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immigration, what is actually happening at our southern border. we will get into it as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again. im stephanie ruhle live from msnbc headquarters here in new york city. well today, we saw an incredible split screen of the current and former presidents who are right now likely headed for a rematch in november. presidential biden was on the campaign trail in wisconsin, touting the latest numbers showing the economy grew 3....

minute. tonights last word is maeve. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight, the current president versus the former president. joe biden on the road promoting his billion dollar infrastructure projects, while donald trump spent a day in court on the stand. then, mitch mcconnell casts doubt on the bipartisan motor package as the de facto leader of his party pushes for chaos. while politicians in washington continue to play politics with immigration, what is actually h...

happening right now, sentencing is under way for oathkeepers founder stewart rhodes for his part in the capitol riots, and we will find out the time he is going to get for seditious conspiracy. >> and ron desantis has a huge gap to close against donald trump and we hear about the plan he has to try to close it. and a man is able to walk for the first time in decades, and we have the latest of what is helping him to do it. this is noouz. this is cnn "news central." negotiators are w...

him as an addition to our country. >> well, donald trump cant stop emailing me. he just emailed me again, just about an hour and a half ago. this one really urgent. the email says breaking like breaking news. and its from it says the only of emails from official donald j trump. this email right here on my phone. it says, breaking, the democrats broke into the home of president donald j trump. there it is we can put it up on the screen this email that i just got. to me, its very persona...

stop emailing me. he just emailed me again, just about an hour and a half ago. this one really urgent. the email says breaking like breaking news. and its from it says the only official emails from official donald j trump. this email right here on my phone. it says, breaking, the democrats broke into the home of president donald j trump. there it is we can put it up on the screen this email that i just got. to me, its very personal. it says lawrence, the radical left is corrupt. this i...

To be as suspicious of his motivations as you are. every one of those people, i imagine, when they leave the room with matthew whitaker are going back to their desks and recording as james comey did, every single word they just heard him say. >> well, certainly if there is an indication that he is acting unethically, that would be their obligation. if they see signs that he is conveying information about a particular case to the president or his lawyers, not just any case but a case in which the...

Prosecutors who have every right to be as suspicious of his motivations as you are. every one of those people, i imagine, when they leave the room with matthew whitaker are going back to their desks and recording as james comey did, every single word they just heard him say. >> well, certainly if there is an indication that he is acting unethically, that would be their obligation. if they see signs that he is conveying information about a particular case to the president or his lawyers, not just...

James comey. said he i never leaked anything to the press. something has to give. the president would have been better off not engaging. mccabe wanted to the lash out, he was angry. he could say he was angry at president trump. president trump didnt make this call. when president trump goes back at him, it allows other people say this fight is between those two, on secures the fact this was fellow fbi agents. these are career appointees who decided that mccabe was acting unethically. steve: the ...

Crimes. those arent subject to the pardon power. other than that, the constitution contains no limits. but just because president trump can do it constitutionally doesnt mean its a good idea. here i think it would be a disaster, actually, for our political system and the presidency for president trump to take the advice of some and issue blanket pardons because they dont like the way that mr. muellers carrying out this special investigation. if people have gripes with the decisions mr. mueller i...

The answer is not to set everybody free or preemptively forgive everybody whos committed a crime like allegedly mr. manafort and his associates, who seem to be guilty of really money laundering and tax evasion. the answer is to remove mr. mueller. if president trump really thinks mr. mueller has gone beyond his mandate or is acting unethically or is biased, the answer is to fire mueller, but the answer is not to start issue ing pardons for anyone connected to any alleged conspiracy. that would b...