This is the cbs weekend news. Ninan good evening. Im reena ninan. Hes the life of the party, and one thats recently shown few signs of life until today. Democrats reached into president Barack Obamas cabinet and pulled out their new National Party leader, former u. S. Labor secretary, tom perez. Hundreds of d. N. C. Members gathered in atlanta for their most dramatic leadership vote since the 1980s. Perez, the first latino chair of the d. N. C. , is now in charge of rebuilding the party and turning opposition to President Donald Trump into votes for democrats. As for the president , he tweeted that he could not be happier for perez or for the republican party. Heres tony dokoupil. Pass your ballot in, please. Reporter the future of the Democratic Party came up for a vote on saturday. A united Democratic Party is not only our best hope. It is Donald Trumps worst nightmare. Reporter and former labor secretary tom perez won the day. Thank you so much. Reporter perez is now the new chair,
This is the cbs weekend news. Secretary tom perez won the day. Thank you so much. Reporter perez is now the new chair, narrowly defeating minnesota congressman keith ellison, a charismatic progressive in the second round of voting. And the motion i would like to make to the body is the motion suspending the rules, if i may, to appoint keith ellison, deputy chair of the Democratic National committee. cheers and applause reporter in his First Official act as chair, perez offered ellison the job of deputy, hoping to build a crucial alliance with ellisons younger, more activist wing. Ellison accepted. We dont have the luxury, folks, to walk out of this room divided. applause we dont have that luxury. And i just want to say to you that it is my honor to serve this party under the chairmanship of tom perez. Party at its lowest point of power in 100 years. You want to give me a good sendoff, go vote . Reporter under president obama, other party lost about 1,000 state and federal elections, in
More signs the resistance is having an impact. And more republicans on the run. Senator, i thought you were in europe. Plus, new reporting the fbi rejected a white house request to publicly knock down reports of Trump Campaign ties to russia. And my exclusive interview with the muslim woman who worked on Donald Trumps National Security council only to quit after eight days. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. The man dubbed the great manipulator chief strategist steve bannon who some refer to as president bannon came out from behind the curtain to rally the faithful at the conservative Political Action conference. Bannon appearing on stage with white house chief of staff Reince Priebus where he took a victory lap at the Election Results and lashed out at the media which bannon says opposes President Trumps economic nationalist agenda. As Economic Conditions get better, as more jobs get better, theyll continue to fight. If you think theyll give you
This is the cbs weekend news. Ninan good evening. Im reena ninan. This is a western edition of the broadcast. Hes the life of the party, and one thats recently shown few signs of life until today. Democrats reached into president Barack Obamas cabinet and pulled out their new National Party leader, former u. S. Labor secretary, tom perez. Hundreds of d. N. C. Members gathered in atlanta for their most dramatic leadership vote since the 1980s. Perez, the first latino chair of the d. N. C. , is now in charge of rebuilding the party and turning opposition to President Donald Trump into votes for democrats. As for the president , he tweeted that he could not be happier for perez or for the Republican Party. Pires tony dokoupil. Pass your ballot in, please. Reporter the future of the Democratic Party came up for a vote on saturday. A united Democratic Party is dot only our best hope. It is Donald Trumps worst nightmare. Reporter and former labor secretary tom perez won the day. Thank you so
Plus, new reporting the fbi rejected a white house request to publicly knock down reports of Trump Campaign ties to russia. And my exclusive interview with the muslim woman who worked onnen Donald Trumps National Security council only to quit after eight days. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. The man dubbed the gras manipulator chief strategist steve bannon who some refer to as president bannon came out from behind the curtain to rally the faithful at the conservative Political Action conference. Bannon appearing on stage with white house chief of staff Reince Priebus where he took a victory lap at the Election Results and lashed out at the media which bannon says opposes President Trumps economic nationalist agenda. As Economic Conditions get better, as more jobs get better, theyll continue to fight. If you think theyll give you your country back without a fight, you are sadly mistaken. [ applause ] everyday it is going to be a fight and that i