thank you,ngs-blake: virginia. forhave cast 75 votes hillary clinton and 33 votes for senator sanders. washington. 118 votes. how do you cast your votes? i am chaircretary, of the washington state democratic party. state, we are proud to be committed members of a party that believes in building bridges, not walls. a party that believes in inclusion, not exclusion. a party that believes in opportunity and not opportunism. and not living in a dream world, and standing up for working families, not denting on top of them. them.nding on top of tonight, washington state, the evergreen state, champions of good, progressive policies and home to 29 federally recognized tribes, urban indians, and alaskan natives from across , washington has two abstentions and is very 74 votes for the inspiring and transformative senator bernie sanders. for the exceptional and groundbreaking next president of the united states, secretary hillary rodham clinton. how do you cast your votes? washington, you have cast 74 senator sanders and 42 v

mayor rawlings-blake: i don't live in that world.ve in a world that does not include hindsight in the sense that you make the decisions that you make in the moment based on your experience, based on your preparation, based on the information you have at hand. i don't think that there is anything productive about trying to pretend as if you make those decisions with hindsight at the time. amy: i want to thank you for being with us. mayor stephanie rawlings blake is the mayor of baltimore and the secretary of the democratic national committee. cop debbie -- debbie wasserman schultz. when we come back, the e pulitzr prize winning journalist joe stiglitz joins us. stay with us. ♪ [music break] breaking with convention, war, peace, and the presidency. we are here in philadelphia dnc.ylvania covering the to talk about the economic policies that arere beg put forward. we are joined by joseph stiglitz , a nobel prize-winning economist. let's go first to the delegates who held up a banner that said "tpp killed democracy. president obama has b

mayor rawlings-blake: thank you very much.broad, you have cast seven votes for secretary and 10 votes for senator .anders district of columbia! district of columbia, you have 44 votes. votes?you cast your >> madam secretary, i am the mayor of the district of city in thee best world and soon to be the 51st union!f our great [cheers and applause] tax-paying000 americans just like you. statehood and only with statehood will we have votes in you!ess just like [cheers and applause] the next president of the united rodham clinton, will sign our admission into the as thestates of america 51st state! [cheers and applause] madam secretary, we cast five bernieor the honorable theers and 39 votes for next president, hillary rodham clinton! [cheers and applause] mayor rawlings-blake: district of columbia, you have cast 39 votes for secretary clinton and five votes for senator sanders. thank you very much. florida! [cheers and applause] votes., you have 246 how do you cast your vote? >> madam secretary, on behalf of the greatof florida, su

no rest for blake berman either. good job, blake. bake blake for all of us.ren: hillary clinton's opponent drawing crowds in iowa, donald trump responding to attacks against him from speakers at the democratic national convention. >> i've been watching these speeches at night, and boy, am i getting hit. i am getting hit and they done mean it but i guess they have to do their thing. lauren: trump saying that other nations have to pay more to nato and they will if he becomes president of the united states. nicole: consumers shift to mobile devices, shares rising 3% in the free market trading after the company said that revenue driven by by ad business jumped from a year ago. 765, 78, 792, roughly off the highs but still a winner there. the company's adjusted profit topped expectation. the company posted third straight record profit, amazon pointing to strong demand for e-commerce services and cloud business for better than expected results, that too to the upside about 10 to $12 at the time. amazon ceo jeff bezos the third richest person, now passing ceo warren

blake is going to start us off. blake, you're going to give to jimmy. >> and where do we look?u got to hold it away from them 'cause i'll cheat. [ light laughter ] >> but what if i go like this while you -- >> steve: you get one word. one word clue. >> jimmy: one word clue. >> steve: pass word. not pass words. >> what if i say like a lot of words? >> jimmy: blake, would you stop it, please? [ laughter ] >> okay. >> steve: one word. >> jimmy: was that a hint? [ laughter ] >> pooch. >> jimmy: pooch. pooch. smooch. >> yes! ♪ >> steve: son of a gun! >> jimmy: she knows how to play. >> steve: that was fantastic! >> oh my gosh. >> jimmy: get ready. get ready. >> lot of action involved in that. >> jimmy: no, what are you talking about? >> steve: there you go, there you go. the password is -- speedo. okay, joel, you're going to start us off. [ light laughter ] >> oh, okay. >> steve: be cool. >> okay. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: not fair, they're brothers. >> budgy smuggler. >> wait. that's two words! >> oh, that's wrong. i can't do that. [ buzzing ] >> that's actually technically, it's got

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doctors who is known blake since birth. >> it's something i'm proud of because i feel like i know blake so well. >> i have doctors that worked with me for a long time. >> reporter: that is why blake choose to divide the $20,000 between two different departments. a gift to kids who are less fortunate than himself. >> his gift will make other children happier when they're here. it'll support research that we can do to make the experience better. more human bones found at a national grid site. also police officers call for a black lives matter banner to come down from somerville city hall. >> reporter: drought conditions deepen and rain moving in just in time. we'll talk about how much rain will be south of the mass pike and that is where the flash flood watch has been issued for late tonight through tomorrow evening. we'll talk about how much rain and the timeline in a few minutes. >> kim: following breaking news in everett because crews have dug up more human remains at a national grid work site. this is the same police where they found bones earlier this monday. who this person is. >> s

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back to you in new york. >> thank you, blake. nicole: thanks, blake. knew fox polls are out showing hillary clinton leading in virginia and colorado. seven ports in the battle state of virginia. that is within the polls managerring of sampling error. that's outside the polls margin of error. fox business will have live coverage next week and democratic national convention which is starting july 25th. nicole: we begin with asia where we have seen continued up arrows and let's take a look at the shanghai composite index. kospi closed. let's look at cac quarante three three quarters of one percent. the loaned open ftse is up one half of one percent. u.s. stock markets, let's take a look at that. we had record closes, look at that, another day like this, another record close, dow futures up 1.10 this morning and s&p up 13. the nasdaq who turned positive gained back a little bit yesterday. oil 45.15 the barrel. that's almost up 1 full percentage point. goldas haven't very volatile. here is a look at the ten-year treasury yield at this moment. i'm sorry, tak

let's listen in to stephanie rawlings-blake taking to the podium. >> i am mayor stephanie rawlings-blakeecretary of the democratic national committee and temporary secretary of the democratic national convention. it is an honor and pleasure to welcome you. delegates, alternates, standing committee members and all of our honor democrats, and other guests here in te, and those the joined us by television around the united states and around the world. i here by call the democratic national convention to order. [ applause ] >> stuart -- >> go ahead, bret, what do you have? >> now we're officially under way, stuart. >> yes, we are. history being made. who would have thought we would be seeing this, on this occasion, on this day? really quite extraordinary. there was the gavel that came down. it has begun. bret, they're off and running. >> it will be interesting to see. you'll see a video showing off the city of philadelphia. and i'll just tell you behind the scenes here. i think the security is tighter here than it was in cleveland. at least it's more difficult to get around. they are concern

we have been dazzled by blake lively's maternity fashion display in new york. but style runs in the famil because blake's beau, ryan reynolds tops tonight's know and tell. ryan stepped out in new york city looking sharp in a blue suit and showing off new bling on his wrist. blake has been seen around the big apple promoting her new movie, "cafe society" night it was ryan's turn as had his new polo watch. >> there's very few items th men carry throughout their lives. a watch is one of them this is one of the things hope to some day pass on to my kids. i've got daughter's initials on the back. >> in l.a., jessica simpson's husband stepped out, that tells the story of eric's former teammate, stevegleason. diagnosed with arls. nancy ride certificate battling als herself and nick cannon played it coy regardi rumors he's been getting cozy with tlcchili. >> i would say ask her what the situation is. ask her, she's an outstanding and amazing woman. i've known her so many years. we've been friends. you get the opportunity to spend time together. myself, i'm rushing this

a blake showed off some leg in a short custom-made carolina herrera dress.eting the look with a pair of pink louboutins. >> how are you not dying in these heels? >> i put them on two seconds ago in the car and i'll take them off in two seconds when i get inside. >> eager to get comfy, blake's co-star, kristen stewart. k-stew looked little more at home in this outfit th the frilly white frock she rocked on the red carpet. >> this is sort of like striking a tone. >> noticeably absent from the premiere, blake husband, ryan reynolds, who arrived at her hotel earlier in the after filming in amsterdam. >> ryan's twitter is hysterical. >> he's pretty funny. we loved your instagram with your "sisterhood of the trpants" how do you make time to see each other? we've known each other for ten years. peopleein hollyw try to pit women against each other and create these false cat fights butti nice to have women who support each other. we're luck request that we have such different personalities but they're my best friends. >> gir squad. nobody knows the value of a girl sq

that's one of blake's doctor known blake since birth. >> it's something i'm proud of. i feel like i know blake well. i have doctors that worked with me for a long time. that's why blake chose to divide the 20,000 between two different departments. a gift to kids who are less fortunate than himself. >> his gift will make other children happier when they are here. it will support research that we can do to make the experience better. he made a comment when he saw someone. he said that will go to kid. truly generous gift that would make any parent proud. as a parent you feel wonderful that he understands life and he surprises me every day with something. >> that's a big smile on your face too, doesn't it. the children's hospital of wisconsin plans to put up special name plate to recognize that generous gift. >>> kids have the best idea; don't they? >> sometimes you are so surprised what comes out of their mouth. next in sports the sox trying to avoid a series sweep. >> could they get the job done against detroit. >> good morning. way in foxboro with patriots set for their

yes. >> noticeably absent from the premiere, blake's husband, ryan reynolds, who arrived at her hoteler in the day after >> ryan's twitter is hysterical. >> he's pretty funny. the things he says about our daughter are the most hilarious. >> we loved your instagram with your "sisterhood of the traveling pants" how do you make time to see each other? >> we've known each other for ten years. people in hollywood try to pit women against each other and create these false cat fights. but it's nice to have women who support each other. we're lucky that we have such different personalities but they're my best friends. >> girl squad. nobody knows the value of a girl squad better than taylor swift. are taylor's fans turning against her? later, the war with her ex, .lvin >>> celebrity mommy wars, stars slammed on social media for being bad moms. how they're fighting back against the haters. >> they have nothing better >>> next thursday, "e.t." you inside the comic-con >> it's like crazy, right? >> with hollywood's hottest hunks. [ tires screech ] ♪ flo: [ ghost voice ] oooo! [ laughs ] jaaaaamie

let's go to blake burman. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake about to perform that task. blake. reporter: hi, there, david, live from the convention floor. you're right debbie wasserman schultz will not be here momentarily as they gavel in. you might see behind me they're about to get the proceedings underway here. it has been quite the day for congresswoman from florida, head of dnc, wasserman-schultz. today she was at the florida delegation breakfast. this was all due to fallout, you played some of the video. she was booed by her home state delegation. the fallout of wikileaks email scandal which wassermanshults, members of dnc. seemed to play favorites to hillary clinton. members of her own state of florida not welcome wasserman-schultz. bernie sanders addressed his supporters here in philly. a couple hundred of them were there cheering him on. however those cheers turned to boos when he said that democrats should support hillary clinton and tim kaine. listen here. ♪ we don't have that. back out live, david. get the feeling that everything is getting underway here. by the way

and people called asking where to donate. >> reporter: at the children's hospital of wisconsin blake wrote out the biggest check of his life $20,000 in total. >> it that a child of his age thought so againrously and came up with this idea on his own. >> reporter: that is one of blake's doctors who has known blake since birth. >> it's something i'm proud of because i feel like i've -- >> i have doctors that worked with me for a long time. >> reporter: that is why he choose to divide the $20,000 between two different departments, a gift to kids less fortunate for himself. >> his gift will make other children happier, it'll support research that we can >> he made a comment earlier today when he saw somebody he said in a is going to go to the kid. >> reporter: a truly generous gift made by a 10-year-old boy that would make any parent proud. >> as a parent you feel wonderful that he understands life and he surprises me everyday with something. >> reporter: the children's hospital of wisconsin plans on putting up a special name plate to recognize this generous gift. chrisanderson, 7 news.

instead, it will be stephanie rawlings blake, which is the mayor of baltimore, maryland.reat city of baltimore and second of the democratic national committee and temporary secretary of the democratic national convention. it is an honor and a pleasure to welcome you, delegates, alternates, standing committee members and all of our honored democrats and other guests here in philadelphia. and all of you who have joined us by television, by radio and online here in the united states and around the world. i here by call the 47th quadrennial democratic convention to order. >> and there it is. the 2016 democratic national convention is officially under way and you will note the reaction from the crowd right there. there's the official gavel. there it is. now it's officially under way. i jumped the gun there a second ago. again, think of what this place just sounded like as you heard that and now imagine what it could have sounded like if debbie wasserman schultz had gone through with her stated plan to speak to this convention right now. again, nearly 2,000 bernie sanders deleg

help to hook that 10- to 12-foot shark. >> blake started reeling or trying to reel holding the rod. then he decided that whatever it was, was too big. >> it feels super strong. >> he is strong. after the animal was close enough for the family to snap some close-ups, blake and his dad cut the line and let it swim back out to sea. you ever catch anything like that? >> never. >> no. >> good job, little kid. >>> time now 4:53. amazon's prime day sales are here and attracting a lot of attention. how another store is hoping to compete against the online retailer. ,, ,,,,,,,,,, when consultant josh atkins books at laquinta.com. he gets a ready for you alert the second his room is ready. so he knows exactly when he can settle in and think big. and when josh thinks big you know what he gives? i'll give you everything i've got and then some... he gives a hundred and ten percent! i'm confident this 10% can boost your market share. look at that pie chart! boom! you've never seen a number like that! you feel me lois? i'm feeling you. yeah you do! let's do this! watch out he just had a whole thim

but he was -- >> seth: he was like, hey, blake lively. how's it going?it you? >> seth: it was me. >> it looked a lot like you. >> seth: yeah, thank you. [ laughter ] >> yeah, no, i'm remembering. no, but he would circle me a lot. but i think he would get disoriented because there were all thes >> and we're doing these long scenes and i'm crying. and i start to cry and go -- [ laughter ] because he's like crashing against the wall. and it's terrible. you don't want to laugh. but it was -- >> seth: yeah. you are allowed to laugh when a guy with a fin on his head is doing anything really. [ light laughter ] >> yeah, exactly. >> seth: i wanna ask, 'cause obviously a film like this, you have to do a lot of press. and you're doing a lot press early in the day. but you dress in fantastic outfits. >> that's a nice way to say you overdress. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: sure. well, you said overdress, because i will say that, like, these are -- this is 7:00 in the morning when you are wearing this going out the door. do people look at you as if that's not a 7:

lauren: blake irving, thank you very much. nicole: for the first time ever, real clear politics shows donald trump with a slight lead over hillary clinton. the republican nominee ahead by just over one point. 45.7% to 44.6%. champ appeared before an enthusiastic crowd in ohio yesterday. he rallied and promised to protect the country from macy's. he criticized the trade deal negotiated by the obama administration. >> tpp, transpacific partnership , one of the worst things -- it will be worse than nafta. hillary clinton said it's the gold standard. it will drain jobs added this area, out of ohio, out of toledo like you have never seen before. lauren: trumps running mate, governor mike pence talks about how he sees america on "the o'reilly factor" last day. >> after seven and a half years, we have seen america's role in the world decline and we've seen an economy stifled by the high taxes, government and obamacare proceeding out of the ministration. lauren: donald trump will attend rallies in iowa. governor pence make stops in mi

adam: thank you, blake.s weighed in including the border wall on on the record last night. >> for years and years the platforms include it had border fence which congress passed in 2006 but never actually funded. the idea of a border fence has been in the platform for many years and just changing the word from fence to wall is what they did and maybe it was a little hat tip to donald trump. adam: prebus says it's also up to donald trump to fund his wall. nicole: after 45 years the fbi is closing investigation into the unsolved mystery of 1970's plane hacker db cooper, a man called dan cooper hijacked the boeing over the pacific northwest in november of 1971, he later jumped out the back of that plane with a parachute after receiving $20 million in ransom money. it was time to close the case. >> if something were to arise principally parachutes or the money, we would reopen, we would look into this, we would do what we could do bring the perpetrator to justice but at the same time after 45 years we just don't

jerusalem is a poem by william blake and it's the story of blight and a family and the universe. i think it's a work of fiction that will last for hundreds of years. g for victory, a huge, huge fanbase. watchmen and you are going to see an explosion of interest in his work. >> host: is about the city of jerusalem? >> guest: it's about the underclasses of northhampton angle and that jerusalem was written by william blake and it's about the poor people of england in the 1600's and he transposed it to northhampton. the characters would remind you, lot of the characters are -- it's a very ambitious exciting book and i think it will explode. >> host: a couple of more books from live rightly want to share with you that are coming up. eric j. berlin. >> guest: a lot of people in your audience know of him. he has written a four century history of lighthouses starting with the boston lighthouse even until today what has happened to lighthouses. he tells the story of america through the lighthouses and what they do the more. he was a lighthouse keeper. technology versus old-fashioned. it's

in berkeley, spencer blake. >>> new arrests in the terror investigation in france. authorities have detained 3 more into text and -- connection to the attack. 2 men and one woman were detained sunday. that brings the number 27 of the amount of people being held. authorities say a tunisian national drove 8 2010 dock -- truck into a crowd -- drove 8 2010 truck into the crowd. the wife has been released into custody. >>> big news out of walnut creek where someone stabbed a police dog and injured a police officer in a hit-and-run accident. >> we spoke with surprised neighbors who save the area is known to be safe and quiet. >> reporter: walnut creek is considered to be one of the safest by its residents and police. >> it is one of the safest cities around in my opinion. crime happens everywhere. >>> police say 33-year-old rolando gonzalez stopped -- thought to be under the influence hit 2 men with his car. >> shocking. nothing happens around here. out of the ordinary. >> a small private street. that is giving us the most concerning, what was his car doing on the street.

tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- kit harington, rose byrne, musical guest blake shelton, and featuring the legendary roots crew. >> questlove: 471! >> steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon! ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh! that's a hot show right there. hi, guys. welcome. welcome, everybody, welcome to "the tonight show." this is it. you made it. [ cheers and applause ] you're here. this is the show. thank you so much for being here.

blake burman is in cleveland outside the downtown convention center with the very latest. blake?reporter: hi there, liz. it was supposed to be friendly territory for ted cruz. earlier today after he gave that speech last night in which he received boos from inside the quicken loans arena. earlier this morning he spoke to the republican texas delegation at a breakfast here in downtown cleveland. a-up of those delegates -- a hundred of those delegates were supporters who voted for him during the primary process, and it really didn't get any easier for him at that breakfast this morning. he received immense pushback from republicans within his own state who really wanted to know why he pretty much recanted from his pledge both back in august and then in march when he said that no matter what, he would end up supporting the republican nominee for president, in this case donald trump, even though he didn't throw his support behind trump last night. you're right. cruz said in that speech this morning -- really a question and answer is session -- that he didn't say anything negative abo

blake burman. thank you very much. connell.melissa we'll go back to the discussion blake started for us there on the never trump forces. this is kind of their last stand this week as they try to attempt to persuade the rules committee to adopt a proposal that would allow delegates to vote their conscience and pick the nominee, vote for whoever they want essentially. kendall joins us, republican delegate, member of rnc committee and founder of, free the delegates. we talked to you a few weeks back about all of this, this is it, this is the time. first of all, tell us how it is going to work this week? what exactly do you hope to do timelinewise. >> actually, thursday and friday we go into the rules committee meeting. i will sponsor the conscience clause itself all delegates may unbind according to conscience without repercussions from state law and party itself. i want to really make sure people understand i'm codifying a right that already exists. this isn't giving them permission to do it. it is just allowing them to be aware

blake bergman has the details. reporter: president obama campaigning in north carolina. two have campaigned together and it came hours after the fbi or said clinton was extremely careless in her handling of state department materials but that his agents have determined clinton did not act with malicious intent. no reasonable prosecutor would bring a case against her and that is his agency's recommendation to the department of justice. neither clinton or the president address the position, but the president on tuesday clearly stood by his former secretary of state. >> i am here today because i believe in hillary clinton. [cheers and applause] and i want you to help a lecture to be the next president of the united states of america. >> a decision writing clear leaves the tour officials have determined that no further action by the department is appropriate. as the secretary has long said, it was a mistake to use her personal e-mail and she would not do it again. we are glad to hear this matter is not resolved. and quote. that to you in new york. nicole: blake irvin in wash

thank you, blake. continued coverage of the republican national convention starting july 18th. a big match of the baseballs all start home run derby. in the end, carlos santana at the miami marlins. >> i knew i could do it endurance wise. my swing was going to fall apart a little bit. i knew i could do it if i was in there. nicole: setting records printed top golfer fails out of the olympics in rio. powerful tornadoes ripping through minnesota. meteorologist maria molina will have the latest on the web today. this morning after records yesterday for the dow and nasdaq for 2016. s&p with an all-time record high. s&p futures up 10. nasdaq up 25. you are watching "fbn:am," your first look at morning market and breaking news. a wild "what-if." so scientists went to work. they examined 87 different protein structures and worked for 12 long years. there were thousands of patient volunteers and the hope of millions. and so after it became a medicine, someone who couldn't be cured, could be. me. ♪ nicole: scie

we go to blake live from cleave clove. what do you see there, blake? >> reporter: donald trump said it would be an unusual convention and gaerthing, and yet again, we are getting something that is breaking out of traditional norms. we are downtown as you mentioned outside of the museum complex. there is a lawn of 100 yards. in an hour from now. mr. trump and his family will arrive here via the helicopter and hovers over our cameras and land that helicopter and mr. trump and his family will walk out and there will be a gaerth aring between the trump and pence family. the trump campaign is labelling it a kick off. he introduced his wife on monday and a video teleconference in the convention. but they are using this helicopter landing over our cameras in which trump will walk out as a kick off for his time here in cleveland. what exactly donald trump and mike pence will do? we don't taking it back out live, there is a field, there is no stands. there is no supporters. we have a few speakers. trump will be here an hour from now and see how he decides to ki

. >> reporter: son blake said he would be donating $500. another group raise add paddle to cover the donation which started a wave of raised $15,000. >> we got checks in the mail after that. people called asking where to donate. >> reporter: at the children's hospital of wisconsin, blake wrote out the biggest check of li , $20,000 in total. >> it was heart warming a child thought so generously. >> reporter: that is one of blake's doctors who has known >> that is why -- a gift to kids who are less fortunate. >> it will support research we can do to make the experience better. >> he made a comment earlier today. he said that is going to go to that kid. >> reporter: truly generous gift made by a 10-year-old boy that would make any >> he understands life and surprises me everyday with something. >> neat story. check is bigger than he is. children's hospital of wisconsin plans to put up a special name plate. >>> up next, incredible light show whoaing crowds out west. what officials say might have celebrate something really special this summer at

baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake was chosen to do the honors in the wells fargo center today.hiladelphia's own boyz ii men kicked off the party itself with a performance. it is monday night. the big story on "action news" is of course the convention that has the world watching philadelphia. hillary clinton will make history here as the first female presidential nominee of a major political party. we are live at the wells fargo center where it is all happening and "action news" anchor rick williams, my colleague is joining us live there. rick, a lot of drama before that gavel ever dropped wasn't there. >> good evening everyone. that's right after months of planning it's finally begun. the democratic national convention will last four days and promises to bring a lot of excitement and a few surprises, too. there's also controversy that kicked offer the convention with the announcement of dnc chair debbie wasserman schultz's resignation. outgoing democratic cleaver got boos at her florida delegation breakfast. this afternoon convention leaders said she would not gavel the convent

thank you so much, blake.e right now democratic strategist julie, and nick and republican strategist boris epstein. i'll start with you, julie because you're the democrat here. what the heck is going on? is she for it or not? >> she says she's for it. what a huge unforced error by terry. that was completely unhelpful, you saw richard trump come out and go crazy. i don't blame him. had to go out there and walk this whole thing back. it's not helpful and terry screwed up. i don't know what else to say trish: yeah, well, boris, this is just one more challenge for her. she's had a lot of challenges this week and one can anticipate there are more to come. but when you've been in politics or around politics as long as she has and you, you know, have been on this side of the issue or that side of the issue, and you are are suffering in terms of your trustworthiness and likability ratings, what is this going to mean for all those union works out there who are going to lose their job to mexico? >> well, first of all, h

he founded the first chapter of the naacp in blakely. he filed suit against the county and the state to overturn the white primary because blacks could not participate in voting at that time. he also started the annual emancipation day celebration, january 1st of every year, in blakely, for blacks to celebrate their emancipation by president lincoln. my father was lifelong republican and identifies himself with abraham lincoln. and so he was quite a social activist mitchell mother was school teacher. and because of my father's activism to try getting the vote for blacks, improving the economy, the retaliation from the white community was my mother never got a job teaching school in early county. >> i remember, yeah. >> so, in that environment, fortunately for my brother, who is a year and a half older -- my brother -- we were sent back first savannah to live with relatives for a year, to attend school in savannah because schools in rural georgia for blacks were not very good. we that the hand me towns. books from the white school. when t

mayor rawlings-blake: all opposed, say no. the ayes have it. join me -- thank you sorry about that. please join me in welcoming the permanent chair of the convention ohio congresswoman marcia fudge. congresswoman fudge was first elected in 2008. she represents the people of the 11th congressional district of ohio. congresswoman fudge served on the house committee of agriculture and committee of education and workforce. she is the ranking member of early childhood and secondary education committee and also a member of several congressional caucuses and the immediate past chair of the congressional black caucus. it is my pleasure to turn over the gavel to my friend and the permanent chair of the 42nd national convention, congresswoman marcia fudge. [applause] fudge: thank you very much. honored to accept this gavel as permanent chair of the democratic national convention. hillaryited to put clinton and tim kaine in the white house. [applause] yeah, yeah. yeah. yeah. --have [cheering] thank you. assembled, we have assembled an extraordinary select

instead, it was baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake.ves as secretary of the democratic national committee. >> wasserman schultz abruptly canceled just a few hours before she was to gavel open this convention. all of this came after this dramatic event this morning. she was booed during a delegation breakfast. yesterday the florida congresswoman announced she would resign in the wake of an e-mail scandal that showed some aides including wasserman schultz apparently favored hillary clinton and sought ways to derail bernie sanders. >> meantime the delegates from across the country have been busy all day. today we caught up with some new jersey delegates. >> new jersey correspondent nora muchanic live at the hotel in essington. nora, you've got the story. >> reporter: hey there brian and sharrie. the jersey delegates -- delegation will be boarding their buses just any second now. take a look around. they're going to be heading over to the wells fargo center. they're finishing up at one of the many receptions. there are 142 members of the je

blake, over to you. >> reporter: yeah, hi there, martha. bernie sanders here in philadelphia, he's been addressing supporters of his hundreds there gathered in a room, lots of cheers for bernie sanders as he was talking to his delegates there. he briefly weighed into the whole debbie wasserman schultz controversy, telling them that now there will be real change at the dnc. >> her resignation opens up the possibility of new leadership at the top of the democratic party that will stand with working people. [ cheers and applause ] and that will open the doors of the party to those people who want real change. >> reporter: it was an entirely different scene for debbie wasserman schultz earlier this morning when she spoke to her home state delegation, the florida breakfast. she was met there with gerejeerd boos. she was supposed to gavel in the convention a couple of hours from now and now we're learning that will not be the case, martha. >> blake, thank you very much, blake berman reporting from the floor of the dnc. and the white house is also