An apology. Im deeply sorry. I cannot change the decisions i made nor can i undo the harm my behavior caused then and today, but i accept responsibility for my past actions. Arthel Garrett Tenney is live in richmond with the very latest. Garrett. Reporter in that video he doubled down on his previous statement in which he acknowledged that he was in the yearbook picture wearing a costume he described as racist and offensive. He said im deeply sorry for the decision i made to appear as i did in the photo and for the hurt that decision caused then and now. Today, though, he has been trying to walk back those comments, reaching out to virginia democrats, telling them he doesnt think that he was in the picture and that he doesnt want to resign until he knows for sure. The Democratic Party of virginia has made up its mind. This morning they said in part we stand with democrats across virginia and the country calling for him to immediately resign. He no longer has our confidence, nor our support. He must end this chapter immediately and step down. This is in addition to a growing wave of calls for him to resign. Joe biden, corey booker, Kamala Harris and kirste kirsten gil s well. Arthel garrett, thank you very much. Eric for more on this, lets bring in lee zeldin of long island, new york. Your reaction to the photo and what would you call on the governor to do about half an hour from now . The governor needs to resign. Its crazy to think he may be trying to walk this back at this point like he doesnt know whether or not thats him in the photo. Makes you wonder how many other photos are out there that he might be confusing this with. But this has no place in politics and hes had a really bad week. This isnt the only thing this week. It shouldnt be lost that he was advocating for infants to be killed after birth, just before this photo came out. So there are many Different Reasons why he needs to go away and not be the governor of virginia, the great state of virginia. Eric theres a lot of controversy on that in terms of the status of that but in terms of the photo, its on his yearbook page. Youve got black face, you have a kkk costume. This is 1984, its not 1954 or 1934. And now he says gee, i dont remember if it was me or not. Would you remember, do you remember what was on your yearbook photo, congressman . I do. And i also know that theres no way that i would have ever been in a photo like that. So the fact that hes not sure waking up the next day i think is more about him trying to save his political career. Its racist. Its not funny. Its classless. By the way, i dont know which faculty member in 1984 was responsible for putting the yearbook together but why did that adult allow that to get in there . Eric i was the yearbook editor at my high school. Youve got a faculty advisor that looks over this stuff. What does that say about the culture or what was acceptable at some point at that time, no matter how offensive, insulting aninsultingand outrageous it ist Something Like that could be in a yearbook of medical students. You were talking about the top of the top and yet that thats allowed to be published and sit there for the last many decades. If youre at a party, youre doing it because you think this is funny, that youre showing a certain amount of sense of humor and charm. Youre engaging. Youre the cool kid in the crowd. So there is that party and then the fact that this person many years later would be running for governor of virginia, and after the remarks that he made for this to get into that yearbook, again, i dont know how that even made its way into print, but it says a lot about the culture then. You fast forward to 2018, 2019 now that were in, we dont have a tolerance for that today and its important to send a message to other people whether they live in virginia or any other part of the country, that this does not represent acceptable leadership in government. And were going to come down on racism. Well come down on white supremacy. Well come down on the kkk. We have a growing amount of antisemitism in our country. So racism in so many different forms, its important for us to crush. We cant be tolerant of it. We cant elevate it. We cant accept it. We cant empower it. We need to crush it. Eric does he make it worse if he does not resign, if he puts up a fight, the black legislative caucus says this is disgusting and offensive, its time for him to resign. The Virginia HouseDemocratic Caucus says he must resign. Does this make it worse if he steps up to that podium you see in the Governors Mansion and says hes going to fight this out for some reason and its not him . Would that just exacerbate the issue . If the governor doesnt resign hes delaying the inevitable. Every once in a while a story that comes out on a friday is actually still a story on monday. This is something he wont be able to just soldier through the weekend and think the rest of us will forget about it on monday. Hes done. And ithere was a lot ofpeople ia who probably wanted him to resign as soon as he started advocating for a policy where youre murdering an infant after its born. For that to come out a day later, hes losing people on all sides of different issues, so hes not going to survive it. The best thing for his state is for him to step aside and to allow the state to move forward, for the country to move forward and to allow the strong message to be sent to any medical School Student who is out there now who understands that a picture taken is one that you post it up on your instagram or snapchat or facebook, its going to be out there for a while and its going to impact your future. So this sends a message to kids too. My daughters are 12. They need to learn a lesson of what not to do, what not to post. He made a mistake and hes getting burned for it. He had a really bad week for multiple reasons. He would be delaying the inevitable. Eric sometimes it doesnt seem theres impropriety anymore or boundaries. Thank you, congressman. Well bring you the governors reaction about 20 minutes from now, see what he says we have another developing story. Arthel President Trump taking a break from washington and spending the weekend at maralago in palm beach. The political battles of the Nations Capital are never far behind. The president and Congressional Democrats at odds over funding for a border wall. As a Bipartisan Committee tries to hammer out a deal, President Trump implying that declaring a National Emergency could be an option. Its being built. Some of its already been completed. In san diego, its been completed. Its beautiful, brandnew. We have other wall thats under construction and were giving out a lot of contracts. Were building the wall. Its getting built one way or the other. Arthel lets go to Allison Barber live in West Palm Beach with the lat latest. Reporter President Trump finishing up his morning, his afternoon of golfing with Jack Nicklaus and tiger woods. They golfed at Trump National golf club in jupiter, florida, 20 minutes away from where we are here and where the president typically golfs in the airof arf West Palm Beach. This is the president s first visit since thanksgiving. He was expected to come here, to spend time here with his family during christmas. He canceled that trip due to the shutdown. President trump talked a lot about this idea of whether or not he will end up h eventually declaring a National Emergency when it comes to discussions involving the border wall. He hinted to reporters this week that perhaps that sort of announcement, that decision could be made during his state of the union address. Are you saying now you expect to declare a National Emergency . I dont want to say. Youll hear the state of the union and youll see what happens after the state of the union. I think theres a good chance well have to do that. Reporter the president has talked about those negotiations that we know have been happening on capitol hill. The bipartisan Conference Committee where you have lawmakers on the left and right coming together to try to negotiate a Border Security package by february 15th. A seen i dont remember Administration Official who actually briefed reporters on the president s plans for his state of the union yo address wouldnt comment when asked specifically whether the president plans to declare a National Emergency during the state of the union address. A senate aide told me they think mr. Trump will set the table for a declaration but not pull the trigger until after february 18th. The president says in interviews he feels like the negotiations on capitol hill so far are proving to be a waste of time but right now it seems to be a wait and see on what he will decide in terms of a National Declaration but increasingly weve heard the president hint more and more that not only is he prepared to do that, but hes expecting to do it as well. Arresarthel. Arthel thank you for the update. Eric if the president declares a National Emergency it could force Senate Republicans into an awkward vote. David duker wrote about. Senate republicans could be forced to choose between congressional power and crossing the white house. The california democrat could put a binding resolution of disapproval on the house floor to counter trump should he claim constitutional powers to build a border wall. Congressman, would a resolution of disapproval, if the house passed that, would that stop the president cold or would he then like could h he veto it . How would that work . I would expect it possibly passing the house. I wouldnt expect it to pass the senate. I do know as far as House Democrats go, that Many Democrats over the course of the last few weeks have said during the shutdown, they said why dont we sit down and work it out. Right before the shutdown ended, you had steny hoyer on and he said he was in favor of increased funding for our physician i physical border or. There are dozens of other House Democrats that echoed it. Eric do you think its moving that way . I think that nancy pelosi isnt speaking for a unanimous conference when she says that her party is for not giving more than 1 to President Trump. That actually is not what i have heard from many of my colleagues, one on one. But also dozens of them now have stated it publicly. Now, if the president was to issue a National Emergency, its not plan a. What plan a is and should be is for congress to do its darn job with its deadline coming up next week. Well see what he says on tuesday. I really would caution anyone who thinks that nancy pelosi is speaking for all Congressional Democrats when she says her party doesnt want it, ive heard from many who are in favor of cutting a deal where theres increased money to strengthen the physician i physical physil border. Eric if they dont agree do you think the president should declare a National Emergency to get it done . He may not have a choice. The one thing that is certainly everyones been talking about and should be aware of, that someones going to file a Court Challenge right away and it will be tied up in court. Just because the president declares a National Emergency doesnt mean that that is such a clear path as well. It still remains at that point for option a, for congress to do its job. Its what my constituents want. Its what our country wants. We see the migrant caravans, to stop illegal immigration and all the reasons about things that are crossing that shouldnt. Human trafficking, drugs trafficking, arms trafficking, sex trafficking, we need it for National Security. I believe there are a lot of Congressional Democrats who would agree and would vote for it. Hopefully they do the right thing between now and next week. The president is showing hes willing to do what he needs to, to protect our country and National Security is job number one, constitutionally, for our federal government. Eric you talk about the democrats. This is the omb letter. I ask naiver on everyone this q. It would fund a total construction of approximately 234 miles of new physical barrier. Congressman, can you explain this . Back in 2006 the secure america act, secure fence act, the democrats he voted for that and that put 654 miles offense barrier tha thats there now one border. The same democrats in some cases are against putting onethird of that, 234 miles, that not just the president wants, its what the Border Patrol wants, the experts say should be in laredo, yuma and the rio grande. Can you explain why so Many Democrats are against putting a physical barrier right now where the experts say they need to put them when they were so willing to fund even more of a fence back in 2006 . They dont want it because President Trump wants it and whether its the feelings that they have for President Trump or the ill feelings they have towards all the americans that voted for President Trump, that is all that changed. But senator schumer voted for it. President obama. Senator clinton. A lot of these democrats put that over the top. It was a bipartisan bill. By the way, just last year, last fiscal year, you had democrats, house and senate from all coast to coast, all across the country, voting for an appropriations package with money to be used to strengthen the physical border. Part of the project includes a steel fence. So that all thats changed sint year, we had the shutdown and the president has made it more clearly known that this is something that he wants but as you point out, its not just him. These are experts saying we need it in order to have operational control of our border. Yes, lets have the technology, we need it, the drones, thats how were identifying tunnels because of the increased technology. Lets give Border Patrol agents all the resources they need and have more Immigration Judges and humanitarian aid, its all part of the practice. When the democrats try to reduce it to a sound bite and saying we dont agree with a wall from sea to shining sea, as you point out, thats not what President Trump is proposing. S hes proposing a couple hundred plus miles where we have a vulnerability that we need to keep americans safe. Its one they should support, taking their oath seriously and i hope they do. I dont know if they will because they hate President Trump that much. Eric well see what happens out of the Conference Committee, there it is, physical barrier, 234 miles, well see what happens over the next two weeks. Congressman, good to see you. Thank you. Arthel we are awaiting a statement from virginias governor. 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Unless were going to having we all agree to, we cant be put at the disadvantage of going by a treaty, limiting what we do, when somebody else doesnt go by that treaty. Eric thats President Trump on with drawing from the Key Nuclear Treaty with russia, the president saying it is russia that breached the inf treaty for the last decade. Vladimir putin is following suit, saying his country will also pull out of the treaty that bans intermediate range nuclear weapons, some fearing this could lead to a new arms race. Jillian turner has more from washington. Reporter the u. S. Is officially suspending the intermediate range Nuclear Forces treaty with russia. Its been in effect for decades. Administration officials believe russia has been violating the spirit and text of the terms for over a decade. The secretary of state now saying enough, enough. We provided russia an ample window of time to mend its ways for russia to honor its commitment. Tomorrow that time runs out. Ru