>> a joint statement from others say it is clear that governor cuomo has lost the confidence of his governing partners. >> i did not do what has been alleged. >> it is unacceptable. the governor must resign. ♪ this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. live look at the white house here where there was a celebration of the passage of the relief plan. president biden is now in wilmington, delaware. we'll talk about that plan in just a moment. but we're going to start in new york, despite the calls for some of new york's top democratic lawmakers, dr. andrew cuomo is defying calls to resign. he says he will not bow to cancel culture. >> senator majority leader chuck schumer and senator kirsten gillibrand are the latest to call for him to resign. staying it's clear that governor cuomo has lost the confidence of his governing partners and people of new york. >> senators schumer and gillibrand join the majority calling for the governor to step aside. as for the governor, he says he wants the public to hold their judgment until the investigations have been completed. let's bring in cnn's polo sandoval following the latest on governor cuomo. what else is the governor saying about the increasing calls for him to resign? >> reporter: well, victor, adding to that, governor andrew cuomo says the accusations of harassments should be heard but also at the same time says he's innocent of any misconduct. he's also doubling down on his position that he will not step down from his position as governor. this is what he had to say during his latest press conference. >> i did not do what has been alleged, period. look, it's very simple, i never harassed anyone. i never abused anyone. i never assaulted anyone. now -- and i never would, right? >> reporter: we don't get new allegations from a growing list of women describing unsettling encounters with the governor. going back a few months. also, at the same time, we've also heard new accounts, at least an additional one just yesterday from a former state house reporter claiming that she was touched by the governor without her consent here. and this amid a growing list of democrats that are calling for the governor's resignation. they are simply too many to mention. you can see them for yourself here. multiple not only at the state level. but also in washington, d.c., including very powerful senators, democratic senators as well, including chuck schumer who calls these not only multiple allegations but also credible as well. guys, back to you. >> polo sandro value for us in new york. thanks so much. let's bring in new york senator elijah melnyk. governor, how are you? >> i'm well. >> let's go to the call for the call to resign, attorney general letitia james has been for two weeks now and you've elevated your concern that the governor cannot continue in his office, why? >> because he's lost the people of the state of new york. he's certainly lost the trust of the new york state legislature of which i serve. we've got 75% of democratic state senate conference is calling on him to resign. and it's very hard for the state to help dealing with the crises, with covid, the state budget coming up and all of these other things while he's facing these allegations, not just of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior, but related to the handling of the nursing home scandal as well. >> i want to stay on the investigation and let's listen to a bit of the news conference. this is governor cuomo. >> people of new york should not have confidence in a politician who takes a position without any knowing any facts or substance. >> so, two weeks ago, you released a statement calling for a thorough investigation. and let me read it. in light of the deeply troubling recent accounts from lindsey boylan and now from charlotte bennett, i support an independent investigation into allegations of sexual harassment by the governor, accusations of sexual harassment and assault must be taken seriously and thoroughly investigate today that facts can be known. again, this investigation has just started. you're now calling for the governor to resign without getting the facts that you called for. >> yeah, so, i think what we've learned since then, there were not just one or two women who have alleged behavior. so, now we're up to about seven or eight people who have alleged behavior. and i think, again, you have to set this -- this is not just about the sexual harassment allegations. this is also about the fact that the governor has senior staff admit that they misled the public and they misled the legislature. report about the extent of the death toll in nursing homes in new york last year. reports the media has shown were doctored, were censored before they were released to the public. so, i think it's about much more than just the sexual harassment allegations. so when i issued a statement on sunday calling on him to resign, i made a point to say it's an overlapping set of scandals that we really are looking at. this isn't just one. >> but, that, too is being investigated, right? >> they're all being investigated, but this is not a court of law. this is a question of which you effectively run a state when you've lost the trust and confidence of the government and partners in government. i would argue that you cannot. of course, you're innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. nobody is suggesting that he be tried for anything at this point and that would be the necessity for a full investigation. but to govern, you need the confidence of people you're working with in government. and you need the confidence of residents of your state. and i think he's lost both. >> you are the state lawmaker who i quoted in a conversation with errol louis last hour in which you told "the washington post," he doesn't have a lot of friends in the legislature. he has spent years making enemies. what degree of this is that? >> it's hard for me to say, i'm new to the state legislature. i was elected last year and serving my third month on the job. but i've certainly spoken to many of my colleagues. some of this isn't even inside baseball, you can find it out by reading the newspaper in new york. his style has been characterized by bullying, by aggression, by basically just pleasuring anybody who isn't with him all the time and making them an enemy. it's very much like we saw from former president trump, unfortunately, someone i opposed strongly and you see this kind of behavior with governor cuomo. not just the legislature, but in the public. he's faced primary challenges every time he's run. he's been successful because he certainly did at that point maintain the confidence of voters. but it speaks to the fact, you don't see a lot of successful democratic governors facing strong primary challenges every election. he's always had -- always had some concerns with voters. >> governor cuomo says that he will not resign. we just showed the list -- the growing list of the members of the new york delegation who now call for him to resign, you and many others in state government have called for him to resign. what is the plausibility of impeachment, do you think? >> so, i think it remains to be seen. the assembly would need to initiate, i understand they've set up their judiciary committee and empowered it to begin investigation that could lead that direction. i hope that he will see the writing on the wall, though. because, again, when you have lost three quarters of the legislature, i think about 80% of the congressional delegation, our two senators and countless other people have said this is the time to step down for the good of new york state so we can focus on everything else we have at hand. my hope is he will see the handwriting on the wall and realize there's more at stake than his own ambition. >> thank you for your time, sir. >> thank you. stay with us because president biden is giving independence a whole new meaning. he's setting that day as a target for getting the country back to some sense of normalcy. plus, the massive covid rescue bill has been signed into law now. how long until you can expect to see some of those tax credits. and to see the stimulus? 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>> reporter: well, victor, the president now turns his focus on implementing this very large covid relief bill, as he said yesterday in the rose garden, the devil are in the details. >> it's one thing to pass the american rescue plan. it's going to be another thing to implement it. it's going to require fastidious oversight to make thur sure the no waste or fraud. and the law does what it's designed to do. and i mean, we have to get this right. details matter because we have to build confidence in the american people that their government can function for them and deliver. >> reporter: now, victor, a few things are going to happen in the next few days to make this happen. on monday, the white house will hold an event on implementation, president biden said that he will choose someone to oversee that process. but again, it's going to be a big job, because as i said, this is a big bill. this week, we will see president biden on really a victory tour, both to educate americans on how they stand to benefit from this bill, but also to promote it. right now, this bill is popular. and the white house wants to keep it this way. so, we will see president biden, vice president harris, and really top surrogates going from places like georgia and pennsylvania all to spread this message. and, of course, the closest thing, as you said, vic victor, #stimi that's going to be hitting the bank accounts starting this weekend. >> people are sending me, they are tagging me not only. and the pictures they show online of their stimulus being zb deposited. up next, european countries carving their astrazeneca rollouts. we'll tell you why. visible is wireless that doesn't play games. no surprise fees, legit unlimited data for as little as $25 a month. and the best part, it's powered by verizon. but it gets crazier. bring a friend every month and get every month for $5. which is why i brought them. two $5-a-months right here. hey. hey. plus the players of my squad. hey. what's up? 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>> reporter: well, victor, the french national health agency coming out yesterday and really repeating what astrazeneca had said about this news of series of suspensions here, denmark, ice land, and bulgaria announcing they're stopping the rollout of the vaccine astrazeneca altogether and a bunch also saying they're stopping a particular batch of vaccine from being rolled out. there are fears we know there's a natural vaccine hesitancy, particularly in particular populations. and thailand has stopped it to await the results of the europe jean investigations. what the astrazeneca agency has to say is important. both have agreed on the idea, basically when you look at people inoculated what they found the proportion of people found to have blood clots is not that different or even less with astrazeneca than in the general population. we also heard the other night from france's health ministry who announced even as he was saying that france would carry on with its astrazeneca rollout, he said 5 million people have been vaccinated and 30 have reports problems. that gives you an idea of the scale. of course, safety comes first and of course, that needs to be investigated but a great deal of support on the other side for the fact that there is no evidence for the time being that there any real dekz between the emergence of the blood clots and the vaccines. of course, beyond that question of encouraging and enabling hesitancy, there's also a problem here, victor, in europe, the fact that the rollout has been slow because of supply problems. the fact that one of the three vaccines available in the european union, in some countries is only going to make that worse. >> supply an issue in most countries around the world. melissa bell, thanks so much. so, you look at the calendar, you know what time it is, beach communities are getting ready for the spring break crowds they expect. this is still a critical time, doctors say millions of doses of vaccines are administered each day. health officials are finding increasing number of covid-19 variants and that's raising fears that weeks of partying could potentially lead to another spike in covid-19 cases. miami beach mayor dan gelber is here with us. mr. mayor, thank you for being with us, i know you're a busy man. what kind of spring break activity are you seeing right now? >> well, thanks for having me. we're seeing too much spring break activity. we've got a problem with too many people coming here. we've got a problem with too many people coming here to let loose in ways that are simply improper. of course, we still have the virus and the british variant, more here than anywhere in the country, according to the sequencing that goes on by the cdc. so, you know, it's almost a triple threat for my community. and we are concerned, and it's very challenging. >> so, i know earlier this month, you said, and i'm quoting you here, don't come here if you thing this is an anything-goes environment. we will arrest you and ruin your time here. you cited some numbers as well that i want to share here with people. in a recent address on vaccinations and on spring break. in terms of those arrests, 11% of them were from miami beach residents. 41% were florida residents. 48% were residents of other states. i know you've banned alcohol on the beach. you've banned, you know, loud music. are these arrests from violations of that sort? >> yeah, well, they're both. over the last few weeks, we've collected, i think, 59 weapons from cars that are license plate readers and other stops we've had. there have been more serious crimes, a third of them are felony arrests, it's really ungovernable. a lot of problem is our governor has said, everything is open. he's also discouraged -- almost discouraged enforcement of mask ordinances. and at the same time, there are cheap flights and there's cheap rooms. and there's not other places ohm or they're too cold. we're getting not only too large a crowd, but an unruly crowd. the result is we have through social media told people don't come here. if you're planning on doing that, here are the rules. we've got big signs that it's arrestable to play loud music. we're doing everything we can to create order. but i don't know we're doing a sufficient job. because last night it was incredibly unruly and one of the worst nights we've had since spring break has started. >> it's really alarming to hear you say it's ungovernable. or at least it feels like that to you. governor desantis we know this week, he invalidated those fines that local governments can use against businesses that violate covid rules. and i'm wondering where does that live you, mr. mayor? >> you know, i'm sort of perplexed by the governor. because i understand the need to open up businesses and retain jobs, but our businesses, our hotels and restaurants, realize that opening up safely is a smart idea, even for business. the governor seems to, at a time when we're still seeing massive deaths. we had 52 deaths in one day earlier this week in just my county. think about that, just dade county, one day according to the department of health, he seems intent in messaging out that you don't need to wear a mask. you shouldn't wear a mask, i don't want anybody enforcing that. and that's sort of outrageous. we have pe