Its an early primary states and the candidates are seizing on this opportunity. Ktvu is live where the convention will get under way about two hours from now. Christina . Well, good afternoon. Events are already under way and people heading down to the convention floor. Theyre going to check out exhibits that are already open. In just a few minutes we saw governor gavin newsom taking selfies with people. We understand this is going to be a very big event for the Democratic Party. Take a look at the video inside that actual convention. Roughly 5,000 people expected to converge as well as 14 democrats running for president including california senator camilia harris, bernie sanders, Elizabeth Warren and corey booker among others. The spokesman for the Democratic Party says delegates are excited especially since the state moved up the primary from june to march and the theme for this convention is blue wave rolling. What were really worried about is that whats been happening in the white