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attorney general, and susan del percio who also served as special adviser to governor cuomo. >> ron allen, susan del percio, tom winter, let me start with you about the accusations and the way he tried to re-cast them today. let's fact check him and his attorney who preceded him before we get into the politics of it. >> sure, andrea. a couple of things. this is the first time we heard the governor address specifically the allegations made against him in that independent report released by the attorney general's office as it pertained to trooper number 1. this is a member of his protective detail who she says was the subject of, rather, sexual harassment and claims in statements made by the governor about her attire and about her dress and about the idea that she was going to be married and that will result in a reduction in her sex drive according to the report. on top of that, she also said he touched her inappropriately at times. the governor addressed it and made several statements that i want to fact check, as you said. first off, that he was upset about the lack of diversity in the p

we're joined now by susan del percio. susan, good to see you. thanks for joining us on this.'s the exact conversation i've been having with so many of my friends about this. and a lot of women that i know that i've worked in politics specifically, you wrote, did i see the governor bully government officials? absolutely. was he a demanding and at times an unreasonable boss? you bet he was. was this anything i have not seen before? nope. but instead, part of a pattern i had witnessed repeatedly throughout my 30 years in the business. i have literally had, susan, this exact conversation with other women in saying you saw it happening every single day and yet you thought to yourself, well, this is just how it is. in a way, it was normalized. >> it was normalized. that's why when we started seeing what happened with the me too movement, you had women from every industry saying, yes, i understand that. i understand working in fear of retaliation. i understand bullying. and i was -- i say in the piece, i was somewhat lucky. i considered the harassment i had to deal with pretty minor

. >> indeed, susan del percio, let's talk about that political fallout. all eyes will be on senator schumer and senator gillibrand. and she's been leading on these issues in terms of al franken. you can expect that anything that they say and president biden will be very, very important. >> absolutely. and we know the two senators have already called for governor cuomo to resign. as a matter of fact, there are several officials who have kept their mouth shut while the investigation continued, but this is certainly going to put a lot more pressure, like you mentioned on president biden, but the political fallout is going to have huge repercussions all over the place, and i have to say, someone who worked in that office, i know how toxic that environment was, and how frightened people would be to speak out against the governor or even to his face, but the fact that a state trooper testified and as one of your guests said earlier, someone who carries a gun was sexually harassed by the governor still has me shaking just an hour after hearing it. >> pete willia

susan del percio is a republican strategist. both are msnbc political analysts.sus results were released, and it is a telling picture of what redistricting will look like and how it will impact voting rights. america has become more diverse in its racial makeup, with asian, hispanic, and black populations showing an increase in population. urban areas and left-leaning cities are also -- they saw a boom in population as typically white, red-leaning, rural areas showed a decline. however, when it comes to redistricting, republicans will still get to draw 187 maps. democrats will get 84. how will this impact voter turnout come next election? >> look, rev, i honestly hope that black, hispanic, and api voters are standing in the power they create for these states because it's the growth within their populations that prompted these additional congressional seats. when standing in that power, we're going to see a larger turnout, but on the flip side, republican-led state legislatures hold the pan on redistricting in key states like texas, florida, and north carolina, wh

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juanita tolliver is a democratic strategist and susan del percio is a republican strategist.. let's start in afghanistan. where already a deadly terrorist attack killed 13 american soldiers and more than 170 afghan civilians with dozens more injured. here's what the president had to say in the aftermath. watch this. >> to those who carried out this attack, as well as anyone who wishes america harm, know this. we will not forgive. we will not forget. we will hunt you down and make you pay. i'll defend our interests in our people with every measure at my command. >> u.s. forces didn't waste any time, killing an isis-k fighter believed to be involved in planning a future attack last night. in a drone strike he was killed, and still the president is holding to the august 31st deadline, even as the pace of evacuations shows no signs of slowing. susan, is this the right approach? >> it is, mostly because the president drew the line in the sand right off the bat when there was a lot of concern about the logistics of how we were getting out early on, which was basically on both sides

susan del percio, msnbc political analyst, veteran political strategist she served for a time as a special adviser to andrew cuomo. doctor irwin redlener, founding director of columbia international center for disaster preparedness who advises us on public health, also a professor of pediatrics at albert einstein college of medicine. good evening, welcome to you all. mr. rocker i would like to begin with you. what are you hearing from the white house deprived as they were feeling like today was a big victory given all else that has been going on? >> well, brian, it was a big victory and you saw president biden pausing their during the day to celebrate it. note that bipartisanship is alive and well on that one bill, but there is also simultaneously the three and a half trillion dollar budget bill that is moving through notably without any bipartisanship. the republican opposition to that spending package is unified and fierce and it means that the democrats will have to push it through using the process known as reconciliation, where they would just have that 50 plus one majority in the sen

and susan del percio msnbc political analyst and a veteran political strategist.ood evening, thank you to you both. don, former vice president mike pence today join today all of it piling on biden, some of it a olympic cold train lighting version of gaslighting, and re-whiting history. but who do we see about that? >> immigrants game of things, at this point, mike pence's opinion is about as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle. i don't understand that he -- i mean this is a position that the administration came up with. this administration came -- and joe biden followed through on it. we can debate the wisdom of joe biden following through on it, and i do think that we should give joe biden a little bit of credit with the thoughtfulness and the planning are not going at it unilaterally as we thought he probably did when he decided at the beginning. but at the end of the day, this is trump pence policy. if they were still in office, they would be defending it to the fullest. whatever he has to say, who really cares. mitch mcconnell's opinion actually matters becau

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republican strategist and msnbc political analyst susan del percio who worked for governor cuomo., she announced she was naming two women to take high ringing positions in the executive branch in albany, setting a tone, giving reasons for which cuomo had to leave. what's the reaction on the ground, what's the mood entering a new administration? >> i would say if you sum it up in one phrase, chris, it would be a new day. two weeks in coming. plenty of notice. there's a palpable sense of relief that the scandals of andrew cuomo were moved aside, people can get on with the business of governing new york state. there's plenty to do, starting with covid and uncertain economy and getting kids back to school and back to school safely in the middle of what seems to be an unending pandemic. kathy hochul takes the office of governor well prepared. she has been in local politics all her life. comes from buffalo area and says she is ready to lead. this afternoon, we will hear just exactly what her vision will be when she speaks to people of new york at 3:00 this afternoon. >> susan del percio

let's continue now with susan del percio, a republican strategist and msnbc political analyst, and valencia johnson, a political stramthist and former senior adviser to the biden campaign. good to have you both with us. and susan, let me start with you with regards to our holiday plans. what is your sense of how bipartisan this bill, at least the one we're working on tonight, will remain as we go through the rest of the process of potentially making it law? >> well, i think it will stay that way, at least through the senate. the only thing that works against bipartisanship is time. and while i think it's tuesday morning or tuesday night or monday that this passes the senate, that's a lot of time to go by for the house to approve it and vote on it in mid to late september. so that will be difficult. but i also believe that nancy pelosi will not let too much more time go by once they're back in session in september at the house because she wants to deliver this for joe biden and there will be enough bipartisan support. we know that from house republicans. for them to hit the number. now, when

>> alencia johnson susan del percio good to have you with you. coming up, it's one thing if the anna me of my friend's my friend. what happens if the key to my friend's being the enemy of your enemy. all this talk about how to protect your enemy from today's politics. florida's pediatric hospitals are getting overwhelmed with covid-19. why is the governor leading the fight to ban school mask mandates? we will discuss it with the straits agriculture committee nikki fried who's looking to unseat governor desantis. josh is with. us good sunday to. you some of the stories we're watching the chicago police officer was killed on another was critically hurt after a shooting during a traffic stop saturday night. two suspects are in custody after that incident. it's not clear what's set off the incident. the head of the world health organization called for a moratorium on administering covid-19 booster vaccines, until the end of september. the moratorium hopes to help low-income countries with administering shots. w.h.o. officials say the science is unpro

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and susan del percio, a veteran republican strategist. great to see you all tonight. eugene, this is new poll out finding that there is a 12% drop in joe biden's approval rating when it comes to handling covid. 53% approved, now 65% it was in may. since january, the biden white house has become entwined with the whole premise, right? of handling the pandemic. in fact, even before it, he ran on it. what do they do now at the white house? >> what do that is the number onet they saw when they walked into the door. it was the first big bill that was signed and they have talked about the covid relief plan over and over again. they know this is the thing to have to get over -- under control. if you talk to folks, even behind the scenes, they don't seem scared. they feel really sober about what's happening right now, and what that means for their political future. they also try to keep politics out of it. i know that sounds polyamorous when you're talking about that, they are talking about what the doctors are saying. they talk about delta from the viewpoint of what science

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susan del percio, thank you so much for sharing this with us and joining us this hour. >>> that wraps up the hour for me, everybody. i'm yasmin vossoughian. i'll be back here tomorrow, don't worry, 3:00 p.m. eastern. reverend al sharpton and "politicsnation" begins right now. >>> good evening and welcome to a road edition of "politicsnation." i'm in martha's vineyard. more details on why later in the show. because tonight's lede, waiting to exhale. right now our senate has voted to advance the process on president biden's bipartisan infrastructure proposal. 67 voting yes on progressing the legislation forward. 27 voting no. now comes more debate. this after the vice president made a last-minute visit to capitol hill this afternoon, meeting with democratic senators to show support for the president's plan. and in the house, democrats are pushing their revised version of the voter protection bill named after the late john lewis, hoping to see a vote by early september. of course, the nationwide assault on the vote by state republicans will not abate in that time. case in point, texas, w

susan del percio, msnbc political analyst. she served as a special adviser to andrew cuomo. founding director of columbia's national center for disaster preparedness who advises us on public health and professor of pediatrics. good evening and welcome to you all. mr. rucker, i would like to begin with you, what are you hearing from the white house deprived as they were of feeling like today was a big victory, given all else that's going on? >> well, brian, it was a big victory and you saw president biden pausing there during the day to celebrate it. and note that bipartisanship is alive and well on that one bill. but there is also simultaneously the 3 1/2 trillion dollar budget bill that's moving through notably without any bipartisanship. the republican opposition to that spending package is unified and fierce and it means the democrats are going to have to push it through using the process known as reconciliation where they would just have that 50 plus 1 majority in the senate to get it passed. there are tensions within the democratic party on capitol hill among progressiv

tom winters, susan del percio, good to see you both. >>> overnight the senate passed a $3.5 trillion printing. it's a sweeping expansion of the social safety net. the party line vote of 50-49 came just before 4:00 in the morning. earlier in the morning the senate passed the bipartisan infrastructure bill. let's bring in sam stein and white house correspondent for pbs news hour and msnbc contributor, yamiche alcindor. obviously president biden was happy with the bipartisan package that went through. and he got 69 votes, got some republicans to hop on board as well. >> that's right. president biden took multiple victory laps yesterday. you could hear in his voice the joy and really he was pointing out what he sees as really a bill that is going to fundamentally change american life. he said this is a generational investment in infrastructure. he talked about the idea that this is going to transform american life. he also harkened back to his own legacy and the reason why he won and the reason why he ran in the first place, talking about this idea that he wanted to run on bipartisanship

susan del percio, msnbc political analyst, and david jolly, former congressman from florida and msnbcke. we have cases surging, in fact in many of the lawmakers' districts, and this is how they choose to lead by example? >> well, they're not leading, and it will take deaths to make their actions change. do not forget there's about 60 members, republican members, of the house who are not vaccinated. it is very likely at least one of them will get sick, if you start looking at the facts that are out there. wearing masks are a way of preventing people from getting sick. yes, i wear a seat belt. it doesn't mean i can't go 150 miles on the highway. you need to do both. you need to get vaccinated. you showed in your last couple of segments, alex, texas and florida. their hospitals are being overrun, so it will not just be people with covid going in who will die as a result of not having care but it will be those who have a heart attack or need lifesaving measures. and that, sadly, is probably the only thing that will wake these legislators up. >> sadly indeed. texas legislative -- rather, t

susan del percio, republican strategist and msnbc political analyst, and david jolly, former congressman from florida and msnbc contributor. david, your reaction to that. i mean, everybody we have been talking to today says of course we have a critical mission at hand there. there can be plenty of finger pointing later. at this point, does it matter who's to blame? >> no, given the human events occurring in afghanistan, and with the implications for our domestic security here at home, look, i think it's important to be dispassionate about this. we have one president at a time. our president is joe biden. the buck stops with him. you can make the case very strongly, he inherited a very bad situation. but joe biden is the united states president today. he is the one who made the call. he's the one who bears responsibility. the question is, are there real political implications for what is a now disaster that is occurring in afghanistan with the rise of the taliban? this is not an issue that might influence voters. the taliban elevating back to authority in afghanistan. but look, seven mont

host and producer of show time circus, and the hell and high water recount john heldman, and susan del percio. john, i would like to start with you! susan's the expert here. your thoughts, i'm focused now on hearing more and understanding more about the governor's response, this video he put out, and also his brother's involvement. is it a sign that there are still no boundaries for this governor or is that insignificant? >> good morning, guys. you know, i think that the starting point is i think with this whole thing is where, and we're seeing now the chickens coming home to roost on something we saw when this scandal broke. we talked about it on this show a fair amount. governor cuomo has -- has been a powerful figure in new york politics for a long time, but the power he accrued was driven by strong man kind of an ethos. he did not build coalitions. he did not generate a lot of warmth or loyalty among democrats. when the dam started to crack, you realized that most democrats in the official hierarchy, i don't mean voters but the democratic party was quick to abandon him. this guy is not wo