Clinton-Obama Deal Reached For Democratic Convention
COOPER: And we have some more breaking news to report out of Georgia. We have received some video of Turkish journalists actually coming under fire. Take a look at this. You actually hear the shots. Then watch the window. You will see what happens. There, you saw the window breaking out. Clearly, they're trying to back up the vehicle. The man -- we're told one journalist was shot in the eye. We're not sure -- his left eye. We're not sure of his current condition. Again, this video has just come in to CNN. We are seeing this for the first time that you are seeing it. It is -- this on a day in which we have already seen one Georgian journalist shot, or at least grazed in the arm while doing a live shot. This is the Georgian journalist earlier shot. The camera continued to roll. They remained live. And, here, you see her being patched up. It was a minor wound. Whether the bullet ricocheted or actually just scraped her arm is not clear. This is the new video into CNN, Turkish journalists, a carload. You can see them backing up clearly in some area where they realized they were too close. It's not clear whether this were -- was Russian troops, Georgian troops, South Ossetian troops. They were in South Ossetia, we're told. We don't know the exact location. They were on their way toward Tskhinvali in South Ossetia. Obviously, it is a -- they were traveling from Gori to Tskhinvali. And, again, the sources of the shooting is not identifiable at this time. There were four journalists in the car. We understand one -- the reporter was hit in his left eye. We were told they were taken to a makeshift hospital in an underground shelter in Tskhinvali. And I'm just reading this literally as we're getting it. It is obviously always a very difficult situation when you have multiple actors, and armed actors, Georgian troops, Russian troops, irregular forces from South Ossetia. And, again, we are seeing this for the first time as you are. One of the people in this vehicle was shot. There, you can see it looks like they're treating him there on the right using some of their clothing to try to bandage him up. That's one of the dangers of reporting in a war zone. Back to politics now -- Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton putting the question of what happens at the convention to rest. Her name will be put up for a roll call vote. She will encourage her delegates to vote for him. Let's talk strategy now with CNN senior political analyst David Gergen, Mark Halperin, author of "The Page" on TIME.com, and CNN's Candy Crowley. Candy, did Barack Obama really want to have to do this, or was his hand forced by the Clintons?</s>CANDY CROWLEY, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, it depends on who you talk to. But, in general, one would think that they would like a first round, everybody votes for him sort of roll call vote. But, having said that, the Obama campaign knew, from the very beginning, that this was something that the Clinton people wanted, that they wanted to put a period on history, as they said, that she wanted to do this for Chelsea and that generation, to kind of wrap up a campaign that they felt was historic. So, they have known all along that this was going to happen. And what they watched over the past three months or so has been sort of the bubbling-up of people who have said, we're going to demonstrate in the streets. We're not going to vote for him unless she gets -- her name gets put into nomination. So, eventually, it seems that both sides looked at it and said, yes, let's put her name into the nomination.</s>COOPER: Mark, for those who aren't as politically astute as you are, what exactly does this mean? I mean, what are we going to see on television? It's just, when they go to each delegation, a certain number of people will say, X-number of votes for Hillary Clinton?</s>MARK HALPERIN, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST: Well, part of why this is not a total success for the goal of having a unified convention is, they have not worked out the details. Her name will be put in nomination. What happens after that, the timing of it, do they do it at 1:00 in the afternoon? Do they do it in prime time? We just don't know yet. They're still working that out. This is a good deal for solving 37.2 percent, I think, of the problem that they have. But there's still a lot of problem out there, including Bill Clinton and what his role at the convention will be, the logistics of how this roll call works. And, also, don't be fooled into thinking this means it's one big happy family working together in concert. There's still, to my mind, a surprisingly large amount of negative feelings on both sides with these two camps.</s>COOPER: David, were you surprised this happened? And -- and how big a deal do you think this is?</s>DAVID GERGEN, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST: I was surprised, Anderson. The deal itself strikes me as very good for Democrats. It's the right thing to do. It -- it will provide a cathartic moment, as Hillary Clinton has been arguing for some time. And it's been my understanding that it will not be at prime time. It will be during the late afternoon. Mark, I think, may have more recent information, but I understand that's what had been anticipated. But I have to tell you, Anderson, the process by which this was reached was sloppy. And I do not think it reflects well on the Obama camp, how this was reached. You know, a few weeks ago, first of all, they said, OK, now, Hillary is going to have a slot. And, then, there were a lot of cries, well, that is not good enough. So, they said, OK, now Bill is going to have a slot. Well, that's not good enough. Well, now we're going to have a roll call vote, which they didn't seem to want a few weeks ago. It -- they have given the appearance -- I'm sure they didn't mean this -- I'm sure they wanted to be gracious -- but they have given the appearance that, if you push hard enough against the Obama campaign, you can roll them, that they will give in on -- and I -- from my way of thinking, they would have been a lot of better off had they made -- sat down and had one negotiation, come up with one final agreement, stuck to that agreement, had it comprehensive, and, so, here's the deal, rather than this piece by piece by piece. And even now, as Mark is saying, some of the details are not worked out. I don't think, as a candidate, you want to be in a position where you appear to be, while wanting to be gracious, you appear to be making concessions.</s>COOPER: And I guess, Mark, then your -- your critics say, well, look, you can't stand up to the Clintons, you can't stand up to Putin.</s>HALPERIN: Well, there you go. There's that argument. But I think it's -- I think it's -- you know, David says they want to be gracious. I think part of them does want to be gracious. But, from the Clinton point of view, the biggest complaint is, they believe Obama is not being gracious. Obama's camp basically says, we won. The Clintons are the only people in the party we seem to have a problem with. Why can't they just fall in line? The Clinton people say, Obama won. Why can't he be a little giving and gracious and recognize, not only the position we're in, but, from Hillary Clinton's point of view, the position her supporters are in? She has been warning and her people have been warning for a long time, mishandle this, and you're going to have a lot of angry people in Denver. And this is an accommodation to that, as much as it is to the Clintons themselves.</s>COOPER: Candy, is there any potential for embarrassment here for Obama, some sort of surprise during -- during the convention?</s>CROWLEY: Well, I don't think some sort of surprise, but I do think that, in a convention, which is designed to have nothing go wrong -- this is one giant promotion for the party -- that, you know, 100 people, 200 people can make noise. Having said that, what people take away from a convention is the speech of the nominee. And, unless something horrific happens on the floor, which no one expects at this point -- certainly, there will be arguments -- certainly, there are the dead-enders, who are not going to give up on Hillary Clinton -- but, honestly, one good speech on Thursday night -- and, let's remember, Barack Obama is pretty good at giving speeches -- in front of 75,000 people, that's going to be the takeaway. And that's what the Obama camp is depending on.</s>COOPER: Candy Crowley, are you saying they're just a few dead- enders? Haven't I heard that term somewhere before?</s>COOPER: It wasn't true the last time.</s>CROWLEY: You have. You have.</s>COOPER: Yes.</s>HALPERIN: Hillary Clinton has promised that there will be candy thrown at Barack Obama.</s>COOPER: Is that right?</s>COOPER: Candy Crowley, thanks so much, Mark Halperin, David Gergen. Just ahead: Did the nation's largest retailer actually break the law, pushing its employees to take sides in the upcoming election? 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