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With 32 people in a van meant for 10. and they had 10 migrants who died when it went off the road. >> harris: i was just home in arizona in that heat. it was 113 or 115 when i was down there. that heat is real and you call it right. a pressure cooker and you have the added health dangers of covid inside those cramped environments. you open those doors, those people arent wearing masks, you have mask spread there. im curious to know how do you see an impeachment process going against the dhs secr...

Seamless. >> she said shes intent on leaving the controversy behind. her husband is general counsel, senior vice president and secretary of the buffalo-based hospitality and gaming company delaware north and could be >> so thats the same plan? >> we were reexamining it to see if theres anything that would change with my responsibilities changing. >> reporter: and in that one-on-one interview i had with hochul after that news conference i asked her does she think the governor should be impeached ...

Wrongdoing have you made any deal with governor cuomo to pardon him should he be charged criminally? >> absolutely not. that did not come up in any conversation. >> reporter: raised in buffalo, hochul has served at all levels of government, but was never part of cuomos inner circle >> i think its pretty clear, and its no secret that we have not been close. >> reporter: cuomos resignation has not stopped the impeachment process. if convicted, he could be barred from seeking statewide office again...

Should he be charged criminally? >> absolutely not. that has not come up in any conversation. >> reporter: raised in buffalo, hochul served in several parts of government but was never part of cuomos inner circle. >> i think its no secret that we have not been close. >> reporter: the resignation has not stopped the impeachment process. >> our thanks to ann thompson for that report. the russian government is trying to sideline alexei navalny from upcoming elections. they announced new charges a...

We have not been close. >> reporter: cuomos resignation has not stopped the impeachment process. if convicted he could be barred from seeking statewide office again. >> so let me ask you, katty, what you think about the incoming acting governor, kathy hochul. shell have an election ahead of her if she decides to run next year but distancing herself obviously trying to turn the page from governor cuomo. >> shes savvy enough to say the first thing is shes not governor andrew cuomo. whether or not ...

Senior vice president and secretary of the buffalo-based hospitality and gaming company delaware north and could be impacted by his wifes calls being made from the executive office >> i have a policy in place since i was lieutenant governor. >> thats >> and in that one-on-one interview i had after that news conference, i asked her does she think the governor should be impeached? or was his resignation enough? and hochul said that she isnt in a position to comment on that, or interfere with the p...

You were relieved it has happened, however, you said resignation is not accountability. you want that impeachment process to continue to go forward. one of your fears is that resignation does not prevent andrew cuomo from running from office again. >> thats right. thank you very much for having me tonight, ali. first, i want to say the governor resigning today was a shock to me like it was to many people watching the press conference or who had heard about it thereafter. and the important part o...

During the governors final words at his press conference yesterday the governor made very clear that he thought this was a political hit job, that he did not want the assembly to further investigate and impeach him because we should not waste our time and resources. i want to remind everyone the reason that we are in this position is because of the behavior of andrew cuomo. >> so a couple follow-ups from your answer. you talk about how its important in your belief for the state to move forward a...

Together articles of impeachment to remove. well, if hes resigned, hes already removed. so, perhaps there is no need to further go through an impeachment process. >> the only advantage of doing the impeachment from certain perspectives is that this would potentially bar him from seeking re-election at some point getting back into politics down the road. he will be barred from holding statewide office, right? >> well, actually it would bar him. but quite honestly, i dont know how that would be an...

Not going to resign. hes not going to resign because he also said something hes a fighter. im a fight but then it turned into, you know, im going to resign. i dont want this impeachment process to take up more time, money, effort with new yorkers and im going to step aside. one key thing that happened actually over the weekend on sunday was the resignation of melissa derosa, his top aide, the woman who has spent -- if you watched every single briefing last year, if you were in the room like myse...