complaining about it, and in this context of the most powerful person in the state, it's also abuse of power. and what we need to remember that as we're thinking about this impeachment process as well. it is an abuse of power. >> all right. we have a lot more coming up on this major story throughout the hour. maya wiley and tom winter, thank you for starting us off this hour. we want to turn now to today's other top story. that is president biden's covid-19 remarks expected later this hour. it will be the president's second address on the coronavirus in less than a week. i comes as mixed messages from the administration are leaving many americans as "the new york times" put it with whiplash about vaccines and what people need to do to stay safe at this moment. meanwhile, local and state officials are addressing the surge in new cases on their own earlier today new york city bill diblasio mandated vaccines for workers and customers at all