making news in america this morning, historic night. at the democratic national convention, hillary clinton cracking the glass ceiling, officially the first woman nominated for president by a major party and bill clinton making a passionate plea for his wife. >> she is still the best darned change maker i have ever known. plus, the emotional moment for bernie sanders, what brought him to tears. meanwhile, republicans are criticizing the democrats for what wasn't being discussed at the convention on the first night, terrorism. vice president biden is on the defensive in an exclusive interview. caught on camera, dragging a woman to safety while facing gunfire. a deputy's daring rescue. and some armed men set out

to a car wash to steal a car. see how their plans got washed away. >> ooh. got to watch out for that soap sprayer. >> yeah, exactly. it didn't quite go as planned. something that did go as planned, history. we start this day with that. hillary clinton becoming the first woman ever nominated for president by a major party. >> her biggest cheerleader took the stage, former president bill clinton, sharing a deeply personal play-by-play of their relationship starting with the moment they met 45 years ago. now, hours after bernie sanders helped put her over the top, clinton showed up via satellite to thank everyone who fought to make it possible. abc's lauren lyster has the latest live from philadelphia. good morning, lauren. >> reporter: good morning, diane and kendis. you know, despite the political in-fighting and the vocal protests we've seen this week between clinton and sanders supporters, democrats coming together to make this historic nomination the first of its kind. >> i move that hillary clinton

be selected as the nominee of the democratic party. >> reporter: hillary clinton making history. >> the ayes have it. >> reporter: an emotional roll call vote that made it official. she's the first woman picked to lead a major party ticket for president of the united states. in a ceremonial gesture, it was former opponent bernie sanders who moved to nominate clinton unanimously by acclamation. at the end of the night clinton herself making a surprise appearance from her home. >> i can't believe we just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling yet. >> reporter: there to make the case for why she should be elected, bill clinton, as a former president but as supportive husband. >> in the spring of 1971 i met a girl. >> reporter: clinton illuminating the personal and in his view presidential sides of his wife. >> she's the best darned change maker i ever met in my entire life. >> reporter: and he painted a

distinctly different picture of his wife than the one republicans presented last week. >> what's the difference in what i told you and what they said? how do you square it? you can't. one is real. the other is made up. you just have to decide which is which, my fellow americans. the real one had done more positive change-making before she was 30 than many public officials do in a lifetime in office. >> reporter: and showing just how the night was really all about clinton, donald trump's name was mentioned 100 times less than on day one of the convention. now tonight pennsylvania avenue comes to philly. president obama and vice president biden speaking. we'll also hear from clinton's running mate, tim kaine. kendis and diane. >> all right. they'll be represented there. so, lauren, an emotional night for so many people, especially bernie sanders.

what was the moment that seemed to bring him to tears? >> reporter: yeah, so, you know, we really have seen a lot of tears from sanders supporters this week who are so passionate about his campaign. last night we saw the vermont senator become very emotional. now, this moment, nothing touches us maybe like our parents and the desire to make them proud or maybe he's sad about not being, you know, nominated for president, but what set it up, what teed it up was his brother who was announcing the votes cast by the overseas delegation. his brother lives in the uk, and he was talking about how the sanders parents died young, had a tough life and how they would be very proud of their son, bernie sanders, and what he has achieved. sanders appearing to tear up and get very emotional in that moment. kendis and diane. >> a special moment there, no doubt. lauren lyster live for us in philadelphia. lauren, thank you. >> should give you this note of what took place outside the arena. there were several arrests yesterday as hundreds of protesters hit the streets of philadelphia.

>> some demonstrators were rallying for bernie sanders while others were protesting police brutality. the secret service arrested four people as they climbed a fence and tried to enter the security zone surrounding the convention hall. the republican presidential ticket, meanwhile, is criticizing the democrats because of what was not being discussed at the convention. >> abc's adrienne bankert is joining us with the details. good morning, adrienne. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and diane. after day one at the convention donald trump and mike pence quickly pounced on the democrats. on monday 61 speakers took to the podium including bernie sanders and first lady michelle obama, and there was not one single mention of isis. pence told a group of veterans in north carolina yesterday that trump will name our enemies without apology. our own abc's george stephanopoulos sitting down with vice president joe biden and asking him about the criticism. >> we have the finest special forces in the world, and what are they doing, pence and trump, what they're doing is breaking up our alliances. these guys don't know what they're talking about. >> but are they right when they

say 61 speakers, no mention of isis? politifact says that true. >> well, that could be, but i mean there are a lot more speakers to come. >> reporter: following that interview we have to tell you last night several speakers did mention isis including former presidential candidate howard dean, new york representative joe crowley and former secretary of state madeleine albright. you can hear much more of george's interview with joe biden later on "good morning america." diane and kendis. >> all right. we'll look out for that. thank you, adrienne. an issue hanging over the convention is the hacking of the democratic national committee's computers. now, experts say there is growing evidence of the involvement of russian intelligence agencies in that hacking. >> they claim a smoking gun and the hacker's malware code was an ip address that had been previously attributed to russian hackers. donald trump is denying suggestions that russians may be working to get him elected pointing out that in a tweet, he has, quote, zero investments in russia. and president obama and tim kaine speak tonight, which you'll see live at 10:00 p.m. eastern on air, and you can

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you're looking at a natural gas fire. it's blazing in a las vegas neighborhood. it started when a backhoe hit a natural gas line sparking the very intense fire. some residents were forced to evacuate. firefighters sprayed nearby homes with water to keep them from catching fire. we go overseas now and some new details that we're learning on that terror attack that took place inside a church in france. one of the young men, police say, carried out the isis-inspired attack had been arrested twice last year for trying to enter syria. he was still wearing an electronic monitoring device when he was shot dead by police. an elderly priest was killed in that attack, and the french president is now vowing to win the war on terror. well, dozens of fishermen are now on their way to safety

thanks to two good samaritan boats that rushed to their rescue. the fishing team's 220-foot vessel sent out an emergency h beacon as it took on water yesterday in alaska's remote aleutian islands. all 46 people on board evacuated onto three lifeboats and you can see in this coast guard video, two of those boats that are near that larger boat, one of them drifted out a little bit further, as you can see there. meanwhile, the coast guard got through to two other larger boats nearby, which rushed to the scene plucking the crew from the frigid waters. they're all heading to port now, no injuries reported. and cleanup is under way after this oil spill in louisiana. up to 4,000 gallons of crude spilled into the waters south of new orleans after a barge crashed into a wellhead. the oil company says the spill has been contained. well, right now is a very good time to grab some bargain flights this summer. domestic airfares are at their lowest level in six years. the average domestic airline ticket sold in the first three months of this year was just over $360.

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a lincoln, nebraska, tv station has a new star after this little guy dropped by their weather cam high up on an antenna tower. notice how the hawk maintains eye contact, seems to have very good diction. employees say he likes to hang out up there but never looked into the camera quite like that. i think he's auditioning. >> i think he's a camera hog, as well. >> he gets the part. so, drivers in the southern plains today, well, they should keep an eagle's eye out for flooded roads. >> ooh. >> roads will also be wet in the lincoln, nebraska, area and other parts of the upper midwest along the gulf coast and a little in new mexico. was that a hawk? >> it was a hawk, i think, yeah. >> well, if you're flying like a hawk, but in an airplane instead, you can expect some delays in new orleans, houston and memphis. now, to one of the most emotional moments from the democratic convention last night sparked by a group of women who lost their children in racially charged incidents.

>> so they call themselves mothers of the movement, and they walked out to a standing ovation. they said not only did hillary clinton listen to their problems but she encouraged families to become part of the solution. among them there right there on stage, the mothers of sandra bland, jordan davis and trayvon martin. >> first of all, i'd like to say it's an honor to be here to stand with these mothers and be amongst you. i am an unwilling participant in this movement. i would not have signed up for this or any other mother that is standing here with me today, but i am here today for my son, trayvon martin, who is in heaven. >> now, the women say clinton is the candidate fighting for commonsense gun legislation, and they're urging everyone to vote in november. a fifth baltimore police officer is set to go on trial in connection with the death of freddie gray. garrett miller is charged with

assault, reckless endangerment and misconduct. prosecutors so far have been unable to win any convictions in the case of gray, who died from injuries he received while in a police van. and two central florida deputies are being called heroes after responding to a frantic domestic violence call. >> get a unit to south houston drive. [ gunfire ] >> they arrived to find a mother lying in the driveway shot in the leg. she was the one who called 911. and then more shots were fired from inside the house. but one deputy dragged that woman to safety, and with her kids still in danger, he went in to get them out. the children ranging in age from 23 months to 7 years were all unhurt in the incident. the woman is now recovering, and her husband is in custody. and some quick thinking at a car wash thwarted a robbery. michael davis was washing his car at about 2:00 a.m. when a man approached him with a gun. the suspect demanded davis' keys and money not realizing that

davis was armed with a high-powered soap prsprayer. >> oh not the soap sprayer. >> he let the guy have it right in the face and then scrubbed an accomplice too. both men ran away empty-handed. the car unharmed but i'm guessing pretty clean. >> have to keep that in mind. absolutely. they made a clean getaway too. okay, now some sports. >> well done. >> it seems team usa is all set for the olympics at least when it comes to men's basketball. >> the reason why, let's check in with espn. >> good morning, america. we have two highlights. stan is going to go first. >> yeah, team usa taking on china for the second straight game. it's an olympic tune-up. it was at oracle arena in oakland. that's where kevin durant will be playing for the warriors now. they were excited to see him. his first game there since he signed, and he got started very quickly. kyrie irving said, look, if i get it off the opening tip, i'm coming right back to you, and he did. durant with a three ball just six seconds into the game and

then later, the dunk and then the steal and another finish. he scored the first ten points for team usa. he had 13 for the game. andre iguodala and steph curry, they had good seats, as you might imagine. demarcus cousins, 21 and 11. team usa, 107-57. demar derozan at that game, so he couldn't be at this game in toronto. it's the blue jays and padres. 14th pitch of the pat. travis who fouled off eight pitches at one point draws the walk, so the bases are loaded. jose bautista draws the walk, so 6-4 becomes 6-5. next up josh donaldson grounds into a fielder's choice, a run scores, the game is tied. see, told you. next batter, edwin encarnacion, paul clements, not the pitch he was hoping for. travis, who walked to start the highlight, scores. it is a walkoff wild pitch. blue jays win. >> that's all we got. back to you. and one more highlight featuring a major league pitcher who was called into action while walking his dog.

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for hillary clinton. >> "hunger games" star elizabeth banks made a dramatic grand entrance that looked a little familiar. >> did it? oh, yeah. >> appearing on stage in silhouette in a cloud of fog channeling a little donald trump. >> trump, exactly. she looks a little lost there on stage. >> she copied trump's entrance from last week complete with "we are the champions" as the song. >> yes. well, after the fog cleared though, she took a few swipes at trump joking that his campaign is so hard up for money that she bought the fog machine on ebay for 30 bucks. okay. and social media was abuzz as meryl streep took the stage in this patriotic number. she made an enthusiastic pitch for hillary clinton wearing an all american flag inspired shirt dress ensemble. >> wow. >> what do you think of -- >> well, she's clearly enthusiastic all the way around. >> she clearly is. >> i think we can see. next, some attention for beer lovers. the smithsonian may have a job for you. officially it's a gig with the

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> i am natasha zouves. >> i am matt keller here for regular. he is in philadelphia covering the democratic national convention. >> first, a major citizen and a sig-alert on interrogate 880. sue? we have a problem on 880 in san leandro a big-rig caught fire for a time blocking all of the northbound lanes. now c.h.p. is reporting just one lane is blocked, lane four, and the davis off ramp from 880. take 580 to avoid this. the sig-alert is issued by the c.h.p. only one lane now is blocked. mike? >> good morning, everyone, we will look at live doppler hd, i

heard the fog horns rolling through san francisco. here is a reason: near the coast and in the golden gate it is foggy. here is a look at the day planner starting off warmer, mid-50s to mid-60s and 90s inland by noon and touching 100s by 4:00, another "spare the air" day. poor air quality is possible. 84 around the bay. 67 at the coast. >> the contra costa county district attorney is investigating an incident involving a pittsburg man who died after struggling with police and being tazed. police tried to pull the 32 over. he ran from the car into a home. he fought with police biting an officer's hands. officers confirmed they use a taser but it did not affect him. he was unresponsive after being handcuffed. he died a short time after being revised but died at the hospital. he has a war rants for drug

arges. in south sacramento a six-year old girl is recovering from gun wounds in a car with her mother at an intersection and shot in a drive-by shooting. it is not then in the car was targeted. no one else was hurt. the search is underway for the shooter. >> virginia democratic senator tim kaine accepts the nomination as vice president tonight in philadelphia. a history-making night last night hillary clinton became the first william to be nominated by president for a major party. bill clinton stepped to the podium and talked of the woman who rejected the first two marriage proposals. >> in the spring of 1971, i a girl. she is curious a natural leader a good organizer, and she is the best darn change maker i ever met in my entire life. >> later, hillary clinton appears on a giant screen from