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We are going to get started. We do have a quorum. Thanks to everyone for taking a break and coming back with us. We are going to continue as we have spent the morning going through the next section, which is party reform. Party reform is a big section and obviously covers a lot of topics, so i would like to highlight the key areas. And then we are going to be voting and amending, amending and then voting each section. So instead of going through everything, we will go through section by section ...

The Democratic Partys made changes to its rules and how it chooses Convention Delegates to the dnc Unity Reform Commission met in washington d. C. To consider changes that include reducing the number of superdelegates that can vote on the president ial nomination. Dnc chair tom perez gave the opening march the opening march of this meeting right, good morning everyone. Thank you all for being here. I serve as the chair and im joined by my friend larry cohen who is vice chair the commission and i...

Topics. Id like to highlight the key areas were focused on. And then we are going to be voting and amending. Amending and then voting each section. So there will be instead of going through party reform, section by section, make amendments and then discuss and vote. The key elements on party reform that were going to be focusing on this afternoon are recommendations that are focused in the following areas. The first is making the party more competitive in all regions of the country. The second i...

Enforcement is treating young black and latino men differently than their white peers. It is tuesday night and the big story on action news tonight is the president s speech before the Naacp Convention in philadelphia. Obama left the city at 7 30 tonight after speaking to over 3,000 Convention Delegates and meeting with inmates about reentering society. And more on the visit and what he said in philadelphia. In his own words he said the system just isnt fair and it cant be ignored any longer. Sa...

Action news, delaware valleys leading news program with jim gardner. In the words of president obama today in philadelphia in far too many cases the punishment simply doesnt fit the crime. Laying out his vision for reforming the criminal Justice System. Obama said in too many cases Law Enforcement is treating young black and latino men differently than their white peers. It is tuesday night and the big story on action news tonight is the president s speech before the Naacp Convention in philadel...

Live from the mississippi book festival a panel from the heritage of mississippi series discussed the bicentennial. I was good morning everyone thank you for coming to the panel. Im with the Mississippi Department of archives and history. Welcome to the heritage mississippi series panel. The director of the department of archives and history and a longtime member of the historicahistorical society twoe groups responsible for the book series will moderate the panel. Help me welcome katie. [applau...

Revelations coming later this week from the tech world. So far though two separate charges, a white house denial, and bay Area Representatives sitting down with us to react. First it was a pair of indictments against former Trump Campaign manager Paul Manafort and his business associate rick gates. The two charged with among other things, money laundering, being in unrestricted Foreign Agent and conspiracy against the u. S. Both pleaded not guilty as the white house tried to distance itself from...

Well show you part of that hearing now. The entire hearing errors tonight and just after 10 00 eastern here on cspan. Raise your right hand, please. Testimonyirm the about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god . I thought i was all done with this when i left the government. This is the first of two hearings this week. Understandably, concern about the egregious russian interference in our election process is so critically serious , bipartisanopus focus...

Well try to make this as reasonably short as possible and if you need a break, please let us know. So, people wonder what are we doing, what are we trying to accomplish . In january, the Intelligence Community unanimously said that the russians through their Intelligence Services tried to interfere in the 2016 american president ial election, that it was the russians who hacked podestas emails, it was the russians who broke into the Democratic National committee and was russians who helped empow...

This week she warned the white house that former National Security adviser Michael Flynn had lied about his communications with russian officials and put at risk for blackmail. Miss gates served as acting attorney general in the opening days of the Trump Administration before she was fired to refusing the president S Immigration band. At a judiciary hearing monday she testified alongside director of National Intelligence james clapper. [inaudible conversation]. [inaudible conversation] just a ga...