartisan push to strip him of emergency powers as brian todd mentioned. democrats, you know, really very vocal about that as well, including one state senator who was on with us on cnn earlier today. the other thing, though, as we look at this, is okay, let's say those emergency powers are stripped. jennifer, so what toes that actually change? does governor actually need the emergency powers at this point in the pandemic? >> well, he might. the benefit of emergency powers is the ability to act quickly. legislatures don't move that quickly. you have to draft bills. get together, go through committee, negotiate and debate. the governor can move much more quickly with executive orders and the emergency powers gives him the ability to do that. you know, where we are in the pandemic, things seem to be getting better. but certainly if i were governor cuomo i would be arguing -- and i think many people even in the legislature agree with this -- that he still needs the abi

new york. thank you. >> and let's bring in new york state senator john liu, he's one of the democrats calling on this. let's talk about impeachment. where do you stand on this and how likely is this? >> it's very clear that so many people and so many families are hurting. they've hurt this past year from coronavirus, family members have suffered and too many have died in our nursing homes and other facilities. so we need to understand the pain that families continue to suffer through. on the issue of what state government needs to focus on, my focus and that of most of my colleagues is one of getting vaccination sites up and running quickly as possible and filled with supplies. now that washington is paying attention to what's happening and the supply chain seems to

new york is 34 in nursing home death as a percentage of total deaths. 34 out of 50 states. nursing homes. to give you an example, new york state, 13,000 nursing home related deaths. that is 30% of total deaths. pennsylvania had 11,900. that is 52% of their total deaths. nursing homes. florida, 34%. massachusetts, 54% of total deaths. if you look at the entire country, and you look at the percentage of deaths in nursing homes, new york is number 34. you have some states that up to 73% of the people who died, died in nursing homes. covid preys on senior citizens, older people, weaker people. we have always known that that is a fact. now, there is much distortion around what is called department of health memo on march 25th. and i want to make sure that we get the facts on this. on march 13, the federal center for medicaid and services, and on march 23rd, the centers for disease control, cdc. put out guidance, sending people from hospitals back to nursing. new york state doh followed that guidance. 12 other states at least followed that guidance. the cdc reasoning at the time,

cuomo botched the nursing home debacle in new york state. bryan llenas has more. >> andrew cuomo is attacking the integrity of ron kim who is leading the charge calling for an investigation of cuomo over this nursing home scandal. >> my office, more than me, has had a long and hostile relationship with assembly man ron kim. he had a meeting with my staff. he said positive things on the tape. then there's a story that moves in the "new york post" where he says the exact opposite. >> kim is among nine state democrats accusing cuomo of obstruction of justice and calling on his colleagues to strip him of his covid-19 emergency powers. kim was in a private meeting last week where cuomo's top aide admitted that the administration was withholding death toll data because of a fear of a federal investigation. neil, kim is also saying cuomo called him to threaten his

in new york governor andrew cuomo going on the defensive about his handling of the state's nursing homes at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic. and an earmark in the house version of the new stimulus bill that's raising some new objections. critics claiming an underground railroad project in the silicon valley has nothing to do with coronavirus. we're going to take a rook at those stories in a moment. live fox news team coverage for you, aishah hasnie is following governor cuomo in new york state, but let's begin with grady trimble live in dallas w-9 ongoing crisis among so many millions in the lone star state. >> reporter: eric, that major disaster declaration applies to 77 counties here in texas. the county where we are is one of them. they are in great need of food and water, and to illustrate that, well, we're at a mobile food pantry. it doesn't open for another hour, but all of these cars are here to get some sort of food that they can provide here. among them is rick berry who i talked to just a few minutes ago. rick, you told me you lost power this week, now you're still under

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it democratic new york state senator tweeted, cuomo's press conference was riddled with lies, theater, and deflection. yell i knew said cuomo's comments were frightening because for their blatant goals to mislead. at least 14 democratic state senators are calling for cuomo's covid emergency powers to be stripped away. >> a year ago, those emergency powers were necessary. it today, they no longer seem necessary. >> despite critics concerns that the governor has undermined the public, the pandemic is best managed under him and his emergency power to make unilateral governing decisions. >> bret: bryan llenas in brooklyn, thank you. stocks missed today, the dow gained 64, the s&p lost two, the nasdaq dropped 48. there are serious questions tonight about the future for the

harvey epstein joins us, democratic new york state assembly member. assemblyman thank you very much for taking the time. you're among those who very least want to strip the governor of his emergency powers, right? where does that stand? >> well they mentioned ours expires april 30th. it is my hope at least it will expire then but my expectation is that we need to strip him of those powers earlier. we provided emergency powers early because we weren't sure what was happening last march. it is clear the legislature can function with its legislative duty. we should be allowed to act in that way. neil: are those powers automatically renewed, assemblyman if you don't muster the votes to challenge them or make take them away? >> no, they automatically expire on april 30th. neil: got it. >> my expectations at least they will expire or my hope is that we act before april 30th which is two months away and to

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gerry: i backward new york state senator john liu, you intimate colleagues want to take emergency powersway from the governor you think are no longer necessary your entire republican colleagues in the state assembly want to go much further they think andrew cuomo given the cover-up, given the performance over the last year that actually more stringent action to be in taken and impeached isn't taken emergency powers back from them something that would happen and something stricter needed? >> the emergency powers were granted for only one year but that is still more than two months away so we might -- i think we need to do something sooner because again we want to restore the system of checks and balances that always can provide a better result for the people, the cuomo administration as governments all around the country in the world they have dealt with a global pandemic the likes of which we have never seen before and they responded with lots of decisions, some decisions made quickly in the absence of information and to look i feel like i know what you're trying to get at, my perspectiv

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there are democrats in new york state including the new york city public advocate who said how is this only sorry that you got caught, because of your decision thousands of people died who did not have to die. we're not offended, melissa, we're furious with extremely good reason. here's the thing. we also heard from another democrat, janice, we heard from the attorney general, latisha james, about two and-a-half, three weeks ago where she said, you know, the cuomo numbers were about half what they really were. the administration had said it was something like 8,000, when in reality it was closer to 13,000. and that's when the governor famously sounded so cold with this sound bite. >> if you think there was a mistake, then go talk to the federal government. it's not about pointing fingers or blame, it's that this became a political football. the report also said information from nursing homes is often incorrect. doesn't mean people didn't die. it doesn't mean people won't die today. that is the curse of covid. why covid? why did god do this? i don't know. but who cares? 33, 28 died in t

mechanism for that he certainly will not resign, what you want to see happen question. >> yes, new york state law does not allow for recall like you have a california but we do believe governor cuomo's time is dwindling and he may resign if these getting pushback by even those in his own party which receive little by little or emerge and they have to have emergency powers rescinded which is something i called for in the department of justice inquiry which begin in august which begin in october and now urging that the expanded to investigate the alleged cover-up that is occurring even his chief of staff has admitted to while in a

new york. i moved here about a month before the state shut down.has done is save a lot of lives, perhaps including mine. i may have benefited from the governor having these emergency powers. why talk them away? >> actually, there was a lot of reasons not to give them in the first place and just so you know, our health care chairs in both the senate and assembly both did not vote for these emergency powers as well because it wasn't necessary for him to have. he just used this moment, used this crisis in order to be able to aggregate even more of the legislature's powers to the executive branch. we think it wouldn't hurt anyone to have those powers taken away because i think that it's actually, you know, a good thing for the legislature to actually do its job, to be able to legislate. there are a lot of things that could are been different, a lot of times when we could have had a different result or different policy discussion if we were, you know, actually at the table. and i think that this is a time when we actually need to be able to take our pow

now, five new york state senators are calling for state attorneys, attorney general, rather, to investigate the claim and just a short time ago, new york city mayor bill de blasio joined the calls for the probe it. >> these allegations are really disturbing, let's be clear about that, they are really disturbing. we have two, as new yorkers, take this seriously, we need a full and independent investigation, i want to emphasize the word "independent," this kind of behavior if it is true is unacceptable. >> harris: cuomo's accuser writing "andrew cuomo abused his power as governor to sexually harass me just as he had done with so many other women" and that he created a culture within his administration where sexual harassment and bullying is so pervasive that it is not only condoned, it's expected. cuomo's office denies the allegations and says they never happen, meanwhile republicans on the house oversight committee are urging democrat chair carolyn maloney of new york to subpoena cuomo to testify on allegations his office covered up on the nursing home death toll, the other scandal rocking r

new york is 34 in nursing home deaths as a percentage of total deaths, 34 out of 50 states. one of only seven states that counts what's called presumed fatalities in nursing homes, where the nursing home presumed the cause of death was covid. to give you an example, new york state, 13,000 hearsing noam rehated deaths. that's 30% of total deaths. pennsylvania had 11,900. that's 52% of their total deaths were in nursing homes. florida, 34% of total deaths in nursing homes. massachusetts, 54% of total deaths. if you look at the entire country and you look at the percentage of deaths in nursing homes, new york is number 34. you have some states that up to 73% of the people who died died in nursing homes. covid preys on senior citizens, older people, weaker people. we've always known that. that is a fact. now, there is much distortion around what's called department of health memo on march 25th, and i want to make sure that we get the facts on this. on march 13th federal center for medicaid and medicaid services what they call cms and on march 23rd the centers for disease control,

. >>> joining me now is new york state democratic senator gustavo rivera, the chairman of the state's senate health committee. thank you for coming on. as i mentioned, you are a democrat but you have been quite critical of governor cuomo's handling of this whole thing. so the explanation yesterday, did that help explain it for you? >> not particularly. the reality is that even though many folks have lauded governor cuomo's leadership he looked competent compared to the white house. and his administration could be competent but in this regard, what they've been doing is they've been stonewalling us on data for months. i co-chaired a series of hearings that were over 30 hours last summer on the impact of hospitals and nursing homes and he stonewalled us for seven pos and it was not until the attorney general who i thank on the record for doing her job, and doing an investigation here, that is the only time that he

he regularly skype's with his family in new york state and lets them share his new life. that they show you our national air. so i was in the same sort of gear in. 16. i mean only 7 are here. cooks his daughters from his 1st marriage mary and markie are also taking part in the skype call usually he travels to israel every 3 months to visit them but that's been impossible since deputy chief of the pandemic miri you dressed up for the show about sure i'm ready i've got myself ready who isn't ready markie you know milk is ready to the more traditional of the vine gardens ex-wife still leads an ultra-orthodox life she has broken off contact with him and never takes part in the calls with the children. i think that my children are too small point to standards i do not know what they're being told by their teachers and by their mother i do you. i know that they will grow up and they will have. the ability to choose after words because. another world has opened up for them and once they're in the right age we can have these conversations and they can choose where i want to be. i

california overtook new york thursday for the state with the most covid-19 deaths, with nearly 45,500 deaths. there is encouraging news. the cdc says covid deaths nationwide are expected to decline in the coming weeks. the pandemic is forcing new york city's lunar new year celebration to go virtual. >> we specifically asked people not to come down and to celebrate with us virtually. >> reporter: with the annual parade postponed until late spring. michael george, cbs news, new york. >>> the cdc is expected to roll out guidelines today on how k-through-12 schools should reopen. according to a draft memo obtained by cbs news, there will be four color-coded zones -- blue, yellow, orange, and red. schools can reopen if there's a low community spread of covid. if there's a high level, then virtual learning is recommended. officials told cbs news the guidelines are still being finalized. >>> and there are new details being reported about the health of former president trump after he got covid last october. "the new york times" says that his condition was worse than publicly acknowledged. the

new york state is the only state in the country that did not count you know, patients dying in hospitalsot include those in the nursing home counts if they came out nursing home went into the hospital. ford, we don't know the extent of this. we'll have you back on. good to see you ford o'connell? >> thank you, emac. elizabeth: next up fox news contributor deneen borelli on republican congresswoman nancy mace, is saying wait a second alexandria ocasio-cortez, wait a second i'm sick of you politicizing everything. cortez said she enduressed capital riots in an instagram video post as if she was on the front line when cortez was not in the same building as the capitol building. she was a mile away in another office building. we'll break this down next. >> i said that there were no rioters in the hallway of cannon, i'm two doors down. she lost it. she hasn't been dealing with reality. important we take members to task when they're not being honest with the american people. this division is hurting our country. get real-time insights in your customized view of the market. it's smarter trading

new trend, widely popular with the consumer. we will continue to see it. the state has done a great job, as has new yorkity expanding where we can have outdoor dining. it is something that we would like to see continued because it is so popular and gives us the ability to seat extra gas well seating inside is limited. kailey: i want to ask you about spending. small business loans going to aid small businesses and restaurants. have you seen that show up when those stimulus checks go out, more demand for restaurants in higher sales? melissa: we didn't see that as much with the second go around. part of that, especially in new york city, where we had so many restaurants shuttered, we didn't see it translate into a huge spike in delivery or take out this second go around. the first one had more of an impact at the time. i never heard from our community that there was additional spikes when those stimulus checks came out the second time around. maybe they were going to pay for other things, holiday bills, rent. we didn't see it in the restaurant community, no. guy: what is the conversation currently with the

and on top of the letter that you just mentioned from five new york state republican senators calling for an investigation, new york city mayor bill de blasio just had a press conference and also called for an investigation. >> look, these allegations are really disturbing. let's be clear about that. they are really disturbing. we have to, as new yorkers, we have to take this seriously. when a woman comes forward with this kind of very specific allegations, they have to be taken seriously. we need a full and independent investigation. i want to highlight the word "independent." this is unacceptable. in any public servant, and anybody. so we've got to get to the truth about this. >> and an online essay, a former aide to governor cuomo, lindsey boylan, wrote that he constantly sought her out, have staffers arrange meetings with her. boylan claim cuomo stepped in front of her and kissed her. they were incidences of unwanted touching. she said top female staffers normalized his behavior. "governor andrew cuomo has created a culture within his administration were sexual harassment and bull

new york attorney general letitia james who's vowed to hold anyone accountable under the law is exposing new and important problems in how new york stateand how it counts covid-related deaths. and here's what's new tonight. a top aide to governor cuomo admitted to covering up the full picture of how people died of covid in the state including those who contracted it in nursing homes, citing the fear of basically accountability or a federal investigation. governor cuomo has touted his covid response. he also once served as attorney general. the very post he's now clashing with. in response he is saying there was some kind of information void but he insists there's really nothing to investigate. >> there is nothing to investigate. all the numbers we produced were exactly right. we didn't provide all the information that was requested that did create a void and misinformation did fill the void. >> so there was a void. there was a problem with providing the information. and then misinformation filled it. this is the version of the response from new york state governor there, from governor cuomo now. this may be a little striking to people

believe it or not there is a transaction tax already on the books in new york state. in 1905 new york state lawmakers passed a stock transfer tax for every transaction in new york which includes new york city. so it has been dormant though because 100% of of the tax is refunded. there are recent grumblings from new york state lawmakers to remove the rebate to cover a budget hole. that idea is coming around and national lawmakers are starting to talk about it. back to you. connell: thank you for the history lesson, edward, well-done. good check on churchhill waying that quote long before rahm emanuel. quick note from our end. texas attorney general coming on later in the hour, ken paxton, he launched an investigation into robinhood and some other trading platforms. we'll see with some of the developments lauren mentioned exactly what he wants to accomplish with that. right now we're watching the white house. in about an hour president biden will sit down with 10 republican senators to discuss the next steps on covid relief. blake burman has the that for us. reporter: co

what's important as the new york variant of the virus is the one that spread across the united statescoast variant that came straight from china. it was the one that arrived in new york and new york ceded the pandemic across the entire country. if you provide false data about hughes dying in new york your underlying undermining the national effort to fight this effort. >> that was the point i was about to bring up with you, i wanted to put a little more of your op-ed up there, but we don't need to now since you have articulated. compare and contrast what you decide to what cuomo said where he said his big mistake was that we didn't fight back aggressively enough in this, i was not aggressive enough in knocking down the falsities. there is a lot of daylight between what you say he did and what he says his mistake was. >> again, he is not fighting with me, he's not fighting with republicans or with the trump administration. the people calling him out as a democratic attorney general at the state of new york. democratic state legislatures including some who lost loved ones in these nursi

interest in where akiva find out now is a rabbi he grew up in on trial to doc's community in new york state in the new move to israel they healy apply kulish cross. he was betrothed to the age of 19 and by the age of 22 he had 2 children. then in 2014 he decided to leave the path mapped out for him he left his family in came to germany and almost broke under the strain of the separation. in the 1st few months that i was in berlin i would not stand there a window on a higher floor because i was afraid i would jump that's how hard it was. just hard to cope with the loneliness the sudden loss of the family which usually spawns those who live by vine gotten loose lucky he found a new partner rosa and jarvis the rabbi of dresden students community and his family did not completely break with him he regularly skype's with his family in new york state and lets them share his new life. there show you are our new chandelier. so i wouldn't say it's all one dear and. 16. i mean only 7 are here. if you think. his daughters from his 1st marriage mary and marquis are also taking part in the scott cole us

he regularly skype's with his family in new york state and lets them share his new life. there's show you our new chandelier. so i'll do the same so i'm here in. 16. i mean only 7 are here. his daughters from his 1st marriage mary and markie are also taking part in the skype call usually he travels to israel every 3 months to visit them but that's been impossible since february due to the pandemic miria you dressed up for the shot sure i'm ready i've got myself ready who isn't ready markie no milk is ready to act the more he follows the vine gardens ex-wife still leads an ultra-orthodox life she has broken off contact with him and never takes part in the calls with the children. i think that my children are too small point to standards i do not know what they're being told by their teachers and by their mother i do know that they will grow up and they will have. the ability to choose afterwards because. another world has opened up for them and once they are in the right age we can have these conversations and they can choose where they want to be. i keep a vine dark month

. >> dana: criticism of new york governor andrew cuomo turning into action after members of the state democratic committee issued a resolution to censure the governor. the "new york post" says give it up, gov. merrick garland said he was open to hearing evidence on the nursing home deaths and any federal investigation would avoid conflicts of interest. we're live in brooklyn with the latest on the governor. >> good morning. yesterday republican senator ted cruz asked the attorney general nominee judge merrick garland whether he would commit his department of justice will investigate governor andrew cuomo's administration. here is garland's response. >> all of these investigations, the justice department is open to evidence of fraud, false statements, violations of the law. they normally begin in the appropriate way in the relevant u.s. attorney's office and that is the way that something like this without commenting on this in particular because i don't know the facts. >> garland indicating his d.o.j. will follow the evidence but fell short of promising an investigation. while new yor

democratic assembly member ron kim is leading an effort to convince his democratic colleagues in the new york statebly to strip governor cuomo of his special pandemic emergency powers. the powers that give cuomo the authority to make unilateral governing decisions as to how new york handles covid-19. kim is accusing the cuomo administration of abusing its power and purposely withholding nursing home death toll date why from state lawmakers and the public because the fear of political consequences. we know reportedly this is now under investigation by the f.b.i. now kim says he knows this because he was in a private meeting where cuomo's top aide admitted it. this is deeply personal for kim who lost his uncle, an army veteran, to covid-19 in a new york nursing home. he believes withholding the data kept the state from understanding the full extent of the crisis and it cost lives. well, yesterday after governor cuomo dismissed kim and attacked his personal integrity in a telephone news conference kim revealed that cuomo called him last week in a traumatic phone call saying, quote, governor cuomo call

new york's nursing homes. can he just apologize to start things off? this is one of the problems with a one-party state like new york. "the wall street journal" editorial board goes into this. it's going to fall on democrats in albany to take action with hearings. we are starting to see a little bit of that. we need to know how many people are actually involved in the cover-up because a number of senior officials have recently left new york state health departments. you need to have state and federal prosecutors, emily, start to investigate and potentially prosecute this cover-up. and you need the big media to stand up and back these families who have lost their loved ones. listen, we knew this happened the day after that was signed, sending patience back to the nursing homes and preventing them from testing those individuals, we knew that because "the wall street journal" wrote about it. nursing homes, they cried to the heavens, don't do this, you are going to kill people! instead he was doing the show on cnn! let's start with them! talk more about all the people who died because of your brother! >> e

so there's likely more than one case of this variant in new york state. ncerned should we be at this point as they're spreading more easily? >> the truth is that even though the united states haven't had apparently as many cases of the variants, they have been here almost certainly for months. if you look around the world where these particular variants are endemic like the united kingdom and south africa, they are seeing the same dramatic declines in cases as we are seeing in the united states, and those are in places enriched with these variants. so i'm not convinced that the u.s. is destined to see another surge from these variants because all of the mitigation strategies, which appear to be working and as dr. schaffeener said, the fact that so many people in this country have probably been a symptomatically exposed to the virus, we're seeing the outer reaches of some community or herd immunity. i'm not sure we're going to see or we're destined to see a surge from these variants. we need to watch these. we need to surveil for these variants. we need to

of fraud here as it came to money that the state, state agencies, or nose that interacted with new york stateing any federal funds that were misallocated as a result of this. this issue, the governor stated numerous times that this decision was based on cdc guidance, on his own health department's guidance. no one has batted a thousand, but people are concerned about the state legislatures. secondly statements made farce what information was provided and what information was provided at the justice department. the question here, katy is why did it take so long for the state and governor cuomo's administration to provide us with the updated in your opinions here. if there was nothing nefarious, if it was a policy that just didn't work out, a virus that was just ravaging new york state at the time, why did it take so long to get the data right? is there a criminal component to that? >> i remember we just played some of that. i remember repeatedly at news conferences when he was holding those daily briefings they were asking him for updated information on the numbers of nursing home deaths. and

new york is 34 in nursing homes as a percentage of total deaths. 34 out of 50 states. e of only seven states that counts what is called presumed fatalities in nursing homes where the nursing home presumed the cause of death was covid. to give you an example, new york state, 13,000 nursing home-related deaths. that's list the% of total deaths. pennsylvania had 11,900. that's 52% of their total deaths were in nursing homes. florida, 34% of total deaths in nursing homes. massachusetts, 54% of total deaths. if you look at the entire country, and you look at the percentage of deaths in nursing homes, new york is number 34. you have some states up to 73% of the people who died, died in nursing homes. covid preys on senior citizens, older people, weaker people. we've always known that is a fact. now, there is much distortion around what is called department of health memo on march 25th. and i want to make sure that we get the facts on this. on march 13th, federal central for medicaid and medicaid services, what they call cms. on march 23rd, the center for disease control, cdc,

and under fire for concealing thousands of nursing home dads new york state assembly members push to strip governor andrew cuomo of his emergency powers. welcome to the program this thursday you're watching are to international bring you your live news update this hour. the australian government has accused facebook of an abuse of power after the social media giant blocked people and publishers in the country from sharing news posts for more on the story i spoke to our 2 saw scaler. rough start to the day if you are a news junkie or a millennial and facebook is the open in the morning because on thursday all of a stray a wake up to find that it's go to news platform had pulled the plug on any and all roekel and international stories not obviously sparked shock but also outrage now this is all because mogs are not a fan of proposed legislation in the country which would force attack and social media companies to pay news publishers to repose that content facebook says this is unfair i'm not willing to negotiate and so on this really bold blanket ban a move which has infuriated the aus

there's been a story that moves in the new york post where he says the exact opposite. >> reporter: new york stateator 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 released the statement, quote, we do agree we did not provide enough public information which created a void for conspiracy theories to flourish. we accept responsibility for creating the void and in a perfect world the conspiracy theories would accept responsibility also. senator ted cruz along with several other republicans are calling for the immediate investigation into the new york governor. cnn stopped chris cuomo was talking to andrew cuomo. he will discuss holding the governor accountable. >> 11 minutes after the hour, the power still out in texas as cold groups the state. the texas welder losses on the keystone pipeline joins us with a warning about president biden's anti-energy poli

loved ones there's more there's more incidence of neglect yeah before the court's ruling that new york state attorney general posted their own report and suggested governor cuomo has administration misled the public and undercounted deaths associated with nursing homes but least 50 percent new york state health officials claimed they always made it clear the numbers only included residents dying inside the facility and the months it took to provide cumulative data spends on order to apparently well the new york health department also insists the deaths right well below the national average vivian size again believes the governor's office deliberately hid the real numbers. we were trying to figure out if this happened to my mother by herself or did this happen to other seniors and at that time the media was not discussing it we were reaching out to the media to see if they had heard of anything we wanted to tell our stories to see of other families with step up our governor andrew cuomo came out with a book. which in which he talks about how his success of manly handling the colbert writers s