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the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. e 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now >> tonight, the first order of business. the republican-led house. not inflation, not immigration, its investigating the investigators. not exactly a kitchen table issue. and trumps top money man sentenced to rikers island in a tax fraud scheme. but what is it hes really facing? plus, the punishing and powerful storm battling the west coast with heavy rain, flooding, and the new threat of dangero...

its investigating the investigators. not exactly a kitchen table issue. and trumps top money man sentenced to rikers island in a tax fraud scheme. but what is it hes really facing? plus, the punishing and powerful storm battling the west coast with heavy rain, flooding, and the new threat of dangerous mudslides. live report from the ground as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. >> good evening, once, again im stephanie ruhle. president biden is now talking about those cl...

Dealer -- they found one. and they talked about more ways in which they can work together. but i would say it was more of a session of talking and planning and kind of sharing ideas. rather than a lot of concrete things coming out of the session today. >> lets stay on the action front, carlos into congress. you served in congress. we know something needs to get done what are some realistic, concrete steps lawmakers could do to start to at least ease this crisis at the border? >> one thing we nee...

Grievance committee. what are they trying to achieve with this panel? >> democrats are really up in arms about this committee. and this could be the most political thing that comes out of this congress. republicans say that they are investigating fbi overreach. department of justice overreach of american citizens. what democrats are saying, they are calling this the tinfoil had committee. the insurrection protection committee. they think republicans are going to focus on -- its interfering with ...

That is what they are for. thats not going to be positive. i can tell you right now. i dont the poll that. thats not gonna play in peoria or pittsburgh or phoenix or anywhere else. i promise you. >> which is why baffled me that buddy carter would want to do that. im pretty sure hed like to get reelected again. someone else wants to get elected for a different office she salting right now. congressman -- katie porter just got reelected into congress and has announced he is going to run for diane ...

She salting right now. congressman -- katie porter just got reelected into congress and has announced he is going to run for diane feinstein senate seat in 2024. feinstein hasnt even said whether shell run again yet. ill be asking katie porter about this tomorrow. but what do you think of this? she just ran a really tough race. >> she might be the first to announce but shes gonna have a lot of company. california politics, they can -- dont kid yourself. they could be pretty brutal up there. i me...

Of every single major bipartisan victory last congress. so it gave me some hope that she can bring republicans and democrats together in the senate for this cause. during this congress. >> put congress, aside its a big positive that there was even a bipartisan group there yesterday. but lets look at the u.s. and canada. you mentioned it. both of our countries have labor shortages. canada has increased the number of legal immigrants who can come in. the united states has not. why is that? >> beca...

Legally, so they can fulfill the needs of our economy, that would definitely help. we do have to invest more border security. its clear that we dont have control of our -- border. another solution is to invest in latin america. theres a lot of consensus between both parties to try to shift resources and supply change from china, back towards the united states and the americas. if we invest in our partners here in the region, we can help bring back those supply chain. that will create export mark...

Are you ready to fight?! are you ready to fight anymore deals that say were going to help the rich get richer and leave everyone else behind?! are you ready to fight that?! >> senator elizabeth warren speaking last week at a union event, a rally with the steelworkers, not just opposing this thing, but trying to make sure there is a national fight against it. and that has led to headlines like this and like this and like this. because what she is fighting and what other progressive democrats are ...

Up before they say, yeah its okay. lets put congress on a fast track to make that sort of thing work. i want them to see it and debate it. for me its fundamental principles about how democracy is supposed to work. american workers have really been slammed by past trade deals. they have not been good for us here in america. its not been good for america manufacturing. if this is a better deal then hang it out there in public and lets us take a look. let us have a public conversation based on the ...