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What's the back story here? >> good morning. the photo is just jaw dropping. this guy built his political brand on being inclusive and that is what has a lot of people upset this morning. and we are getting new details about this in terms of what the prime minister -- remember he's in the middle of an election campaign right now saying he apologizes. now, there was a lot of contrition there, but look at what's behind the story. >> reporter: canadian prime minister justin trudeau asking for forgiveness. >> pissed off at myself, obviously. disappointed in myself and i'm apologizing to canadians ...

Apologized very quickly after this picture surfaced. let's watch, and then we'll talk about it. >> in 2001, when i was a teacher out in vancouver, i attended an end of year gala where the theme was arabian knights, and i dressed up in an aladdin costume and put makeup on. i shouldn't have done that. i should have known better, but i didn't, and i'm really sorry. i take responsibility for my decision to do that. i shouldn't have done it. i should have known better. it was something that i didn't think was racist at the time, but now i recognize it was something racist to do, and i am deeply sor...

2001. so let's discuss now. david swerdlick is here, tara setmayer. good evening to both of you. good to see you. >> hey, don. >> hello. >> tara, so trudeau came out, apologized very quickly after this picture surfaced. let's watch, and then we'll talk about it. >> in 2001, when i was a teacher out in vancouver, i attended an end of year gala where the theme was arabian knights, and i dressed up in an aladdin costume and put makeup on. i shouldn't have done that. i should have known better, but i didn't, and i'm really sorry. i take responsibility for my decision to do that. i shouldn't have d...

Actually is because, you know, i don't know. i think context matters when it comes to these kinds of things. i think this is different than the ralph northam situation in virginia where you had the kkk outfit -- >> and blackface means something different in the united states than brownface means in canada. >> right, absolutely, right, and i just kind of feel like where do we draw the line with this? is this something that should end his career? you know, no. but because of things i just listed and other domestic issues in canada, this is going to hurt him there. but his record has been good on...

The white house is not commenting. and acting dni, joseph mcgwire, is refusing to share with congress. that's touching off a political and legal dispute. he has agreed to talk next week. and the dni will brief the intelligence committee behind closed doors today. an apology from justin trudeau after the prime minister was in brown-face in a photo that went public. the existence of this photo was first reported by "time" magazine. trudeau did not realize at the time that his actions were racist. >> in 2001, when i was a teacher in vancouver, i attended an end of the year gala, where the theme...