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tonight, the pressure is growing on new york s governor, andrew cuomo, to resign. chuck schumer and kirsten gillibrand calling on cuomo to step down due to multiple allegations of sexual harassment and his handling of covid-19 deaths at state nursing homes. president joe biden celebrating the new $1.9 trillion covid relief law at a ceremony in the rose garden today. and telling americans that help is here. the treasury department confirming the first batch of stimulus payments will start going out to americans in need this weekend. let s discuss. matt lewis is here, and ana navarro is here. good evening to you both. ana, let s start for you. a huge week for president biden, got something done while the gop was essentially m.i.a. has the republican party given up on governing? i think they re governing a lot, but they re gaslighting a lot. we re focused on what is happening in washington. but i think one of the most transcendental things going on, republican legislatures are
until the coming hours, many americans wocould wake up to fi long awaited treasury payments in their bank accounts. the first payments were processed friday and are being distributed this weekend. president joe biden took a victory lap in the rose garden friday after signing the legislation. he offered a message of hope for struggling americans. think of the millions of people going to sleep at night staring at the ceiling going, my god, what am i going to do tomorrow? lost my health care, don t have a job, unemployment runs out. i m behind in my mortgage. what am i going to do? well, guess what? they re going to be getting that check soon. here is chief white house correspondent katelynn collin wes more. wish i could come out and shake hands with every one of you. a rose garden victory dance for president biden as he touted his first major piece of legislation. it s one thing to pass the american rescue plan. it s going the be another thing to implement it. becau
the senators released a joint statement saying it s clear that governor cuomo has lost the confidence of ice governing partners and the people of new york. what is the governor saying this morning about these calls to resign? reporter: in short, governor cuomo saying that those allegations of sexual assault and harassment, that they certainly should be heard, but at the same time he s also maintaining that he s innocent of any sort of misconduct and he also continues to double down on his position that he will not step down as the governor of the state of new york in spite of the ongoing state impeachment investigation and also, as you mentioned, the growing chorus of democrats that are calling for him to resign. here is the governor s latest position when it comes to the growing call for him to step down. 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. and i never would, right?
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 committe