NY Governor Cuomo resigns, effective in 14 days; Nearly a third of eligible Americans still unvaccinated; 19 GOP senators join Dems to pass infrastructure bill;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 10 August 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Gov. Cuomo resigns following damning A.G. report on sexual harassment allegations; Biden: “I respect” Cuomo’s decision to resign; Biden on Cuomo: “he’s done a helluva job” as governor; Gov. Cuomo resigns but maintains innocence, says allegations are “politically motivated”; Cuomo replaced by first female governor in NY history; As school districts battle GOP govs over masks, cases skyrocket & hospitals run out of beds; Nearly 94,000 cases in children reported in just the past week; COVID-19 hospitalizations highest since winter surge; Baltimore mayor to unvaccinated: “shut up, don’t complain” about mask mandate; Fauci: vaccine mandates for teachers “should be done”; Senate passes $1.2 trillion sweeping bipartisan infrastructure deal; Fate in house still unclear; Biden: GOP lawmakers “kept their word” in passing infrastructure bill; House won’t vote on infrastructure bill until Senate passes Dems-only budget proposal; Broward county school board votes to keep mask mandate; Florida governor threatens to withhold salaries from school leaders who impose mask mandates; Gov. DeSantis: parents should decide if kids wear masks; Biden: White House “checking” if president has power to stop GOP governors with bans on mask mandates; Florida’s Alachua County allows parents top opt out of mask mandate with doctor’s note for children; U.S. scrambles for diplomatic fix as Taliban gain ground; Taliban claim they seized an eighth capital city; Biden on Taliban gains: Afghan military has to “want to fight”; Sources: quick drawdown of U.S. embassy in Kabul under review; U.S. envoy in peace talks with Taliban as Afghan forces struggle; 12,000 Californians evacuated as 11 fires blaze across state; 870+ structures destroyed in historic CA fire, thousands more at risk; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Is there a PowerPoint template for a resignation?
0:05.0	The lead starts right now.
0:07.4	A huge moment in American politics, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is stepping aside,
0:13.4	but still defiant in the face of multiple accusations of sexual harassment.
0:19.1	And then more school re-opening more kids, caught in the middle as battles over mass mandates
0:24.3	get heated and hospitals get overwhelmed.
0:28.9	Plus President Biden, moments ago, is celebrating a monumental step for his agenda, calling
0:34.1	it proof that Washington Pan work, as he promises to bring it across the finish line.
0:45.2	Hi, Pamela Brown and for Jake Tapper, welcome to the lead, and we begin with our politics
0:49.8	lead in a truly historic day in American politics.
0:54.4	The battle of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is resigning exactly one week after the
0:59.4	New York Attorney General's investigation concluded he sexually harassed 11 women.
1:04.8	Cuomo maintains his innocence even as he resigned today.
1:08.5	The three-term governor will leave office in two weeks.
1:12.7	My instinct is to fight through this controversy because I truly believe it is politically motivated.
1:20.6	I think that given the circumstances, the best way I can help now is if I step aside and
1:29.1	let government get back to governing.
1:32.5	And therefore that's what I'll do.
1:35.1	This can only be described as an abrupt and dramatic fall from grace.
1:39.5	A little more than a year ago, Cuomo received high praise for his handling of the coronavirus
1:44.2	pandemic, holding daily press conferences.
1:46.5	You may remember which turned into must-see TV.
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