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DEFINING MOMENT.
>> ALL THOSE DELEGATES IN FAVOR,
SAY AYE.
[CROWD CHEERING AYE].
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NO.
[CROWD CHEERING NO].
>> IN THE OPINION -- LET ME DO
THAT AGAIN.
ALL OF THOSE DELEGATES...
FROM FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[CROWD CHEERING AYE].
>> ALL THOSE DELEGATES OPPOSED
SAY NO.
[CROWD CHEERING NO]
[GRUMBLING FROM CROWD]
>> I... I GUESS...
>> HAVE YOU TO LET THEM DO WHAT
THEY ARE GOING TO DO.
>> I'LL DO THAT ONE MORE TIME.
ALL THOSE DELEGATES IN FAVOR,
SAY AYE.
[CROWD CHEERING AYE].
>> ALL THOSE DELEGATES OPPOSED
SAY NO.
[CROWD CHEERING NO].
>> IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR,
TWO-THIRDS OF THE VOTE IS IN THE
AFFIRMATIVE.
THE MOTION IS ADOPTED AND THE
PLATFORM HAS BEEN AMENDED AS
SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
>> SEAN: JOINING US NOW, FORMER
CLINTON ADVISER, AUTHOR OF THE
BOOK "SCREWED," *** MORRIS IS
BACK.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PARTY OF
THE PEOPLE, ***?
>> THERE WAS NO QUESTION HE
DIDN'T HAVE A TWO-THIRDS
MAJORITY.
PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE A SIMPLE
MAJORITY.
THAT SHOWS HOW DEEPLY, DEEPLY
AGAINST OUR TRADITIONAL VALUES
AS A COUNTRY AND OUR SUPPORT OF
ISRAEL THE CORE OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS.
HERE, THE PRESIDENT WAS TRYING
TO RE-INSERT JERUSALEM AND GOD
AND HIS OWN DELEGATES DIDN'T
WANT TO LET HIM DO IT.
>> SEAN: YEAH.
YOU KNOW ONE THING, THE L.A.
MAYOR WHO WAS OBVIOUSLY TRYING
TO GET THE CROWD AGAIN AND AGAIN
TO GO HIS WAY, IT WAS ACTUALLY
WRITTEN IN THE PROMPTER.
WE GOT A SHOT OF THIS, WHERE IT
SAID IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR
TWO,-THIRDS HAVING VOTED IN THE
AFFIRMATIVE, IT WAS ALREADY
WRITTEN IN AS A PREORDAINED
ISSUE.
LET'S GO TO THE SPEECH OF THE
PRESIDENT.
YOUR GENERAL THOUGHTS?
>> I'M SORRY.
BEFORE WE LEAVE THAT, I WANT TO
POINT OUT THAT THERE WERE THREE
THINGS THAT WERE DELETED FROM
THE ISRAEL PLANK.
JERUSALEM, WHICH THEY PUT BACK
IN.
A PROVISION THAT SAID WE SHOULD
ISOLATE HAMAS, AS A TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION.
THEY TOOK THAT OUT AND IT STAYED
OUT.
AND THEN A PROVISION SAYING THAT
PALESTINIAN REFUGEES SHOULD
SETTLE IN NEW PALESTINIAN STATE
AND NOT SEEK TO RETURN TO
ISRAEL.
THOSE ARE THE CORE DEMANDS OF
ISRAEL IN THE NEGOTIATIONS.
THE UNITED STATES HAS ALWAYS
SUPPORTED THOSE POSITIONS.