>> jeff shapiro, we need to know from you the local reaction down there.uy, could he conceivably sit there and just say i don't care what the world says? >> mr. matthews, we're getting into house of cards territory here and this is becoming an incredibly naughty and uncertain story. not only is the governor facing some serious questions, the lieutenant governor who should succeed him should northam resign is answering questions about sexual harassment allegations. so what we are seeing as well is a test at a somewhat micro level in a swing state's policies on race and sexual relations. >> it was a relationship with a woman and something happened. what was it that happened in the area of sexual assault or however you define it? what did he do wrong? >> the allegation is, and this was something that the press did not look into or chose not to plumb, shall we say deeply, before he was in public life that justin fairfax made unwelcomed advances toward a woman. the allegations surfaced on the same web site on which that horrific photograph from government north

. >> reporter: jeff shapiro has covered virginia politics for nearly 40 years. >> the political aftershocks of all of this. virginia has an election every year. this year's a particularly consequential one in that the legislature support for grabs. >> reporter: as jeff shapiro said there, democrats are worried that these scandals could spoil their chances of retaking control of the state legislature and elections later this november. the next person in line after the scandalized top three leaders is the republican house speaker. he has said that the governor should go but hasn't called on the lieutenant-governor or attorney general to resign. at least not yet. >> ed, thank you. it's amazing remembering in 1989 douglas wilder was the first african-american elected adds a governor to any states an african-american. >> in the state of virginia. >> that's quite a story. >> got a lot going on. >>> and now this. this morning congressional democrats launched a series of hearings and investigations into president trump's possible conflicts of interest. they come after the president claimed in his s