convention in milwaukee. it s the third time he s been chosen as the standard bearerfor his party, but now, more than ever, he is at the zenith of his popularity. the image from saturday of the former president, fist held high, blood dripping from his ear, reinforces within the republican base the belief that their man is a fighter. everything they believe joe biden is not. and just hours ahead of this appearance on stage tonight, his position was further strengthened by a districtjudge in florida, who threw out one of two federal cases he was facing, the classified documents case that many thought was the strongest of the four. total vindication, says trump, that the investigation was a political witchunt all along. he could not have scripted it better. in the last few minutes, the roll call of the delegates who will nominate donald trump as their candidate has got under way, state by state. remember, the former president clinched the nomination in march, having amassed the
plus the election that pushback against the far right, could which is happened in france happen here in the u.s. the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle and we are 120 days away from the election and as president biden begins a week that something may decide his political future, he has come out swinging. today, the president forcefully pushed back on democrats who want him to drop out of the race saying the voters have spoken and daring a potential candidate to challenge him at next month s convention. a message from president biden today, the debate over his debate, is over. i am not going anywhere . the president said he has now assessed the country s mood after visiting voters across battleground states. today, he phoned into msnbc s morning joe. i wanted to make sure i was right. the average voter out there still wanted joe biden and i am confident they do. the first lady amplifying his message in three s
spoken and tearing a potential alternative candidate to challenge him at next month s coverage of. here is kelly o donnell with the details. reporter: the message from president biden today? the debate over his debate is over. i am not going anywhere. reporter: the president says he has assess the country s mood. after visiting voters across battleground states. today he phoned into msnbc s morning joe. i wanted to make sure i was right. that the average voter out there still wanted joe biden. i am confident they do. reporter: the first lady amplifying his message in three states. for all the talk at their about this race, joe has made it clear that he is all in. reporter: to democrats on capitol hill, the president sent more than 1200 words to se get on board. any weakening of resolve only helps trump and hurts us. nine democrats have now called on mr. biden to drop out, including atom smith. i think he should step aside. it s become clear he is not the best
good tuesday morning to you. craig melvin with my hallie jackson. back with our special coverage of the blue origin rocket launch and a new space race that just took one giant leap forward a short time ago. jeff bezos carved out his own slice of history at the edge of space. it s part of the first unpiloted sub orbital flight with an all civilian crew and it came some 15 years to the day of that apollo moon landing. any moment we expect to hear from bezos and the folks that went to space alongside him. his brother mark bezos and two others, 82-year-old wally funk, she trained in the 1960s to show women could qualify for the astronaut core, but was ult patly rejected because she s a woman. and an 18-year-old also along for the ride. he got his seat after an auction winner had had a scheduling conflict. they both just became the old est and younger people ever to make it to space again on the 52nd anniversary of that lunar landing. let s get to morgan chesky on the ground.
after a dreadful penalty miss from sergio aguero in their defeat to chelsea. good morning. after being so cold for what felt like so long, chilly days and overnight frosts, finally milder weather on the way for the weekend. look out, we are all going to be dodging the showers. more for you coming up. good morning to you. it sjust good morning to you. it s just gone at six o clock. it s sunday, the 9th of may. our top story: the prime minister will speak to the snp leader nicola sturgeon by phone today after her party won the scottish parliamentary election by a huge margin, which left them just one seat short of an outright majority at holyrood. ms sturgeon vowed to push ahead with her plans for a second independence referendum after the covid crisis is over and said the westminster government has no democraticjustification to block it. our scotland editor sarah smith reports. across scotland, victoria s snp candidates are celebrating increasing their vote and winning a rem