joining us, danny freeman, joining us live from sioux falls, south dakota, danny, great to have you here. i know it's hard to hear me. just signal if you can't. we're trying to take in this news on the sanders campaign, apparently ousting in california, what is going on there? >> well, it's interesting rachel. thank you rachel, for having me on. it's interesting, i just spoke to jeff weaver, senator sanders' campaign manager and he basically laid out what the strategy would be. you are right, they have not spent by huge amounts. so rather they will target three different pillars here, the first one i'm told by campaign manager weaver, they will focus on the big rallies and hope to get a lot of earned media from that. the second thing they will do is focus on college campuses and will make a big effort to register students early on ahead of the june 7th all-important date. and finally, this is interesting, rachel, they're making a large push for latinos in california, one of their most important place where they really think they can do well. we're told they have a team out there in calif

he was received fairly well as he walked around the halls here, the washington hilton. >> danny freemanet, taking a break a bit as well. danny good to see you, having some fun here in washington, d.c. it will be interesting to see if president obama directs any attention at bernie sanders. even at hillary clinton. >> what's interesting, he's been great, the president, all of them. he was a president being hilarious. last year, literally, you could have given what his routine to any stand-up comedian, it was a political comedian's set. it wasn't a president doing it, and it was incredible to see that. i'm sure he's going to do that again. and i think he's going to look back over the last eight years, he definitely will go down the list of, maybe he'll do all 17 of the original candidates. >> you think he's going to forget about governor christie? >> oh yeah, of course. >> or ben carson. >> the clip you showed about healthcare.gov. that was a great example. once he gets out of this dinner, using humor to reach out to young people. stuff like that contributed, helped him. >> it's a testame

nice. >> danny freeman -- >> reporter: in terms of the singing we'll stick to our day jobs. >> exactlyering bernie sanders for our audience the entire campaign, everyday and every stop. chris jansing and danny, thank you very much. let me bring in lewis miranda. i apologize i'm losing my voice having a coughing attack. bernie sanders vowing he will take this fight all the way to the convention, that means hillary clinton still has to battle him and the primary battle while also trying to compete with donald trump. does that weaken clinton's position? >> i think we're hardened because it is true that 75% of voters in indiana said they've been excited by this primary. we saw that consistent in wisconsin, new york, pennsylvania, connecticut. we've seen by and large 75% of democrats are saying that this has been a good primary, that they're excited and optimistic about both our kbced. t -- our candidates. the majority in indiana said we would support either one of them. they have been substytivesubsty substantive, focused on the issues and either is prepared and we feel that as donald trum

bernie sanders in puerto rico today being asked about that state convention, being asked by nbc's danny freeman today. sanders did not want to talk about it at that point. they did put in a defiant statement saying their supporters were wrong and were not treated friendly. >> joining us now is the chair of the national democratic party, madame chair, thank you for your time tonight. >> my pleasure, it is great to be with you rachel >> you said today there is no excuse of what happened in nevada, what is there no excuse more and what is your reaction to that young sanders' supporter that we heard explaining on air that they want to be heard. they felt like they did not get their voices out there. >> first of all, let me reiterate again that the democratic national committee is neutral when it comes to the primary. with that being said, the reports i have heard from the nevada convention were seriously disturbing. i did listen to the young sanders' supporter now and the process she talked about is perfectly reasonable and understandable that it may resulted in some frustration, although the crede

sanders in puerto rico being asked about that contentious nevada state convention being asked by danny freemansenator sanders not wanting to talk about it at that point. they did put out a sanders campaign defiant statement saying their supporters were wronged, not treated fairly. the dnc put out its own statement expressing concern about what the nevada party went through. joining me now is dnc chairman debbie wasserman schultz. thank you for joining me. >> my pleasure. great to be with you. >> you said there is no excuse for what happened in nevada. what is there no excuse for and what is your reaction to that young sanders supporter explaining that they wanted to be heard and it was a shame it was so contentious but they feel like they didn't get their voices out there? >> first of all, let me reiterate again that the democratic national party is neutral on what happened this weekend. it was seriously disturbing, and i did listen to that young sanders supporter just now and the process that she talked about, perfectly reasonable, understandable, it may have resulted in frustration, although

the bernie sanders in puerto rico today being asked about that state convention asked by nbc's danny freeman, they did ultimately put out a sanders defiant statement saying tear supporters were pronged in nevada. they were not treated fairly t.dnc put out its concern for what the nevada firm went through and the threats to the st. party chair woman. joining us is the dnc chair woman debbie waserman schultz. >> my pleasure. great to be with you. >> you said today there is no excuse for what happened in nevada. what is there no excuse and what is your reaction to that young sanders supporter we heard explaining on our air, they wanted to be heard? it's a shame it was contentious, but they really fell like they didn't get their voices out there? >> well, first of all, let me reiterate the democratic national committee is neutral when it comes to this primary. >> that having been said, the reports i heard from this weekend, the nevada democratic convention were seriously disturbing. i did listen to that young sanders supporter just now, the process she talked about, perfectly reasonable, underst

danny freeman, nbc? >> [indiscernible] in california you said you're going to hold a lot of big rallies. have there been any lessons learned from states like new york were you predicted you would do better that you apply to these upcoming primaries? bernie sanders: good question. i thanks for giving me the virginity to enter that in this -- opportunity to answer that. new york state, what are we, 42%, 43% of the vote? 3 million independents in new york state disenfranchised. they could not vote because of the crime of writing down the they were independents. i think that's absurd. i can't tell you, and i will not tell you, if they were allowed to vote, and by the way, in most polls, in most contests, we do far, far better than clinton in the independent vote. sometimes when you get two out of three votes. i cannot tell you that we would have won. i don't know. no question, though, that we would have done much, much better. so we walk into not only are we , taking on -- i don't mean to cry here, but we kn

and danny freeman is in santa monica covering the sanders campaign. an early good morning to you.s the candidate believe he's got a shot at taking the golden state? >> reporter: good morning, alex. the simple answer is yes. senator sanders very much does believe he has a shot winning and taking california. there are a few things you can see as a tell that he believes he can take this state. the first thing is that of course he has gone up with ad buys in the state in places such as san francisco, fresno. but also you can tell because his schedule is so intense in the next 11 days leading up to that june 7th primary. he is spending just about every day here in california holding multiple events a day and often big rallies. his goal to speak to 200,000 people at some of these large rallies before june 7. he was in san pedro last night at an event. check out what he said about the california strategy. >> brothers and sisters, we can win here in california. we can win in many of the other states coming up on june 7th. with your support we can go into the democratic national convention

danny freeman, nbc. >> [inaudible] these big rallies. in california you said you're going to hold a lot of big rallies. have you learned any lessons from states like new york for you projected you would do better? here's thes: difficulty. good question. thanks for giving me the opportunity to answer that. 42%york state, what are we, , 43% of the vote? 3 million independent voters in new york state disenfranchised. they could not vote because of the crime of writing down the they were independent voters. i think that's absurd. polls, in, in most most contests, we do far, far better than clinton in the independent vote. cannot tell you that we would have won. i don't know. no question, though, that we would have done much, much better. we walk into -- not only are we taking on -- i don't mean to cry here, but we know we are getting into. we accept them. we are doing the best of the cap area please appreciate that in state after state, where cannot vote, we are at a real disadvantage. it's a little bit absurd because independents vote in a

danny freeman, nbc? >> [indiscernible] in california you said you're going to hold a lot of big rallies. have there been any lessons learned from states like new york were you predicted you would do better that you apply to these upcoming primaries? bernie sanders: good question. i thanks for giving me the virginity to enter that in this -- opportunity to answer that. new york state, what are we, 42%, 43% of the vote? 3 million independents in new york state disenfranchised. they could not vote because of the crime of writing down the they were independents. i think that's absurd. i can't tell you, and i will not tell you, if they were allowed to vote, and by the way, in most polls, in most contests, we do far, far better than clinton in the independent vote. sometimes when you get two out of three votes. i cannot tell you that we would have won. i don't know. no question, though, that we would have done much, much better. so we walk into not only are we , taking on -- i don't mean to cry here, but we kn

danny freeman, nbc? >> [indiscernible] in california you said you're going to hold a lot of big rallies. have there been any lessons learned from states like new york were you predicted you would do better that you apply to these upcoming primaries? bernie sanders: good question. and thanks for giving me the opportunity to answer that. new york state, what are we, 42%, 43% of the vote? 3 million independents in new york state were disenfranchised. they could not vote because of the crime of writing down the they were independents. i think that's absurd. i can't tell you, and i will not tell you, if they were allowed to vote, and by the way, in most polls, in most contests, we do far, far better than clinton in the independent vote. sometimes when you get two out of three votes. i cannot tell you that we would have won. i don't know. no question, though, that we would have done much, much better. so we walk into, not only are we taking on -- i don't mean to cry here, but we know we are getting into. we kn