troops in a stirring speech and if i wasn t listening careful, i thought you were sending soldiers off to war. john: let s get to it. with us, host of media buzz, howie kurtz. great to see you. is this a case of be careful how high a pedestal you put someone on? they may have a long way to fall? yeah, the trap the media natural into when they build up a super hero and turns out what goes on away from the television cameras is different. andrew cuomo with lionized with the media. he was the anti-trump. now after the nursing home scandal, this devastating report by the state and attorney general of concluding that the governor sexually harassed 11 women. the entire media establishment has turned on him forgetting all of the praise that was heaped on him 16 or so months ago.
with her. that he tries to mentor her. just the mind games that this guy was playing. the most telling thing for me though was the state trooper. there was a sign this young female assigned to his security detail, someone willing to take a bullet for him, he touched her inappropriately. he asked for kisses on multiple occasions and then the commander, the person that s over the security detail, she says she felt like in combination with the governor, they tried to intimidate her and tried to silence her. this shows you that this is very systemic within the cuomo administration. it s not just when it comes to these accusers but even the folks who came forward when it came to the nursing home scandal, they felt like they were intimidated as well. we heard some of the audiotape. steve: what a stunning fall from grace. a little more than a year ago where he was on tv every day talking about covid. and people were saying, you know, maybe he should run for president and not joe biden. joe bi
referring to. republicans tell me they look at cuomo and god, there is a leader. i heard you had a crush on andrew cuomo. everyone does, right? he is fantastic. you exposed a lot of your own vulnerabilities. the topic about you is your love life. you have been commended for clear and calm leadership. we re grateful across the country there are responsible leaders stepping up, one of them provided clear direction and memorable power points, new york s governor andrew cuomo. sandra: so many memorable moments there, joe. that media coverage particularly as the nursing home scandal came out that got him a $5 million book deal. a book he released in the middle of a pandemic. he can t leave soon enough. sandra: not to mention we haven t talked that his brother appeared to have helped draft the defense he delivered publicly at 1:00 eastern time. joe, by the way, you are our
as quickly as possible. sean: i know you lost your mother and father-in-law with the nursing home scandal and you have been outspoken in demanding accountability because it was straight up, according to a whistle-blower if you want to use that term, they purposely hid the numbers that they knew were coming in and rather than admit the policy was bad, he signed a book deal. now the biden doj has led all of these governors, witmer, murphy and others off the hook. both off the hook, but especially in this case, new york. i have not spoken to you since your reaction to that, in your reaction to today? i ve always said i don t care what ultimately brings this governor down, and to the brave women who told their story to attorney general letitia james and the investigators, my hats off to them, that was a very