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>>> WELCOME BACK TO THE
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
I'M ANDERSON COOPER HERE JUST
ABOVE THE CONVENTION FLOOR IN
THE CNN SKYBOX.
WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING A LOT
TONIGHT ON THE DEBATE OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM.
SOME ODD, UNSCRIPTED MOMENTS
EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON IN
PUTTING BACK IN THE WORD GOD IN
THE PLATFORM, WHICH HAD BEEN
OMITTED, AS WELL AS RECOGNIZING
JERUSALEM AS THE CAPITAL OF
ISRAEL.
BRIANNA KEILAR IS ON THE FLOOR
WITH THE HEAD OF THE DNC, DEBBIE
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ.
BRIANNA?
>> Reporter: I'M HEAR WITH
DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, THE
CHAIRWOMAN OF THE DNC.
YOU'RE ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT
JEWISH LAWMAKERS.
HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN YOU
LEARNED THAT THE PLATFORM
OMITTED JERUSALEM AS THE CAPITAL
OF ISRAEL?
>> WELL, REALLY, IT WAS
ESSENTIALLY A TECHNICAL
OVERSIGHT.
AND PRESIDENT OBAMA, BECAUSE HE
PERSONALLY BELIEVES THAT
JERUSALEM IS AND ALWAYS SHOULD
REMAIN THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL, HE
MADE SURE THAT WE AMENDED THE
PLATFORM TO REFLECT HIS PERSONAL
VIEW AS WELL AS REFLECT THE
LANGUAGE THAT WE HAD IN THE
PLATFORM IN 2008.
GOES ON TO SAY, AS WE HAD IN THE
PLATFORM AND THAT HAS REFLECTED
DECADES OF AMERICAN POLICY FOR
REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTS THAT ESSENTIALLY,
JERUSALEM IS THE SUBJECT OF
FINAL STATUS TALKS BETWEEN THE
TWO PARTIES.
>> Reporter: AND THE LANGUAGE ON
GOD, YOU WOULD CALL A TECHNICAL
OVERSIGHT AS WELL?
>> YEAH, THE LANGUAGE ON GOD.
WHILE WE WERE AMENDING THE
PLATFORM TO INCLUDE JERUSALEM
AND THE PRESIDENT'S PERSONAL
VIEW, WE ALSO FELT IT WAS
IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
MADE A REFERENCE THERE.
>> Reporter: ISN'T THAT
FRUSTRATING?
A TECHNICAL OVERSIGHT?
THE RAMIFICATIONS ARE SOMEWHAT
SERIOUS.
YOU OPEN YOURSELF WIDE FOR
CRITICISM FROM REPUBLICANS WHO
SAY THE PRESIDENT'S MOVING AWAY
FROM ISRAEL.
>> I'M SO PROUD OF OUR
PRESIDENT'S STELLAR RECORD ON
ISRAEL AND PROUD THAT OUR PROUD
IS 100% STRONG ON THE
U.S./ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP, ON
MAKING SURE THAT ISRAEL REMAINS
A JEWISH AND DEMOCRATIC STATE.
WE HAVE EVEN STRONGER LANGUAGE
THAN THE REPUBLICANS DO ON
PREVENTING IRAN FROM ACHIEVING A
NUCLEAR WEAPON.
SO I WAS ALREADY EXTREMELY PROUD
OF THIS STRONG PRO-ISRAEL
PLATFORM.
I'M EVEN MORE PROUD THAT
PRESIDENT OBAMA WANTED TO MAKE
SURE THAT IT REFLECTED HIS
PERSONAL VIEW THAT JERUSALEM IS
AND ALWAYS WILL BE THE CAPITAL
OF ISRAEL.
>> Reporter: HOW WAS IT
OVERLOOKED?
>> YOU KNOW, LOOK, FORUMS ARE
MANY PAGES LONG.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE'VE TAKEN
STEPS, WE'VE AMENDED IT,
PRESIDENT OBAMA FELT IT WAS
IMPORTANT TO REFLECT HIS
PERSONAL VIEW AND IT'S DONE.
AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AND
CONTINUING THIS CONVENTION.
>> Reporter: WHAT ABOUT THE
PROCESS OF CHANGING THE
PLATFORM?
THREE VOICE VOTES THAT HAD TO BE
DONE.
THERE WAS BOOING ON THE FLOOR.
THAT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT WHAT YOU
WANT TO BE SEEING, DISCORD --
>> THERE WASN'T ANY DISCORD.
AS MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA PRESIDED,
IT TAKES A TWO-THIRDS VOTE.
HE HAD TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A
TWO-THIRDS VOTE.
WHEN HE REALIZED THAT WE DID, WE
MOVED FORWARD.
>> Reporter: SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE
DIDN'T THINK IT WAS A TWO-THIRDS
VOTE.
>> IT ABSOLUTELY WAS.
BECAUSE OUR PLATFORM WAS ADOPTED
YESTERDAY THAT HAS VERY STRONG
PRO-LIRZ LANGUAGE S A STRONG
PRO-LIRZ PLATFORM, AS THE FIRST
JEWISH WOMAN TO REPRESENT
CONGRESS IN FLORIDA WHO TAKES MY
LOVE OF ISRAEL TO WORK WITH ME
EVERY DAY, I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT
THIS PRESIDENT.
ISRAEL'S NEVER HAD A GREATER
FRIEND THAN PRESIDENT OBAMA.
>> Reporter: I DIDN'T TALK TO
YOU YESTERDAY BUT SOME OF MY
COLLEAGUES DID.
I SPOKE WITH OTHER PEOPLE CLOSE
TO THE PRESIDENT AND THEY STOOD
BY THE PLATFORM AND SAID, NO,
NO, IT'S NOT A MISTAKE.
BUT IT SEEMS VERY MUCH A CHANGE
TODAY WHERE WE SEE THIS HAS BEEN
AMENDED.
IT'S A DIFFERENCE IN LANGUAGE
BETWEEN YESTERDAY AND TODAY.
>> NO, NO, IT'S NOT ACTUALLY.
BECAUSE PRESIDENT OBAMA REALLY
FELT THAT IT WAS PERSONALLY
IMPORTANT TO HIM TO MAKE SURE
THAT HIS PERSONAL VIEW, THAT
JERUSALEM IS AND ALWAYS WILL
REMAIN THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL,
WAS REFLECTED IN THE PLATFORM.
AND THIS WAS DIRECTLY THE RESULT
OF HIS PERSONAL VIEW.
AND SOMETHING AMENDING THE
PLATFORM DURING THE CONVENTION,
BECAUSE IT WAS THE PRESIDENT'S
PRIORITY, DEMONSTRATES HE HAS
ISRAEL'S BACK AND ALWAYS WILL.
>> Reporter: AND YOU REPRESENT A
DISTRICT WITH A NUMBER OF
JEWISH/AMERICAN VOTERS, IT'S
PERSONALLY IMPORTANT TO YOU AND
WE THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE
TIME.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I HAVE TO GO TO THE PANEL WITH
THIS.
DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ SAID NO
CHANGE OF LANGUAGE.
NO DICORD WE SAW.
>> AND IT WAS A 2/3 VOTE.
THAT WAS AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE.
>> THAT'S WHY PEOPLE ARE SO
TIRED OF POLITICIANS IN BOTH
PARTIES.
YOU APPRECIATE A POLITICIAN LIKE
RAHM EMANUEL.
EVIDENTLY SHE WAS SO UPSET IT
CURLED HER HAIR.
>> SHE MADE THE POINT OVER AND
OVER AGAIN THAT THE PRESIDENT IS
HAPPY THIS REFLECTS HIS PERSONAL
VIEW.
>> LET ME POINT OUT AGAIN, THIS
IS THE SAME PERSON WHO LAST WEEK
OR TWO WEEKS AGO ATTACKING THE
ROMNEY CAMPAIGN, IT'S THE
CANDIDATE WHO SETS THE PLATFORM,
DESIGNS AND RIGHTS THE PLATFORM
IT WASN'T TRUE WHAT SHE WAS