Convention. He speaks from his heart. Well, i speak from my heart and my brain. They team up for their first interview. Isnt he the best . Melania trump preparing for her prime time debut . Were taking you behind the scenes as donald trump makes his case to the Republican Party and the entire nation. And good morning, america. We are here inside the quicken loans arena for an extraordinary moment in american history. In always a few days donald trump will take the stage behind us right there, become the republican nominee for president of the United States, robin, this is something no one could have predicted. Who could have predicted the france formation of this arena over the past month as home to the nba champion lebron james and the Cleveland Cavaliers and now the Republican National convention will call imhome as it kicks off in just a matter of hours. Donald trumps convention. He wants a little showbit. Iz from the podium. Who will become the first speaker . His wife melania will
Rawlins is live outside the Convention Center tonight. John, sanders followers are angry and it really was a stunning moment when sanders said that they must elect Hillary Clinton. Reporter it was tough to take for some of them. This is a room full of true believers and they were upset as you said at the request made to them. You talked to them and theyre going to describe to you the hierarchy of the Democratic Party as corrupt and untrustworthy and the idea of now being asked to back miss clinton just too much for some of them. Next president of the united states, Bernie Sanders. [cheers and applause] reporter in the packed grand ballroom Bernie Sanders delegates and supporters roared their approval as the vermont senator spoke emotions were evident. Sanders told them how their campaign had changed the system for example cutting the number of super delegates at future conventions. He told them the departure of Debbie Wasserman schultz meant new leadership possibilities for reformers.
Back at the Wells Fargo Center and day one of conventions usually boring but not the case here. The day brought protest and division but by the night it was Something Different as one power House Speaker after another was clear im with he her. Most compelling michelle obama. Convention floor was sea of purple michelle banners. Mrs. Obama told the crowd that her family motto is when they go low, we go high. Standard that she said Hillary Clinton will uphold. And she clearly took a swipe at donald trump when she talked about whats at stake. Because when when you have the Nuclear Codes at your fingertips and the military in your command, you cant make snap decisions. You cant have a thin skin or a tendency to lash out. You need to be steady. Mrs. Obama had her own personal cheering second. Former president bill clinton Vice President joe bidens wife jill and new jersey senator cory booker who spoke earlier in the evening sat together for her speech. The president tweeting out later just h
Today gradually drawing that drier air in all the way down to philadelphia and beyond and we do expect that humidity to drop as we go through the morning and into the afternoon. Taking a look at where temperatures are going its still going to be a hot one. 80 degrees by 8 oclock, 85 by 10 oclock, noon 90. Your shy 95 but unlike yesterday were not going to have to warn you about sire high heat index values because the humidity is going to be a lot better. Karen it looks like another improved day tomorrow and then the humidity creeps back in on thursday. More storms are possible. Details coming up in the seven day. All right, day. I had friends in delaware telling me it took two hours to get to work yesterday and you know why . Exhibit a. This is the Police Checkpoint right here in southwest philadelphia. I95 by the platt bridge, the exit for the platt bridge and the schuylkill so what can you see from this shot . Weve got police blocking the left lane on i95 but theyre also blocking the
Lets take a live look at the stage as the last bit of work continues. Even as the convention gets underway, its marked by its own scandal. The chairwoman of the dnc has announced she will step down from her post amid the leaked emails choosing Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders. That scandal has become a criminal matter, the fbi is investigating. Protesters have taken to the street to philadelphia as they did they found an unwelcomed guest, swelter heat. Not only is the dplk the hottest dnc the hottest ticket in town souls the temperatures. So is the temperature. Meteorologist david murphy has more on the heat warning and possible bumpy weather this afternoon. Reporter we have excessive heat and humidity across the region and strong storms later. Excessive heat warning doesnt expire until 6 00 p. M. Tonight between now and then, that warning in the Central Counties highlighted in purple could see heat index values as high as 105 and high temperatures in the upper 90s. In the advisory