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Blake and maryann marsh, former adviser to john kerry. good to have you with us. michael, you with there at the chicago. the super delegates wasnt the only thing. what was the top take-away? >> its time for us to move from a lot of the conversations. we cant ignore perception being reality with the grass roots feeling like were not listening. we were able to move on and make this transition and focus on the people in the states are being elevated. beyond that, the changes when it comes to the ca...

Have to make sure that the party is inclusive not only of young people but the people that are feeling disinfranchised. >> dana: how do you explain the super delegate process now? >> you have to go back to 1952 when you had to go back to a second ballot. this moving forward, super delegates being party elected leaders, officials, members of congress, they still have their voice heard. they will still campaign, still be endorsing publicly. this is ensuring that people in the states feel that they...

She won the super delegates. winner take all, republican rules, every time, she beat bernie sanders. now because of these changes, frankly, you disenfranchised a lot of women and people of color that are super delegates. theyve been elected to office by tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions of people and theyre accountable to them. many women have -- candidates of color have made their way up the ledder. theyre poised to be super delegates and now they wont be. >> first, this is not...

Ballot, then super delegates can vote. democratic super delegates are not bound to any one candidate, which is part of the power that they have had. jon? jon: thats one of the reasons why bernie sanders campaign was so upset in 2016; right? the superdelegates? >> exactly, this move is in response in large part to sanders campaign in 2016. his supporters accused national democratic leaders of using superdelegates to drive up the numbers for hilary clinton, even as sanders was still trying to chal...

During the 2016 democratic primary. >> we always have to remember that superdelegates have never swayed an election. as much as i supported bernie sanders, hilary clinton won the primary fair and square. >> but dnc chairman tom perez says these changes will show democratic voters especially young voters that, quote, we listened and we acted. jon? jon: molly henneberg in washington. thanks, molly. pope francis ends his trip to ireland at mass in dublin this morning addressing a crowd of 100,000...

Jon: democrats are switching up how they will pick their next presidential nominee. dnc member voting this weekend to limit the power of the controversial super delegates. molly henneberg is live in washington. give us the explanation. who are the superdelegates and how do the new rules affect them? >> democratic superdelegates are hundreds of party insiders including members of congress, governors and mayors who make up about 15% of the vote at the partys national convention every four years. b...

Trump voters to be extremely interested in the 2018 races. >> we are calling the democrats soft favorites which means that if you have a blue wave, we dont think at the current time it is going to be one of these tsunamis that wins you 40, 50, 60 seats, it looks to us with democrats needing 23, more like they are just over that number right now. maybe it will grow before november or maybe it will pop back. but right now they are soft favorites to take over the house by some modest margin. >> the...

>> the president is peaking support unfairness, he hasnt directed anything to do anything, a lot of americans believe -- >> do you think if he thought he could make that order to jeff sessions and jeff sessions would carry that, do you think he would order that? >> look, if the president would want to order it he would order it, he has not. mike: i would lake you take the fight to the green firm, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> democratic national committee making changes to nominating process ...

The outcome. >> the hillary people cant get in their minds that hillary cant beat trump. the super delegates [inaudible]. its corrupt. >> now sanders and the partys leadership are behind a proposal to limit the influence of super delegates in 2020. it will keep them off the first ballot. only delegates linked to a vote will be counted. making sure at the end of the day when the process is done, to select the democratic nominee, they feel like their candidate got a fair shake. >> only if a candid...

Democratic party wont elect a president in 2020. >> theyre attempting to keep bernie sanders supporters under the tent. theyre considering proposals to defang super delegates whose sanders says help delegates rig the primaries for clinton. president trump is trying to nudge democrats to the left. he thinks a moderate is easiest to beat. one of president obamas former advisors say it could steer the body away from bidens brand of politics. >> harris is popular. a midwestern pro growth democrat ti...