black face photo and all the fallout that has happened over the past several days and weeks here in virginia. the governor as we have said multiple times said he is not resigning and said he believes this is a healing moment that he can go and make amends with people and that he can begin some kind of deeper conversations about race equity here in the state of virginia. they are planning this to be a talk about reconciliation, about race and faith happening at virginia union university. the point to take away is that they are billing this as an apology tour. thanks very much. any minute now the funeral for late congressman john dingle will begin will john dingell. we will be following that today.
moment. he told the washington post over the weekend that he wants to help virginia heal. he wants to focus on what he s calling race equity. that he really sees this as a moment where he can uniquely lead the state forward, but in interviews like this, other people are questioning if he s talking about white privilege and not really understanding it. is he in a position to do that? so that s why we are with the governor who reiterating no plans to resign right now. really legitimate questions and concerns about those comments. jessica, thank you for the reporting. we want to take a moment to remember republican congressman walter jones of the state of north carolina. he died yesterday. he was a 13-term congressman. he d been in hospice the last month after he fell and broke his hip. his health declining shortly after that. he was a conservative known for his independent streak. but he wasn t always a republican. he switched parties in 1994. he was very well known for