>>> BACK WITH THE OTHER MAJOR STORY TONIGHT, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
FOLLOWING, CALLS ARE GETTING
LOUDER THIS EVENING FOR RALPH
NORTHAM TO RESIGN AFTER THESE
RACIST PHOTOS FROM 1984 SURFACED
JUST TODAY.
JUST TODAY. PICTURES WERE PUBLISHED IN THE
EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL
YEARBOOK.
YEARBOOK. THEY SHOW A MAN IN BLACK FACE,
ANOTHER PERSON IN A KKK ROBE.
NORTHAM CONFIRMED EDED EARLIER T
EVENING HE IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE
IN THE PHOTO.
WE DON’T KNOW WHICH ONE.
IF IT’S A CHOICE BETWEEN BLACK
FACE AND KKK ROBE, IT’S NOT LIKE
ONE IS ANY LESS OFFENSIVE THAN
THE OTHER NORTHAM APOLOGIZED IN
A STATEMENT, HE SAID, I’M DEEPLY
SORRY FOR THE DECISION I MADE AS
I DID IN THIS PHOTO.
THE HURT THE DECISION CAUSED
THEN AND NOW.
HE FOLLOWED UP ON THAT STATEMENT
WITH A HASTILY MADE VIDEO
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. IN WHICH HE MAKES CLEAR HE
DOESN’T INTEND TO RESIGN AT THIS
POINT.
POINT. >> I CANNOT CHANGE THE DECISIONS
I MADE.
I MADE. NOR CAN I UNDUE THE HARM MY
BEHAVIOR CAUSED THEN OR TODAY.
I ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY
PAST ACTIONS AND WILLING TO DO
THE HARD WORK FOR REGAINING YOUR
TRUST.
TRUST. >> MANY BIG NAMED DEMOCRATS HAVE
STARTED CALLING ON NORTHAM TO
RESIGN.
RESIGN. HIS FELLOW DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR
PHIL MURPHY OF NEW JERSEY DID SO
TONIGHT ON THE AIR WITH CHRIS
TOEWS, KAMALA HARRIS SAYS, HE
SHOULD GO.
SHOULD GO. AND THIS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF
THE NAACP AND WE QUOTE "BLACK
FACE IN ANY MANNER IS ALWAYS
RACIST AND NEVER OKAY.
NO MATTER THE PARTY AFFILIATION.
WE CANNOT STAND FOR SUCH
BEHAVIOR WHICH IS WHY THE NAACP
IS CALLING FOR THE RESIGNATION
OF RALPH NORTHAM."
WITH US TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF IT,
BEN GELLIS AND FORMER CANDIDATE
FOR GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF
NORTH CAROLINA.
NORTH CAROLINA. BEN, I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN WITH
YOU.
YOU. THIS COMES TO US FROM THE SEAT
OF THE CONFESS RASCY, THIS IS
NOT FROM A LONG AGO ERA OF
LESTER MADDOX.
LESTER MADDOX. MAKING THIS ALMOST WORSE IS THE
TIME FRAME OF THESE PHOTOS.
YOU HAVE DOUG WILDER RUNNING FOR
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF VIR REQUIRE.
YOU HAD JESSE JACKSON RUNNING AS
A NATIONAL CANDIDATE, WHAT DO
YOU THINK SHOULD HAPPEN HERE?
>> HE HAS TO STEP DOWN AND HE
SHOULD GO INTO CLUTCHES ON
SUNDAY MORNING.
SUNDAY MORNING. AND HE SHOULD APOLOGIZE TO
PEOPLE IN THE STATE.
THIS IS A PROFOUND LACK OF
JUDGMENT.
JUDGMENT. THIS MAN POSING AS HE DID.
YOU GO BEYOND THAT.
IF WE HAD CHARACTER HE WOULDN’T
HAVE DONE IT, IF HE HAD COURAGE
HE WOULD HAVE APOLOGIZED IN THE
YEARS SINCE, AND HIS MANY
CAMPAIGNS FOR MANY OFFICES AT
SOME POINT HE WOULD HAVE COME
FORWARD AND APOLOGIZED.
HE WOULD HAVE HAD CANDOR.
HE’S JUST FAILED.
MY FAMILY COMES FROM THAT STATE
PEOPLE WANT LEADERS WHO HAVE
CHARACTER, WHO HAVE COURAGE AND
WHO WILL BE CANDID WITH THEM.
HE WILL NOT --
>> IF HE WAS IN THE PRIVATE
SECTOR HE WOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED
SEVERAL HOURS AGO, HE IS ON THE
PUBLIC PAYROLL IN VIRGINIA, I
DON’T SEE HOW THIS IS
POLITICALLY SURVIVABLE FOR HIM,
HE COULD SIT IN THAT OFFICE, BUT
THE CALLS FOR HIM TO RESIGN ARE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO CASCADE,
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT’S
GOING TO GO AWAY FOR HIM.
HE’S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO
REGAIN SOME SORT OF CREDIBILITY.
I THINK IT’S ONLY A MATTER OF
TIME, THE WRITING SEEMS TO BE ON
THE WALL FOR THE GOVERNOR I
WOULDN’T -- AS A REPORTER MAKE
ANY CALLS.