Independence hall here in philadelphia. Look at all these wonderful people. I am chris hayes. One of the most notable aspects of last weeks Republican Convention was who wasnt there. The past two republican president ial nominees, mitt romney and john mccain choosing to stay away. The last two republican president s, george w. Bush and his father, george h. W. Bush, also declining to come along with jeb bush. More than 20 gop senators along with several republican representatives and governors declined to join Donald Trumps coronation. Democrats dont have that problem. By our account, there are almost twice as many current members of congress and governors speaking at the dnc as spoke last week at the rnc. Hillary clinton has the clear support of the major figures in her party, including the current president of the United States and crucially her biggest rival for the democratic nom nation, senator Bernie Sanders, who is set to speak on clintons behalf tomorrow night. The Democratic N
Trying to rally the latino vote, to motivate them, to get them out in crucial states where theres a sizeable latino population, colorado, nevada, florida, virginia. Well see how well it goes. It is a big dividing line between her position and Donald Trumps. Jeff zeleny is up on the podium right now. So far theyre pretty much on schedule. Lets see what happens next. They are, indeed, wolf. Two or three hours or so, clinton and sanders officials have been behind closed doors trying to figure out how to keep things more calm for the rest of the evening. From our Vantage Point up here on the podium, i can tell you, wolf, tensions are definitely much cooler. Some of the seats where people were holding those tpp signs, the sanders supporters, those are empty right now. Jake was mentioning the historic nature of the candidacy. Thats one other argument that senator sanders is trying to get through to his supporters, that they should be respectful of Hillary Clinton, tim kaine and the other spe
Thats a reference to the 160,000 worth of gifts kaine accepted during his time as governor and Lieutenant Governor but all of it legal under virginia law. Meanwhile reaction about infamous rnc speech. Part of an interview that will air tomorrow. He didnt get booed off the stage. I think thats a good thing as far as im concerned. I let him speak. I gave him a home because i beat him soundly by millions and millions of votes. It wasnt close. I said you want to speak, speak. Nothing earth shaking. The arena erupted in boos because they saw he wasnt going to endorse and i thought that was a beautiful thing. As the Presumptive Democratic nominee looks ahead to her partys Convention Next week, shes also giving her reviews of the Republican Convention. Cruzs speech in particular. Are we ready to go win an election in november . I think after the last week after what we saw in cleveland we better be ready to go and win an election in november. Something has gone terribly wrong when one speaker
Nightly news begins right now. Announcer the Democratic National convention. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from philadelphia. Good evening. Their partys chairman off the program, an apparent russian email hack and now a revolt among Bernie Sanders supporters. Welcome to day one of the Democratic National convention. There was chaos on the floor below us this afternoon. Just minutes after the opening session was gavelled to order, sanders supporters began screaming his name, disrupting the program and shattering any illusions of party unity. It all testimonies stems from the suspected russian leak of dnc emails. Party chair Debbie Wasserman schultz off the speakers platform. Andrea mitchell starts our coverage. Reporter tonight the Convention Theme is united together. But plenty of signs thats not happening. A stunning scene, at breakfast, embattled party share, Debbie Wasserman schultz, booed by Bernie Sanders supporters. In her home state florida delegati
Union. And we certainly wouldnt be here without the bravery of the young men and women who have risked their very place in the United States by coming forward and fighting for their own future and the future of millions of others. They helped change the conversation. And when president obama created docca, it changed their lives. Right now, 750,000 undocumented young people in america are going to school, working and planning for their future. They are dreamers in much more than name. I have met so many. Ive listened to their stories. They have done everything we have asked of them and made our country stronger in return. So when donald trump promises to rip that all away on day one, when he promises to round up and deport all of the 16 Million People living and working among us, including american citizen children who were born here to parents who are undocumented, these are the faces i see. I picture astrid silva who i met in los angeles. Many of you know her story. She came to this