Practice English Speaking&Listening with: DNC Host Committee working through controversy

COMMITTEE.

>> -- UNVEILING ITS FIRST MAJOR EVENT FOR DELEGATES, MAYOR TOM BARRETT SAYS, SHOWS THE CONVENTION HOST COMMITTEE IS GETTING THINGS DONE DESPITE THE SCANDAL THAT ROCKED

THAT COMMITTEE THIS WEEK.

>> I THINK THIS HAS DONE IS THAT IT’S BROUGHT THE TEAM EVEN MORE CLOSELY TOGETHER, BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT’S AT STAKE HERE.

>> FRIDAY’S ANNOUNCEMENT OF A DELEGATE WELCOME PARTY WAS THE FIRST PUBLIC STEP FOR TH COMMITTEE SINCE THE SCANDAL INVOLVING IT’S PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OF STAFF BROKE EARLIER

THIS WEEK.

LIZ GILBERT AND ADAM ALONZO WERE ACCUSD OF CREATING A TOXIC OFFICE CULTURE, AND ALONSO OF BULLYING AND INTIMIDATING WOMEN STAFF MEMBERS.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FIRED THE TWO ON TUESDAY.

I SUPPORT THE BOARD.

>> THE SCANDAL AND SHAKEUP AT THE TOP COMES AS THE HOST COMMITTEE STILL ATTEMPTS TO RAISE TENS OF MILLIONS DOLLARS MORE AND WORKS TO ENLIST MORE VOLUNTEERS.

>> SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP, BUT WE WANT MORE AND WE NEED MORE.

MEANWHILE, BARRETT SAYS THE HOST COMMITTEE IS TRYING NOT TO LET THE SCANDAL GET IN ITS WAY.

>> WHAT’S THE IMPACT BEEN ON THE WORK THIS COMMITTEE IS DOING, OF THE SHAKEUP AT THE TOP AND THAT TOXIC ENVIRONMENT THAT THE STAFFERS DESCRIBED?

>> WELL, I THINK WHAT YOU’VE SEEN, THE PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR THE HOST COMMITTEE ARE PROFESSIONALS.

THEY ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY, REALLY COMMITTED TO MAKING THIS A GREAT CONVENTION AND SO I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING HARDER THAN THEY’VE EVER WORKED BEFORE.

TOYA: KENT, DO WE KNOW YET WHEN A NEW PRESIDENT FOR THAT HOST COMMITTEE WILL BE NAME >> WELL AN INTERIM LEADER IN PLACE RIGHT NOW AS WORK GOES ON.

MAYOR BARRETT TOLD US HE M THIS MORNING WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO "CHART AN OPEN COURSE FOR THE FUTURE."