Costello. Thank you so much for joining me. After a huge win in california, Hillary Clinton cements her place in history. 96 years after women were on the right to vote, clinton marks her moment, becoming the countrys first female presumptive president ial nominee by tweeting this image to every little girl who dreams big, you can be anything you want, even president. Tonight is for you. Still, Bernie Sanders says the struggle continues, and cnn now learning his campaign is set to slash his Campaign Staff in half, as he prepares to meet with president obama. All of this, as the battle brews between clinton and donald trump, as they try to scoop up sanders supporters. Were covering this only like cnn can, with our political experts and reporters. Lets begin with jeff zeleny on clintons historic win. Good morning. Unifying the party looks a little easier than it may have looked z 12 hours or so ago. Thats because of. Caller . Bernie sanders was counting, hoping relying on a california win to fuel his argument to fight to the convention. That didnt happen. So the Clinton Campaign now has the three ms, majority of the popular vote, fledged delegates and delegates overall. Thats why her smile was so wide last night in brooklyn. Hillary clintons history making moment. The first time in our nations history that a woman will be a major partys nominee. Savoring i triumph, after distinguishing her campaign in wait. Not about one person, it belongs to generations of women and men who struggled and sacrificed, and made this moment possible. Extending her hand to Bernie Sanders, after finishing strong in the final round of primaries. Wins in new jersey and california. And let there be no mistake. Senator sanders, his campaign and the vigorous debate that weve had have been very good for the Democratic Party and for america. Sanders, winning in two states, vowing to fight on. But his argument is fading fast. I know that the fight in front of us is a very, very steep fight. But we will continue to fight for every vote and every delegate. This, as Sanders Campaign tells cnn they plan to cut half their staff. The struggle continues. After a bitter primary duel early signs of peace making, cnn has Learned Campaign managers for sanders and clinton, jeff weaver and robby mook, are talking behind the scenes. The beginning of the end could be near. With sanders heading to the white house tomorrow, to meet with president obama. In hopes of bringing the party together. Which clinton says she knows can be difficult. Now, i know it never feels good to put your heart into a cause or a candidate you believe in and to come up short. I know that feeling well. As we look ahead to the battle that awaits, lets remember all that you nights us. The biggest point of unity may well be defeating donald trump. We believe we are stronger together, and the stakes in this election are high, and the choice is clear. Donald trump is temperamentally unfit to be president and commander in chief. She is making a full pivot to trump, vieinviting voters to ra behind her. We wont let this happen in america. And if you agree, whether youre democratic, republican or independent, i hope you will join us. Now, Hillary Clinton made a late night phone call to Bernie Sanders, congratulating him for his successful campaign, winning 22 states, and building this movement here. Im told it was cordial by both sides, but she wants to give him some space here, carol, in the sort of final waning hours or days perhaps in the campaign. We talked a lot about that speech eight years ago she gave, the cracking the glass ceiling, that wasnt on the last primary night. It was four days later. She thought about it, she listened to her supporters, so believes thats whats going on here now. That white house meeting tomorrow is so important with the president. It will be interesting, right, jeff. Thank you. Donald trump offering an olive branch to the Republican Party, a cooler candidate reading off a teleprompter, reassuring republicans he understands the weight of the office he is running for. Reminding Hillary Clinton to prepare for war. I understand the responsibility of carrying the mantle. I will never, ever let you down. Too much work. Too many people. Blood, sweat and tears, never going to let you down. I will make you proud of your party, and our movement, and thats what it is, is a movement. To everyone who voted for me throughout this campaign, i want to thank you. I want to thank you very much. To those who voted for someone else in either party, i will work hashrd to earn your suppor. Hillary clinton turned the state department into a private hedge fund, the russians, saudis, chinese, all gave money to bill and hillary, and got favorable treatment in return. Its a sad day in america, when foreign governments with deep pockets have more influence in our own country than our great citizens. Trump offered no evidence to back up those claims last night, but voters are likely to hear more on that topic next monday when trump says hell deliver a major speech attacking Hillary Clinton. Lets talk about this. Jennifer granholm, former michigan governor. Douglas brinkley, john phillips, trump supporter. Welcome to all of you. So douglas, lets start with this. Hillary clinton with all of her baggage makes history. Put it into context. Well, as weve been saying over and over again, it is a a milestone in history. People that fought for women, the right to vote in 1920, weve to remember then, we have to remember people like eleanor roosevelt, rosa parks used to fight hard for the womens right to leadership positions in the civil rights movement. You think of people like Sandra Day Oconnor and margaret thacher, and Hillary Clinton. Hillary clinton has sem meantce place in history and her note to the young girls out there, you can be president too, was Pitch Perfect way to end what was a huge night for her. Absolutely destroying Bernie Sanders in california and new jersey by very large margins. And douglas, just one more note on this history making that Hillary Clinton made history. She comes, she does come with a lot of baggage. People dont trust her. You could see by the polls, she is a distrusted candidate. So how does that go down in history . Well, she is going to have to improve on that. Particularly, i think with young people that dont strus htrust d she has a dance to do to get Bernie Sanders on her side. You dont want a 1980 when jimmy carter and ted kennedy, wouldnt shake jimmy carters hand. They have to have a unity right now to get Bernie Sanders bump. Barack obama will try to orchestrate that this week. Bernie sanders may stay in there until the district of columbia primary, but by early next week, he has to get out. I think hell do it probably in the right way, but well have to see. Well talk about that in a little bit. Jennifer, young women dont see this as a big deal at all. What would you say so them in. Oh, my gosh. Talk your moms. Talk to your grandmothers. I just personally, my mom was somebody who was told when she was growing up, dont go to college, it wont matter. 50 years ago, women werent even allowed to take out their own credit cards without their husband signing on. We werent allowed to rent an apartment without our husbands signing on. The incredible steps that have been made to arrive at this very moment, thanks to the women and the men by the way who have fought for equality in incredible. And i know those millennia women, they care so deply, femininists, most of them, they care deeply about equality. This barrier is a huge barrier to have broken through. And it means so much, not just intellectually, but for those of us who have been through the battles, emotionally, last night was a night for all of us to remember. John, can you think of another woman who could have clinched the democratic nomination . Besides Hillary Clinton . At the moment, at the moment, no. I mean, certainly, Elizabeth Warren has a constituency, but Hillary Clinton froze out the democratic field for a long time now, because of the roots of that epic 2008 primary battle between barack obama and Hillary Clinton, and her service as secretary of state. She has been seen as the presumptive nominee, and now it is official. But because it has been expected for so long, it took until today for the historic import to really be apparent. The fact that so many Millennial Women as you asked, actually supported Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton is fascinating. It is a moment of celebration for america, it is a moment of triumph for the feminist movement, but not necessarily about the prifemale president. Whether her name is Hillary Clinton or not, but now weve achieved this moment and it doesnt matter what side of the political aisle youre on. Do you believe that it matters Hillary Clinton made history . Yeah, look, i mean she won the democratic nomination. And i think we should all congratulate her on that. It was a hard fought battle with Bernie Sanders. Whats interesting to me is what happened yesterday in california. Where the much respected field poll had Hillary Clinton up by two points, and then she ends up winning by 13. Thats an 11 point swing that happened. What you saw is bernie support fell off the cliff yesterday when the ap called the race for Hillary Clinton. Those votes, particularly the independent votes that were going to go for bernie, never materialized. Thats going to be the challenge for hillary as she moves toward the general election. How does she get the independent voters that were mess more rised by by hillary. Donald is saying hey, im here, the system is rigged. Im here, i beat the system. Good luck. Thats all i can say to him. I mean, he gives a speech last night where his teleprompter performance was in the tank. It was a terribly delivered speech. I dont know how theyre going to be able too keep him on message if he has to deliver from teleprompters, which will keep him on message, but lose everything else. He lost he was so low energy. Those independent voters, who cared very deeply about Bernie Sanders message will very much be interested in Hillary Clintons policies, which will by the way, be so close to bernies, i think youll see coming out climate change, income inequality, raising the minimum wage. All of the things that people attach to bernie will come out on the democratic platform. John, do you agree with that . I dont know what happens with him. Do you believe that, john aval avalon. Look, donald trump did what he had to do last night. But the fact he has to be put in a rhetorical straitjacket indicating a real problem for the Republican Party. But it is a big mistake to assume that Bernie Sanders independent supporters are naturally going to flow to donald trump. Thats wishing and hoping. It is not rooted in policy. There are similar grievances against a rigged system, against special interests. But donald trump is kryptonite who make up almost 40 of the cohort because of his positions on race, missteps and just seemingly difficulty with the fundamental diversity of america. He has to go after the independents, but it will be a much tougher sell to say bernie is out, look at me. There is very little connective tissue. Exactly. John phillips, i want to get your take, because youre trump supporter. So donald trump did read off a teleprompter. He wanted to stay on message, because some republicans are unendorsing him like senator kirk for example. So do you think this is a sign of things to come when he delivers his big speech on monday . Will he use a teleprompter. Well, mark this day in history. Yesterday was the day a woman won a major party. Today is the first day donald trump has been called low energy on cnn. So i think the guinness people should make note of it. Look, the people that donald trump has to get back into the tent are ted cruz supporters. Hillary clinton has to get the independents that voted for bernie. Donald trump has to get the republicans back in. No better way than to go after a common enemy, and that common enemy right now is Hillary Clinton. So thats what i expect him to do. Okay, so that those guys those guys, those republicans, if they follow a racist, and thats how donald trump has been labeled now, and thats exactly what he has been spewing, whoa to the Republican Party. He will never attract the independents that have been following Bernie Sanders. He has been labeled as low energy. It doesnt mean its true. So douglas, my final question to you, its how do you think that this election will go down in history . Tumultuous, a blood bath. It will get worst. I think weve seen that the big moment for Hillary Clinton was her Foreign Policy speech when she last week just so astutely attacked trump, and it came on the heels of his big mexican, you know, blunder, and that combo i think is starting to put some wind in Hillary Clintons sails. She suddenly seemingly to be very popular. Youre going to see her numbers go up quite a bit. It will be a fascinating time for us to participate or watch on cnn, cleveland and philadelphia, because theyre going to be classic political circuses coming in a few weeks. I think that is true. I have to leave it there. Jennifer, john, thanks to all of you. Tonight at 6 00 p. M. Eastern, Hillary Clinton will be interviewed right here on cnn. Still to come in the newsroom, he has had a front row seat for Hillary Clintons president ial campaigns. How will he take her from nominee to the white house. Clintons Campaign Manager, robby mook, joins me next. dog mmmm. Weve been together since 2012. Dinner is absolutely our favorite time together. I do notice that sometimes i eat better than her. I get my healthy bowl of beneful, and she eats a cheese stick and a cracker. Thats what she ate last night. Cheese stick and a cracker. Can you believe what some people put in their bodies . vo beneful originals is a healthy blend. Your dog will love. With whole grains, real beef and accents of vegetables. Beneful. Healthy with a side of happy. He gets a ready for you alert the second his room is ready. So he knows exactly when he can settle in and think big. And when josh thinks big you know what he gives . Ill give you everything ive got and then some. 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Did you guys expect to win california by that large a margin . Well, we werent sure what was going to happen. Its these california primaries, there arent a lot of historic precedence. What we did see is our supporters turned out in big numbers. We were concerned as you know when the ap called the primary contest that people wouldnt show up, but it was incredible. Our volunteers kept working. Our voters showed up, and were incredibly happy with the outcome. So Bernie Sanders has vowed to fight on, right, even though clinton won more states, received millions more votes than him, trounced him in super delegates. Why isnt he bowing out. We need to give senator sanders sometime. He wanted to campaign through the end of the california contest, which he completely entitled to do. You heard him last night congratulate secretary clinton on heroin in california. And well look forward to having a dialogue with them. I am completely confident that both candidate also come together, unify a common purpose. Youve talked to the Sanders Campaign, right. Weve been talking all the way through the campaign, i have tremendous respect. Did you talk to them last night . Weve been talking, you know, throughout we talked yesterday, absolutely. So what are the conversations like . Well, first of all, we have tremendous respect for what senat senator sanders has achieved. He has brought millions of people out to vote. Theyve registered thousands of voters, a very many men douse organization online. It is important they see a place for themselves in this general election campaign. They are so essential to building that team thats going to take us over the finish look. So with that in mind, what do you say to the Sande