allegations. they went on to write that the governor has lost the confidence of his governing partners and the people of new york. earlier today, the governor said he will not resign, and then he dismissed politicians who believed his accusers. people know the difference between playing politics, bowing to counsel cancel culture, and the truth. politicians who don t know a single fact, but yet form a conclusion and an opinion are, in my opinion, reckless, and dangerous. because those politicians cuomo is referring to include at least 24 congressional lawmakers. if the majority of the new york delegation now calling for his resignation, including prominent democrats like representative alexander because jo cortez, jamaal bowman, house oversight chair carolyn maloney, and judiciary committee member nadler. at the repeated against the governor and the manner in which he responded had made it impossible for him to continue to govern at this point. a seventh accuser came forwa
demanding the embattled governor resign. earlier, a seventh accuser came forward to claim inappropriate behavior. she said the governor repeatedly put his hands on her body without her permission. despite this mounting pressure and the allegations, cuomo is pushing back against critics. gov. cuomo: politicians who don t know a single fact but form a conclusion and opinion are, in my opinion, reckless and dangerous. politicians take positions for all sorts of reasons. , including political expediency, and bowing to pressure. people know the difference between playing politics, bowing to cancel culture, and the truth. i m not going to resign. i was not juan: greg, you just heard the statement. he said people are being reckless. he s also, he s also saying they are playing cancel culture. does he have a point? greg: not at all. cancel culture is when images or words of the past or present are judged by the progressive left s current standards of acceptable behavior
i need you. i need you to get vaccinated when it s your turn and when you can find an opportunity. and to help your family, your friends, your neighbors gets vaccinated as well. here s the point. if we do all this, if we do our part, if we do this together, by july the 4th, there s a good chance you, your family and friends will be able to get together in your backyard or neighborhood and have a cookout and barbecue and celebrate independence day. that doesn t mean large events with lots of people together, but it does mean small groups will be able to get together. after this long, hard year, that will make this independence day something truly special, where we mark our independence as a nation, but we begin to mark or independence from this virus. president biden announcing last night his goal of 100 million shots in 100 days will be met and beaten. when i came into office, you may recall i set a goal that many of you set was kind of way over the top. i said i intended
nearly $2 trillion covid relief plan into law, meaning millions of dollars will flow into bank accounts and the hands of americans. another 12,000 americans filed for first-time unemployment claims, lost their jobs just last week. tonight s prime time speech is a new time for the president. look behind with sorrow, look ahead with hope. we re one year into the start of the new world. sports stopped, offices and schools began closing. the world health organization one year ago today called covid-19 a pandemic. one year. nearly 30 million cases here in the states, 118 million plus globally, soon to be 530,000 american deaths. the president will outline his two-track path to post-pandemic life tonight. a spring surge in the covid vaccine rollout and a surge in economic help to families, small businesses and to schools. but the president s hope does come with a messaging challenge. telling folks if there are ball games or a family picnic coming up, mask up and be extra careful ju
everything we had in this bill. and i believe, and i think most people do as well, this historic legislation is about rebuilding the backbone of this country and giving working people in this nation, middle class folks a fighting chance. that s what the essence of it is. now, this signing today comes exactly one year after the world health organization declared the covid-19 outbreak a pandemic that has since claimed nearly 530,000 american lives. it has crippled the economy and really changed life as we all know it. tonight, the president will assess where the country has been and chart our path forward in his very first prime time address. and our cnn senior white house correspondent phil mattingly is with me with more on that in just a second. but we know the president was initially planning on signing this thing into law tomorrow. why the change? they got the bill. [ laughter ] simple as that. without wandering down the rabbit hole of enrollment and engrossment pro