Revealing how the Democratic National committee worked behind the scscenes to discreredit and dedefeat Bernie Sanders. In an exclususive b broadcast inteterview, we speak to wikileakss julian n assange wo posted the 20,000 internal dnc emails online. Then we look at Hillary Clintons newly named running mate. Mrs. Clinton i have to say that senator tim kaine is everything donald trump and mike pence are not. [cheers] qualified to he is step into this job and lead on day one. He is a progressive who likes to get things done. That is just my kind of guy,. Amy we wiwill host a dedebate betweeeen jess mcicinosh with te Clinton Campaign and Norman Solomon, cofounder of the bernie delegates network. He is a california delegate. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, breaking with convention war, peace and the presidency. Im amy goodman. The Democratic National convention is opening today in philadelphia, pennsylvania, amid Massive Party turmoil. Dnc chai
The heat wave is in full effect. Meteorologist krystal klei is keeping her eye on those rising temperatures. Fill us in. Dont blink. Temperatures will shoot up as we move through the afternoon. We are looking today under your first alert. Still very hot in the afternoon. Heres good news. A little less humid for us and near record heat, not record heat. Thats good news. Still though very hot for us. Monday looking worse off. Were tracking temperatures that should set a new record for heat. On top of that, were also talking thunderstorms possible by your monday kicking off the dnc possibly with storm activity and as we move throughout your workweek into your next weekend, well have that possibility of more scattered showers in the forecast. So here are your temperatures as they are this morning. 81 degrees in mt. Holly. Trenton, 80. Wilmington, 83. Out to the shore, Atlantic City at 81 degrees. Already in the 80s. Well be cranking it up to the 90s in most areas. The shore excluded. May s
Not. But some Bernie Sanders supporters are criticizing the pick as a sellout to moderates. Ill talk to sanders and get his reaction on that. Joining me for insight and analysis are msnbcs Rachel Maddow. Former chairman of the rnc michael steele. Nbc news chief Foreign Affairs correspondent andrea mitchell, and host of hardball and philadelphia hometown boy chris matthews. Trump, sanders, reaction to the new democratic ticket. Welcome to sunday and a special edition of meet the press at the Democratic National convention. From philadelphia, this is a special edition of meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning, we are at the Wells Fargo Center here in south philadelphia, home of the 76ers and the flyers, democrats have begun to arrive with a pretty mad heat wave and beginning tomorrow, they will gather to officially nominate Hillary Clinton as their president ial candidate. Yesterday clinton was joined by her running mate, tim kaine in virginia in an upbeat event notable by t
Ladder company 12 in north philadelphia while working his night shift. He was not killed in a fire, he was taken to Temple University hospital where he was pronounced dead. We have a crew heading to the hospital right now, well have more in a few minutes. Tonight thousands of people are without power, across our area. This oppressive heat wave sparked strong storms and downed trees and power lines from south jersey to the suburbs. There wont be relief any time soon. They were popup storms that moved quickly through the area. Just about everybody in the region felt something or saw something. Because it was quite a light show with these storms that popped. Even reports of hail in parts of new jersey. So quite interesting indeed, all is quiet for now. The storms have pushed to the southeast, right off the coast and right off of southern delaware also. High pressure building in, just a few clouds around this evening and a light wind, were looking for mid70s for an overnight low, boy, dang
What was it like to be on the inside watching every ski mountain in the world and having people wear your product, the thing you started sewing on your mothers sewing machine. It felt like and does living in your own disney movie. Now its a go promovie. A trip to the Mexican Border as donald trump promises to extend the wall. We asked Border Patrol if that idea will help. Wow, okay, so this point right here is the end of the border fence. Of the primary fence, yes, so thats mexico on the other side. Thats mexico. Yes, correct. U. S. , mexico. Plus a trip to South Central los angeles where rival gang members are finding Common Ground in the kitchen. Whats the most satisfying part. Peoples reaction to our food. Outstanding. Thats bigger than any amount of money a job can pay. Satisfaction of a customer. And weve got another great group assembled around the table this morning. Well huddle up with them in a minute. 1500 homes threatened by wildfire by los angeles. A burned body has been fo