| | | | | Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images | | Hillary Clinton just shattered the glass ceiling. For the first time, a major American political party nominated a woman for president as the Democratic National Committee's selection of Clinton became official this evening.
Bernie Sanders stood with the Vermont delegation, which was the last of 57 states and territories to cast its vote in the roll call. He asked, in a move intended to unite the party, to suspend the rules and nominate Clinton unanimously by acclamation. "I move that all votes cast by delegates be reflected in the official record, and I move that Hillary Clinton be selected as the nominee of the Democratic Party for president of the United States," he said.
Scenes from the floor: Delegates such as Louisiana's Mary Landrieu were holding back tears. "Tonight is the night when Hillary Clinton will break the glass ceiling for every woman and girl in this country," said New Hampshire state Sen. Donna Soucy. Still, there were pro-Sanders hold-outs. Among the signs on display in Nevada's delegation: "Cheating is not winning," "RIGGED" and "WikiLeaks."
How Clinton was nominated: Retiring Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski did it officially, telling the DNC: "On behalf of all the women who've broken down barriers for others, and with an eye toward the barriers still ahead, I proudly place Hillary Clinton's name in nomination to be the next president of the United States of America." | | An emotional moment for the Sanders brothers | | | Bernie Sanders' brother, Larry Sanders, spoke for the "Democrats Abroad" delegation and moved Bernie to tears when he said: "I want to read before this convention the names of our parents: Eli Sanders and Dorothy Glassberg Sanders. They did not have easy lives and they died young. They would be immensely proud of their son and his accomplishments. They loved him." | | | Bernie Sanders' endorsement of Hillary Clinton might have done the most to unite Democrats. But first lady Michelle Obama stole the show on the Democratic National Convention's first night -- delivering the most well-regarded speech of either convention so far. Writing for The New York Times, Kaitlyn Greenidge calls the first lady a "superhero." The Washington Post's Krissah Thompson says Obama has come full circle. CNN's Saeed Ahmed says Obama proved why she's the master of the viral moment. And Republicans aren't attacking her at all. | | Bill Clinton plans 'incredibly personal' speech | | When former President Bill Clinton takes the stage in Philadelphia in the 10 p.m. hour tonight, he'll embrace his new supporting role as a political spouse. Clinton aides tell CNN he is writing an "incredibly personal" speech, making the case for his wife being a "change agent" over the course of her career and touting Hillary Clinton's character, values and trustworthiness. More from CNN's Sunlen Serfaty.
Must-read speech prep, from The Washington Post's David Maraniss, on why tonight's speech will be different than any other Bill Clinton has ever given: "A former president who wants to be first man extolling the virtues of a former first lady who wants to be president. Only the Clintons."
If you're counting: CNN's Dan Merica emails that this will be Clinton's 10th DNC speech. He's spoken at every convention since 1980. Here are the highlights of his previous speeches.
What reporters are talking about: Will Clinton's talk time exceed Donald Trump's 75-minute Republican National Committee speech? | | Florida Democratic congressman and Senate candidate Alan Grayson's ex-wife is claiming domestic abuse over two decades -- a story broken by Politico's John Bresnahan, Marc Caputo and Jake Sherman.
That report led to a confrontation at a Politico event at the DNC in Philadelphia.
Standing in front of Grayson, reporter Edward-Isaac Dovere tried to ask Grayson about those allegations -- and Grayson told Dovere: "You're assaulting a member of Congress." He claimed Dovere pushed him, and said, "I'm hoping that somebody comes here and arrests you." The video shows Grayson's claims about Dovere's actions were false. | | Trump's beef: No ISIS talk in Philly | | From CNN's Jeremy Diamond: Donald Trump slammed Democrats for not once mentioning ISIS on the first day of the Democratic National Convention and accused his rival party of creating the terrorist group through its policies. "We need to change our foreign policy to focus on defeating and destroying ISIS, a word you didn't hear last night at the Democratic convention. You didn't hear it. They don't want to talk about it," Trump said at the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention. "Because in a very true way, they really established ISIS because of weakness. The people in this room know better than anybody else what I mean by weakness."
Trump was right. A PolitiFact analysis confirmed that none of the speakers at the DNC said the words "ISIS," "Islamic," "terror," "terrorist" or "terrorism" on Monday.
Watch this DNC-related mini-doc: CNN's Gregory Krieg and videographer Jeremy Moorhead go inside the "Democracy Spring" protests outside the DNC -- from training Sunday night in a church to executing a tightly choreographed demonstration that led to more than 50 being detained. Check it out. | | DNC email leak: The latest | | Three stories on the Democratic National Committee's email leak to read today:
The DNC was warned. Federal investigators told the DNC about a potential intrusion in their computer network months before the party moved to try to fix the problem, U.S. officials briefed on the probe tell CNN's Evan Perez.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, hero? A few Republicans tell Yahoo's Matt Bai they think so. He writes: "That's because whatever Wasserman Schultz tried to do for Clinton and the Democratic establishment in her underhanded way is exactly what (Reince) Priebus completely failed to do as his party was being overrun."
Hidden details on Clinton deal: Politico's Ken Vogel and Isaac Arnsdorf report: "Leaked emails show the Democratic National Committee scrambled this spring to conceal the details of a joint fundraising arrangement with Hillary Clinton that funneled money through state Democratic parties." | | "I love you, Donald. I pray for you. I hope that you find some kindness in your heart." -- New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, responding on CNN's "New Day" to Donald Trump's criticism of his Monday night DNC speech. | | | Indiana Republicans tapped Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb to replace Mike Pence on the ballot this fall, now that Pence is Donald Trump's running mate. ... George Will is using Trump's refusal to release his tax returns to fuel speculation about his ties to Russia. ... Anthony Weiner and Donald Trump Jr. got into a colorful exchange about the New York City mayor's office.
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