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You have 120 votes. How do you cast your votes . Madame chair lady, the great state of the birthplace of the Great Supreme Court Justice Thurgood marshall, the home of the naval academy. The home of the great, great senator barbara mulkusky who became the first woman elected to the United States senate elected from maryland and to chair the United States Senate Appropriations committee. And the leader of the chair tonight, the home of Stephanie Rawlings blake. We are elated to cast 36 votes for a truly great man Bernie Sanders. Maria we are listening to the roll call as they are up to maryland. I want to get to peter barnes. Hes on the floor of the wells fargo arena. Reporter maria, we are halfway through this roll call. We are under the vermont delegation behind me in the risers. We are expecting Bernie Sanders to show up there sometime in the next halfhour or so. He wants to sit with his delegates and there is speculation he may be coming down for the purposes of nominating Hillary C
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For peace. It has become political. Were the mothers bearing the children that are dying in the streets. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Reporting tonight from the Democratic National convention in philadelphia. Pelley and breaking news, history is just minutes away. The roll call of the states is continuing, and when it is over, Hillary Clinton will be the democratic candidate for president of the United States. A milestone for america, the first woman to win a major Party Nomination nearly a century after women first won the right to vote. Nancy cordes begins our coverage. Nancy . Reporter scott, ive spoken to a number of olden women in the arena tonight who say they never thought that they would live to see this moment. In a few minutes, we expect that senator Bernie Sanders will be arriving here in the vermont delegation, and he will be the one to announce that Hillary Clinton has gone over the top. Pelley if they didnt work this out. 61 votes for the next president