Senator Bernie Sanders on Sunday refused to entertain the idea that his presidential candidacy is drawing to a close, and swiped at the media for attempting to decide the Democratic primary based what he called on an unfair nominating process. 
 
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 “I’m going to fight to become the nominee,” said Sanders, speaking to Jake Tapper on CNN’s State of the Union. “Let’s not forget, the Democratic convention is in July. That’s a long time from today.” 
 
 
 
 The Vermont senator was speaking two days before the last major contests of the Democratic nominating process, in which six states, including California and New Jersey, will apportion more than 700 delegates. 
 
 Hillary Clinton is projected to pass the delegate threshold she needs to capture the Democratic nomination and therefore, Tapper noted, declare victory. 
 
 In response, Sanders once again criticised the media for conflating delegates, who are apportioned based on the results of primary contests, with superdelegates: the party officials who are empowered by the Democratic National Committee to cast votes at the convention regardless of the electorate’s wishes. 
 
 “What she would be doing is combining pledged delegates – those are the real delegates that people vote for – with superdelegates … the media should not lump those two together,” Sanders said. “You don’t know what the world is going to be like four weeks from now, five weeks.” 
 
 Sanders hinted that Clinton may no longer lead him in pledged delegates after Tuesday. 
 
 “I don’t want to speculate about who will end up having more pledged delegates,” he said. 
 
 Clinton leads Sanders by 275 pledged delegates. Several hundred are up for grabs in contests in California, New Jersey, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and New Mexico. In California, which awards 475 delegates, Clinton has seen a significant polling lead over Sanders all but vanish. She is nevertheless projected to maintain her overall lead in pledged delegates. 
 
 For Sanders to capture the nomination in July, he would likely need the support of the very superdelegates he has criticized for orchestrating a “coronation” of Clinton. In recent weeks, he has swung between lambasting superdelegates’ power and suggesting that they support him for the ticket, believing that he polls better against presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. 
 
 
 
 Sanders’ criticism of the nomination process has become a familiar note in the waning weeks of the Democratic primary, prompting other senior party members to lob their own critiques. On Saturday, at a state party gathering, Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts declared: “I’m a superdelegate, and I don’t believe in superdelegates.” 
 
 On Sunday, Sanders also criticized Clinton for the first time over the Clinton Foundation, an international charity that supports development projects around the world. In the past, Clinton has taken flak for the foundation’s ties to oppressive foreign governments. 
 
 Asked if it was fair to criticize Clinton for the charity’s willingness to accept funds from countries such as Saudi Arabia, Sanders was unequivocal. 
 
 “Yes, it is,” he said. 
 
 “Do I have a problem when a sitting secretary of state and a foundation run by her husband collects many millions of dollars from foreign governments which are dictatorships? You don’t have a lot of civil liberties or democratic rights in Saudi Arabia, you don’t have a lot of respect there for divergent, opposition points of view, for gay rights, for women’s rights. Do I have a problem with that? Yeah, I do.” 
 
 He added that such a relationship could be seen as a conflict of interest. 
 
 Sanders also reiterated his commitment to defeating Trump no matter who was on the Democratic ticket. But he stopped short of saying that he would encourage his supporters to vote for Clinton. And he rejected the idea that he had the power to sway those who say they are “Bernie or bust”. 
 
 “The idea that I can snap my fingers and have millions of supporters march in line, that’s not what our effort is about,” he said. If he is not the nominee, he added, “it is Secretary Clinton’s job to explain to those people why she should get their support.” 

 Los Angeles (CNN) President Bill Clinton told vocal Bernie Sanders supporters at a campaign rally Sunday in Los Angeles that they would be "toast" on Tuesday. 
 
 "I don't want to pick a fight but if I were them I'd be screaming, too, 'cause if you figured this out, they're toast for Election Day," Clinton said to cheers from the crowd. "So have a good time." 
 
 Clinton has kept a busy schedule stumping for his wife all around Los Angeles since Friday -- as polls show a tight Democratic primary race in the state. 
 
 Hillary Clinton is closing in on a historic nomination as the first female presidential nominee with one more round of states -- California, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota and Montana -- set to vote Tuesday. Her nomination would become official during the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. 
 
 Generally, Clinton has kept a low profile on the trail, commenting on how he didn't want to "make news," and keep the focus on his wife. But Sunday his comments were a noticeable change from the careful language Hillary Clinton has used in reference to the race. 
 
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– Hillary Clinton's win in Puerto Rico's primary on Sunday did nothing to discourage Bernie Sanders, who opened a new line of attack ahead of Tuesday's California primary. Sanders, speaking on CNN's State of the Union, targeted the Clinton Foundation—and its willingness to accept cash from countries like Saudi Arabia—for the first time, reports the Guardian. "Do I have a problem when a sitting secretary of state and a foundation run by her husband collects many millions of dollars from foreign governments which are dictatorships?" he said. "You don't have a lot of civil liberties or democratic rights in Saudi Arabia, you don't have a lot of respect there for divergent, opposition points of view, for gay rights, for women's rights. Do I have a problem with that? Yeah, I do." On Sunday, Sanders repeated his promise to push for a contested national convention, arguing that he is still lobbying superdelegates and polls show he has a better chance of beating Donald Trump, the New York Times reports. Both candidates spent the day campaigning in California, as did Bill Clinton, who told Sanders supporters they would be "toast," CNN reports. The former president singled out the group of Sanders supporters at a Los Angeles rally after shouts of "Bernie" began. "I don't want to pick a fight, but if I were them I'd be screaming, too, 'cause if you figured this out, they're toast for Election Day," Clinton said. He went on to describe his wife as the candidate for the working class and minorities but said: "I don't have anything bad to say about the people that are shouting against Hillary. I think at least we've had the right debate in the Democratic primary."