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In a sign of ongoing unrest within the Democratic Party on the opening day of the Democratic National Convention, supporters of Bernie Sanders repeatedly interrupted speakers at a breakfast for California delegates on Monday, chanting the Vermont senator's name and booing mentions of Hillary Clinton. The protest served as a preview for a convention whose opening night theme is "unity."
Chaos erupted as Debbie Wasserman Schultz addressed Florida delegates on Monday, as protesters jeered the outgoing Democratic National Committee chairwoman as she delivered a speech. "So I can see that's little bit of interest in my being here and I appreciate that interest," Wasserman Schultz said amid the cacophony.
Media from across the globe received swag bags filled with water bottles, lapel pins and toys when they arrived in Philadelphia Sunday in preparation for the Democratic National Convention. The event begins Monday at the Wells Fargo Center and runs through Thursday, July 28. Sen. Bernie Sanders and First Lady Michelle Obama are slated to speak to delegates tonight.
For Trump, it was a plagiarism scandal that surfaced after wife Melania's speech on the first night of the convention. For Clinton, it was an uproar over the release of nearly 20,000 party emails by Wikileaks ahead of the convention's start, some of which showed Democratic staffers favoring Clinton over her primary rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders.
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The Democratic National Convention gets underway today in Philadelphia, kicking off four days of politics and parties that will culminate Thursday in the nomination of Hillary Clinton as the party's nominee for president. Tonight starts out with Clinton's former rival, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and First Lady Michelle Obama delivering the keynote addresses, as the convention tries to rally around the theme "Unity together."
Democrats are opening their national convention in Philadelphia eager to show off a forward-looking party united behind Hillary Clinton, but they face lingering bitterness among supporters of defeated rival Bernie Sanders and a fresh political mess of the party's own making. The resignation of Debbie Wasserman Schultz as chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee made for a rocky start on Sunday, as the Florida congresswoman heeded Sanders' longstanding call to leave as party chief.
Hillary Clinton is set to officially become the Democratic presidential nominee this week as the party's selection convention gets underway in Philadelphia later. The convention has already been overshadowed by the resignation of the party chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz over Wikileaks revelations that some in the party's leadership favoured Ms Clinton over her rival Bernie Sanders.
Philadelphia: It might have sounded barmy, but extraordinary allegations by the Democratic Party that Moscow is behind a massive leak of internal party emails as a Russian strategy to improve the electoral prospects of the GOP's Donald Trump are being taken seriously. The chair of the Democratic National Committee, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, resigns amid a furor over leaked emails that appear to show the DNC chair playing favorites in the heated primary race.
More than 1,000 people joined Hollywood stars including Shailene Woodley, Susan Sarandon and Danny Glover in Philadelphia last night on the eve of the Democratic National Convention and vowed to keep fighting for climate and environmental justice issues, even though their preferred presidential candidate would not be driving the party's agenda. Sarandon, who like the other stars in attendance campaigned on behalf of Sen. Bernie Sanders, said the rally's turnout was proof that theirs was a movement and not a cult of personality as some critics alleged.
The Democratic Party's top official resigned Sunday amid e-mail revelations that national committee staffers had tried to undermine Bernie Sanders, Hillary's Clinton's spirited rival, during the primary election season. The departure of Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who has weathered a long list of controversies during her more than five year tenure leading the Democratic National Committee, marked a chaotic start to a convention week intended to display unity for Clinton's White House bid.
Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz has agreed to resign as party chair following the release of Democratic National Committee emails from Wikileaks that suggest the DNC was not impartial during the primary. Rep Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla, is shown here in this March 2016 photo.
In the wake of this week's embarrassing email dump, Debbie Wasserman Schultz said today that she will step down as chairman of the Democratic National Committee after the party's convention this week. "My first priority has always been serving the people of the 23rd district of Florida," Schultz said in a statement, "and I look forward to continuing to do that as their member of Congress for years to come."
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says Debbie Wasserman Schultz made the right decision for the Democratic Party's future by resigning as part chair. Sanders says Democrats need new leadership "that will open the doors of the party and welcome in working people and young people."
It has been an open secret for some time that one of the weakest elements of the extended Democratic Party family under US President Barack Obama has been the Democratic National Committee. It has been a neglected institution that has become a public embarrassment on the eve of a national convention designed to highlight party unity.
Alex Schaefer, a supporter of Senator Bernie Sanders, puts on a Bernie costume for a demonstration at Dillworth Park in Philadelphia. Photo / AP Thousands of demonstrators are taking to Philadelphia's sweltering streets, cheering, chanting and beating drums in the first major protests ahead of the Democratic National Convention, as the city wilts during a heatwave.
Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz will not be speaking or presiding at this week's Democratic National Convention - a huge blow caused by the leak of internal DNC emails that suggested favoritism toward Hillary Clinton over Sen. Bernie Sanders during the primary. Instead, Rep. Marcia Fudge of Ohio will chair the convention, gaveling in and out each day's proceedings, CNN reported Sunday.
His wife spoke briefly at the end of the service, telling parishioners how important they've been in their lives. Kaine told reporters outside the church: "We needed some prayers today and we got some prayers and it really feels good."
This Sunday, the Democratic National Convention gets underway here in Philadelphia, after a raucous and unpredictable Republican convention. That ended with the nomination of Donald Trump.
If there were over 19,000 leaked emails from the RNC, including questionable interactions with the press, possible collusion, cover-ups, fake protesters, fake craigslist ads, temper tantrums from top officials, and a literal attempt to undermine a primary candidate over and over in favor of the chosen one, the coverage on the cable news networks would be wall to wall. I wouldn't even be surprised if the news came by way of breaking into prime time on a broadcast network.