Time, one of the questions towards the end of the survey said if the Vice President al pick is either kaine for some of the others we listed or other political outlook, would you seriously consider vocally as wecing the pick and or called it nonviolently and duringcally protesting the acceptance speech of secretary clinton on the Convention Floor . The vast majority chose and or. Either said one or the other or both. The other part of the question, what do we plan now . We will be quickly doing yet another straw poll. It is done so every delegate has a unique url and can only vote once. We will be serving within the within theveying next 24 hours exactly what plans the delegates might get behind in terms of responding. The procedure for doing this . Do you know the procedure for doing this . How many votes the unique . Officially . We have read the rules and we would hope the rules would be followed. What is theoretical, the neutrality of the dnc which was theoretically in existence drop the campaign we now know to the email leaks that was a total fiction. But whent the caveat, you read the rules of the dnc in this convention, if we gather 300 signatures with no more than 50 for many particular state for any particular state we can place a name of a Vice President ial potential nominee. Then we would go through that entire process. Donna, did you want to add something . [indiscernible] bernie should ask you to stop your protest, would you . If Bernie Sanders would ask us to step down and not protest for the vp pick, would we . The answer is very much bound up in my explanation at the beginning. The network is totally independent of Bernie Sanders and the campaign. Let me make it clear that is the quarter of the Bernie Delegates Network and every other delegate i have talked to who is a party delegate, none of us have ever heard from Bernie Sanders or any the official campaign that they want us to protest or they dont want us to protest. If we get the message directly or indirectly, im sure we will take it under advisement as we take all advice and opinions advertisement. No more, no less. Donna . In terms of ferguson democrats of america, i am not speaking for the bernie delegate network, but the progressive democrats of america have no intention of standing down at this point. We brought Bernie Sanders did this party so to speak, and we intend to be there. I think bernie was very serious when he used the notmeus. We take that seriously. This is about building movement. For those that may have been we had aaded fabulous people summit in chicago in which we have thousands of people come together for just the purpose of movement building. We had a fantastic sponsorship by National Nurses united and 190,000 registered nurses who came together to say its not about Bernie Sanders the person, its about it movement and justice and making sure we achieve the progressive change we want to have. Bernie has been a tremendous vehicle to bring that agenda to the american public. He always stood that way for progressive democrats of america. We intend to continue. I think in terms of the by president ial pick, we do know the process. To answer more specifically, there has been outreach to specific individuals about their willingness or not willingness to put themselves to put themselves in that light. As you might imagine, theres often fear of retribution. I think thats very real, unfortunately in our political system today. Certainly we see the most egregious examples of that on the republican side with donald trump. When he very directly threaten people and the press and others. On what will happen if they dont thing that tune that he wants his son. The dnc may have it own ways as we are finding out through wikileaks and so forth. So there may be fear on the part of some people. We have rest assured there are people who are unafraid. Thank you. Briefly on the know. This prefigures the future. If theres a president clinton and Hillary Clinton administration, there is not a nanosecond of honeymoon because principles dont take enough. They dont go on holiday. This prefigures what we anticipate the future. If he could talk a little bit about what a floor protest would look like, what are some of the options . The question is talking about a floor protest, what some of the options are. Possibilitiesmany discussed by delegates. Our delegate network is reflecting a lot of that discourse going on. There is talk about walking out of the Vice President ial acceptance fees. There is talk about a total silence. Remaining seated. Turning backs. Its all a quest to galvanize of thek in the footsteps long tradition of nonviolent protest for social justice in this country. Inould like to mention that 1964 at the Democratic Convention in Atlantic City. The Democratic Administration in the white house tried very hard to suppress the voice of somebody who had suffered from social justice. The rationale was that that would hurt the party and helped to elect barry goldwater, just as we hearing similar rationale today about we should sit down shut up because that would help donald trump it on the contrary to help donald trump is coming from Hillary Clinton and choosing someone who is actually backing up the wall street support from the Democratic Party but such a target for trunk. Back in 9064 in Atlantic City the dimension, we look today at the voice of sanity live hamer who said on behalf of mississippi freedom Democratic Party, we did not come all this way for two seats when the races of the regular Mississippi Party was to retain all of their dozens of seats. Very few of our delegates have thatred the terrible abuse sandy live hamer did at the time of the civil rights activists in the deep south. But theres an understanding that you have to sacrifice and sometimes when the top of the party tells you to be quiet, its important to let your light shine. Its important to speak up and speak out and in the light of history that is upheld. The question is are we also considering floor fights in terms of rules to the platform. Late yesterday the rules committee after a wild of deliberation seems to have come up with a quote unquote compromise which might remove the need for a fight that remains to be seen her around superdelegates. In terms of platform, there is no minority report as far as im aware that has been formally put forward. At the same time, there are efforts under way. I dont know if you want to adjust that as well donna but on climate issues and so forth. In terms of what a floor fight might entail. We are committed to nonviolence, we are committed to the long tradition of activism that speaks up for social justice. That remains to be seen. Were going to continue to poland survey our members. Paul and survey. I think the other thing thats important to say is if the protest that the bath outside the rules committee yesterday is any example of how gurneys elegance will be handled during this convention, the dnc has some work to do. Unity,e talking about theyre talking about wanting us to be a part of what they want to do moving forward. And yet the delegates for those of you who are there may know the delegates bernies delegates at least seem to be isolated and they said the room is full and the room is indeed crowded. It is hard to imagine when you have Hillary Clinton supporters in line who appear to have gotten preferential treatment and getting into the room. Then you have 150 people outside the room who are predominantly Bernie Sanders delegates and supporters just wanting to be in the room to observe events of superdelegates and do some really considered and careful work in consideration of this partys rules and those people are not only help there, but there was a growing police and security presence. No one was being violent at all. They were making noise, they were chanting. There are wanting to make it clear that they wanted to be in the room. They wanted to be moved to a bigger room. It clear that shame on the dnc for not having provisions for disabled and elderly people. You better be walking your talks during this convention. And that was not a good showing yesterday in terms of how they handled the rules committee. So where we have action from the floor, i think there will be probably some. If not, i want to stress what norman said. Its not up to the brain Delegates Network to tell anybody what to do. Certainly we will poll and find out what people are thinking. Debbie Wasserman Schultz will not be speaking at the convention. Would you like the removal i think it i said yesterday. The question is about whether debbie Wasserman Schultz should be removed as the chair of the party. I think i said it yesterday and a couple interviews that if we just look at our own professionalize, professional lives and you have a situation which you have written emails like that in your professional life about people with whom you were supposed to show impartiality and deal with professionally, you might severe that would have consequences to you professionally. My understanding this morning is debbie Wasserman Schultz will gavel open and close the convention, but she will not have a speaking role. Know that is not an up. Enough. To my thinking, its not just debbie Wasserman Schultz that was involved in this situation. It appears there were several Staff Members of the dnc who were involved in saying some very inappropriate things, very partial to Hillary Clinton saying about Bernie Sanders and there needs to be accountability for that in the party. Its important. This is a democracy, this is not a production show. The seeds of our democracy here in philadelphia. Its a wonderful place for us to really exhibit that. But it wont be if we are squelched and we are silenced. And the situation at this unityic moment, the party is on higher Hillary Clinton. Its a bit much to be told that you bernie sell it delegates have better snap to it for party unity will me have the got the shaft by her going to her right away from the principles of the brady campaign. And filling the price my president ial slot. Vice president ial slot. Secretary clinton brand yourself as a progressive. Issue is she . It depends on the definition. Of theg an exponent basic policies and preferences of wall street makes your progressive. If being endorsed by robert leaning lightshe of the neoconservative foreign policies. Saying that she is a neocon, but of course her followers will call that. If that makes your progressive. If somebody who has stood for firm against the necessity for producing and concrete policy terms the gap between the rich and the poor and on and on. If were going to move the goalposts to that extent that Hillary Clinton is a progressive, then the whole game is down the rabbit hole. What is a response as to the wiki leak that the dnc plans to question Bernie Sanders jewishness and the question is what is a reaction to the Wikileaks Revelations of the dnc emails about planning to use Bernie Sanders religion and asserted atheism against him. Sadly it speaks for itself. Progressive Democratic National committee. It is just shameful. I think she is clearly damaged party unity to a large extent i her choice of cain and particular. In particular. What she could do now is to open up the convention to actual debate over platform issues. The survey that we did among bernie delegates really tracked with the weaknesses that she has had in her purported progressive politics and her fidelity to wall street. Number,by far the top some are not 69 of the delegates responding to survey and this is close to 300 of them in an overnight poll said that the Transpacific Partnership is a most important issue to bring to the floor. Yet Hillary Clinton, even though she claims to be cap turned did everything in upper power to successfully block that provision to challenge and condemn it tpp from coming to fruition. She should reverse that. She should allow there to be an actual of debate over tpp. Floor therention should be a debate and vote on platform provisions. After talking about concerns uneconomic Justice International trade, that is why we oppose the tpp. That was voted down on orders of Hillary Clinton and her forces. So not only tpp issue should be allowed by Hillary Clinton get to the floor, but two other issues which rank very high among our delegates in the survey, singlepayer medicare for all. That should be brought to the floor. Whoe are so many delegates have been struggling and fighting to bring it to the floor. Hillary clinton is trying to block it. She should reverse course on that. The third one that rank very high was an allout government mobilization on Climate Change. To recognize the Global National security by any real definition threat that Climate Change is to humanity. And again, the clinton forces should reverse course and allow that platform fight to come to the floor. One more issue that ive heard talked about in choosing senator kaine is a running mate was that perhaps her with some deference being given to making sure the white male vote did not go to donald trump more so than it might go to the democrats. Remark remarkably illinformed about many of the white man that i know about what they believe in what they would like to see happen with this country. I also there is a certain sort of sexism in that. I also would like to say, and i know ive heard many women bernie delegates say this and i want to say this emphatically. Like to see a woman president in my lifetime to. Very much would like to see a woman president. And i had hoped that would mean that we would bring a different kind of dynamic to politics. Perhaps. More opent kind of thought process, more progressive, more peace oriented. More oriented to true change for our futures are that our children have used to look forward to and so that we had some things in this country that felt very hopeful and terms of direction. It hurts, it really hurts me to be standing and feeling like i cant really support the first woman who is likely to be a candidate for president. I would like to be able to do that. But boy are they making it hard. They are making it very difficult for me and millions of other women to do the same. What would you say to the argument that hillary folks are that that she is their candidate and that she gets the right to pick a vp and that their voices are not being heard by you folks. Ive heard it said over and over again that Hillary Clinton one this fair and square. We could go on for another hour about whether or not that is really true. Or not. It is frustrating, its difficult, its angering, its we have also some issues about Election Integrity to clear up in this country. One of the things that bothered me most about the dnc through this primary process was that they did not protect the rights of every democratic voter to cast a vote. And they did not protect the right of us to have our votes counted properly. Could argue, we whether or not there were whole whether or not every california but was counted appropriately. Or whether not some of our friends in the media, i dont do think that anybody out, but released information not only about a primary in california but release information about who is going to win the day before. Signalre things that that that fight was not fair. Document and the emails that are coming out reinforce that. I want to say, these are not things that bernie delegates were conspiring to come up with that the Clinton Campaign ideas they were doing. These are just confirming what we saw on the ground as volunteers, as workers, as poll watchers in states all across the country. Where we tried so hard not to trip show favoritism. We do in one burning to get favoritism, we just wanted every vote counted in every person to be able to build. The dnc should have protected that right for every democratic voter. I dont think we know. Perhaps they did. Perhaps they did. Candidate,i were a it would be a very how they how the victory indeed to win it with that question. About how that win was achieved. I believe that Hillary Clinton is it an extremely tell woman. I have no doubt about that. I would not argue about her intelligence or her capability to run this country. What i argue about them but i am concerned about is how we are being treated as fellow democrats who are trying to have an open party that really 45 ofs that we have democratic voters. This is not a small percentage. 45 of democratic voters voted for that is a significant number of people read braced that agenda and that wave moving the party forward. That way of moving the party for. Forward. Tim kaine will be shifting his boat or his position on tpp to be more and alliance with what Hillary Clinton has said. Have you had any indication of this what to be done. The question is the Clinton Campaign has been emphasizing in recent days that senator kaine may eminently be shifting his position indicating a shift in his position on the tpp. Im reminded of a thin