eight years ago, the cwa chose not to make an goarmt ne endorsement. this time it was a landslide, even sweeter for vermont senator. on thursday he also received the enforcement of the democrats for america. drafting massachusetts senator elizabeth warren. warren and sanders and most conservatives share one concern. >> while the middle class continues to disappear, almost all of the new wealth and income being created in america today is going to the top 1%. that's not what our economy should be about. >> in a speech thursday, sanders said the anger across america is understandable. and he took a shot at republican donald trump. >> the challenge of our time is to make sure that we do not allow demagogues to use that anger to divide us up, our job is to bring our people together to attack the real issues, the real problems, back in this country. >> those problems according to sanders are income inequality, skyrocketing cost of college education and corporate eleads. hillary clinton has issued proposals to try tackle those challenges. >> in america if you

i know about the cwa is that your endorsement is not just a paper endorsement and not just a press release endorsement. we're going to have thousands of people on the ground knocking on doors and making phone calls and helping us as we do what needs to be done in this country and that is create a political revolution. >> welcome back. that was presidential candidate and bernie sanders with his endorsement. one of the largest labor unions in the country. 700,000 members strong. workers are in the tell con media and third labor endorsement. it does tail behind hillary clinton who has received 18 national labor endorsements. joining me right now is the president of the communication workers of america. mr. president thanks for joining us and thank you for putting the show on. engineers who work here at nbc especially, let me ask you about this. why hillary clinton, i'm sorry, why bernie sander windshield hillary clinton leading so far? >> we did an exhaustive poll of our members since september and we had tens of thousands of our members vote in that poll and they voted for bernie sanders. th

. >> reporter: that means the cwa with more than 700,000 members will now dispatch thousands of activists into the early nomination contests. they will go door to door and make phone calls and help the campaign turn out the vote. >> god bless the united states of america. >> eight years ago the cwa chose not to make an endorsement in the obama/clinton nomination race. this team the members' decision was a landslide. >> they voted decisively for bernie sanders. >> even sweeter for the vermont senator, on thursday he also received the endorsement of the million-member group democracy for america. earlier this year dfa organized a movement to draft massachusetts senator elizabeth warr warren. warren, sanders and most progressives share one major concern. >> while the middle class continues to disappear almost all of the new wealth and income being created in america today is going to the top 1%. that's not what our economy should be about. >> reporter: in a speech thursday, sanders said the anger across america is understandable, and he took a shot at republican donald trump. >> the challeng

the cwa represents about 700,000 workers nationally, making it the biggest union to endorse sanders, so far. right now, unions representing about 12 million workers are backing hillary clinton. gop presidential candidate ben carson caring a cancel -- canceling a trip to israel and africa, citing security concerns. his campaign manager says there was threats but would not give specifics. it is official, new hampshire' s first in the nation primary will be held in november. the democrats hit the debate stage this saturday in new hampshire. you can watch it live on channel five. coverage starts at 5:00 p.m. new revelations about the suspects in last month' s deadly terror attacks in paris. the apps they reportedly used to prevent their plans from being detected. deadly highway shootings. the alleged motive behind a man' s shooting spree in oklahoma. mike: some of you have been asking for snow for christmas. i am tracking flurries this weekend. i will show you when they might fall. erika: the man dubbed the country' s most hated ceo for raising drug prices by more than what makes this si

so the cwa has about 700,000 members.rs had also picked up earlier endorsements from the postal workers union, from a nurses union. that said, hillary clinton's campaign can claim endorsements from some major unions that total about 12 million in members. so hillary clinton dwarfing bernie sanders when it comes to total support from unions at this point. you say that debate is coming up on saturday night between hillary and bernie. that will be held in manchester, new hampshire. new hampshire, the site of the first in the nation democratic primary. the most recent polling out of new hampshire -- again, this is interesting given the relative lack of attention to the democratic race lately, their most recent poll does show bernie sanders ten points ahead of hillary clinton. and that lead-off primary state. we should qualify that by saying hillary clinton does lead by about the same margin in iowa, which will hold a lead-off caucuses, and here's the more significant thing, when you get past iowa and past new hampshire into s

what i would have hopes is that unions who believe in democracy would have done what the cwa is reallyreate a wide open process. maybe we'd win. maybe we wouldn't win. i don't know. but i think we would have won a lot more national union support. >> but perhaps sanders' biggest win of the day came when the multi -- when the million member progressive group democracy for america announced that it, too, was throwing its support behind the democratic challenger. it's the same group that helped lead the charge to draft senator elizabeth warren into the race earlier this year. the sanders endorsement marks the first time in the organization's 11-year history that it had opted to back a presidential candidate. >>> still ahead on "way too early," the wife of pga champ jason day taken away on a stretcher after a 6'8", 250 pound lebron james went careening out of bounds last night. >>> plus, the drug company ceo vilified for price gouging is now out of jail on bond. but this morning it seems the hits keep on coming. those stories and a check on weather, when "way too early," excuse me, comes ri

is his largest labor endorsement yet comes from the communication workers association, the cwa is thegest communications and media union in the u.s. it represents about 700,000 telecommunications and technology workers. >>> and the nation's largest theme parks are taking new security precautions. disneyworld, seaworld, and universal theme parks have all installed metal detectors at their entrances. officials say that's in response to growing violence around the world. all three parks have added more uniformed security guards inside and outside their grounds. many fans on social media welcomed the changes saying they were long overdue. >>> "star wars" fans have just hours to wait to see the droids, with wookies and all their favorite characters. how big will their opening be? nbc 10 national correspondent mark barger takes a look. >> those stories about what happened -- >> reporter: "star wars: the force awakens" arrives with more than $100 million in advanced ticket sales. >> this is a movie with an anticipation level unlike anything we've ever seen. >> >> reporter: it's expected to r

the cwa workers making it the biggest union to endorse sandor so far. right now unions representing 12 million workers are backing hillary clinton. emily: secretary of defense ash carter facing criticism over his use of a personal e-mail account for some government business. this happened during his first few months on the job and it is against state department rules. white house officials say carter continued the practice for two months after it was publicly revealed that hillary clinton used a private e-mail as secretary of state. a spokesperson for carter says the secretary admits it was was a mistake. erika: a survivor of the boston marathon attack is died. kevin white passed away this week from what his family described as a sudden illness. whit inspirede many by running the marathon one year after he was hurt. he had shrapnel wounds all over his body. his parents were also seriously hurt. his father losing a -- a leg. emily: erika: a coast guard petty ryan ross was arraigned yesterday accused of possession of child porn. he is being held while he

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communications workers association announced its endorsement of the vermont senator yesterday in the nation's capitol. cwa is the country's largest communications and media labor union. sanders picked up the backing of the liberal group democracy for america. and you can stay with eyewitness news and abc news for our free news updates about the upcoming presidential election. gma will have a live report from new hampshire coming up at 7:00. >>> you're never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic and bill evans with your accuweather seven-day forecast. >> here we go, we take a look outside from our camera on the roof looking across 5th avenue, across the park, looking at a beautiful morning here. it's going to be a day where we have a beautiful sunrise. we've got clouds, most of the clouds are going to hang in at the coast. as the sun gets up this morning, we're looking at a pretty good day. the temperature falling all day down now to 51 degrees. when i arrived here at 3:00 this morning it was 56 degrees. it's been dropping all morning long. it will drop all day long into the high pressure from

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