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Bernie Sanders will endorse Hillary Clinton for president at an event Tuesday that will be in New Hampshire, a source intimately involved in Clinton campaign field operations and strategy confirmed to CBS News on Thursday. The source confirmed to CBS News' Major Garrett that advance teams are preparing for the dual event. Clinton's campaign, the source added, is also coordinating planning with the Democratic National Committee to maximize the impact of a Sanders endorsement and to demonstrate party unity ahead of the Republican National Convention the week after next. Sanders came very close to officially endorsing her in an interview Thursday with Bloomberg's Al Hunt. "We have got to do everything that we can to defeat Donald Trump and elect Hillary Clinton," he said in an interview that will air on PBS's "Charlie Rose" program. "I don't honestly know how we would survive four years of a Donald Trump" as president. While he still hasn't officially dropped out of the presidential race, late last month, Sanders had also said that he will vote for Clinton in November's general election. The endorsement will come after a long primary battle between Sanders and Clinton during which they each went after each other's policy positions and voting records. Sanders even questioned whether Clinton was qualified to be commander-in-chief at one point, although he quickly walked the statement back. While Clinton endorsed then-Senator Obama just a few days after the end of the presidential primary cycle in 2008, Sanders has waited much longer since the primaries officially ended in mid-June to make a move. Sanders is trying to influence changes in the Democratic Party platform this month, though Clinton has already proposed an expansion in her college affordability plan. The endorsement will come a few weeks before they head to their convention in Philadelphia at the end of the month.

Many Democrats reluctant to publicly criticize Sanders UPDATED 1:52 PM EDT Jul 06, 2016 Spencer Platt/Getty Images WASHINGTON (CNN) —House Democrats roughed up Sen. Bernie Sanders in a closed-door session Wednesday after he deflected questions about when he would formally back Hillary Clinton for president, with a group of members booing him at one point, according to three Democrats who attended the meeting. The vast majority of House Democrats endorsed Clinton's candidacy early in the primary process, but Sanders was invited to attend the weekly meeting as a courtesy extended to all presidential candidates. When Clinton appeared last month, she was applauded and praised for her commitment to help Democrats regain control of Congress this fall. Many Democrats have been reluctant to publicly criticize Sanders for continuing his campaign because they want to ensure that the supporters he activated through the long primary contest will come out and vote for the Democratic ticket in November. But some members let out their frustration with the Vermont senator Wednesday morning, with one member calling Sanders' appearance before the caucus a "total display of self-obsession." During the discussion, Sanders told the group "the goal is not to win elections" and took a dramatic pause, before adding that the aim was to win the battle of ideas, according to multiple sources in the room. A series of Democrats pressed Sanders to say when he would end his efforts and endorse Clinton and work to unite the party. But after Reps. John Garamendi of California, Mark Takano of California and Joyce Beatty of Ohio, failed to get a concrete answer from the senator, roughly a dozen members booed him inside the room. During one exchange several members chanted "timeline, timeline" when Sanders' sidestepped a question on when he would back Clinton. Asked about his message to the House Democratic Caucus, Sanders said as he left the session, "We've got to get a large voter turnout. If we get a large voter turnout, Democrats will regain control of the Senate and I believe they're going to take the House back." House Democratic Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra, who presided over the meeting, said he never heard any boos during the session, but downplayed the dissent, saying the discussion was "animated." He said members did focus on the need to unify, and Sanders informed House Democrats that Clinton was announcing her support for his approach on college affordability. The number two House Democrat, Rep Steny Hoyer, told reporters he was sitting in the front row during the meeting with Sanders and didn't hear anyone booing. He said Sanders told Democrats he would do all he could to defeat Donald Trump this fall and he took that to say he was backing Clinton. He described some members as being "anxious" about Sanders' answer about when he would endorse Clinton. Virginia Rep Gerry Connolly took issue with some descriptions of the meeting on twitter, saying, "Bernie was respectfully received by Caucus. Some disagreements, yes, but a friendly venue" and "Sanders was reflective and thoughtful in responses. Expressions of disagreement are NOT booing."

WASHINGTON - They carved a path for Bernie Sanders. In some of the biggest crowds of the presidential campaign, his Secret Service detail was always close. Those rallies are over now. Sanders is back in the Senate. His agents? Still right by his side. And American taxpayers are picking up the tab. Sanders won't be the nominee. He's finally even said so himself. "It doesn't appear that I'm going to be the nominee," Sanders said. Yet his protection is costing at least $40,000 a day, a federal official told CNN. That's more than a half-million dollars since the last primary June 14. If he doesn't formally drop out until the convention, the total price tag will be nearly $2 million. A spokesman for Sanders declined to discuss his security or its cost. The senator did, too. "I think security is probably something we shouldn't be talking about too much," Sanders said. But many of his fellow senators are talking about it. Several told CNN privately they are stunned to see Sanders at the capitol with such an entourage. "I love Bernie, he's a good senator. He has certainly contributed in this presidential campaign, but it is now time for him to stand down," said Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Florida. Security precautions are always sensitive. So many senators did not want to place blame on Sanders, but they said it's incumbent on him to get out of this race soon to support Hillary Clinton and send the Secret Service back to their other assignments. http://www.wcax.com/story/32374529/sanders-secret-service-still-costing-taxpayers-40k-a-day

Only reason Sanders hasn't given up is because he's holding out hope that Clinton gets indited before the convention

https://vtdigger.org/2016/05/22/bernie-briefing-sanders-caught-in-a-reflected-glare/