ms. watson's attorney writes justin fairfax's latest statement is ms. watson and dr. tyson claims two women who never spoke or met each other but describe very similar sexual assaults are lying and both women's claims are substantiated , false and corroborate each other and we invite mr. fairfax to join ms. watson and her witnesses in testifying at an impeachment hearing and ms. watson stands ready. they say she is also considering taking her allegations to authorities in north carolina, watson says the now lt. governor when they were both students at duke in 2000. there is no statute of limitations for felony sexual crimes in north carolina. governor northam, another story we're following here, he says that he will not resign but the big question for him and his situation is can he actually get anything done as governor. the chairman of the virginia republican party told me yesterday that if the governor sticks around, he thinks he will have little authority among democrats, i've heard that from other ledge it late ors as well. the republican chair and one other dele

ms. watson immediately told friends that mr. fairfax had raped her.n a statement, he said, "i tinnitus latest on substantiated allegation. is demonstrably false. have never forced myself and anyone ever. i demand a full investigation into these unsubstantiated and false allegations. a couple of hours after those two statements, there was another one from the accuser's lawyers. they say the lieutenant governor is trying to smear their client and told reporters about a different assault, and assault they claim lieutenant governor he used to justify his alleged actions. according to the statement, and 2000, ms. watson ran into mr. fairfax one time after this alleged assault occurred. she asked mr. fairfax why did you do it and he answered, i knew that because of what happened to you last year, you'd be too afraid to say anything. two women have accused the lieutenant governor of two different sexual assaults. dr. vanessa ty sent says he forced her to perform oral sex n boston. countless democrats have called the lieutenant governor to resign. when virgin

ms. watson in particular is saying that is incorrect. the only interaction that they ever had was very shortly after the alleged assault when she confronted justin fairfax about that interaction. both of these individuals, dr. tyson and ms. watson, say that they will gladly come to richmond and testify if an impeachment proceeding were actually to take place. and as we know, late on friday night, a member of the house of delegates here at the statehouse, alex, did, in fact, say that he was going to file articles of impeachment. now the question is, procedurally, how far can this go? republicans control both chambers here by a slim margin, but it would be an unprecedented move in virginia. it's never happened before. no one's exactly sure how to proceed, if they want to proceed. >> this time last week, we were mostly talking about governor northam. so what's the situation there? i know some poll numbers have come out that suggest he could survive this. >> reporter: right. you talk about a "washington post" poll that came out late yesterda

ms. watson told friends that mr. fairfax had rape her. >> laura: thank you so much. we will talk about all of this, the dnc chair donna brazile and aa lot of topics in a matter of moments but first from a perspective from virginia tonight and for that we go to tim hannigan the chairman of the fairfax county republican party, now, tim, we still don't have any hard evidence that fairfax indeed committed these acts, both assaults. yet the democrats are jumping all over each other to call for his resignation tonight. now, how did the state g.o.p. leaders feel about this, especially given what we saw with all of jumping all over kavanaugh in those allegations came up. now, do democrats see in any irony in all of this? >> tim: well i can't speak to the democrats, but i dare say, that many republicans believe in exactly what you just said now. which is that these are serious allegations. and that require serious attention. and due process. but i think there is an angle here that may be is being overlooked. and that angle is that the start of this soul unraveling of our stat

ms. watson was upset to learn mr.er woman after he attacked her up at the lieutenant governor denying entire statement but says more women coming forward to. that will be the question, how many more democrats pick out into other women come forward as well? in the meantime the governor of virginia sent a letter out to workers and commonwealth state of virginia, i'm deeply sorry for causing this distraction for your important work. you have trusted to lead virginia forward, and i plan to do that. charles is not going anywhere. >> charles: it started with him and blackface photo and a photo of klansman and his yearbook. that hasn't been run to ground. we don't know all the facts on that, but he has poisoned it out so far with the abortion comments. >> we have abortion, race, and. >> charles: the ultimate irony he will be a lone survivor. >> john: stay there. we will be back with a lightning ramp, the "green new deal," getting testy on capitol hill. in this week's winners/losers. ♪ [friend] i've never seen that before. ♪

ms. watson and dr. tyson, the first accuser. never spoke or met each other but described very similar sexual assaults are lying. they corroborate each other. for real due process, we invite mr. fairfax to join ms. watson and her witnesses at an impeachment hearing. >> if democrats are playing by their own rules in virginia, all three of the top democrats should resign and step aside. they violated all the rules that they've held republicans falsely accountable for. he said he has white privilege and therefore he understands and can be empathetic. which is quite ironic considering he refused to step aside for an african-american lieutenant governor, refused to step aside. i would say that is white privilege. all of a sudden these sexual claims from ten years ago come back. >> it doesn't sound like anybody's stepping down. >> no, it doesn't. all the rest of these guys, and let's not forget the ag also in black face, they're following the bill clinton model. if you have no shame and you refuse to resign, you can survive any crisis.

ms. watson and dr. tyson. i ask that all three of us be respected during this process." son and vanessa tyson say they're prepared to testify if impeachment proceedings against justin fairfax move forward. both women say they stand ready to publicly refute his claims that the encounters were completely consensual. philip? >> all right, geoff, thank you. >>> a california mother who rushed into her burning home to save her four children has died. bakersfield firefighters say they were able to rescue four children, but one person was left inside the home. the family's pastor told reporters the mother was not home when the fire started and that she rushed in trying to save her kids. the four children suffered minor injuries. investigators are looking into what may have sparked that fire. >>> shocking images out of glendale, arizona, show police officers tasing a man nearly a dozen times. now after spending months in jail, the father of two is suing the cops accusing them of torture. a warning, the video may be hard to watch. the footage gives a dramatic picture of the amount

ms. watson and dr. tyson. i ask that all three of us be respected during this process." and vanessa tyson say they're prepared to testify if impeachment proceedings against justin fairfax move forward. both women say they stand ready to publicly refute his claims that the encounters were completely consensus wall. philip? >> all right, geoff, thank you. >>> a lawyer for the publisher of "the national enquirer" is speaking out in a heated public battle with amazon founder jeff bezos, the richest man in the world. we go to nbc's morgan chesky. >> reporter: a scandal ripped from the pages of a tabloid, involving the world's richest man and nude selfies. the attorney for "the inquirer's" ceo david pecker cut to the chase. >> it absolutely is not extortion and not blackmail. >> reporter: in january the tabloid published text messages between bezos and his alleged mistress lauren sanchez. bezos implied his coverage of "the washington post" and criticism of president trump might have moved ami to move against him. bezos shared e-mails he says are by the company and have not been

ms. watson to testify.wilalso be inviting lieutenant governor fairfax to testify. >> repter: it's been exactly two weeks since the second of two women came forward to accuse the lieutenant governor of sex assault, alleged incidents that took place in 2000 and 2004, incidents justin fairfax say were consensual encounters. both women have said t their attorneys they want to tell their story to the general assembly. >> the last three or four days, the victims have constantly asked us to do our dut >> reporter: vanessa tyson has also said she'll speak to law enforcement in boston, where that alleged assault occurred. house democratic leaders and some membe blasted the gop announcement. they say the criminal justice system is the right place for an inquiry. >> the justice and the due process that we seek should be by a law enforcement entity, n by individuals who will be on the ballot in november. >> reporter: this democratic delegate, a sex assault survivor himself, takes a diffent view. >> survivors of sexual

ms. watson and dr. tyson. i ask that all three of us be respected during this process. >>> meredithn watnd vanessa tyson say they're prepared to testify if impeachment proceedings against justin fairfax move forward. both of them say they stand ready to publicly refute his claims that the interactions were consensual. >>> in nezuela, suffering through its own national crisis, the man who still holds power and the man who says he t is legitimate president. kerry sanders has been following it all in caracas. >> reporter: president juan guaido at churchy. toda the 35-year-old mobbed by supporters. >> he is the one. nobody else. >> reporter: juan guaido and nicolas maduro both claim to be venezuela's president. tens of thousands rallied for maduro this weekend. those on his side, the 200 commanding generals. in a country where hunger now drives allegiance, romadu's subsidized food program becomes erratic. street markets still sell but astonishingly high prices. food is scarce for everyone. month-old camilla weighs

ms. watson. that's shameful. >> one of the new voices calling tonight for lieutenant governor fairfax to resigns a local politician who recently hosted the lieutenant governor at a fund-raiser. phyllis randall is the chairman of the loudoun county board of supervisors. in a statement tonight she said this, "having more information available, i can no longer stand with the lieutenantno gov i'm heartbroken to have to make this decision, but i know in my heart it's correct." randall says shehe will donate money raised at her event with fairfax to the loudoun abused women's shelter. this story is developing by the hour use our nbc washington app to stay on top of the changes over the weekend. we'll also send you alerts when big news breaks. >>> i'm leon harris with breaking news at the live desk in the newsroom. bizarre developments in a high-profile officer shooting in virginia. a man released from a mental hospital after he was found not guilty of that crime is now back in jail. news 4 as learned k

ms. watson: it's a game chamer. i just came back from visiting dulles and our red flag exercise. just -- ms. wilson: it's the only aircraft that we have that can call the shots inside contested air space. one little vignette, new, young fighter pilots right out of training, this has his seventh or eight sorty in the aircraft, brand new. goes up to fight and he's up against a 3,000-hour fighter pilot in a fourth generation aircraft, coming up on the radio and says, turn around, you're dead, i'm right in front of you. and then within the next hour went on to shoot down or virtually shoot down three other aircraft. this is a game-changer aircraft and we're committed to it. the question overall is, we just get larger in the number of fighter units we have to meet the threat in the 2025-2030 time frame. we have some older aircraft like the f-15-c that are far beyond their expected service life. so how can we get to a point where we're buying about 72 fighters a year and what should that mix be? one of the things that we have considered and that will be coming over to congress in the bu

ms. watson and dr. tyson. i ask all three of us be respected during the process. an attorney for watson saying there was nothing consensual about the rape. the lieutenant governor is facing a chorus of calls from prominent democrats insisting he resign, the former governor, congressional democrats and virginia law makers. democratic presidential candidates too. >> i believe it's time for him to step down. >> reporter: after meredith watson came forward saying he raped in when they were duke students, that claim after dr. vanessa tyson claimed he sexually assaulted her in 2004. both women's attorneys saying they would be willing to testify. governor ralph northam telling the "washington post" he plans to spend the rest of his term facing racial inequity. saying we're ready to learn from our mistakes. a new "washington post" poll says virginia residents are split over the governor's fate. northam finds higher support among african american residents 58% say they want him to remain in office. >> just a stunning week in virginia. let's hop up to washington who are con

ms. watson stands ready but will be painful what mr. fairfax did to her when she was 20 year's old. of this as governor ralph northam in scandal of his own, the governor still claims he's not in the racist yearbook photo. he told the washington post he overreacted when he initially took credit and said he was in it, he says he will finish out the remainder of term, he's not resigning but said considerate. >> so, yes, i have thought about resigning but i've always thought about what virginia needs right now and i really think that i'm in a position where -- where i can take virginia to the next level and it would be very positive and, you know, we have a number in the country right now and in virginia and we are in a position to really stop talking so much and how to take action to address a lot of news. >> representative jennifer wexton says that's not good enough and the governor needs to resign, she told pbs news that she he cannot effectively govern, she has not called on the attorney general to resign. the attorney general admitted to wearing black face in college, ms. wexton sa

ms. watson immediately told friends that he had raped her. and it calls on fairfax to resign.n saying i deny this latest unsubstantiated allegation. i have never forced myself on anyone ever. i demand a full investigation into these unsubstantiated and false allegations. he has repeatedly denied an earlier allegation who says fairfax sexually assaulted her during the democratic convention in boston. jeff bennet's been covering this story in richmond. jeff, i don't think you're ever going to get out of richmond. it's worse every day. what's happening, the latest on nis friday night? >> reporter: i tell you what up until an hour ago when the second accuser came forward, this spiraling political crisis hit a holding pattern. all three top democratic officials in this state because all three were politically compromised in different ways, there was less external pressure on any one of them to resign but this a has all changed, alleging fairfax raped her in 2000. he categorically, vehemently denies that allegation. but that has done little to calm the chorus of calls from democrats

ms. watson to testify. we will also be inviting lieutenant goverr fairfax to testify. >> reporter: it's been two weeks since the second of two women came forward to accuse the uaeutenant governor of s assault, alleged incidents that took place in 2000 and 2004, incidents lieutenant governor justin fairfax says were consensual encounters. both women have said through theirttorneys they want to tell their story to the general asiblif. >>ver the last three or four days the victims have constantly asked u to do our duty. >> reporter: vanessa tysonaid she'll speak to law enforcement in boston where that assault occurred. but house democratic leaders blasted the gop announcement. they say the criminal justice system is the right place for an inquiry. >> the justice and due process that we seek, should be byen a w rcement entity. not by individuals who will be on the ballot in november. >> reporter: but this democratic delegate, a sexual assault survivor himself takes a different view. >> because survivors of sexu

ms. watson totestif we'll also invite lieutenant governor fairfax to testify. >> reporte but house mocratic leaders blasted the gop announcement. they say the criminal justice system is the right place for an inquiry. >> what i know is that the th seriousness o allegations that have been me public in this case should not be turned into a political game. >> reporter: many african-american leaders are concerned that a general assembly investigation could never provide fairness. this naacp leader spoke to us via skype. n >>he m issue is due procs, having people look at their accusers p under aitical scenario, who's going to question is? is justin's advocates going to be allow to question them, i don't think so. >> reporter: they say it's an exercise in political theater, the path to finding truth a justice should be left to the work of law enforcement professionals. the lieutenant vernor is confident the truth will exonerate him. meredith watson's attorney said she's accepted the invitation to testify but she also said she does not plan to take her complaint to police orut pross in north carol

ms. watson. chris: 20 seconds. >> no evidence of ford and kavanaugh even met each other.the case of tyson, they were in the same room. sexual act that's involved. he's in a much tougher place fairfax than kavanaugh ever was. chris: he's in a tough place, up next power player of the week, journey from a survivalist family to heights of academia has been a best seller for a year, we will meet her when we come right back these folks, they don't have time to go to the post office they have businesses to grow customers to care for lives to get home to they use stamps.com print discounted postage for any letter any package any time right from your computer all the amazing services of the post office only cheaper get our special tv offer a 4-week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again! chris: not a spy thriller, here is our power player. >> i could not continue to have my family in my life. chris: it's describing their journey. almost a year. captivated thousands of readers, kara grew up in buck state idaho one of seven c

ms. watson to testify. we'll also be invitingov lieutenant gnor fairfax to testify. this gives all parties a chance t' be heard. >>> i been two weeks since the second of the two women came forward to accuse the lieutenant governor of sex assault. incidents the lieutenant governor, justin fairfax, says were consensual encounters. one of the accusers, vanessa tyson agreed to speak to the prosecutors in boston where that occurred. but the women also want to tel their story to the general assembly. some democrats warn that could be a mistaop that could dize due process and harm any criminal case. >> due process is absolutely needed and should be afforded th all. justice and the due process that we seek should be by a law enforcement entity not by individuals who will be on the ballot in november. >> now a spokeswoman for the lieutena governor issue a statement this afternoon blasting the house republicans writing, quote, the path to finding truth and justice should be based on due process and the work of law enforcement professionals. goes on to say the lieutenant govern

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 of virginia are deeply troubling. serious, credible and corroborated by others and this is no longer appropriate for him to serve. he should resign. senator kamala harris and another 2020 contender echoed that. former virginia governor terry mcauliffe and the house and the senate democrats called for justin fairfax to step down. now a virginia democratic state lawmaker says if fairfax doesn't resign he will begin process of impeachment. governor ralph northam met with his staff today and reiterated he will not resign. dan? >> thank you. we are going live to virginia where patrick hope is holding a press conference to announce the plans to introduce articles of impeachment for the lieutenant governor justin fairfax if he has not resigned before monday. let's listen in. >> he wants time for an investigation. why rush to judgment, one would argue? >> tw

ms. watson. chris: 20 seconds. >> no evidence of ford and kavanaugh even met each other.were in the same room. sexual act that's involved. he's in a much tougher place fairfax than kavanaugh ever was. chris: he's in a tough place, up next power player of the week, journey from a survivalist family to heights of academia has been a best seller for a year, we will meet her when we come right back 't easy. 12 hours? 20 dogs? where's your belly rubs? after a day of chasing dogs you shouldn't have to chase down payments. (vo) send invoices and accept payments to get paid twice as fast. (danny) it's time to get yours! (vo) quickbooks. backing you. chris: not a spy thriller, here is our power player. >> i could not continue to have my family in my life. chris: it's describing their journey. almost a year. captivated thousands of readers, kara grew up in buck state idaho one of seven children, the dad was mormo survivalist who believed the government had taken over the evil organization. you never went to grade school or high school, why not? >> he thought that if we went to scho

ms. miss watson shared he account of the in facebook messages that are now in our possession" we also have ms. miss watson immediately told friends that mister fox had fairfax had her. >> allyson grey reporting tonight. we are going to talk about all of this to former dnc chair and a lot of other topics in a matter of moments. first, we want to get some perspective from virginia tonight. for that we go to tim hannigan the chairman of the fairfax county republican party. tim, we still don't have any hard evidence that fairfax indeed committed these horrific acts. yet the democrats are jumping all over each other to call for his resignation tonight. how does the state gop leaders feel about this especially give what we saw with all the jumpin all over cavanaugh windows allegations came up. the democrats see any irony in all of this? >> i can't speak for the democrats, but i daresay that many republicans believe in exactly what you just said now, which is that these are serious allegations that require seriou attention and due process. i think there is an angle here that maybe is being overlo

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ms. watson is reluctantly coming forward out of a strong sense of civic duty and her belief that those seeking or serving in public office should be the highest character. she has no interest in becoming a media personality or reliving the trauma that has greatly affected her life. similarly, she is not seeking any financial damages. you mentioned at the top, this is all important because governor ralph northam still maintains he will not step down over whether or not he was involved in a racist picture in his medical school yearbook back in 1984. fairfax will be second line. she wants him to step down as lieutenant governor. we are still waiting to hear from the fairfax camp about this allegation. dana. >> dana: all right, trace, thank you so much. that is an important point made literally breaking while we were in the green room. we haven't heard from lieutenant governor yet. juan, let me ask you about this. it was a week ago where it was almost like to be sure that governor northam was going to resign. the support of all the democrats within his own party. they are in virginia and national

ms. watson immediately told friends that mr. fairfax had raped her. on fairfax to resign. he responded to the accusations tonight saying i deny this latest unsubstantiated allegation. it is demonstrate bly false and i demand a full investigation into these unsubstantiated and false allegations. fairfax says repeatedly tonight an earlier allegation who says fairfax sexually assaulted her in 2004 during the democratic convention in boston. i'm joined by geoff bennett. this story is disturbing and worse every day. what's the latest tonight this friday night? >> reporter: chris, i tell you what, up until an hour ago when the second accuser came forward, this political crisis, the spiral political crisis had really hit a holding pattern. there was a sense that there was safety in numbers because all three top democratic officials in this state because all three of them were politically compromised in different ways. there was less external pressure on any one of them to resign. but that has all changed now with meredith watson coming forward alleging that

ms. watson shared her account from this statement of the rate with friends in a series of emails and facebook messages that are now in our possession by the additionally we have statements from former classmates cooperating miss watts immediately friends mr. fairfax had her. the law firm refused request from fox news to elaborate on the claims or allow us to review the facebook messages or give us the names of former crime space but they issued another statement and in attempts to discredit watsonon or smear, fairfax fired back at the end of his statement is the most sailing. i will not resigned, he. denies unsubstantiated allegations into monstrously false and never force myself on anyone ever. it is obvious, he's had vicious and cooperated smear campaign is being orchestrated against me. the second woman to accuse fairfax of impropriety comes on the exactly a week almost to an hour of the picture from the governor's yearbook servicing. youu might remember, there was equally loud chorus for him to resign. he is still in office and now of course, the question come up when it comes to fairfax,

ms. watson. this is what would be expected and normal. of massachusetts and the state of north carolina, where these alleged crimes took place, in north carolina, it is my belief, i should say it is my understanding, that there is no statute of limitations. a criminal investigation could be conducted there, where you would have all the normal elements. what's important here is that the truth come out. he's calling for a full and fair investigation. so has the state naacp and others. and you need all the elements for an investigation, which is to say you collect all the evidence that is in fact available. >> but are you concerned at all, and based on the speech today, that he actually isn't interested in the type of investigation that you're talking about, because he has pushed back on the idea of the general assembly investigating him. there was a call for impeachment from a democratic member of the general assembly, and he was very much opposed to that idea. i mean, impeachment in legislative terms is actually a due process situation whe

ms. watson is reluctantly coming forward out of a strong sense of civic duty and her belief that those seeking or serving in public office should be of the highest character. she has no interest in becoming a media personality or reliving the trauma that has greatly affected her life. similarly, she is not seeking any financial damages. former virginia governor terry mcauliff tweeted, quote: the allegation against justin fairfax are serious and credible. it is clear to me that he can no longer effectively serve the people of virginia as lieutenant governor. i call for his immediate resignation. virginia's five democratic members of congress have also called for fairfax to step down as has new jersey democratic senator and 2020 presidential candidate cory booker and now democratic virginia state lawmaker says on monday he will begin the process of impeaching justin fairfax if he doesn't step down. and we should note governor ralph northam is again reiterating as he did today that he will not step down. martha. >> quite a story. joining me now is howie curetsd host of media buzz. what's your tak

ms. watson's claims. we have no corroborating evidence at this time. now, happening here in richmond this weekend, lawmakers are home, but we do not anticipate that it will be quiet around here. eva, whit. >> all right, thank you there. >>> a lot to talk about. now to that contentious testimony on capitol hwhak by h >> abc's white house correspondent tara palmeri is at the white house with what he said about the mueller investigation and what he wouldn't talk about. tara, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. it was the first opening act of what would likely be a stream of high-profile hearings into people closest to the president and they wanted to know, the democrats, if he had done anything in his four-month tenure to impede the mueller investigation. on capitol hill, acting attorney general matthew whitaker with one week left on the job grilled by members of the house judiciary committee. >> we're all trying to figure out who are you? where did you come from and how the heck did you become the head of the department of justice? >> reporter

ms. watson and her lawyer's claims. we have no corroborating evidence at this time.ere in richmond today, lawmakers are out of town. hat said, we don't anticipate it will be a quiet weekend. zachary kiesch, abc news, richmond, virginia. >>> 8:36 is our time and new this morning, results of the president's second annual check-up are in. physician sean conley says the president is in very good health. conley performed a medical check-up yesterday with 11 board certified specialists. details like weight and blood pressure were not released. dr. conley said the 72-year-old would likely remain healthy for the duration of his presidency. >>> happening today, giants fanfest will be held at oracle park. after the festivities, the giants will then head to arizona for spring training with some unanswered questions. the players and coaches tried to answer some of them as they faced the media yesterday. among the top concerns, is bu buster posey healed from his injury and what about bryce harper? they met with the free agency slugger in las vegas. >> we had a good over a few hou

ms. watson immediately told friends that mr. fairfax had raped her. myself on anyone, ever. i demand a full investigation into these unsubstantiated and false allegations. if fairfax doesn't voluntarily leave, a virginia delegate plans to impeach him. >> i believe these women. he needs to resign immediately. should the lieutenant governor fail to do so, on monday, i intend to introduce arlsz of articles of impeachment. >> more to the story the state's attorney general mark herring thought to take the governor's spot if northam and fairfax resign also admitted to posing in blackface in a school year boob book. so far he says is he staying foot. governor northam is staying in his position sent internal email to government employees yesterday apologizing for causing a distraction from their work. pete: david, thank you. appreciate it. democrats are trying to have it both ways trying to say resign publicly to virtue signal they are good people privately in back channels governor northam don't go anywhere. ed: some of them are. they are worried a republica

ms. watson and dr.tasyson. attorney for watson responding saying there was nothing consensual about the >>counter. nd geoff these two accusers are now b saying they wou willing to testify if impeachment hearings were to come against the lieutenant governor? is that right? >> reporter: that's right. they both say they are willing to share their story publicly. a democratic stateegislature plans to drop articles of impeachment against justin fairfax as early as today. in order for that to move forward, the virginia house tpeaker would have to approve it. riow it's not clear that he will. >> geoff in richmond, tha you. >>> the next government shutdown is potentially days away, and tas overorder security have apparently broken down again. this as the president takes his push for a wall directly to th border today. we've got two reports this morning. we'll start with nbc white house correspondent kristen welker in el paso, texas. give us a sense of what the president is hoping to achieve today. >> reporter: hi savan

ms. watson shared the account of the rape with friends in messages.s corroborating. the lieutenant governor said he denies the allegations. he says i have never forced myself on anyone ever. i demand a full investigation into these unsubsta substantiatd false allegations. another woman said he forced her to perform oral sex on him in a hotel room during the 2004dnc convention. the lieutenant governor says that encounter was consensual. arthel: with lieutenant governor justin fairfax facing a second sexual assault allegation, the question looms larger, will his political career survive. some say it is an uphill battle. >> all 19 democrats in the 40 seat state senate have called on fairfax to resign. so everybody's lawyered up. that's the way we do things. and there will be i assume some kind of investigation, but i think it's going to be difficult, very difficult for fairfax to survive. last week we didn't think governor northam could possibly survive and there he is, in the governor's mansion. arthel: let's bring in the chief congressional corresponde

ms. watson is counting on the general assembly to do the right thing and hold hearings now. non-stop efforts to duck their role is cowardice. sympathy is welcome but action is needed. the first accuser vanessa tyson, her attorneys will meet with the district attorney in boston to lay out her allegations for the rape that occurred in 2004. >> sandra: reaction to all of that pours in this morning. garrett. thank you. >> eric: vice president mike pence has arrived in columbia moments ago. he will meet with juan guaido, the venezuela opposition leader this morning. this as protests broke out over the weekend as maduro's brutal regime cuts off humanitarian aid to his own people. we'll talk to a former venezuelan diplomat who quit maduro's government on what could come next. >> sandra: president trump speaking to governors from around the nation in the white house. let's listen here. >> president trump: get together and we have a good time but we also will accomplish a lot. it will be a very good meeting. tremendous things are happening for our country. i am not right after this m

ms. morales? mrs. watson coleman: watson for a couple of reasons. she's such a courageous and brave individual, standing up for those who otherwise wouldn't have any voice and i kind of relate to that. she's the face of immigration, i think. she's honest, hardworking she's honest, hardworking, pays her taxes, lives in a ghunt, tries to be part of it. wanted a better life for her family. came to the united states of america because we've typically been the beacon of hope and beacon of welcoming and also on a not so positive note, she is the face of trump's hypocrisy. president trump has vilified, demonized, dehumanized immigrants since he's been in office but particularly during a time when he was justifying that terrible shutdown. but the businessman donald trump found no problem with identifying undocumented individuals, hiring them, having his company facilitating getting them documents that are fraudulent but looked more realistic and then employing them under conditions that were not good. harassing them. not giving them benefits. paying them lo