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>> madam secretary, on behalf of the great state of mississippi, home of the blues, b.b. king, elvis presley and so on, let me say on behalf of fannie lou hamer who made this delegation look like the rainbow tonight because of her activities in atlantic city in 1964, we cast 33 votes for hillary rodham clinton and seven for bernie sanders. >> mississippi, you have cast 33 votes for senator clinton and seven votes for senator sanders. missouri. you have 84 votes. how do you cast your votes? >> the great show-me state, the home of harry truman and the proud alma mater of tim kaine, the university of missouri, and where world series champions hang out, a state that while closely decided in our primary now is united in our determination to change this country, we proudly cast 35 votes for bernie sanders and 49 votes, including the youngest hillary delegate, 17-year-old rachel gonzalez, for the first woman president in the united states of america, hillary clinton. >> missouri senator claire mccaskill doing the honors there. she's talking about that close primary, remember, that wa

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first, i talked to him at the b.b. king news club here in new york. been like? >> it's been some surreal moments. you know, from performing at buckingham palace to having dinner with stevie wonder. it's been an amazing ride. ♪ but it's holding on >> reporter: the distinctive cap which he first wore after skin surgery has become a trademark for the 44-year-old singer who originally went to san diego state on until a shoulder injury cut short his career. >> i remember calling my mother in tears and she had, son, so does this mean you get to keep your scholarship, right? i said, yeah. and they don't hit you any more? aids, no, no, nobody is hitting me any more. she was like, great! >> reporter: mom saw the up'. >> mom saw the upside but i was devastated. >> reporter: so porter went back to his first love, music. was it broadway that brought you to new york? >> it was. >> reporter: he won a part in the musical "it ain't nothing but the blues." by the way, on the opening night of the show, i actually fell off stage! i fell six feet off the stage! we were c