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
cheers and applause captioning sponsored by cbs stephen hey how are ya cheers and applause thanks, everybody hello there welcome to the late show everybody. Thank you, mark cheers and applause thanks so much good to see you, my friend welcome to the late show. I am stephen colbert. Everyone have a nice weekend . cheers and applause stephen i did, too. Before we get started, i want to give a shout out to my good friend larry wilmore. He performed at the white house Correspondents Dinner this weekend. cheers and applause stephen yeah i agree. I agree. He stunned that room. People in washington arent used to seeing two black men speaking at the same event. laughter there was one controversial moment at the end where larry said the nword. And it was shocking, but it did lay the groundwork for President Trump to say it next year. laughter cheers and applause stephen its out there now. You can imagine it. You can imagine it. Jon yeah. Stephen now, personally, i thought larry gave a great spe
Cheers and applause captioning sponsored by cbs stephen i did, too. Before we get started, i want to give a shout out to my good friendry he performed at the white house Correspondents Dinner this weekend. cheers and applause stephen yeah i agree. I agree. He stunned that room. People in washington arent used to seeing two black men speaking at the same event. laughter there was one controversial moment at the end where larry said the nword. And it was shocking, but it did lay the groundwork for President Trump to say it next year. laughter cheers and applause stephen its out there now. You can imagine it. You can imagine it. Jon yeah. Stephen now, personally, i thought larry gave a great speech that didnt let the president or the press off the hook. And im confident that larry will receive the ultimate recognition for his work never being invited back. laughter you can watch with me next year, larry cheers and applause its a lovely party. I did not go down for the dinner this year, as
You then packed up in was pretty packedreporter it was pretty neat to see thousands of people packed the parking lot behind me to show their love and support for detective dan brite. His friends and family gathered in the room up to the right where you can see the signs are up and they waved down at the crowd as they cheered below. Detective brite, the wife and children came down and were here for the person with, the mayor of parker talked to the crowddand everyone was overwhelmed by the outpouring of support especially 50 Year Anniversary of september 11. It made it that much more special for people in the community. It is heartwarming to see the Community Come up and a little girl gave me this bucket, people keep coming up and putting money in to help is a family and it is more than a community but it is a family and were all part of it. When one of us is hurt, especially someone who is protecting the rest of us, we want to be her to support. There were some pretty powerful moments
Officer being medivacked to Temple University hospital with severe burns on his back. Got a bad burn on the back. But hes conscious much hes talking. Um, hes actually joking with us but hes very lucky to be alive. Reporter chief mcclay said the corporal was working in plain clothes in doylestown as part of a county narcotics operation when a suspect tried to deliver drugs near the doylestown train station. And recognized the nine year police veteran. He ran through the narcotics on tom of the train. Officer chased him for pretty good distance. Apprehended him. Reporter police say when corporal pitcher return to the doylestown train station, to retrieve the drugs the suspect had tossed on top of the train, he climbed on top apparently he thought the electric was off. Apparently the electric wasnt off. The transformer pulled him in which severely burned his back. Were all relieved. We actually thought the worse when the the reports came in, and rushed down here lights and sirens. Reporte