The Note: Bill Clinton’s Night at DNC

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--5 THINGS TO WATCH FOR DAY 2 OF DNC: Democrats brought the drama to Pennsylvania and we’re only a day in. Big name political stars -- including Hillary Clinton’s former rival Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and First Lady Michelle Obama -- took the stage Monday, but it was the action on the floor that created the most fireworks. The Democratic convention did not get off to a smooth start on Monday. ABC’s MEGHAN KENEALLY has more on what to expect from today: http://abcn.ws/2a32jga

--DNC DAY 2: LIVE UPDATES AND ANALYSIS, courtesy of ABC’s JULIA JACOBO and VERONICA STRACQUALURSI: http://abcn.ws/2apOrOm DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION DAY ONE IN A MINUTE, courtesy of ABC’s ALI DUKAKIS and KIRK REID.  http://abcn.ws/2acNlE1

--FACT-CHECKING THE SPEAKERS. Every day, ABC News will be fact-checking speakers at the Democratic National Convention, thanks to ABC’s CHRIS GOOD, JOHN KRUZEL and NOAH FITZGEREL. http://abcn.ws/2a7rHWL

--ANALYSIS: DEMOCRATS’ ‘REVOLUTION’ FLIRTS WITH RESURRECTION. “We are stronger together,” the campaign slogan says. But the voices of the convention say there’s still strong interest in staying apart. A raucous Democratic National Convention opened Monday night under conditions previously found only in paperback political thrillers, ABC’s RICK KLEIN writes. The chair of the Democratic Party was almost literally booed away entirely. The city was on a sweltering, soaked and locked-down edge. A massive email hack of the Democratic National Committee was being blamed on the Russians. A night that was intended to showcase Democratic unity instead exposed the opposite. Mere mentions of the names of Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine drew jeers and worse from delegates early on. http://abcn.ws/2acFIx0

YESTERDAY AT THE DNC with ABC’s VERONICA STRACQUALURSI

SANDERS SAYS BACK CLINTON DESPITE SUPPORTERS’ ‘DISAPPOINTMENT’. Sen. Bernie Sanders took the stage as the last speaker of the night Monday at the Democratic National Convention, capping a hard-fought primary and urging supporters to vote for Hillary Clinton, despite many being angry over the outcome. "Hillary Clinton must become the next president of the United States," Sanders told the crowd in Philadelphia. His speech came after his supporters booed several of the first speakers of the evening, and he addressed that anger early in his speech, ABC’s MEGHAN KENEALLY reports. "I understand that many people here in this convention hall and around the country are disappointed about the final results of the nominating process," Sanders said. "I think it’s fair to say that no one is more disappointed than I am.”  http://abcn.ws/2a9Fp5B

MICHELLE OBAMA AT THE DNC: 'DON'T LET ANYONE EVER TELL YOU THIS COUNTRY ISN'T GREAT.' In a rousing call for Democratic unity behind Hillary Clinton, First Lady Michelle Obama described the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee as a "true public servant" with the ability and experience to lead, while criticizing Donald Trump without mentioning him by name. "Hillary Clinton has never quit on anything in her life," Obama said. "I want someone with proven strength...someone who understands that the issues a president faces are not black and white and cannot be boiled down to 140 characters." ABC’s BENJAMIN SIEGEL has more. http://abcn.ws/2aaC1e0

'INCREDIBLE SPEECH BY AN INCREDIBLE WOMAN': OBAMA'S TWEET PRAISING FLOTUS GOES VIRAL. First Lady Michelle Obama's speech before the DNC brought raucous cheers in Philadelphia but also received praise from a special admirer all the way over on Pennsylvania Avenue. President Obama hailed his wife's speech as "incredible" just minutes after Mrs. Obama spoke before thousands at a packed convention in Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center. The tweet has since gone viral, amassing more than 220 thousand likes and 92 thousand re-tweets, according to ABC's BRIAN MCBRIDE. http://abcn.ws/2athGT5

WARREN SLAMS TRUMP FOR EXPLOITING 'RIGGED' SYSTEM. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, facing down a number of supporters who were upset that she decided to support Hillary Clinton, railed against a "rigged" system and said that Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, has been exploiting that system his entire life. Warren, a 67-year-old first-term senator, who emerged as a hero among progressives for her passionate focus on economic issues like inequality and Wall Street reform, was charged tonight with the difficult task of uniting a party that is currently facing divisions. "Bernie reminds us what Democrats fight for every day," she started in what would be one of several attempts to unite a fractured party. "Thank you, Bernie." The crowd appeared to turn on Warren at several points in the speech, however, particularly when she endorsed Clinton, ABC’s MICHAEL HAYDEN EDISON notes. Protesters chanted "we trusted you" and "Goldman Sachs" during her appeal for Democrats to vote for Clinton. http://abcn.ws/2a5QEhl

BALTIMORE MAYOR WHO TOOK GAVEL IN PLACE OF WASSERMAN SCHULTZ 'OPTIMISTIC' ABOUT UNITY. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake, the secretary of the Democratic National Committee who on short notice filled in for DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz on convention gavel duty Monday, told ABC News that she is "still very optimistic" about the party's members coming together in the wake of a controversial email leak and waves of protests at the convention. According to ABC’s MICHAEL EDISON HAYDEN, Rawlings-Blake said some of the anger displayed on Monday at the convention was to be expected and compared the convention floor to a "football field on game day." http://abcn.ws/2a9zDkn

CLINTON CAMPAIGN MANAGER: PROSPECT OF MORE DNC EMAILS BEING RELEASED WAS ‘CONCERNING.’ Hillary Clinton's campaign manager Robby Mook said on "Good Morning America" that he was concerned an "aggressive regime" like Russian President Vladimir Putin's could be trying to "infiltrate the system of the Democratic Party" and also "influence the outcome of the election." Mook was responding to a question this morning regarding the email hack from WikiLeaks that showed that several staff members of the Democratic National Committee were biased against Sen. Bernie Sanders during the campaign primary. http://abcn.ws/2a1G5dB

TRUMP GOES ON TWITTER CRUSADE AGAINST DNC SPEAKERS. Donald Trump went on a Twitter crusade against several headline speakers at the Democratic National Convention Monday evening. The Republican Presidential nominee didn't hold back against Democratic figures and prominent critics, ABC’s BRIAN MCBRIDE notes. On the former Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, Trump tweeted, “Bernie Sanders totally sold out to Crooked Hillary Clinton. All of that work, energy and money, and nothing to show for it! Waste of time.” http://abcn.ws/2a1fRYs

PROTESTERS BRAVE PHILADELPHIA HEAT TO VOICE ANGER WITH HILLARY CLINTON AND THE DNC. Protests against the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton continued for a second straight day Monday through scorching temperatures on the streets of Philadelphia, as an atmosphere of division cast a shadow over the Democratic National Convention's opening night. The protests stemmed from a number of different groups, including marijuana legalization activists, immigration rights activists, socialists, Green Party supporters, and Black Lives Matter activists, who were unified in their opposition to Clinton and the DNC. http://abcn.ws/2aoNeIA

BY THE NUMBERS

DEMOCRATS' MENTIONS OF TRUMP EXCEED RNC REFERENCES TO CLINTON. After watching Republicans invoke Hillary Clinton’s name almost 300 times in just four days last week at their convention, Democrats returned the favor on day one of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. The terms “Donald,” “Trump” or “Donald Trump” appeared in an ABC News transcript of the DNC 138 times unique times on Monday, including references to the Republican nominee as well as buildings, the university named for Trump and even the businessman’s line of steaks. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren made the most total mentions of Trump, with 22, ABC’s ADAM KELSEY notes. http://abcn.ws/2a13awK

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

DNC HACK PROMPTS QUESTIONS ABOUT TRUMP’S TIES TO RUSSIA. The massive email hack on the Democratic National Committee, purportedly by Russian government agents, has drawn new and unwanted attention to longstanding ties between Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Russian business interests. “The hack at least seems to have come from Russian government entities, specifically from some of their military intelligence communities,” John Podesta, Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, told ABC News Monday. “So that’s very worrisome. Whether they’re actively trying to interfere in the U.S. election, that’s something that I guess we’ll need to see.” Suspicions about the Russian interest in Trump’s candidacy stem in part from the Republican businessman’s comments and long history of work with Russian business interests. Trump has long hinted that he would have a warm relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin. ABC’s BRIAN ROSS, MATTHEW MOSK, RHONDA SCHWARTZ, and MEGAN CHRISTIE have more. http://abcn.ws/2a3rSO2