because we did not have an appreciation and experiences of others we dressed up and put on wigs and brown make-up. this was a one time occurrence and i accept full responsibility for my conduct. this comes as the governor of virginia ralph northam is grappling still with whether or not to step down because of his own incident involving blackface some years ago. on top of that, you have the virginia lieutenant governor justin foicairfax is facing troubles of his own of sexual assault. he s denied any wrongdoing there. what could come next is stunning. with all three top government officials caught up in various controversies, if and this is a big if, if all three of them were to resign, the fourth in line in the state of virginia is a republican. phillip thompson serves on naacp. he moderated a forum in virginia and so, phillip, welcome. welcome.
boston as well. one of the other things we ve noticed from protesters here on the ground in new york is what they re doing, some of them using headphones and walk ki tall kis to community. there s another protest about half an hour up at columbus circle. you have police on standby getting ready for another wave of protests that will be happening here. joining us now right here in the situation room is hilary shelton, on naacp senior vice president and director of its washington office or washington bureau, as you like to call it. thanks for coming in. great to be with you. has the naacp as an organization, i know individuals, as an organization issued a formal statement reaction to that grand jury
they want to have comprehensive immigration reform and they want basically for president obama to follow through with his promise as candidate obama did to a lot of voters. and it was interesting because last week, as we all know, schumer and lindsey graham met together with the president and after create add framework of what xre helpsive immigration reform would look like. it s not perfect but it does allow for a couple of things. one it says we have to secure our borders, number one. number two, if you are undocumented but you ve demonstrated that you ve lived here in good faith and you ve worked hard, you have to get in the back of the line, pay taxes, pay a fine, learn english and do community certificaservice. that s a big leap. but at least it s a start in the conversation. and the beginning of the conversation starts with the march. the march is going to be held not only in washington but it s going to be held across the country. it s interesting for the very first time you s