stepping down. hiring a crisis management team and meeting privately with prominent leaders to strategize his path forward. this is sending shockwaves through the state's leadership. >> i'm shocked, disappointed. i'm still processing it. >> if you look for any silver lining it's that virginians are saying clearly and loudly that behaviors are unacceptable. >> moving forward, if all three democrats were to step down, the next person in line would are kurt cox. he's the house speaker, a republican, and he has already called for the resignation of the governor. poppy, john. >> all right. a lot there, jason, thank you for tlk and fbringing us that s morning. good morning, everyone, toluse,