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In the best interest of the commonwealth of virginia for the lieutenant governor to remain in his role. as i mentioned, this is a fast developing story tonight. joining us now is a member of the house of delegates and house democratic caucus chair. delegate herring, thank you for joining us. this story is moving very quickly. >> thank you for having me, rachel. it is a difficult time. >> let me get your top line reaction. lets not talk about governor northam for a second and the allegations agai...

Developing story tonight. joining us now is a member of the house of delegates and house democratic caucus chair. delegate herring, thank you for joining us. this story is moving very quickly. >> thank you for having me, rachel. it is a difficult time. >> let me get your top line r x reaction. lets not talk about governor northam for a second and the allegations against him. what is your overall assessment about the allegations and how hes handled these allegations thus far? >> right. my assessm...

Have. i just thats why my caucus asked him to step down. its time. and i understand that he wants to understand and learn the black person, i understand hes reading roo"roots" but i suggese also read for colored girls who considered suicide when the rain wasnt enough. things that are happening in the commonwealth with the allegations of lieutenant governor, were tearing open wounds that have been try to heel. >> thank you very much, delegate herring. let me bring in my tangle. john elgin from "t...

Shocking and its disgusting. and again, he needs to resign. think about this. and think, what credibility does he have when negotiating trade agreements for the commonwealth, when dealing with legislators, because honestly, for me, that will always be in the back of my mind. >> thats the reality. skpu and you would have to work with him every single day. so when he says, ill go when i cant effectively governor, what youre saying is, that time passed and it passed a few days ago. >> it passed a f...

Believe in, and he is serving as a distraction now. >> delegate herring, were you there? >> no, but the governor gave me a call while he was on the road. >> what did he say? >> he was sorry. that was him in the picture. i said what are your next steps? he said ill issue a statement and go on the camera to apologize. >> is there anything he could have said that would have called for you to not call for his resignation? >> no, because of the painful history of african americans in this country and...

Governorship is democratic attorney general mark herring, no relationship to delegate herring. you still get a democratic governor. >> mark herring was the person who justin fairfax lost to when he ran for attorney general and then he became lieutenant governor. larry, always good to see you. thank you for joining me. >> thank you. >> the director of the university of virginia center for politics. much more to get to, the presidents legal troubles are expanding. federal prosecutors subpoenaed ...

Fighting for the values that we believe in, and he is serving as a distraction now. >> delegate herring, were you in that meeting on friday night with the governor? >> no, but the governor gave me a call while i was on the road. >> what did he say? >> he apologized, said that was him in the picture. i said what are your next steps? he said ill issue a statement and go on the camera to apologize. >> is there anything he could have said that would have caused you to not call for his resignation? >...

Texas, there are planned parenthood clinics closing. they are the only provider of health care to 60% of the women they serve. they are going away and these women are getting no health now. and on the economic issue, these guys are for the paul ryan budget plan? guess who that hurts the most? if women care about economics, they want to keep things like medicaid, medicare, tuition assistance for their kids to go to college. its a big loser, ed. >> delegate herring, if it is the economy, more impo...

Guys are for the paul ryan budget plan? guess who that hurts the most? if women care about economics, they want to keep things like medicaid, medicare, tuition assistance for their kids to go to college. its a big loser, ed. >> delegate herring, if it is the economy, more important to women than womens health care, it would seem to me that mitt romney and the republicans would be advocating for equal pay in the workplace, wouldnt they? >> absolutely. you would think they would. and, you know, yo...