they fill in there every night. for now our coverage continues o with the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle, which starts right now. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. welcome to our continuing coverage of the republican national convention. with 113 days until the th election, today the rnc opened with a historic backdrop. the classified documents case against donald trump was dismissed in florida and it has been just over 48 hours since the assassination attempt on the former president. we ll have more on that later in the hour but now, all eyes are on milwaukee as the republican presidential nominee made a surprise appearance after he was injured on saturday. earlier this evening delegates from all 50 states officially selected trump. he then took to social media to announce that jaidee vans would be his running mate. vance is the junior senator from ohio and author of hillbilly elegy. used to trash donald trump all over town before becoming a trump super fan, an
who on january 6th tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power. this is where we are tonight. newly installed fencing around the capitol, just like after january 6th. fencing expected to go up outside the supreme court as well. online chatter threatening violence. homeland security says social media users have discussed storming the capitol tomorrow, the night before the rally, and one commented on kidnapping a member of congress. it s not just the capitol. there has been online chatter about using the rally to target local jewish institutions. and so-called liberal churches. with very real threats to the capitol eight months after one of the darkest days in american history, the former president is weighing in exactly the way that you would expect him to do it, right, with a disgraceful statement saying, hearts and minds are with the rioters. that s not a dog whistle, that is a full bullhorn. sympathetic with them? we all saw what happened at the capitol on january 6th. we
washington post. news that manhattan district attorney vance has convened a special grand jury that is expected to decide whether to indict donald trump. executives at the company or possibly the business itself should prosecutors decide to present criminal charges. that s according to two sources familiar with the matter. one legal expert and forler manhattan assistance d.a. says the prosecutors are convinced they have a case. that s at least how i read it. now warnings like that one may be what s forming the basis for new reporting from politico this morning about a cloud of nerves over the ex-president who added that this feels different than the legal issues surrounding trump because there s pressure on trump org cfo. allen weisselberg to flip. it s his involvement that makes this particular situation feel more real. and that the fact that they re dealing with a numbers guy with plain details on business operations makes people more nervous. of course nbc news reported t
higher. and liz cheney likely to be ousted next week. and help wanted. restaurants. reporter: opening but the problem, though, finding enough workers to keep the doors open. good morning, and welcome to your new day. it is saturday, may 8th. we are thrilled that you are with us. always. so, happening right now, there is a part of a chinese rocket about 100 feet long waiting more than 20 tons, barreling towards earth at 18 m,000 miles an hour. no one knows exactly where it s going to land. yeah, this is kind of nuts. we do know it s part of the long march 5b rocket from last week. the pentagon is tracking it but not planning on shooting it down. one expert says there s no reason to worry there s a very small risk it s going to wind up causing damage. though there is a risk. yeah, there is. cnn s david culver is following this. i know this is the largest piece of space junk to ever fall to earth. but when we talk about how fast it s going and what the real pla
warning vladimir putin any military action in ukraine will bring a heavy price. we begin right there with the breaking news from the president of the united states. just moments ago trying to quiet international alarm about a possible russian invasion of ukraine. let s get straight to the whose and cnn s jeremy diamond. the president trying to fix his own mistake. reporter: no doubt about it. i was in that meeting with the president. he was supposed to sit down with the team working on the implementation of the infrastructure legislation, but he instead began right off the bat talking about ukraine and making very clear where he stands should russian troops move across the ukranian border. listen. i ve been absolutely clear with president putin. he has no misunderstanding. if any, any assembled russian units move across the ukranian border, that is an invasion, but, you know, it will be met with severe and coordinated economic response. let there be no doubt at all, that