california, if you're hillary clinton and bernie sanders, we'll wait for the numbers to start coming in. the votes to start coming in. they'll be coming in shortly. 475, 475 delegates at stake in california. in montana right now, the polls closed an hour ago, 32% of the vote is in, hillary clinton has a slight lead over bernie sanders in montana, 148.6%, 46.7%, about a third of the vote is in in montana. in south dakota, a lot more of the vote is in, 87% of the vote is in, hillary clinton has a lead over bernie sanders in south dakota. 51.4% to 48.6%. 20 delegates at stake in south dakota right now. she earlier we projected was the winner in new jersey as well as new mexico, important wins, good night nor hirnt, but the biggest of all, california right now. we're standing by to start getting those numbers. once those numbers come in. we'll see if bernie sanders can upset hillary clinton in california, if he can do what he said he wanted to do desperately wanted to do. and clearly, we'll see what bernie sanders and hillary clinton could doll in california. so far states won ton

clinton and bernie sanders together that, is one of the reasons why he has tried to stay out of the race as much as possible, not tipping the scales for either clinton or sanders. he sees himself as somebody who sanders supporters will listen to and sanders supporters will -- they like him. they're young, independent and they might appreciate him. and they will listen to him when he says time to rally around hillary clinton. as you and i have talked about a number of times, president obama is so eager to get involved in this presidential race. he is so eager to go after donald trump and try to discredit donald trump. >> no question. i thought it was interesting the way the white house phrased the idea that president obama and bernie sanders are going to meet on thursday saying specifically at senator sanders' request. you were making fun of me that i might know something that i'm not saying. i didn't. i just suspected this thing was going to start to rollout when we heard that bernie sanders is coming back to d.c. and to me, that statement from the white house signals that they're hoping

obama and bernie sanders at the white house. these are live pictures. we're told that senator sanders should be emerging from his vehicle and walking in any minute now. we were looking at the parking lot or a parking lot not very far from the white house at this meeting. president obama is expected to call for party unity and give senator sanders what has been described as a gentle nudge to get behind hillary clinton after that grueling primary fight. in an interview that will actually air tonight on the tonight show with jimmy fallon, the president praised senator sanders and gave a preview of the meeting today. >> sanders brought enormous energy and new ideas and he pushed the party and challenged them. i thought it made hillary a better candidate and the main role i'm going to be playing in this process is to remind the american people that this is a serious job. you know, this is not reality tv. >> the president also gave a rough timeline for unifying the party. >> my hope is is that over the next couple of weeks we're able to pull things together and what happens during primary i

will be our second glimpse inside that oval office between bernie sanders and president obama. just a few moments ago, senator sanders telling reporters that he's stay ing in the race at least until the dc on primary on tuesday and he plans to meet with hillary clinton soon. >> i spoke briefly to secretary clinton on tuesday night and i c congratulated here on her very strong campaign. i look forward to meeting with her in the near future to see how we can work together to defeat donald trump and create a government which represents all of us and not just the 1%. >> right now, the vermont's senator on capitol hill is ready to meet with harry reid. a live look outside the senator's office. today's steps towa-- >> it was a healthy thing for the democratic party to have a contested primary and my hope is that over the next couple of weeks, we are able to pull things together. >> on the republican side, yes, no, maybe? >> republican unity is still hanging on the balance. the presumptive nominee gop nominee, his team holding high stake talks on capitol hill. >> trump came out of nowhere an

nomination. bernie sanders is making it clear this race is not over and that clinton's camp shouldn't be even thinking about declaring victory before the convention. >> there are 931 pledged delegates at stake in contests between today and june 14th. for secretary clinton to get to the magic number of 2,383, she would have to win two-thirds of the those pledged delegates. frankly, unless i am very, very mistaken, that is absolutely not going to happen. >> msnbc national reporter joins us now from san juan, puerto rico. what are the issues driving voters at the polls in puerto rico? >> well, before i set the stage in terms of the issues, i have to set the stage in terms of the vote itself. they just closed the gate. the polls are officially closed as of 3:00 p.m. if you take a look behind me, the line is extraordinarily long. they are going to be casting ballots for at least another hour here. it stretches around the tables, upstairs, and in an unseen line. there are two reasons for. this one is interest in the presidential election. when it was clinton versus obama, there we

sanders and you see it there. only 3% of the vote is in 69.3% for hillary clinton and 30.2% for bernie sanders and it's campaigning through california. live pictures coming in from the community event in the city of vallejo in california and we're monitoring that and we'll have live coverage of that coming up while puerto rico offers far less delegates than california and just 60 delegates at stake in puerto rico become more important than a lot of people could have predicted because those 60 delegates are all hillary clinton would need to secure the nomination mathematically if she was to get all of those delegates. that's not easy. bernie sanders is vowing to fight all of the way to the convention floor in philadelphia in july. tonight, there could potentially have a major impact on the strategy moving forward, if -- if she were to get all 60 of those delegates. let's go to dania alexandrino. you reported people stood in line for an hour and a half if not longer. the polls have been closed now for four hours, only 3% of the vote is in. what are they saying? why are the results coming

bernie sanders to take his complaints about the party's super delegates system to the convention floor in philadelphia in july. the stakes clearly incredibly high right now, and what happens tonight could change potentially the very course of the race. let's go straight to cnn's donny in san juan, puerto rico for us. did you talk to people as they left the polls? we're getting an initial trickle of votes coming in. hillary clinton is ahead, at least very early with about 2 % of the vote. what are you hearing and seeing? >> caller: good afternoon, wolf. i spoke to some of the people. surprisingly most of the people who actually voted did not want to share who they notvoted for. those who did share, it was in the majority, a lot of bernie sanders supporters. however, i do have to say that there were a lot of hillary clinton supporters, mainly older people. people who actually lived on the island and were already adults when bill clinton was president in the nie90s. they remember his administration and both president clinton and hillary clinton visiting the island on numerous occasi

sending a message to bernie sanders. >> i really believe a lot of senator sanders supporters will join us in making sure donald trump doesn't get anywhere near the white house. >> donald trump, of course, giving as good as he gets. >> i am going to give a major speech on probably monday of next week, and we're going to be discussing all of the things that have taken place with the clintons. >> meanwhile, bernie sanders sitting down with president barack obama behind closed doors at the white house tomorrow morning. that should be interesting. the campaigner in chief telling nbc's jimmy fallon this. >> my hope is, is that over the next couple of weeks, we're able to pull things together, and what happens during primaries, you get a little ouchie. everybody does. >> a little ouchie. who better to talk about getting a little ouchie and other things than cnn's mark preston and dana bash. good evening to both of you. we miss you here in washington, d.c., mark preston. but i'm going to start with you since you're the odd man out. you're not in studio with dana and me here. let's talk ab

. the president wants unity. hillary clinton wants unity. the question is what does bernie sanders want? >> regardless of the answer, bernie sanders is still in campaign mode and forging ahead to next week's primary in d.c. he has a rally kescheduled ther tonight but will he come with a new message after today's meeting as we look at the white house. cnn's michelle kosinski is live at the white house. first question is why have they still not cut back those trees, michelle, when it really blocks our shot when we want to see what's going on? >> reporter: a very good question. you can really feel the excitement. it's almost like a state visit or maybe even more than that. there's a crowd of the world's press gathered, all eyes are focused on that western gate. we know he's arriving here any minute, which is quite early for his meeting, but bernie sanders tends to do that. remember he was here back in january for another lengthy meeting with the president, and that kind of came at an awkward time as well. he had been criticizing the president's key trade deal, the transpacific partnership.

meeting set up for bernie sanders, sitting down moments from now with president obama as democrats look to close out the primary season and unify their party behind their standardbearer, hillary clinton. donald trump is also meeting with top gop fundraisers, looking to map out his general election strategy. welcome to the first hour of "happening now". today, i'm jon scott. heather: and i'm heather childers in for jenna lee. lots of meetings going on the one we love to be a fly on the wall? heather: yes i would. sources say president obama will not ask senator sanders in his campaign. the senator has earned the right to make his own decision on that, still sources say the president's endorsement of secretary clinton is imminent. jon: garrett penny live white house for us with the latest there. derek's? reporter: heather and john, good morning. bernie sanders spent last night home in vermont and flew down this morning, got here a little early so we are told on his way to the white house he stopped to get coffee but he is expected to show up here any minute now. at today's meeting there i

dakota. but her challenger bernie sanders is vowing to keep fighting until the democratic convention. >> we're going to figight hard o win the primary and washington, d.c. and then we take our fight for social, economic, racial and environment all justice to philadelphia, pennsylvania. amy: we will speak with clinton backer and longtime labor organizer dolores huerta as well as bernie sanders delegate norman solomon. then to stanford law professor who has launched a recall campaign against a judge who sentenced a former stanford university swimmer to six months in jail for sexual assaulting an unconscious woman behind a dumpster. all that and more, coming up. welclcome to d democracyow!,!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. hillary clinton has claimed the democratic presidentiall nomination. with clinton wins in california new jersey, new mexico, and south dakota, she said to be the first woman ever nominated by major party to run for the white house. with only one primary to go in the district of columbia, she has an insurmountable lead in pledged delegates

historic speech by hillary clinton and donald trump and bernie sanders as well. >> tonight, clinton is playing the title of presumptive democratic nominee even as she and bernie sanders fight to the last vote. >> announcer: right now from the california coast to the jersey shore it's the final super tuesday battle to the america's choice. >> we are going to unify the democratic party and stop donald trump. >> and voters in six states weigh in, the democratic front-runner has finally locked up the nomination, and is ready to spar with her republican rival, full time. >> donald trump is a fraud. >> lying hillary, she is a liar. >> tonight, in the democratic race, hillary clinton eager to put the bruising primaries behind her, hitting the presumptive gop nominee harder than ever. >> donald trump's ideas aren't just different, they are dangerously incoherent. >> bernie sanders, hoping to upset clinton in california. looking for momentum, as he vows to keep making his case all the way to the convention. >> i want you as super delegates to take a hard look at which candidate and which cam

the agenda right now, the big meeting. president obama set to sit down with bernie sanders just over two hours from now. this as the democratic party tries to move on from its primary season. >> it was a healthy thing for the democratic party to have a contested primary. i thought that bernie sanders brought enormous energy and new ideas. he pushed the party and challenged them. i thought it made hillary a better candidate. >> what are they going to talk about in that meeting today? could it be the beginning of the end of sanders' bid and the start of democratic unity or something else. sanders on board the plane now to washington. chris jansing was with him and with his campaign last night. brand-new information from her on how the sanders campaign is reacting to what obama said on the "tonight show" last night and what they're expecting out of that meeting just two hours from now. >>> also on the agend areports that elizabeth warren is ready to get off the sidelines and endorse hillary clinton. warren has been one of the sharpest critics of donald trump so far. >> a small, insecure

with her rival bernie sanders, he says it is time to unite. president obama: i know how hard this job can be. that is why i know hillary will be so good at it. in fact, i don't think there has ever been someone so qualified to hold his office. hometown ofad ali's louisville, kentucky, gets ready for the funeral of a champion. we'll go to the scene. and soldiers are no strangers to exhaustion but you may be surprised to learn what scientists are doing to overcome them. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the world. the endorsement everyone was waiting for paired today president obama threw his support behind hillary clinton to become the next president of the united states. video he touted her qualifications and then reached out to bernie sanders supporters just a short time after senator sanders paid a visit to the white house and said he was not dropping out of the race just yet but would do anything to defeat donald trump. gary o'donoghue reports. ga>> when are you going to endorse hillary clinton? gary: that was yesterday. this was today. president

meeting between president obama and senator bernie sanders has just wrapped up. the two got together inside the white house to talk about the presidential race and what comes next for senator sanders and for his supporters. we are keeping a very close eye on the white house briefing room right now expecting reaction there at any moment from white house officials. meanwhile, senator sanders came to the microphone in front of west wing a little while ago after the meeting wrapped up. here is some of what he said. >> donald trump would clearly to my mind and i think the majority of americans be a disaster as president of the united states. it is unbelievable to me and i say this in all sincerity that the republican party would have a candidate for president who in the year 2016 makes bigotry and discrimination the cornerstone of his campaign. in my view the american people will not vote for or tolerate a candidate who insults mexicans and latinos, who insults muslims, who insults african-americans and women. needless to say, i am going to do everything in my power and i will work as har

another, bernie sander, by the way, made a little news there, something we could not interrupt and announce, that he has indeed won montana according to our projection. but bernie sanders leaving a big door open despite what we know to be the prevailing math. >> senator sanders saying tonight, that he can do the arithmetic and he recognizes that it's a steep climb, but they will fight for his -- his campaign will fight for every vote and every delegate. they will compete in washington, d.c. this time next week and they will compete and take the fight beyond washington, d.c. all the way to philadelphia, pennsylvania, as he put it. that is the same plan that he's been making all along through the second half of the primary. it takes on a very different meaning, or maybe lack thereof, now that hillary clinton has secured the democratic nomination for the president. she's the presumptive nominee. she has not only the majority of pledged delegates, but she has the support of delegates and superzel gatts combined she needs to clinch the nominations. senator sanders not conceding that at

that bernie sanders and president obama are going to meet within the next 48 hours and that this meeting is at the request of bernie sanders. we have many details on that just ahead. rounding out our agenda this morning that question of party unity, not just about the democrats, donald trump showing signs of his biggest overtures trying to show republicans he realizes that a change of tone is needed for the general election. >> 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. not going to let you down. >> trump also saying he is going to make a major speech in the next week about bill and hillary clinton. hallie jackson has a report on that just around the corner. a big, big day in politics. really this is it. the first day of the general election campaign. we are going to kick it off over here at the big board, take you through what happened last night why we are saying the general election matchup. bernie sanders went all out here. clintons blew up their schedule to do extra californi

bernie sanders and donald trump. we examine the fallout tonight on "washington week." >> thanks to you, we've reached a milestone. the first time in our nation's history that a woman will be a major party nominee. [cheering] hillary clinton seizes the gold ring. she collects big endorsements. >> i don't think there's ever been someone so qualified to hold this office. >> i am ready to get in this fight and work my heart out for hillary clinton to become the next president of the united states. >> and she immediately sets her sights on her fall competition. >> donald trump is temperamentally unfit to be president. [cheering] >> while donald trump works to calm nervous republicans. >> he know some people say i'm too much of a fighter. my preference is always peace. >> but can he shake questions about his statements that a judge of even mexican or muslim heritage cannot treat him fairly? >> it's sort of like the textbook definition of a racist comment. >> left on the sidelines, bernie sanders. >> well, here we are in mid june. >> covering the week, gene cummings political editor for "

house briefing. this is press secretary josh earnest on this day that saw bernie sanders meeting with the president, on this day that saw the president endorse hillary clinton. let's listen in. >> -- showing him respect by inviting him to the white house and sitting down for an hour-long conversation with him. and -- and giving him the time and space that's necessary for senator sanders to make some important decisions about the future of his campaign and the future of the the movement that he's built. >> time and space, it was not much later that the actual endorsement came out. that's not much time and space. >> well, senator sanders is going to make his own decisions. when i'm referring to time and space, i'm referring to senator sanders making his own decisions about the future of his campaign based on his own preferences and based on his own schedule. president obama did the same thing. and the good news is is that both men have a strong commitment to a core set of values and principles, particularly as it relates to the importance of investing in the middle class. both men

. >>> vermont senator bernie sanders drumming up support in the mission area. >>> sanders is calling for expecting a high voter turnout. the senator is using this one to appeal to a wide voter base. sky fox was overhead and look at the line that keeps on going and going. gates opened at 3:30 and it is just beginning. >>> we have live coverage of the campaign rallies. lee martinez spent the day at the bay area but we begin with cristina rendon at the bernie sanders rally in san francisco. >> reporter: julie, this event got under way at five p.m. sharp. they are very prompt here and there is still people making their way through the crowd. if you take a look here you can see the people making their way through these gates. tons of people as you guys just said. the view from sky fox was pretty impressive. there are easily thousands of people here waiting to see bernie sanders as well as the musical acts that are scheduled for tonight as well. you know some of the people we spoke with said they got here as early as 7:00. they are optimistic about bernie's chances. he does trail hillary clint

for the very first time. and a lot of that is thanks to bernie sanders. who has run an incredible campaign. i had a great meeting with him this week and i thanked him for shining a spotlight on issues like economic inequality and the outsized influence of money in our politics and bringing young people into the process. embracing that message is going to help us win in november. >> and a short time later, hillary clinton tweeted the following. she wrote honored to have you with me potus. i'm fired up and ready to go. president obama and hillary clinton expected to hold their first joint campaign event this coming wednesday, it will take place in green bay, wisconsin. in the meantime it was a very busy day as well for bernie sanders here in washington, d.c. it's not over yet. now in this hour expected to meet with vice president joe biden. it will take place at the vice president's residence, naval observatory. earlier today, sanders met with president obama at the white house. the two were behind closed doors for more than an hour. and according to a sanders spokesperson, it was a

. that's bernie sanders. he is not conceding, not dropping out. we have projected that bernie sanders will win the montana democratic presidential primary. that's his second win of the night. he also won north dakota. hillary clinton had three big wins tonight as well. we're still waiting for california. that's the big prize. the biggest prize of the night. that's the biggest state. of course the biggest prize of this primary season. right now hillary clinton still has a significant lead in california. you just heard bernie sanders say it would get closer. let's get a key race alert on california right now. 39% of the vote is in. her lead still approaching 400,000. hillary clinton with 1,111,000 votes. bernie sanders, 713,000 votes. 60.2%, bernie sanders. 38.7%. you heard handerson cooper, bernie sanders say he's not giving ip. he wants to continue this race not only next week in washington, d.c., the last contest with its 20 delegates, but all the way to philadelphia. that's what he said even though he knows it's a steep, very steep climb. >> the struggle continues he said. so does our pa

delegates. bernie sanders needs 68% of the remaining pledge delegates including tonight in puerto rico to catch hillary clinton with pledge delegates. now, that's tough math. 68% of the remaining pledge delegates. what happens in puerto rico? even if, let's say for example, if she gets 60, she gets to the finish line. let me explain why before i show you puerto rico. with the current allocation of super delegates, and yes, sanders supporters like to say these people can change their mind. we count them because they get votes. their votes count. this is what made barack obama the democratic nominee before the convention in 2008. just like then, we call these people, we ask them who they're going to vote for. 119 super delegates who have yet to tell us. we also check with them to see if they're going to change their minds. like senator sanders says, wolf, if he can run the board and win at the end, will some of these people panic and switch sides? we will keep an eye on that. we'll report the changes just as rightly so as we report it now. but 547 versus 776. look where it gets here. 23, 23

all of those bernie sanders voters who have been left out in the cold by a rigged system of superdelegates, we welcome you with open arms. [applaus [applause] >> and by the way, the terrible trade deals that bernie was so vehemently against and he's right on that, will be taken care of far better than anyone ever thought possible and that's what i do. we are going to have fantastic trade deals. we're going to start making money and bringing in jobs. [applaus [applause] >> now, i know some people say i'm too much of a fighter. my preference is always peace, however. and i've shown that. i've shown that for a long time. i've built an extraordinary business on relationships and deals that benefit all parties involved, always. my goal is always, again, to bring people together. but if i'm forced to fight for something he really care about, i will never ever back down and our country will never ever back down. [applaus [applause] >> i fought for my family, i fought for my business. i fought for my employees. and now, i'm going to fight for you, the american people, like nobody ha

nominee. we're expecting senator bernie sanders to speak in san francisco. if he has any reaction on the projection, we will bring that to you. nbc news reports hillary clinton has secured 2,383 del degates thanks to pledges from more than a thousand delegates. she sweeted we're flattered but we have primaries to win. california, montana, south dakota vote tomorrow. here's what she told supporters shortly after the projection was announced in long beach, california. >> historic, unprecedented moment. but we still have work to do, don't we? we have six elections tomorrow and we're going to fight hard for every single vote, especially right here in california. [ applause ] >> the bernie sanders campaign issued a statement saying it is unfortunate that the media, in a rush to judgment are ignoring the democratic national committees clear statement that it is wrong to count the vote of super delegates before they vote this summer. secretary clinton does not have and will not have the requisite number of pledged delegates. she will be dependent on super delegates who do not vote until july 25

to nbc news and now all eyes are on bernie sanders. new support from formerly unpledged superdelegates make this clinton's first full day as a democrat's presumptive presidential nominee exactly eight years after she dropped out of her last run. democrats in six states and washington, d.c. do vote today. don't forget and bernie sanders is not giving up. he tweeted earlier, quote, pundits and the political press wanna call this race early before every person votes. let's show them we ain't gonna let it happen. go vote. >>> as far as becoming a presumptive nominee, donald trump got a five-week head start on hillary clinton. he earned the nod back in early may. ample time to unite a fractured gop or not. this afternoon on the same day clinton sets political history, trump is not only sputtering and trying to bring his party together but he is smack-dab at the center of a dispute. he is not backing off of his comments saying the federal judge overseeing comments about trump university has a bias because of trump university. >> claiming a person can't do their job because of

senator bernie sanders to speak. tuesday evening in west. >> welcome to america's election headquarters, hillary clinton basked in the cheers of her supporters as she became the first female nominee, a historic night, the first one have a major political party. this as fox news can project that after multiple wins tuesday night clinton will have enough pledged delegates to secure the democratic nomination. >> we've reached a milestone. first time in our nation's history that a woman will be a major party nominee. >> so now she has pledged and the super delegates as well. mrs. clinton faced a tough fight in california from senator sanders. he is expected to speak from santa monica any moment now. president obama called the senator earlier in the night to thank him for energizing the voters and we're told the two will meet on thursday. donald trump has already clinched his party's nomination and he won five more primaries and donald trump has enough bound delegates to guarantee him the republican nomination. >> he spoke earlier this evening. a different type of speech from mr

over shadowed by bernie sanders. as and at least to the convention. >> reporter: i think there is going to be increasing pressure on bernie sanders. that pressure is already being applied from frankly the highest levels we know. if you talk to president obama and the indication at this point are that the president is moving towards an endorsement of hillary clinton after she becomes the presumptive nominee. of course, we said that is the case but there are still voters who have to weigh in here. the question is simply how is bernie sanders going to approach what could be potential and contentious. democrats are really focused on donald trump. hillary clinton and of course, has been pivoting that way. the super pac supporting her and i think you can expect that to go forward, tamron. >> what can you tell us of the meeting between president obama and senator sanders. >> reporter: at that point, we know that there was a phone call on the books for sunday. we know senator sanders pulled his motorcade on the side of the road to take that phone call. of course, all those reports and and

the state of california. let's look at the numbers right now in montana. bernie sanders is slightly ahead, 49.4% to 46% for hillary clinton. he's up by 3100 plus votes. 45,700 to 42,500. 62% of the vote in montana is in. in california, 34% of the vote is in. hillary clinton maintains very impressive lead by 400,000 votes. she has 61.8% to bernie sanders 37.1%. 475 delegates at stake in california. more than a third of the vote is n hillary clinton maintaining an impressive lead there. we're waiting for bernie sanders to speak moment airly. will he stick to his combative tone and take his fight to the convention in philadelphia or start uniting democrats against donald trump? the white house says president obama has called both clinton and sanders tonight congratulating hillary clinton and thanking bernie sanders for in his words, energizing millions of voters. sanders will meet with president obama thursday in washington. mired in controversy since he locked up the republican nomination, donald trump took a more measured tone tonight. he steered clear of his recent attacks on the la

, especially right here in california. [ applause ] >> the bernie sanders campaign issued a statement saying it is unfortunate that that media in a rush to judgment are ignoring the democratic national committee's clear statement that it is wrong to count the vote of super delegates before they actually vote at the convention this summer. secretary clinton does not have and will not have the requisite number of pledged delegates. she'll be dependent on super delegates that can change their minds between now and then. kelly o'donnell has been following the democratic race for president. she's in santa monica this e evening. anymore word from the clinton or sanders campaign at this moment? >> reporter: there is a sense of anticipation but the day is wrong, if you will. both campaigns knew that it was likely this sort of a delegate math would be done but a bit of a surprise it's on the eve of the primary and not on tuesday, perhaps after new jersey is closed and i was covering bernie sanders over the last several days in california. he had expressed concern that the media might do its own calcu

happen, even though the math has been clear for some time. certainly bernie sanders has been make an argument vigorously to re porters and to some degree supporters that he wants to see this process changed. he was careful to say it's not a rigged process because he knew what the rules were in how the pledged delegates worked but one campaign you can expect bernie sanders to keep going forward with beyond his own candidacy is a fight to change the system for how nomnation process and the nominating process works in the future. there's been a lot of question about the role of super delegates and he's saying he will wage the fight to the convention to challenge that. and one of hillary clinton's prominent surrogates spoke directly to bernie sanders supporters to come together. and she will try to unify the country. and this was a surprise for its timing. >> thank you for joining us as the sun begins to set in your camera position in santa monica. pulitzer prize winning write for the washington post. john, you made the news tonight with this projection. bernie sanders says it'ser a rush

president. >> and while she may have secured the nomination bernie sanders told his supporters he is not glg anywhere. >> i am pretty good in arithmetics and i know the fight in front of us is a very, very steep fight, but we will continue to fight for every vote and every delegate. >> so while sanders says he's staying in the race until the end half of his staff will be laid off. >> garrett tenney. thank you. >> can donald trump's strategy of going to less laning states be a game changer heading to november? here now for the republican political panel fox news contributor and gop strategist mercedes flap. thank you for sticking around for us. you just heard there bernie sanders is staying in the race. he says all of the way to philadelphia but he did make a point of saying that they should not allow donald trump to get into the white house, so does that mean that donald trump will not be able to get any of his followers to cross over? >> i think if you listen to bernie sanders he usually breaks down his themes into four buckets of justices the economic justice, social justice and en

trump and hillary clinton but bernie sanders says he is staying in the race. >> clinton declaring victory in at least three out of six races. the critical primary in california not yet called, but clinton is in the lead. >> no surprises for trump with a clean sweep across all five states. >> i'm going to be your champion. i'm going to be america's champion. >> it's clear that donald trump doesn't believe we are stronger together. >> we will not allow donald trump to become president of the united states. >> to all of those bernie sanders voters who have been left out in the cold by a rixist of sutch err delegates, we welcome you with open arms. >> we're going to take a moment later tonight and the days ahead to fully absorb the history we've made here. >> next tuesday we continue the fight in the last primary in washington, d.c. >> the deal sealed for clinton with 2,497 delegates and for trump as well with 1,536 delegates. >> we'll go live to washington with a complete wrapup of the final states. garrett, good morning. >> heather and abby, good morning. hillary clinton made histor

lobby super delegates to switch support to bernie sanders. on the republican side the car crash of donald trump's candidacy continued wreaking havoc among other elected republicans. there's a lot to get to. that is coming up tonight and in coming days and more. but margaret chase smith died in 1995. shirley died new year's day 20 neither got to see where we are now. when hillary clinton got this tonight the thing that struck me most looking back on history, the thing that struck me most about hillary clinton finally getting there last night is that it may have taken 52 years since margaret chase smith but this time nobody's laughing. >> on the very day my mother was born in chicago, congress was passing the 19th amendment to the constitution. that amendment finally gave women the right to vote and i really wish my mother could be here tonight. i wish she could see what a wonderful mother chelsea has become and could meet our beautiful granddaughter charlotte. and of course i wish she could see her daughter become the democratic party's nominee. oh, look... ...another anti-wrinkle c

a very tight race. just a couple of points separating hillary clinton and bernie sanders before last night's early call by the associated press saying hillary clinton already clinched the number of delegates to become the presumptive nominee. his supporters continuing to fight on. sanders with $1,569. pledged delegates. clinton yesterday saying they need to finish strong and win california. meanwhile sanders planning to fight on and he would love to win in california. >> there is nothing to concede. secretary of clinton will not have the requisite number of pledged delegates to win the democratic nomination. she'll be dependent on superdelegates. reporter: bernie sanders and his supporters will be filling the hall just across the street from me later on, 10:00 p.m. local time. hillary clinton meanwhile is back in new york. charles: joining me, tammy bruce, adam goodman, shelby holiday and jessica tarloff. the race is very fight. a couple polls have bernie sanders pulling ahead all within the margin of error but how do you think it's going to play out? >> there has been a high am

white house this morning where next hour, president obama will be meeting with bernie sanders to talk about a graceful exit from the presidential race and getting behind presumptive democratic nominee hillary clinton. >> is bernie going to endorse hillary? >> well, i'm sure they're going to have a conversation. >> is he ever going to drop out? is he going to stay in? >> i think it is going to be an exciting time to, you know, bring our supporters together to make a commitment to defeating donald trump. >> senator sanders is due to arrive in washington this hour, there he is, just a little over an hour ago boarding a private charter from burlington, vermont. my colleagues chris jansing and chris walker are available. chris, let me start with you, you're in the briefing room closely following the sanders campaign. what should we expect today? >> that is the $6 million question and the democratic party is watching closely. obviously hillary clinton's campaign watching closely. the question is, how is president obama going to handle this, what kind of frame of mind is bernie sanders

>>> breaking overnight. hillary clinton with a new primary win. this as bernie sanders vows to fight all the way to the convention. we're just one day from the final super tuesday election. who will win the most votes? will it matter? >>> donald trump skewered by republicans supporting him. why gop leaders are condemning him for the treatment over a judge with mexican heritage. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. hillary clinton inching closer with the win in the puerto rico primary. six states, including california, are up for grabs on tuesday. when you include super delegates, they are supporting clinton, she is just 29 delegates shy of the 2,383 threshold to clinch. she is all but certain to blow past that number by tomorrow night and early tomorrow night. bernie sanders is still predicting a contesting convention no matter what happens. his only chance is to flip super delegates. let's get more from jeff zeleny in california. >> reporter: john and christine, a final full day of campaigning for hillary clinton and bernie sanders

people in the clinton headquarters. >> bernie sanders met with the president yesterday, and he's still in the race, although he as a different kind of conversation recently. >> reporter: he's still kind of processing the end of his campaign, i would say, you saw a significant shift in tone after that white house meeting, bernie sanders clearly knowing that -- he came out talking about the policies and priorities that are important to him. he was talking about how he would be the better candidate to take on donald trump. there's still some work to do, hillary clinton and bernie sanders still planning to meet, the latest details have not been worked out. and of course bernie sanders and jane his wife, plan to return to vermont, take a little time to consider this decision. still some work to two, but hillary clinton speaking to a lot of those voters who were backing bernie sanders in the primary. he has become something of a phenomenon that some people didn't expect. but a lot of people who are backing bernie sanders have tried to draft elizabeth warren into this race from the begi

clinton is sitting squarely at 2,323 delegates with the super delegates factored in. bernie sanders has 1,547 also with the super delegates factored in. while he's vowing to take it to the democratic convention in july, what happens in the coming moments potentially could change this race as we know it. we're covering this critical moment from every possible angle. we have reporters standing by live in puerto rico. here at the cnn election center as well. our entire team of political analysts are also standing by to break down the ultimates as we get them. we should start getting results very soon. let's go straight to puerto rico first. walk us through puerto rico right now. what are the folks there saying to you? are you getting a sense of how they voted? >> reporter: good afternoon, wolf. yes, as a matter of fact, i got a pretty good sense of how voters were leaning towards, who they were leaning towards. and surprisingly, besides the fact that hillary clinton has been favored dramatically in the past here in puerto rico, today, when we were at the polls, there were quite lot of peop

senator bernie sanders is defiant, threatening to bring his fight all the way to the convention. nbc's kelly o'donnell is in san diego with the sanders campaign. give us the sense that we can't see on tv, my favorite question, and i'm going to give it to you, because it's my favorite question, what can can't we see on television about the attitude persisten persistence, whatever, passion of the sanders campaign about whether they're going to throw in the towel after tuesday or fight it to the convention? >> the first thing you can't see on tv is all of us wanting to say bless you, chris, after that sneeze on camera, a rare moment. so, gesundheit. the thing you don't see is that there is a real sense of dedication that is typical with campaigns that allows them to be a little bit separate from the public math. and you can understand why. if you're working for a candidate, if you believe in a candidate, if you're one of the supporters coming here to see bernie sanders, and you really believe he's the candidate, until the voting is over, there is a willingness to not see the outsid

hillary clinton. bernie sanders. what about the american people? that's not part of what the american people is about. in the last week or 10 days of the campaign in california, i held four press conferences with really smart people at my side talking about health care and the crisis in health care. talking about fracking and the need to end fracking. talking about climate change and economics with robert reisch, the former clinton secretary of labor. do you know how much coverage that got? very little. that's not what they are interested in. who are you doing and you supporting question my that's not what the american people are into. what we do about the fact that a single mother cannot make it on $11 an hour. that's what the american people are at which is a different place from where the media is at looking at politics as a baseball game or soap opera. >> why over the last 30 years have middle-class family trunks -- shrunk question mark >> i think -- have middle-class families shrunk? >> i think your a number of reasons. havenk clearly, you minimum wage not keeping up with inflati

support. to all of those bernie sanders voters who have been left out in the cold by a rigged system of super delegates, we welcome you with open arms. [cheers and applause] believe me. and by the way, the terrible trade deals that bernie was so against and he was right on that, will be taken care far better than anyone ever thought possible and that's what i do. we are going to have fantastic trade deals. we're going to start making money and bringing in jobs. [cheers and applause] now i know some people say i'm too much of a fighter. my preference is always peace, however. and i've shown that. i've shown that for a long time. i've built an extraordinary business on relationships and deals that benefit all parties involved always. my goal is always again to bring people together. but if i'm forced to fight for something i really care about, i will never ever back down and our country will never ever back down. [cheers and applause] thank you. i've fought for my family, i've fought for my business, i've fought for my employees and now i'm going to fight for you, the american people, lik

making clear sha that she is breaking down barriers and 3rd congratulate bernie sanders on the campaign he has run so far. no word on what she will say on bernie sanders beyond that. we will bring you bernie sanders address when he speaks from santa monica at 10:00 tonight. in the meantime on the republican side results in new jersey show donald trump with 83% of the vote and john kasich over 10% and ted cruz over six percent of the vote. both on the ballot and important that donald trump is over 80%. republicans still have confidence in him. the polls are about to close in new mexico, north dakota and south dakota. we will get you those results as soon as those numbers come in in a few moments. >> whether bernie sanders wins in california, what do you see him doing? do you think he will continue to the republican convention or suspending his campaign and showing his support for hillary clinton. >> it looks like now that he is em boldened and going straight towards the convention and not stopping. >> he wants to persuade the super delegates to get them back on his side. interes

you all. the struggle continues. >> to all of those bernie sanders voters who have been left out in the cold by a rigged system of super delegates, we welcome you with open arms. >> when he says let's make america great again, that is code for let's take america backwards. >>> and good morning, i'm carol 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 country's first female presumptive presidential 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. we're covering this only like cnn can, with our political experts and reporters. let's begin with jeff zeleny on clin

as clinton closes in on the finish line, bernie sanders is sending a defiant note. he threatened to fight on to the convention in philadelphia. i'm going back to you. i know this is a story we have been trying to get our head around. if hillary clinton wins in california, will she go to senator sanders and say, okay, you were hoping to win out here, i did, it's time to fold the tent, put up the white flag, whatever and deal? is that the plan? >> i think -- i think it's not going to just be secretary clinton. it will be secretary clinton, her top surrogates. it could be the president of the united states. look, there's going to be a lot of pressure on senator sanders if he doesn't win here in california to get out of this race. you are seeing the pressure mount. surrogates like senator diane feinstein saying it is it time to get out of the race to the democratic party can unify and take on donald trump. they are jittery when they look at national polls which show a tight race. look, senator sanders is defia t defiant. he said he is not going anywhere. his justification for that, he s

for bernie sanders. on c-span andon before that, a meeting with the president to discuss in light of hillary clinton receiving enough delegates. many are encouraging senator sanders to get out of the race. in the first 45 minutes this morning we want to hear supporters of bernie sanders. we want to find out from you with the impact of bernie sanders campaign has been on the campaign 2016. you can let your thoughts be known on our phone line. you can give your thoughts on .ur social media the financial timethis morning takes a look at the issue of senator sanders campaign. host: your thoughts this morning on the sanders campaign. from bernie sanders supporters only, the impact you think he has had on the campaign. the senator is set to meet at the white house today for a meeting with the president to try to get a sense of what the isting is about, joining us the white house correspondent for bloomberg. host: as far as his meeting is concerned, what is the goal of president obama and bernie sanders? is theyhe official line are having a meeting. i don't think it's too much of a stretch