is defying calls for his resignation from the democratic party in his own state and almost all the leading contenders for his party s 2020 presidential nomination. northam says he is not one of the two people in a clearly racist photo in his 1984 medical school yearbook, and he is appealing to virginia voters or to give him some time to earn back their trust. we begin our coverage with the latest from garrett tenny live outside the governor s mansion in richmond. garrett? reporter: chris, in less than 24 hours governor ralph northam went from i m sorry to it wasn t me. in his explanation, it s done very little to quell the calls for his resignation. i am deeply sorry. i cannot change the decisions i made, nor can i undo the harm my behavior caused then and today. reporter: clearly racist and offensive. on friday that s how governor
is defying calls for his resignation from the democratic party in his own state and almost all the leading contenders for his party s 2020 presidential nomination. northam says he is not one of the two people in a clearly racist photo in his 1984 medical school yearbook, and he is appealing to virginia voters or to give him some time to earn back their trust. we begin our coverage with the latest from garrett tenny live outside the governor s mansion in richmond. garrett? reporter: chris, in less than 24 hours governor ralph northam went from i m sorry to it wasn t me. in his explanation, it s done very little to quell the calls for his resignation. i am deeply sorry. i cannot change the decisions i made, nor can i undo the harm my behavior caused then and today. reporter: clearly racist and offensive. on friday that s how governor
we have to see you right here next week and on in 2019. fox news alert, it is day 8 of the partial government shutdown and it s anyone s guess when it may end, president trump and congressional democrats at odds for funding for border wall as both sides continue to pass the blame. hello, everyone, welcome to brand new hour of america s news headquarters, i m laura ingle here for arthel neville. eric: i m eric shaw. senate in the house not in business and not scheduled to hold votes until at least on monday. currently about 5% of federal government remains close at this hour with more government agencies expect to go run out of money very soon. garrett tenny live in
but the actions don t match the rhetoric. think about this. voted against kate s law, voted against the criminal alien act. they support sanctuary cities. they voted against the bipartisan budget or the bipartisan agreement on immigration reform that had relief for daca. therefore, i would lay a lot of this blame on the other side of the aisle where the actions don t match the rhetoric. laura: garrett tenny has more from washington on this. hi, garrett. reporter: hey, laura. a number of top lawmakers believe this shutdown is going to last for another week or two. both sides are digging in as negotiations have stalled, and there hasn t been any progress over the past few days to end the shutdown. nearly all of congress has headed home and are leaving it up to leadership to work out a deal, but so far democratic leaders are refusing to negotiate with the white house. that s expected to change this next week though after democrats take control of the house and elect a new speaker. all
i really look forward to going. i would have done it sooner but i didn t want to disrupt any more than they already had disruption. dana: garrett tenny is live in pittsburgh. garrett? reporter: dana, not everyone is happy about the president s trip here today. the pittsburgh s mayor, along with several other local leaders, say they will not meet with the president because they want the focus to be on the victims whose funerals start today. in addition, 11 local jewish leaders with a progressive group also say the president isn t welcome here until he fully denounces white nationalism. but others including one of the rabbi at the tree of life sanctuary said the president is always welcome. i think he s probably been the most pro israel president we ve had. however, i do think that he has not done enough to distance himself from some factions that may be on the wrong side of love. his own daughter is jewish,