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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 i'll 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 especially here in virginia, this is the 400th anniversary of the state legislature, 400 years ago...

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 i'll 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? >> no, because of the painful history of african-americans in this country and especially here in vi...

Face. >> have you had black people before to witness this? >> no, you're actually the first black man to attend a cross lighting. the first thing any man or woman learns is how to wrap the cross. these robes are part of who we are. the cross lighting is part of who we are. >> when you burn a cross, you don't burn -- >> no, no, you don't burn it -- >> it's called a cross lighting. >> how often do you do this? >> you wouldn't want to do them every month. it makes them less special. you could have champagne, but you're not going to have it every day. one of the nicest times to do it is in a full ...

A little more. dude, you're going real fast. you're going to lose a lot of feel. we call it klansman cologne. most of the robes i have have kerosene. >> you want to keep this one? >> yeah, i do. it's satin. >> what's a good price on a robe? >> $125. >> >> it was almost time >> klansmen, you're going to be in this ceremony, let's go. >> it was almost time for the cross lighting. >> gentlemen, let's get this cross up in the air. >> i know what you're thinking. is it rude of me not to help?

Whole time dancing his ass off. ain't too proud to beg. so i think i can't just judge the klan by this one dude. i got to go talk to more klan members. which is the first time a black guy has ever said that sentence in life. >> my next stop on the where are they now klan edition is dawson springs, kentucky. walking the streets, it feels like any quaint southern working class town, but for decades the kkk and their neo-nazi buddies have used the property just outside of town for their rallies. and tonight the klan has invited me to witness a cross burning. yep, i'm a kkk vip. but first let me t...