news out of philadelphia. >> debbie wasserman schultz. always knew she was highly overrated. [ laughter ] not good. but she just got fired. they said debbie, you're fired. get out. debbie. out. boom. boy, they were [bleep] how about that for disloyalty, though in terms of hillary clinton. in all fairness. debbie wasserman schultz has been so much for hillary clinton and -- this is politicians, other than mike pence, of course. he is great. these politicians, look, there is no loyalty there. none whatsoever. it gets a little heat and they fire her. get out of here. get out of here. she knew what was going on. hillary clinton knew what was going on. she knew everything that was going on. she knew it's a rigged system that bernie sanders never had a chance, okay? hillary clinton, i have been saying this for a long time. and i got it from bernie sanders because he said she suffers from bad judgment. right? bad judgment. she suffers from very bad judgment. her instincts are bad. they're no good. her instincts are defective. her instincts are d

the sanders campaign is praising wasserman-schultz's ouster. here is campaign manager jeff weaver less than two hours ago on the set with chuck todd. >> with the resignation of the chairwoman signals today is that the people who support bernie sanders has been heard and we can affect change. we just have to keep working. >> the clinton campaign responded by praising wasserman-schultz and announced a dnc chair will be hired as a campaign surrogate and honorary co-chair. after a chaotic republican convention last week in cleveland, donald trump saying, quote, i always said that debbie wasserman-schultz was overrated. the dems convention is cracking up and bernie is exhausted. no energy left. reince priebus speaking to reporters about the news. here is priebus. >> today's events show what an uphill climb the democrats are facing this week in unifying their party and losing out the week losing a party chairman over longstanding bitterness over factions, there's no way to keep something together. >> and manafort said hillary clinton should follow wa

debbie wasserman schultz has gone dark at this point.ot taking telephone calls or at least wasn't up to a few moments ago. it's interesting the fact that another says they expect barack obama may have to step in because he's the one who appointed her to the position. just for our viewers to understand this, barack obama is the head of the democratic party but when you're in a presidential year, the nominee effectively takes it over. so this is really hillary clinton's party right now, certainly as we are in this lame duck year. the story is moving incredibly quick and something that democrats don't want to deal with. they had a great deal yesterday with the rollout of tim kaine and today it's being muddled by this. >> and talk about being really awkward. the relationship between them is described as a very royal relationship, peter. if it is indeed the nominee, clinton who would have to do that, how does this sour the rollout of this convention for her? >> i think the point for them is to get this over as quickly as possible, as mark was

debbie wasserman schultz resigning after the convention. so she's still going to make sure all of as mark put it the trains get out on time and the organization stands in place. is that what you needed to see as a bernie sanders supporter? >> absolutely. for me this is what i need to be able to endorse. this rips off the band-aid, it lets us move on, it lets our party begin to heal. and it's what we have to do when we only have 100 days left to beat trump. >> still does not remove the claim and you mention trump something that he's trying to exploit that the system was rigged against bernie sanders. when you read this e-mail and the length at which at least one official was willing to go in bringing up this question about whether bernie sanders was an atheist or not, that was the core of what got 20,000 people to show up at some of these rallies when you look at the new york numbers anyway that it was rigged, that it was never designed to have bernie sanders as the nominee on thursday. >> sure. i mean, as you said this was dastardly. but de

debbie wasserman schultz should resign.ve got to pull the band-aid off and i'm sure the data breach time period where there was a lot of tension, i'm sure those e-mails will be even worse. >> so senator sanders and you have been calling for debbie wasserman schultz to resign from the dnc for a long, long time. what happens if she doesn't do it this week and the people who -- and there isn't any evidence of wasserman schultz actually involved on e-mails, at least leaked so far, plotting. that's all of her senior staffers. i get holding the chairman -- or chairwoman responsible. but what if neither she or the top official who is actually did the conspireing resign? what happens to the sanders supporters? what happens to the unity the democrats so desperately want and need? >> we're here this week to celebrate the unity of the democratic party, to make the case why hillary clinton should be the president of the united states. >> you still think that? >> of course. this is the message we want to talk about. we don't want to be

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debbie wasserman schultz's position worsened steadily throughout the day. she would not have a speaking role at the own party's convention and then not chair the proceedings. finally, word came that dws is stepping down at dnc chair by the end of the week after the convention in return for which reinstated as a speaker before the delegates here. it's interesting the see how that unfolds and also as the individual gaveling the convention to the open and close. the stunning fall of democratic party chair debbie wasserman schultz one day after she campaigned with the party's newly minted ticket reflected fallout from the publication online of nearly 20,000 internal dnc e-mails. their authenticity unchallenged. it catalogs the contempt for bernie sanders. the socialist senator from vath vath whose campaign capped 22 states and 43% of the vote against hillary clinton. when an aide reported to waszer schultz the dnc chair replied, spoken like someone who's never been a member of the democratic party and no understanding of what we do. she derided the campaign man

wasserman schultz was opponented to the position by barack obama in 2011. presumptive democratic nominee hillary clinton said, quote, i am grateful to debbie for getting the democratic party to this year's historic convention in philadelphia. i know that this week's events will be a success. thanks to her hard work and leadership. continuing that wasserman schultz will now assume a nationwide management position on her campaign. serving as trump chair after the convention is current advice chair, donna brazil, she assumed it back in 2009 she took over for now vice presidential candidate tim kaine, reporting from what will be a lively convention floor, very soon, i'll alexandria hoff, send it back to you. >> thank you so much. without question, wasserman schultz resignation was the talk of the town. >> we want to show you video just into us, as alex mentioned, wasserman schultz was taking a walk through of sorts on that stage down below us just a few minutes ago. this was from just about five minutes ago before we went on the air at 11:00. now, "eyewitness n

>> it is overwhelming to think it is confined to schultz.rim chair of the dnc, donna brazil, also attacked bernie sanders in the wikileaks e-mails so the point is, the entire --. >> to that point, on may 26 of this year she said after bernie sanders endorsed we debbie wasserman-schultz primary opponent and dnc communications director forwarded to brazil the text of debbie wasserman-schultz formal statement, brazil wrote in the mail and i quote, "i saw this a.m., how stupid, don't know how to respond to bernie anymore." there are a couple of things. >> another mail she said in i have on do that i will start cussing. the truth, debbie wasserman-schultz has a lost enemies and not just in the bernie camp, a lost enemies but she stood up because she had a job to secure the nomination for hillary clinton. now show has achieved that she is cast aside. this is not ideology. the democratic establishment is not mad at bernie over his views but he was standing in the way of hillary clinton and her power. >> does it change what we see on the stage? or w

brit, tough morning for debbie wasserman-schultz. >> it is a tough morning for debbie wasserman-schultzgood to see you. when you think about it is peculiar outcome in a way. everybody knew that debbie wasserman-schultz and most of the main line democrats, mainstream democrats including those at democratic national committee would be for hillary. why wouldn't they be. hillary is a democrat. bernie sanders is not. not only that there is the fact that bernie sanders's views are exotic in the use of many, including many democrats. if you think about this, one. jobs of a political party is to nominate and elect candidates martha: that is a good point. >> obviously they want somebody who can be elected. there is a widespread sense among democrats d others that bernie sanders couldn't possibly be elected even if he were to get the nomination. so they favor hillary. it isn't attractive they would try to use his religion against him which never happened. there we are. i have to say i have a little bit of sympathy for debbie wasserman-schultz who appears to have done exactly what the clinton camp

that is debbie wasserman schultz, live pictures from inside of the convention hall right now. debbie wasserman schultz, the chair of the dnc, who is just tendered her resignation today. getting a walk through. she's supposed to speak tomorrow. the big question is is she going to? looks like she is because she's doing a little test run. just hours before the democratic national convention, the official gaveling, which donna brazil will do it, or will she? who's going to do it? >> congresswoman -- >> marsha is going to do it. you're watching a special edition of cnn tonight, i'm don lemon. we're looking at the convention hall in philadelphia. and where hillary clinton will become the official nominee tomorrow, the first woman to ever get a major party nod. and tonight, with me, my panel, my political dream team, and cnn's jeff zellny, you're inside, what's going on? >> reporter: i am indeed, don. i would say ten minutes ago or so debbie wasserman schultz walked out on to the stage here. our eagle eyed photographer john spotted her on the stage and it's really fascinating, she cl

debbie wasserman schultz was very loyal to hillary clinton. and debbie wasserman schultz did die on the sword so to speak. except she's not quite yet dead. she still wants to stay through the convention. people like bill press and these protesters behind us in the streets of philadelphia, kate, as you said at 4:00 this afternoon, it is going to be loud in that convention hall. >> that's uplifting imagery for all of us. >> well, mark press -- >> i'm more than happy to -- >> if you ever met him, you would know this -- >> the ted cruz welcome in cleveland, right, he'll look like the most popular person in cleveland compared to -- >> andre, what are you watching? one of the interesting things we learned this morning is senator elizabeth warren will be the keynote speaker. she's going to be making the keynote address. she's speaking tonight. in the lineup is elizabeth warren, michelle obama as well as bernie sanders. cory booker's in there as well. what do you think of elizabeth w warren being the keynote speaker? she's great at taking on donald tr

the time is now for debbie wasserman schultz to step aside.it's clear she is not going to be speaking to the convention. we had the opposition of virtually the entire democratic leadership in every state in this country. >> we should note it is not clear how wikileaks obtained those private e-mails. the clinton campaign suggests it's the work of russian hackers and the dnc at the time when they were hacked seemed to imply that it was russian hackers. by the way, just moments ago bernie sanders issued the following statement on the news of debbie wasserman schultz's resignation and it reads, quote, debbie wasserman schultz has made the right decision for the future of the democratic party. while she deserves thanks for her years of service, the party now needs new leadership that will open the doors of the party and welcome in working people and young people. the party leadership must also always remain impartial in the presidential nominating process, something which did not occur in the 2016 race. let's dive right in. i'm joined by sanders ca

is debbie wasserman schultz' resignation is that enough? who else should be held accountable for the dnc plot to take down bernie sanders? >> your responses are pouring in online. many saying it's not enough. michael says it clearly shows the political process is rigged. the resignation is not enough. the entire leadership should be replaced. this is not the effort of just one person. it was a coordinated effort by the organization as a whole. >> and randy e-mailed us and says who should be accountable for the plot to take down sanders? who stood to gain for it. i'm sure you'll find a clinton at the source. >>> charles e-mailed us to say i think it's enough honestly she's just done and anyone else involved will of course be untouched anyway. >> and kirk simply says kind of obvious who gains the most by bernie being cheated. >>> the time now is 20 till the top of the hour and presidential elections then and now. how does donald trump versus hillary clinton compare to 2012 and 2008? >> convention polling and what it means for this race. wakin

debbie wasserman schultz did the right thing.ght thing for her party. now we have to focus on issues that most americans are focused on. what are they focused on? my taxes, whether there's traffic, is it safe abroad and at home and do i have a decent future. those are the issues that we need to be focused on. this is not about who the dnc chair is, it's about who the next president is. >> what about bernie sanders, his role this fall. what do you expect from him? do you think you'll see him on the campaign trail with hillary clinton? >> i do believe that. he ran a great campaign. i have to give him credit, a terrific campaign. he really helped start a movement. now that movement has to coalesce around a democratic presidency versus a donald trump presidency. i think he'll play a very active role making sure that happens. >> in terms of president obama and his role going forward, what do you expect? his legacy, presidents when they get to the end of the second term, they want somebody from their party to succeed them. >> there's n

debbie wasserman schultz is out. but it sounds like she's not out until after the convention and not sure i understand. when's the latest? >> anderson, that is true. i am here inside the convention hall and actually practicing some music. we'll hear later in the week. but debbie wasserman schultz i'm told is expected to take the stage tomorrow afternoon. shortly after the proceedings begin here insisting on still taking the stage to welcome delegates and talk to them. but this all is part of a long, drawn out series of events today, started the day she was presiding over the convention and ending where she is leaving on friday. it took the president of the united states to have a phone call with her late today and the clinton campaign to convince her to step aside. it's all over the controversy, the uproar, over those e-mails as you mentioned that show what many sanders supporters believe that the dnc simply not fair and impartial and embarrassing to say the least and not impartial and led her to step down mid aftern

smart move by debbie wasserman schultz, good move for the party? >> excellent move. the position was compromised, she was compromised, and for her to continue in the role and become the lightning rod for in this convention to start off this convention with the kind of reaction she would receive publicly. she made the right move and i think most of the bernie supporters and delegates that i spoke to, have spoken to today is the move that they wanted as well. >> there's so much emotion still. i talked to some of them yesterday. you see the ones marching out in the streets, many of them saying they'll vote for jill stein or another third party candidate, some have told me they'll stay home. we just heard bernie sanders when he told his supporters that hillary clinton needs to be elected, there were boos, they're disgruntled folks out there. what can he do tonight on that stage to change some of those minds? >> i think bernie need to be bernie on that stage. i think he has to talk about what, that campaign is and was, and what, what that agenda is and how we continue pus

debbie wasserman schultz boo'd at her home state delegation. there were people in the crowd who were supportive of her but you can see the signs in front of this camera that makes it clear that not everybody was in that camp. now she's picking up a new role with the clinton campaign after that dnc e-mail dump that was a tough thing for her, to be sure. is that a good move for hillary clinton? when we come back. >>> the chairwoman's statement yesterday speaks for itself. that's what she plans to do. look, you know, as i said earlier, our convention could not be a greater contrast to what we saw with the republicans last week. >>> back with a fox news alert in philadelphia here. dnc chair debbie wasserman schultz will not be gaveling in the convention today. she will step down as a new e-mail scandal reveals evidence of bias against bernie sanders that was revealed in what we saw with these e-mails. watch. >> in the last eight years. we have a lot of work to do. [ audience booing ] we have so much to do. >> a tough day for debbie wasserman schult

why did debbie wasserman schultz, a, speak at the breakfast this morning? and b, why is she even considering speaking on the convention floor? >> well, let's just remember that she is a very popular congresswoman in florida, and it was the florida delegation breakfast this morning. it makes complete sense. and they'll make decisions on what happens yet on the floor tonight. i think what's really important here is that we have a great night of speakers tonight, right. we're showing -- >> yes, the democrats do have a great line-up. michelle obama, elizabeth warren, bernie sanders. >> that's right. emily's list, supporting candidate kristin tonight. >> debbie wasserman schultz speaks, that speech will be remembered over the others, perhaps. because of the reaction she may get. >> well, i don't know. you you've got elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. i think that -- and michelle obama. i'm not sure who is most remembered tonight. that's an incredible testament to the power of the democratic party this year. >> so susan, should hillary clinton, she can make a p

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 speakers tonight, bernie sanders as i mentioned will be here along with first lady michelle obama, cory booker, who was once rumored on vice-presidential short list, and of course elizabeth warren. she will be a keynote speaker here. with all of this going on with debbie wasserman schultz head of dnc not being here to gavel in the dnc, bit ironic that the theme tonight is united together. some would say that is hardly the case. david: thanks, blake. melissa: we have former dnc communications director and georgetown institute of politics executive director. thank you so much for joining us today. it has been a bumpy start to this convention. what

debbie wasserman schultz has been considered a problem. she's been considered off message for a long period of time. she hasn't been considered the best ally or surrogate. bernie sanders gets to claim some kind of victory here which is after a week where he had a good day on the platform too. in the near term, is this how you want to start a convention? absolutely not. >> we have bernie sanders. we have michelle obama tonight. what are we expecting to hear from bernie sanders? >> a message of unity. that sounds somewhat trite, but what's most interesting about this entire process is bernie sanders on cnn, on state of the union yesterday, every time jake tapper asked bernie sanders about the e-mails, bernie sanders pivoted almost immediately to attacking donald trump. this is a big thing for bernie sanders. it proves everything he was saying was right, and bernie sanders is right back on message, attacking donald trump. you will see an indictment of donald trump or at least an effort to, and then at the very end, making very clear he and hi

debbie wasserman schultz is out. as the leader of the democratic national committee saying she'll resign when this convention is over. it ends thursday night. the announcement comes during an embarrassing e-mail scandal that triggered mounting calls for wasserman schultz to step down. i want to go to my next guest, a bernie sanders surrogate and very active trying to get bernie sanders the democratic nomination. didn't work out. what's your reaction to it's huge news, debbie wasserman schultz announces her resignation. >> this is great. this is the dnc tearing off the band-aid and actually doing what needs to be done for us to heal. the reality was big damage was done to the base of the party by the dnc being impartial in attacking the sanders campaign. that happened on her watch. and we needed assurance that they were serious now about unifying. we've gotten that assurance. we can really begin to move forward and, frankly, focus on the next 100 day. we have a guy, eye say it's a neofascist, donald trump, who is moun

debbie wasserman schultz was the chair of the dnc!story of those e-mails, of the dnc leadership and their -- and from top to bottom,ing with involved in helping hillary clinton, first of all. some of the revelations, by the way, are pretty not nice, particularly the ones about the press. that the press is not reporting, were certain reporters like at politico had their stories checked and cleared by the dnc. but most of it is about how to screw bernie sanders and help hillary. this is exactly the kind of rigged thing that donald trump tried to appeal to voters with, and whatever. but more importantly, year not done with this. there are going to be more e-mails. and i'll tell you this, the clinton response this morning was astounding, which is to say, oh, the russians hacked into this, and they're doing this in concert with -- >> wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. pat, i have to stop you there. ty thought the whole thing, the whole thing had to do with, your secrets were never exposed, because my e-mail was not hacked. are yo

dnc chairwoman debbie wasserman schultz says she'll step down at the end of the week.we spoke to say they are not surprised by the contents of those leaked e-ma e-mails. >> we feel that this is an establishment leveraging their candidate, their corporate candidate. and if you ask we the people, we're not okay with fraud anymore. we're not okay with the theft of our democratic process. >> reporter: so again, they are g gathering here at roosevelt park. they're going to be walking over the ben franklin bridge and headed to city hall. reporting live in camden, i'm pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. >> thank you, pam. they're having a sound check right now. so it's a little hard for us to hear. the delegates for bernie sanders are furious about what has transpired over the last 24 hours. >> more specifically about dnc chairwoman debbie wasserman schultz. tim furlong is live in center city with more on that part of our coverage this morning. tim? >> reporter: guys, it is loud there. sounds like you're having a tough time there. we just heard from leaders of the bernie delegates n

and debbie wasserman-schultz is not going to gavel in the dnc, just a few hours from now. she was shouted down this morning getting out in front of the floefrd delegation. and as those e-mails came out showing that she put her finger on the scale for hillary clinton. how does that impact the voters that the wall street jaurnal is talking about that are more akin to bernie sanders. do they see a pole in donald trump; what do you believe? >> this is what is so interesting. whether you are on the left or right, it is the establishment versus the nonestablishment. and a referundum on business as usual in washington and hillary clinton had a hard time coming out from that shadow of being involveded with dirty politics in washington. and this is the latest and not having her in the convention is a spot thing. she wants to put the vote on the side of voters and african-american and latinos and this kind of yet another scandal could hurt her with those people who are undecided and there was a lot of undecided voters. she was going to fightment and you couldn't hear her. and hillar

john: you worked for debbie wasserman schultz.vention. good for the party? bad for the party? what impact on the party and hillary's prospects? >> only an upside. there was growing dissatisfaction from all quarters of the campaign for some time now. but i think the news, the e-mail dump this past weekend really put the fine points on that dissatisfaction, and it has become too much of a distraction . stepping down eliminates that distraction before it gets .tarted i think what happened to her this evening at her own home breakfasti gratian when i'll -- delegation breakfast went a long way to convincing her it was a better idea. to stop the want booing every time hillary clinton's name is mentioned, what do you do? >> i worked at the convention. there were a lot of compatriots and went into that convention and did not want to support barack obama. him on thehey both floor? >> they did not go him on the floor, but -- mark: the booing is historical. >> tonight you will have four democrats,energizing bernie sanders and elizabeth of th

i think debbie wasserman schultz did not want to be the story, so she resigned.e saw a lot of very positive comments coming out from both former, both camps, now on the same team. the bernie folks and hillary folks saying donna brazil was an excellent neutral choice. hopefully, that means this week we get to focus on our really compelling message of putting families first and working for an economy that works for everybody, not just those at the top. because last week was terrifying. i want to make sure that we take this minute when the american public is tuned into -- obviously, if you're watching this show, your tuned in all the time. but most folks, this is the beginning of it. we're going to be able to show a really clear contrast between the republicans last week, if we can focus on what our messages this week will stop we have some amazing speakers tonight. we will hear from senator sanders and elizabeth warren. i think will be a dramatic difference. juan: norman, your reaction to the past week? i think bernie sanders is having a big meeting before the open

debbie wasserman schultz stepping down.ard a lot of anger and today with sanders speaking later in the day many other demonstrations are planned. some are expected to end up down the block from me here. around midday or so hundreds if not thousands of demonstrators are expected to go past ben franklin bridge. there are a lot of security concerns. we have seen more dem straighters than we have during the rnc. thor ris are also worried about a lone-wolf attack. they are taking precautions. philadelphia has experience dealing with big events like these. thor kis checking out how it can be that. they already added. right now they say there is no credible threat against the city or convention. no arrests and no citations of any protesters so far. >> all right. thanks. >>> i want to bring in sten in stenny hoyer. is debacle has booed the do you agree debbie wasserman schultz should not be on the podium tonight? >> i think debbie has done an excellent job. she saw reelection of barack obama. she has a lot of energy and talent to t

whether it's reince priebus or debbie wasserman schultz. what bernie sanders believed was that she was rigging the system and suppressing delegates that might have otherwise gone to him. now, of course she was. because the democrats didn't want bernie sanders to be the nominee. in the same way a lot of republicans didn't want donald trump to be the guy. and he ate the republican party like a tick tack and, poof, bernie just couldn't pull it off. >> the only relevant question is, is it true? are these e-mails true? it doesn't matter if their providence. the question is, what do they tell us? they tell us that bernie sanders was exactly right. and bernie sanders was riding the same wove that trump rode. disaffected people who had been left out of the process and feel like the system is rigged. >> and it is. >> and we would all remember the states where it appears bernie sanders had won and they do the delegate count and suddenly he didn't win anymore. suddenly she has the super delegates locked up and her totals were bigger than his. and a lo

donald trump taking on debbie wasserman schultz saying quote, the highly neurotic debbie wasserman schultz is angry that after stealing and cheating her way to a crooked hillary victory, she's out. the trump campaign also laughing off any suggestion that russian hackers released the dnc emails to help trump's campaign. here's what his campaign chair paul metaphor said yesterday. >> they are pretty desperate quickly is all i have to say on that. it's a far reach, obviously. to lead their convention with that tells me that they really are trying to move away from what the issues are going to be in this campaign. it's pretty absurd. reporter: it was clinton's campaign manager robbie boone who was making the allegations about russia trying to help out the trump campaign but let's keep in mind melissa while it may be because there were some reports that russian hackers were the ones behind the email leak , there were officials at the dnc that the emails, not the russians . melissa: is a good try at the subterfuge, you got to respect that. ask for the report. jon: germany's interior minister is

and debbie wasserman schultz rigged it for hillary clinton. and the sad part is, bernie sanders has, to use an old word that i use on occasion, he has lost his energy. he wants to go home and go to sleep but he has a lot of people that walked out last night. now hundreds of people walked

coming up, the resignation of debby wasserman schultz.phia this morning. we're 45 minutes away from the opening bell. the market is expected to open fractionally higher, searching for direction. here is look at stocks on the move this morning. yahoo! shares under pressure after the company's core assets are being sold to verizon. verizon acquiring yahoo! for 4.8 billion dollars. one question still up in the air. marissa mayer's future. she says she will stay at the company, but verizon executives aren't saying that quite yet. solar city shares up 3%, reportedly close to a merger with tesla. reuters reporting they're in the final stages of carrying out due diligence. questions were raised because elon musk is the ceo of tesla and the chairman of solar city. and he's recused himself from voting on this deal. today's democratic convention kicks off with an e-mail scandal and resignation and angry protesters as the ceremony is rocked by controversy. and this is not your father's democratic party anymore, stuart joins us now with more. good mo

debbie wasserman schultz she's been there five years, i'm sure she's done some good things.me to quote al gore's old line, it's time for her to go. >> speaking of al gore, he's not showing up. the others are coming, we're going to see mike bloomberg, he had an endorsement from general allen. hillary clinton collecting as many supporters as you can. why do you think al gore is not coming to the dnc given what donald trump represents to the democratic party? >> i have he will endorse hillary clinton. he has not been going to conventions, he's not been political in the last few years, but he does provide a model for, i think, the big challenge that faces hillary clinton. in 47 minutes in an acceptance speech by our polling in 2000, he moved somewhere between 14 and 18 points. and he did that because he confounded the stereotypes about him. it's unmediated communication, you seldom get it. that's what hillary clinton has to do. that's her great opportunity is to convince people that she really cares about them, that she'll fight for their concerns, that she could connect with th

schultz announcing her resignation amid leaked dnc e-mails plotting against bernie sanders. and of course, no shortage of drama and we have fox news team coverage on every angle of this story. >> the trump campaign slamming a quote, rigged system, but we begin with doug life for us in philly. >> reporter: good morning. these nominating conventions really serve two fundamental purposes. it is for both parties, pure propaganda, but that skeek ki clean image has been sullied by this e-mail scandal. the last thing they wanted to see was the course of boos, but democrats have succeeded thus far in keeping their candidate's name out of this e-mail muck. >> i don't know anything about -- about these e-mails. i haven't followed it. but i'm very proud of the campaign that i ran. i can't speak to what people who were not working for me, who were saying whatever they were saying, i can't speak to that. i can only speak to my campaign. >> it was a larger gathering than anything we saw in cleveland. peaceful from what we've seen. keep in mind that this is even before the convention got u

wasserman schultz: of course not.re is a huge difference between the person that has their name on the ballot in the person at the podium. the trump organization has to answer for it. they've not done a very good job answering work all day long. mark: we will hear from some of the journalists from on the ground here in cleveland. ♪ ♪ mark: joining us is jonathan friedland. he is a keen observer of american politics. his latest dispatch from the convention is titled a vicious campaign. also with us is senior national reporter for bloomberg politics jennifer jacobs. she wrote a piece today about donald trump junior's political ambitions. tell me about your impressions of his performance last night. jennifer: he seemed intoxicated about being on stage. he came on stage very calmly and then he just kind of ramped up the excitement. you could tell he was loving it. at a breakfast this morning, he was asked about his political ambitions. he said, "look, i have five kids. perhaps when my hitter out of school. i am a patriot

let's talk about debbie wasserman schultz. >> are we surprised? >> i guess she felt with some friendly people. but not so. >> yeah, well, look. everything that's happened this weekend has not been good. because what the democrats told me when we were leaving cleveland was, you're going to see the exact opposite when you go to philadelphia. we're going to be organized, we're unified, we've had all these conversations over the past couple months with bernie sanders and his people. all of that has been worked out. and then you have this wikileaks. and on top of that, i can tell you, having spoken to a lot of bernie sanders supporters and so-so hillary supporters, tim kaine for the progress yefs is not the person they wanted. they feel it's a direct slap in the face. "60 minutes" last night, hillary clinton goes on, asked about these e-mails and about the deck being stacked against bernie sanders. and she says i really don't know, iaven't seen these e-mails. and so while i don't think we have a situation necessarily like we had, for example, if you go

you called out debbie wasserman schultz.trump started using it later that evening. >> it didn't feel like a fair and partial process. that was her job at the time. it features some mentions of "morning joe." >> yeah,big time. >> and before we get into that, there were complaints going all the way back to october also. this has been a long-running feud inside the democratic party about the debates. >> when they first rolled out the debate schedule people said wait a second, there are only six debates. you had in october there was one, one of the vice chairs saying don't come to the first debate if you'll complain about the debates. every one erupted and that's when the first person called for her resignation in october. >> yeah. >> if you have been talking about this far long time that was the beginning of this system is rigged. >> one of the debates was scheduled opposite the super bowl. >> all right. what are we getting on this story? >> she complained back in may that she called on her to resign. debbie wasserman schultz c

>> debbie wasserman-schultz is jewish. what she wasn't picking . >> but that is not --. >> atheism. >> true. this is a political reality. every party panders. if you going to state "x", a southern state, we should say why and this, in someone is godless that is like having head lice you have to be avoided. >> no one should be surprised that the press is co-mingling with politicians. the difference is the pretense of objectivity. if you are a conservative commenter you can indulge trump because you are not hiding the fact you are a conservative. but the mail shows that this is bias, liberal bias, among people who pretend not to be bias and that is kind of the scandal. i feel bad, it is other people's e-mails and i mate wikileaks for doing this. >> do you think what her press secretary said about the russians is true? >> the russians...i reexcuse myself being married to one. i have to go home after the show. they accuse the republican party of intolerance and you look at e-mails what you find is casual homophobia saying no h

they got rid of debbie waterman schultz. it is reality and there are only two candidates and as hillary clinton and donald trump and you can't go for donald trump. first step in the revolution and sanders revolution is to stop donald trump. >> that's his message. >> patty? >> i can't remember, and i'm sure twitter will correct me, but i cannot remember any time in modern history where the chair of a party the night before the delegate, the convention, had to resign. i don't -- i mean, we've seen lot of tumultuous conventions in our collective life times, but that seems unprecedented to me. >> look, it is not good. and as a former campaign manager, this is a huge pain in the -- >> tush. >> tush. but bernie sanders has been gracious. debbie wasserman schultz resigned. she is not speaking. not gaveling in. not gaveling out. i personally think she should get on a plane and go back to florida because she has her own reelection to be concerned about, and she should be concerned. but tonight we have the first lady. tonight we have

then came the leaked e-mails, the debbie wasserman schultz ouster. so much for unity.mention the chorus of boos and thumbs down that greeted sanders when he urged supporters to support the clinton ticket. they were and are afraid of so alienates sanders supporters that they don't back the nominees this ball. they'll be deeply relieved if tonight isn't dominated by the cheering of sanders and the booing for his support of the ticket. if this sounds like the dilemma faced with the republicans and donald trump, it is. but the difference is, they didn't nominate the candidate they were afraid of, the republicans did. but he's ahead in the polls. >> we're following the convention schedule here. there's not a worry that hillary clinton or tim kaine are not going to get the nomination and the roll call vote. but there is a worry there could be something embarrassing on the floor. >> look, we cannot rule out after what he saw today in those meetings with sanders and his supporters and the one with debbie wasserman schultz in the florida delegation, that hillary clinton and tim

late this afternoon, the head of the national democratic committee, debbie wasserman-schultz announced she will resign following leaked e-mails. they suggested the dnc favored hillary clinton in the primaries. bernie sanders and supporters are applauding the move. it will lead the party to the unity they need more than ever. >> the life of the campaign. it was more difficult by the fact they were people with their thumbs on the scale. what this demonstrates is the party is willing to move forward, start anew, listening to voters. we are going to elect hillary clinton. >> reporter: now, debbie wasserman-schultz will stay on through the convention. after that, she'll be replaced by long term democratic strategist and dnc vice chair, donna brazile. she will serve as interim chair until a permanent replacement is found. bernie sanders said debbie wasserman-schultz has made the right decision and the party was remain impartial, something which did not occur during the 2016 race. let's head to "action news" reporter, jeff chirico where a welcome party for the delegates just wrapped up. jeff,

>> why did chairwoman wasserman schultz feel compelled to resign today? >> well, you know this wikileaks situation in which we don't know exactly what happened. we don't even know exactly what nature of the release was, who did it, but we do know that it's created some controversy. and i think what congressman wasserman schultz wants to do is have a very successful convention. she wants to see hillary clinton elected president. she thought sh was a distraction and she decided for i think the good of the election, the good of the convention to step aside at the end of the convention and let someone else take the helm at the dnc. >> pelley: apparently from her resignation we should take that the e mails are authentic? >> well, i think whether they are authentic or they are not, what we do know is that they kreelted a great controversy here in philadelphia. and i think that debbie recognized that. and i think she has worked so hard to build the party. she was successful in getting president obama re-elected. and wanted to do everything she could to make sure

debbie wasserman schultz stepping down as democratic chairwoman. the congresswoman under fire after after wikileaks released a chocolate e-mail the e-mail sent and received by top democratic officials. send e-mail suggesting the democratic national committee favored hillary clinton in the primaries. senator bernie sanders who is said to speak tonight at the convention same debbie wasserman schultz made the right decision for the future. >> this does not come as a shock to me or my subordinates. there is no shut the dnc was on secretary clinton said from day one. we know that. i think in such a long time ago that the time is not debbie wasserman shall to step aside. nicole: the republican national committee chairman saying the resignation was inevitable. >> today's events show what an uphill climb that democrats are facing this week in unifying their party and start not the week by losing their party chairman over long-standing bitterness between factions. there's no way way to keep something together. nicole: vice-chairman of the democratic nationa

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do you think debbie wasserman-schultz should step down?dnc has full confidence they'll handle this and do what they think is best. i also want to reiterate, from the media, from the reports coming out, you would think that the dnc is seven people in an e-mail. they're made up of a number of party officials, activists, leaders across this country, people like miss ella, where i'm from in omaha, nebraska, that's worked for the did. nc for a very long time. as someone who has worked with the dnc throughout the primary process, with our dealings and whatnot, they are very fair and even handed. clearly, people have opinions and personal preferences. but in terms of their dealings, i do believe that the dnc try to be as fair as possible. >> you do? >> i do. yes! we're family, alex. have you ever been to a family reunion? >> yes. yes, ma'am, i have. >> sometimes family reunions, family does not always get along. coming into the convention, we're coming into a family reunion. and there are different folks in the family. some people that have been

also this morning, new drama surrounding debbie wasserman schultz. the question still remains whether she will actually gavel in the convention this afternoon. we'll explain why that's a mystery, even at this point. already, though, it's been a pretty bad morning for her. she took the stage at a gathering of delegates from her home state of florida. while there were many in that crowd who cheered her, there were others who booed and chanted, some even holding up the signs that read "e-mails," obvious reference to the e-mails leaked. it was her first public appearance since they bankruabr announced yesterday she will step down as dnc chair after the convention. wikileaks posted 20,000 e-mails, showing party officials in some cases appeared to be biased against bernie sanders as he sought the democratic nomination. >> going to continue to make sure that florida has a strong voice to speak loud and proud on our values. and you will see the every day between now and november 8 on the campaign trail. and we will not stand down! we will make sure that the