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the ap declared hillary clinton won the nomination hands down. is it any wonder bernie sanders is pounding the table he is not happy? welcome, everyone, i'm stuart varney in for newel cavuto, and this is your world. this headline appearing on the front page of the "new york times" early today citing an ap survey. it reads clinton hits nomination threshold defeating sanders, this before even one vote was cast in today's primaries, which still have hours to go. is that fair? the debate in a moment. first, to mike emanuel with the sanders campaign in santa monica, california. mike? >> the sanders campaign is clearly irritated, making the case those democratic superdelegates should not be counted until the convention in philadelphia. it is unfortunate that the media in a rush to judgment are ignoring the democratic national committee's clear statement that it is wrong to count the votes of superdelegates before they vote at the convention this summer. sanders has been campaigning non-stop in california. including a large rally last night in san franc

the ap declared hillary clinton won the nomination hands down.t any wonder bernie sanders is pounding the table he is not happy? welcome, everyone, i'm stuart varney in for newel cavuto, and this is your world. this headline appearing on the front page of the "new york times" early today citing an ap survey. it reads clinton hits nomination threshold defeating sanders, this before even one vote was cast in today's primaries, which still have hours to go. is that fair? the debate in a moment. first, to mike emanuel with the

caucuses and by their count of who the superdelegates say they will support, the ap was first to declare tonight that hillary clinton has achieved the number of delegates she needs to become the democratic party's presidential nominee. not long after ap made that determination, nbc news also declared that hillary clinton is the presumptive nominee of the democratic party. she has achieved the delegates she needs to clinch the nomination. now i need to tell you hillary clinton is going to be joining us tonight here on this show in just a few minutes as this news lands like a bombshell on the eve of what will be the final act of the democratic presidential primary in six states tomorrow, including in california, where secretary clinton is speaking right now. again, ap made this call tonight within the last hour. nbc made its own call with the same conclusion shortly thereafter. john lipinski, director of nbc's elections unit, he's here in just a moment to explain the thinking that went into this determination. so there's a couple things going on. we're keeping an eye on hillary clinton, speaking to her supporters in l

the ap has call ed it. they have declared that hillary clinton has reached the number of delegates she needs to clinch the democratic nomination. the ap made this call in the 8:00 p.m. hour and nbc news made its own call with the same conclusion. john lipinski is the director of elections unit. he's going to be here to explain what went into that determination. it's interesting. watching the candidates tonight, you might think that nothing happened or at least that nothing good happened. i mean, secretary clinton put out this tweet tonight. we're flattered, ap, but we have primaries to win. california, montana, north dakota, new jersey, south dakota, vote tomorrow. then the campaign manager down played it. this is an important milestone, but there are six states that are voting tuesday with millions of people heading to the polls and hillary clinton is work iin to earn every vote. we look forward to tuesday night when hillary clinton will clinch not only a win in the popular vote, but also the majority of pledge delegates. and then the sanders campaign put out this statement flatly rejecting these declarations by th

the ap has called it. they've declared that hillary clinton has reached the number of delegates she needs to clinch the democratic nomination and shortly thereafter, nbc news made its own call with the same conclusion. john is the elections unit and he'll explain the thinking going into that interest. it's interesting though. watching the candidates tonight, you might think nothing happened or that at least nothing good happened. secretary clinton put out this tweet tonight. "we're flattered, ap, but we've got primaries to win, california, montana, new mexico, north dakota new jersey vote tomorrow. and then and then the sanders campaign put out this statement. flatly rejecting these declarations by the networks that the nomination has been sewn up. quote. so, sanders campaign just rejecting tonight's determination by news networks, including nbc news that hillary clinton has clinched the democratic nomination. they're rejecting it. the clinton campaign isn't exactly leaping at the news, but secretary clinton did acknowledge it in passing in long beach, california, less than an hour after the news crossed the wire

the ap has now declared hillary clinton the winner of the democratic primary here in california. >> aseen reporting through the morning, clinton came out on top with 56% of the vote among california democrats compared to 43% for bernie sanders. >> now, another big race here in california, the u.s. senate seat being vacated by barbara boxer. right now state attorney general cam lahairis has a sizable lead. loretta sanchez, a congressman from orange county, second place with 18%. because this is an open primary, the top two vote getters face each other in the runoff in november. we caught up with cam lahairis last night in san francisco and she says even with california's extremely diverse population, people have similar priorities. >> regardless of the god that you pray to or the language you speak or the country of your origin, all people, all californians are unified. >> she has been the frontrunner since beginning the campaign f she wins in november, she will be the second african-american women to serve in the united states senate. sanchez says her record shows she is ready for the

the ap came out with the declaration and today eight years ago to on this very day, hillary clinton dropped out of the race for the democratic nomination. >> you say he's holding out is that in the first debate let's forget about the whole e-mail. dagen: in the last two days, he went after the clinton foundation. i think he's having regrets. maria: i think so, too. >> is the end win for something? >> he thinks he can win this. maria: a lot of people think he can win this. >> i really don't know. we could still see a dewey defeats truman moment with ap declaring hillary clinton that the air. i just don't know. i really don't. maria: let's move on to donald trump. the presumptive republican nominee reports tried to sell insurgents to continue attacks on the trump university case. thomas under fire by democrats and republicans that say he's gone too far. could this recent comment that fire and create even more division among republicans just as people were coalescing? now we are hearing. >> i just have never seen to presumptive nominees create so many problems for themselves. when you start to

story, the ap anonymously contacting superdelegates that didn't even come out and name the people they were talking about and based on those secretive conversations, they declared that hillary clinton was the productive dominique. >> things heating up, we got a lot more to get to. between hillary clinton and donald trump, to into special report tonight when hillary clinton talks to our own brett bear, that's happening at 6 pm eastern time right here on fox news channel, you will not want to miss that. meanwhile, both hillary clinton and donald trump shifting to the general election. the latest politics average joe's them in a dead heat. still, slightly trump, 42 to 44 percent. the candidates wasted no time attacking each other. >> donald trump is temperamentally unfit to be president and commander-in-chief. [applause] he wants to win by stoking fear and rubbing salt in wounds. and reminding us daily how great he is. >> the clintons have turned the politics of personal enrichment into an art form for themselves. secretary clinton even did all the work on a totally illegal private server. hillary clinton turned the state department into her private hedge fund. the russians, the saudi

the margin of error more or less. this is deliberate. we think that's a little bit. ap cannot declare hillary clinton the winner. there's a concerted effort on the part of the traditional media to impact this race. maria: when donald trump says the media is dishonest, you agree. >> i'm a democrat in a democrat and i think i've been the beneficiary for the time. now that i'm on the other side, maybe i'm seen for what it is. >> is the republican tide you got there appeared cheryl: none of this will show what happens to love the sanders supporters. that is still the wild card. maria: this is so stunning that this huge quietly. it is because they use registered voters as opposed to likely voters. >> i think harlan is exactly right. "washington post" was clearly trying to come up with an intent. they want to create the narrative donald trump is ailing. if you talk to people, he is not failing. same thing we saw them break. a lot of people are afraid to say what they really want to do because they are afraid to be raised this or god knows what. if you say tell me what you like to do on the record and make it some ultr

the speeches came after the ap and the nbc news declared her the presumptive nominee setting hillary clintonhe first woman to secure a major party nomination. >> i'm asking you. i'll tell you, mark, i was surprised by it. again, i mean, they're calling it the presumptive nominee. we don't know what happens between now and the convention. the super delegates vote at the convention. you can't put those in her column until we see what happens. there are other things going on. there are investigations going on. i think you wait until actually the super delegates. >> trump is the presumptive nominee but i guess -- >> trump is over his number and he doesn't have to wait to see how people are going to vote at the convention. pledged delegates. >> yeah. look, let's pay homage to historic reality here. a woman securing a major party nomination. >> amazing. >> after florida in 2000, i became hard lines for anybody. it turns out there was voter error until it's certified. the press, as bob novak would say a lust for declaration. these are tallied. she's every bit as much the presumptive nominee as trum