saying he's not resigning as governor. hello, everyone, welcome to go brand new hour of america's news headquarters, i'm arthel neville. eric: governor northam asked to allow worthiness, but can they? he has been given apologizes and denials insisting he had nothing to do with black face photo that appears in 1984 medical school yearbook page. >> this has hurt a lot of people, it has hurt a lot of people in our party. i suspect it's hurt people in opposing party and it's hurt virginians and i want to assure everybody that number 1, that's not my picture, that's not my person. eric: garrett tenney in richmond, virginia outside of the governor's mansion where the governor had 40-minute news

conference explaining himself, hi, garrett. >> well, eric, what the governor is asking folks to believe that he initially apologized for that photo and claimed that it was him in it because he felt he needed to apologize for those who were offended but that it wasn't until later on in the evening as he sat back and thought back and discussed with classmates that he realized that it might not be in the picture and after he had realization, what other things that would play into this, i thought about the other mistakes that i have made throughout my life and he told one of them, just after medical school when he was at dance competition in san antonio that he dressed up like michael jackson and he did put black face on as part of that competition but he said once and for all that was not me in these picture and i don't know who put that picture there.

>> my first impression actually is this couldn't be me but there was so much hurt that i was feeling people were calling so i reached out and -- and apologized to people for this picture being on my page and i had continued to discuss that as we had gone forward and what has happened is that last night i finally had a chance to sit down and look at the photograph in detail. >> northam said that there were 4 pictures on the yearbook page and he admits that he did submit 3 of those pictures but the fourth with someone dressed in ku kluz klan outfit and another black face,i am not in the pictures. what he's asking now for the people of virginia for patience as he launches investigation to determine how the picture got in the yearbook and who it is that it is in the pictures using technology, facial recognition technology to determine and to prove to the people of virginia

that that was not him. now as this investigation goes forward, he's also asking them for patience in the opportunity to earn their forgiveness. >> today i am not ready to ask virginians to grant me their forgiveness for my past actions. i also do not fully expect that they will immediately believe my account of these events. right now, i am simply asking for the opportunity to demonstrate beyond a shadow of a doubt that the person i was is not the man i am today. >> governor northam said as long as he's able to continue serving the state of virginia effectively that he will remain in this role and no plan to resign, eric. eric: the question is can he continue effectively. meanwhile national republican and democrats are criticizing him. what are some of the presidential candidates saying and folks on the national party

are saying about this? >> well, just one indication on how hard it would be for him to serve effectively is the growing wave of calls for him to resign of members of his own party including 2020 candidates, another indication is during press conference the chairman of the democratic national committee released statement that despite the explanation he still wants to see governor northam step down, tom pérez said, i spoke with governor northam this morning, virginians and people across the country deserve better from their leader and it is clear that ralph northam lost trust and his ability to govern. now, ralph northam was asked about that through press conference about numerous statements being released while he was speaking saying that folks were not convinced and they still want to see him step down, here is how he responded. >> i will continue to reach out and talk to them about this

issue. again, i want to reinforce as i was saying earlier in the question, i have made mistakes in my life but what caused the stir-up yesterday i'm not responsible for. that's not me in the photo. >> governor asking folks for patience as this investigation unfolds and asking him to believe explanation that he was simply accepting responsibility for being in those pictures because he wanted to apologize for those who were offended and only after realized it wasn't him, eric. eric: as he was speaking during news conference the virginia black caucus, legislative black caucus amplified that they want him to resign. changing public story cast further doubt in his ability to regain the trust, that means the trust of the people of virginia. garrett, thank you. arthel: here is governor northam explaining why he's not the person in the controversial

photo. >> what has happened is last night i finally had a chance to sit down and look at the photograph in detail. it is definitely not me. i can tell by looking at it. i have had friends also look at it and tell me it's not me. arthel: bringing you now alfredo rodríguez, former regional political director for the national republican congressional committee and josh, communications director for priority usa and former spokesperson for hillary for america. the governor's original statement, he says i am deeply -- he said i am deeply sorry for the decision i made to appear as i did in the photo and for the hurt the decision caused then and now. i want to get your reaction, guys, and i will -- who do i want to start with you, i will start with you, josh, your reaction to the confusing explanation for not knowing at first that it wasn't him in the black face or in black face or kkk hood?

>> i think governor northam acknowledged it's hard to believe when he came out with a heart felt apology yesterday which wasn't good enough on its own but it did seem like he was sorry for it and today he goes back and doesn't make a lot of sense. i think i have -- i have been in the room for not exactly this conversation but other conversations with politicians and the most important thing you do is your first step and i know for a fact that they put in a lot of time figuring out how do rewe -- we respond to this and best shot was acknowledging him in the photo and i don't know how that happens if he didn't actually think it was him and today realizes it's not. so i don't know what to believe. i don't think he's done enough. i think he needs to step down. i don't see how he can possibly govern moving forward, strength that he could bring virginians together and gotten a lot done in first year, he can't do that anymore. there's no putting aside how many people he has truly offended and whether or not he can ever earn their forgiveness.

he won't be able to govern and can't do the job anymore. arthel: alfredo, your reaction and who would be helping the governor come up with that explanation that we just saw about an hour ago? >> the circumstances surrounding governor northam are nothing short of repulse, reas a-- repulsive, the only thing more repulsive is slow response on national democrats after hearing news yesterday. but i think it's important that we put this in perspective, it was taken in 1984 and not 1964. jesse jackson had run for democratic nomination for president. doug wilder was in the throws of run to go become the first african-american governor of virginia. and this -- this is something that took place not when, you know, governor northam was, you know, 15, 16, this took place after he had graduated from college, he had been accept

intoed medical and 24, 25 year's old. so there's really no excuse for these positions and views that he took toward african americans. arthel: yeah, you're right and, alfredo, i will stay with you, i will reach partial statement with the virginia legislative black caucus and part says we amplify our call for the governor to resign. changing public story today now casts further doubt on his ability to regain that trust, as critical juncture, we need to focus on important work of governing, we cannot continue this work with governor northam at the helm. alfredo, can northam survive or is it a done deal? >> it's a done deal. it's absolutely nothing short of arrogance by governor northam to dig heels in and justify racist and bigoted views that he potentially still holds.

he needs to do the right thing and resign, this has hurt very -- very many people across the country, certainly within the state of virginia and, you know, i would like to see the democratic party be more with the call for him to resign. arthel: you've had senator kamala harris, you've had senator cory booker speaking out saying that he needs to step down. they have jumped in this widespread vocal of people saying, governor northam has to go. they already jumped in. i'm sure they'll be more. arthel: what do you want them to do? >> they ought to go and sit down with the governor and have him come to the right conclusion which is to resign. arthel: he probably will resign, have the folks right here in virginia, right there in virginia, the virginia legislative black caucus, they they are putting the pressure on him to resign. pressure is

definitely there. >> democrats are calling him direct and having the conversation because you do call out racism wherever it happens. honestly, it's rich coming from virginia who a year supported corey stewart and he was saying that he supported succession a year and a half ago. we should call it out everywhere, i'm proud that democrats are doing that and does deserve to be called out and should resign. democrats are doing that and it's really inappropriate for republicans to be condemning them as well and to turn around they aren't treating the same way, turn a blind eye whenever republicans do things like this and the fact is you should not care what party label if they are rake ición or -- racist or do something racist, you should call them out. arthel: everybody needs to call out racism. >> absolutely. arthel: i have to go. first of all, let's talk about the eastern virginia medical school, should they get ahead of

this and put statement explaining that why multiple black face pictures were in yearbook in the 80's, josh? >> yeah, i think i actually saw that they put something out that they were -- i don't know the exact words but i think they have a lot of work to do because it's crazy that this ever happened and it being in 1980's, it was wrong to. arthel: alfredo, 10 seconds quickly. >> well, i'm happy to agree with josh that the medical university certainly needs to put something out and condemn this because it wasn't an isolated incident, it's upon pages upon pages across the yearbook. arthel: alfredo rodríguez, josh, thank you very much for joining us, guys. >> thank you. eric: turns out that governor northam is second one that affected statewide official, one emerged from him, contest of

political scandals that involve race, let's bring in jackie, new york city news room, hi, jackie. >> hi, eric, not every politician has left office after race scandals, west virginia senator bob byrd, dedicated fighting for civil rights, high-ranking member of kkk and opened a new klan chapter in a small town, in 1940's he advocated for segregation but later called his time in the kla, in the greatest mistake of his life, he went onto champion antipoverty programs, organized federal funding for martin luther king, jr. memorial and hired first black congressional aides ever to serve on capitol hill. ncaap called him champion for civil rights and liberties. heels of recent black face incident that caused the florida secretary of state his job, just last week photos surfaced showing michael in black face at halloween party in 2005 posing as hurricane katrina victim, the same day the florida governor's

office issued statement saying the governor accepted secretary resignation. and earlier in january, congressman steve king of iowa stripped of committee seat after defending questionable comments on white nationalism and white supremacy, he backtracked saying he was not for evil ideologies. >> plenty of evidence out there to the contrary. >> racism hasn't just put politicians in hot water recently. back in december video from 2011 surfaced showing comedians using the n word. eric. eric: jackie, thank you. arthel: meanwhile there's a number of 2020 democratic hopefuls calling out northam over the controversy. today ohio senator sharod brown and gillibrand making appearances in early-voting

states, david. >> hi, artel, good afternoon, they want governor ralph northam to resign, doesn't appear that he is going to do so but topic on trail yesterday and today and probably tomorrow. planned to talk about her plans but right when she walked outside to meet cameras the first thing she was asked about ralph northam. >> i saw the photo after i saw you guys last night. so disturbing, so racist, there's no place for racism in our government among our leaders, it really just was so disturbing. >> other candidates have all weighed in on twitter, senator kamala harris from california she tweeted, racism should have no place in halls of government, the governor of virginia should

step aside so the public can heal and move forward together and this morning former vice president joe biden, possible candidate of 2020, quote, there's no place for racism in america, governor northam has lost moral authority and should resign 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 but is going to have a new role, we will look at that. the u.s. and russia pulling out of treaty sparking fears from some of possible new arm's race. >> there's no mistaking that the russians have chosen to not comply with treaty and present rift of continued arm's growth. to make me feel sluggish

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arthel: fox news alert, lieutenant governor of virginia justin fairfax issuing statement after the state governor earlier this afternoon who refuse today step down from office over a racist photo in a yearbook.

mr. fairfax who is also african american writing in part, quote, at this critical and defining moment in the history of virginia and this nation, we need leaders with the ability to unit and help us rise to the better angels of our nature. i remain committed to serving and helping to heal the common wealth moving forward now more than ever we must make decisions in the best interest of the people of the common wealth of virginia. >> russians have jeopardize security interest and we can no longer be restricted by the treaty while russia shamelessly violates them. if russia does not return with verifiable compliance of treaty within 6-month period by destroying inf violating missiles, launchers and associated equipment, the treaty will terminate. eric: secretary of state mike pompeo announcing the u.s. withdrawal from 1987 nuclear treaty with russia.

russian president vladimir putin is following suit saying his country will also pull out of treaty that bans intermediate range nuclear weapons, some fear this could lead to a new arm's race, let's bring in daniel hoffman in moscow who served not only in russia but iraq. fox news contributor. reaction to a decade's long time when russians had put a nuclear cruise missile right in the border of europe in complete violation of this treaty in. >> right, vladimir putin has been violating this treaty since at least 2008 since russia tested the intermediate range cruise missile which is a violation of the treaty, europe has been living with russia's violation of the treaty, the u.s. decision to withdraw or recognize that russia is violating treaty ebbing --

exposing vladimir putin's hypocrisy. i think the obama administration considered it but ultimately never took any action which is common with national security threats with the previous administration and this administration is doing the right thing by calling out vladimir putin for the disregard for the treaty, let's remember that russia also showed the same level of disregard for the chemical weapon's convention and allegedly used nerve agent to poison sergey in uk months ago. eric: some democratic candidates are now vowing and want to have legislation to try and stop what the president wants to do. >> yeah, maybe that's a good sound bite for politics but i think the reality is that russia has caused whatever arm's race there might be. now, let's be clear the russian economy can't match ours and they are severely limited in

terms of the build-up if they could hypothetically pursue but the president has issued a statement that we will consider all options and that we are working closely with our nato partners. i frankly find it hard to argue with the administration's policy in this one. it's just -- it's a solid -- it should be a solid bipartisan strategy for security interest. eric: nato endorses it too. >> exactly. listen, i think we all should recognize that over the past decade it has been vladimir putin who launched a massive cyber-attack against gastonia, invaded georgia and ukraine and annex crimea, interfered in our elections and elections in europe. this is just another example of russia on the road to becoming a poria state. eric: that's quite a list of putin's intentions, how can we best push back, do you think he can be contained?

>> i think containment is really the key there and i think working very closely with our nato allies, educating our own citizens about the risk of russian espionage and influence campaigns and also understanding that russia's reasoning here, i think vladimir putin wants to portray the west as russia's main enemy because when he does that he links all that we hold near and dear, liberty, freedom and democracy and those are the existential threats to russia. he wants his own people to think that we are a military threat, still that they also believe that democracy is bad for russia and if they were real democracy putin wouldn't be president anymore. eric: that's the main point, you served as top caa, you speak russian, you know them all, what goes on in their head, you pointed out that it's for putin's survival, what is the calculation that he -- he uses to try and push and push and

push by deploying a nuclear cruise missile on the border of europe and everybody sits there scared but not wanting to do anything until now apparently? >> i served in russia during 1990's and i went back a decade or so later and even though the soviet union collapsed, one part of soviet society which never did, putin served in kgb, domestic security police, this is all about russia's intelligence service and the military complex needing to portray the west as russia's main enemy in order for themselves to remain in power. they are very aware that there's a lot of people in russia who don't buy into russia corruption and look to the united states as the city -- bright shining city on the hill and that's the last thing putin wants. eric: corrupts, corrupts absolutely, daniel hoffman thank

you to the service at our nation. >> thank you. arthel: thanks, dan. wal-mart making changes to timeoff policy, what the company is doing that could put more money in the paychecks of their employees, plus ralph northam deputy's lieutenant governor justin fairfax just issuing statement saying he does not want to governor to resign. more on the fallout coming up next. >> my belief that i did not wear the costume or attend the party of clear memory i made in same period of my life. it has protein, plus 21 vitamins and minerals including calcium and vitamin d, to help your family be their best. carnation breakfast essentials®. to help your family be their best. ♪ and if you feel, like i feel baby then come on, ♪ ♪ oh come on

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virginia. arthel: that's virginia governor ralph northam a short time vow to go remain in office despite widespread calls for him to step down, controversy stiming from this photo of a person in black face and another person wearing a kkk outfit. the governor calling it offensive and racist at the news conference and now denying being in the picture. also moments ago virginia lieutenant governor justin fairfax issuing statement not calling for northam to resign and instead saying he wants to help the state heal. meanwhile the editor-in-chief of the hill bob says northam resignation is eminent tweeting, quote, now a when -- question of when and not if. once team turns on you, you are finished. first your assessment on how governor northam's handled all of this? >> surprisingly he was unflustered throughout the press

conference and not defensive, however, you mentioned, arthel, he changed the story, when you're in crisis communication, you can't change the story and it just doesn't seem credible that he looked at the picture yesterday, then put out a statement saying he was in the photo, not saying which one of the two people he was and today saying he wasn't in that photo and he doesn't know how it go there, i would be mad if that happened to me if somebody put in yearbook page, how can nobody said anything, you have odd photo, doesn't add up and honestly, just the amount of democrats who have said that he should resign have -- it continues to build, two congressmen including jerry connolly have said since press conference he has to step aside. arthel: how do you not remember posing in black face for a kkk hood but you do remember that you participated in a michael jackson dance contest in the

80's and even though not required to participate in such a contest, he painted his face partially in black face because he found out that he couldn't wipe it off so easily. doesn't make sense. >> it doesn't and you're seeing 2020 hopefuls including joe biden and bernie sanders and others saying that northam has to step aside. you will have all the media outlets looking to see story that he told today and getting people who worked on the yearbook because there appears to be holes in the story and even northam saying, well, if i can't continue to lead i will have to assess, that may be becoming sooner instead of later. arthel: quote, the democratic party believes that diversity is our greatest strength and that hatred and racism have no place in our democracy and we will never hesitate to hold accountable people who violate those values regardless of their party affiliation, it is time

for ralph northam to step aside and let lieutenant governor justin fairfax serve virginians as their next governor. so, bob, if northam does step down and looks like he's going to have to and lieutenant governor jus sin fairfax takes over of governorship what does he have to do and make sure that the democratic party and voters in the common wealth of virginia remain in tact and not torn apart over this? >> big challenge to possibly soon to be lieutenant governor, maybe go around the state and talk to people about racial issues certainly something that has come up a lot in virginia. we had the big charlottesville riot which was deadly and northam has been critical of the president, after that and critical of white supremacists so now the criticism has turned towards him and i think if he had just said from the beginning, and i can't say for sure whether one of those two

people are him or not on yearbook page, if he would have said right away, i'm not if the photo and defiantly have said, a lot of people were waiting for statement last night and then when he admitted that, yes, he was in the photo, that's when you heard the resignations and then changed the story, it's a mess. arthel: i'm in the picture but i'm not going to tell you who i am, i'm not sure who i am, please. listen, going back to lieutenant governor fairfax, most likely going to take over to finish out his term, but, you know, he wants to heal, he stirred out in wrong foot but making public statement moments ago saying he does not want northam to step down. >> honestly, he's in a tough spot here because everybody wants to hear from him and he doesn't want to be seen as opportunist, okay, maybe he should step aside and then he, well, he would be governor, i think that fairfax himself is not going -- i know he said she shouldn't step aside, he

wouldn't be able to save him or get rid of him, it's going to happen on its own and then he has a challenge of actually taking over very important job in a very important state for the democratic party. arthel: of course, by earlier accounts he's more than fit to do so. i see your point that of course you would think that mr. fairfax would stay out initially but then he jumped in, hey, governor, i don't want you to step down, he doesn't want to look like opportunist, maybe he should have layed back a second, less flag for waiting 24 hours before making statement compared to saying no, governor, stay in, you're cool, we love you still. >> that's a great point because northam can point to fairfax's statement, he's african american, fairfax says i should stay on and that can buy northam more time. democrats are shaking their head, it was not a good press conference at all, it was bizarre talking about the moon walk in san antonio and michael

jackson and all that kind of stuff. this is not what the democrats want going to state of the union, the good news for democrats they didn't take northam to give the response to the state of the union. arthel: i forgot about the moon party. bob, thank you. >> thank you. eric: well, good news for wal-mart employees, the company is offering paid sick leave for more than 1 million of its hourly wage workers now. retailer giant offering quarterly bonuses for good attendance, kristina partsinevelos live in washington in bureau there with more on this development, hi, kristina. >> hi, what we know is that right now we have entered a very, very tight labor market, companies are pushing forward to retain employees and wal-mart is just one example. they've announced just today, so starting today all hourly workers they are going to be offering protecting time off, for every 30 hours you work in a week you will get 1 hour off, the days, they can be used for anything, doesn't necessarily

have to be vacation, dentist appointment, you can take the time off, the only caveat out of this, let's say you have unexpected take the day off, they have decreased the amount to 5 days, if you take off more than 5 days you could potentially get fired. like you mentioned, they are also structuring bonus program a little bit differently so it's linked to attendance as opposed to only store performance. of course, you have people that aren't happy with, this labor activists groups that say that's going to encourage people to come to work sick. but all of this is a further example of how tight the labor market is, you're hearing all kinds of stories of companies having employees that ghost interviews, they don't show up and companies are really trying to retain employees, you starbucks that's offering the pay for education, target increasing their hourly wage, we know amazon increased wage by $15 per hour, even some too that are offering perks like free

food and subsidize gym and bring your dog to work. >> free food, you like the free food and bring your dog to work, meanwhile we talked about the tight labor market, we know that there is one, we are hearing that some companies are laying people off. >> yeah, it's unfortunate. ly start with the media world, 2100 job cuts within buzzfeed, you also had vice as well, some examples, but the big one, the big one too is going to be gm, general motors has announced that they will be laying off employees, the word right now is they are going to be laying off 4,000 people as of monday, we don't know yet where the exact layoffs are going to occur but it's been in the works for a while as the company said that they need to cut roughly 14,000 jobs in north america so that does include canada, they will be cutting production at 5 plants as well, reason being company says, this is coming from the ceo, they need to cut production cuts and they need to change and adapt to consumer

preferences. so people aren't buying small cars anymore, they are getting electric ones and larger vehicles and that's the reason why they need to do it. the economy added 304,000 jobs in the month of january. eric:gm's decision seems quite a hit. admiral ronnie jackson, remember him, he has a new role, dr. jackson will serve as assistant to the president and chief medical adviser. you know this comes less than 1 year after dr. jackson withdrew from consideration, the secretary of veterans affairs, there were allegations at the time of inappropriate behavior. meanwhile in venezuela protestors again spilling into the streets to have nation after opposition guaido called for demonstration, can true democracy finally come to the country? we are live on the streets of caracas with more on the growing

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eric: well, more turmoil in venezuela today, massive demonstrations in support of disputed president nicolás maduro while other protests are backing opposition juan guaido, make or break deadline to give maduro to hold new presidential elections, steve live in caracas, venezuela right now, steve, what do you think the effect of demonstrations could possibly have? >> eric, it's impossible to ignore demonstrations, hundreds of thousands of people come out, pack the streets here in caracas but really across the country, more than 20 cities in all, it keeps pressure on the government and shows the world the support people have for the interim president the opposition leader juan guaido, when you talk to people out on the streets as to why they are here, they say they want a change in government,

here is one of the protestors. >> i was born in democracy and i will die in democracy. this is for all the young people who the future that's prosperous, human rights are affected. >> now, the disputed nicolás maduro says he's willing to call early parliamentary elections but that right now is too little too late for the opposition, they want him to go, eric. eric: the u.s., we promised to send humanitarian aids, when do you think that will arrive? >> there's a real dispute over that. you have one president juan guaido says he wants humanitarian aid and the other nicolás maduro does not want humanitarian aid saying they are not nation of beggars, huge supply of medicine, nutrition supplements arrive at the border of venezuela, the real question who will security forces obey,

the man who doesn't want humanitarian aid or the wan that will say bring it in. eric: thank you. arthel: historic drug bust along the southern border as u.s. border agencies seize fentanyl that say could kill more than 55 million people, more on the dangers of this drug in our next hour at -- and america's eyes are on the new england patriots and los angeles rams in tomorrow's super bowl. [laughter] eric: i know. arthel: we will tell you behind the scenes, update on the security presence for the country's top sporting event. i read that cold and i didn't know what was coming up and i saw that.

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filing a false insurance claim. arthel: super bowl is tomorrow, super bowl 53 which we will see new england patriots take on los angeles rams for the right to be crowned champions of the national football league. jonathan is in atlanta with the details on how the city is preparing for the big game, jonathan. >> yeah, they are, indeed, preparing, actually two cities are preparing because clearly argue that new orleans is preparing for so-called boycott bowl, a lot saints upset about the referee no call but in atlanta the nfl is putting finishing touches in mercedes-benz stadium, home to both atlanta falcons and atlanta united. the field is used to plenty of

repainting. >> with the two teams nothing can be permanent. each time they change operation, everything has to come off and get redone. >> how difficult is that? >> not difficult but tedious, a lot of man hours. >> the super bowl is level 1 national security event and law enforcement presence here is high in addition to protecting the super bowl from potential terrorist attacks, police have been cracking down on sex trafficking arresting at least 40 people during the days leading up to the game. federal investigators have been identifying and confiscating counterfeit super bowl gear from fake nfl hats to knockoff rams and patriots jerseys, the fbi has confiscated several drones, they say many people have been flying small unmanned aircraft near venue despite no-fly zone that the faa has imposed within a 1 mile radius of stadium. >> drones are out of control or pilot loses control of one, they can go into a crowd and cause

serious injury and the other, of course, when we look up into the air and we see a drone flying in the air, we have no idea if it's friendly or someone that has nefarious plans and weaponnized. >> certainly a big concern, on the evening of the game, faa is expanding no-drone zone to radium of 30 miles, back to you. arthel: we definitely hope that all remains safe in atlanta. jonathan, indeed, the boycott bowl is going down. [laughter] arthel: yes. we will be right back.

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at the governors mansion in richmond as lawmakers on the left and the right place for northam to step down. the governor says he plans to stay put and work to redeem his image. >> today i am not ready to ask virginians to grant me forgiveness for my past actions. i also do not fully expect that they will immediately believe my account of these events. eric: escorted garrett tenney, live in richmond virginia. how i mean he tried to explain the controversy but he kind of did not. reporter: he really did a complete 180 this afternoon. after accepting that he was the one in the picture yesterday, claiming credit for it after describing the picture is offensive and racist. after confirming that it was him. today, he says unequivocally, that it was not him. that he was not at the party and never just up as a

klansman. the reason he said he apologized and accepted responsibility for the picture was because he felt like folks need to hear it. >> my first impression actually that this cannot be me. but there was so much hurt that i was feeling people were calling so i reached out and i apologized for this picture being on my page. what has happened is that last night, i finally had a chance to sit down and look at the photograph in detail. it is definitely not me. eric: the governor also. reporter: he said one time he dressed up as michael jackson for dance competition. something he now regrets. to convince virginia they are launching an investigation to determine who the two men in the yearbook photo are. using facial recognition technology to prove that it is

not him. in the meantime he said he has no plans to step down. >> i plan to continue to lead. if we get to the point where we feel we are not effective and efficient, not only for the caucuses but the commonwealth of virginia, then we will revisit this. he says people deserve to know the truth and he asked the public for patients as he attempts to prove his innocence. arthel: meanwhile democrats are not being patient on this. they are calling for him to resign, right? >> yes, they are not buying this explanation. but that the national level and state level. they're saying that they still want him to resign. they are not convinced by the expedition that it should change. they are calling on the governor to allow the lieutenant governor to take over. he is african american and he is not called on the governor

to resign. this afternoon he release his first statement on the controversy. sing apart, governor needed to apologize and i'm glad he did so. he also reached out to express sincere regret and apologize. while his career has been marked by service to children, soldier than others at the very least suggesting comfort with their virginia history of racial history, stereotyping and intimidation. so the governor is asking for time but not. how much time he has with this growing waiver pressure on the national and state level for him to resign. arthel: garrett tenney, thank you. eric? eric: this just in from the virginia democratic attorney general. who is a democrat. he's calling for the government to step down.the attorney general writing quote - it is no long for governor nor them to lead the commonwealth in is time for him to step down. i spoke with the lieutenant governor fairfax in the short time that should he assume the governorship you have my complete support in ensuring the success and the success of

our commonwealth. what could happen? we are bringing in a political reporter for the boston globe. james, do you think the governor can maintain credibility and trust that comes with his office? even despite the convoluted explanations of his during the news conference? or do you think it is just a matter of time? >> for him to maintain good ability he would have to have the credibility. right now he does not. at the end of this, we've not go through different iterations as the reporter mentioned at the top here. last night, he was in the photo. then he was not in the photo. then he has no recollection that he was in the photo. at this point, it doesn't even matter if he is in the photo. they can loss investigation. he really has no ability and he said the end that if he has to, if he figures he's not going to be effective for the citizens of the commonwealth of virginia then he will reassess. he needs to reassess his own democratic leaders in his own state in his own legislature. obviously, he needs to -- he

seems to be the only one, to be in the country that does not quite get it. eric: so what do they do? president richard nixon finally decided to resign because of other leaders in the senate and fellow republicans they went to the white house and said he was not of any more support in the senate. is that what it will take for the democrats in richmond to have a meeting with him and tell him that? >> well, i think publicly they are saying it. argosy president nixon had the benefit of being a private meeting saying we will convict you on the impeachment charges. it is republican out there. i think you may find the reality is i have this new idea on this particular topic. maybe when it comes infrastructure and legislature saying, i want to help you pass it. you are still governor. and they may take that but i do think that by the end of the week, if not by the end of the weekend, he will no longer be

governor. >> and during news comments. he talked about facial recognition, he repeatedly said he was not one of the two people in the photos. he did not even know about it because he was under the country and had never seen the yearbook or the photos until they become public on friday. but he also said it was court a time in the place that was commonplace. in other words he said that wearing a kkk, white sheet and having black face in public was commonplace. but this was 1984, not 1934. >> 1984, the context, jesse jackson ran for president, he won the virginia democratic primary. 1984. and further, the idea, i cannot believe have to say this, the idea that you will find out who was wearing a kkk costume when the entire point of wearing a kkk costume is to mask your identity, is ludicrous! it doesn't even matter what the investigation will find.his

credibility is shot.eric: the fact is also common about who was in the photos, it is still on his page. they claim that the other classmate say the photos were mixed up with different pages. but it is still on this page. >> and one of the most surreal moments of the entire press conference is what he said, i was not in this photo in blackface but i remember, being in blackface myself in 1984. when i was mimicking michael jackson and he learned the moonwalk. then a reporter asked him if he could still moonwalk and he thought about it. whether he should do it and they thought it was inappropriate circumstance. it was such a surreal moment but really, the only thing to kind of remind you of when mark sanford resigned as the governor of south carolina when he was lost going on the appalachian trail. sort of a surreal moment of american politics that we just saw on tv. eric: meanwhile, all eyes on

justin -- >> fairfax. eric: yes thank you, fairfax. he was lieutenant governor, would succeed in the office and he is a descendent of american slaves. part of the statement he says quote - as someone who s great-great-grandfather was enslaved in virginia this hits close to home. i've friends and worked with northam for many years. he has treated me and my family with respect. at this critical time we need leaders with the ability to unite. and help us rise to the better angels of our nature. in his statement, he does not call the governor to resign. he is, staying above the fray, i guess you would say that he is perhaps waiting for the call. >> that's right. i think context matters here. remember, the governor got elected partly because of the racial strife that comes out of

things like charlottesville, virginia, this is not a situation for the governor if by any means and i do not need to know what he is waiting for. eric: james pindell, of the boston globe, good luck tomorrow in the super bowl. [laughter] >> all right. we don't need it! [laughter] eric: i will talk to you after the show. arthel: 2020 democratic presidential hopefuls reacting to the photo, controversy is a virginia governor northam replies. we are live with david from washington. reporter: some candidates cannot immediately after the photo made headlines yesterday. others took a little bit longer. twitter is usually the median that they use. right now it appears that the governor plans to stay put. but all the candidates that came out with the statement calling him to pack his bags and leave the governors mansion. senator cory booker and elizabeth warren one him out.

kirsten gillibrand is in new hampshire today. she planned to talk about some medicaid for all plans if he became -- if she became president the first day she was asked about was ralph northam. >> i saw this last night. so disturbing, so racist. there is no place for racism in our government among our leaders. it really just was so disturbing. >> others also on twitter saying senator kamala harris saying leaders or cults-- the governor should step aside so the public can heal and move forward together. senator bernie sanders, a potential 2020 candidate said governor northam should resign, lieutenant governor fairfax should step in and begin a new day for virginia.

the former governor of colorado said on fox news a few weeks ago he is considering a run in 2020. he tweeted quote - this photo may not be to somewhat ralph northam is but there is no doubt the right thing for him to do as a leader is to step down. this morning the former vice president, joe biden, possible candidate for 2020 tweeted, there's no place for racism in america. he is lost or 30 entries on immediate. justin fairfax is the leader virginia needs now. and as you mentioned, the lieutenant governor of virginia part of the statement expressing discussed but did not call in his boss, governor northam to resign. arthel: david spunt, thank you. for this the former chief of staff, utah republican, senator mike lee. and democratic strategist, jason nichols. good to have both of you. thank you for being here. i want to get reaction to the governors actions over the past 24 hours. including his bizarre press

conference about 90 minutes ago. i will go with jason first. >> it was very bizarre. i did not understand it. i do not know why he doesn't step aside and rebuild his legacy outside of the governors mansion. it does not have to be the end of his story. he can go and make amends and make sure his name is good for his children and grandchildren. you know, he can go to haiti and go with doctors without borders, do something that will change his legacy. but he does not need to do that from the governors mansion. this is all about his own ego. not about the health of the state of virginia. and it is really disappointing. much like justin fairfax, i can take you to virginia where my family was enslaved and free africans are buried right now. even before the revolution. so this is really disappointing as someone who has roots in virginia. he needs to step down. this was 1984 we are talking about. only six years before virginia

had the first black governor. so he needs to step aside and justin fairfax should be the leader of that state. >> boyd? >> i think one of the interesting that's come out of the last 24 to 36 hours with governor northam is really i think, excuse me, the epitome of what's happening in the country. that is a whole thing of contempt. and when you have this belief and the worthlessness of another individual, you can say and do whatever you like. whatever there is based on race, gender or religion or whatever it may be. and it goes way beyond politics as well.we have to do is get to a place where we get back away from contempt, more than political polarization. we have a contempt problem in the country. and we have to remember arthel, a society that is losing its ability to feel reverence for life, to respect for people who are different. again, based on whatever it may be. religion, gender, race or

anything else. if we lose that, we are in danger of losing a great deal more as a society. i agree, it is time to turn the page and it is time to elevate and really come together around the principles i think that really drive the country. we have to get back to that. arthel: i agree! who directs the country to that end? i'm continuing with boyd. >> ,i am sorry. go ahead. >> there is an interesting moment tomorrow. everyone will be watching the super bowl tomorrow. gladys knight has had her purpose in singing the national anthem is to re-enthrone the principles, the principles of the national anthem. and that is what really unites us. and sometimes we look to washington to do this. and certainly, our leaders in washington's on both sides of the aisle have a role to play. but this is a, we the people, issue. arthel: what about the president? >> this is a conversation around the back fence and around the water cooler.

arthel: what is the president's job? >> to elevate the conversation. he should do that in the state of the union. it should be less about left and right and nancy pelosi, chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell. it should be about coming together, challenging everyone in this country to live up to the principles they have professed to believe. >> jason, did i hear you chuckle? >> may be a little bit. the president has never been able to unite the country. i'm not sure that it has ever been his goal. the president has made several racist statements himself and as a matter fact i would say that he should probably resign too if we are using racism as the standard for resignations. i would also take steve scalise, who spoke in 2002 and made racist statements. i think we could also take steve king who posed for pictures with a known neo-nazi in canada. maybe last year. so i think that the way we need to do this is that we need new

leadership and you know, racism i would agree with boyd that racism is nonpartisan. white supremacy is nonpartisan. this is something that we have dealt with from the very beginning, since 1619 in this country. there we agree, but the president does not have a moral leg to stand on when it comes to talking about racism and unity. arthel: let me take that opportunity and switch to the democratic vote for president. axios is out for this report. it says michael bloomberg and mccullough are having serious second thoughts about watching people embrace medicare for all, big tex increases and the green new deal. vice president joe biden still wants to run his being advised to delay any plans to see how this lurched to the left plays out, if by run you look for bloomberg and mccullough to bow out. first of all, our the dems

starting to fall to the left? is there one candidate of any that stands out is that could beat the president trump? >> first i don't think we'll go too far to the left. medicare for all is popular. a recent poll came out the said 70 percent of americans want medicare for all. when we look at aggressive taxes, we do need changes to our tax system, the tax reform that the president put in is not good for america. it is not good for working americans. it is ashley going to cost middle-class americans more people. moving to the left, it is not necessarily a problem. i will be honest, i don't think there's any candidate in particular, that is standing out right now. i think all of them, whether it is kamala harris, cory booker, kirsten gillibrand, all of them are kind of in this big pile and there is nothing really that is making them stand out.

arthel: boyd, finally here, do you think vice president joe biden will run? or will he be sanctioning a candidate? and which move with they prefer he may? >> i think ultimately he gets in. i connected the democrats learned anything from the republican disaster in 2016 in terms of having so many candidates go. and there's an interesting thing, arthel, there was fascinating that the vice president in all the democratic elite reacted so strongly to howard schultz jumping in. worrying that he would siphon off votes from them and ensure president trump 's reelection. the thing we got to remember is neither political party is entitled to a clear path to the presidency. and that is where the discussion has got to get to. i think vice president joe biden will look at that and say okay, i think i can do this a little better than maybe some of the others. but the discussion is really interesting. democratic party, i think

they're trying to carve out their path to the presidency. that's a problem. arthel: okay thank you for joining us. gladys knight will be the best thing of the super bowl tomorrow and she will be outstanding! she is phenomenal. eric: and more on the fallout of the virginia governor 's decision to remain in office. plus this. the russian president is now threatening to build some new missiles after the u.s. suspends a nuclear deal and we blame moscow. (ding) hey, who are you? oh, hey jeff, i'm a car thief... what?! i'm here to steal your car because, well, that's my job. what? what?? what?! (laughing) what?? what?! what?! [crash] what?! haha, it happens. and if you've got cut-rate car insurance, paying for this could feel like getting robbed twice. so get allstate... and be better protected from mayhem...

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missiles and is raising fears from some of the possible new nuclear arms race. nato supports our position for gillian turner has more from washington. reporter: the u.s. officially suspending the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty with russia. it has been in effect for decades and administration officials believe russia has been violating both the spirit and the text of its terms for over a decade. the secretary of state now saying, enough is enough. >> reported russia and ample window of time to mend its ways. for russia to honor its commitment. tomorrow that time runs out. russia has refused to take any steps to return real and verifiable. compliance. reporter: the president agrees. >> i hope that we are able to get everybody in a very big and beautiful room and a new treaty that would be much better.

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discussion about racist and offensive materials that are here on my page in the 1984 eastern virginia medical school yearbook. and i believe it is important for virginians to hear directly from me. arthel: the democratic virginia governor backtracking now saying it was not him in an old yearbook photo showing one man and black face and another in a

kkk outfit. -- joining us on this phone right now the fox news center capitol hill producer, chad pergram. if the speaker says he has to go, how does he remain in office? >> that is a problem. about three weeks of house of representatives voted to disapprove the conduct of steve king over common surveys. also a congressman from virginia, and another saying they expected the governor to resign this morning nothing has changed. this is time to move on to lieutenant governor for faster than you have with statement by the chair of the congressional black caucus. and says quote - an apology now is just not enough. it is about the things that you do we think no one is watching. governor northam must resign.

keep in mind, this also comes amid you know this background of coming up on state of the union and the democratic response a couple of days ago where stacey abrams, the unsuccessful georgia gubernatorial candidate will deliver the response there. there is a serious conversation in the democratic party right now about race and ethnicity. keep in mind that they have been, there has been a debate about some of the comments that might have been perceived as anti-semitic by two freshman democrats as well. eric: where do you think this will go? eric shawn here, chad. how does this affect national politics? and you mentioned the state of the union on tuesday. what does it do to the democratic party? because northam is a very prominent democrat. >> right. if you have the democratic party trying to you know exploit this by having someone

i stacey abrams deliver the response and your trying to do this and contrast of what happened in charlottesville in 2017, and this is virginia, that is a part of the conversation. and that is why tom perez, chair of the democratic party came out so strongly and the same way with the congressman from virginia. you know this is something the democrats want to say, we will not stand for anything that is perceived as being racist. arthel: but chad, do you expect stacey abrams to address this in her post address to the president state of the union address? because i mean, wouldn't it be her responsibility at that point to respond to what the president has said? >> right. >> do you think that she will introduce this or not? >> she will be responding directly to the president. there are certain points that he has made that they will try to respond to. but just the idea that they drafted an african-american

woman, someone who was a rising star in the party, and she lost the due gubernatorial race, it's kind of is the message right there.that they are not, that they are a party of having hispanics and latinos and african-americans. and i've talk about the first two muslim congresswomen everett to walk in the capital. this is why the democratic party has to get their hands around this. you know for these, this diversity that they tout. it will not hold up as a voting block into 2020. arthel: right. the democratic party is doing their job to represent what america really looks like. and so here's a question though. give vice president joe biden saying you have to go. you have senator kamala harris saying, we have to go. you have the black legislative caucus there in virginia saying, you have to go. so what keeps us governor in office? you have to go in there with you know, a moving crew to get him out? >> this comes at the end of a

really bad week for ralph northam with the comments about abortion. that is a problem here. and keep in mind had a nine point win over the republican for the governorship in november 2019. he was against the backdrop of what happened in charlottesville. in the same time he and democrats are trying to juxtapose themselves about what president trump had said in charlottesville. they had these commercials by gillespie suggesting that northam was soft on ms-13 and even the former president obama coming out and condemning the commercials. so again, this is part of that war democrats are saying we cannot have someone like that in the party. and that is why point out steve king and what happened there and the democratic response. arthel: come monday morning, where is governor northam? >> well, that is when you go back to what they said, they thought he would resign this morning. when you combine the problems

that he has had today with the issues of the abortion, that is really tough. and there really aren't major democratic voices in the party right now that are saying he should stick around. it will be a real problem for him. but i directly to the comments by justin fairfax per the african-american lieutenant governor there. who so far says you know, there are problems here but did not call on him to resign. maybe that is just justin fairfax also trying not to put the cart before the horse and seem like he is being too anticipatory wanted to jump into the governors mansion. arthel: that is a point. right thank you for joining the program. chad pergram, thank you for joining the program. >> thank you. arthel: it we can downpour with evacuations in california pray there are concerns that the rain in malibu will prompt mudslides and flooding as the area continues to recover from last years devastating woolsey

fire. jeff paul is in malibu with more. jeff? reporter: the wind has really started to slow down as the rain has. but authorities are warning residents to not let their guard down because this is what they're worried about happening.fast-moving debris flow in the area and in some cases, mudslides. this is something that we witness firsthand a little while ago. the situation changed in a matter of minutes. you take a look at the video here, you can see some of the fast-moving debris flows, but in this case and water just coming rushing down from the canyon. really, taking anything in his path that it comes into contact with. the reason we are seeing this is because much of the area was burned by severe wildfires. you combine that with moist soil and the water and you have mudslides. it is on top of the flooding, power outages and downed trees. folks that live in the area are not taking any chances.

>> there was no such thing as a real border between the united states and mexico. -- reporter: is a look in here this restaurant here, prepared for the situations where we see a lot of the fast-moving debris flow. and the mudslides. the sandbags and many residents doing that in the neighborhoods here in malibu. we also been told that there will be more rain out here. it will not be as heavy but again, they want authorities out here that it is during the times we let the guard down that the soil starts to loosen up and the soil starts coming down and you really have got to watch out for that. arthel: they definitely need a break.jeff paul, thank you. eric? eric: protesters taking to the streets in caracas yet again this weekend. also keep the pressure on venezuelan president, nicolas maduro ma continued calls for his -- this is the interim president juan guaido as the

rightful leader of the country. nicolas maduro trying to outmaneuver the competition. today suggesting that venezuela should hold early elections. steve harrigan is live in caracas, venezuela with the latest. reporter: the disputed president, nicolas maduro, calling for early elections for parliament. that will be a nonstarter with the opposition. they wanted out of office and they showed that today showing into the streets of caracas and more than 20 cities across venezuela. hundreds of thousands of people really in some places downtown, just a stunning display of dissatisfaction with the government. it was a loud crowd, boisterous and for the most part very positive and happy.but these are people who want a change in government. we talked to some of them there is a really sense of desperation. here is one protester. >> the cards are played. we've a new president recognized by the vast majority of venezuelans. juan guaido.

and expect nicolas maduro to leave the government peacefully. reporter: they want maduro out. they said over and over again. now the opposition leader, juan guaido, said humanitarian aid will be arriving from the us. it is something that maduro does not want so we could see a real conflict there. the u.s. has a ready put oil sanctions against venezuela and it could start to hit. people already lining up for gasoline. real fears of a gasoline shortage here within the next week. back to you. eric: may be just a matter of time. thank you so much. arthel: a historic fentanyl bus on the southern border. a look at how deadly this could have been if the synthetic opioid made its way into the united states. >> this represents the largest fentanyl seizure and history. fentanyl is 80 to 100 times more powerful than morphine. and extremely strong opioid. hear those words...

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happened along the southern border. the u.s. border agent seized a tractor-trailer and get this, they had they said they found 254 pounds of fentanyl. turns are just two milligrams of the drug is lethal when you add that all up, it turns out to be enough to kill 57 million people. shows you just how powerful and potent it is. so how can we stop this epidemic? we are joined by physician and surgeon at white plains hospital in new york. doctor, good to see you. thank you for coming in. >> thank you for let me join you. eric: what is fentanyl versus other opioids? >> fentanyl is synthetic that's really the main take-home point. heroin is made from the poppy plant. it's only going to certain areas of the war like asia, pakistan and afghanistan as well.this is mostly in mexico, comes from china and is extremely much stronger than

heroin. actually 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine and about 25 to 50 times stronger than heroin itself. eric: wow! >> and a lot of times is being laced into heroin so people don't even know they're actually taking fentanyl. that is how a lot of overdoses are happening. eric: have just over exploded. the cdc says they were like 4000 in 2014, in 2016 18,000. this almost 80 percent of all deaths of opioids. what can we do about this horrible epidemic crisis that has affected so many people? >> absolute right is an epidemic. of course public health awareness, education. hopefully people are watching and learning. a lot of this is coming to mexico. fentanyl is mostly coming from china. then through mexico and up through the borders. it is something to point up and also supplying narcan. which is the antidote. you've heard about it. it's a little controversial but

having more accessibility to that can help someone having an immediate overdose which assess for tory depression. it decreases, they stop breathing. so the medication helps them to breathe again. eric: is anything that they can use that they can be weaned off of fentanyl into something else? that is a major problem, people just cannot kick that monkey on their back. >> obviously, yeah. addiction is a real thing and it is hard. they do use methadone, that's a popular one. naloxone is another one.it is using certain facilities, rehab centers and the hospital as well. i prescribe opioids. i tried to keep it to a minimum, a couple days with. i will do surgery on person and i give two or three days with pit now there's intraoperative injectables. eric: soda, what is that? >> it is a substitute for pain. so something we inject while in surgery. in studies in phase ii and phase 3 trials and showing two, three or four days relief.

and it eliminates the need for opioids. >> and you can do that during surgery? >> yes and they have extended-release capsules. so what people are doing on the streets is taken these opioid pills and question them. then there injecting the liquid form into their veins. but if you have a capsule or a bead you cannot crush it. so the tampering has decreased a lot with those specific type of opioid pills. eric: bottom line quickly, there are other alternatives. just talk to doctor about it. >> yes. eric: thank you for being here. arthel: thank you. it is super bowl weekend insecurities supertight in atlanta. hundreds of thousands of fans gather for the big game. we live from the mercedes-benz stadium coming up. save up to 10% when you bundle with esurance. including me, esurance spokesperson dennis quaid. he's a pretty good spokesperson. ehhh.

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fans in atlanta for super bowl liii. the mercedes-benz stadium, the site of tomorrow's big game. that is where jonathan serrie is now. i understand this all about keeping those folks safe, right? reporter: it is indeed purity of hundreds of thousands of

people in the city of atlanta. as many as 75,000 people inside the venue during the game. the weather has been absolutely beautiful, arthel. you can see the giant rooftop on the venue was open and look at this! fighter jets flying overhead. rehearsing for tomorrow's big event. this is the first time that we have managed to get them on camera because they just sneak up on you. and you do not hear them until after they have passed over. this is the first time we have them on camera. a personal victory for myself, arthel. but let me tell you a little bit. eric: good . arthel: good for you! reporter: i'm very proud of myself! i would say more about the venue, mercedes-benz stadium. it is a $1.5 billion multipurpose facility. homes about the atlanta falcons football and atlanta united soccer teams. it hosts many other events. in fact, the at the super bowl is going to be some sort of monster truck event.

by sunday, the super bowl is going to be a little different than any other that's taken place here. listen. >> there is a lot of unique elements that are specific to super bowl. you're more media than probably any other event then you know, any single day event in the world. then you have all of the other unique features like security perimeter. reporter: the super bowl is level i national security event. people enter security checkpoints, 300 feet from the building. instead of the stadium gates. in addition to protecting the super bowl for potential terrorist threats, investors have been confiscating counterfeit super bowl gear, ranging from fake nfl hats, knockoff rams and patriots jerseys. they've also been cracking down on sex trafficking, leading to at least 40 arrests in the days leading up to the game. the fbi has confiscated several drones that violated a no-fly zone the faa has imposed up around the stadium.

they say illegal joint activity has been a headache for law enforcement. and right now, the no-fly zone extends one mile from mercedes-benz stadium. but during the game that will extend outward to 30 miles. so leave your drones at home. if you live within 30 miles of the stadium, do not fly it either. arthel: q the flyover again! do it again! [laughter] reporter: i have tried that! i've tried to q8 and it never works -- i have tried to cue it and it never works! my photographer rocks! arthel: thank you. - to be a pro at selfies takes practice,

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♪ ♪ jon: virginia governor ralph north am vows he will remain in office after the yearback photo -- yearbook photo sparks a massive outcry. this is "the fox report." governor northam denied being either person in the yearbook picture showing a man in black face posing with someone in a kkk costume. he did, however, take responsibility for its appearance on his yearbook page saying he hopes to turn the controversy into an honest conversation about race. >> i am not ready to ask virginians to grant me their forgiveness for my past actions. i also do not fully expect that they will immediately believe m