The Democratic National Convention Continues now. Good evening and welcome to our special pbs newshour npr coverage of the Democratic National convention in philadelphia p. Im gwen ifill and im Judy Woodruff, joining us is nprs Rachel Martin, and here in the booth mark shields, david brooks. And also mara elliiason and down on the floor, john yang and susan davis. On the second night Hillary Clinton officially became the nominee and we are going to hear from her husband, former president bill clinton right after this break. Funding for this program has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. Welcome back we are here are our entire Political Team as the Democratic Party kicks off the second night of the 2016 president ial nominating Convention Last night was about unifying the party and tonight is a celebration of a historical moment the first female nominee of a Major Political party in the United States. The theme this evening
Battle in New Hampshire. Paula ebben is live in manchester tonight. And paula the campaign for son now over and kicking into high gear for others. Reporter yes. Very bessy day. Campaigning in full swing at this point all of the front runners except donald trump had events here in New Hampshire today and theres thinning of the crowd on the republican side. There are reports former pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum will announce tonight on fox news he is suspending his race for the presidency. Santorum ran for the republican nomination in 2012 but fell short getting support. Rand paul also ended his run this morning for office he says he is now going to turn his full attention to the the Senate Reelection campaign. Paul finished in 5th place in iowa and for the candidates who next 6 days they are crucial and each of them trying connect with voters like campaigning the red arrow and ahead of the crucial New Hampshire primary and we are all over the state lets begin with jim smith who is