Nightly news begins right now. This is nbc nightly news with lester hold reporting from the Democratic National convention in philadelphia. Good evening, oon the eve of their Big Convention shs the Democratic Party has been rocked by a bomb shell tonight. The head of the Democratic National Committee Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigning under fire all in the face of an uproar over a batch of emails. Those emails are breathing new life into lingering tensions for the Bernie Sanders Hillary Clinton primary battle. Tonight the turmoil is rapidly eroding the unity that democrats were hoping to project this week. Andrea mitchell has late details for us. Reporter tonight protesters of every type converging on philadelphia. Bernie sanders supporters not ready for Hillary Clinton. It depends on if she change hearse perspective. Reporter and now the Party Shakeup to win over supporters. Debbi wasserman shults will not preside over the convention and resign her post when its over. She had just app
Speak and vote your conscience, vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom and to be faithful to the constitution. The new york delegation we began to hear boos. There are shouts back and forth across the room and then within a few moments, donald trump appears. Let me bring in our panel right now. Chuck todd, Savannah Guthrie and nicolle wallace. Chuck, walk through how extraordinary what we just witnessed. Its an extraordinary moment. Here we are wednesday night, this is mike pences night, introduction to the country. Ted cruz hadnt had a chance to address this convention. The cruz and Trump Campaign did cut a deal and they werent sure what cruz was going to do. Sure enough he decided not to fully endorse. What makes it extraordinary is, again, this is mike pences night, but the news is going to be cruz not endorsing. Not since ted kennedy, jimmy carter had to chase ted kennedy around the 1980 convention looking basically hoping that kennedy would
Delegations staying at this king of prussia hotel. We spoke to members from each one of those states and they tell us, that although many continue to be supporters of Bernie Sanders, some of of them say they just cant get behind Hillary Clinton. Were still grieving. Reporter north dakota delegate emily kimble said Bernie Sanders not being the president ial candidate is a loss of a loved one. Theyre not listening to the people on the ground. I know that Hillary Clinton is a very caring person, and has a lot of amazing work that she has done. Reporter shes boarding a bus to head to the center, other delegates are not. All theyre doing now is infomercials for hillary. Whats the alternative for you . What do you do now . Well, we could go see the liberty bell. And then we were talking about going to have some philly cheesesteaks. And probably going down to fdr park for the protests. Reporter supporters of bernie said you have to do what he is asking. Its ridiculous for anyone to walk out.
We spoke with pennsylvania delegates here on the floor and asked who they are most looking forward to hearing from. I think everyone is looking forward to hearing from the president and future Vice President , tim kaine. What does this message need to be . I think we want to hear why Hillary Clinton is the right choice, we are looking for that unity season we are getting closer each day and i think tonight can go a long way. The message needs to be continues on sync with unity, we have seen what hillary has done throughout her entire career, her husband, our former president , bill clinton, delivered an incredible message that everyone can relate to, i think if they repeat that again and talk about her as a person, people can see why she is the obvious choice. Its clearly about unity, and a positive message. I dont know if you were here for the practice performances, what the world needs now is love, and the whole different message that the Democratic Convention is giving that the Repu
I know that you do, stand and speak and vote your conscience, vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom and to be faithful to the constitution. The new york delegation we began to hear boos. There are shouts back and forth across the room and then within a few moments, donald trump appears. Let me bring in our panel right now. Chuck todd, Savannah Guthrie and nicolle wallace. Chuck, walk through how extraordinary what we just witnessed. Its an extraordinary moment. Here we are wednesday night, this is mike pences night, introduction to the country. Ted cruz hadnt had a chanc t address this convention. The cruz and Trump Campaign did cut a deal and they werent sure what cruz was going to do. Sure enough he decided not to fully endorse. What makes it extraordinary is, again, this is mike pences night, but the news is going to be cruz not endorsing. Not since ted kennedy, jimmy carter had to chase ted kennedy around the 1980 convention looking basicall