Really contested primaries that broke away from an early process we started to see. We have brian and rachel at 30 rock who will anchor our special coverage starting right now. Thank you, everybody in philadelphia. Elijah cummings, congressman from maryland, is starting off the maryland lets go to him. This is the best television i have seen in years. Im having such a good time. Thats where well be. The home of the great, great senator barbara mikulski. Who in 1986 became the first woman elected to the United States senate from maryland and the first marylander and woman to chair the United States Senate Appropriations committee and of course, the leader of the chair tonight, the home of stephanie rawlingsblake. Madam chair, we are elated to cast 36 votes for a truly great man, Bernie Sanders, and we are excited and we are happy to cast 84 votes for the next president of the United States of america, Hillary Rodham clinton. Maryland, you have cast 84 votes for secretary clinton and 36
But what if anything do die hard Bernie Sanders spokes have in store . We have full coverage from here in philadelphia. Our reporters talking to delegates, previewing todays nomination roll call, bringing us the latest from the floor in the Wells Fargo Center. Somewhere down below where im sitting on the floor is Nbcs Kelly Odonnell and shes been doing what she does best, talking to people, getting the full story for whats going to happen for this roll call vote, walk us through it, kelly. We have new information for you kate. As we reported earlier today, Bernie Sanders will not personally nominate Hillary Clinton but now we can tell you who will, one of the icons of the civil rights movement, georgia congressman john lewis along with the longestserving woman in congressional history barbara mikulski, senator of maryland and then a contest winner who i believe her name is nyla amaru, she participated in an online contest to nominate Hillary Clinton. She gets to part nate that, its her
Here in the cnn newsroom im in for poppy harlow. We begin with a potential new hacking attempt from russia, this time against an Electric Company in vermont. Burlington electric says malicious malware has been discord on one of its laptops and u. S. Authorities now believe it is the same malware that Russian Hackers used to meddle in the president ial election. Burlington electric maintains none of its info has been compromised, but vermonts governor Peter Shumlin is taking a hard line stance against the fact that there was even an attempt. Shumlin saying in a statement, quote, vermonters and all americans should be both alarmed and outraged that one of the worlds leading thugs, Vladimir Putin, has been attempting to hack our electric grid. This episode should highlight the urgent need for our federal government to vigorously pursue and put an end to this sort of russian meddling. That strong condemnation comes as the president elect offers anything but, instead Donald Trumps relations
And just how much of the vote of africanamericans could trump capture . Herman cain and leo terrell, oh, my goodness, i cannot wait for this, they will debate. This new wall street journal piece making a lot of waves. And its friday, so you know Raymond Arroyo is here. The oscars, apparently they are two white and too male. And hypocrisy, completely out of control. Prince harrys embarrassing groveling to the disney boss, all caught on tape. We will get to all of that. But first, as of the senate jockeys over the rules for next weeks impeachment trial, the president today announced his defense team, and is stacked with some serious legal minds where there is white House Counsel pat cipollone, trumps personal attorney jay sekulow, and just today, frequent guest on this show, on one of our legal panels, ken starr, alan dershowitz, and robert ray. All added in various capacities. Also jamie raskin and pam bondi, both formidable female attorneys, just great attorneys, forget whether theyre
Friends and colleagues from politics, social services and other walks of life attended a memorial service for State Sen. Dick Sears at Old First Church on Friday.