- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo

is under mounting pressureto answer questions

about his administration's handling

of COVID-19 in nursing homes.

But his explanation yesterdayin his news conference

only outraged lawmakers andfamilies who lost loved ones.

- I want to clarify factson the nursing home.

- [Jenna] The governor telling cameras

his administration washonest in his reporting

of COVID nursing homedeaths, but conceding.

- I understand the public hadmany questions and concerns,

and the press had many questions

about nursing homes primarily.

And I understand that they werenot answered quickly enough.

- [Jenna] Last week it was revealed,

12,743 long-term patientsdied of the virus in New York,

much higher than the state'sofficial tally of 8,500.

And in a phone call withNew York State Democrats,

Cuomo's secretary admittedthat his office withheld data

on the number of COVID nursing home deaths

because they were afraid itwould be used against them

in a Justice Department investigation.

- There is a toxic political environment,

and everything gets politicized.

- [Jenna] Last March,Cuomo issued a mandate

allowing some 9,000COVID positive patients

into nursing homes.

Families want to know if their loved ones

could have been saved?

- Our seniors deserve justice,

and that that requires anindependent investigation

with subpoena power.

- [Jenna] Fox News's JaniceDean lost both of her in-laws,

and has been speaking outabout Cuomo for months.

- [Janice] He is a liar!

He just continues to lie,

and deflect and blame everyone else.

- [Jenna] She want's an independent,

bipartisan investigation into Cuomo,

and his administration.

- [Janice] I am calling onevery single lawmaker in Albany,

and also on the federal level.

Do you not see what ishappening right now?

Do you not care about all ofthe people in New York State

that wants to find outwhy their loved ones

died in nursing homes?

He didn't follow the science.

You don't put infectedpatients into nursing homes.

That is the bottom line governor!

- [Jenna] Calls for the governor to resign

continue to grow,

and lawmakers on both sides ofthe aisle are taking action.

- Today I'm calling uponthe Department of Justice,

and Attorney General James toinvestigate governor Cuomo,

and his administration from top to bottom.

- [Jenna] Democratic AssemblyWoman Alessandra Biaggi,

"To New Yorkers watchingCuomo's press conference

it is riddled with lies,theater and deflection."

- The truth is everybodydid everything they could.

- In addition to investigations,

state Democrats have also discussed

taking away the governor'semergency powers

to deal with the pandemic.

In Washington, Jenna Browder, CBN news.

- Despite yesterday's news conference,

still, many unanswered questions, Pat.

- The thing about it was

the Javits Center had plenty of beds.

They didn't use 'em.

President Trump sent a whole ship,

a hospital ship from Norfolk,

all the way up to New Yorkto accommodate patients.

They didn't use them.

I think Franklin Graham actuallyhad a hospital available

in Central Park.

They didn't use it.

They didn't need to putthose nursing home people

into those infectedenvironments, but they did,

and the governor's trying to cover it up.

It's just shocking, absolutely horrifying.

And he's trying to make a movie,

and be a star and all this kind of stuff.

It's just shocking what's happening,

but they were committing people to death.

You can't put a sick nursing home person

into a infected environment,

and then when they get there, they die.

Then you cover up the factof how many people died.

I mean, it's appalling!