There is drama at the Democratic National Convention before it has even begun, as national party chairwoman and South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz announces she's stepping down from her chair post when the convention ends.
The website WikiLeaks dumped thousands of internal Democratic Party emails, accusing top party officials of favoring Hillary Clinton and derailing Bernie Sanders’ campaign.
Some of his delegates in Philadelphia for the convention are irate.
“I do not think we are disappointed as much as we are furious about the collusion between the democratic national party and Secretary Clinton's campaign,” said Sanders supporter and Florida delegate Miguel Valdez
The resignation comes on the eve of the convention that is expected to elevate the first female presidential nominee of a major political party.
For many delegates, it's just a distraction from their mission to make sure Republican nominee Donald Trump doesn’t win the White House.
“It is going to be a unifying week it is going to be a week about hope positive, optimism,
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said delegate and Miami Beach Mayor Phillip Levine. “It is not going to be a hate filled week. We are going to see something very different at the Democratic convention.”
