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 changemaker 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. >> didn't 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. 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 vehicleal 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 acclimation. at the end of the night clinton 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 changemaker 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. wh 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. >> the dmv will be represented there. 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. there were several arrests 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 surround the convention hall. and the republican presidential ticket is now criticizing the democrats because of what was not being discussed at the convention. >> abc's adrienne bankert is joining us now with the details on that, 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. pen pence told a group of veterans trump will name our enemies without apology. 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. >> are they right when they say 61 speakers, no mention of isil.

politifact says that true. >> that could be but there's 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 later on "good morning america." diane and kendis. >> 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 previously attributed to russian hackers. donald trump is denying suggestions that they're working to get him elected pointing out in a tweet he has zero investments in russia. president obama and tim kaine speak tonight, which you'll see live 10:00 p.m. eastern and catch it on abc news

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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 placative site 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. dozens of fishermen 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 beacon as it took out water in the aleutian islands. all 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 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. 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 airline ticket sold in the first three months of this year was just over $360. that's almost 8% less than the same time period a year ago.

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mothers of the movement and 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 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.

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 would called 911. and then more shots were fired from inside the house. but one deputy dragged that woman to safety and with her d kids still in danger he went in to get them out. they were all unhurt in the incident. the woman is now recovering and her husband is in custody. some quick thinking at a car wash thwarted a robbery. michael davis was washing his car at 2 a.m. when a man approached him with a gun and demanded his keys and money. he was armed with a high-powered soap sprayer.

he let the guy have it right in the face and then scrubbed an accomplice two. both men ran away empty-handed. the car unharped but i'm guessing pretty clean. >> have to keep that in mind. >> 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. >> team usa taking on china for the second straight game. it's an olympic tune-up. it was at oracle arena in oakland. durant's first game there since he signed and he got started quickly. kyrie irving said if i get it off the opening tip i'm coming right back to you. durant with three ball six seconds into the game and then later, the dunk and then the

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banks made a dramatic grand entrance that looks familiar. appearing on stage in silhouette in a cloud of fog. channeling a little donald trump. >> trump, exactly. >> she looks a little lost there. >> she copied trump's entrance from last week complete with "we are the champions" as the song. >> 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 -- >> 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 national museum of american

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>> ♪ >> good morning, i'm tamala edwards. it is wednesday july 25th and then the glass shattered. with the cracking of the virtual glass ceiling hillary clinton accepted her new place in history. >> ♪ [cheers and applause] this morning on "action news," a look ahead at what's next for clinton now that she is officially her party's presidential nominee. also the latest on the investigation into this scene as a car inside that chinese takeout restaurant. another scorcher as our heat wave goes on. accuweather is also talking about word of storms. "action news" is up next. >> ♪ walk away with my health, his name is steve gleason and he played for the new orleans saints. >> he was involved in what's

arguably the most famous play in st saints history and then was diagnosed with lou gehring's disease. >> a documentary about him hits theaters in some cities on friday. see michael strahan's exclusive interview with gleason and his wife. >> steve gleason. >> reporter: once a hero on the football field, still a hero but for a different reason. >> i have been diagnosed with am joe tree fick lateral sclerosis. >> six weeks after that and quickly losing his ability to move and speak his wife michele finds out she's pregnant. their new mission to record hundreds of videos for their unborn son named rivers while steve still had the chance. those 100 hours of video becoming a documentary called "gleason." >> we wanted to show the truth. >> we're committed to being a great team. for our son rivers. >> absolutely touching there, in fact, some of the reviews for

the documentary calling it remarkable and there's good news we should point out this morning in the fight against als. >> the ice bucket challenge is being credited with having a significant effect on research. it made more than $100 million for the als association and researchers claim it helped them identify a gene common with als and that will help scientists understand the disease and develop new therapies. >> we do encourage you to stay tuned for "gma" stow you can see that entire interview with the gleasons. touching. michael did a great job. >> inspiring stories out of this. a personal friend of ours has had als for 35 years and still inspiring people today >> that's what's making news in america this morning. >> have a great day.

>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. it's wednesday july 27th. gray hall is joining us here in the studio and matt o'donnell is live at the democratic national convention in south philadelphia. >> good morning. never before has a woman officially headed the top of a major party ticket in the united states. hillary clinton and the democratic party changed that in philadelphia. >> ♪ >> and i can't believe we just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling yet. >> hear how her husband