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>> i hope that's the case because northam is not going to stop until he does. >> here's the deal. there's no mo modern precedent in virginia for impeaching a governor. i'm told yes he convened that urgent meeting last night with top aides and administration officials of color but he emerged from that meeting having not changed his mind. he has a cabinet meeting scheduled today. the house behind me will convene later this morning. the governor says he's going to stay put as long as he feels he can effectively govern. but you might find out it was in the next hour or two just how effective he mi...

Depicting a person in blackface and someone dressed as the klan. he admits to wearing blackface to portray michael jackson in 1984, that same year. northam is facing calls to resign from members of his own party now including both democratic senators from the state, former secretary of state and presidential candidate hillary clinton and former governor doug wilder, virginia's first black governor. let's bring in la mont bagby, a virginia state delegate and chair of the black legislative caucus. e.j. dion "the washington post," tiffany cross of the beat d.c. and jason johnson of the root.com a...

President related to michael cohen now just a few moments ago michael cohen has been subpoenaed to testify before the senate intel community. this changes things in a few major ways. michael cohen is set to report to prison in march. we don't know when he's set to appear before the senate intel committee. i want to bring in michael steele now, former senior advisor to jeb bush. jason johnson is also with me, politics editor at the root.com. i'll start with you, michael steele. how big of a deal? >> it's a huge deal. i mean, i think it was inevitable that at some point cohen would appear before...

Of moveon.org and jason johnson of the root.com and msnbc contributor malcolm nance and joining fernando [ inaudible ] democratic pollster. i'm sorry, i'm sorry. fernand, i miss you, my friend, come up to new york more often. donald trump, i just for a moment, abraham lincoln, our 16th president, assassinated during the civil war, tried to save the union from the succession of southern states who were willing to go to war and see hundreds of thousands of people die in order to defend slavery, donald trump says no president since lincoln has been treated worse than him. your thoughts on that be...

Talking about steve king on a radio program in kevin mccarthy's district. >> this wasn't the first time that he used this language. >> absolutely. >> when he used this, i came out directly and denounced it and was frustrated. but i knew that i watched past leaders did not act and just felt i don't care if it hurts me or not i've got to just do the right thing. but when i looked at the back of the things he had said and recently done it can't reflect p th. >> politics editor of the root.com and msnbc contributor and former democratic senator claire mccaskill who is also now an msnbc contributor...