governor justin fairfax of virginia of sexual assault. trace gallagher has the latest. trace? >> good evening, dan. the second accuser is meredith watson who says the assault was in 2000 while they were both under grads at duke university. watson says the two were friends but never had a romantic relationship. watson has not detailed what her lawyer calls aggressive and premeditated attack but claims it was similar to the first victim who says that fairfax forced her to perform oral sex. justin fairfax called that consensual and said the allegations are made up. and fairfax claims that watson made previous assault claims against a basketball player. she says that she was assaulted by a basketball player. watson's attorney says she told many of the friends about fairfax attacking her and they have issued corroborating statements. the attorney says ms. watson is reluctantly coming forward out of response to the civic duty and believes those who are in highest office should be of the highest character. and cory booker tweeted the multiple detailed allegations against lieutenant governor

a second woman isf accusing lieutenant governor justin fairfax of virginiaia of sexual assault. trace gallagher, trace good evening, the second meredith said they were undergrads at duke university. watson said the two were friends but never had a romantic relationship. watson has not detailed what hee love your calls and aggressive and premeditated attack, but she claims it was similar to the first accuser vanessa thyssen who says in 2004, fairfax grabbed her head and forced first accuser vanessa thyssen who says in 2004, fairfax her grabbed her head and forced to perform first accuser vanessa thyssen oral who says in 2004, fairfax her fairfax called grabbed her head and forced that to perform encounter first accuser vanessa thyssen consensual and oral said the who says in 2004, fairfax allegations by meredith . watson are made up.erer m fairfax claims watson made previous great plains against a duke basketball player and the attorney said she was by a basketball player and that justin fairfax use the previous rate claim as a way to shame watson into staying quiet, watson's at

meredith watson now coming forward. she said virginia lieutenant governor justin fairfax raped her t wheny were both students at duke university. >> her attorneys say watson is coming forward reluctantly out of a sense of civic duty and asking fairfax to julie carey has been working this story all afternoon from richmond. >> all week, in fact. another day and another bombshell. >> reporter: it s hardlyms possible, but a deepening crisis at the capit with a second sexual assault allegation a levellinst lieutenant governor justin fairfax. it comes from a duke university classmate but the lieutenant governor firing back with an allegation of his own. he says thisn allegat part of a smear campaign orchestrated against him and the final defiant sentence in his atement, i will n resign. this letter delivered the latest mbshell to hit one of virginia's top elected leaders, lieutent governor justin fairfax. n contains a second allegation of sexual assauled by a woman named meredith watson. she said she wasy raped justin fairfax when they were at duke university back in 2000. e attorney let

intend i toroduce articles of impeachment on lieutenant governor justin fairfax. resign or be impeached. tonight, a brand-new allegation of rape against virginia's second in command as calls for his resignation grow louder tonight. >>> but first, winter is back with a vengeance.od evening. i'm doreen gentzler. >> and i'm jim adlai. after days le spring-like temps, you're going to need to crank the heat up tonight, folks. cold air has rushed back into our regio and strong wind as well. take a look at flags flapping in rockville tonight. >> let's go straight to doug kammerer. you warned us this wd was coming. >> what a great day it was a little bit earlier. 61, d.c., 57 hagerstown. 20 to 30 miles an hour. drawn in the cold air. look ahe wind chills now from 16 to 27 in d.c. hagerstow 7 degrees right now back towards pittsburgh. that's the way it feels. again, thed chill going to be a big facrrr all day to. if you walk outside right now, that's how your saturday will feel. coming up we'll talk about t rest of the weekend and we've got not one but two storm systems. ye t i thinkre

tiechin the east. >> pressure mounting on justin fairfax after a second woman accuses him of sexual assault. >> federal prosecutors involved now that the richest man in the world accuses "national enquirer" of extortion. >> and fiery testimony after matthew whitaker was the before the house judiciary committee. >>> now developments in the political crisis in virginia. at the very top of government. this morning mounting pressure on virginia's lieutenant governor justin fairfax to resign after a second woman has now accused him of sexual assault. he denies both allegations. just a week ago fairfax seemed likely to replace governor ralph northam who is refusing to step down amid a blackface scandal. the third in line, the attorney general admitted this week he also used blackface in college. in the new allegation meredith watson said fairfax raped her back in 2000 while both were in college. fairfax says that allegation is false. watson's lawyers pushed back saying that after the sexual assault watson asked fairfax quote, why did you do it? he then alluded to watson being raped previo

virginia's top three leaders. mounting calls for lieutenant governor justin fairfax to resign after a second woman accused him of sexual assault. meredith watson says fairfax raped her when they were students and friends at duke university in 2000. fairfax says the accusation is false and part of a smear campaign against him. among the calls for his resignation, democrats in the house and senate in virginia. saying fairfax should resign. he can no longer fulfill his duties. and a delegate is talking possible impeachment. >> i cannot stand by silently while the lieutenant governor is facing multiple allegation of sexual assault. i believe these women. he needs to resign immediately. should the lieutenant governor fail to do so, on monday, i intend to introduce articles of impeachment on lieutenant governor justin fairfax. >>> also, more democrats cred criticizing matthew whitaker. he told the committee he has not interfered with the mueller probe and not shared the information with the president. he was less direct when asked about this. >> are you overseeing the witch hunt? >> congres

fairfax, of sexualassault. several people are calling for him to step down, including one arlington delegate. news 4's derrick ward is live in arlington with the sto. good morning, derrick. >> reporter: good morning. well, virginia politics has been nothing if no intriguing over the past few days or few weeks. of course, this all started with allegations and then admissions on the part of the governor and the state attorney general. as you can imagine, this would cause havoc on the succession question. justin fairfax is in the middle of this with his own allegations leveled against him about sexual misconduct. this comes from a woman whom he attended duke unirsity with ck in 2000. now, of course, this has meant some virginia politicians are starting to speak out. the latest among them is delegate patrick hope. now, he believes the allations against fairfax are the most egregious. he put out a tweetre cently where he's essentially throwing down the gauntlet. he's calling for s fairfax top down by monday, or he says he will introduce articles of impeachment. now, yhe made the announce

kissing with justin fairfax at the 2004 demoic national convention turned into a sexual assault. >> tonight, the president of the naacps calling on attorney general mark herring to resign after admitting that he dressed in blackface while he was in college at uva. virginia senator tim kaine sayt toni all of this has him in shock. >> this week has just made me sick, you ow, it's just made me sick. from friday to now, it's just been one bit of bad news after the next. >> our team coverage on the continued crisis in theeg commonwealths tonight with northern virginia bureau chief julie carey in richmond. >> reporter: the impact of the latest revelation evident inhe reaction of stateenator louise lucas, normally a forceful voice in the black caucus, she was overwhelmed as she left the capitol surunded by reporters looking for comment. she was barely able to get out a feds w >> i just can't talk right now. >> reporter: the latest bombshell came this morning whem attorney generk herring met with members of the black caucus to tell themik that governor ralph northam he once appeared in

>>> this new accusation by the separate woman is very serious. that justin fairfax raped her. the vire virginia house democratic caucus has called for the lieutenant governor to step down. >>> inquiring minds may be in trouble. >>> people want a new generation of leadership. i'm going to bring a representation of the country that represents the future. >> i have not talked to the president of the united states about the special counsel's investigation. >> who are you? where did you come from? and how the heck did you become the head of the department of justice? >> announcer: this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >>> good saturday to you. we begin this morning with mounting calls for virginia's lieutenant governor justin fairfax to resign. this is coming after a second woman has accused him of sexual assault. the woman says fairfax raped her while they were both students at duke university in 2000. >> this is a different accusation from another woman who said he raped here. fairfax is denying vehemently the allegations. cnn's ryan nobles walks us throug

, political crisis in virginia worsening again tonight, lieutenant governor justin fairfax facing a second allegation of sexual assault. he says it is a vicious coordinated smear campaign but the second victim's attorney speaking out as a virginia democratic delegate introduced articles of impeachment, the latest break -- breaking details in a moment and criticisms of alexandria ocasio-cortez green new deal and they are not from republicans. even president obama's former energy secretary calls the plan impractical. more on the cracks within the democratic party later. sick around until the end of the hour, a "duck dynasty" start is here. has america lost touch with its core values, full robertson will answer that question but first let's go to allison barber with the latebreaking details. >> duke university tells us they asked justin fairfax to step down from the board at duke stanford school of public policy after a woman claimed the lieutenant governor raped her in 2000 at duke university when they were students, the law firm says mister fairfax's attack was premeditated and aggressive a

attentionashifted to juice t justin fairfax. hope said, if fairfax doesn't resign by monday after this second sexual assault allegation, he'll introduce articles of impeachment. here's the exc he had with shomari stone about all three men. >> the governor and the attorney general, while they're heinous and, clearly, sensitive, they don't rise to the same level. >> have you called on them to resign? >> i have supported the caucus' position to call on the governor to resign. >> what about mark herring? >> we have not issued a statement on mark herring. >> the virginia legislative black caucus is calli on fairfax to resign, as well. they acknowledged he deserves due process, but they say it is best for the commonwealth if he steps down. they're not alone. nearly everyemocraticeader is asking fairfax to step down. the lieutent governor remains defiant, insisting he hasn't done anythin wrong. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey is in richmond. >> reporter: the lieutenant governor says this is part os orchestrated smear campaign. the final defiant sentence in his statement, i will not

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accusing lieutenant gov justin fairfax of forcing her to perform oral sex in 2004 released a more detailed statement what she remembers from that day. fairfax calls her account painful and says he has never ne anything like what he suggests. all this happening on the fourth day in a row in which we have not seen o heard from governor ralph northam. >> our team coverage begins with news 4's julie carey live in richmond. >> reporter: within the las hour we ha heard the first call for democratic attorney general mark herring to resign, he comes from the republican party of virginia. they s because mark herring himself had called for governor northam to resign over his disclosureor blackface mark herring should do the same. all that seemed to be in question tonight as he started this day facing members of the legislative black caucus telling them about a big mistake he says has haunted him for many years. the impact of the latest revelation evident in the reaction of state senator louis lucas. normally a forceful voice of the black caucus, she was ov whelmed as he left the capitol sur

forward accusing the lieutenant governor justin fairfax of sexual assault. this morning, calls are growing louder for his signation. we go to the stateapital richmond this morning. >> reporter: a weekago, it looked like he'd be governor by now. after a second accuser came forward late friday, lieutenant governor justin fairfax is facing calls f his immediate resignation. >> he needs to resign immediately. >> reporter: virginia state delegate patrick hope was blunt. >> monday, i intend to introduce articles of impeachment on lieutenant governor justin fairfax. >> reporter: the accusation time, rape. meredith watson said it happened in 2000 when she and fairfax were both students at duke university. in a statement, watson describes the attack as premedicated and alsressive. to br her charge, a pr firm working with watson's attorney released at they say are past electronic messages with friends, including an e-mail dated october 2016, where watson writes, justin raped me in college. the charge comes after dr. vanessa tyson, earlier in the week, accused fairfax of sexually assaulting h

know the story. it comes as virginia's lt. gov. justin fairfax is facing serious and dprak accusations of sexual assault from an accuser detailed in a statement today. fairfax denies the claims, he says whatever happened was consensual and it comes as the state attorney general admits he dressed in blackface as well, whoa, virginia. brian nobles is out front. >> reporter: virginia's capital already reeling from scandal is spinning out of control. all three of the state's top leaders, golf ralph northam. >> it is definitely not me ro. leiutenant justin fairfax and now mark herring are under controversy. days after the yearbook came out, he admitted he dressed in a blackface. in 1980, in college, some friends we suggested attend a party dressed like rappers we listened to at the time, like curtis blow, he says it sound ridiculous writing it. but because of our ignorance and glib attitudes and we did not have the experiences and perspectives of others, we dressed up and put on wigs in brown makeup. a new development in the sexual assault allegation against justin fairfax. jenn

governor also addressed the scandal surrounding his lieutenanttiovernor j fairfax. fairfax is denying two sexual assault allegations. governor northam tells "the washingt post" "these allegations are horrific, need to be taken very seriously." lieutenant fairfax has suggested and called for an investigation. "i strongly support ththat." lieutenant governor is refusing to resign. last night virginia delegatek patrope of arlington county announced his plans to iroduce ars of impeachment against fairfax if he doesn't resig by monday. chris pallone has more on the drama playing out tonight in richmond >> reporter: one week ago, justin fairfax appeared to be poised to become thern next go after the current leader apologized for this picture which appeared on his medical school yearbook page. now ralph northam is still in the governor's mansion and fampl is facing threats of impeachment. >> on monday, i intend to introduce articles of impeachment on lieutenantve gornor justin fairfax >> reporter: fairfax is now facing sexual assault accusations from two women, the latest from meredith watson wh

forward accusing lieutenant governor justin fairfax of sexual assault. let's go with trace gallagher with the latest announcements, put it all together altogether trace. >> the second accusers a woman name meredith watson who said this happened back in 2,000 undergraduates at duke university and she claims at the time she share the account with several classmates who had apparently provided statements to authorities willing to back up that claim that her lawyer also says she shared the story with friends and a string of emails on facebook and if that is the case, it will clearly be significant social media footprint on the story. the woman calls this, excuse me, a premeditated aggressive assault. she is not offering details, but she says the details of her attack are similar to the one described by vanessa tyson. remember that is the first accuser. in that case tyson said they were at a dnc convention in boston in 2004, and that fairfax asked tyson to go back to get documents and begin kissing. the consensual, and then, she alleges he put his hand behind her neck and force for belief

across thregion. nicole jacobs joins us from fairfax county where a downed tree is blocking a road. what's going on? >> reporter: the winds are increasing, but that could be a function of people waking up ang callnd reporting it. we're on old dominion drive this morning. this scene is creating a mess. you can see a tree blocking the roadway and on power lines here. i can tell you, there's a crew here assessing the situation. it looks like they will remove it pretty soon. dominion energy is here, as well.ta there's power s throughout the state, topping 10,000. back to you. >> all right, nicole jacobs, for us. >>> we're following two developing stories. one in maryland and the other in the district. >> a man was found dead in an alley last night. d.c. police say he was shot. no word on a suspect or motive. this was the second murder of the day in d.c. david brandon was shot a killed in the petworth neighborhood. >>> marc and train service has been restored. this happened at the bowie state university train station. marc said the person was trespassing. passengers were stuck on that t

serious that justin fairfax raped her. the entire virginia house democrat iic caucus has called r the lieutenant governor to stand. >> the revealing claims that the "national enquirer" attempted to eths tort and black maim jeff bezos isn't that. >> mean want a new vision for the country. >> and i'm one of the few that actually had to run something. >> i have not talked to the president of the united states about the special counsel's investigation. >> who are you? where did you come from, and how the heck did you become the head of the department of justice? >> announcer: this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >>> well, ready or not, it's the 2020 race. and it is on. a growing field of democrats already fighting over who will be the one to take on president trump next year. >> the latest entry into the field, senator elizabeth warren formally. she's expected to answer the official run this morning. and she won't be the only democrats making moves today. official announcements, whether she has that or not, campaign stops on the way from south carolina to

commonwealth's top three democrats are fighting to keep their jobs. the lieutenant governor justin fairfax hiring the same legal team that represented the supreme court justice brett kavanaugh when he also faced a sex assault accusation. this all comes after the lieutenant governor accused the lieutenant governor's accuser hired the same lawyers who represented justice kavanaugh's accuser dr. christine blasey ford. fox news has learned fairfax's accuser apparently tried to tip off a virginia congressman about her story a year ago but it didn't go anywhere. more on that in a moment. meantime the governor, ralph northam still refuses to step down over the racist yearbook photo and his admission that he dressed in blackface for a dance contest in the 1980s and even before that the attorney general mark herring, who admitted he also wore blackface in the 1980s still has not resigned even though he called for the governor to step down before his own scandal broke. take a look at the front page of the "new york post" today. it is quite an onslaught. if all three democrats step down, virginia's s

justin fairfax, the lieutenant governor, step down. a second accuser came forward, claiming he raped her. kaylee hartung is live from richmond, virginia with more. what are you hearing this morning there? >> it is increasingly difficult to imagine a scenario in which justin fairfax could continue to serve as the commonwealth lieutenant governor, given calls for his resignation that continue to pile up from members of his own party. every democratic member of the virginia legislature called for his resignation. earlier this week when a first accuser, vanessa tyson came forward saying he sexual assaulted her, we heard calls for investigation. with the revelation a second woman, one of his college classmates says he raped her when they were students at duke university, an attack that was premeditated and aggressive, these calls are continuing to come in. everyone from members of the democratic party here in virginia to democratic representatives for the commonwealth of virginia in washington and 2020 contenders as well. fairfax denied the allegations, calling them unsubstantiated and de

that's justin fairfax. he's the democratic lieutenant governor. he is a direct descend entitle of a freed virginia slave. >> would you make the mueller report public because you say there's nothing in there -- >> it's totally up to the -- >> what do you want them to do? >> that's up to the attorney general. it depends. i have no idea what it's going to say. so far this thing has been a total witch-hunt. >> are you prepared for an attempt to impeach you? >> the only way they can win because they can't win the election is bring out the artificial way of impeachment. the problem is you can't impeach somebody for doing the best job of any president in the history of our country the first two years. the only thing i've done is created the best economy we've had in the history of our country. >> there is a lot there we have to get to, >> starting with this is not the best economy our country has ever experienced. we're going to fact check that for you. we have to stick with virginia where we do have breaking news on governor ralph northam. a source now tells nbc that the governor will continue

. it looked like business as usual as lieutenant governor justin fairfax brought if senate to order but behind the scenesnt versy surrounding the man who would become governor if eclph northamed to resign. an allegation was reported that fairfaxlly assaulted her when he was working at the democratic national convention as an unmarried 25-year-old. she told the post was started as a consensual encounterurd into a sexual assault. this afternoon, fairfax confronted the allegation, admitting a one-time consensual encounter but denying the >> the allegation was false as was indicated in our statement, if you read through the story it's uncorroborated. >> reporter: he said she first o made the alleglast year when he became the second rican american to be lieutenant governor. he sees the allegation w as an attempt to harm him. >> does anyone think it's on the eve of my potentially being elevated that that's when this uncorroborated smear came out? i will be 40 years old next month and i lived 40 years cusation free, and there's a reason for that. >> reporter: fairfax says then wo contacted

the governor steps lieutenant governor justin fairfax would fill his seat and become the only current african-american governor in the united states. more on the store after headlines. said sundayump sending u.s. troops to venezuela is an option. he made the comments on cbs' "face the nation." he praised opposition leader juan guaido, calling him a young and energetic gentleman and said the events unfolding in venezuela are democracy in action. the u.s. said saturday it is sending humanitarian aid to response to guaido, who declared himself interim president. the military has continued to support president nicolas maduro air forceurday, general franciscsco yanez pledgd loyalty touauaido. an ultltimatum issued by bririt, france, germany, and spain for maduroro to call new presidentnl elections expired sunday. in the c capital caracas, thousands participated in competing protests. at a pro-maduro protest, the president called o on militia members to join the venezuelan army. on saturday, madaduro called for early elections in the national assembly and once again warned against f

. gov. justin fairfax. two women now accuse him of sexual assault. he denies any wrongdoing. moneytime, governor ralph northam on the right there vows to keep his job after racist pictures of him showed up in a 1984 yearbook. >>> and attorney general mark herring admits to a blackface and is fighting for the rival of his life. >>> and the second woman accusing justin fairfax of rape. >> reporter: it seems in many ways, this situation in richmond, virginia is getting complicated by the day. already the attorney general and governor under a cloud of scandal after accusations of racist photos and appear income blackface in their past. now the tomorrow under fire because of a sexual assault allegation is facing allegations from a second accuser. >> that woman says that justin fairfax raped her when they were both college students in 2000. watson goes on the to say she believes fairfax targeted her because she was a previous rape victim. watson's attorney supplying the media with e-mails that show watson has told people for many years about fairfax raping her when they were in college. in f

virginia's democratic leadership. on wednesday, the woman who accused lieutenant governor justin fairfax of sexual assault came forward and identified herself as dr. vanessa tyson, an associate professor at scripps college in california. in a statement released through her law firm, tyson detailed a 2004 encounter at the democratic national convention in boston where she said fairfax forced her to perform oral sex. fairfax has denied the allegation of sexual assault, saying the encounter was consensual. meanwhile, virginia's attorney general mark herring resigned from his role as co-chair of the democratic attorneys general association after admitting he wore blackface at a party in the 1980's as an undergraduate at the university of virginia. his admission came just days after a racist photo emerged showing governor ralph northam's 1984 medical school yearbook page depicting a man wearing ackface posing nt t to a m wearing a ku klux klan outfit. northam initially apologized for the picture but later said he was not either of the two men in the photo, while admitting to using blackface on o

fairfax to quit following accusations of sexual misconduct and now rape as the governor, attorney general, and republican leader in the state senate struggle to deal with racially insensitive photos from their past, we'll talk with two democrats from the virginia congressional delegation. jennifer weston and don buyer. then as the deadline nears to keep the government from shutting down again, what's the status of negotiations? we'll asa key conservative in the house, north carolina's mark meadows. all of that and the news of the week just ahead on "face the nation." good morning and welcome to "face the nation." we begin with the chaos in virginia's government and the scandals that have rocked the top three democrats in the m, lieutenant governor justin fairfax and attorney general mark herring. "cbs this morning" co-host gayle king has just returned from richmond, virginia, where she spoke to the governor in his only television interview. >> i know this has been a very difficult week for you and the state of virginia, so where would you like to begin? >> it has been a difficult

overnight and in the metro some light showers in washington, parts of fairfax and prince george's county.ee you can southern parts of fairfax and prince george's cotyetting a break right now. montgomery county is dealing with rain showers and a slushy wintery mess up into parts of frederick, carol and washington ties. all of this moisture is going to move into the area overnight tonight and with us tomorrowhe want umbrella out there tomorrow. more delays potentially during the morning hours as we track a wintery mix, north and west of shington. i'll walk you through your forecast in 15 minutes. >>> you can stay ahead of the storm and get alerts on thech latestl closings and delays on our nbc washington app. and youhe can also the forecast where you live 24 hours a day. >>> tow a grim reality. the deadline is almost upon us. >> thelock is ticking toward the potential of another government shutdown. congressionaliators have to come to some kind of agreement by friday or here we go again, the goverent could shutdown once again. >> blayne alexander tracking negotiations for us. any pr

woman is accusing lieutenant governor justin fairfax of sexual assault. >> fairfax saying, "i deny this latest unsubstantiated allegation." >> sparks fly betweeactingndma c h >> have u everas prove y requ action be taken by the special counsel? >> i see that your five minutes is up. >> reporter: as u.s. forces and allies in syria close in on the last remnants of isis, some families living under isis have managed to escape. >> elected leaders in washington state may crack down on vaccine exemptions amid a growing measles outbreak. >> we have 50 cases in our states. it's like a tinderbox ready to go up in flames. >> glor: and steve hartman's emotional tribute to the man at the center of so many of his stories. >> glor: good evening, i'm jeff glor. and this is our western edition. we're going to begin here tonight with a new federal probe into claims of blackmail and extortion against the publisher of the "national enquirer." the company that owns the country's leading tabloid is accused of threatening to run lewd photos of amazon c.e.o. jeff bezos and the woman he was having an affair wit

second woman accuses him of sexual assault. democrat justin fairfax reiterated today that he did not swaully assault or rape anyone and that the interactions were consensual. it's the latest in a series of scandals swirling around virginia democratic leadership. just last week, fairfax appeared poised to become virginia's next governor after racist pictures were released that appeared on the current governor's medical school yearbook page. but now fairfax is embroiled in controversy. fairfax's latest accuser says he raped her in 2000 when they were students at duke university. last week, another woman accused fairfax of sexually assaulting her in 2004. fairfax is calling for authorities, including the fbi, to fully investigate. but many democrats are calling for him to step down. >> on monday, i intend to introduce articles of impeachment on lieutenant governor justin fairfax. >> also today, the democratic lieutenant governor's association announced it had replaced fairfax as a co-chair. >>> still ahead on nbc bay area news at 5:00, it may have been raining but spring is in the air a

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lieutenant governor justin fairfax has denied two separate accusations of sexual assault. fairfax calls it a coordinated smear campaign but virginia democrats call the allegations credible, saying, quote, while the lieutenant governor deserves due process in this matter, it is in the best interest of the common wealth that he goes through the process as private citizen. lieutenant governor no longer has our confidence or support. he must resign. ellison barber has the latest on this from richmond, ellison. >> calls for lieutenant governor's resignation are growing and they seem to be growing rather quickly. we saw it start last night, hasn't stopped today, senator kamala harris, congresswoman jennifer wexton and cory booker, a state delegate plans to introduce articles of impeachment if lieutenant governor has not resigned by then. republicans say they don't support that. >> we have no tolerance in the state for racism, we have no tolerance in the state for people that would take advantage of women, we don't. we need to take a deep breath. we need to find out the facts are before we jump t

justin fairfax then compared himself to lynching victims. >> we stand here with a rush to judgment but nothing but allegations. >> he faces sex assault allegations and you'll hear the fullco ents. >> it's a storm team 4 weather alert. the winds already causing damage and it's about to get worse. >> i'm darcy spencer in college park a the chipotle restaurant where the line is verycaong beuse they're having a very special fund-raiser. i'll tell you what it's about coming up. >> news 4 at 11:00 starts now. >>> good evening, i'm erika gonzalez. two people rescued from their fairfax home after a large tree slammed on toit. power is out in the area and there's thousands of outages across our region. wind advisory set to go into effect. >> that's right. we're starting to see a lot of these storm reportsome in and i want to get to the graphic and show you where they're concentrated where we were expecting to see the stronger gusts. back along i-81. so what you're looking at, these little balls here are alls repof downed trees or high gusts and you're seeing a lot in frederick county, maryland

fairfax - appeared in front of cameras for the first time since the scandal broke and unlike the long list of political heavy weights calling for northam's resignation over the past 3- days, fairfax took a more diplomatic tone.lt. gov. justin fairfax/d- virginia: "i know that there are many others who have called on him to resign. i believe i am in a unique position, obviously, as the lieutenant governor and someone who would have to assume that office in the event that he were to resign. and so i have to be very circumspect and i have to think about the people of the commonwealth of virginia."a few virginia constituents in the town where northam went to medical school are split over what they want the governor to do.and their feelings about the image on his yearbook page. david wright/norfolk resident: "i'm not gonna put a lot of weight on it. if he's leading our state pretty good and we coming out on top. that's the only thing i'm gonna look at." sara sidner/reporting: "can he still lead?"david wright/norfolk resident: "is it reflecting on how he treats african americans now? are we

and national democrats are saying justin fairfax has to go. >> he needs to resign immediately. >> a defiant fairfax saying he is the victim of a smear campaign while his boss the governor embroiled in his own blackface scandal says he's not leaving either. we're live with the latest. we are live with the latest. fireworks on capitol hill. >> you say now mr. president, bob mueller is honest and not conflicting. >> congressman, i'm not a puppet to repeat what you're saying. >> president trump's controversial outgoing attorney general battling with democrats as they hammer him over his relationship with the president and whether he interfered with the mueller investigation. >>> shocking admission. a nurse pleads guilty to a charge of tampering with evidence in the disappearance of kelsey berreth. a friend of her fiance charged with the murder. will she become a prosecution witness? >>> plus the feds investigate, federal prosecutors now looking into whether the "national enquirer's" publisher violated its cooperation deal with them after jeff bezos claimed he was blackmailed by the tabl

schools are closed. to the delays. arlington, fairfax, loud, manassas park city, falls church and alexandriape schools will two hours late, as will fauquier, page, culpepper, winchester, and rappahannock schools. >> carroll county schools are closed. washington, montgomery, frederick, and charles county schools two hours late. allllegany county schools are on a three-hour delay. and d.c. public schools are on a two-hour delay. hardy, virginia, grant, min tral county schools open two hours late. morgan, burgeon, and jefferson county schools are closed today. all of thoselosings and delays are running on the bottom of your screen. and you can find information on the nbc washingn app. >> if anything changes, we'll be updating you throughout the morning on that. they're scrolling at the bottom of your screen, obviously. >>> team covern this weather alert day. justin finch and nicole jacobs are driving around. melissamo let is keeping an eye on the roads and the rails. >>> we begin with chuck bellend what need to know. >> you have to be ready for a long commute into work and g.school t

years to racial reconciliation. lieutenant governor justin fairfax defiant, too. he denies sexual assault allegations by two women. one says fairfax raped her in college. the other says at the democratic convention in 2004. fairfax insists he is innocent and wants an investigation. articles of impeachment will be filed monday, and both women say they are willing to testify are impeachment proceedings. the next up would be the attorney general but democratic attorney general mark herring now admits he also appeared in blackface in the 1980s. herring is among those who quickly demanded the governor resign but he snays in his case he hopes to rebuild trust. it plunges the commonwealth into chaos and tests the commitment of national democrats to the red lines they drew when northam's racist act was revealed and that they've drawn in other me too moments. caylee, what do we expect when they return to the capitol tomorrow? >> when a second accuser came out against justin fairfax late friday we found ourselves asking, would he be showing up for work on monday? would he survive the weeken

woman now accusing justin fairfax of sexual assault, the news coming on the heels of governor ralph norman telling staffers in the state of virginia he also will t resign over racist picture in his medical school yearbook. we have fox team coverage and peter doocy on how the controversy and the commonwealth to play in 2020, but we began with ellison barber with the latest developments from reach -- richmond, good evening, ellison, good evening, denying all of this and said part of a smear campaign. he called it vicious and orchestrated. he said he will not resign, but a former governor of virginia from governor terry mcauliffe, he says he really should. writing in a tweet "the allegations against justin fairfax incredible. he can no longer serve the people of virginia as lieutenant governor. i call for his immediate resignation." according to press release, representing a woman named meredith watson who said she was by justin fairfax and 2,000 and out the lieutenant governor. and they say this happen while they were students at duke university. the statement says mr. fairfax said it

very much. meantime, we'll get you back to virginia. lieutenant governor justin fairfax continues to ignols caor his reig nation, even with the threat of impeachment. >> dr. advanvanessa tyson said prepared to testify before anynd proceedings his second accuser, meredith watson, said fairfax raped her at dukers unity and he says sncounters with both women are consunsial and bureau chief emrry find out some are questioning why dratic leaders are so quick to turn their back on one of their own. >> we'll have our say. >> reporter: we'll have our say. that was the lieutenant governor's mesge. in a new statement, fairfax repeats his position that both n ounters were consensual writing i did not sexual assault or rape meredith watson, vanessa tyson or anyone else. i call on all appropriate and impartial investiga authorities, including the fbi, to investigate fully and thoroughly the allegations against m >> my sincere here is that this will not be necessary and tat the lieutenant governor will heed the calls of many to resign this weekend. if he does not, we will move forward on monday. >

." >> in this environment, in this state, justin fairfax just sitting as the lieutenant governor, w ust walked out on a commemative ceremony for robert e. lee a few weeks back. the meetings of the democratic party are going to struggle to find a wayo stand behind him. >> colleagues to presidential a candidat reacting. virginia democratic senator mark warner and tim kaine called t photo shocking and offensive and said northam should listen to the people he' hurt. they stopped short of calling for his resignation. california democratic senator kamala harris, who is running for president, tweeted,e leader alled to a higher standard. the, quote, stain of racism has no place in government. she urged the governor to step aside. legislativeinia black caucus really went after mr. northam. the groupccused him of a betrayal and said the pho rips off th skrcabs of the painful history and are, quote,g pierc reminders of america's sin. stay up to date on our coverage of this developing story in our nbc washington app. search northam. s> and new this morning, rescue workersamble to find a woman who d

immediately, justin fairfax is the leader that virginia needs now. justin fairfax, the lieutenant governor of virginia the northam does step down that would make him governor to finish out northam's term, arthel. arthel: what else are we seeing on the campaign trail? >> lots going on, senator cory booker is now in, he announced yesterday from newark, hometown and tonight congresswoman gabbard, she's going to announce a full-blown presidential campaign tonight from beach in hawaii. ohio senator brown who you mentioned he's not officially announced campaign but listening tour in iowa for meeting with voters, iowa caucuses are one year away and senator elizabeth warren from massachusetts who also announced committee on the last day of 2018 she will launch full campaign a week from today in massachusetts, arthel. arthel: all right, david, thank you very much. eric: we will have more on the fallout over ralph northam decision to remain governor of virginia ahead. plus, a second chance for president trump's position, remember him, ronnie jackson, said to be returning to the white house

governor of virginia justin fairfax and calls from within his party to ask him to resign. fairfax is now accused by a second woman, a classmate at duke university who said she told friends back in 2,000 that he raped her. fairfax says she is lying. he has called that charge, quote, demonstrably false. this providing an ugly, but no doubt welcome distraction for governor northam who now seems to be riding out the storm over the yearbook photo as his succession plan looks a bit unviable at the moment. here's fairfax earlier today. >> good morning. >> any message for the citizens of virginia? >> we have [inaudible]? >> moments from now howie kurtz and trace gallagher in our west coast newsroom with the breaks news. trace. >> second accuser is meredith watson who says the assault happened in 2,000 when they were both undergrads at duke university. the two were friends never dated or had any romantic leadership. so far not detailed premeditated attack she claims her attack was similar to the first accuser, vanessa tyson who says that she and fairfax were at the dnc convention in boston in 200

tonight. lieutenant governor justin fairfax facing a second accusation of sexual assault. he said it's a smear campaign but tonight the alleged second prism dome victim's attorney is speaking out. and articles of impeachment, although late-breaking details in a moment. plus brand-new criticisms of congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez is progressive green new deal. easy for me to say. they are not from republicans. even president obama's former energy secretary is calling the plan impractical. more on the cracks within the democratic party later. and stick around to the end of the hour, a "duck dynasty" star is here. he's got a new book out. has america lost touch with his core values? phil robertson will answer that question. but first, let's go to richmond. correspondent allison barber with all the late-breaking details in virginia's worsening political crisis. good evening. >> good evening to you, mike. duke university tells me they've asked lieutenant governor justin fairfax to step down from the board of visitors at duke's hanford school of public policy. this after a will o

fairfax. fairfax vehemently denies both claims, now a virginia democratic house delegate says if fairfax doesn't step down, he will introduce articles of impeachment. >> as the father of three young girls, i cannot stand by silently while the lieutenant governor is facing multiple credible allegations of sexual assault. i believe these women. he needs to resign immediately. should the lieutenant governor fail to do so monday, i intend to introduce articles of impeachment on lieutenant governor justin fairfax. >> cnn kaylee hartung is live in richmond. what's the latest? >> reporter: depending on the day, it looked like a different one. virginia's top three lawmakers would be the least likely to survive their respective scandal. given the turn the story took last night, it is becoming increasingly difficult to see a way in which lieutenant governor justin fairfax survives this moment. when a first accuser came forward earlier this week saying he sexual assaulted her at the democratic national convention in 2004, there were calls by democrats for an investigation. but those calls h

. just 24 hours ago, a picture and at that point the state lieutenant governor just fairfax fully expected a job promotion because the governor ralph northam found to have a clan hood on his school yearbook page. but that is not how it worked out. now, justin fairfax himself is being accused of serious wrongdoing. politics professor from california called vanessa tyson said fairfax is sexually assaulted her in her hotel room 2004 democratic national convention in boston. the description of that is graphic. now tyson is an active democrat, she's got degrees from princeton and university of chicago. it is not easy to dismiss her claims out of hand and yet fairfax is. he said there was a encounter between the two but he says it was consensual. here is the interesting thing, his democratic colleagues are standing with him and against her tonight. in other words, it in a space of a few months, the standard for believing sexual assault accusers has changed completely. so here in case you have forgotten, how prominent democrats responded to the dash unsubstantiated from brett kavanaugh,

. >> i'm leon harris. now at 6:00, the growingsu pr on ralph northam, justin fairfax, and mark herring puts virginia democrats in a bind. >> we're here to do our job. we're here to govern. t >> tonight new developments making that harder than ever. >>ot b d.c. and baltimore. tonight we're saying good buy to a baseball icon. tonight the nationals and ori e orioles remember frank robinson. >>> i'm tracking a major change making its way our way. theer tomorrow morning, but cold air comes in behind the big storm. show you what it means forek yo d and tracking that next winter storm next week >> announcer: news4 at 6:00 starts now. >>> three scandals swirling around virginia's top three elected officials now leading to tough questions for more >> governor ralph northam, lieutenant governor justin fairfax and attorney general markerring fight for their lives, other scruny. the woman accusing justin fairfax of assault said she told congressman scott about it. he said today he did not have all the details until yesterday when dr. vanessayson released her full statement. >> tommy norman is ao f

accuser of the lieutenant governor justin fairfax who claims she was the victim of a sexual assault. and she goes into very specific details on what she says happened on that night in 2004 at the democratic national convention. this is what she says. she said, quote, what began as consensual kissing turned into a sexual assault. mr. fairfax put his head behind my neck and forcefully pushed my head towards his crotch. as i cried and gagged mr. fairfax forced me to perform oral sex on him. i cannot believe given my obvious distress that mr. fairfax thought his forced sexual act was consensual. to be clear, i do not engage in oral sex with mr. fairfax and i never gave any form of consent. after the assault i suffered the humiliation and shame and the lieutenant governor today did release a statement shortly after his accuser's statement came out that read reading dr. tyson's account is painful and i have never done anything like what she suggests. his statement has been much more tame than his response to this crisis up until this point. we know, wolf, that in a closed door meeting with dem