🕶️ Axios PM: Cuomo's new glitch

Plus: NCAA's new world | Friday, August 06, 2021

Open in app View in browser   Presented By Facebook   Axios PM By Mike Allen ·Aug 06, 2021 Happy Friday! Today's PM — edited by Kate Nocera — is 492 words, a 2-minute read.     1 big thing: Cuomo's glitchy response Screenshot via N.Y. State   Gov. Andrew Cuomo's lawyers held a glitchy, Zoom-style press conference this afternoon with scattered, throw-spaghetti-at-the-wall responses to this week's devastating sexual-harassment report. "There has been no open-minded fact-finding here," said Rita Glavin, a former federal prosecutor representing Cuomo, before asking twice if she was frozen. (She was.) "This investigation was conducted in a manner to support a predetermined narrative." The attorneys relied on process-based arguments about transcripts, interviews and such. Why it matters: Cuomo's crater — with impeachment by New York's legislature looming and President Biden calling on him to resign — is deep as ever. "THE INVESTIGATORS IGNORED KEY EVIDENCE," a slide said. "The report is wrong." Paul Fishman, a lawyer representing the governor's office (as opposed to Cuomo personally), said he helped manage "a pretty massive production" to investigators of "an enormous number of hard-copy and electronic documents" over three or four months. Fishman, carried live on the three cable news channels, complained that some of those quoted in the report didn't have an opportunity "to challenge, to rebut, to raise questions" until after the report was public. State law requires no such preview. Cover: New York Post Now there are criminal ramifications: A former aide to Cuomo, who accused him of groping her breast last year, filed a criminal complaint. She's the first accuser to do so, per the AP. The New York Post printed exclusive pics (above) of Cuomo working poolside yesterday and said the governor has "kept in hiding" since his videoed response to the allegations on Tuesday. Get the latest.     2. California's 3rd largest fire (ever) grows Vehicles and a home are engulfed in flames as the Dixie Fire rages on in Greenville, Calif., yesterday. Photo: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images   The Dixie Fire in California is now the third largest fire in the state's history, Axios' Andrew Freedman writes. The brutal new reality is that California continues to give the country a lesson in what climate change looks like. Peak fire season doesn't arrive for another month. Go deeper.     A message from Facebook The internet has changed a lot since 1996 - internet regulations should too     It's been 25 years since comprehensive internet regulations passed. See why we support updated regulations on key issues, including: Protecting people's privacy. Enabling safe and easy data portability between platforms. Preventing election interference. Reforming Section 230.     3. 🏈 🏀 NCAA's new world Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios   When college games resume this fall, everyone involved will be entering a new world, Axios Sports editor Kendall Baker writes. New name, image, likeness rules: College athletes will finally be able to make money off their fame. New transfer rules: Athletes can transfer once and be immediately eligible, creating a college of free agency. New pathways: Investors are flocking to new leagues that will compete directly with the NCAA. Share this story.     4. 🥇🥈🥉10 medals Allyson Felix. Photo: David Ramos/Getty Images   Team USA sprinter Allyson Felix has become the most decorated female track athlete in the world, winning bronze in the 400-meter final to take home her 10th Olympic medal. "I love the sport, and it is very special to be 35 and still doing what I love," she told reporters in Tokyo. There were times when Felix wasn't sure she'd ever get back on the track after a life-threatening pregnancy complication. Photo: Patrick Smith/Getty Images Above: Silver medalist Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic, gold medalist Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas and bronze medalist Allyson Felix of Team USA. Axios Olympics coverage ... Medal tracker.     A message from Facebook Why Facebook supports updated internet regulations     2021 is the 25th anniversary of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the last major update to internet regulation. It's time for an update to set clear rules for addressing today's toughest challenges. See how we're taking action on key issues and why we support updated internet regulations.   Happy weekend! Like this email style and format? Learn more about Axios HQ. It'll help you deliver employee communications more effectively.   Axios thanks our partners for supporting our newsletters. If you're interested in advertising, learn more here. Sponsorship has no influence on editorial content. Axios, 3100 Clarendon B‌lvd, Suite 1300, Arlington VA 22201   You received this email because you signed up for newsletters from Axios. Change your preferences or unsubscribe here.   Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up now to get Axios in your inbox.   Follow Axios on social media: