debbie wassermann schultz saying -- it is hard to argue.he sanders campaign would be saying this was spying, this was trying to get our information and you better cut off their access. >> we are hearing a lot from the clinton campaign -- >> they just concluded a conference call. they are saying the sanders campaign changed the story a little bit and there has been some evolution in the sanders story about this. they are trying to -- the goal is to shift this to the democratic national committee has it in for us and trying to promote hillary clinton and ignoring the fact that it was ultimately somebody on their side who went to the clinton side and the clinton side is trying to remind people of that. >> appreciate you clearing some of that up for us. for more on the political reaction to the story we want to bring in bill preston and roland martin, host of news one now. when we are listening to everything unfolding here, as steve pointed out there are many who do feel that debbie wassermann schultz and dnc are clearly in the hillary clinton

joined by the chairwoman of the democratic national committee, and she is congresswoman debbie wassermann schultz. thank you for joining us. >> thank you sh, jim. it is great to be with you today. >> and now, the conventional wisdom is that these comments help democrats in 2016 and it will weaken the support of whoever the republican candidate is, but i wonder, is that definite? because clearly, he is giving voice to a certain part of the party, and that support is proving more durable than many expected. i feel like every month people say he is eventually going to burn out, and not just the national numbers, but the numbers in the local races, iowa and new hampshire are still solid for him, and so, you know, how do you rectify those two? >> well, the way i look at this, jim, is that our responsibility as americans, my responsibility as the leader of one of the two major national party s ies is t sound the alarm bell here. i mean, what is coming out of the republican side of the presidential field is nothing short of un-american for a variety of reasons. one is that just that donald trump is hurt

thank you, debbie wassermann schultz for join g ing us. >> thank you, wolf. >>> and by the way, the staffer was fired said no malicious intent, and telling cnn by phone, that we knew that there was a security breach in the data and trying to understand it, and what was happening to the best of my knowledge, nobody took anything that would have given the campaign any benefit. let's bring in the senior political reporter nia-malika henderson. and gloria borger, it is a huge fight between the sanders campaign, and the dnc from watching from the sidelines. >> yes, the sanders' campaign is accusing the dnc of route -- of routing for them, and keeping the data which is the lifeblood of the campaign and the donor base is the life blood of the campaign or the people who are your potential voters and supporters are the lifeblood of your campaign. and what they are saying is, look, we admit that we screwed up, and our guys accessed the information that was there because the vendors screwed up. but regoingwe are going to take court, because we need it to mount an effective campaign, and it is dicey, w

debbie wassermann schultz is joining us now.n but do you think this neutralizes a weapon between the campaigns, moving forward of the data breach? >> well, i was very pleased to see that bernie sanders apologized. that was the right thing to do. he took responsibility as a candidate and said his campaign engaged in wrongdoing and said he was disappointed. what it allows us to do is make sure we can move forward with the independent investigation, that the sanders campaign has agreed to participate in and cooperate with us in on. and i was very glad that -- and very proud of our candidates last night, because the -- other than that first question, the rest of the debate was very substantive and robust and it allowed us to make sure that our candidates drew a very stark contrast with their vision with the country compared to the extremism we saw last tuesday on the debate stage for the republicans. >> let's get to the rest of the debate then. one name we heard many times was donald trump. we heard one comment from secretary clinto

that's the seat held by debbie wassermann schultz, the chair won of the democratic national committee. his lawyers argued that conviction does not make him ineligible to run for congress. >>> good morning, everybody. another "storm team 4" weather alert day. weather and your plans. ite going to have an impact on the frort part of the day. the heaviest rain will be at around 1:00 or 2:00 this afternoon and by evening time, cloudy, mild, still wet around the region. flood watches around the metro area. another inch is possible on top of the one or two. flash flooding is our biggest severe threat. "storm team 4" radar rushing through southern maryland now. that's the one that's coming our way from mid to late morning. more about that with your seven-day forecast in ten minutes. here's kim mccormick. >> as if we don't have enough already. there's a water main break closing duke lane and sweely. now, it's going to cause some problems for a lot of people. you can access the shopping center. so that is some good news but that's expected to be there for about eight hours. traffic is moving al

joining us from capitol hill is the congresswoman debbie wassermann schultz who is the chairman of the democratic national convention, and thank you very much for join g ing us. i assume you watched it? >> yes, every single painful bit of it. >> and every toom tham mentioned hillary clinton, theys assume that she is the presidential nominee, and the president has taken a lot of heat over his strategy to fight isis, and do you know where hillary clinton would differ with the president's current strategy? >> you know, wolf, what i was struck by last night was in thinking that if i had been watching and listening to this debate with my eyes closed, you would not have known that these were candidates for the presidents is si of the united states of america. it was more like a debate about the presidency of some authoritarian regime, because each and every one of the ka candidates has taken donald trump's playbook and tried to make off with it, and do everything they can to emulate and worship his agenda and his proposals and make sure that they can earn the support of his supporters antici

the dnc said it took them hostage by denying them access, but the committee chair debbie w wassermann schultz>> if it were on the other foot, and the sanders' campaign would expect me to respond in the same manner. >> and lingering questions over the data breach could cause for interesting debate for the final debate of the year. and kristen welker is in manchester for us, and i know that you heard from bernie sander sanders' campaign manager, and what did he tell you? >> he said that bernie sanders is prepared to address this issue, if it is going to be coming up at the e e p ba-- de e debate, and you can bet it will. and he is going to say that it came up, and he fired the staffer, and also, you could have him making the point that this highlights the fact that he has felt as though that he is fighting against the establishment, and the campaign believes it was an overreach by the dnc to shut off their access to their own data, and that is why they filed the lawsuit. they were moments away from going into court last night when the dnc and the sanders' campaign came to an agreement and the d