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come on, let s clap. we made it through the storm. [applause] welcome to democracy in colors. democratic national committee chair forum. i m amy ellison, co-director of democracy in color. we re so thrilled that you re here. and along with our partners, me to and inclusive, we want to welcome you warmly here today. thanks so much for joining us here at george washington university for this historic and important conversation about the future of the democratic party. we want to welcome our viewers on live stream who are joining us from across the country. everywhere from ohio to florida, to california, to nevada. and we look forward to your comments, your photos, your perspective and if you don t mind using the hashtag dem in color or #dnc forum, we can follow along the conversation. we want to thank our partners jessica bird and the raven group for making tonight happen. [applause] and another note, we have some voting members of the democratic national committee ....
40 minutes. let s clap, we made it through the storm. [applause] to democracy in colors. the dnc form. id. the codirector imp director. along with our partners, we want to welcome you here today. thank you so much for joining us here at george washington important for this conversation about the future of the democratic party. we want to welcome our viewers on my extreme for joining us across the country. we look forward to your comments, photos, perspective. we also want to think our customers our partners for making cannot happen. [applause] making tonight happened. [applause] in another note, we have some voting members of the dnc in the audience, and we want to thank you for being here today. [applause] we want to also thank you for your service. the words, the music, and the message of the new american majority is a multiracial progressive that elected president obama. a framework conversation today. to get it started, i would like viceing to the stage presid ....
c-span announcer: c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was brought to you by public television companies, and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. the democratic national committee will elect a new chair later this month. the candidates met this weekend in baltimore to discuss outreach efforts for the organization. by white was moderated house correspondent april ryan, and included an introduction from dnc interim chair donna brazile. ready?candidates are as i said earlier today, i want to thank the maryland democratic party, the eastern caucus of the dnc for hosting us, the honorable catherine pugh, the mayor of baltimore, for hospitality. and i want to thank all my colleagues on the dnc and my special guests in the audience. be ablein, dnc members to talk to the candidates, have a dialogue. for those of you who are special guests, we have these forms. fill them out. to aprilring these up to interact with the candidates. we hav ....
i want to thank all of my colleagues on the dnc and special guests in the audience. once again, dnc members will begin with a have a dialogue with the candidates and special guests have, as you know, these forms have been passed out, and we have been bringing these questions up to april so that we will have those. take your seats, there are many people who want to get into the auditorium. we would like to get them in here as well. we are ready to get started. it is my honor to bring back to the state, a veteran journalist, white house correspondent for the american urban radio network, and author of a brand-new book, at momma s knee. april ryan, this is a great book. i m giving her up like because she deserves it. if you see her when this is over with, i promise you she will autograph it. april ryan my thank you for doing a tremendous job today. april: thank you, donna. she says she is going fishing after this. i see how the democrats do this now. it is an all-day ses ....
as i said earlier today, i want to thank the maryland democratic party, the easter caucus of the dnc for hosting us. the honorable catherine pugh, the mayor of baltimore, for her hospitality, and i want to thank my colleagues on the dnc and our special guests in the audience once again, once again dnc members will be able to talk to the candidates, have a dialogue and those of you are special guests, we have is you know these forms, fill them out we have been bringing the questions to april, april ryan to interact with the candidate. fill them out. we have some who will be walking around. there ll be many people who like to get into the auditorium. we would like them to commit as well. we are ready to get started. it s my honor to bring back to the stage of veteran journalist, white house correspondent for the american urban radio network and as i mentioned of a brand-new book at mom s knee, april ryan, the author presidency in black and white and chris matthews, and gi ....