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Im so glad youre here. you first. fairfax got to go? >> youre hearing pretty unanimous take on that from democrats. the evidence is pretty troubling. i think whats really unfortunate for democrats in virginia, governor mcauliffe did a really fantastic job putting democrats in a strong position. picked up more seats than in a hundred years and build credibility for equality on womens health and civil rights. that trust is being eroded and well have to do a lot of work the gain it back. >> cnn did...

>> cnns kaly hartung joins us from richmond, virginia, what do we know about fairfaxs new accuser? >> ana, she was a classmate and friend, of justin fairfax, at duke university. she says he raped her in 2000, when they were both students there. she caughts that rape frooe pre-meditated and aggressive. pre-meditated because she was sexually assaulted early in a college career by someone else and fairfax was aware of that and used that against her as he took advantage of her. her attorney says the...

>> you dont want to go anywhere. >> you have van at 6:00, van at 7:00. >> julian castro is on the van jones show coming up at 7:00 tonight. i want to get your thoughts on a bombshell of a story that continues to evolve out of virginia. the top elected leaders there -- i dont want to say dropping like flies. but the story and allegations around them are coming at it quickly. some of the candidates are calling for them to resign. there are threats of impeachment for virginias lieutenant governor...

So its been quite a wild week in virginia and we want to talk about whats happening this morning. these mounting political scandals that are fueling calls for the states top three democratic government officials to resign here. but the latest is the second sexual assault allegation against lt. gov. justin fairfax. he vehemently denies both of these claims. cnn correspondent cayley hartung is live in virginia with more details. cayley the second woman says out and out, he raped me? >> reporter: t...

Resign. we can start two a major block of support he lost last night when virginia members of the house dem gather and state senates, democrat, mind you, issued a joint statement in which they said he need to address this as a private sid and step down virginias legislative black caucus followed suit, saying we cant see its in the best interest of the commonwealth for the lt. gov. to remain in this role. we heard from the biggest names in virginias democratic party the two u.s. senators in mark ...

>> and so you have these two different values that are both american values, frankly in both political parties. you want a presumption of innocence, but you also want women to be taken seriously. under the old status quo, what we had was, guilty under proven innocent. and a lot of guilty men were never even charged and a lot of innocent women were hurt. now were trying to figure out, what is the new standard? how do we deal with this? this party has -- i think, if you can see, once youre dealing...

Resignation. now possible articles of impeachment under way. what are chances of that? >> i am not sure of chances of impeachment, but i think it is hard for the lieutenant governor to survive this controversy. lets be clear, he hasnt been criminally charged and in that context he is innocent until proven guilty but in a political context both his colleagues in the virginia legislature and the possible in virginia and public at large are entitled to makeup their minds based on what we know now. ...

Ways, this situation in richmond, virginia is getting complicated by the day. already the attorney general and governor under a cloud of scandal after accusations of racist photos and appear income blackface in their past. now the tomorrow under fire because of a sexual assault allegation is facing allegations from a second accuser. >> that woman says that justin fairfax raped her when they were both college students in 2000. watson goes on the to say she believes fairfax targeted her because sh...

A second accuser came forward, claiming he raped her. kaylee hartung is live from richmond, virginia with more. what are you hearing this morning there? >> it is increasingly difficult to imagine a scenario in which justin fairfax could continue to serve as the commonwealth lieutenant governor, given calls for his resignation that continue to pile up from members of his own party. every democratic member of the virginia legislature called for his resignation. earlier this week when a first accus...

Generation of young people and young voters have come up to be an urgent problem, because it is an urgent problem. i think thats going to speak to what many democratic voters want and are looking for in their candidate. its not necessarily going to be about specifics how you dot your is or cross your ts to pay for it. in some way, it will be folks coming to the ballot box want to hear someone leading, someone who is going to make it a priority to address climate change, especially when the presi...