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Was accused of sexual assault by two different women. lawmakers were planning to introduce impeachment legislation. but this morning a ingmorning, lawmaker seemed to have a change of heart. saying additional conversationings are needed. democratic state delegate patrick hope said, we all owe it to all parties involved, especially the victims, to make sure we have thought through every option. so we can build more consensus on a path forward. nbc's geoff bennett is live in richmond. at this point, you might need to get an apartment. what's going on? >> that's right, as this scandal enters week ...

Expected to file articles of impeachment today. now, we're hearing that's been put on hold. what happened? >> reporter: here's the story, on friday after the second justin fairfax accuser came forward, this legislator, patrick hope, went before the cameras and threw down the gauntlet, craig. he said if justin fairfax doesn't resign by monday, i'll introduce articles of impeachment. monday morning rolls around, and patrick hope backtracks. here's a statement in which he explains his thinking. he said late in the day on friday, i allowanced if lieutenant governor fairfax did not resign by today,...

Another statement where he denied the allegations. he's now calling for what he says he wants to be, a full and independent investigation. patrick hope, the virginia state legislature, the guy who threatened to drop those articles of impeachment today, is now saying he is going to hold off. yesterday, he e-mailed a round, a draft copy of that resolution to his democratic colleagues and got an earful. now he's saying he wants more time. that's fairfax. the governor, ralph northam who today granted his first tv interview since this scandal broke a week ago. he says he's not stepping down. he als...

Who is strong, who has empathy, who has courage and who has a moral come pass, and that's why i'm not going anywhere. >> northam insists the racist yearbook picture is not him. geoff bennett has been covering this story from the start. he joins us live from richmond, virginia. geoff, the lieutenant governor has give an new interview just in the last couple minutes, i think, talking about the accusations against him? >> reporter: yeah. that's right. he's talked now to the root and "the washington post," and he's been telling the same story all along. he says the two encounters in question were ...

Ana, the governor has been consistent in his language in the past couple of days, saying he is trying to help the people of virginia move on from this difficult week. it seemed to this voter who i spoke to that the media at this point is parsing words in a way that the average virginians aren't. >> there are now two credible allegations of sexual assault against lieutenant governor justin fairfax, who is now calling for a fbi investigation. he says he wants to clear his name. but democratic house delegate patrick hope is saying he's planning to introduce articles of impeachment against fairfax...