Doesnt add up. Why is Ralph Northam still the governor of virginia . He has given a series of increasingly incomprehensible explanations for this racist photo that was in his medical School Yearbook. According to a source, northam telling his cabinet this morning that if he goes now, hell be branded a racist for life and that he needs more time to clear his name. Because so far his attempts to do so have defied common sense. Here he is saying its not him in that picture. I believe then and now that i am not either of the people in that photo. This was not me in that picture. That was not Ralph Northam. Im telling the truth today, that was not my picture. The problem, of course, is that northam had already said that it was him. On friday, releasing a statement saying, quote, earlier today, a website published a photograph of me from my 1984 medical School Yearbook in a costume that is clearly racist and offensive. So at first it was him and then it wasnt him, in a photo that, of course, no one could possibly not remember being in. Outside the Governors Mansion today, there were protests, people chanting ralph resign, and the list of those calling for his resignation is much too long for me to read. The dnc, every single major democratic candidate for the white house, the states two democratic senators, mark warner and tim kaine, the Virginia State gop, the response accelerating after Governor Northams strange Weekend Press conference where he admitted to dressing up in blackface another time in the same year as the photo. I dressed up in a whats his name . Michael jackson, excuse me, thats why i have pam with me. I had the shoes, i had a glove, and i used just a little bit of shoe polish to put under my or on my cheeks. And the reason i used a very little bit, is because i dont know if anybodys ever tried that, but you cannot get shoe polish off. So first he didnt remember Michael Jacksons name, and the reason he used just a little bit on his face is because hed done it before . Quote, the reason i used a little bit is because i dont know if anyones ever tried that, but you cant get shoe polish off. But the strangest moment might have been when he was talking about dressing up in blackface as Michael Jackson in more detail, northam smiled and nodded and then his wife stepped in. Watch this. Are you still able to moonwalk . Uh in appropriate circumstances. My wife says, in appropriate circumstances. And we have breaking news at this hour from our sara sidner, outfront live in richmond, virginia. And sara, this is a Big Development here as we try to understand what the hecks happening here. You just spoke to someone who worked on the yearbook staff and what did you just find out . Reporter we heard from dr. William elwood. He worked on the 1984 yearbook staff at evms, the same school that Governor Northam went to and he said this, the pictures were not chosen at random by the staff. The pictures were actually sent by each individual student to the yearbook staff in a sealed envelope. The yearbook staff then took the sealed envelope, opened it up, and they placed the picture on the actual personal page of each of the physicians who were graduating. And i asked him, look, is it possible that you or someone on the staff accidentally mixed up the pictures and put somebodys picture on the wrong page and maybe thats how this picture ended up on dr. Northams personal page. And he said, anything is possible, but it is not probable. He said, either someone would have had to have done it maliciously or someone would have had to have done it mistakenly, but all of these pictures in this yearbook, they were in a locked area that only the staff could get in. And in his mind, it really doesnt seem possible that that would have happened. But like he said, anything is possible. So now we know a little bit about how the yearbook staff worked and that according to this one person, who did work on that 1984 yearbook staff, he said, yeah, indeed, i was one of the layout guys and they sent us each physician sent us their pictures in a sealed envelope. I should also mention this. Weapon talked to quite a few people who are voters here, just the constituents of Governor Northam. And it was a mixed bag, as to what they thought should be done because of this picture. Everyone was equally annoyed with anywhere. Some of them said, look, he cannot continue to govern because he has so much time spend on this controversy and hes trying to deal with this and he cant governor at the same time. And they want his full attention on issues that affect virginians every single day. And then there were others and several africanamericans who told us, look, we live in this state, we have seen this before, this is nothing new to us. We know that in this particular area and in the south in general, that racism was a real issue. It still is an issue. And they say, look, we can forgive Governor Northam, but we want to see that Governor Northam does right by us and the citizens, all of the citizens here in virginia. If he can do that, we can let this go. Erin . Sara, thank you very much. And i want to go outfront now to Charniele Herring and thank you very much. I appreciate your time. The governor says he needs more time. Should he have more time or does he need to just resign now . He needs to resign now. I mean, its he has committed these acts, apparently, hes actually told me personally on friday that he acknowledged that it was him in the photograph. He then tried to backtrack it on saturday and described putting on blackface. Its too much, its too much for the commonwealth to bear. Ill tell you right now, today, were in crossover session. There are serious things that we need to address, like the tax issue, our budget, and what hes doing a serving as a distraction. I understand that he wants time to clear his name, but virginians dont have time. We need to refocus on the task pp aside soon, very soon and if he does not do that, what can you do about it . Well, im not ready to go there yet, but he needs to step aside. He needs to resign. The more senior elected officials feel that he will step aside and do the right thing for the commonwealth. And im asking him again to please resign. You know, i want to play for you, you know, charniele, because it was strange and incomprehensible what we saw this weekend, just a couple of those key moments i just referenced from the Governors Press conference. Here they are. I dressed up in a whats his name . Michael jackson, excuse me. Thats why i have pam with me. I had the shoes, i had a glove, and i used just a little bit of shoe polish to put under my or on my cheeks. And the reason i used a very little bit, is because i dont know if anybody has ever tried that, but you cannot get shoe polish off. Are you still able to moonwalk . In appropriate ircumstances. My wife says, in appropriate circumstances. What was your reaction to those moments . I was horrified. The description of putting on blackface, how much shoe polish to put on the face, i horrified, actually. I was just horrified. And i dont think the governor and this is another thing, fully appreciates the pain it is for africanamericans to sit there and listen to him say that. Now, you know, ive known Governor Northam for almost a decade or a little bit over a decade. And i think that he has that good heart, but his actions have been painful and cutting for many virginians, africanamerican and nonafricanamerican alike. And again, for the love of the commonwealth, and i know he loves his state as much as i do, with all his heart, he needs to step aside and resign today. And you know, you do reference that youve known fhi for about a decade, delegate herring. Are you surprised . Now theres this picture and then hes admitting to dressing up in blackface another time and then hes talking about putting on his face and theres just a sudden onslaught. Is it a surprise to you altogether . Its a big disappointment . I can say that. Its just a huge disappointment. And you think about this 1984, when hes describing putting on blackface, thats when governor wilder was making his bid for the to be the governor of the commonwealth, the first africanamerican governor in these United States. That was profound. Yeah. And so, its not that long ago, and its just its 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 few days ago. He cannot effectively governor now. It is time to step aside. And i know its hard, but it is time. All right. Well, delegate herring, we are awaiting whether there is a development from the governor tonight, as you just heard. The latest news we have is that those pictures would have had to have been submitted in a sealed envelope. Its getting worse and worse, if thats even possible. It is. It is. Thank you so very much. I appreciate your time. Thank you so much. And next, breaking news. Federal prosecutors are zeroing in on President Trumps inaugural committee. 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If i were conducting this investigation, i would be interested to know whether they payments were made by foreign businesses or foreign individuals. And whether the idea of having the payments made directly by these outside people was a way of essentially trying to skirt the reporting requirements that exist, that the committee has to keep track of who its donors are. Some people arent allowed to makes donations, such as foreign individuals and businesses, and maybe this is a way around it. Thats what a prosecutor is probably wondering about. Right. Because, laura, obviously, just to make the point clear, foreign donors are not allowed to be doing this. So if it happened, that would be a violation. Whats the significance, laura, of the fact that this is a subpoena now . That theyre not that its gotten to that point . Well, the subpoena, of course, remember, one of the biggest powerful things of a grand jury is that there is an ongoing investigation, and that they have rights to actually get documents. Its not a request, its not one that just says, if you feel like providing it to us, could you maybe do so . Its a demand. And its backed by the federal court through the grand jury process. And so there is reason to believe in order to get the subpoena, that there is information out there that may be likened to a crime. And so theyre exercising their right under the grand jury subpoena power to get documents and anything else that may follow. It also tells you that there is an arm other than the Mueller Probe whos looking at documentation related to donations for the inaugural committee and the Trump Campaign into the inauguration. This is very big news. And david gergen, this also, we know the inaugural committee, it raised an eyeraising and historically unprecedented figure, right, of 100 million. This is coming out of the Southern District of new york. As laura points out, separate from bob mueller. But the Southern District of new york is, of course, also Michael Cohen. Whats the significance of that, david . Well, i think we have been assuming, perhaps wrongly, but many assume that the Mueller Report is going to come in within the month. And that basically is going to begin to end it. And what this says is, no, no, no, even as mueller closes up, theres another front opening. And for donald trump, that means that he may be mired in this kind of thing for the rest of his first term. This just may be a constant headache for him and its going to be a subject of intensive reporting. So let me ask you, harry, because according to propublica, rick gates, who was the deputy to the chairman of the inaugural committee, the chairman was tom barrick, propublica is citing two sources saying that rick gates asked a couple of vendors, hey, can you take a payment directly from a donor, rather than through the committee. That would be deeply concerning. But thats the reporting that rick gates asked them to do this. So lets just talk about the significance of that. If that happened, is there any way that the inaugural committee, more broadly, wouldnt have known about it . If rick gates was hypothetically acting completely on his own . Its hard to imagine that, because an invoice comes in for a block of hotel rooms, lets say. And the inaugural committee is going to have to pay for that, unless somebody else pays for it. And if the invoice just gets paid, how could the committee not have known . Is there some sort of Guardian Angel thats paying invoices for people . That doesnt happen to my bills and im guessing it doesnt happen to the inaugural committee, either. They must know whos paying for this. And all the pieces are coming together. The grand jury subpoena, the existence of witness testimony to explain whats happening and so as david just said, the Southern District investigation isnt ending anytime soon. And what else do you think they could be looking at, laura . As i said, obviously, thats one thing that i am told is in here, but there obviously is likely to be much more that the Southern District is requesting in this subpoena. Theyre going to compare and contrast, essentially, who were the people who were integral in the campaign and who were there to actually see the end results of the campaign. Its an interesting dynamic, because you want to essentially see people who are getting the output of all of their riches. So theyre going to compare and figure out if theres anything that somebody who was an investor in the campaign initially, are there foreign nationals who were providing money prior to the inauguration, who then got to receive their just dessert at the end of it . What i find most fascinating about this, erin, is the kind of cases that Robert Mueller is farming out. Two separate occasions, in terms of Campaign Contributions, mueller has shown that he is not interested to the degree of collusion. Hes farmed back Michael Cohen about the Campaign Contributions related to Stormy Daniels and any other payments, karen mcdougal. He has farmed back to the sdny, similarly, issues about foreign donations of Campaign Contributions. I find that really remarkable, given the fact that his mandate includes figuring out, essentially, how to follow the money. So if hes not interested in that particular aspect, i wonder what hes truly honed in on. And it also could be that he was anticipating at some point his tenure would end and he