Amidst rising tension between supporters of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Earlier in the day sanders met with delegates and many booed when he voice support for clinton. We have got to defeat donad trump. And we have got to elect Hillary Clinton and tim kaine. ]doing] [booing amy we will host a debate between former labor secretary robert reich and Pulitizer Prize winnining journanalist chris he. Reich is urging sanders supporters to back clinton while hedges is pushing for Green Party Candidate jill stein. All that and more, coming up. Amy welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, breaking with convention war, peace, and the presidency. Im amy goodman. The first day of the Democratic National convention opened in the Wells Fargo Center in philadelphia monday, amid an ongoing scandal over the released dnc emails and public divisions between sanders and clinton supporters. On monday morning, protesters booed and heckled dnc chairwoman Debbie Wasserman schultz at a florida deleg
Clinton. We have got to defeat donad trump. And we have got to elect Hillary Clinton and tim kaine. ]doing] [booing amy we will host a debate between former labor secretary robert reich and Pulitizer Prize winnining journanalist chris he. Reich is urging sanders supporters to back clinton while hedges is pushing for Green Party Candidate jill stein. All that and more, coming up. Amy welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, breaking with convention war, peace, and the presidency. Im amy goodman. The first day of the Democratic National convention opened in the Wells Fargo Center in philadelphia monday, amid an ongoing scandal over the released dnc emails and public divisions between sanders and clinton supporters. On monday morning, protesters booed and heckled dnc chairwoman Debbie Wasserman schultz at a florida delegation breakfast, yelling shame, shame, shame, and carrying signs reading emails. Wasserman shultz has resigned in the wake the wikileaks release of 20,000 emails, whic
Drew smith is working the story tonight. Reporter chesters mayor and police chief are condemning the violence and offering a reward for information. Its little comfort to this family torn apart. The scariest moment of my life. Reporter this woman couldnt hold back tears as she remembered hiding under her dashboard as bullets began flying on pine lane in chester last night. I got shot in my shoulder for something i dont know. Reporter just out of the hospital, she has a bullet under her skin. Her eye is scratched from the broken glass. Someone fired dozens of bullets at adults sitting in a car. The shots hit shiply and two of her teenage relatives. You knew there was kids out there. No remorse, no nothing. They didnt care. Reporter this photo shows the 14yearold dressed up for his formal two days ago. On the left is his 16yearold cousin. Doctors are treating powell for serious injuries. The other young man died last night. Their aunt spoke with us. Im hurting right now. It hurts so bad.
Candidates weigh in. We must stand in solidarity with Law Enforcement. There is too much violence, too much hate. And thats all you need to know. More clashes with police as protests erupt overnight. Weve got to stay in the streets. This morning we have complete coverage. And good morning, everyone. Lets get right to the new developments in the massacre of those five Police Officers in dallas, an act of madness that injected a whole new level of fear and anger into americas fraught debate already over Law Enforcement. Large demonstrations have been going on. The protest movement against Fatal Police Shootings of black people is not slowing down even after the events in dallas where five officers were murdered and the tension is evident. We want you to look at the social videoro demonstration in baton rouge. You can see an officer pulling his gun on protesters. Some places communities are coming together. This indelible image, a police car there blanketed in flowers. This morning we are
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