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She is supposed to be speaking about the Dallas shootings.
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Getting ready to BBQ a couple of bone in chicken breasts
I'm sure it will be somewhere in southern NH.
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.
By Eliott C. McLaughlin and Joshua Berlinger, CNN (CNN)As Philando Castile's head slumps backward while he lies dying next to her, Diamond Reynolds looks directly into the camera and explains that a Minnesota police officer just shot her fiancé four times. The nation is, by now, accustomed to grainy cell phone videos of officer-involved shootings, but this footage from Falcon Heights, outside Minneapolis, is something different, more visceral: a woman live-streaming a shooting's aftermath with the police officer a few feet away, his gun still trained on her bloody fiancé. "He let the officer know that he had a firearm and he was reaching for his wallet and the officer just shot him in his arm," Reynolds said as she broadcast the Wednesday evening shooting on Facebook. Castile, an African-American, had been pulled over for a busted taillight, Reynolds explained. He told the officer he was armed and had a concealed carry permit, she said. Her daughter, 4, is in the back seat. As she speaks, Castile's wrists are crossed. Blood covers the bottom of his white T-shirt sleeve and a large area around his sternum and left rib cage. Perhaps in shock or agony, he peers emptily upward. 'You shot four bullets into him, sir' Though you can't see the St. Anthony police officer's face, you can hear the agitation in his voice as he tells Reynolds to keep her hands where he can see them. Composed, as she remains through much of the video, Reynolds replies, "I will, sir, no worries. I will." The officer still sounds distressed as he explains, "I told him not to reach for it. I told him to get his hand off it." Moments later, Reynolds pleads with God and then the officer as she realizes Castile won't likely make it. "Please don't tell me this, Lord. Please, Jesus, don't tell me that he's gone. Please don't tell me that he's gone," she said. "Please, officer, don't tell me that you just did this to him. You shot four bullets into him, sir. He was just getting his license and registration, sir." She continues pleading outside the car as officers approach her with guns drawn. One orders her to her knees, and the phone begin filming the sky, "Please Jesus, no. Please no. Please no, don't let him be gone," she says before officers place Reynolds and her daughter in the back of the police car. Later, at Hennepin County Medical Center, her fears were confirmed: Her 32-year-old fiancee was gone. 'Devastated' Clarence Castile, Philando Castile's uncle, told CNN that the family is devastated. "We all know my nephew was a good kid, and we want justice as well as relief," he said. The images of his nephew dying were the "most horrific thing I've ever seen in my life," Castile said Thursday morning on CNN's "New Day." He and Valerie Castile, Philando's mother, stressed on "New Day" that Philando was law-abiding and a good person, and they expressed bitterness over the actions of the police. "He's not an officer," Clarence Castille said. "He's just a man. An officer is supposed to protect and serve. That was a man who did that. That man is a destroyer, and he came into our lives and (has) done something and took something from us." 'Black in the wrong place' Castile said that Philando was a kitchen supervisor for the St. Paul School District. The last time the two spoke was in May. They talked about setting up a nest egg for Philando's eventual retirement. "My nephew has a (concealed carry) permit, and still got killed for carrying a gun. ... This needs to stop. This happens so often." Valerie Castile said "they took a very good person" and wondered whether he was simply "black in the wrong place." "Everybody that knows my son knows that he is a laid back, quiet individual that works hard every day, pays taxes and comes home and plays video games. That's it," she said. "He's not a gang banger. He's not a thug. He's very respectable. And I know he didn't antagonize that officer in any way to make him feel like his life was threatened." She said she stressed to her son that if he ever had an encounter with police, he should "comply, comply, comply." She said that when he got to a hospital to see her son, he was already dead. "They didn't let me see my son's body." The mother said she hears people saying that police no longer racially profile people. She disagrees. "We're ... hunted every day. It's a sign of war against African-American people as a whole," she said. An ongoing investigation Sgt. Jon Mangseth, interim chief of the St. Anthony police, said two officers were present when the shooting occurred -- a primary officer, who he believes has more than five years of experience, and a backup officer. Having both is standard procedure for the department, which has jurisdiction over Falcon Heights. St. Anthony police don't have body cameras, according to office manager Kim Brazil. One officer has been placed on standard paid administrative leave, Mangseth said at a short news conference early Thursday. No police were injured. Mangseth said he hadn't seen the video, but he knows about it. The nearly 10-minute video garnered more than 1 million views before it was pulled from Facebook. It was then re-released on the social media platform with a graphic warning. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Assistance is investigating the shooting, Mangseth said. "We will release the information as we learn it, and we will address concerns as we are faced with them," he said. Poll: 1 in 5 African-Americans report 'unfair' dealings with police in last month Protests erupts, feds monitoring Mangseth told reporters it's the first officer-involved shooting in the area in more than 30 years. "It's shocking," he said. "It's not something that occurs in this area often." The shooting came day after an officer-involved shooting was filmed by bystanders in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Alton Sterling, 37, died, sparking mourning and outrage across the country. By early Thursday, protesters had begun to gather outside Minnesota Governor's Residence. The U.S. Justice Department released a statement saying it "is aware of the incident and is assessing the situation." 1/7 'I'm right here' Reynolds narrates the shooting throughout much of the video -- alerting her followers and the viewing public to what was happening. She's calm and composed at first; a striking juxtaposition to the officers outside the vehicle. Outside Castile's car, Reynolds begins to cry and lose her composure. She's wails. Police can also be heard in the background. The camera keeps pointing up at the sky, before it goes black while the voices continue. Reynolds eventually gets the phone again and begins filming from the back seat of the police car with her little girl. She seems calm again, alerting viewers to her location and asking someone to come pick her up. "I can't believe they just did this," she says. Then she screams, her anguish clear. "It's OK," the little girl says. "I'm right here with you." 'I wanted it to go viral' In fiery remarks to reporters during an impromptu Thursday news conference outside the governor's residence, Reynolds lambasted the St. Anthony police, saying they separated her from her daughter, didn't tell her until 3 a.m. that Castile was dead and didn't take her home until 5 a.m. "They took me to jail. They didn't feed us. They didn't give us water," she said. "They put me in a room and separated me from my child. They treated me like a prisoner." She and Castile had just left the grocery store when they were pulled over. She cast doubt on the alleged reason for the traffic stop. "The police officer stopped us for a busted taillight that wasn't busted," Reynolds said. She said the officer then asked for Castile's identification and as he reached into his back pocket, the officer opened fire. "They took an innocent man from us. He didn't do anything," she said. "He did exactly as the police asked." She said the officer should "not be home with his family" and she would like to see him jailed. She further expressed disgust that while officers placed her in the back of the police cruiser, other police were consoling the officer who shot Castile, telling him he'd be OK. Asked why she began live-streaming after the shooting, she said she wanted people to know the truth. "I wanted it to go viral so the people could see," she said. "I wanted everybody in the world to see what the police do."
Mike Lee has remained noncommittal UPDATED 7:23 AM EDT Jul 07, 2016 Leigh Vogel/Getty Images (CNN) —As competing factions' maneuvering around the Republican National Convention comes down to the wire, eyes are starting to focus on one senator to determine whether the gathering is good or bad for Donald Trump. Utah Sen. Mike Lee is not only going to the convention -- he is serving as a delegate on the powerful Rules Committee, along with his wife. As one of the 112-member committee, Lee will play a role in drafting the rules for the convention. Meanwhile, an effort is underway to strip delegates of binding and allow them to vote for whomever they choose on the floor, and Lee could determine whether or not that movement gets a chance to get a vote on the floor of the convention. Randy Evans, an RNC committeeman from Georgia and Rules Committee delegate and lawyer who has worked with the RNC and Trump campaign, has compiled a list tracking delegate leanings at the convention. He estimates that right now, the delegate unbinding effort has about 18 members of the Rules Committee behind it -- far short of the 28 needed to get a minority report that merits an up-or-down vote on the convention floor. But he expects that Lee, who has thus far declined to publicly commit on the movement, could play game-changer as one of the highest-profile members of the committee. "I think if Sen. Lee stands up in the Rules Committee and says, 'In the interest of transparency I think the delegates should get their choice,' I think they get their 28," Evans said. Lee has remained noncommittal. The senator's office on Wednesday said his position has not changed, that he remains undecided as he has repeatedly told reporters. During the primary, he appeared on the campaign trail with both Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, close friends of his, and then endorsed Cruz shortly before Rubio exited the race. A source familiar with Lee's deliberation said that's not the senator playing games,it's just that he still hasn't made up his mind on what he wants to do. The source said Lee has been hearing out all sides of the issue and remains in listening mode. Lee, a conservative who often sides with colleagues like Cruz and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul on civil liberties issues, could be persuaded either by the argument that delegates should be free to vote their conscience or by the counter argument that the votes cast by Republicans in the primaries should be upheld by the delegates. Trump's actions in the next few days could be a deciding factor for Lee. The source said the senator is focused on policy, and would take seriously the policy proposals that Trump may put forward. Evans also predicted that Trump's behavior over the next few days could be the key to many persuadable delegates. After weeks of criticism for comments he made criticizing a federal judge, Trump has had a stretch of better coverage as he has made teleprompter-based speeches on policy and criticizing Democratic presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton. The presumptive GOP nominee did, however, lapse into a defense of the use of what critics call anti-Semitic imagery on his Twitter account in recent days, distracting from the opportunity to hammer home critiques of Clinton in the wake of the recently closed FBI inquiry into her State Department email practices. But if he can regain his focus on Clinton, Evans said, it would likely bolster good will for his nomination.
