schwartz tells "the post" he was acting as a friend of cuomo's.e never mentioned vaccines and never did anything wrong. schwartz has been volunteering for the state for a year, and any suggest he acted in any way unethically is patently false. as for the claims against cuomo, he denies any misconduct or harassment, and apologizes for any comments that may have been misinterpreted. >> the governor should look pinside his heart. he loves new york, to see if he can govern effectively. >> and governor cuomo is also facing an impeachment investigation. >>> senator ron johnson is being called a racist over his latest comments about the mob that stormed the u.s. capiin rad the response, the republican described those people as people who love the country and respect law enforcement. he said it would have been different if they had been protesters from black lives matter. >> this could mean trouble. had the tables been turned and president trump won the election, and those were tens of thousands of black lives matter and antifa protesters, i might have be

schwartz says he never mentioned the vaccine, and did nothing wrong. the governor's office says schwartz has been volunteering for the state for a year, and any suggestion he acted in any way unethically is false. linsey? >> trevor, thank you. >>> and house speaker nancy pelosi is now calling the growing number of minors flocking to the u.s./mexico border a humanitarian crisis. president joe biden is facing pressure to address the situation. recent drone footage shows thousands of young people arriving. fema is being ordered to assist. here's maryalice parks. >> reporter: tonight, new drone footage showing from the sky the worsening situation on the ground at the u.s./mexico border. these lines at an immigration processing site, buses full. more than 4,200 children detained, another nearly 9,000 in shelters. facilities at capacity and overwhelmed. the situation made worse with covid concerns. overnight, fema ordered to assist in caring for unaccompanied minors. >> the children held right now, they don't belong there. that is not a place for holding chi

schwartz will have a chance to answer. suspect this will come up in the investigations, but that would seem like intimidation. >> larry schwartz has been in and around the administration even before cuomo was governor for 30 years and knew his father. and i think that the calls from larry are not something that are a new concept. it's long been regarded if you get a call from larry or end up getting a call from the administration regardless of not whether he's officially employed by the administration. and some of the bullying or threatening tactics are also the calls from larry people have gotten over a number of years. so i don't know what those conversations were, but the idea of larry schwartz calling you and asking you specifically how you feel about the governor or kind of gauging your views there would for anyone who's been around new york politics would be something to think very careful about. >> and sometimes something like that that works for you for years comes back to bite you at a very sensitive moment. appre

nbc news' gaudy schwartz has been updating us. let's go to more. >> reporter: you were talking about reporters pressing for more information from police, and unable to provide some of the specifics as to what happened. a lot of the consternation came because much of the active shooting was broadcast live on youtube. was a youtuber who happened to be going to the supermarket, and there were tens of thousands of people watching adds the scene unfolded. him right there at the entry way of the king's soopers as we realized. we're not going to show the video. it's disturbing to see, but i will walk you through some of what he described to viewers and you saw on the live stream. body after body after body. there was a body in the parking lot that was face down. there was a body in the entry way of the king soopers, and there was a body right inside, and there was a look of confusion from the people around. he started yelling at people to get back. there was an active shooter, and there was a security guard in the entry way who seemed to

schwartz said he did not discuss vaccines in the conversations.although he has apologized for any past behavior that may have made people feel uncomfortable. joining us now, republican strategist and msnbc political analyst susan del percio. susan, good morning. always great to see you. i think we should mention to viewers that in the past, you have worked for governor cuomo. but we saw your tweets over the weekend in the wake of these latest calls for his resignation. do you think it's over for cuomo? >> i do. it is. it's just a matter of time. that allegation against larry schwartz, making those phone calls to county executives is especially troubling. to goes back to one of the initial things that was hurting andrew cuomo, which was the bullying complaint. and by the way, this is how the office operates. i was there when the moreland commission investigation was going on, and it's the same thing. the office hunkers down, they go into lockdown. but what i'm also -- what's also really interesting is senator schumer used that word, he can't work w

>> gadi schwartz, thank you for those details.ng what we know about human nature, we can guess that some of the sadness we saw at tonight's briefing was fellow officers knowing exactly how many family members he left behind. we are joined now for a brief moment with another person who witnessed what happened today inside that food store. ryan baroski is with us. ryan, you had just run in to buy something and pick up the story when you first noticed something was wrong. >> i was, you know, about five feet into an aisle, heard one loud bang. saw maybe something drop, some employee drop something and then another bang and saw somebody running toward me with a terrified look on her face and more bangs. and started running with everybody else and ran out the back. like i just told other people, fastest fire drill in my life. making sure nobody got left behind that was with us. we ran out through the cargo receiving area and underneath a track and over a hill. i immediately called 911 at that point, which could have been 60 seconds, too

back with us, nbc's gadi schwartz. gadi, the police officer was the first one in, apparently, first officer to respond to the scene, the police officer who was killed. >> reporter: that's right. that's what we're hearing, that that first officer on scene made entry and at some point was confronted by the gunman, and that first officer is being called heroic after losing his life, confronting that gunman. but right now, what we know is that there were ten victims of this shooting, including that officer, and then, somehow, that gunman was taken into custody alive inside the king soopers. now, we don't know the gunman's identity. we have seen video of one person that was injured with what appeared to be a leg injury or some injury on his lower body, being led away without a shirt, without pants, in handcuffs, and we believe that may have been the suspect, but right now, police are not releasing any suspect information, any motive. all they can say right now is ten fatalities and they lost one of their own tonight. lawren

larry schwartz, you have to know, he was the secretary to governor cuomo. he's one of his tightest aides. >> he moved in the governor's mansion to fight the state's response to the horrible epidemic that plagued new york and still does to a certain extent. is larry schwartz the political operator, crawling around, trace, to these county officials and telling them, you support my guy, you support governor cuomo? if not, you're not going to get vaccined distributed to your county, that is horrifying to me, trace. this really deserves kind of a ruthless look into what in the world went on here >> you had one county commissioner saying look, when larry schwartz called me who is the vaccine czar for new york, when he called me, i felt pressed. i'm not sure if this is illegal, but it's clearly unethical. this commissioner plans to file a complaint with the ethics committee. so you know, the question is how does this come back to andrew cuomo. >> well, i mean, it's larry schwartz living with his old friend andrew cuomo. the vaccine czar. he's working diligently we

the first of many hugs for sylvia schwartz having dinner with her great grandchildren again. now i can see them and. get to see me and get to know me. schwartz has her own apartment at the redwoods in mill valley in her yard or there's she could visit with family but never close or for long. until now, the two year old can't keep his hands off her. so i assume she arrived. he ran up to her and gave her the hugest tug. it just felt heavenly so wonderful, but those hugs waited until two weeks after her final shot more than 59 million americans have gotten at least one vaccine dose, helping to drive down cases. hospitalizations and deaths, especially among the elderly. and allowing for new guidelines. yeah, this is a line at the redwoods with 500 residents and staff 90% are vaccinated, so activities have resumed to be able to go to the dining room to be able to go for van rye. outside on a nice day with your family, big changes. and now if a resident leaves the property they no longer have to isolate when they return friends just back from seeing a movie will be able to eat dinn

was not pleased with his response. >> and the governor's office said schwartz denied that the governor did anything wrong. schwartz told the post that when he made those calls, it was not in his role as a vaccine czar but only as cuomo's friend. >> trevor: oh, that response is so gangster. >> i'm not calling you as the guy who has all the vaccines your area needs, i'm just calling you as cuomo's friend who has all the vaccines your area needs. i just want to know if you support him. or if you like getting covid. it's just a question. and look, he can say that he was just calling as>a friend. but he is the vaccine zar. like he should be doing vaccine shit, where does he even find the time for chit clat. because i'm spending all mime time in a an alley behind walgreen's trying to lick the inside of used syringes although i guess it is not entirely his fault, not completely his fault. they didn't make him the vaccine zar. if you don't want people to-- stop calling them zar. >> her satanic resulter are from the old day, that is your job now. >> so cuomo attempt to stay in power are only gi

i had a run-in with larry. >> red carpet warts -- schwartz a long time ago. arms back in my district in those days, and i walked into the governor's mansion for breakfast, and larry schwartz threatened me to take my hat off or i was going to be kicked off the governor's mansion because i was wearing a pink hat. they're petty, they're bullies. this is how governor cuomo has operated for years, and now it's reached a criminal point, you know, possibly leveraging that could be criminal activity. again, falsifying records, now sexual harassment that's turned to sexual assault potentially. it's time to resign or face impeachment, and i don't think he wants to be the impeached. kennedy: again, i don't understand what he does because he's the kind of person, he's such a malignant narcissist. [laughter] he looks at this whole thing as a storm that he just has to weather, it's just going to be temporary, and people are going to forget about it. he'll be reelected to a fourth term, and then he's going to run for president. i imagine that's what's going on in his mind,

back with us, gadi schwartz.rter: that's right, that's what we are hearing. that first officer on scene, made entry and at some point, was confronted by the gunman and that first officer is being called heroic, after losing his life confronting that gunman. there were ten victims and somehow that gunman was taken into custody alive. we don't know the gunman's identity. we have seen video of one person that was injured in what appeared to be a leg injury or some injury on his lower body, being led away without a shirt, without pants in handcuffs and we believe that may have been the suspect. but right now, police are not releasing suspect information, any motive, all they can say right now is ten fatalities and they lost one of their own tonight. lawrence, back to you. >> and they are still working on positive identifications of the victims and they have to notify families before they can release the names. so it's that process that is going on tonight before we get those names. >> reporter: absolutely. it's going

gadi schwartz has details. >> reporter: across the country, a record-breaking stride nearly 3.5 million vaccinated in a single day as news that 11 million more doses of the johnson & johnson vaccine are on the way. the u.s. now on pace to have nearly half the country at least partially inoculated in the next two months, offering hope to many. >> i think that's one of the things that we miss is being able to touch each other >> reporter: a large portion of the vaccines headed to pharmacy giants like cvs, rite aid, walmart, and others participating in a federal distribution program. walgreens announcing next week, it will start offering vaccines at 400 more locations in florida alone. >> it's going to be a little pinch, okay >> reporter: while who is eligible to get a shot is expanding, as well starting may 1st, all but three states will offer vaccinations to any adult regardless of profession or health status. gearing up for what could become the next big hurdle, convincing those who don't want the vaccine to get it. >> do you have to want to say, well, i'm waiting on proof, i'm looking

gadi schwartz, nbc news. >> our thanks to nbc's gadi schwartz for that report.follow that through the morning. >>> but let's turn now to the situation at the southern border. in a bipartisan effort, democratic senator kyrsten sinema of arizona and gop senator john cornyn of texas, who represent states along the border, are calling for president biden to use his, quote, full authorities to respond to an ongoing crisis at the southern border. the pair sent a letter to president biden asking for him to take immediate action in two areas -- making sure there are enough resources and facilities along the border and improving the asylum process. the letter reads in part, "it is critical that our nation take aggressive steps to secure our border, protect our communities, and ensure migrants are treated fairly and humanely." the letter comes after reports surfaced that the number of migrant children being held in border patrol custody for longer than ten days has quadrupled in the past week. >>> senator cornyn, though, is facing backlash after complaining about presiden

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back to you. >> gadi schwartz in denver, thank you. the massive covid relief bill was signed into law just two days ago, but this weekend americans started receiving those checks some totaling thousands of dollars. kelly o'donnell is at the white house with when your money will arrive >> reporter: covid relief is now showing up as money in the bank and lighting up social media. $1,400 for steve martinez in san antonio. >> it was a nice surprise to see that it came so soon, and it couldn't come at a better time. >> reporter: the key to fast delivery, this first wave of direct payments going to qualified americans who filed tax returns that linked their bank accounts to the irs. >> my phone got a notification saying that the irs had direct deposited. i was on the phone with my mom. i'm like, mom, i got money. >> reporter: $5,600 for 25-year-old mom brianna raines, who is out of work in casper, wyoming. >> i have some bills that are behind obviously so those are all already caught up i got all of those caught up this morning >> reporter:

class across the state as some families celebrated the remnants of a storm they won't forget gadi schwartznbc news, denver >> and making the best of it. >>> federal authorities have arrested two men in the assault of a u.s. capitol police officer who later died officials say the men, one from pennsylvania, the other from west virginia, worked together to spray officer brian sicknick with a chemical during the capitol riot >>> in just 60 seconds, why the vatican says catholic priests cannot bless same-sex union meghan markle, and her comments about racism. >>> a major announcement today by the vatican on the church and same-sex unions in what many see as a setback keir simmons is following this, and keir, what did the vatican have to say? >> reporter: lester, the new vatican message approved by pope francis says the church cannot bless same-sex unions because the church "cannot bless sin. the language is sure to anger gay rights campaigners and disappoint gay catholics. their hopes had been raised when pope francis declared in 2013, "who am i to judge? and he approved same-sex civil unions

gadi schwartz is in arizona. >> reporter: as millions face long lines, short supplies, and obstacles of tiers and eligibility, in gila county, arizona the process couldn't be more streamlined. here any resident 18 and older can get a vaccine. >> yeah, i'm pretty lucky. >> reporter: today the county, once a hot spot with some of the highest rates of covid-19 in the country, is now one of the only places to move beyond eligibility requirements >> we have seen the effects of covid on our population we have taken care of our employees' parents. we have watched them perish we have -- you know, in a small town you take care of your own. >> reporter: the county says part of their success comes from lessons learned during last year's historic fire season >> we certainly have the same incident command structure put in place >> reporter: and because of their smaller population they were able to quickly protect their elderly and essential workers and convince the state they could continue to give out shots as quickly as they could get them. so far about 40% of adults here have received at least

>> larry schwartz was put in charge of vaccine distribution.d people across new york. recently he called officials to say are you still supportive of a governor not resigning. he did not link vaccines to this request and these calls, it put some of the officials into feeling uncomfortable. one of the officials was so disturbed to file an ethics complaint with the state attorney general saying they believe there was inappropriate use of the state officials time. >> as i understand you got a response from larry schwartz who says he never discussed the vaccines on the calls, is that right? >> yeah, he said he never discussed them on the quality, that he was just making the call as a friend of the governor. that said it is hard to extra case your role as a vaccine czar and then as friend of a governor. none of the officials that we spoke to for the story said that schwartz did not make any threat, but it left some uncomfortable because you have someone in charge of the who process also asking for political loyalty. >> yeah, and you mentioned this p

>> gadi schwartz, thank you for that reporting. we'll be coming back to you if and when more information develops tonight. we really appreciate it. thank you. >> absolutely. >>> well, in a court appearance today, george tanios' mother told a federal judge, quote, he's not a bad kid. he is 39 years old. and he is accused of assaulting capitol police officer brian sicknick who died in the hospital he was brought to after the attack on the capitol on january 6th. george tanios' mother testified in a hearing in which they hoped the judge would release george tanios. he is a good kid, he did not work. the judge said, it is hard for me to look at this as anything other than than assault on this nation's heart, and i don't think i've ever seen anything play out in a way that was more dangerous to our community and i have no question that, in your own way, mr. tanios, you chose to be part of that. prosecutors told the judge that tanios, along with his partner in his crime, julie decatur, was charged dismissing bear spray on the crowd and t

several medevac helicopters positioned nearby as tactical teams work to secure the scene nbc's gadi schwartz has late details for us >> guys, we've got an active shooter situation. >> still shooting. >> reporter: at a grocery store in boulder terror and confusion as an active shooting was captured live by a man with a camera running for cover. >> guys, there's an active shooter >> look, there's -- [ gunshot holy [ bleep ] >> we have a report of a shooting in progress kings soopers, 3600 table mesa >> reporter: parts of the video too disturbing to show depict several bodies lying in the parking lot and inside the store. >> there is no ongoing public threat. we do have a person of interest in custody. >> reporter: within minutes teams of police descended on the scene as gunfire continued to ring out. >> there's a shooter active shooter get away >> reporter: the emergency calls centering around a king soopers grocery store in a busy area reports of a man with a rifle. officers warning everyone to stay away while telling the shooter to come out. after police entered guns drawn, one man was led o

it's concerning larry schwartz.ioned that's the state's vaccine czar and a longtime friend and adviser of governor cuomo, and this reporting is that schwartz made phone calls to a number of county executives across the state to sort of get a feel for how their loyalties lie with the governor amid all of these allegations and investigations that he's currently facing. in those same conversations the reporting he was also talking about vaccine distribution. now, it bothered one county executive so much that he actually filed a notice of impending ethics complaint with the new york attorney general's office. now, cnn is still working to fully report this, but we did get a statement from governor cuomo's office, his legal counsel which i'll read it to you. any suggestion that larry acted unethically or in any way in the best interest of the new yorkers he self-lessly served is patently false and schwartz released a statement to the "new york times" saying what's being reported is simply not true. but, yes, another contr

and several med 1r5k helicopters positioned nearby as tact k58 teams worked the 150e7b nbc's gadi schwartz has late details >> reporter: at a grocery store in boulder, terror and confusion as an active shooting was captured live by a man with a camera running for cover. >> guys, there's an active shooter holy [ bleep ] >> we have a report of a shooting in progress kings soopers, 3600 table mess a >> reporter: parts of the video too of disturbing to show depict several bodies lying in the parking lot and inside the store. within minutes teams of police descended on the scene as gunfire continued to ring out. >> there's an an active shooter get away >> reporter: reports of a man with a rifle. officers warning everyone to stay away while telling the shooter to come out. after police entered guns drawn, one man was led out of the store in cuffs without a shirt or pants his leg bleeding but at this moment it's still unclear if he's a suspect as the investigation continues to unfold. gadi schwartz, nbc news >>> tonight, astrazeneca could be the next vaccine in the american arsenal against covid

joining us now is gadi schwartz, following this story every step of the way today. gadi, thank you for joining us. i've summarized what i can tell in terms of what the police have just told us, what seems unusual to me about the bare-bones nature of what they confirmed. have i gotten any of that wrong and can you advance our understanding at all in terms of what we understand about this offer the course of the last few hours? >> reporter: rachel, we're finding ourselves in a very difficult position. we saw that bare-bones press conference as you described and then we saw the entire shooting play out over a live stream. with your help, i'm going to try to navigate, without speculating in terms of what we saw with our own eyes watching that live stream and how it matches up with that press conference. i'm not sure if you picked up on it as well. you could hear reporters expressing their concern and frustration, saying it's been three hours. how do you not know how many people have died in this? then you heard the response, we don't know. so you just have to keep a cou

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the first of many hugs for sylvia schwartz having dinner with her great grandchildren again.now i can see them and. get to see me and get to know me. schwartz has her own apartment at the redwoods in mill valley in her yard or there's she could visit with family but never close or for long. until now, the two year old can't keep his hands off her. so i assume she arrived, he ran up to her and gave her the hugest tug. it just felt heavenly. so wonderful, but er her final shot. more than 59 million americans have gotten at least one vaccine dose, helping to drive down cases, hospitalizations and deaths, especially among the elderly and allowing for new guidelines. hugs should happen. infectious disease specialists are also reassured. the data shows people who are vaccinated pose virtually no transmission risk to others. this was the whole point of vaccines was to get back to close human contact. we are. primates we are social animals. we want to see each other. yeah, this is a line at the redwoods with 500 residents and staff 90% are vaccinated, so activities have resumed to be

back in those days and i walked into the governor's mansion breakfast and had a hat on and larry schwartzme to take the hat off or i wouldn't, i'd be kicked out of the governor's mansion because i was wearing a big hat. that's how they operate their petty bullying, this is how governor cuomo has operated for years and it's reached a criminal, possibly leveraging, falsifying record. now sexual harassment turned to sexual assault potentially. time to resign or face impeachment and i don't think wants to be impeached. >> i don't understand what he does. he's the kind of person, he's such a narcissistic, a storm he has to weather, it's just temporary and people will forget about. when they forget, he will be reelected to a fourth term and then run for president. i imagine that's what's going on in his mind that a sickness. that means your able to discount the pain of these women and environment you created and death, needless deaths of thousands of thousands of older new yorkers. >> a real tragedy. when you stepan people underway, they were not be the when you fall. that's what he's experienc

he steam will analyze the information provided by schwartz residence giving certain physical data habits and medical conditions at least 5000 people need to contribute to the study to get valid results and these people are the 1st to get their vaccine under this extraordinary plan 60000 people are eligible in charts and more than 75 percent of them have registered they are sighs of relief from those who have gotten their 1st job today hoping that soon they can return to a level of normality in their lives because currently nothing is normal here once you are in shots you can only leave you the negative corona test. same with the krona virus the international olympic committee has confirmed it will buy vaccines from china for competitors at this year's games but the host country japan says its athletes won't be taking any vaccination their government has approved with the summer games approaching china's elliptic committee extended a helping hand by offering additional covert $1000.00 vaccine doses for participating athletes but japan's olympic minister has rejected china's assistance so

schwartz of the congressional research service.i would like to look at three issues that have been mentioned here, that h.r. 51 violates additional clause, the admissions clause and the 23rd minute. that would be three violations. but the way to look at this issue is to look at the statute itself as the primary reference. so ms. schwartz, how many numbers are used in the district clause? >> i'm sorry, your question is how many numbers are used in the district clause? >> yes. >> there's a a provision thate district may not exceed ten miles square. >> that's number that's important to focus on you. remember look at statutory construction. is that number, ten-mile square, proceeded by words not exceeding or not less than? >> not exceeding. >> the district clause says congress shall have power to quote exercise exclusive jurisdiction in all cases whatsoever over the district, and the supreme court has held this means congress has plenary authority over the federal district. ms. schwartz, for the nine lawyers watching this hearing, and

>> the governor's office says nothing inappropriate was done, that larry schwartz was a hard-working volunteer, in fact, had lived in the governor's mansion with governor cuomo throughout this pandemic. but when they got the call, there was trepidation of a man who is calling the shots on shots in arms to bring up this complaint from the a.g. >> what about another allegation of misconduct, a reporter writing in new york magazine about her personal experience with governor cuomo. >> i think the accumulation of these allegations is him standing in line that he has not touched anybody or abused anybody, but some of these complaints have obviously gone over to verbal remarks and to inappropriate touching on the backs of arms and legs, things like that, and those things he hasn't necessarily responded to, although he said he hasn't touched anybody inappropriately, that is kind of a wide definition. so in terms of specific answers, it's been difficult to get those from mr. cuomo because he hasn't been doing a lot of media appearances. when he does do media appearances, they're on the phone

schwartz saying, quote, i did nothing wrong. i have always conducted myself in a matter commensurate to a high ethical standard. nobody indicated they were uncomfortable or they did not want to talk to me. for his part, the governor has also said he did not do anything intentionally wrong and that he would fully cooperate with the investigation. keep in mind, he is also under investigation for allegedly under-counting covid-19 nursing home deaths. jillian and ben, back to you. >>> anita, thank you very much. certainly the pressure growing on governor cuomo and quite a few different scandals at the same time. jillian: let's talk about extreme weather. a record shattering winter storm crippled the western plains with up to four feet of snow. in colorado good samaritans helped stranded drivers. the denver airport remains closed. 2,000 flights were canceled. in cheyenne, wyoming, the national weather service showed these before and after photos of the pileup of snow. some areas could see up to 50 inches. >> to march madness, gone. g

the governor's office says schwartz has been volunteering for the state for a year, and any suggestions patently false. trevor ault, abc news, albany, new york. >>> now to the growing crisis at the border. abc news has learned u.s. authorities are apprehending more than 500 unaccompanied minors a day. the biden administration has ordered fema to assist in the effort to receive and shelter and transfer migrant children with 4300 in custody. lawyers who spoke with overcrowded facilities said some go days without seeing the sun. >>> mission accomplished for another spacex falcon nine rocket. the pre-dawn launch sent 60 star link satellites into orbit. the falcon nine is the first in the spacex fleet to launch and land a record nine times. >>> and two days before st. patrick's day, history being made in ireland. >> scientists say it's the first time ever the emerald isle has been visited by a walrus. it was photographed on an island off their southwest coast. >> experts say it's likely that the walrus fell asleep on an iceberg and floated across the atlantic from the area around greenland.

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and in response to that "washington post" reporting, schwartz told the "new york times" that he wouldid response policy with political considerations. now, wolf, it's also important to mention we reached out to cuomo's office to get response to the claims made by charlotte bennett's attorney in her statement and we haven't heard back yet. >> brynn gingras in albany. thank you. we'll stay in albany and get some analysis from the albany bureau chief for the times jessie mckinley. not only did bennett spend four hours talking to the state investigators, her attorney says she provided 120 pages of documents to support her accusations. what does this mean for the case against the governor? >> well, i suspect a lot of those documents were texts that, of course, the "new york times" reported on a couple of weeks ago that charlotte had privated backing up her claims of, of the governor mentioning issues of mono nothing -- i think it shows the attorney general's investigation is taking this very seriously, being very diligent. if you're watching this from governor cuomo's camp, what happened w

it cannot be tolerated. >> harris: cuomo's office is denying schwartz tried to play politics with the next guest says he got one of those phone calls. a county executive and was a 2018 republican governor candidate in new york. great to see you today. mark. what exactly was said to you on that call? did you feel pressure? did you think it was a veiled threat? >> i'll be clear. the cuomo administration has never asked me to be loyal and they don't question what my position is. the governor ought to resign and be impeached. the calls, however, that came to democratic county executives and as president of the new york state county executive association i've talked to several of them. admittedly some have said they thought nothing of it but it was a bit disturbing to the spectrum of those who really felt this was troubling, it was a disgusting connection between political loyalty and the lifesaving efforts underway. one executive issued an ethics complaint with the new york attorney general's office. >> harris: what was in the call? >> what we know -- again, from the democratic members th

beth garvey, cuomo's acting council wrote about the schwartz phone calls any suggestion he acted anyw yorkers that he selflessly served is patently false. all this as impeachment investigation is underway in the new york state assembly. jackie: we just keep adding on the layers to this story. bryan llenas, thank you so much for that. meanwhile a spike of violence in portland is leading the mayor of that city to request two million dollars in police funding after slashing the police budget just last year. jason rantz, host of the jays son rants show is here with more. jason, great to see you. i will speak what we're seeing in new york city first. new york city saw 40% increase of murders in 2020. that was despite the fact that we were living through a pandemic. there were a lot of lockdowns, it came from the change in policy with respect to the police and what we're deeing and how we're approaching crime. you look at a city like portland has a similar situation. you say, why did you take the money away if now you need to give it back to try to beef it up again? >> yeah. i think clearl

schwartz denies any wrong doing.rence call about be covid-19 response. yesterday the white housed responded to these latest accusations. listen. >> we found them concerning about this inappropriate reported behavior. there's a number of checks in the system. we will continue to work with a range of governors including governor cuomo. >> we now also know that former aid charlotte bennett met with investigators for four hours sunday and provided more than 120 pages of records. trace, we know that basically it's a lot of interest in president biden here saying that cuomo should not resign despite the pressure. >> trace: it's notable. thanks, bryan llenas live in brooklyn. more of "the story." ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ mm. [ clicks tongue ] i don't know. i think they look good, man. mm, smooth. uh, they are a little tight. like, too tight? might just need to break 'em in a little bit. you don't want 'em too loose. for those who were born to ride there's progressive. with 24/7 roadside assistance. -okay. think i'm gonna wear these home. -