for the record, the legislator who paul lepage is so angry with, says that he never called governor lepage racist. he said that he said governor lepage's racially charged comments on the drug problem in maine were not helpful toward finding a solution to the problem. that is what caused this response from the governor. today paul lepage went back to the press and decided to keep talking about this. he explained to reporters today that he's not apologizing for anything he's done or said. he wants you to know who the people of maine should think of as the enemy at this point, like in a war, the people you shoot, he wants to be very clear about that. >> when you go to war, if you know the enemy, the enemy dresses in red and you dress in blue, you shoot at red. don't shoot. ken, you've been in uniform. you shoot at the enemy. you try to identify the enemy. and the enemy right now, the overwhelming majority of people coming in, are people of color or people of hispanic origin. >> so we know who the enemy is, right? you can see them by their color. in the midst of all this, the state of maine so

but it's paul lepage, so who knows.e said multiple times that he might quit, followed it up with a tweet you saying, of course he wouldn't quit. tonight this rally happened tonight in the state capital of augusta, maine. pretty good crowd in maine there. several hundred people at least, gathering to say that governor paul lepage really needs to resign. a few blocks away, though, republican members of the state house and state senate met in an extraordinary out of session caucus to talk about what to do here and what the republican party of maine is going to do with their governor. if members of the legislature do vote to hold a special session, ultimately it might not matter whether or not paul lepage resigns. if the legislature decided to hold a session, they could decide just to throw him out. >>> maine governor -- >> it's about the maine people. if i've lost my ability to convince the maine people that's what we need and that's the type of people we need in augusta, then, you know, maybe it is time to move on. >> may

paul lepage has even called himself, the probably said he was the original donald trump before there national donald trump. the problem for lepage's opponents trying to do a recall is so difficult, it requires, the last election was high turnout, it requires a high percentage of voters, a great distraction from government. i know being from california as well, when you have these recall elections there are all sorts of unintended consequences. gray davis was recalled in california and that paved the way for arnold schwarzenegger who left the state with many problems. a recall election is not always the way to solve this type of situation. you can say that this governor, he's offensive, he's racist and clearly bigoted. he hasn't crossed the line into criminality or allegations of criminal behavior. it would be hard to see what the grounds are for a recall other than being offensive. >> i remember that california recall, in terms of a pure fun political -- you had 65 names on the ballot out there, you had schwarzenegger, peter was there. ariana huffington was running. that was a show. c

maine governor paul lepage left these messages for - a state lawmaker lepage thought had called him... racist the governor did (voice of gov. paul lepage (r) maine) "i want you to prove that i'm a racist. i've spent my life helping friggin'. i want you to record this and make it public because i am after you. thank you." the lawmaker denies that he called governor lepage a racist, but says some of his comments wer racially charged. dealers. sot - gov. paul lepage / (r) maine "90% of the pictures in my book, and it's a 3 ring binder, are black and hispanic people. so far, lepage is not apologizing for the voicemails. now to your voice your vote -- this week the republican and democratic nominees were busy...attacking each other. donald trump says he is softening his position on softening hs language when it comes to attacking hillary clinton. clinton is also in the attack mode -- linking trump to white supremacists! abc political director rick klein wraps the week in politics. a new new trump - and new questions for the clintons i'm abc's rick klein with the latest in politics this wee

the air. >> you don't like me, and i don't like you. >> reporter: two term republican governor paul lepage already known for his bombastic style kicked it up a notch in recent days. >> 90 plus% -- >> reporter: last thursday, lepage insisted that 90% of the state's drug dealers are black or hispanic. when a democratic state representative criticized him, the governor left this voice mail. >> i have spent my life helping black people and you little son of a [ bleep ] socialist [ bleep ] i want you to record this and make it public because i am after you. >> lepage apologized today on maine radio, sending a cryptic message about the rest of his term. >> i'm not going to say that i'm not going to finish it or am not saying i am going to finish it. >> reporter: narrowly re-elected in a three-way race, lepage has sparked controversy before. he had this message for the naacp in 2011. >> tell them to kiss my butt. >> what appeals to voters about paul lepage, is his combati combativeness, that willingness to mix it up to a point where it can be all out battle at times. >> reporter: but some maine v

paul lepage (r) maine) "i would like to talk to you about your maine governor paul lepage left these messages for - a state lawmaker lepage thought had called him... racist the governor did not hold back... (voice of gov. paul lepage (r) maine) "i want you to prove that i'm a racist. i've spent my life helping black people and you little (obscene term), socialist (obscene term). after you. thank you." the lawmaker denies that he called governor lepage a says some of his comments wer racially charged. this is what lepage said when talking about known drug dealers. sot - gov. paul lepage / (r) maine "90% of the pictures in my book, and it's a 3 ring binder, are black and hispanic people. so far, lepage is not apologizing for the voicemails. democratic nominees were busy...attacking each other. donald trump says he is softening his position on immigration....but he isn't softening hs language when it comes to attacking hillary clinton. clinton is also in the attack mode -- linking trump to white supremacists! abc political director rick klein wraps the week in politics. a new new trump -

maine governor paul lepage at it aga again. >> you little son of a [ bleep ]. >> reporter: leaders in maine calling for his resignation on friday after a week of controversial remarks. >> he is governor of the state of maine. >> reporter: it all started wednesday when lepage made racially charged comments about the state's drug offenders. >> 90% plus in my book, a three-ring binder, of black and hispanic people. >> reporter: prompting this response from drew gattine. >> these kinds of racially charged comments from the governor don't do anything to solve the problem. >> i want you to prove i'm a racist. you little son of a [ bleep ]. >> reporter: it did not stop there. lepage told a local reporter. >> i wish it was 1825 and we would have a duel. that's how angry i am.

paul lepage everything i said to that man, is less insulting than being called a racist, in my mind. it is yet another controversy for the lapage- who faced are guys that are named 'd-money, smoothie, shifty,' these type of guys that come from connecticut and new york -- they come up here, they sell their heroin and they go back home. incidentally, half the time they impregnate a young, white now these latest comments...sparking calls for his resignation. klein 13:54:26 the question i think will be whether there are legal ramifications// this goes beyond the pale of just blunt and blustery talk this can be tag- the governor did issue an apology, saying he meant no physical harm to the representative. mg abc news ny a lot more news coming up on 13 action news live at 3-30... including a desperate search underway in mississippi for whoever killed two nuns what was taken inside their home. instead of surrendering peacefully...a suspect goes on the attack. why officers were hot on his plus... a manhunt is underway after two nuns are found brutally murdered in their own home. did religion

paul lepage everything i said to that man, is less insulting than being called a racist, in my mind. lepage faced backlash in january as well... after he said black drug dealers were coming into the state... and impregnating young white presidential candidates hillary clinton and donald trump... engaging in a nasty war of words....as they compete for minority voters! each...trying to paint the other...as a racist! sot/trump: hillary clinton is a bigot who sees people of color only as votes, =-flash- clinton: this is someone who retweets white supremacists online, like the user who goes by the name "white- genocide-tm." trump has been actively trying to fight back against the xenophobic narrative... immigration...and today -- meeting with hispanic leaders at the trump hotel here in las vegas! trump even proposed a path to legalization for undocumented immigrants... but also added a "build the wall" t- shirt to his online store! meanwhile... it was announced today.... president obama will campaign for clinton in pennsylvania next week... while vice president joe biden more serious quest

paul lepage is not backing down at all.rify a little bit. at the core, paul lepage is upset that he was called a racist. when he said he would stop and go after in that e-mail or in that voicemail. what he means he would try to defeat every single thing he does politically going forward and legislatively going forward from that point out. the man who said i was donald trump before donald trump. these are certainly explosive issues. explosive comments but for paul lepage, not necessarily out of the ordinary, if you have been following his career. >> are they legally in maine? >> i would have to check the state laws. it is not the 19th century any more. i'll double check and report back. >> all right, phil mattingly, thank you for being with us. we appreciate it. we'll be right back. if your sneezes are a force to be reckoned with... you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® for powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin®. because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. try zyrtec®

during the regional conference, the embattled paul lepage blamed the worsening opioid crisis on drug dealers from lowell and lawrence. >> things like this happen all over the united states. >> international he like to have a face-to-face conversation with the governor, who sits in an office of hundred 30 miles away from his town. >> i think it is unfair to people dealing with this crisis. doug: meanwhile governor charlie baker is saying the opioid crisis doesn't discriminate and doesn't have boundaries. >> this is one area where the something about trafficking. doug: the mayor of lawrence does not shy away from the fact that there are people in the city you have a drug problem, and the city will continue to work with them to get them the help they need. doug meehan, wcvb newscenter 5. ed: that apology came during a radio interview today. lepage saying his tirade last week was unacceptable and totally his fault. and then he talked about the remainder of his term and whether or not he'll serve it out. >> i think there is a lot more that can be done, said, and moved. i just need to see

governor paul lepage also says he isn't ruling out resigning. this, as the mayor of lawrence says he'd like to sit down with lepage, after lepage blamed drug dealers in lawrence and lowell for contributing to the opioid crisis in his state. doug meehan is live in lawrence. doug: maine is blaming places like this for its drug problem although the people here say don't point the finger at lawrence. >> i don't think it's ok, i don't think anyone should be pointing their finger down at lawrence is ok 'cause i love my city. doug: take a stroll along this hard-working city along the merrimack and you'll find that people here take great offence to the governor of maine's recent statement. during a regional conference of governors in boston, the state's worsening opioid crisis on drug dealers from lowell and lawrence. >> why are you blaming the city of lawrence when things like this happen all over the united states? >> it's not a city problem it's a national problem. doug: the governor sits in an office 130 miles away from the street and the people of h

paul lepage / (r) maine "90% of the pictures in my book, and it's a 3 ring binder, are black and hispanic people. so far, lepage is not this week the republican and democratic nominees were busy...attacking each other. donald trump says he is softening his position on immigration....but he isn't softening hs language when it comes to attacking hillary clinton. clinton is also in the attack mode -- linking trump to white supremacists! abc political director rick klein wraps the week in politics. a new new trump - and new abc's rick klein with the latest in politics this week donald trump's new campaign team has him on message - even if that message is ? evolving trump old sound - need a deportation force trump on hannity - do we need to get rid of them if they aren't criminals ? trump saying at a fox news forum that he's open to softening his position on deportating undocumented immigrants but there's only a hardening in his stance toward clinton, as he reaches out to minority voters trump: hillary hasn't gone that far in terms of labeling - but she's going farther in pointing out the conn

maine's republican governor, paul lepage, once again defending himself , this time after leaving a profanity laced voicemail message for a democratic legislator he claims called him a racist. governor lepage i want you to : prove that i'm a racist. i've spent my life helping black people and you little son of a-, socialist -- you -- i need you to -- i want you to record this and make it public because i am after you. thank you. there later telling reporters, i wish it were 1825, and we would have a duel, saying he would point his gun right between state representative drew gattine's eyes. representative get scene: -- representative gattine: it sounded like somebody who was capable of injuring me and violence. i'm going to be careful. governor lepage them being called a racist. jc: it is yet another controversy for the lepage who faced backlash in january for this comment, -- comment -- governor lepage: these are guys that are named 'd-money, smoothie, shifty, ' these type of guys that come from connecticut and new york, they come up here, they sell their heroin and they go back home. inciden

paul lepage and it appears as if he may be ready to step down amid this latest controversy. nbc's hallie jackson has some new reporting on all of this. hallie, what can you tell us? what are you hearing? >> reporter: all right, craig. this is governor paul lepage, who apparently says he is considering the possibility he may not finish out his term. this is from a radio interview he did at wvom in maine. this is first reported by the "maine press herald." lepage saying he's looking at all his options. he said he thinks some things he has been asked to do are beyond his ability. not going to say he's not going to finish his second term. he's not saying he is going to finish, adding if it i've lost my ability to help maine people, maybe it's time to move on. this has been sparked, apparently, by something happened with lepage over the last week, a threatening voicemail he left for a state representative filled with curse words, filled with expletives, especially daring the state rep to make the voicemail public. after lepage took offense at some comments made. lepage apologizin

also tonight, the latest twists in the saga of maine governor paul lepage. he told a local radio station today that he might not finish out his term but later tweeted a very different message. >>> and donald trump's big immigration speech now just a day away. we will begin with the ongoing fallout today from that very controversial tweet from trump surrogate pastor mark burns. a warning here, the image might be offensive to some. his tweet showed hillary clinton in blackface and accused her of pandering to the black community. yesterday on msnbc, pastor burns defended the tweet. >> i apologize for the offensive blackface image of that cartoon and the depiction of the blackface is offensive by itself, and as an african-american man in america, i don't stand by anyone portraying themselves in a blackface, but the message that i intended, i still stand behind. but my apology is because i think my message got lost in the translation. >> let's clarify. that was not pastor mark burns on msnbc yesterday. that was him today apologizing for that tweet. pastor mark bu

governor paul lepage and the lepage family for hosting us and the director of the blaine ho e house. the maine preservation commission, thank you for your help and also to our cable affiliate, our wonderful cable affiliate here, time warner cable of augusta for all of their help and support for bringing c-span to the community. we'll close the program the same way we opened it. we'll give you a look at the campaign memorabilia and listening to a group called the independent silver band as they sang in 1884 blaine/logan victory song. thank you for being with us tonight. ♪ hurrah, hurrah, hurrah for blaine, for logan and victory ♪ hurrah, hurrah >> our profile of presidential candidates continues wednesday night on american history tv with a look at williams jennings bryan. he served as secretary of state under president woodrow wilson. that's at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >>> book tv on c-span 2. 48 hours of non-fiction books and authors every weekend. here's featured programs this weekend. saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on "afterwords" kimberly strassel argues the left is using t

paul lepage is an outspoken guy. i haven't heard him apologize for much before.eighing, musing that he might actually quit. what do you make of that? >> when i was lieutenant governor, this came before the governor i had in front of me. he made a mistake, too. the people of south carolina were very forgiving. i suspect the people of maine will be forgiving, too. if there's a pattern, i understand somebody stepping down. but for somebody to stub their toe, probably not worthy of stepping down. >> he says a lot of stuff that's controversial. does that corporation tut pattern, andre? >> the people of maine will have to make the decision. i'm not a voter of maine, so i really don't have any input on it. >> if you ever see bull durham, he used words that will get you thrown out of a game. >>> other issues breaking just now. we got word a short time ago that the fbi is going to turn over the report it gave to the justice department recommending no charges against hillary clinton for her e-mail situation. in addition to the notes that fbi agents took during their interv

republican governor paul lepage lashed out against the democratic legislator in what you could say was a very colorful, obscenity-packed voice mail. good morning, devin. >> reporter: this a shocking and offensive voice message from a state's governor that was made public by his political opponents, but on the recording governor paul lepage says it's a message he wanted the public to hear. this morning maine's republican governor is digging in over an obscene message he left for a state democrat. >> this is governor paul richard lepage. i would like to talk to you about your comments about my i've spent my life helping black people and you little son of a [mute], socialist [mute], i am after you. >> reporter: it's a threat lepage took further, challenge gattine to a dual. telling reporters, i would not put my gun in the air, i would point it between his eyes. >> i do not apologize for what i said. i don't think it's anymore outrageous than him calling me a racist. accused the governor of using racially charged words like this description of the state's drug problem during the state's pr

after hinting he's retiring, maine's governor paul lepage walking back that suggestion. a recap of the time line of this governor and controversy over recent racially charged remarks that got us this far. >> i don't care what color he is. if you go to war, you know the enemy dresses in red and you dress in blue, you shoot at red. >> all right. so we're going to have more and why this governor is quoting mark twain about his political future after this. >>> intelligence officials told nbc news russian hackers have targeted at least two u.s. databases, hundreds of thousands of voting records stolen. is the russian government currently trying to interfere -l facing challenges today, how names could affect the outko you work at ge? yeah, i do. you guys are working on some pretty big stuff over there, right? like a new language for crazy-big, world-changing machines. well, not me specifilly. work on the industrial side. so i build the world-changing machines. i get it. you can't talk becaubuild the machines.e outko blink if what you're doing involves encrypted data transfer.

diane: governor paul lepage says he hoped the state lawmaker recorded the voice mail because he wants the whole world to hear it. tonight democrats are calling on >> this is governor paul richard lepage the republican governor of maine is at the center of controversy yet again after leaving this voice mail for a state lawmaker. >> i would like to talk about your comments about my being a racist, i've spent my life helping people, i am after thank you. have a duel, that's how angry i am, and i would not put my gun in the air going on to say "i would point it right between his eyes" referring to state representative drew gatttine. >> it sounded like somebody who was capable of injuring me and violence. i'm going to be careful >> gattine though denies he ever called the governor a racist. this all comes after lepage stated at a town hall meeting earlier this week that he keeps a binder filled with photos of people accused in drug-related crimes. adding that 90% are "black and >> it's inconsequential to me what the race is of people coming here solving these crimes. i do not know why we h

governor paul lepage made comments a short time ago during an interview with a local radio station, theblican leaders in maine are trying to determine what to do with lepage after he made racially charged comments and left a threatening vam voicemail to a local representative last week. >> mr. gattine, this is governor paul richard lepage. i would like to talk to you about your comments about my being a racist, you [ bleep ]. and i want to talk to you. you -- i want you to prove that i'm a racist. i've spent my life helping black people, and you little son of a [ bleep ] socialist [ bleep ]. i need you to this [ bleep ] i want you to record this and make it public, because i am after you. thank you. >> governor lepage apologized for making those comments, which came after the local representative criticized the governor at a town hall. so gop leaders are arranging a closed-door meeting with lepage before deciding what to do next. coming up, our nbc political team says democrats are on track to take back the senate, but that -- but they say that's not a slam dunk. coming up, we'll look a

while defending himself from allegations of racism, governor paul lepage leaving a profanity-laced voice mail threatening a lawmaker. david wright tonight with that audio. >> this is governor paul richard lepage. >> reporter: tonight, the outspoken governor of maine, a favorite of donald trump's -- >> you happen to have a truly great governor. >> reporter: is in hot water for being a little too outspoken. he left this voice mail for a state representative. >> i want you to prove that i'm a racist. i've spent my life helping black people and you little son of a [ bleep ], socialist [ bleep ]. i want you to record this and make it public, because i am after you. >> reporter: tonight, the state rep insists he didn't call lepage racist. but did call of the governor's earlier this week, lepage was talking about known drug dealers when he said this. >> 90%-plus of the pictures in my book, and it's a three-ring binder, are black and hispanic people. >> reporter: tonight, the governor is firing back at his critics. >> the enemy right now, the overwhelming majority of people coming in are people

maine's governor paul lepage saying he supports trump more than ever. trump talked about the boston marathon bombings during his appearance, and said it could have been prevented, if the tsarnaev brothers weren't admitted as refugees. >> you see what happened. have that incident which killed so many and badly wounded many. maria: at least three groups of protesters interrupted trump's speech some of them holding up pocket versions of the u.s. constitution. ed: we go on the record with senator elizabeth warren. she's targeting donald trump. the gop and what about a decision on running for re-election? newscenter 5's janet wu here with the interview you'll see only on 5. anchor: senat donald trump. today, she said trump must get up every morning and say let me dare the american people to support me in this election. reporter: senator elizabeth warren today expressed disbelief at donald trump's pocketing of a purple heart from one of his supporters, then saying i always wanted to get the purple heart. this was much easier. >> the idea that donald trump wou

king posted on twitter "our governor paul lepage is a bigot a homeophob and a racist. i think that about covers it. the governor has apologized to the people of maine but not the lawmakers specifically. >>> as the presidential race heats up the topic of candidates health is grabbing headlines. >> donald trump and his supporters alleging hillary clinton doesn't have the physical or mental capacity donald trump's own clean bill of health are popping up. >> reporter: the health of both presidential candidates is a notable issue this election. if donald trump wins in november he will be the oldest president ever elected if clinton wins she will become the second oldest candidate just behind ronald reagan rar. both are not as forthcoming with their medical histories compared to previous candidates but donald trump is continuing to go after clinton on the issue. >> she doesn't have the strength, the stamina, or the out our country. >> reporter: the clinton campaign has responded with multiple statements saying she's in excellent health and that trump has "failed to provide t

he was introduced by paul lepage. during his speech he referenced the boston marathon bombing and said it could've been prevented if the brothers had not been able to enter the u.s. as refugees. >> how violent and how vicious and how horri have that incident which killed so many. >> three groups of protesters interrupted the speech. you see some here holding up pocket versions of the u.s. constitution. trump is hoping to win at least anchor: his running mate appeared in raleigh, where he received this unexpected response from an 11-year-old. >> you have been softening up on his words. >> he has been softening them up. that got a chuckle out of t he said sometimes things don't always come out like you mean adding he and donald trump have different styles. a new poll of likely new hampshire voters shows hillary clinton with a big post-convention bump. the wbur poll gives the democrat a fifteen point lead over republican donald trump. with 4 electoral votes new hampshire is an important swing state. the poll suggests tha

. >> paul lepage once again is message for democratic leslator that he claimed called him a racist. >> i want you to prove that i am not racist i've spent my life helping black people and you, i need you to record this and make it public has i am after you. thank you. >> the governor not stopping there, later tellinghe have a dual saying, he would point his gun right between state representatives eyes. >> it would sound like somebody who is capable of injuring me and, i'm going to be careful. >> everything i have said for that man is less insulting them being called a racist. >> controversy types of guys come from new york,. they sell their heroine and they go home. >> -- and incidentally they impregnate a young white girl before they leave. >> and they are sparking calls for the resignation. >> this goes beyond the pale of just blustery talk. this could be read as a direct threat of the legislature apology saying, he meant no physical harm against the representative. >>> the obama administration once again refusing governor. rick scott federal state of emergency. and, they are going

paul lepage is from a remark he might resign and plans to meet with a legislator he cursed out orve the phone. a thousand people gathered last night near maine's statehouse calling for lepage to step down. vinita nair shows us how other republicans are under pressure. >> reporter: governor lepage is no stranger to controversy. he made vulgar comments to week. state legislators are meeting to decide what goes on next. in an interview with the local maine radio station on tuesday, governor paul lepage said he was looking at all options about the future of his second term. >> i'm not going to say that i'm not going to finish it. i'm not saying that i am going to finish it. >> reporter: just hours later, he tweeted regarding rumors of my resignation, to paraphrase mark twain, there are reports my political demise are exaggerated. the mixed messages follow a history of controversial comments from the governor. >> everybody in maine, we have constitutional carry. load up and get rid of the drug dealers. >> reporter: including remarks about violence, race and gender made earlier this year. >>

maine's governor paul lepage apologized after a week of controversial remarks.s isn't the first time he's come under fire. some are saying they have had enough and calling for his resignation. >> i'm after you. >> republican governor paul lepage at it again. >> you little son of a [ bleep ] socialist [ bleep ]. >> democratic leaders in maine calling for his resignation try after a week of controversial remarks. >> he is unfit to serve as governor of the state of maine right now. >> it all started wednesday when lepage made racially charged comments about the state's drug offenders. >> 90% of those pictures in my book, and it's a three-ring binder are black and hispanic people. >> prompting this response from democratic representative drew gattin. >> these kinds of racially charged comments from the governor don't do anything to try to solve this problem. >> so lepage left him a voicemail. >> i want you to prove that i'm a racist. you lite son of a [ bleep ] socialist [ bleep ]. >> reporter: it didn't stop there. when asked about that voicemail, lepage told a loc