great pleasure to introduce a different with the tremendous amount of respect dnc chairwoman debbie wasserman shultz was a member of the u.s. house and as a representative of the congressional districts was first a state representative and the floor over a - - florida legislature. [applause] they give for your incredible thought-provoking words that sets the perfect tone delhi embarked on the process of our platform for the party and for demonstrating very clearly why i am so thrilled that you accepted my invitation to share this important committee to take on this incredibly important assignment. on behalf of the dnc good afternoon thank you for being here today and for accepting this incredibly important assignment thank you for all the do these are exciting times. this is our opportunity to remind american people of who we are in a we stand for and what we have to offer at the dnc we're working every day to prepare for the general election for all of the distasteful and racist things he said to take our country backwards. he is very busy but we don't take anything for granted to make sure we're n

but he is asking for things like getting rid of superdelegates, getting rid of dnc chair debbie wasserman shultzof his big demands are going to happen, so how does he land this plane? democrats are giving him some room to maneuver. it took secretary clinton several days to concede to barack obama, but the patience is running out. senator sanders really losing leverage every day. democrats eager for him to get on board, start campaigning with secretary clinton, and start trying to convince of the third of his supporters who say they're not ready to support her. >> nice to see you. thank you. >> you too. >> as clinton blankets the air waves in those crucial states, the trump campaign is still struggling to get on the same package right now. the rnc has tried to advise the trump campaign on his personnel hires, on his messages, even on his strategy, but the campaign, as america as witnessed, not really following along. joining me now to talk about this is eli stokels. this report by one of your colleagues talks about donald trump's taxes. some new information this afternoon that shows trump may hav

let me thank debbie wasserman shultz. she and i have been talk every day trying to make sure these proceedings are transparent and open and fair and i want to thank her for her tremendous leadership. footballly i'm pleased to introduce our parlimentarian. hopefully she won't have too much work to do. helen mcfadden. she's the d.n.c.'s parliamentarian and she can help us navigate any parliamentary issues that may arrive. today and tomorrow, helen will be serving as our timekeeper. and i remind the audience and members that we've got -- today, we're going to be hearing from ho -- 41 witnesses. so we're going to be moving kind of rapidly because we want to hear from everyone. let me just take a moment to what is so important. the idea that just a year ago south carolina at emmanuel church nine people were lain while sitting in a church basement. and so we have to really look at our nation and try to figure out how do we address these issues and we just can't continue to turn our heads away from them. though, we -- now, the p

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