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Going to look back at this day and say we may be leading with the wrong story, but we dont know cha one will be huge. the president put out a red light about investigating his administration. democrats took his warning and that red light and said forget it and they blew through it. the second big story involves multibillion bomb shells rocking virginia politics. including the lieutenant governors accuser with specific details of what happens. meanwhile, the third big story tonight cold all but e...

Is the attorney general. the lieutenant general here in virginia is also facing allegations of a sexual nature. he vehemently denies those. he put out a new statement saying you need to treat all accusers with respect. that is all stemming from the initial scandal that broke last friday, that is governor northam here in the commonwealth of virginia, a photo came out attached to his yearbook page from his medical school yearbook that showed one person in blackface and one person in a ku klux klan...

Oh, it wont do that. welp, someone should. just say "teach me more" into your voice remote and see how you can have an even better x1 experience. simple. easy. awesome. welcome back, as we mentioned at the top of the show, justin fairfaxs accuser about a sex ual assault went public today. justin fairfax denies the allegation. also today the virginia attorney general mark herring, number three, admitted to and apolog e apologized for wearing black face in college.

Forward, because, as you have said, you believe it was your civic duty. >> do not back down, be heard, keep speaking out. speak that truth to power. i will stand with you. i will stand with survivors. >> there were, claire, an awful lot of people on twitter yesterday, saying that they believed the accuser, and all women should be believed. its not as if all democrats or all progressives or all those who called out brett kavanaugh went mute yesterday on the issue, but certainly those running in 2...

Of virginia, her name is vanessa tyson, a college professor, do you believe her accusation against the lieutenant-governor? >> i believe she is entitled to due process. we need to always take these allegations seriously. i said this whenever this issue has come up. we must accord respect to an accuser and we must accord due prote process to the accused. >> republicans say brett kavanaugh didnt get that. >> when you give the fbi a week to do that. >> we dont want to relitigate iraq or brett kavan...

Are or who this accuser is. now, we do. her name is vanessa tyson and a college professor and should be given the time to give her story like dr. ford was. >> if you check your constitution of virginia, people are asking the question, whos next? if the governor goes and the lieutenant-governor goes the next governor of the state is alexander hague. >> im in charge. >> a little 1991 for you kids. >> all right. >> dnc chairman tom perez joins us for the state of the union. and the state of the d...

Especially in cases where the defense says consent. this is tough stuff. the notion we can make clear unquestionable decisions about whos telling the truth in the atmosphere of whats going on in virginia right now or in the atmosphere of what was going on in the kavanaugh confirmation. the political chaos surrounding this and pushing and pulling for power clouds your judgment who is telling the truth and who isnt. thats when we wish every one of these cases could be determined in a court of law ...

The most important thing you can do what stacey abrams did last night, articulate american values and vision. we believe in an america that works for everyone and believe when we put optimism in our vision, were the best. >> tom, one more piece of solicited advice ben would agree with as well as because barack obama went through it. the more the merrier. the tour of the primary, the tour of the candidate in the general election. let them run. its great. thats the mistake democrats made in 2016, ...

To be complicated because youre already hearing from republicans where was the hesitance to give the accused the benefit of the doubt when brett kavanaugh was in the hot seat? its messy for them. but even still, many more democrats want northam to step aside so that fairfax can step forward, or someone else can step forward, because northams explanations are really terrible. i mean, two instances of blackface is two too many. >> northam has made the situation worse. does he now see his lieutenan...

Also complicated things a little. >> does anybody think its any coincidence that on the eve of my potentially being elevated thats when this uncorroborated smear comes out? does anybody think thats a coincidence? >> do you think governor northam is behind this allegation coming out now? >> i have no indication of that. >> you seemed to suggest that earlier. >> i did not suggest that. youre great reporters. and youll get to digging and youll make some connections, and as i said earlier, facts mat...