Thirty Democratic National Committee members who hold the fates of Florida and Michigan delegates in their hands are meeting this morning at a Washington hotel at what is expected to be the final meeting of the Rules and Bylaws Committee before the August convention. Committee members will hear testimony on three challenges to party rules that seek to reverse an earlier decision that stripped the two states of their delegates.

A few hundred protesters, mostly from Florida, bussed to the Wardman Park Marriott this morning to show their support, while dozens of reporters are crammed into a mezzanine overlooking the meeting room. Prominent Florida super delegates, among them Senator Bill Nelson, a Clinton backer, and Rep. Robert Wexler, a Barack Obama supporter, and Michigan super delegates packed the room as well.

Stay with Politics Nation all day as we bring you live gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Rules and Bylaws Committee meeting. For background and what's expected of today's event, check out our primer from yesterday.