cecilia: gracias.Ática del gobierno electo por el pueblo de puerto rico. en segundo lugar, trae elementos onerosos como nuestro joven a reducir el salario mÍnimo. a nuestros pensionados y a nuestros servidores pÚblicos les pone obstÁculo. en tercer lugar, no tiene instrumento de desarrollo econÓmico, que era uno de los instrumentos mÁs importantes cuando comenzÓ la discusión. en cuarto lugar y bien importante, no tiene una ruta hacia resolver la raÍz de crisis en puerto rico. >> en contra del proyecto promesa, particularmente me quita a puerto rico su gobierno propio. este proyecto nos quita nuestro gobierno propio. incide en nuestro proceso democrÁtico. por otro lado, tiene herramientas que son positivas como en la reestructuraciÓn de la deuda. tambiÉn que evita los litigios. pero se pudo haber logrado sin la necesidad de una junta de control fiscal que le quitaba los puertorriqueÑos su gobierno propio. cecilia: pasamos con andrea ramos. andrea: a la jornada que participan miles de empleados pÚblicos

cecilia? >> okay, ginger, and happy fourth to you. thank you. >>> from new york all the way west, the country is on high alert. in washington, d.c., security teams are out in force at the national mall. a record number of people traveling today, and police at traffic control centers on the lookout for trouble. abc's linzie janis and the millions of families on the move tonight. >> reporter: across the country, millions of americans are gathering to celebrate the fourth. and tonight, police on high alert for anyone or anything suspicious. boston taking no chances for its famed boston pops concert. law enforcement keeping a watchful eye. >> we have the capabilities to adapt and adjust and be able to get cameras further north, south, east and west than they are in a moment's notice. >> reporter: standing guard in new york city, a counterterrorism command center, monitoring 9,000 cameras. >> at the click of a mouse, we can move from camera to camera. >> reporter: up to a million people expected to

cecilia, i was just down there on the floor. what excitement in the room. >> reporter: it is electric down here, david. we are witnessing history right now. there are people all around me in tears as they watch this roll call vote. hillary clinton just minutes away from capturing this nomination. as history is made, tears. >> hillary! >> reporter: from those casting their vote to nominate a woman for president of the united states. >> hillary clinton! >> reporter: to those who saw their chance slip away. bernie sanders' brother crying -- >> it is with enormous pride that i cast my vote for bernie sanders. >> reporter: as the senator himself, in the convention hall, looked on with pride. >> reporter: we are down here on this floor right now. the sense in this hall, history is about to be made, as the democratic party nominates the first woman ever to be president of the united states. this is the democratic party trying to heal itself. prom innocent sanders supporters like comedian sarah silverman urging unity. >> i am proud to b

cecilia? >> so many people getting ready to leave right now. rob, thank you. >>> we do want to move on now to chilling new details in that terror attack in istanbul. for the first time, we are seeing the faces of the three men behind the massacre. this image showing them smiling, moments before the attack. and we now know they were staying inside this apartment building, where behind this steel door, authorities suspect they were making bombs. abc's chief foreign correspondent terry moran is in istanbul tonight on that trail of terror. >> reporter: new surveillance video from an airport kiosk shows the moment the panic set in. people scrambling for cover. a few seconds later, a gunman enters, stalking those in hiding. minutes before they unleashed this terror, security cameras capturing this chilling new image of the three attackers. they were smiling. turkish officials today said they were foreigners from central asia. kyrgyzstan, uzbekistan and from dagestan in russia, all rich recruiting gr

cecilia? >> mary bruce, thank you. i want to bring in martha raddatz. many are wondering what comes next and whether a criminal prosecution is a possibility here? >> hillary clinton is likely the last if not the last witness in the case. so they will compare what she said today to the evidence and testimony they have gathered from others and then make a decision in the coming weeks or months. as for prosecution, prosecutors are looking to see if any laws were broken in regards to mishandling classified material. but many legal experts think in this case, it's unlikely secretary clinton will face charges. but of course, that's based on what has been made public. either way, as you well know, this has been extremely politically damaging. >> it certainly has. martha, thank you. and martha has a big show coming up. much more on hillary clinton's fbi interrue, plus donald trump's most likely path to victory, tomorrow morning on "this week." >>> next, overseas and a new details about a terror attack

cecilia? >> it was a rough afternoon in new york. linsey, thank you. >>> and rob marciano is tracking this storm. where might this tornado hit? >> we're in the middle of things still. the next several hours will be critical. the severe thunderstorm watch, out from d.c. to new jersey. new york city under a tornado watch until 10:00 p.m. tonight. several more rounds coming through. here's the future radar. not winding things down until after midnight. this weekend, rain in the plains, through the heartland, mostly staying south of chicago and new york. and d.c. and new york, looks to be pretty wet. and the next several hours are critical in the northeast. >> rob, thank you. >>> we want to turn overseas to a new terror attack targeting westerners, this time in bangladesh. isis claiming responsibility. attackers armed with guns and bombs storming a restaurant in the diplomatic district. taking at least 20 hostages. police officers are known to be among the dead. alex marquardt has the latest. >> r

and cecilia, bill clinton last night never mentioned donald trump by name, nor did michelle evening? >> reporter: david, we're told that unlike those other speakers, the president will go there, and he will mention donald trump's name repeatedly. once source just now telling me that when it comes to donald trump, the president will lay out what's at stake in this election. david? >> all right, cecilia, i'll see you in primetime tonight. >>> in the meantime, we do have new reporting this evening on when president obama spent much of his time finishing what he will say about hnl hillary clin right here tonight. it has a lot to do w w michelle obama, earlier this week, who started the week off. abc's jonathan karl is on the floor tonight, and you have learned, he was up watching and then stayed up for hours after the first lady's speech to finish this off? >> reporter: david, the president started writing his speech more than two weeks ago. he had been through it about a half dozen drafts, at the white house on monday night, he was watching michelle obama give her speech, and after that

and i know she can run that race. >> and cecilia vega back out live on the campaign trail tonight in charlotte. and cecilia, what are your sources telling you, was hillary clinton watching director comey today, and inside the campaign, you know, this dark cloud, these possible criminal charges, it was their nightmare scenario. how are they feeling tonight? >> reporter: well, david, we know she didn't see the press conference live because she was actually speaking to teachers at the time. all along, hillary clinton and her aides had said they did not expect her to be charged, but there is a sense of relief in clinton campaign tonight, in fact, her campaign chair was here today, talking about obama being with her and he called it a great day, david. >> cecilia vega tonight with us, as always. thank you, cecilia. >>> in the meantime now, to the other news we're following this tuesday evening. at this hour, storm watches and warnings from minnesota all the way to the east coast. reported tornadoes already in western minnesota, incredible pictures coming in. and a desperate search in dall

he is going to church with his family. >> cecilia, thank you. i want to bring in abc news jon karl who's in philadelphia, the site of the democratic convention next week. jon, clinton's selection of tim kaine has a lot to do with the electoral map when it comes to trying to beat trump. >> reporter: that was a key factor, tom. virginia is central to their electoral strategy. tim kaine is popular in virginia. in fact, he has run for office eight times there, and he has never lost. and tom, there's no accident that this announcement was in florida. the clinton team believes that if they can win florida and virginia, they've won the election. >> jon karl tonight from philadelphia, jon, thank you. >>> meantime, donald trump tonight seizing on a controversy brewing for democrats after thousands of leaked e-mails showed democratic party officials possibly plotting against bernie sanders in his race against hillary clinton. and as abc's mary bruce reports, a response tonight from the sanders' campaign. >> reporter: tonight, a major snag on the road to p

cecilia will be right here tomorrow night. have a great evening.day. cecilia will be right here tomorrow night. have a great evening. good night. >>> an 18 month long search for a murder suspect ends. tonight, the personal connection san fan's acting chief has in this case. >>> the waiting game that is a matter of life and death. >>> one deputy seen in this video just got fired but he's not punched or kicking. investigators say he tried to cover up a crime. >> i can now rest because the message i left my son was i was going to fight to the end for you, son. >> more families have waited a year and a half for a sense of justice and closure. today, they got a taste of both. >> police arrested a suspect for the murders of four people found shot to death in a car in january. >>> abc7 news reporter lyanne melenez joins us. >> reporter: lee farley pled guilty to possessing a stolen firearm. also found out farley has several priors including a possession of cocaine. in 2010, possession of a firearm and 2012, for second degree burglary. now, today, one vict

cecilia is on the campaign trail tonight. we are following several big stories. a nationwide heat wave, those conditions helping fuel this wildfire near los angeles that quadrupled in size overnight. we want to begin tonight with what may be a pivotal moment in the 2016 race now less than 48 hours from the democratic national convention in philadelphia. hillary clinton introding her running mate, tim kaine, this afternoon at a rally in florida. a critical battle ground in her race against donald trump. and trump wasting no time, unleashing a tweet storm. let's start with cecilia tonight in florida with the new ticket. >> reporter: the name of that ticket right there on those freshly painted signs, and on that stage, hillary clinton and tim kaine together for the first time as running mates. clinton introducing her pick to the country -- >> make no mistake, behind that smile, tim also has a backbone of steel. just ask the nra. >> reporter: the virginia senator and former governor who was passed over for the v.p. job by president obama 8 years ago, this time beat o

i'm cecilia vega. we begin tonight with that meeting, hillary clinton and the fbi, a 3 1/2-hour sitdown behind closed doors and the outcome could shape the race frp the white house. this motor kad leaving her washington home early this morning, ahead of the trip to the fbi headquarters. there, clinton voluntarily answered questions about her e-mails and the private server she had as secretary of state. it did not take long for donald trump to pounce that the system is totally rigged. abc's mary bruce starts us off in washington. >> reporter: at 7:40 a.m. on this holiday saturday, signs of movement from hillary clinton's d.c. home v area home. clinton slipping out to fbi headquarters in an interview that could shape the race. for roughly 3 1/2 hours, clinton's questioned about her private e-mail server while she is secretary of state. shortly afterwards with the press waiting, suvs are spotted returning to clinton's home. in a statement, her campaign says clinton gave a voluntary interview and is please

>> cecilia vega tonight with us, as always. thank you, cecilia. >>> in the meantime now, to the other news we're following this tuesday evening. and at this hour, storm watches and warnings from minnesota all the way to the east coast. reported tornadoes already in western minnesota, incredible pictures coming in. and a desperate search in dallas. after powerful storms and flooding washed an officer away. and look at this tonight, we're also tracking triple-digit heat when you factor in the humidity. abc's alex perez on millions now bracing for severe weather tonight. >> reporter: a desperate search under way in dallas tonight for an offduty university police officer, his car swept away by a violent flood. the vehicle discovered late this afternoon, but still no sign of the officer. >> it appears the water came up pretty quickly, which afforded the officer limited time to get out of his car. >> reporter: as water rushed over the hood of his car, the officer called 911. but help couldn't arrive in time. >> the water level was ex

>> cecilia vega live on the floor tonight. and cecilia, i see over my shoulder here, the female senators, taking the stage here just hours before hillary clinton's speech. and as we're on the air right now, we are learning new details about what mrs. clinton plans to say, and how much tweaking and writing she's still been doing today. let's get right down to abc's jonathan karl on the floor right by the stage, not far from the podium tonight. and jon, quite a scene of all those female senators lined up tonight. >> reporter: absolutely, david. and we've learned that hillary clinton will make a specific and direct appeal to people who have serious doubts about her. they may not be sold on trump, they may not like donald trump, but they still have doubts about her. so, her most important audience here is not the people in this room, but independents and republicans who she simply knows may not trust her. we're told she started working on this speech weeks ago. and last night, after that moment with the hug on the stage with presi

abc's cecilia vega is standing by live in florida. she leads us off. and, cecilia, you're getting new information from your sources tonight how this choice was made. >> reporter: david, apparently this decision was made just today that hillary clinton called tim kaine to deliver the news within the hour. i want to tell you a little about some of the information we're getting from sources. tim kaine then called president obama to tell him the news. really ended up being about chemistry it sounds like. tim kaine was invited over to hillary clinton's house where he met with the former president bill clinton and chelsea too. the they're friends now, david. >> whoa. are we ready to go win an election in november? >> reporter: hillary clinton fired up in florida. she had a secret to share and tonight that secret is out. clinton sending this tweet to supporters saying "i'm thrilled to announce my running mate, tim kaine, a man who's tweeted his life to fighting for others." in the wake of recent terror attacks at home and abroad, clinton shifted the focus of

cecilia? >> jennifer, thank you. >>> we do want to move on to the severe storms moving in, heavy rain and hail coming down in parts of kansas. wildfires burning in the west. a dozen right now in california alone. in san bernardino, this blaze tearing threw a neighborhood. here's rob marciano. >> reporter: tonight, 17 wildfires roaring in the west across 9 states. in san bernardino, california, four homes rapidly destroyed. a brush fire engulfing the hillside. >> it was like a tornado coming with all the heat and the wind and i just ran up the hill. >> reporter: up the coast in fresno, the curry mountain fire burning nearly 3,000 acres, forcing residents out of their homes. >> it's a real tragedy. it's going to be really hard to let go. >> reporter: and storms pounding the plains overnight. parts of kansas soaked by six inches of rain and winds gusting up to 75 miles per hour. two adults and a child rescued from this car stuck in a flash flood. this fireworks tend in wichita, collapsing. >> fir

abc's cecilia vega is right down on the floor tonight. [ booing ] >> reporter: day one, and before the convention even begins, this explosive scene. >> what about -- >> apologize! >> reporter: anger erupting as democratic national commitee chairwoman debbie wasserman schultz addresses her home state florida delegation. >> shame! shame! >> reporter: wasserman shultz standing firm. >> i'm so proud to have been able to serve as the chair of the democratic national committee. >> reporter: but bernie sanders' supporters out in such force, no one can stop them. >> will you people shut up? save it for trump! >> idiots! morons. >> reporter: a revolt in the democratic party after hacked e-mails revealed the dnc favored clinton over sanders during the primaries. wasserman schultz in the middle of the scandal, and she was still scheduled to gavel at the convention order at 4:00. outside the convention hall, sanders firing up hundreds of his delegates. >> we have gt ot to defeat dona trump. and we have got to elect hillary clinton and tim kaine. [ booing ] >> reporter: sanders tries to quiet the c

we begin tonight with abc's cecilia vega, who has been covering the clinton campaign from the start. we know bill clinton will speak a short time from now in primetime. the personal story of his wife, but cecilia, that was the moment the clinton campaign was hoping for, that unity. >> reporter: david, it is electric down here, and hillary clinton said it all in one word, a tweet just now, the word history. bill clinton weighing in on twitter, saying, "so proud of you, hillary." there is now a generation of chirp who wi children who will grow up knowing a woman can be the nominee of a major party. tonight, as history is made, tears. >> hillary! >> reporter: from those casting their vote to nominate a woman for president of the united states. >> hillary rodham clinton! >> reporter: to those who saw their chance slip away. bernie sanders' brother crying -- >> it is with enormous pride that i cast my vote for bernie sanders. >> reporter: as the senator himself, in the convention hall, looked on with pride. this is the democratic party trying to heal itself. prominent sanders supporters l

abc's cecilia vega is there tonight. >> reporter: usually, the opposing team sits out the convention week. not this year. >> donald trump cannot become president of the united states. >> reporter: with republicans in cleveland, hillary clinton today just a few hours away in cincinnati. >> donald trump plays coy with white supremacists. donald trump demeans women. donald trump wants to ban an entire religion from entering our country. >> reporter: clinton at the naacp convention, slamming donald trump for skipping the annual gathering, which past republican nominees have attended. >> my opponent in this race may have a different view, but there's nowhere i'd rather be than right here with all of you. >> reporter: clinton also separating herself from her rival's law and order message. >> we cannot rest until we root out implicit bias and stop the killings of african-americans. >> reporter: and clinton's supporters waging a counter-convention of their own. a pro-clinton super-pac targeting cleveland with these ads, linking trump to former kkk leader, david duke. >> and cecilia live with

cecilia vega on the campaign for us again tonight. day of the general election on a bus tour of battleground states, launching fresh attacks against donald trump. >> i find it highly amusing that donald trump talks about make america great again. he doesn't make a thing in america, except bankruptcies. >> reporter: fresh off that historic moment -- >> thank you! >> reporter: clinton on that stage delivering the most important speech of her political career, seeming to soak it all in. president of the united states! >> reporter: chelsea clinton beaming with pride. the 42nd president right there too, emotional as their daughter introduced her mother. >> i hope that my children will someday be as proud of me as i am of my mom. and mom, grandma would be so, so proud of you tonight. >> reporter: the historic moment lost on no one in that not the supporters in tears, not clinton herself. >> because when any barrier falls in america, it clears the way for everyone. after all, when there are no ceilings, the sky's the limit. >> reporter: and

cecilia? >> thank you. >>> we want to turn now to as sd first. the first crash of a car using self-driving technology. here it is, veering to the right, when the white truck veers in from the left, nearly hitting him. but questions about safety. here's david kerley. >> reporter: joshua brown was a self-driving enthusiast, posting videos on on youtube channel. he's the first american to die in a car in a self-driving mode. tonight, triggering an investigation by federal investigators. it was in early may when his car applied the brake. tesla says the car could not differentiate between the truck's side and the sky. elon musk talked about the system with bloomberg. >> the responsibility remains with the driver. >> reporter: the company says the fatality is the first in over 100 million miles. brown, with at least one close call, talked about that on one of his videos. >> you're going to want to be able to take control very, very quickly. >> reporter: the truck driver involved said another witness told him they saw a harry potter video playing in th

cecilia? >> thank you. >>> we want to move on to the severe storms, heavy rain and hail coming down in parts of kansas. wildfires burning in the west. 11 in california alone. this blaze tearing down a neighborhood. here's rob marciano. >> reporter: tonight, 17 wildfires roaring in the west across 9 states. in san bernardino, california, four homes destroyed in minutes, a brush fire engulfing the hillside. >> it was like a tornado coming with all the heat and the wind country, a tornado watch posted for the heartland. pa paducah and evansville. and all part of the same system that brought the rains and flooding to kansas. will roll up the east overnight. stretching into washington, d.c. by tomorrow afternoon. and the rain getting a little farther north, towards philadelphia by nightfall. the western half of the country, dry and warm. looks to be dry in boston. here in new york city, the rain at least should hold off at least for the start. >> we'll take it, rob. >>> in new york today, the funer

cecilia vega back with us now. you've been working your sources on the tim kaine choice. >> reporter: this is about winning white, male, and independent voters. and also about giving hillary clinton a boost in the all-important swing state of virginia. and i'm told this also came down to chemistry, you saw them on the stage, they certainly have that. >> cecilia, thank you. >>> the hacked dnc e-mails revealing what democratic party leaders were saying about bernie sanders. tonight, the clinton camp with an eye-opening theory about who's behind the the leak. the clinton campaign manager saying it's the russians trying to donald trump. jonathan karl, did he really say that? >> he did. this is a huge allegation, david. this would make the watergate scandal look minor by comparison. about a month ago, the dnc computers were hacked by computers believed to be in russia. but the clinton campaign presented no evidence that the computers were tied to the russian government. they attribute it to experts. >> do we know if the

>> cecilia vega with us tonight, as well. cecilia, thank you. >>> we are following new developments this evening in an alleged plot to kill police in baton rouge, louisiana. three suspects have been arrested, and the manhunt under way for another, suspected to attack officers in the wake of the police shooting of alton sterling. abc's alex perez in that city on edge tonight. >> reporter: tonight, authorities in baton rouge on the hunt for a suspect they say was part of a plot to kill police officers.ú three other suspects and a 13-year-old taken into custody. the alleged threat uncovered after a failed burglary attempt at this pawnshop saturday. eight guns stolen. one of the suspects telling police the plan was to steal ammunition to target police officers at protests. >> we have been questioned repeatedly over the last several days about our show of force, ll >> reporter: those protests sparked by this chilling video. the shooting death of alton sterling. court documents now revealing the officers claim they saw the butt of

cecilia is live in atlantic city. and word there could be an endorsement now coming from bernie sanders? >> reporter: david, we're hearing that both campaigns are now in talks about a possible endorsement and that could come as soon as next week in new hampshire. david? >> cecilia vega with us again tonight. >>> meantime, there are also major developments in the trump campaign this evening. trump's list of vice presidential candidates changing. one possible candidate taking his name out of the running. another signaling she might not be interested. it comes as a member of trump's family, ivanka trump's husband, is now defending his father-in-law and making headlines himself. abc's david wright on the trump campaign. >> reporter: they are donald trump's pride and joy. his beautiful daughter, ivanka, her beaming husband, jared kushner, and those three grandchildren. >> come on. they want you to walk over. and jared, come on up. >> reporter: never far from the candidate's side. and tonight, kushner, an orthodox jew, is d

>> cecilia vega with us tonight. cecilia, thank you. >>> now, to minnesota, where hundreds gathered to bid farewell to the man shot and killed by police, his girlfriend then livestreaming the moments afterward on facebook. castile's white casket was carried on a horse-drawn carriage to st. paul cathedral. more than 1,500 people were there to pay their respects, including his girlfriend, diamond reynolds, there in the black hat. she captured those moments on her cell phone. meanwhile, in dallas tonight, the third funeral for a police officer targeted by that shooter. sergeant michael smith, a 27-year veteran of the force. hundreds of officers from around the country there to pay their respects after the loss. and overnight, a rare moment. several giants of the sports world, standing together and demanding change in front of millions. here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: front and center at the espy awards, a call for action. >> not seeing the value of black and brown bodies has to stop. but also, the retaliation ha

and cecilia vega, you're here with me. the new democratic ticket being announced, but the headlines are about the dnc e-mails and bernie sanders. >> reporter: not what huk -- hillary clinton wants heading into this week. this is supposed to be about party unity. instead, this is the exact opposite. on the eve of the democratic convention, tonight, a bombshell. party chairwoman debbie wasserman shultz resigning after wikileaks released thousands of internal democratic national committee e-mails suggesting the party favored clinton over bernie sanders. an 11th-hour effort to blunt the controversy hanging over clinton's convention, and upstaging the announcement of her running mate, virginia senator tim kaine. >> senator tim kaine is everything donald trump and mike pence are not. >> reporter: fresh off their big debut, clinton's words of encouragement picked up by the microphones. >> go get them! >> this is great. all right. >> reporter: unlike donald trump, who spoke for 28 minutes before introducing his running mate -- >>

the debates to come and abc's cecilia vega is in philadelphia with all the highlights from cecilia. >> reporter: george, good morning to you. the stage is set for a general election showdown but check out the stage behind me. this cleanup went on all night long. you know, i was right there last night next to that stage and i've got to tell you it really looked like hillary clinton was trying to take all of this in trying to remember this moment in history. ? what you want to say ? >> reporter: there on that stage balloon, confetti and hillary clinton making history. humility, determination and boundless confidence in america's promise that i accept your nomination for president of the united states. >> reporter: the nomination now hers and clinton is waging a general election fight against one man. >> imagine if you dare imagi"ma mike" him in the oval office facing a real crisis, a man you man we can trust with nuclear weapons. >> reporter: in the biggest speech of her political career, clinton mentioning donald trump by name 21 times. >> so just ask yourself, do you really think dona

cecilia. >> reporter: george, you're right, george.nd that speech went over huge here, a standing ovation in this hall and it's huge online too. hillary clinton is setting this up to be a moment of reckoning and will use that with these surrogates and heard her. she mentioned trump's name 22 times in that speech. >> and, matt dowd, we are back down to the final 100 days and talked about what each candidate has to do. where do you see it going with the debates? >> george, it's funny. we have gone from the city of brotherly love that became the city of sisterly love last night and going into the 100-day war. the fear, it's going to become an all-out negative battle and both candidate's desire to cancel out each other and it's really going to be a mystery in the course of this. >> okay, guy, thanks very much. >>> i'm sitting now with donald trump heading out to colorado. first interview. you can see it on "this week" this sunday on abc. >> all right, george, we'll be watching. >>> now to breaking news overnight, two officers shot in san d

. >> cecilia, tonight there are reports about the possible hacking of the clinton campaign computers. is that true that the fbi is looking into this? >> reporter: strong reaction from the campaign tonight. i just got a statement, they say outside security experts are monitoring their system and there is no evidence the internal systems have been compromise. >> cecilia, thank you. >>> and donald trump shot off a steady stream of tweets during the democratic convention, saying hillary clinton's acceptance speech was delivered from a fantasy universe. today, he sat down with george stephanopoulos. >> hillary's speech. 22 direct mentions of your name, 78 references, very tough, including this one hit on your temperament. "a man you can bate with a tweet is not a man you can trust with nuclear weapons." she quoted jackie kennedy, suggesting you're a little man moved by fear and pride. >> she's a very dishonest person. i have one of the great temperaments. i have a winning temperament. she has a bad temperament. she's weak. we need a strong temperament and that's all it is. i have a strong