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Had this sort of bullish personality where he doesnt want to give up a fight. we could see the governor impeached, possibly. >> there was nobody who watched his pretaped response today who planned to do anything but fight this. he denied everything. cynthia, we heard cuomo address a few accusers in those comments and one of them, charlotte bennett spoke to nora odonnell. >> do you think hes gaslighting you? >> absolutely. hes trying to justify himself by making me out to be someone who cant tell...

Harassment. >> its upsetting. >> it is upsetting, and its disturbing that, even after months of investigations, he still cant accept the facts that he knows are true, and instead would use my background as a survivor and an advocate for survivors as if that means i cannot understand when im being sexually harassed. im not confused. its not confusing. >> several of the accusers have said they felt outraged when the governor said things like "i never touched anyone inappropriately" at that famous ...

>> turning back to the breaking news on new york governor andrew cuomo. we are hearing new reaction today from some of the accusers and their attorneys. nbc kate snow is with us on the women who stepped forward. >> geoff, the harassment allegations from these women range from offensive comments to inappropriate touching to inappropriate comments, and many are saying they are speaking out after years of feeling powerless to do so. >> reporter: and charlotte bennett says that the governor should b...

Hard for the governor to stay. there are people today that dont imagine him resigning because of the fact that he has this bush personality where he doesnt want to give up a fight. but we could see the governor impeached. >> there was nobody who watched his pre-taped response today who thought that he planned to do anything but fight this. he denied absolutely everything, cynthia, we heard cuomo directly addressed a few accusers in those prove recorded comments and one of them charlotte bennett ...

Reconciliation bill thats coming. one thing the white house is not thrilled about is having to wade into the situation in new york state with governor cuomo. we heard biden yesterday, cuomo, biden, long-term allies, i would not call it a full throated call for cuomo to resign. he says the pressure is going to be immense on cuomo. how do you see this playing out. >> first, the president said one word, then three or four years. im asking about the crazy hug defense, the fact that he put out a mont...

Credibility of the accusers when their stories and their testimony corroborated, is laid out very plainly in the report. governor cuomo is a different sort of character. he is by nature defiant and aggressive. and so i expected him frankly to respond in this way, but it doesnt mean he will survive politically because of that. i just think this is untenable. 11 women on the record detailing their interactions with the governor. it is hard to see how you survive that way. >> including a state troo...

Point. the dwrgovernor of new york wou have to relinquish his power to the lieutenant governor. if thats where were heading, thats a key distinction between a state like new york has covid-19 and the delta variant to grapple with. >> you hit all the questions that i want to ask, but i want to delve deeper. i think its important for our viewers, elie honig is with us. its important for our viewers to know the governor had a chance to make his case to these independent investigators. we were told ...

You cant come in as a defendant and say, hey, listen, i didnt assault this one woman by putting my hand up her blouse because i kiss a lot of people on the forehelad. that wouldnt be allowed as a matter of evidence. that slide show is for the political side of things saying, hey, it is just me, in the way you might here in the 19d70s or so, dont worry about it, i just like to pat a woman on the behind but it has no meaning. >> john, let me come to you not just on the accusations of sexual harass...

In an elevator standing behind the trooper, he ran his finger from her neck down her spine and said, hey you. another time she was standing holding doort open for the governor. as he passed, he took his open hand and ran it across her stomach from her belly button to where the hip where she keeps her gun. >> we have more now. lets talk about what the fallout has been. reaction is coming fast and swift from various political corners of the world. >> it absolutely is. and from many prominent democ...

Clear where he stands if these allegations are true and confirmed in the investigation as they were, yes, he should resign. i anticipate hearing the same thing today in the press surmounting more and more. >> sandra: head of the democratic caucus is now among the other democrats that have spoken out about this matter and obviously calling for the resignation of andrew cuomo, elise stefanik one of the lawmakers saying "must impeach immediately." we may get her to join us in just a moment. but so ...