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SO MUCH. >> NOW TO THIS NEW YORK CITY POLICE COMMISSIONER EDWARD COULD BAN HAS RESIGNED OVER A FEDERAL CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION COMMANDS DEPARTURE COMES JUST DAYS. >> AFTER FBI AGENTS SEIZED HIS PHONE INTENSIFYING A JUSTICE DEPARTMENT PROBE INTO SENIOR OFFICIALS CLOSELY CONNECTED TO NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS MOURNING IN AMERICA WEEKEND ANCHOR HENA DOBA JOINS ME LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY THIS MORNING. HAD A GOOD MORNING TO YOU. I THINK WE'RE ALL CURIOUS. IS THIS JUST THE FIRST DOMINO TO FALL AND HOW IS THE MAYOR REACTING. >> YEAH, GOOD MORNING MARTY. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. THAT'S THE QUESTION WE'RE ASKING HERE IN THE CITY AS WELL. MAYOR ERIC ADAMS EXPRESSED SUPPORT. HE'S APPOINTING TOM DONLON AS INTERIM COMMISSIONER WHILE INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE INTO EDWARD. COME ON RIGHT NOW. THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE TOP COP HERE IN THE CITY. INVESTIGATORS WERE LOOKING INTO THE COMMISSIONERS HANDLING OF CITY NIGHTCLUBS SPECIFICALLY WHETHER COME-ONS TWIN BROTHER WHO WAS IN THE NIGHTCLUB BUSINESS WAS ING PAID BY OTHER NIGHTCLUB OWNERS TO ACT AS A GO-BETWEEN WITH THE NYPD. THEY CALLED HIM A FIXER NOW, COME ON. WHO MADE HISTORY AS THE NYPD'S FIRST HISPANIC COMMISSIONER STEPPED DOWN, CITING THE DISTRACTION, THE INVESTIGATION HAD CAUSED. NOW DESPITE NOT BEING A DIRECT TARGET. HE BELIEVED IT WAS BEST FOR THE DEPARTMENT AT A PRESS CONFERENCE. MAYOR ADAMS PRAISED. COME ON FOR HIS DEDICATION TO COMBAT IN CRIME. HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO >> SHORT TIME AGO I ACCEPTED RESIGNATION OF THE NYPD COMMISSIONER AND WITH BAND. HE CONCLUDED THAT THIS IS THE BEST DECISION AT THIS TIME. I RESPECT HIS DECISION AND I WISH HIM WELL. COMMISSIONER CAN BAN DEDICATE HIS LIFE TO MAKING CITY SAFER. >> AND MAN WAS ON THE JOB FOR JUST 14 MONTHS. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE INTERIM REPLACEMENT. TOM DONLON LIKE I MENTIONED. HE'S A FORMER FBI OFFICIAL WHO HELPED LEAD THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE 1993 WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBING. HE ALSO INVESTIGATED THE 1998 US EMBASSY BOMBING AND THE 2000 BOMBING OF THE USS COLE MARQUEE NOW HAVE 14 MONTHS. THAT'S A THAT'S A QUICK 10 YEAR. >> AND I HAVE ANY MORE DETAILS OF THIS INVESTIGATION BEEN LEAKED AT ALL. >> I HAVE TO SAY INVESTIGATORS ARE BEING VERY TIGHT. TIGHT LIPPED. IT IS BELIEVED THE INVESTIGATION FOCUSES ON POTENTIAL CORRUPTION WITHIN THE ADAMS ADMINISTRATION. OTHER OFFICIALS WHO HAD DEVICES SEIZED AND LOOK TO BE UNDER INVESTIGATION MARKET. THIS IS HUGE LIST. ITS FIRST DEPUTY MAYOR SHEENA WRIGHT, PHILIP BANKS A DEPUTY MAYOR FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. HIS BROTHER, DAVID BANKS. THE SCHOOL'S CHANCELLOR AND TIMOTHY PEARSON MAYORAL ADVISER AND FORMER HIGH-RANKING NYPD OFFICIAL. THIS IS NOT A GOOD LOOK FOR THE ADAMS ADMINISTRATION AND LAST NOVEMBER, FBI AGENTS ALSO SEIZED ELECTRONIC DEVICES BELONGING TO THE MAYOR. NOW BOTH ADAMS COMMAND AND OTHER CITY OFFICIALS SAY THEY'RE FULLY COOPERATING WITH THE ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS. I DO WANT TO STRESS. NOTHING HAS BEEN CHARGED. THIS IS JUST INVESTIGATION. AS OF THIS