5 things to know today: DNC discord, drama
DNC Day 1: Discord and star power. The Dems in Disarray narrative was at least partially quelled by a command performance by First Lady Michelle Obama and with Bernie Sanders urging his tearful supporters to get behind Hillary Clinton. Up tonight: Roll call of the states and a speech from Bill Clinton. | Michelle Obama energizes convention | Al Franken returns to comic form | Poll: Trump, Clinton in dead heat in Ga.
The polls are open. Closer to home in election news, it's runoff day in Georgia. Tuesday's races include the Republican contest to succeed retiring Rep. Lynn Westmoreland in Congress. Either former West Point mayor Drew Ferguson or state Sen. Mike Crane will represent the GOP in November against Democrat Angela Pendley. In metro Atlanta, voters will determine whether Cobb County commission chair Tim Lee keeps his post. Challenger Mike Boyce has criticized Lee's involvement in a deal bringing a new Atlanta Braves' baseball stadium to Cobb.
David O'Brien talks with Jeff Francoeur. The Braves outfielder has been a part of Atlanta's collective sports consciousness for nearly half of his life, since emerging as a two-sport phenom at Parkview High School.
Splitsville. After just seven months of marriage, "Cosby Kid" Keshia Knight Pulliam (who is pregnant) and former NFL player Ed Hartwell are calling it quits after he filed for divorce in Fulton County Court.
Sizzling day. Sorry, no relief in sight. The heat index in the metro area will near triple digits today.
