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 persiv win over supporters. Debbi wasserman shults will not preside over the convention and resign her post when its over. She had just appeared on saturday in miami. But shes out aft
Philadelphia experience. Reporter yeah, they sure are. As we all know many, many months of planning went into this 2016 Democratic National convention a chance for philadelphia to put its best foot forward to show its stuff to a national and International Audience and so on day three of this fourday gala we ask delegates, how we doing . When youre hosting the Biggest Political Party of the season its natural to wonder what do our guests think . Well, maybe theyre just being polite but so far so good. The biggest complaint from delegates day one transportati transportation. There have been some glitches with the buses. Reporter i heard monday was rough day. Monday was rough day. Tuesday was little less of a rough day. Today i took the subway. Which was marvelous. Reporter we all know the expression filth delphi ya. Not this week. Ive been really impressed. You guys did really real fantastic job. Reporter security has been a huge concern and planners at the rnc and here in philly. Delega
Beyonce and at a concert. Did you snap this . I did. You cant in snap chat. Thats the down side of snap chat. But felt really good. Enjoying it, having the mister on you . Miss nerve front after mirs. Good day, it is july 28th, 2016. Sue, will we need the miss ers today . Thunderstorms in the forecast for later on, yes, start looking any time after lunchtime, six out of ten in your weather by the numbers today because of the storms, because look who is back, muggy the dog, yes, a lot more humid than it was yesterday. So bus stop buddy still happy we have a lot of company in town today. Hope youre enjoying philadelphia. Temperatures are in the 60s and 70s right now. We dont have any rain yet on ultimate doppler radar. 78 degrees, our current temperature, were at 74 relative humidity, spec to go get to 92, thats day seven of our current heatwave. Sunny, humid, thunderstorms popping up this afternoon into the evening hours, even in the overnight hours, and thats why we have a flashflood w
Tomorrow on q a, former defense secretary and cia director robert gates discusses his book a passion for leadership. Lessons on change and reform from 50 years of public service. The program airs at 7 00 p. M. Eastern this week on q a, Boston College Law School Professor mary sarah builder discusses madisons hand which takes a critical look at the notes James Madison wrote during and after the convention of 1787. Mary sarah builder, you have a book out called madisons hand revising the Constitutional Convention. Whats it about. Its a biography of the notes , of madisons notes notes and madison was the only framer who we know of who took complete notes that summer. The book argues that the notes were written in their entirety the summer they wrote the constitution but madisons record is the most important account of that summer. When did you get this idea . Guest i thought i would write a narrative, a story of what it mightve been like from madisons perspective and as i began i began to
Of the democracy project at the bipartisan policy center. This is a second thing of our day on the release of a report selecting a Vice President come advice for president ial candidates. A report of the bbcs working group. I have announced the members of the working group in the beginning and introduces them. We had some on the first panel. We have more here today with maria cino and Manny Rouvelas and Benjamin Ginsberg but we are joined by one of the countrys leading expert on the vice presidency. Professor of law at st. Louis university and the author of several books and many articles but also the author of the book that is just come out come the most recent off the press, the white house life presidency, the path to significance, mondale to biden. I recommend this book. It is worse or outside. The are many, many virtue purchf this book about the vice presidency itself, a history of the Selection Process. It might be the only book about the vice presidency that does not mention joh