just a few months ago and said you can t register people. you can t vote on weekends during the runoff, and you can t give water from non-partisan volunteers to people who have stood in line for five hours, six hours like the people we met when we were down there for a field hearing. what the for the people does and your question is can we focus it on what really matters in these states to get at all of these heinous things that are going on to stop people from voting? my answer is yes. and that is what we re doing right now with senator manchin. and let me be very clear, he has publicly said that he supports the disclose act to focus on the dark money in our politics, the gerrymandering, and then also what i am working on right now is to make sure that all of the voting rights from mail-in balloting to early registration to making sure that what happened in georgia, which will be a new part of our bill, that you can t have state
women who stepped forward but really for all women and for all victims and survivors of sexual abuse because what it felt like was happening was the governor was attempting to really en gaslight new yorkers as to what the report had said. the report was independent. i m sure we ll get to that. it was very thorough. and that was probably one of the most disappointing but really one of the most sad moments of the day today.er i want to read something that you shared because i think it s all connected, what one woman does in speaking out can often a inspire someone who hasn t done so yet. so, i hope you ll understand that s the spirit in which i m reading this. y this is something that you describe in new york magazine in march about a run-in at a wedding after you had left hisat office to run for your seat in the state senate. he says, hi, alessandra and pulls me in and kisses me twicei he s holding on to my arm and he
i think at this point in time it is very wise for the governor to heed the calls of not only democrats but many different leaders across our government who are calling for this governor to resign. but i do not believe that he will. he is still fighting. i believe people fight even if he s removed from office because this is the essence of who andrew cuomo is. i think at the end of the day the most important thing is that new york has someone in place, has a leader that is strong, that is able to lead this state because i m sure it s not lost on anybody that we re also still working through covid recovery. so, we have a lot to do, and i think we need somebody at the helm who really respects new yorkers and takes seriously their job in a way that does not cause harm to any other person moving forward. new york state senator alessandra biaggi we re really grateful you made time tonight. when we come back, the fight for voting rights continues. senator amy klobuchar will join us with
their deaths ruled suicide. president trump supporters continue to stoke conspiracy theories about that day. and as we continue to learn new details about the former president s efforts to overturn the election. abc news is reporting just over a week before the insurrection, one of president trump s doj officials tried to get the acting attorney general to sign off on a letter urging georgia s governor to investigate and potentially overturn joe biden s victory in that state. top justice officials refused to sign off on the request, but abc news has obtained emails detailing the plot. every day it becomes clear that to fully understand what happened on january 6th, we have to look beyond the events of that day. the riot did not materialize out of thin air. its impact on our country and its impact on our first
volunteers to people who have stood in line for five hours, six hours like the people we met when we were down there for a field hearing. what the for the people does and your question is can we focus it on what really matters in these states to get at all of these heinous things that are going on to stop people from voting? my answer is yes. and that is what we re doing right now with senator manchin. and let me be very clear, he has publicly said that he supports the disclose act to focus on the dark money in our politics, the gerrymandering, and then also what i am working on right now is to make sure that all of the voting rights from mail-in balloting to early registration to making sure that what happened in georgia, which will be a new part of our bill, that you can t have state legislatures usurping the power of local election officials. those are the things we re talking about, and we are very close to getting an agreement on a time bill. an agreement among whom,