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 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, 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 their own candidate at a delegate meeting monday afternoon, when he called for supporting hilillary clinto. Senator sanders we have got to defeat donald trump. And we have got to elect Hillary Clinton and tim kaine. [booing] amy among those to try to quell the bernie or bust movement monday was comedian sarah silverman, who appeared on stage at the Dnc Convention center alongside al franken. As the crowdwd shouted bernie, bernie, silverman tried to shift the chant to unity. She then chastised sanders supporters. Sarah unity, unity. Say . Just to the bernie e or busust peopl, you are being ridiculous. [cheering] amy finally, following primetime Convention Speeches by First Lady Michelle Obama and massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren, sanders took to thee stage agagain endorsing Hillary Clinton. Senator Sanders Hillary will make an outstanding president and i am proud to stand with her tonight. Thank you all very much. Amy but on the convention floor, disunity was on full display. Sanders supporters sported no. S reading, hill others taped their mouths shut, with the word silenced written in marker on the duct tape. This is oregon delegate sandra jafarzadeh. I covered my mouth with silence. That ison why i said because superdelegates 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, they did not do that. Amy well host a debate on the choice for sanders supporters, after headlines. 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 protest was dubbed democracy spring. It sought to call attention to the influence of big money and were lobbying in politics. 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. Shshe was released h hours late. Meanwhile, hundreds s marched to demand a moratorium on deportations and the closure of the Berks Family Detention Center in pennsylvania. This is one of the protesters. What it means to be undocumented is the same crisis that people are facing in the u. S. That have felonies. You dont have any rights, you dont have any voice, you dont have the right to vote. People are coming to this country. Eight is because they want to live the american dream, they are playing fleeing poverty and violence. And they are coming year facing more trauma and more violence. It does not make sense. It isnt moral. This is going to go down in history. The right thing is to dismantle this organization and to stop deportations and end this crisis. News, rep. Alan graysons exwife repeatedly went to police with accusations of Domestic Abuse over a two decade period. Reports that Lolita Grayson called police on her husband at least two times in virginia and two more times in florida, sought medical attention on at least two occasions and said that, in one instance, he had threatened to kill her, according to a police report. The congressman vehemently denies he engaged in any abuse during their 25year marriage, which ended last year in a bitter annulment that she is now appealing. The city of shrinagar has been under lockdown in kashmir. The largest city in indian controlled kashmir has been under lockdown since since Indian Security forces killed an independence leader earlier this month, setting off the deadliest demonstrations in five years. In south korea, protest of a Missile System went on. Residents have held daily demonstrations since the city was announced as a location for the missile base two weeks ago. They say they need the missile sysystem to counter threats from north korea. U. S. Troops would be deloitte deployed along with the missiles. It will model me further worsen the relations between the republic of korea and the, but also negatively affect the situation in the area. Will be u. S. Forces. I have heard about scandals invovolving u. S. Troopops in otr countries. Im deeply worried and strongly oppose that. Amy russia has warned of irreparable consequences if the missiles are deployed. China has also said that it the area. Aten in the philippines, president Rodrigo Duterte declared a unilateral ceasefire with communist rebels that have fought the government since 1968. The insurgency began in 1968 and has claimed more than 40,000 lives. When we extol the bravery and , they dof our soldiers the same for their members and fighters. I feel their pain and their grief. Amy the group that will represent the rebels in the negotiations say they will Gloria Arroyo has returned after five years in prison. The Supreme Court has s cleared heher of charges. Peoplesia, hundreds of protested against an amnesty law for Public Officials and state employees charged with corruption. Parliamentary debate is expected to begin today. That many of the return to these bills would return to the rule before 2011. Those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now, democracynow. Org, breaking with convention war, peace and the presidency. Im amy goodman. Juanan and im want gonzales. Welcome to our old to all our viewers s around the world. It has been tumultuous 24 hours here at the opening of the democratic natatnal convenention 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. Before the convention began , sanders addressed his 1900 delegates. Was there. Now senator sanders we have got to defeat donald trump. We have got to elect Hillary Clinton and tim kaine. [booing] senator sanders brothers and ,isters, brothers and sisters this is the real world that we live in. Trump is a bully and a demagogue. Trump has made bigotry and hatred the cornerstone of his campaign. Campaign, he has insulted mexicans and latinos, he has insulted muslimsms, he hs insulted women and africican americans. [booing] hillary [booing] [chanting] we are going to fight. We are going to fight for Bernie Sanders. Bernie sanders is the only one with integrity. We are going to fight this week. We are going to fight the tpp. Delegate foronal bernie from the great state of texas. I love bernie, but the problem is, weve all seen what happened this morning. Clinton is slipping behind trump. Im scared for my Civil Liberties. I carry the constitution around with me. Im scared donald trump is going to win now and now that t clintn is sagging behind trump, the most misogynistic, racist person republicans of ever nominated, i dont know how else to say it. Our democracy is in danger if trump becomes president. Im going to vote for clintotonf she is the nominee. Bernie beats trump. Everyone knows this. I dont understand why it has to be like this. Im a bernie delegate from new jersey. Im proud to be here to represent the agenda bernie has been pushing for the last year. The thing that struck me the most is that when he said we have set the agenda for the future in america. You think about the young people who have supportrted bernies campaign. We need to have a vision that goes well beyond the president ial election. That is what excites me the most. It pains me when bernie asks us to support Hillary Clinton, im sure it broke his heart as well. Hillary is the perfect candidate for the democracy that we have an bernie candy bernie is the perfect candidate for the democracy we want. Im from the state of washington and im a bernie delegate. I was on a Platform Drafting Committee and the p platform commmmittee that voted in orlan. Will you be voting for Hillary Clinton . Right now, i came as a delegate and i earned a lot of votes to represent bernies values and im here to represent those values on the p platform d also from the state of washington. We were 84 bernie sananders. They asked me to represent their voice and that is what im doing. As voting, i have not made that decision. It is heartbroken. It is not just about politics. Yes, it is political, but there is a feeling, a movement, inspiration that has beenn created. How do you change that and go for the person that you dont think would make the best president . Yes, we hear the lesser of two evils. It is a set day for many of us. Amy once the Democratic Convention began, supporters of sanders repeatedly broke into chants supporting bernie everytime Hillary Clinton was named. During his speech to the Convention Sanders again urged his supporters to back Hillary Clinton in november. Senator sanders i have known Hillary Clinton for 25 years. I remember her, as you do, as a great first lady who broke precedent in terms of the role that i firstst lady was supposed to play. She helped lead the fight for universal health care. Her in the United States senate and i know her as a fierce advocate for the rights of children, for women, and for the disabled. Clinton will make an outstanding president and i am proud to stand with her tonight. Thank you all very much. Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren also spoke on the Opening Night of the dnc. She accused repupublican nominee donald trump of fanning the flames of fear and hatred. Senator warren we are here tonight because america faces a choice, the choice of a new president. On one side is a man who inherited a fortune from his father and kept it going by cheating people, by skipping out on debts. And man who has never sacrificed anything for anyone. Himselfo cares only for , every minute of every day. On the other side is one ofof te smartest, toughest, most tenacious people on this planet. A woman who fights for children, for women, for health care, for huhuman rights. A woman who fights for all of us and who is Strong Enough to win those fights. We are here todaday because our choice is Hillary Clinton. Im m with hillary. Im with hillary. Amy First Lady Michelle Obama also spoke and gave one of the most impassioned speeches of the evenng. Mrs. Obama i wake up every morning in a house that was and i watch my two beautiful, intelligent, black young women playing with their dogs on the white house lawn. And because of Hillary Clinton, my daughters and all of our sons and daughters now take for granted that a woman can be president of the United States. [loud cheering] , dontama so, look, so let anyone ever tell you that this country is not great, that somehow we need to make it great again, because this right now is the greatest country on earth. [loud cheering] mrs. Obama and as my daughters prepare to set out into the world, i want a leader who is worthy of that truth, a leader worthy of my girls promise, and all her kids promise, a leader guided every day by the love and hope and impossibly big dreams that we all have for our children. First Lady Michelle obama. In a minute, we will be joined by two guests. , from berkeley, california robert reich, former labor , secretary under president clinton and professor at the university of california, berkeley. He was a Bernie Sanders supporter. Hedges, aia, chris pulitzerprize winning journalist, awardwinning author, activist. His most recent book is wages of rebellion the moral imperative of revolt. He supports dr. Jill stein. [music break] amy people make the world go round by philadelphias own the stylistics. That is where we are, in philadelphia. Welclcome to democracy now im amy goodman with juan gonzalez. Juan as we continue to talk about the democrcratic national coconvention, we are joined by o guests. Joining us from berkeley, california is robert reich, former labor secretary under president clininton and d profer at the university of california, berkeley. Here in philadelphia is chris hedges, pulitzerprize winning journalist, awardwinning author, acactivist. His most recent book is wages of rebellion the moral imperative of revolt. I would like to begin with robert reich. You are a Bernie Sanders supppporter. You are now backing hillaryy clininton. Your perspective on what you saw last night. The possibility of the Democratic Party uniting behind Hillary Clinton or the sasanders supporters g going with jill stein. Robert it is very hard to tell what t the delegates are going o do. It is harder to o tell what thte electorate is going to do. Ththis is an agonizingng time fr many Bernie Sanders s supporter. With a great deal of reluctance initiallyy, because ive known for hiHillary Clinton for 500 ys , endodorsed berninie sanders ad worked my heart out for him. At this particular juncture, there is a great deal of sadness and d a great deal of regret. But having worked so long and so many years for basically thehe progressssivideals thahat Bernie Sanders stands for, i i can tell you that the movement is going to continue, it is goining to grow. At this particicular point in te , i dont see any alternative but to support hillary. I know hillary, i know her faults, i know her strengths. I supported Bernie Sanders because i ththought he would mae a better president for the system we need. Hillary clininton going to be te nonominee. I i support her not only because she will b be a good president ,f not a great president , but franankly becaususe im tremendy alternativeut the and the alteternative, as a practical matter, is somebody who is a mega maniac and a bigot , somebody who will set back the Progressive Movement decades, if not more. Amy chris hedges. Reducing the election to personalities is infantile, at this point. Of inverted system totalitarianism. We live in a system where Corporate Power is seizing control. There is n no way to vote againt the control of goldman sachs, etc. We have seen an assault against Civil Liberties under president obama. We have seen the executive branch misinterpret the 2001 authorization to use military force as giving its right to assassinate american citizens, including children. We have failed out the banks, pushed through programs of austerity, this is in a bipartisan effort because they have both been captured by Corporate Power. We have undergone a corporate coup detat. I just came back from poland, which is a case study of how neoliberal poison destroys a society and creates figures like trump. Poland has gone into a neofa