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Aside and let government get back to governing. >> his resignation takes effect in 14 days. that announcement comes exactly a week after the new york attorney general released her report that alleges he sexually harassed 11 women. the governor though is still defiant. he says the most serious allegations have no credible factual basis in that report, and were getting some reactions now as you would expect. the white house says that the governors resignation is what president biden has called and...

Me now. we understand you are getting reaction from some of the accusers attorneys. what are you hearing? >> reporter: yeah, you know, listen, there is a sense of relief from many of the accusers. we expect to hear more as the day goes on and as they try to get their emotions in check and figure out how they feel about it. we are getting a few so far from two women. these are two of the women named in the report, alyssa mcgrath and then another woman who was new to the report, ms. leonides. in t...

Opposed to past administrations. take a listen to this. >> i dont think you know how much the public respects and admires you. you are saving american lives every day. and we have your back, believe me. we have your backs 100%. not like the old days. >> theres the president saying ive got your back, not like past administrations. while he was talking about the fight against ms-13. he also then shifted into a little bit personal dig at mayor big de blasio of new york city, one of the main sanctua...

Involving governor cuomo, big de blasio and who met personally with then president-elect donald trump who asked him to stay on. he told reporters he agreed to stay on. jeff sessions had also asked him to. thats the one that was the most surprising because hes not being exempted in this request for a resignation. what that means for those cases remains to be seen and in terms of the timing of why they did it now, ive heard from two white house officials who said theyve been planning on this for a...

Listen. >> theyre there right now because of weak political leadership, weak leadership, weak policing and in many cases because the police werent allowed to do their job. ive met police that are great police that arent allowed to do their job because they have a pathetic mayor or a mayor that doesnt know whats going on. >> so you have the president blaming sanctuary cities and really the last few years for somehow this large resurgence of ms-13. when we asked the administration for data as to p...

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