panel for a hearing. it will be contentious if there isn t more opening of the communication between his office and the hill before then. yeah. will we see transparency? a classified briefing. terrific reporting from the washington post. karoun demirjian, good reporting. an apology from justin trudeau after a photo of him in brownface went public. not what the prime minister needed. the existence of the photo was first reported by time magazine. trudeau said he did not realize at the time that his actions were racist. in 2001, when i was a teacher in vancouver, i attended an end-of-the-year gala, where the theme was arabian knights. i dressed up in an aladdin costume and put makeup on.
what s the back story here? good morning. the photo is just jaw dropping. this guy built his political brand on being inclusive and that is what has a lot of people upset this morning. and we are getting new details about this in terms of what the prime minister remember he s in the middle of an election campaign right now saying he apologizes. now, there was a lot of contrition there, but look at what s behind the story. reporter: canadian prime minister justin trudeau asking for forgiveness. pissed off at myself, obviously. disappointed in myself and i m apologizing to canadians reporter: after time magazine tweeted this photo showing him wearing brown face to an arabian nights themed party at a private school he taught in 2001. i dressed up in an aladdin costume and put makeup on. i shouldn t have done that.
apologized very quickly after this picture surfaced. let s watch, and then we ll talk about it. in 2001, when i was a teacher out in vancouver, i attended an end of year gala where the theme was arabian knights, and i dressed up in an aladdin costume and put makeup on. i shouldn t have done that. i should have known better, but i didn t, and i m really sorry. i take responsibility for my decision to do that. i shouldn t have done it. i should have known better. it was something that i didn t think was racist at the time, but now i recognize it was something racist to do, and i am deeply sorry. wow, a leader apologizing. it seems odd, doesn t it? i mean because we have one who doesn t. but he says he didn t think it was racist at the time. now he knows better. what do you think of that?
2001. so let s discuss now. david swerdlick is here, tara setmayer. good evening to both of you. good to see you. hey, don. hello. tara, so trudeau came out, apologized very quickly after this picture surfaced. let s watch, and then we ll talk about it. in 2001, when i was a teacher out in vancouver, i attended an end of year gala where the theme was arabian knights, and i dressed up in an aladdin costume and put makeup on. i shouldn t have done that. i should have known better, but i didn t, and i m really sorry. i take responsibility for my decision to do that. i shouldn t have done it. i should have known better. it was something that i didn t think was racist at the time, but now i recognize it was something racist to do, and i am deeply sorry. wow, a leader apologizing.
actually is because, you know, i don t know. i think context matters when it comes to these kinds of things. i think this is different than the ralph northam situation in virginia where you had the kkk outfit and blackface means something different in the united states than brownface means in canada. right, absolutely, right, and i just kind of feel like where do we draw the line with this? is this something that should end his career? you know, no. but because of things i just listed and other domestic issues in canada, this is going to hurt him there. but his record has been good on civil rights there in canada from what i understand. david, i know you want to weigh in but i just want to play this because he said it wasn t his first time doing something like this. watch. when i was in high school, i dressed up at a talent show and sang day-o with with makeup on. so what do you think, david? so i agree with tara, don, that context matters and that this is not just li