allegations against cuomo. congressional and state leaders in his own party say cuomo can no longer govern effectively and should resign. cuomo remains steadfastly defiant saying in a teleconference friday that he is not going anywhere and he flat-out denies the allegations against him. >> 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? >> i want to bring in new york assembly leader crystal stokes. so good that you could be with us. so what are your thoughts now about this newest allegation in "the new york" magazine from a political reporter who said that he behaved inappropriately around her? >> well, i think all of these women should be heard. they should have their due process much like i believe the governor should have his. when women complain people should listen, and i think we have set up a process in new york with the assembly judiciary committee by the speaker as well as the state attorney general letitia james' process. so i think the proper investigation will happen. the people will be heard and the truth will come out. the governor says he doesn't feel like he's guilty of this, he's perfectly able to have that position. the women feel like he is, they are perfectly able to have that position. in this country we have a process of law and order and the order should be followed, the process should happen and if, in fact, the facts show up that this is true, that this did happen to these women then mr. cuomo should pay the full price of that offense. i am of the perspective that we should follow the process, allow the judicial process to happen and i know that we will come up with the right results. >> is it fair to say that your standing governor cuomo right now while a growing number of members of your own party, democrats are calling for the governor to resign and you have said why would you grow -- join this growing number of lawmakers for his resignation? you say it's just premature? >> well, i would say this is more than governor cuomo. when you are found guilty of something you cannot be found guilty in the public arena. you need to be found guilty through a legal process and i am saying that we should follow that legal process, determine what the facts are and let them fall where they may. >> and why is it among your fellow lawmakers. why do you feel that you are in the minority in wanting to extend that? >> well, you can tell from the way i look i've been in the minority my entire life and so while it's not the most comfortable position to be in, it's the one that i feel in my heart is the right thing on do. there are tons of people in this country who have suffered from a decision by the public that they are guilty of something that they were not and many people have suffered in our judicial system as a result of that. now, in my estimation, this is not about mr. cuomo. this is about a fairness process. if you've been accused of something you are not guilty of it until found so by either the attorney general, letitia james and/or the judiciary committee headed up by my colleague, chuck levine. listen to new york state senatorial sandra biageio who i spoke to last hour that she believes the governor does need to resign. this is what she said. >> calling for the governor to resign and having impeachment proceedings is not a directly sent to jail, right? what we are asking is that this is a person that step down so that we can continue the work of the state. the lieutenant governor will take over the dues of the governorship and we will be able to do our work. it is not a call for the governor to step down and be sent to jail or be punished. the process will still continue, but the distraction will go away. >> i hear what you're saying, too, while the governor is owed due process and you listen to the state senor who says that these accusations are impeding his ability to govern the state. what's your response to that? >> well, with all due respect to my colleague in the senate, i'm not sure why these accusations are impeding her from doing her job, but i can tell you they are not impeding me from doing mine. we are in the process of the state assembly and we have budget hearings and conferences for the entire year. i, as you know, carry the legislation that will legalize the adult use of cannabis in new york state and my staff and i have been working aggressively not just with the governor and his team from the new york state assembly. so it is not impeding the work. what's impeding the work is the constant twitter movement and the conversation in the public about something that should happen when the process is already set up to allow them to happen. i don't see any reason why the two should compete with each other. i think we can chew gum and walk at the same time and it's impossible to get our job done without stopping because the governor refuses to resign. in my follow up to her about how this is impeding his work, she said that he has to constantly respond to the allegations and that is a distraction. your thoughts? >> well, i'm not the one that's making the allegation, but i do believe that the women who have made them deserve to be heard and i believe that the processes are in place to allow that to happen. we can, quite frankly stop having this conversation about whether or not he resigns or whether he should resign by continuing to do the job that we've been elected to to do our constituencies. i have not been prohibited from doing that and i don't believe that my other colleagues have either. >> have you spoken to the governor recently? >> on the issue of legalizing adult-use cannabis, i have spoken to the governor. >> did you talk to him about the allegations at all? >> i did not ask him about these allegations, and he did not offer any information. >> okay. while the majority of state lawmakers, excluding you, are calling for his resignation, the latest quinnipiac poll reports cuomo still enjoys 55% of voter support. so for cuomo's ability to lead whose backing is most essential? >> i think the backing of the voters is most essential in his ability to lead and they've already spoken several times in electing him to be governor. by the way, if these proceedings go through, and he's needing to leave then he should leave, but if he doesn't he will have to front the voters again and quite honestly, i trust the opinion of the voters. i represent a district where my people are not clamoring for me to suggest that he resign. in fact, many of them are appreciating the position that i take in allowing the due process to happen, and by the way, if i can say this. it's a little disconcerting that there are so many people out there who suggest that the letter that was written by myself and 21 other -- not letter, i'm sorry -- state, by 21 other assembly members was somehow concocted by the governor. that's disingenuous. no one else was questioned in that way. no one asked my other colleagues who encouraged you to write a letter to suggest that he resign? i don't think myself and other colleagues should be questioned in that manner. it's disrespectful and it's not fare. >> majority leader crystal peoples-stokes, thank you very much. appreciate it. >> you're very welcome. i trust you will stay safe. >> today marks one year since breonna taylor was killed in her apartment in louisville, kentucky. a memorial event for taylor is scheduled to start in about an hour and we'll continue to cover it. jason is there in louisville. what are you seeing? >> reporter: well, the stage has been set and the crowd has started to gather and very soon breonna taylor's mother will take that stage and let the people know who have come out here that justice, in her eyes, still has not been served. >> i'll never get to a point where i'm over what happened to her. >> tamika palmer says she will mark the one-year anniversary of her daughter breonna taylor's death by attending a rally saturday to remind people justice has not been served. >> it's been a year for people, but every day it's been march the 13th for me, still. >> every day? >> every day. >> march 13, 2020, the day taylor was killed during a botched police raid at her apartment. >> it will always be that sense of anger because you know that she should be here. >> none of the officers who raided taylor's apartment have been charged in her death. instead, a grand jury brought charges of felony wanton endangerment against one of them, brett hankison for firing into a wall into a neighbor's apartment. an attorney defended the officers' action saying they were justified by taylor's boyfriend fired at the officers first that night. >> the male was holding a gun, arms extended in a shooting stance. >> walker argued he fired in self-defense thinking someone was trying to break in. he says the officers never identified themselves, but the officers say they did. just this week a kentucky judge permanently dismissed charges against walker who was initially accused of attempted murder for shooting at the officers. >> he's supposed to just say thank you and walk away? no. there has to be a consequence and there has to be accountability. >> accountability is key to people like walker and tamika palmer. >> they boxed us in. >> to thousands such as pastor timothy finley who protested the past year calling for police reform in the wake of taylor's death and the death of other african-americans at the hands of police. >> we think about march 13th now it's breonna taylor, not just remembering her name, but it's become a rally call. a rally call for justice in our city. justice in our state. >> last year the city of louisville paid taylor's family $12 million in a civil settlement and passed breonna's law which mandates the use of body cameras in city searches and there's been a top to bottom review of the louisville metro police depend. there's a lot to do, and we have done a lot, but it's not enough for palmer. she says justice is something that still alludes her. she penned an open letter to president joe biden in "the washington post" asking her administration to enact national policies to hold police accountability. >> i guess i'm hopeful that we're at a point of reckoning where if we don't fix it we'll be in a lot of trouble. she's more hopeful than me. >> why is that? >> it's a trust thing at this point. i don't trust them. >> and an fbi investigation is still under way and the hope is that perhaps these officers will be held accountable at the end of that investigation, but meanwhile at 1:00, just about an hour from now behind me, a rally will be getting under way that will be followed by a march. tamika palmer will be here at that rally as one way of honoring her daughter. fredericka? >> jason carroll, thank you so much if louisville. coming up, maskless under arrest. >> back up! some old lady is getting handcuffed here. >> a police confrontation caught on camera. see the violent video and hear the suspect's side of the story. plus air travel smashing records just as coronavirus infections drop. we are live in florida with the new concerns about spring break. it's powered by verizon for as little as $25 a month. but it gets crazier. bring a friend every month and get every month for $5. boom! 12 months of $5 wireless. visible, wireless that gets better with friends. ♪ for every idea out there, that gets the love it should ♪ ♪ there are 5 more that don't succeed ♪ ♪ and so are lost for good ♪ ♪ and some of them are pretty flawed ♪ ♪ and some of them are slightly odd ♪ ♪ but many are small businesses that simply lack the tool ♪ ♪ to find excited people who will stop and say 'that's cool'♪ ♪ and these two, they like this idea ♪ ♪ and those three like that one.♪ ♪ and that's 'cause personalized ads ♪ ♪ find good ideas for everyone ♪ there's a world where every one of us is connected. everyone. everywhere. where everyone is included. where everyone has access to information, education, opportunity. ♪ ♪ ♪ when everyone and everything is connected. that's really beautiful. anything is possible. good morning. cisco. the bridge to possible. you can try to predict the future or you can create it. we're driving it. everywhere. we emit optimism, not exhaust. we plug in our vehicles as naturally as we charge our phones. we. we are generation e. we want smart. clean. and safe. to also be fun, easy and powerful! ultium! a battery that charges fast. runs long. it fits everyone. nobody will be left out. and that, changes everything. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪like an echo in the forest♪ [singing in korean] ♪another day will return♪ [singing in korean] ♪like nothing ever happened♪ ♪ ♪ more people boarded airplanes friday than any other day since the start of the pandemic. more than 1.3 million people passed through tsa checkpoint, the highest number since march 15, 2020. cnn's natasha chen joining me now from miami beach. natasha, a lot of people descended upon miami beach for spring break. what's going on? >> fred, it's been really busy. the restaurants on the beach are packed and we saw in one situation people excited, getting up to dance and the servers tell them please, if you're going to get up from the table put a mask back on, but we're talking about just a couple of servers versus a lot of excited people, and this is a challenge, of course, for city leaders as well as the restaurant operators. businesses have really suffered over the pandemic so they want the business, but they want everything to be done safely. we talked to the ceo of a restaurant group who actually opened cafe americano on miami beach during the pandemic. i asked him what that was like given that this is their first spring break for that restaurant and how they're going about it safely. >> we have been working very hard with the city officials, with the landlords and also with the other operators. so all of us want to protect people in order to keep open -- no? to keep the spaces opening and their business so that's why we train our staff in order to take control and take care of the social distancing because it's very important in order to be sustainable in the future. >> and you are seeing a lot of restaurants there with that outdoor space. ocean drive there sort of became pedestrian only during the pandemic to allow for those restaurants to come out and use that space for outdoor dining. >> you can tell what's happening as far as crowds go by looking at hotel occupancy and this is the bureau showing from 2019 until now. 72% occupancy which is still down from the 2019 number, but still so many more people booking into hotels this month compared to this month last year when things first started shutting down, fred. >> natasha jen, thank you so much. >> let's bring in dr. celine bounder, a specialist and epidemiologist and host of the epidemic podcast. doctor, good to see you. the world is marking one year since the coronavirus was declared a pandemic. you shared your concerns on the show just days before that as we waited for former president donald trump to announce the nation's first coronavirus death. listen to how you put it. >> i got an e-mail from someone in westchester county who said he'd come back from milan and had flu-like symptoms and his primary doctor said don't come here. go to the hospital and he called the hospital and they weren't helpful either and that kind of thing is really concerning. i think providers on the front line, many of them, if they're not at the top-tier hospitals are not sure what to do. >> i know it's weird looking back at what your thoughts were, but how do you reflect on that now? >> gosh, i don't think we knew how bad thing were about to get and while many of us, infectious diseases and epidemiology in public health had some sense that this was going to be a big deal, i don't think any of us could have predicted over half a million americans would end up dying from this over the past year. i think it's really with great sadness that i hear that clip. >> yeah. and now there seems to be a lot of renewed hope. the u.s. has now administered more than 100 million coronavirus vaccine doses and more than 35 million americans are now fully vaccinated. so are you satisfied with the progress that has been made and a lot of it in just a matter of weeks? >> yeah. really. just in the last two months or so, dramatic improvements have been made in terms of vaccine supply. we'll have 5 million doses of vaccine and moderna with us by july and that's 300 million americans that could be vaccinated with that supply and now 200 million doses of the johnson & johnson vaccine are going to be available and that gives you enough vaccine for 500 million americans and we had only 330 and 260 million of them are adults and we have much more supply now than we possibly need, and so this puts us in a much stronger position. we are scaling up vaccinations dramatically also. we are now up to 2.3 million shots in arms a day, and i expect that will continue to go up. >> and the white house says it is starting to turn down vaccine requests from other countries because it is still prioritizing americans. how important, in your view, is it for the biden administration to prioritize the rest of the world as soon as possible? >> i think it's important for people to remember that when you allow the virus to spread whether it's in the u.s. or outside of the u.s. any time the virus spreads from one person to another, it has the opportunity to mutate and some of the strains that we're most worried about have arisen in south africa in brazil and they're concerning because the level of immunity and the strength of your immune response that you need to overcome those strains is much higher. and while the vaccines currently remain effective, that may not remain the case if the virus is allowed to spread in other countries and allowed to mutate elsewhere. if that happens it's only a matter of time before those variants end up here, as well. >> it could be a huge setback for everybody. so let me pivot now to some other news and this is a sliver of good news especially in the battle against alzheimer's disease. so early results from a new clinical trial showed that an experimental drug by eli lilly could slow cognitive decline in alzheimer's patients. what do you know about this? >> so this is still a pretty small study about 250 people, half of them got this new drug dananamab and some got a placebo. it can clear up amyloid which you can think of as garbage that's left over after your cells metabolize various different things and it's not well cleared from the brain. so you end up with this amyloid plaque in the brain which semis to be part of how people develop alzheimer's. so by helping to clear that you can slow the progression of alzheimer's. it's not a slam dunk. this is a small study. it's about a third of an effect in terms of degree of slowing of prog regdz. so if you were to take the drug, for example, for ten years you would gain back about three years of better cog mission. there is a significant impact potentially especially when you consider about 6 million americans haval e alzheimer's. some progress, some hope. thank you so much. >> up next, cnn cameras rolling as dozens of migrants attempt to cross the rio grand along the u.s.-mexico border. i'll talk with a writer who writes the southern border is president biden's biggest test president biden's biggest test yet. that's oven roasted turkey. piled high with crisp veggies. on freshly baked bread! so, let's get out there and get those footlongs. now on grubhub, buy one footlong, get one 50% off. subway®. eat fresh. ancestry...gave us context. this...whole world ...of peoplet one 50% off. ...adventurous people... and survivors. it was interesting to think a