Her rival senator Bernie Sanders moved to give her the partys nomination. Moments after sanders spoke hundreds of his delegagates wald , out of the convention. It was an entirely organic, grassroots, nonhierarchical effort among a group of delegates who were hearing increasingly deep concerns from constituents that their voices were not going to be heard at the convention and a feeling of moral obligation to do what we could to represent them as they would want us to. Amy we will also hear from the mothers of the movement the parents of africanamericans whosose deaths spurred the black lives matter movement. Afraidary clinton isnt to say that black lives matatte. To sit at araid table with grieving mothers and bear the full force of our english. Anguish. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, witithcynow. Org, breaking coconvention, war, peace, and presididcy. Im amy gogoodman with juauan gonzalez. Hillary clinton has become the first woman to head the ticket of a
The fbi joins forces with the nypd in the search for a killer, searching from the sky and the ground looking to solve a murder mystery. A public plea from police tonight two days after a young queens home. Investigators are concerned the suspect could strike again. Reporter this investigation is far from over. And police now believe it may have been a crime of opportunity, likely committed by someone the victim didnt know. Police are interviewing local sex offenders and day lashers who frequent the neighborhood. Work the investigation into who murdered this woman. Police calling the suspect a public threat. We believe theres a Severe Community threat. We think its random. We dont believe its anybody in her life. Reporter with anyone known to the victim ruled out, police say they need the publics help. Few and weak tips have called in. Theyre not very informative and theyre all anonymous. Reporter the desperation for information has led to 10,000. Her body was found facedown, teeth brok
Were not expecting highs in the 90s because of the cloud cover. We will probably hang out in the mid to upper 80s. The nonetheless we will be a oppressively humid day. Cold front pushing through western pennsylvania, that will trigger numerous showers and thunderstorms later this after afternoon. Not everybody picks these storms up but those that do see storm could produce heavy downpours, lots of lightening, maybe even a good brief gust of wind here. Cloud think morning with patchy drizzle. By afternoon peaks of sun and a couple of these thunderstorms start popping up. 1 00 oclock 85. Oclock 86. By 5 00, 82. We have a forecast of 87. If we fall short of the 90 degrees officially heat wave would come to an end today. Heres future tracker six where you can see late this afternoon very light the scattered stuff but then they will pick up intensity as day wears on. When i come back we will focus more on where these storms develop, who sees the heaviest and we will have that exclusive accu
Another tragedy. Thanks for joining us this evening. Im erika gonzalez. Powerful words from the sheriff in louisiana today. And until we come together, as a nation, as a people, to heal as a people, if we dont do that and this madness continues, we will surely perish as a people. Investigators say it looks like a gunman ambushed officers and sheriffs deputies in baton rouge today. Three of the six shot are dead. One fighting for his life. President obama addressing the nation just a short time ago. He says attacks on police happening far too often and advanced no causes. As we head into the political conventions, he called on all americans to avoid divisive rhetoric. Five days ago i traveled to dallas for the for the officers that were slain there. I said that that killer wouldnt be the last person who tries to make us turn on each other, nor will todays killer. It remains up to us to make sure that they fail. That decision is all of ours. The decision to make sure that our best selves
Military h. S have opened fire in the capital city ankara. Late today the military launched abattempt to overthrow the elected civilian government of turkey, an important u. S. Ally and a member of nato. The u. S. Has a Major Air Force operation there with about 1,500 airmen at the air base. Turkey is important in the fight against isis in neighboring syria. Tonight the turkish president is calling for citizens to fill the streets to beat back the coup. Troops have taken over the airport, television station and bridges in istanbul, and this is where we find Holly Williams tonight. Holly, whats happening . Reporter scott, this coup or attempted coup, we still dont know what it is, unfolded very quickly here tonight in turkey. Here in istanbul, turkeys biggest city, there are troops and tanks on the sts theyve blocked the citys two main bridges. Theyre at the airport. They seem to have taken over turkish state television. And both here in istanbul and also in the turkish capital ankara,