Viewers guide to the Democratic convention

Democrats kick off their convention Monday under the cloud of party chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz's resignation and Donald Trump's 6 point bounce coming out of last week's GOP convention. The big question as the convention gavels in at 4 p.m. ET: Will Wasserman Schultz address her fellow Democrats? And if so, will she be booed, even if she's only present for a brief three minute speech? It will be an early bit of drama ahead of a convention lineup that's packed with star power -- with two presidents, a vice president and the first lady serving as warm-up acts for Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine.

Hillary Clinton to speak in Charlotte today

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is scheduled to speak to thousands of members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Charlotte Monday, as the Democratic National Convention begins in Philadelphia. Clinton will speak at the 117th VFW National Convention at the Charlotte Convention Center in uptown, located at 501 S. College Street.

Donald Trump: Enemy of America

Protests on the streets and a shakeup inside the Democratic National Committee kicks off the party's nominating convention in Philadelphia Monday, signaling that matters are nowhere near settled as the second and last convention of the 2016 Presidential Convention gets underway. Amid the rancor, presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, and her selected vice presidential running mate Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, presented a more calm demeanor in an interview with Scott Pelly on 60 Minutes Sunday night.

Sanders delegates plan to fight Kaine nomination at convention

Delegates for Bernie Sanders at the Democratic National Convention are planning to fight the nomination of Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as the party's vice presidential nominee. At a news conference Sunday, Norman Solomon, a Sanders delegate from California and national coordinator of a group of Sanders delegates called the Bernie Delegates Network, said Kaine's positions on a range of issues were unacceptable to Sanders supporters.

Kaine, accepting VP slot, cites Holocaust survivor who died in shooting

Sen. Tim Kaine, accepting Hillary Clinton's invitation to join her as running mate, cited as an inspiration a Holocaust survivor who died protecting others during a shooting massacre. Kaine, D-Virginia, appeared Saturday with Clinton at Florida International University in Miami a day after she announced her pick.

Furious Sanders backers weighing challenge to Kaine nomination

Bernie Sanders delegates, furious over Hillary Clinton's vice presidential pick and leaked emails showing the Democratic Party was helping Hillary Clinton, said Sunday they're seeking their own vice presidential candidate and weighing protests on the floor. They have no alternative to Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Clinton's running mate in mind yet.

After convention, Clinton and Kaine to visit Ohio

After convention, Clinton and Kaine to visit Ohio One of Hillary Clinton's first stops after the Democratic National Convention this week will be - where else - Ohio. Check out this story on cincinnati.com: http://cin.ci/2aaQ1pa Hillary Clinton arrives with Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., at a rally at Florida International University Panther Arena in Miami on July 23, 2016.

Bernie Sanders Gives A Nod Of Support For Tim Kaine VP Pick

Sen. Bernie Sanders offered his support for the choice of Sen. Tim Kaine as the Democratic vice presidential nominee, though he did so by calling it a vast improvement over the Republican alternative more than offering a testament to Kaine's liberal bona fides. Speaking to CNN's "State of the Union," Sanders acknowledged that he and Kaine were not always ideologically in symmetry.

[Newsmaker] Kaine wows as Clinton running mate

Tim Kaine made a big splash Saturday in his first appearance as Hillary Clinton's running mate for the White House, savaging Donald Trump's foreign policy ideas as dangerous and wowing a Miami crowd with fluent Spanish. Kaine, a 58-year-old senator from the battleground state of Virginia, won many a cheer and laugh and frequent applause as he addressed a campaign rally one day after being tapped for the Democratic ticket.

Could Clinton’s VP pick hurt her chances with Israel supporters?

Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's recent Vice Presidential pick of Tim Kaine has in many ways been regarded as a "safe choice", nominally aiding her White House bid without the risk some more outspoken running-mates, like Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, could potentially have posed. A former governor and current senator for the swing-state of Virginia, Tim Kaine worked as a missionary in Honduras and speaks fluent Spanish, an asset in an election where Hispanic voters could tip the scales in critical battleground states like Florida, Nevada, Colorado, and Arizona.

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CNN political commentator Scottie Nell Hughes on Saturday criticized Tim Kaine for speaking in Spanish, saying it contrasted with this week's Republican convention in which "I didn't have to get a translator." Hughes, who supports Donald Trump, told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on "CNN Newsroom" that Kaine's appearance with Hillary Clinton in Miami - in which Kaine frequently spoke in Spanish - highlighted the differences between the Republican and Democratic parties.

Catholic Tim Kaine insane on abortion

Hillary Clinton has picked Virginia senator Tim Kaine as her V.P. Much is being made of the fact that he speaks Spanish and is Catholic and used his Spanish while a Catholic missionary. Kaine is the latest Catholic politician to follow the tortured logic of Mario Cuomo to justify abortion when you know it is wrong, according both to your faith and to logic.