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Disruptions, any disruptions of this committee will result in the united states capitol police restoring order and protesters will be removed, and we are grateful for your presence here today and your cooperation. we want to welcome mr. cohen and thank him for participating in todays hearing. mr. cohen, if you would please rise and i will begin to swear you in. raise your right hand. do you swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to giv @ is the whole truth and nothing but the truth so ...

Herring are saying that they do need to step aside. theres a lot of scandals but not limited to those three major ones, major key players, other issues have come up as well, lieutenant governor has is under fire because of sexual assault and governor and attorney general for wearing black face, many calls for governor to resign, fewer for attorney general. they say that the governor and attorney general need to resign but not republican state senator, came under fire this week because he served ...

Herring are saying that they do need to step aside. theres a lot of scandals but not limited to those three major ones, major key players, other issues have come up as well, lieutenant governor has is under fire because of sexual assault and governor and attorney general for wearing black face, many calls for governor to resign, fewer for attorney general. they say that the governor and attorney general need to resign but not republican state senator, came under fire this week because he served ...

Do, thank you so much. joining me now, david swerlick and keith boynton, both cnn commentators, good neto see you both. keith, the governor will be inviting reporters in but as far as we can tell, according to sources, he will not be resigning. >> i dont think this is a smart move on his part. it strains credibility, first of all, when you consider the way hes handled this crisis. first he was silent on the crisis, then he responded by issuing a written statement where he didnt acknowledge whi...

Governor give for initially saying it was him in the photo, when he apologized for it last night? >> reporter: yeah, ana, thats exactly right. i asked him that very question, i said, you do realize its hard for people to believe you when yesterday you were taking responsibility and today, less than 24 hours later, youre saying it wasnt me. it is a very hard thing for people to wrap their head around. and so let me just start you at the beginning of what he said. he says that the photo was brough...

You have something to -- >> no, and i would welcome you to look at that particular yearbook. there are numerous pictures in there of face painting, none of whom are me. >> reporter: blackface? >> yes, im sorry, blackface, that are in there. i believe, i dont know if theyve released it yet but i think eastern virginia medical school is in the process of reviewing each of their yearbooks and will put a statement out that it is unacceptable and that we need to make a change as we move forward. >> r...

Office. the controversy centers around this photo from northams 1984 medical school yearbook page, the photo shows one person in black face, another wearing a ku klux klan robe. moments after the photo was made public, northam releasing this statement saying im deeply sorry for the decision i made to appear as i did in this photo and for the hurt that decision caused then and now. then late last night, he issued this video apology. >> that photo and the racist and offensive attitudes it represen...

Circumstances. with that in mind, i would like to read a statement about these events and then i will be glad to take your questions. yesterday i took responsibility for content that appeared on my page in the eastern virginia medical school yearbook that was clearly racist and offensive. i am not and will not excuse the content of the photo. it was offensive, racist and despicable. when my staff showed me the photo in question yesterday, i was seeing it for the first time. i did not purchase th...

Other mistakes in this medical school yearbook that your page wasnt the only page. was that anecdotal or do you have something else that backs that up? >> no, i would welcome you to look at that particular yearbook. there are numerous pictures in there of face painting, none of whom are me -- >> you mean black face? >> yes, im sorry. i believe -- i dont know if they release it had yet, eastern virginia medical school is in the process of reviewing each of their yearbooks and will put a statement...

In black face that could come out? >> absolutely not. >> youre asking folks now to take some time, let this investigation roll, avoid a rush to judgment, isnt that the opposite of what took place yesterday with yourself with your rush to judgment in apologizing for this rather than waiting for the full facts to come out and sharing those? >> its a fair question. you thought it was important to -- when this broke yesterday afternoon, there were just a lot of people calling and i just felt like i ...