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Day 2 recap: History! Clinton clinches Dem nomination

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PHILADELPHIA - Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was formally nominated as the Democratic nominee for president, the first woman nominated by a major political party for the office.

The second night of the convention comes amid a break in the party from die hard supporters of Bernie Sanders, who spent most of Monday night booing and jeering speakers at the slightest mention of Clinton.

The convention started at 4 p.m. and its slate of speakers will focus on Clinton's record helping families and children. Former President Bill Clinton will capped the night.

11:18 p.m. The convention was recessed until tomorrow evening, when President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak.

11:15 p.m. After a 10-minute performance by Alicia Keys, Clinton appeared live via satellite -- shattering an animated glass ceiling --  thanking delegates for their support.

"And if there's any little girls who stayed up late to watch: I may be first, but you'll be next," Clinton said.

11:00 p.m. After a video of various celebrities singing "Fight Song" by Rachel Platten, actress Meryl Streep -- a Somerset County native -- spoke about other women pioneers in American history, including Amelia Earhart, Sally Ride and Harriet Tubman.

"Nearly 100 years after women got the vote, you people have made history," Streep said. "And you're going to make history again in November."

10:52 p.m. Clinton wrapped up his remarks by asking voters to vote for his wife: "Hillary will make us stronger together. You know it because she spent a lifetime doing it."

10:50 p.m. Clinton went on the offensive, criticizing Trump's platform -- without saying his name -- as "made-up." He applauded delegates on picking the "right one."

"You can drop her into any trouble spot -- pick one -- come back in a month and somehow, some way, she will help make it better. That is just who she is," Clinton said. "There are clear achievable, affordable responses to our challenges. But we won't get to them if America makes the wrong choice in this election."

10:34 p.m. Bill Clinton opened his speech with a nearly 30-minute recounting of how he met Hillary Clinton and convinced her to marry him, on the third try.

Early on, he recommended she run for local office but she dismissed the idea: "Nobody would ever vote for me," he remembered her saying.

10:00 p.m. "She knows that safeguarding freedom and security is not like hosting a reality TV show. It is a complex, round-the-clock job that demands not only a steady hand and a cool head, but also a big heart," said former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. "Hillary has displayed these qualities in every job she has ever had."

9:50 p.m. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, and human trafficking survivor Ima Matul endorsed Clinton for her work "elevating women across the world so they're treated with dignity and respect."

9:37 p.m. Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean criticized Trump and Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence for advocating for the repeal of the Affordable Care Act.

"We need a president whose decisions are rooted in facts. We need a president who will defend our interests around the owrld -- not with ignorant bluster and bombast, but with toughness and resolve," Dean said. "We need a president who will ensure that the welathiest among us play by the same rules as hardworking, middle-class Americans.

"And yes, we need a president who will never stop fighting to ensure that universal health care is a basic human right," he said.

Dean closed his remarks by calling back to the infamous "Dean Scream" from his failed 2004 presidential campaign: "This race is going to be won on the ground in Colorado and Iowa and North Carolina and Michigan and Florida and Ohio and Pennsylvania  and then we're going all the way to Washington, D.C.," he said.

Dean received a standing ovation.

9:11 p.m. Former New York Police Department Detective Joe Sweeney and 9/11 victim Lauren Manning spoke about how Clinton met with them in the aftermath of the attacks.

"Hillary Clinton stood with me through that fight and, in the darkest days and the hardest of times, the ones who show up in your life are the ones that mean everything. Hillary showed up," Manning said. "She walked into my hospital room and took my bandaged hand into her own. Our connection wasn't between a senator and a constituent. It was person to person.

"As a woman working in business, I learned you have to be tough and, in that woman, is a hell of a tough person, she said.

U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-New York, applauded Clinton for securing 9/11 disaster aid and pushing Congress to pass the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, which provided benefits for first responders.

"Hillary has never and will never forget the reality of that day. And that's why she'll never give up on making us a better and stronger nation," he said.

9:00 p.m. "We saw Hillary's heart when, as First Lady, she worked across party lines to bring health care to millions of children," said Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-California. "We saw her strength after 9/11 when she stood with first responders and tirelessly fought for them. We saw her leadership when, as Secretary of State, she restored America's standing in the world.

"And I saw the light in her eyes when she became a grandmother and her fight for a better America became even more urgent," Boxer said.

8:50 p.m. Actresses America Ferrera and Lena Dunham opened their speech with a two-pronged joke. Dunham said according to Trump her body would probably be rated a two and Ferrera said according to Trump she's probably a rapist.

Ferrera, the daughter of Honduran immigrants said she was educated in public schools and sometimes needed a free meal to get through the day.

"Hillary has spent the last 30 years proving what she sees in us, not our color, gender, economic status but our capacity," Ferrera said.

8:39 p.m. Andra Day sang "Rise Up" after Mothers of the Movement walked off stage to cheers of "Black Lives Matter."

8:18 p.m. Actor Tony Goldwyn introduced the Mothers of the Movement, a group of moms who have lost children to gun violence. The group includes Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Mitchell who was killed in Florida, and the mother of Sandra Bland, who was found hanging in a jail cell in Texas.

The audience stood cheering for the group of moms and chanted "Black Lives Matter."

"Hillary Clinton has the compassion and understanding to support grieving mothers," said Fulton. She said Clinton has the courage to lead the fight for common sense gun laws.

"This isn't about being politically correct it's about saving our children," added Fulton.

8:05 p.m. Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said he proudly stands with Clinton. "At a time when our justice system is out of balance ... we need a president who will end this policy of over incarceration," said Holder. He said the country needed a president who would uphold voting rights.

7:55 p.m. Democratic National Committee Vice Chair Donna Brazile, who will replace Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida as chairwoman of the DNC, riveted the crowd with her stories of Clinton's early work at the Children's Defense Fund.

"You got a champion! As long as she's in charge, we're never going back and that's why I'm with her," said Brazile.

7:40 p.m. Actress Elizabeth Banks from "The Hunger Games" came on stage Trump style, against a white backdrop and to the song "We are the Champions." She said Clinton had worked her whole life for children and families. After a short video of Clinton speaking out for children's rights, a group of nonprofit workers spoke about Clinton's work on behalf of disability rights, youth and foster children.

7:15 p.m. Rep. Coleman talked about the importance of having an economy that works for all. "Democrats, led by Hillary Clinton, know that we must make college more affordable and lift the crushing burden of student debt that weighs on the futures of many young Americans and their families! America is stronger when everyone has a chance to succeed," she said.

7:05 p.m. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, flanked by U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey and other women of Congress, said "when women succeeds, America succeeds."

6:53 p.m. After Vermont cast its votes and completed the roll call, Sanders made a motion to nominate Clinton for the presidency by acclimation in a sign of party unity.

"Thank you. Thank you. Madame chair, I move that the convention suspend the procedural rules and move that all votes -- all votes -- cast by delegates be reflected in the official record and I move that Hillary Clinton be nominated as the nominee for the democratic party of the United States," Sanders said.

6:44 p.m. Clinton's Twitter account posted an image of the candidate with a single word: "History."

6:37 p.m. With 20 votes from South Dakota's delegation, Clinton has clinched the Democratic nomination for president.

6:34 p.m. "That moment was absolutely fantastic," Currie said. "I never thought I would see an African American nominated. To sit in Denver and see that moment, it was surreal. Tonight, to be able to see the first woman nominated that will be president of the United States is absolutely incredible in my lifetime. I will never forget this moment. I feel so humble."

6:33 p.m. "It's a historic moment. It's amazingly inspiring to be on the front lines of history with all of New Jersey's delegates here to see something that was unimaginable just a generation ago, that a woman would lead a major party and will be the next president of the United States," said U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, in an interview after the state's votes were cast.

6:15 p.m. New Jersey cast 90 votes for Clinton and 45 votes for Sanders. Currie delivered rambling remarks, including a gaffe by noting that New Jersey was the only state with two "great senators."

Here are Currie's complete remarks:

"New Jersey, home of the Garden State but home of the only state in this great union with two great United States senators, Sen. Bob Menendez and our Cory Booker. I stand before you with our congressional delegation and others, a state as diverse as they come in America, to tell you we are the state that started the revolution and we want to be the state to continue the revolution again. We proudly cast our votes for the great senator of Vermont, 45 votes, and for the next president of the United States of America, the first female and history will be made, 90 votes for Hillary Clinton.

5:51 p.m.According to NPR, Sanders is expected to make a call to unanimously nominate Clinton when the roll call of the states reaches Vermont in a show of party unity.

5:45 p.m. New Jersey Democratic chairman John Currie, flanked by U.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Robert Menendez, will formally cast New Jersey's votes.

5:25 p.m. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, secretary of the Democratic National Committee, begins the roll call vote of the states to nominate the president.

"Are we ready," she asked.

5:19 p.m. Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Maryland, formally nominated Clinton for the presidency. Mikulski was the first Democratic woman elected to the Senate.

"On behalf of all women who have broken all barriers towards others and an eye towards the barriers ahead, I proudly place Hillary Clinton's name in nomination to be the next president," she said.

U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, seconded the nomination.

4:55 p.m. The arena erupted into dueling chants of "Hillary" and "Bernie" as the nomination process began. U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, nominated Sanders for the presidency.

"This is a movement of love, love which calls upon us to care for families torn apart by our criminal justice system, to care for folks whose jobs have vanished because of destructive trade deals, to care for those barely scraping by at minimum wage and those crippled by college debt," Gabbard said.

"This movement is bigger than any one of us. It speaks to our nation's conscience and to our hearts," she said.

The nomination was seconded by Paul Feeney, legislative director of the IBEW Local 2222 union. Afterwards, loud chants of "Bernie" filled the arena and Sanders waved to the crowd from his suite.

4:50 p.m. In speaking about Clinton's plans, Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes offered an inside look at the candidate's life: "The Hillary I know, she loves HGTV and can devour buffalo wings, whether in a car, plane or train."

4:45 p.m. On the 26th anniversary of the bill he introduced, former Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, linked the fight to "end discrimination for over 50 million people" with disabilities to a necessary coming together to elect Clinton.

He urged passage of the Disability Integration Act, sponsored by Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-New York, which would require states and municipalities to offer services for people with disabilities as an alternative to being placed in a separate facility.

Harkin demonstrated how to say "America" using sign language, by linking the fingers and moving the hands in a circle in front of the body.

"Think about it: We're all together. No one is left out in this constant circle of life that is America," Harkin said.

U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman and New Jersey Democratic chairman John Currie embrace as the Democratic National Convention nominated presidential candidates.

4:30 p.m. U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, gaveled in the second night of the Democratic National Convention. Added to the expected speaker list tonight is U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-12th Dist. Watson Coleman is New Jersey's first African American congresswoman, and the state's first congresswoman of any race since 2003.

3 p.m. Clearly, Bernie Sanders' message to unify did not get through to many of his supporters who flocked to Philly. Roughly 2,000 protesters rallied against the DNC at City Hall, holding anti-Hillary signs and clinging to the hope that Sanders would somehow steal the nomination tonight.

The pro-Sanders crowd rallied against Hillary Clinton at City Hall Tuesday afternoon.

11:30 a.m. Sen. Cory Booker said Tuesday he is going to “keep on loving” Donald Trump even though the Republican nominee sent out a Tweet Monday night implying he had dirt on the New Jersey senator.

10:40 a.m. Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, a Marine Corps veteran expected to run for governor next year, focused his attention on veterans Tuesday during a speech to the New Jersey delegation at their party’s convention.

9:30 a.m. The well-known Jersey shore cover band Brian Kirk & the Jirks are playing Thursday's post-gavel party for New Jersey's DNC delegates. So, what's on the set list?

Retired General and former Presidential candidate Wesley Clark speaks to NJ Delegates to the Democratic National Convention at the Airport Rennaissance Hotel in Tinicum Township, PA, Tuesday, July 26, 2016.

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