us. thank you so much. so much to be learned but as jeff marks said, right now they are very focused on grieving, recovekofecovering and moving f. other big news this morning, a busy day ahead in the race for the white house. very soon hillary clinton will be speaking at the democratic national committee's summer meeting in minneapolis. there's a picture of the room filling up as they prepare. other democratic candidates, they're slated to speak as well, but it is one absent democrat that may be casting a shad over over the entire gathering. >> republicans are calling it the 800-pound biden in the room. that is a lot of biden. the vice president in deep deliberations and discussion s about a potential 2016 bid. cnn's joe johns is live on the ground with new details. good morning, joe. >> reporter: good morning, john. eight democratic candidates expected to speak here in minneapolis today starting with lincoln chafee. they're going in alphabetical order. after that comes hillary clinton