Bernie's not budging! Sanders addresses supporters reminding them of his 'strong disagreements' with Hillary Clinton and REFUSES to drop out  

Sen. Bernie Sanders much anticipated livestream address to his supporters tonight was not a concession to Hillary Clinton. 

Instead he reminded them that he's not always seen eye to eye with the Democrats' presumptive nominee and said he would start working to defeat Donald Trump soon in a new role that he didn't define.

'It is no secret that Secretary Clinton and I have strong disagreements on some very, very important issues,' Sanders told his tribe. 

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Sen. Bernie Sanders gave a livestream address tonight that echoed many of the stump speeches he's given throughout his presidential campaign 

Sen. Bernie Sanders met with Hillary Clinton Tuesday night as the D.C. primary results were being announced. Clinton won big - but Sanders still won't drop out of the Democratic race 

Sen. Bernie Sanders enters the Capital Hilton with his wife Jane to meet with the presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton 

'It is also true that our views are quite close on others,' he continued. 

Sanders repeated some goals he had spelled out earlier in the week: That he would take his 1,900 delegates to the convention in Philadelphia where the Democrats would pass 'the most progressive platform in its history and that Democrats actually fight for that agenda.' 

'I also look forward to working with Secretary Clinton to transform the Democratic Party so that it becomes a party of working people and young people, and not just wealthy campaign contributors,' Sanders said. 

'A party that has the courage to take on Wall Street, the pharmaceutical industry, the fossil fuel industry and the other powerful special interests that dominate our political and economic life,' he added.  

Throughout the Democratic primary Sanders had suggested that Clinton was too cozy with Wall Street bankers and demanded she release the transcripts of her paid speeches delivered before certain groups. 

For just a few sentences tonight, Sanders focused on Trump. 

'The major political task that we face in the next five months is to make certain that Donald Trump is defeated and defeated badly,' he said.  

'And I personally intend to begin my role in that process in a very short period of time,' he added. 

'But defeating Donald Trump cannot be our only goal,' he stated, pivoting back to the ideas he planned to continue to push. 

Hillary Clinton, who locked up the Democratic nomination 10 days ago, is seen exiting her two hour long meeting with Bernie Sanders on Tuesday night 

It's been a strange 10 days in Democratic politics with the Associated Press and other networks declaring on Monday, June 6, that Clinton had enough delegate support to win the nomination at her party's summer convention. 

The next day marked the last big primary election day, with only Washington, D.C. votes left outstanding. 

Clinton creamed Sanders in California, where he had staked his fortunes, though the race has tightened since then, as the remaining votes are being counted. 

Either way, Clinton would still have earned a majority of pledged delegates and makes it to the magic number of 2,383 with her strong superdelegate support. 

Sanders didn't concede after California, vowing to take the fight to D.C. 

He didn't concede when he headed to Burlington, Vermont, last Wednesday. 

Sometimes a stop at home signifies a candidate is about to drop out.

He also didn't concede in Washington, D.C. a week ago, after meeting with President Obama.

Directly after the meeting, the Clinton campaign unveiled the president's pre-taped video endorsement of their girl. 

Sanders didn't concede Tuesday night in Washington, D.C., when Clinton bested him in the capital city's Democratic primary by more than 50 points. 

That night the two of them met for two hours at the Capital Hilton to hash out what would be next.

On Tuesday, Sanders didn't speak to reporters after the meeting, and tonight he didn't reveal much about his exit strategy either.   

Instead he delivered a standard Sanders stump speech, repeating over and over what his campaign 'is about,' a favorite rhetorical device of the Vermont senator. 

He dedicated the latter portion of his speech to encouraging his supporters to run in down-ticket races, explaining how many decisions are made at the state or local level.

Republicans, Sanders said, have been successfully stacking these offices with their own for years.

'I have no doubt that with the energy and enthusiasm our campaign has shown that we can win significant numbers of local and state elections if people are prepared to become involved,' Sanders said.  

'We need new blood in the political process and you are that new blood,' Sanders said.

He also suggested that history would look back on his movement with pride. 

'My hope is that when future historians look back and describe how our country moved forward into reversing the drift toward oligarchy,' Sanders said. 

'And created a government which represents all the people and not just the few, they will note that, to a significant degree, that effort began with the political revolution of 2016,' he concluded, thanking his supporters and saying good night.