perez won the chairmanship on saturday in a tight race against keith elson.l be to rebuild the democratic party after hillary clinton's loss to the president of the united states in november. the president says he will not be attending the annual white house correspondents' dinner come april 29th. this is a break in tradition as the president is usually the guest of honor there. mr. frtrump has a rocky relationship with the media referring to it as an enemy of the american people. >>> they are calling for a special prosecutor to lead the investigation of the russian involvement in the presidential election. darryl isis says jeff sessions she recuse himself. law enforcement officials have told cnn that trump aides were in constant communications during the campaign with russians known to u.s. intelligence. >>> an apparent disconnect fw n between mr. trump and his new national security adviser over the phrase radical isla i mick terrorism. o o officials say his arrival and miss discussions with staff are really boosting morale, which was sinking under flynn. we

. >> this from hillary clinton, quote, congrats to dnc chair, tom perez and deputy keith elson. excited for strong, unified party standing for best of our country into the future. >> we want to talk about the developments from the political world there with us from birmingham, england. scott lucas, professor of international politics joins us often. nice to see you. thank you for talking with us. >> thank you. >> bottom line, if you were advising this new leader of the democrats, what would be your advice for a democratic comeback. how do they approach this? >> i think he is already implementing it along with keith ellison, who he narrowly defeated yesterday. the watch word is unity. that means that divisions we saw between hillary clinton and bernie sanders and ripples of that even up to now, that's gone. i think there is consensus that given the threat of trump, not just a party threat but a threat to many issues, many values that they consider important, the democrats are looking to rally. it is going to be easier for them than it is when they are in power ironically. in oppo

right now what's happening is you have two top candidates, that's congressman keith elson and tom perezmes from it obama, clinton wing. neither of them are going to have enough votes to win on the first ballot. that's at least what all the people are saying. they're going to have to start cutting deals with some of these lesser candidates to get their voters to come to their side. the stuff that's happening on the stage communicating to the grassroots activities activists of the party, and sending the message of the party is supposed to look like. what's happening off the floor when they're having conversations about the candidates about who's going to emerge on the ballot in atlanta. >> there was some criticism between the bernie sanders supporters and the hillary clinton% supporters about the establishment, the partying favoring one turnovover the oth. are you seeing that in the process now? how clear cut is it when it comes down to who get to vote and is it a simple majority? >> all of the candidates are going to out of their way to stress how much they like each other, they compare