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Your ability to govern. >> the press conference, mark, it just -- it went from bad to worse, i think. i just want to play a little bit more of that, when he talks about dressing up as michael jackson. >> do you have to? >> just for people who missed it. >> terrible, terrible. >> i had the shoes. i had a glove. i used a little bit of shoe polish to put under my -- or on my cheeks. the reason i used a very little bit is because -- i don't know if anybody tried that, but you can't get shoe polish off. it was a dance contest. >> does that sound like a man who understands the seriousness of what he...

Defiant. virginia governor ralph northam staying put for now after a racist photo showing someone in blackface with someone in a kkk hood was seen on his yearbook page. he's behind closed doors with his cabinet as we speak. democrats seem to draw a clear and resounding line. there is no place for this in public servant. plus, it depends. that's what president trump answered when he was asked about whether the results of robert mueller's investigation should be made public. what does it depend on? he says, essentially, let's see what the report says. also, executive time. a white house sour...

Candidates. more importantly, it's a milepost for how well americans understand our own history of racism and how we address those symbols of racism, how they define where we are as a country. a lot of moving parts to this story at this hour. ralph northam meeting with his cabinet. governor northame police iie iic politically isol he can get. the controversy stemming from the photos printed under his name in the graduate yearbook. one man in blackface. another in a kkk robe. northam originally apologized, then in the cringe-inducing press conference saturday, he flip-flopped and said, that sus...

About politics. it should be about doing the decent thing, the right thing. he never -- he doesn't seem to understand exactly what he did and why that photo, even if he is in the photo or not, it is on his yearbook page. he doesn't seem to grasp why that is so offensive, why that is so horrendous. he goes out and has a press conference. he denies what he said 24 hours prior. then he makes this weird comment and talks about how he wore blackface, he couldn't take the shine off his face, how hard it was, talks about moon walking. it was embarrassing and shameful and you are t and hurtful. yes, i...

>> probably. >> i can continue to go about the business i was elected for. >> that's a possibility. or what i'm concerned about is, quite frankly, is there an aversion to stepping aside, to actually allow an african-american to take the position? in other words, is he not only blackface in costume but blackface in practice? you know, you don't go out and start the game if you're injured. you give it to the man that can go out and finish the job. justin fairfax is a person to finish the job. he'd go a long way. i mean, this is right in front of him, an opportunity to clear that up and to suppor...