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Removed from office, he is also not hearing from democrats encouraging him to take that next step. that means the decision lies with just one person and that is ralph northam, the governor of virginia as to whether or not he stays or goes. >> that pressure is mounting moment by moment. >> joining the conversation -- what are the possibilities for northam now? >> the possibilities i think obviously ryan outlined the fact it doesn't look like impeachment is an option. there seems to be two options, him hanging on and seeing if he can power through the difficult time or he steps down. obviously e...

Republicans on capitol hill who seem to not be that warm to the idea of the president going it alone on building the wall. >> the precedent it sets. we will have to get into the definition of a national emergency. the other big story we are following is the question in virginia which is, is the da democratic governor going to survive. governor ralph northam after a racist photo on his medical school year book page suffered. his attempt at damage control seemed to do more damage to his already damaged situation. he has been losing allies. a source tells cnn that during a meeting last night wi...

Any word on what has happened this morning? >> reporter: we believe that this cabinet meeting that was scheduled for 9:00 this morning just wrapped up a few minutes ago. it went much longer than what was originally scheduled, now the governor set to convene a meeting of a larger group of his staff members. our feeling as to how this day is going to go is that these meetings that the governor is conducting today will go a long way to helping him figure out whether or not he can continue to govern effectively. that is a very important point because what the governor has said over and over is tha...

Every democrat who is running for president in 2020 has come out with a statement on this. they are going to have to take a position on it. they will be asked about it. how does this impact democrats in 2020 who want to take on president trump on race? >> you know, i think in some ways that is an overblown story line. i think it certainly matters in virginia. it matters for the local races that are going to be happening this year in virginia. you imagine in 2020, if northam is still the governor, if you are kamala harris or cory booker or whoever, biden, whoever the nominee is, you can imagine...

Opposition to the actions of a dictator in venezuela. at the same time that he is suggesting that he would act like one here in the united states. >> i do want to ask you about -- we will be talking more about the shutdown as days come because we have a deadline coming up. i want to ask you about 2020. you have a very big field alrea already. politico is reporting that some democrat democrats are purposefully waiting to see, waiting to announce to see if others trip up so they can come in as a white knight. what do you think of that strategy? >> you know, in my experience, there are various ap...