The brothers Cuomo

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🗓️ 4 August 2021

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As New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo faces an impeachment effort and calls for his resignation, his brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, avoids mentioning the scandal on his show. Plus, your questions on the delta variant — and is NBC ruining the Olympics?

Will New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo resign? The pressure continues to mount after a damning report was released yesterday by the state’s attorney general. It concludes that Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women. That report also included the name of the governor’s brother, Chris Cuomo, a host on CNN. But when his show went on the air last night, he didn’t mention any of it. Media reporter Elahe Izadi explains the governor’s response so far, as well as CNN’s handling of the scandal and Chris Cuomo’s involvement.

Earlier this week, we asked you to send us your questions about the current coronavirus surge and the delta variant. We tackle a few of them today with science reporter Ben Guarino.

Like many people, host Martine Powers has been watching the Olympics — or trying to. She asks reporter Ben Strauss — is NBC ruining the Olympics?

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post Reports.
0:08.6	I'm Maggie Penman, sitting in for Martin Powers.
0:15.4	You will still hear her later in the show though.
0:17.9	She taped a conversation about a question she had.
0:20.7	Is NBC ruining the Olympics?
0:24.1	Oh, you guys are coming in hot.
0:30.9	That's coming up later.
0:32.1	We're going to also start answering some of your questions about the Delta search.
0:35.8	It is a surge that we haven't really seen the likes of since February.
0:44.7	But on this Wednesday, August 4, one of the biggest stories is the fallout from an announcement
0:50.4	yesterday afternoon from New York Attorney General Leticia James.
0:54.4	The investigation found that Governor Andrew Cuomo, sexually harassed current and former
1:01.2	New York state employees by engaging in unwelcome and non-concentral touching and making numerous
1:07.9	offensive comments of a suggestive and sexual nature.
1:12.8	Earlier this year, three women had come forward and publicly accused the New York governor
1:18.7	of sexually harassing them.
1:21.0	A la Hayzadi covers media for the post.
1:23.7	He eventually referred the allegations to the New York Attorney General and she launched
1:29.8	an independent investigation back in March.
1:33.0	What we heard yesterday were the findings of months of investigating by an outside probe
1:39.3	essentially.
1:40.3	They interviewed 179 individuals, including the governor, his inner circle, as well as
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