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Party's national convention every four years. starting in 2020, the superdelegates may have to set up for the first row. under new rules passed by the democratic national committee, if the first ballot is contested, meaning no one candidate has enough pledged delegates from state primaries and caucuses to win outright and superdelegates cannot vote. if there's a need for a second ballot, superdelegates can vote. this move is in response in large part to bernie sanders campaign in 2016. his supporters accuse national democratic leaders abusing superdelegates to drive out the numbers for hillary...

But it will be pretty big shoes to fill for anybody. not to you. leland: as you note, it is nice to take a moment of a thank you to the shoes themselves before talking about who will fill them. william la jeunesse in arizona. thank you. kristin: a quick dip into politics because there's some big news about superdelegates. the national committee now wants to weaken the power of superdelegates in the nominating process. molly henneberg is light with more. >> yes, specifically limit their influence on the first round of voting for the nominee. under the new rules passed by the democratic national...

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 party's national convention every four years. but starting in 2020, these superdelegates may have to sit out for the first vote. under the new rul...

>> the president is peaking support unfairness, he hasn't 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 today vote to go limit influence on super delegates who have the party east high-profile members an...

Conceding just yet. jillian: results are in for other state primaries. looking at the results is political analyst ron meyer. thank you for joining us. let's start in ohio, the special election too close to call at this point. >> reporter: they will pull this off, they will do a recap the 2000 votes is significant in a race like this but it shouldn't be this close, this is a district the president won 50%. it wasn't as republican a district as pa 18 but it shows democrats are more energized than republicans right now. if republicans in the 4% growth, they do a better job turning out in a coupl...