Convention. Senator Bernie Sanders is greeted by over three minutes of applause before giving the closing speech of the night when he repeated his endorsement for Hillary Clinton. Mr. Sanders i serve with her in the United States senate and know her as a fierce advocate for the rights of children, for women, and for the disabled. Hillary clinton will make an outstanding president , and i am proud to stand with her tonight. Amy earlier in the night, Bernie Sanders supporters repeatedly disrupted the convention by chanting his name nearly every time clinton name was mentioned. We will speak with two guests, benjamin jealous, who served as a sanders circuit that gave a speech last night on the Convention Floor and announcing his support for Hillary Clinton, and green Party President ial candidate jill stein, who is has urged sanders to join her on the green ticket. Come to see the necessity for independent third parties to actually move his movement forward. That would be a game changer if he made the case of that he has come to build the green p partys a political voice of that. Amy 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 Democratic National convention opened in the Wells Fargo Center in philadelphia monday a midst an ongoing scandal over the released dnc emails and public divisions between clinton and sanders supporters. On monday morning, protesters booed and heckled dnc chairwoman Debbie Wasserman schultz at a florida delegation breakfast, yelling shame, shame, and carrying signs reading emails. Wasserman shultz has resigned in the wake the wikileaks release of 20,000 emails, which show the dnc worked to discredit and defeat Bernie Sanders. The fbi has launched an investigation into whether russian spy services were behind the hack. Baltimore mayor Stephanie Rawlingsblake took over Wasserman Schultzs role of gaveling in the opening of the convention monday afternoon. Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders delegates booed sanders himself at a delegate meeting monday afternoon when he called for supporting Hillary Clinton. Mr. Sanders we have got to defeat donald trump. And we have got to elect Hillary Clinton and tim kaine. [crowd boos] amy among those to try to quell the bernie or bust movement monday was comedian Sarah Silverman, who appeared on stage at the dnc alongside al franken. As the crowd shouted bernie, bernie, silverman tried to shift the chant to unity. She thenen chastised sanders supporters. Unity, unity. Hillary, hillary. Can i just say, to the bernie or bust people, you are being ridiculous. Amy finally, following primetime Convention Speeches by First Lady Michelle Obama and massachusetts senator elizabeth warren, senator sanders took and doors to again Hillary Clinton. Mr. Sanders Hillary Clinton will make an excellent president , and i will stand with her tonight. Amy but on the Convention Floor, disunity was on full display. Sanders supporters sported shirts reading hill no. Others taped their mouths shut, with the word silenced written in marker on the duct tape. This is oregon delegate sandra jafarzadeh. I cover my mouth with sign on it, and the reason i said that is because super did not represent the voice of the people. They were supposed to represent the voice of the middle class, the voice of the 99 , and they failed. Amy well host a debate on the choice for sanders supporters with green Party President ial candidate dr. Jill stein and former ncaap president ben jealous later in the broadcast. Outside the Convention Center, protests continued for a second day. At least 50 people were briefly taken into custody by police during a mass sitin outside the Convention Center monday. The demonstration dubbed democracy spring was a testing or britt lobbying in congress. At least one journalist was arrested attempting to cover the protest. Police arrested telesur journalist abby martin as she tried to access the blockedoff area. She says she was following the polices instructions when an officer grabbed her, tore her dress, and handcuffed her. She was released hours later. Meanwhile, hundreds marched to demand a moratorium on deportations and the closure of the Berks Family Detention Center in pennsylvania. This is one of the protesters. Went it means to be what it means to be undocumented, the same crisis people facing here as u. S. Citizens. Basically, you do not have any rights. You do not have a political voice or the right to vote. People come because they want to live the american dream. Many times, people are put in poverty and violence, and then they come here and face more violence. It will never end. It does not make sense. It is immoral. And i think the right thing to do, because this will go down in deportationso s stop and end this cririsis already. Amy in japan, a knifewielding man killed 19 people and wounded atat least a dozen near tokyo on tuesday. Japanenese police say the attack took place in the city of sagamihara at a facility for people with mental disabilities. The man appeared to have been a former employee of the facility, and the victims were all patients there. The suspected attacker turned himself in at a local Police Station and was charged with murder. Police have not yet offered a possible motive for the attack. In germany, Officials Say a syrian man who blew himself up outside a concert in germany sunday night had declared allegiance to isis. The 27yearold man was killed and about a dozen people were wounded in the blast. Police say they found bombmaking materials inin the mans apartment, along w with a videof the man pledging s support to te group. Police described the alleged bomber as having legal and psychiatric troubles. They saiaid he had arrived i in germany two years ago, but had been denied asylum. In britain, more than 10,000 people have signed a petition demanding the British Parliament hold tony blair to account for the countrys participation in the 2003 iraq war. British law requires the government issue a formal reply to the request. There have been renewed calls for blair to face trial after the release of the chilcot report earlier this month, which presented evidence blair had misled britain in making the case for war. In south korea, protests against the deployment of a u. S. Missile system continued for a 12th straight day. Residents of songju, southeast of seoul, have held daily demonstrations since their city was announced as the location for the missile base two weeks ago. The south korean government says it needs the Missile System to counter threats from north korea. U. S. Troops would be deployed along with the missiles. These are two of the protesters. It will not only further worsen the relations between the groupic of korea and the but also negatively affect the situation in northeast asia and push south korea to the brink of war. Therefore, we must oppose it. If it is deployed, there will be u. S. Forces. I have h heard about scandals involving u. S. Troops in our country. So as a mother with daughters, i am deeply worried and sad. Amy russia has warned of irreparable consequences if the missiles are deployed. China has also said the missiles would threaten stability on the korean peninsula. In mississippi, a u. S. Navy sailor h has been charged in the murder of 25yearold transgsgender woman dee whigham, who was found stabbed to death in a hotel room saturday. The alleged killer is 20yearold dwanya hickerson, who was in training at Mississippis Keesler Air force base. Police say they are investigating the murder as a possible hate crime. Dee whigham had recently begun her medical career as a nurse at a Medical Center in hattiesburg, mississippi. At least transgender have been 15 murdered this year, following a record of more than 20 killings in 2015. And chris leday, the man who posted a facebook video showing the Police Killing of alton sterling by police in baton rouge, louisiana, says he still hasnt been allowed to return to work. Three weeks ago, the day after posting the video, leday was arrested and shackled when , jailed, and ultimately charged for outstanding traffic fines. Now, officials at the Dobbins Air Force base in marietta, georgia, where he works as a hisnician, are saying that arrest has kept him from coming back to work. Here is a video. Are you sorry you posted the video of the Police Killing of alton sterling . Not at all because the main thing i wanted to do was try to help sterling get justice and use my platform to put these thoughts on display. I think it was an atrocity and they handled it wrong. It is a clearcut case of murder, in my opinion, even though i am not an expert. I saw his son crying on television, and that really broke my heart. I have three children. Amy to see our whole interview, go to democracynow. Org. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org we are breaking with convention war, peace, and the presidency. I am amy goodman. Juan and i am juan gonzalez. Welcome to our listeners and viewers. It has been a tumult was 24 hours here at the opening of the Democratic National convention in philadelphia. The convention began one day after Democratic NationalCommittee ChairDebbie Wasserman schultz resigned following the release of nearly 20,000 emails revealing how the Democratic Party favored Hillary Clinton and worked behind the scenes to discredit and defeat Bernie Sanders. Onon monday mornrning, protestes booed and heckled Wasserman Schultz at a florida delegation breakfast. Boos]owd amy hours later, senator Bernie Sanders spoke about the email scandal in a meeting with his delegates. Sanders as i think all of you know, Debbie Wasserman schultz resigned yesterday as chair of the dnc. [cheers and applause] mr. Sanders her wrecking her resignation opens up the possibility of new leadership at the top of the Democratic Party that will stand with working people. Amy later in the meeting with his close to 2000 delegates, the room erupted into boos when the vermont senator repeated his support for Hillary Clinton. Mr. Sanders we have got to defeat donald trump. And we have got to elect Hillary Clinton and tim kaine. [crowd boos] sanders brothers and sisters amy supporters of sanders chanted run run run and bernie or bust. The tension continued on to the floor of the Democratic National convention when it was gaveled open hours later. Democracy now was there at the opening gavel of the convention. The 47thby call Democratic National convention to order. Stephanie rawlings blake, the baltimore mayor, not Debbie Wasserman schultz, the chair of the dnc that has resigned, has gaveled the Democratic National convention into order or the first day. I actually live in baltimore city. I was so proud to see Stephanie Rawlings blake is the gavel down for this exciting convention. I think it shows that were moving forward with the community in strengths, just like we do in baltimore. Amy can you talk about the controversy around Debbie Wasserman schultz, the emails that came out, 20,000 of them, and how it suggested that the dnc was clearly on the side of the Hillary Clinton, no matter who you support . Isi would say that what interesting is that in that debate or in that discussion, no one is talking about the fact that bernie never identified himself as a democrat until he decided to run for president. So that is all i have to say on it. It is over. Lets move forward. Bernie]hanting amy the chair of the Democratic National committee is trying to speak. People are booing. People are chanting hillary. There is chaos in the california delegation. My name is mark maloof, and i Bernie Sandersor and Congressional District five in california. The reason why we are booing tim kaine is we would prefer a much more progressive candidate to unify the party against donald trump. Is something the delegation is very divided. People are chanting hillary, and other people are saying bernie, and many People Holding up ban tpp signs. Although it is very divided, i am not one of the socalled bernie or bust, so i plan on voting for the ends of desk for the eventual democratic nominee. But i do not know if that is the case for many people in this audience. Tpp]hanting no i am from north carolina. The time is now to stop the tpp. Come upt have the tpp in a lameduck session of congress. Not disrespect a man who fought for your civil rights and thought for the people. You lost. We would work with you, but you are not respecting our people and you are not respecting others, and you want to have the floor the whole time, and that is just wrong. People would be with you, but you are disrespectful, and you are being bratty and acting out. That is not what america is about. Did not hear, i her. I am trying to stay positive, and i live in a democracy. And i know im fair trade deals ruin our country up at millions of people out of jobs. The trash our environment. They will invade our security. And we do not know the entire thing because it is shrouded in secrecy. My name is katy roemer here at i am a registered nurse, a member of National Nurses united. I from california, Congressional District 13 as a delegate. I think this is what democracy looks like. Im incredibly proud to be here. We have been with senator sanders from the beginning, endorsing him. I am glad that finally in american politics, we are sharing the fact that there is not necessarily agreement on all the issues. Amy and your thoughts on tim kaine . Has a few good things about him, but the reality is that tim kaine has not been a friend of labor. And i am a working woman, a union member, and tim kaine has not been a friend to the labor movement. Well, he has basically not been friendly to us. If you support fasttrack for. Pp, you have got a problem because that is an absolute attack on organized labor in this country. My name is nancy kim, delegate from los angeles, california, a millennial. We are saying no to tpp. Nobody a magnitude that knows about. People are not talking about ap this will effect our planet, our families, our people. ,n a nutshell, over 5000 pages 30 chapters, and only six chapters is about trade. The rest is about corporate domination. It is basically an end to democracy and an end to humanity. It is not about a cult of personalities. It is just a person running for office like Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton, but it is about the issues. These issues are not just words on a paper. It is real. So were here on day one. It is not even a day and i have lost my voice, because im here to do whatever it takes to bring justice and for people to know the truth. People want to know the truth. Even Hillary Clinton people will love Bernie Sanders. Amy that report from the Convention Floor with special thanks to john hamilton. When we come back, we will speak with dr. Jill stein, who is running for president with the green party, running on the green party ticket. She was the green partys 2012 president ial nominee. Ben jealous will also be with us, former naacp president , Bernie Sanders surrogate who spoke at the Convention Last night in favor of Hillary Clinton. This is democracy now stay with us. [music c break] amy that is bridge over troubled water by simon and garfunkel. Simon also sang the song when he performed at the dnc the night after he was introduced by longtime sanders supporter and comedian Sarah Silverman and clinton backer senator al franken. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org we are breaking with convention war, peace, and the presidency. I am amy goodman with juan gonzalez. As we turn back to the Opening Night<