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Democrats Converge for Clinton Nomination DNC Starts Today in Philadelphia MONDAY, JULY 25, 2016 INTERNATIONAL Democrats converge for Clinton nomination DNC starts today in Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA: US Democrats converge on the whiff of scandal that could rattle party unity. A of super delegates in the nomination process, City of Brotherly Love to elevate Hillary Clinton cache of leaked emails from Democratic Party something Sanders has long demanded. this coming week as the party’s nominee who leaders’ accounts includes at least two mes- Meanwhile, delegates and activists descend- will battle Republican Donald Trump in 2016’s sages suggesting an insider effort to hobble the ed Saturday on Philadelphia, where police were presidential election. upstart Sanders campaign-including by seeking intensifying security operations. “We shouldn’t The Democratic National Convention kicks to present him as an atheist to undermine him be fearful, we’re Americans,” delegate Patti off today in Philadelphia with the party more in religious states. Norkiewicz of Florida told AFP, two days after unified than the Republicans, whose fissures Trump has pounced on the leaks. “Leaked e- Trump offered a dark vision of a nation were laid bare this week as they confirmed mails of DNC show plans to destroy Bernie besieged by chaos and violence. brash billionaire Trump as their flag-bearer. But Sanders. Mock his heritage and much more. On- “We should be proud, united, and we’re CARMEL, CALIFORNIA: A large plume of smoke from a wildfire rises near Highway 1. —AP frustrations are nevertheless swirling as dele- line from Wikileakes (sic), really vicious. RIGGED,” allowed to disagree,” she said. Clinton is seeking gates bicker about the Democratic nominating the bombastic real estate developer tweeted to become the first female commander in chief, process and new hiccups over Clinton camp California fires threaten emails. “Next week in Philadelphia we will offer a very different vision for our country,” she thousands of homes pledged. “One that is about building bridges, not walls, embracing the diversity that makes LOS ANGELES: Thousands of homes wants.” Despite firefighters’ efforts, the our country great.” Her quest received a boost remained evacuated yesterday as two mas- blaze destroyed sets at Sable Ranch in Saturday when she introduced Tim Kaine of sive wildfires raged in tinder-dry California Santa Clarita, which has Old West-style Virginia as her running mate, a savvy Spanish- hills and canyons, and authorities said a buildings used for movie locations. “It was a speaking US senator with a bright smile but “a burned body was found in one neighbor- horrific firestorm,” owner Derek Hunt told backbone of steel”, according to Clinton. hood swept by the flames. KABC-TV. “At some point, you know you’re Kaine “is everything Donald Trump and Firefighters have been working a fire up defeated and you have to step back and (Republican running-mate) Mike Pence are not,” and down ridgelines since Friday that has save what you can. We fought as best as she said. blackened 31-square miles of brush on the we could.” The 58-year-old Kaine, from a crucial battle- edge of Santa Clarita and the Angeles Smoke and ash from the fire cast a pall ground state, delivered a rousing speech in National Forest. About 300 miles up the over neighboring Los Angeles. Air quality Miami, Florida, laying out sharp contrasts coast, crews were battling another blaze officials advised people with respiratory between Clinton and the Republican nominee. across 10-square miles north of the majes- problems to stay indoors. Bengal tigers and “She doesn’t insult people, she listens to them,” tic Big Sur region. a mountain lion were among several hun- he told the Miami crowd. “She doesn’t trash our The body of a man was discovered dred animals evacuated Saturday as flames allies, she respects them. And she’ll always have inside a burned sedan Saturday evening partially ringed the Wildlife Waystation, a our backs.” outside a home in Santa Clarita, just north nonprofit sanctuary for rescued exotic crea- Following the appearance Trump tweeted of Los Angeles. There was no evidence the tures in Sylmar. Volunteers showed up with that he had seen “Crooked Hillary and Tim MIAMI: US Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and running mate US Senator Tim death was crime-related, the Los Angeles trucks and trailers to help with the rescue. Kaine together. ISIS and our other enemies are Kaine arrive for a campaign rally at Florida International University on Saturday. —AFP County Sheriff’s Department said Sunday Later in the day, firefighters managed to drooling. They don’t look presidential to me!” as the investigation continued. beat back the threat. The Democratic convention “gavels in” at 4:00 The area was among those ordered More than 200 horses along with goats, pm (2000 GMT) Monday in Philadelphia’s Wells Saturday. Sanders campaign manager Jeff eight years after Obama made history as the evacuated as the fire raged through brush rabbits and other animals also were Fargo Center, with First Lady Michelle Obama Weaver demanded answers. “Someone does nation’s first black president. withered by days of 100-degree tempera- removed from fire areas. Yesterday’s fore- and Clinton’s former rival in the primaries, have to be held accountable,” Weaver told ABC While Sanders has publicly endorsed his for- tures as Southern California sweltered cast called for low humidity with afternoon Senator Bernie Sanders, scheduled as the News. The Democratic Party seemed to have “its mer rival, many of his most fervent supporters through a heat wave. and evening winds gusting to 25 mph or headliners. fingers on the scale” for Clinton, Weaver added. are organizing protests in Philadelphia, with the After flames driven by gusty winds more that could once again fan the fires’ Former president Bill Clinton is the star on largest demonstration expected on the conven- swept through an evacuated neighbor- explosive growth. tomorrow, while President Barack Obama and ‘Shouldn’t be fearful’ tion’s opening day today. hood, firefighters reported that some Up the coast, California Department of Vice President Joe Biden take the stage Sanders delegates fumed when their efforts Clinton is “disingenuous, not real,” Laurie buildings had been engulfed, but it was Forestry and Fire Protection firefighters bat- Wednesday. The Democrats have considerably to end the party’s use of super delegates- Cestnick, coordinator for the Occupy DNC not immediately clear whether they were tled the blaze in rugged mountains north more star-power than the Republicans who grandees who are free to vote for whomever Convention protest group, told AFP. “We’ve homes, outbuildings or garages, said of Big Sur. The fire 5 miles south of gathered in Cleveland, where both former Bush they choose at the convention-mostly failed come to see that she’s part of a corrupt system.” Nathan Judy, a spokesman for the US Fire Garrapata State Park posed a threat to presidents steered clear, as did former during a series of rules committee votes on Protests at the Republican convention which Service. about 1,000 homes and the community of Republican presidential nominees John McCain Saturday, according to The Washington Post. ended Thursday were underwhelming, with The area was still unsafe, he said late Palo Colorado was ordered evacuated, Cal (2008) and Mitt Romney (2012). But Sanders delegates won a compromise only a few demonstrations drawing hundreds of Saturday night. “You’ve still got hotspots in Fire said. Even as the party basked in the lovefest that victory when the committee agreed to form a people. Organizers in Philadelphia say they are that area, a lot of smoldering stuff,” and Jerri Masten-Hansen said she and her was the first Clinton-Kaine rally, there was still a commission tasked with reducing the number expecting thousands. —AFP trees that might fall because their roots husband watched the fire creep in toward had burned, Judy said. them. “We felt threatened this morning and More than 900 firefighters and water- decided we needed to go,” Masten-Hansen dropping helicopters battled the flames told KSBW-TV. Her sister also left her home Trump vs. Clinton: Is a 2017 overnight on several fronts. “It’s not a one- down the road. “I grabbed all the pictures direction type of fire,” Judy said. “It’s going of the kids, and then I took the paintings of ‘peaceful transfer’ possible? in different directions depending on which my parents that had been done by a local way the wind is blowing. It’s doing what it artist,” Ellen Masten said. —AP ATLANTA: Hillary Clinton should be in was not a natural-born citizen and thus jail. Donald Trump threatens America’s ineligible to serve. very existence. These are not fringe opin- Each candidate has declared the other ions. They are widespread views across unqualified for the presidency. Trump the nation’s bitter political divide. That talks of “crooked Hillary” and says she’s a means that on Nov. 9, the morning after “puppet” of special interests. Clinton calls Election Day, tens of millions of Trump “temperamentally unfit” for the Americans will awaken to the realization Oval Office. Schmidt, the former McCain that someone they loathe will be the strategist, noted “half the country is 45th president of the United States. going to be unhappy” after any presiden- LAS VEGAS: Handguns are displayed at the Smith & The dynamics of the race, more omi- tial election. This year, he said, all signs Wesson booth at the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor nous than the usual rough-and-tumble suggest “a very unhealthy number of that Trade Show on Jan. 19, 2016. —AP of politics, leave many Republicans and half that’s unhappy will also not regard Democrats worried that many voters will the legitimately elected president of the be unwilling to accept the outcome.
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