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An anti-pipeline protester, left, interrupts the debate between Democratic gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, center, and GOP gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie, on stage at the Omni Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, Va., Saturday, July 22, 2017. The two major party candidates in Virginia's closely watched race for governor clashed at their first debate over President Donald Trump, health care, immigration, and social issues. ( Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)
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GOP gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie, talks with media at the Omni Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, Va., Saturday, July 22, 2017. The two major party candidates in Virginia's closely watched race for governor clashed at their first debate over President Donald Trump, health care, immigration, and social issues. ( Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam talks with the media at the Omni Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, Va., Saturday, July 22, 2017. The two major party candidates in Virginia's closely watched race for governor clashed at their first debate over President Donald Trump, health care, immigration, and social issues. ( Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)
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GOP gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie, speaks on stage at the Omni Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, Va., Saturday, July 22, 2017. The two major party candidates in Virginia's closely watched race for governor clashed at their first debate over President Donald Trump, health care, immigration, and social issues. ( Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, speaks on stage at the Omni Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, Va., Saturday, July 22, 2017. The two major party candidates in Virginia's closely watched race for governor clashed at their first debate over President Donald Trump, health care, immigration, and social issues. ( Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)
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The timer signals 10 seconds left for an answer from Democratic gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, left, and GOP gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie,right, at the Omni Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, Va., Saturday, July 22, 2017. ( Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)
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Republican gubernatorial nominee Ed Gillespie (right) is chasing the right, and his Democratic rival, Ralph Northam, is tacking left. Both are hoping to stir enthusiasm in a race that appears to come down to Virginia's base voters. (Associated Press/File)
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, left, makes a point as GOP gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie,right, watches on stage at the Omni Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, Va., Saturday, July 22, 2017. The two major party candidates in Virginia's closely watched race for governor clashed at their first debate over President Donald Trump, health care, immigration, and social issues. ( Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam (left) and Repblican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie will have their second of three scheduled debate showdowns Tuesday in Northern Virginia. (Associated Press/File)
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, left, and GOP gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie, shake hands on stage at the Omni Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, Va., Saturday, July 22, 2017. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)
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In this July 13, 2017, photo, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y. pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **
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FILE--In this Oct. 3, 1995 file photo, Christopher Odle, 26, a legal clerk from Crown Heights in the Brooklyn borough of New York, wipes away tears moments after hearing the news that O.J. Simpson was found not guilty of killing Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. For an earlier generation, OJ Simpson was a symbol of racial tension and uneven justice. While the issues around race and policing remain today, Simpson's racial symbolism is largely seen as a relic. (AP Photo/Clark Jones, file)
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FILE--In this Oct. 3, 1995 file photo, Robert Graham holds the latest edition of the Pasadena, Calif., Star-News announcing O.J. Simpson being found not guilty of two murders, outside the Criminal Courts Building in Los Angeles. For an earlier generation, OJ Simpson was a symbol of racial tension and uneven justice. While the issues around race and policing remain today, Simpson's racial symbolism is largely seen as a relic. (AP Photo/Eric Draper, File)
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*FILE--In this Feb. 4, 1997 file photo, Fred Goldman, center, is hugged by his attorney Daniel Petrocelli, left, and daughter Kim, as his wife Patti, right, looks on, following the verdict in the wrongful death civil suit against O.J. Simpson in Santa Monica, Calif. For an earlier generation, OJ Simpson was a symbol of racial tension and uneven justice. While the issues around race and policing remain today, Simpson's racial symbolism is largely seen as a relic. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
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FILE--In this Oct. 4, 1995 file photo, Michelle Sabol, of Los Angeles holds, a candle during a vigil outside O.J. Simpson's Rockingham estate in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles during a demonstration. For an earlier generation, OJ Simpson was a symbol of racial tension and uneven justice. While the issues around race and policing remain today, Simpson's racial symbolism is largely seen as a relic. (AP Photo/Chris Martinez, File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 3, 1995 file photo, Justin Barker, left, and his colleague Juan Borrego react as they hear the verdict of the O.J. Simpson trial from a Hooters restaurant in Miami. Barker was jubilant while Borrego had believed he was guilty beyond reasonable doubt. For an earlier generation, OJ Simpson was a symbol of racial tension and uneven justice. While the issues around race and policing remain today, Simpson's racial symbolism is largely seen as a relic. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, file)
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FILE--In this Oct. 2, 1996 file photo, Morris Griffin of Los Angeles, holds a sign protesting against former Los Angles Police detective Mark Fuhrman outside a Los Angeles courthouse. For an earlier generation, OJ Simpson was a symbol of racial tension and uneven justice. While the issues around race and policing remain today, Simpson's racial symbolism is largely seen as a relic. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
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FILE--In this June 20, 1994 file photo, mall shoppers in Tampa, Fla., watch banks of televisions in an electronics store as the arraignment of O.J. Simpson is televised from Los Angeles. For an earlier generation, OJ Simpson was a symbol of racial tension and uneven justice. While the issues around race and policing remain today, Simpson's racial symbolism is largely seen as a relic. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
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FILE--In this Oct. 3, 1995 file photo, O.J. Simpson reacts as he is found not guilty of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, at the Criminal Courts Building in Los Angeles. For an earlier generation, OJ Simpson was a symbol of racial tension and uneven justice. While the issues around race and policing remain today, Simpson's racial symbolism is largely seen as a relic. At left is defense lawyer F. Lee Bailey and at right is defense attorney Johnnie Cochran Jr. Defense attorney Robert Shapiro is in profile behind them. (AP Photo/Daily News, Myung J. Chun, Pool, File)
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FILE - In this June 21, 2013, file photo, the seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington. A House committee unveiled a disputed plan July 21, 2017, to allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to shift $2 billion from other programs to cover a sudden budget shortfall that could threaten medical care for thousands of patients in the coming weeks.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
