that perhaps didn t age so well, talking about how he was the answer to the racism that may or may not have existed in virginia? i think you ll see, leland, a lot of democrats say, wait a minute, if this was your yearbook, if you knew this was out there, why did you run for governor in the first place? you re putting all of us in a terrible position by doubling down on what i think ultimately is a nonsensical defense, and so, i think that s right. i think it starts with distance, but political pressure can be incredibly severe, and i do think there are people that ultimately governor northam will listen to. he s probably not listening to them today, but that may change 12, 24, 36 hours from now. this brings up an interesting point in terms of the arc of this story. if northam decides to stick around longer, if it s the 36 hours blake is talking about or longer, how do democrats try and change the conversation after one of their own doesn t listen
but i accept responsibility for my past actions and i m ready to do the hard work of regaining your trust. now, that was not enough for the state party though, which is still calling for northam to immediately resign saying he no longer has our confidence nor our support. he must end this chapter immediately and step down and let lt. governor justin fairfax heal virginia s wounds. if he does not resign there s a process where he could be impeached. there are questions whether or not this picture from nearly 34 years ago, whether or not that picture constitutes an impeachable offense. an unfolding story for certain. and we ll look later this afternoon for word from the foreign. thank you, garrett tenney. leland: live coverage on that. to cause the fallout democratic strategist blake rutherford and former head of the democratic party in virginia. appreciate you being here.
decision i made to appear as i did in this photo and for the hurt that decision caused then and now. you know, there is the shaggy defense, it wasn t me, but typically that involves saying it wasn t me from the beginning. in his case, he admitted it was him and even his story today is exactly as, you know, it s just disgust. well, this may not be the actual picture of me with sort of an open parenthetical, but perhaps already other photos. this is not how as an elected officials you deal with cries 101. the list of democrats that called for him to resign is exhaustive and extensive. the list of democrats saying let s see how this plays out, is very short because we haven t
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try and stake their claim to the 2020 presidential race. welcome to america s news headquarters from washington on a saturday. just when you thought it was going to be a quiet super bowl sunday weekend. never ever going to be dull again. leland: when you thought friday was the end of the news cycle. do you ever think that anymore? i dare to dream occasionally. well, i m molly line. leland vittert, of course, as well. we re talking about our virginia governor ralph northam today. he s slated to make a statement at 2:30 this afternoon and one virginia lawmaker tells fox news that the governor is now questioning whether he is in that controversial yearbook photo less than 24 hours after apologizing for being in that photo. our garrett tenney is in richard, virginia with the latest on this unfolding story, garrett. well, molly, despite the