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good evening once again, im stephanie ruhle. president biden is now asking voters for another four years in the white house. in just a few moments, you are going to hear him tell me why he wants to continue relieving the nation, and why he is the best person for the job. this afternoon, i sat down with the president at the white house and we talked about where he wants to take the country next. since taking office, a major focus of bidens has been the economy, and rebuilding our infras...

The world? >> because i have acquired a hell of a lot of wisdom, and more than the vast majority people. im more experience than anyone thats ever run for office. ive proven myself to be honorable as well as also effective. >> youre sending 1500 troops to the border. talk people in the left criticize and say its inhumane. people in the right say youre not putting americas priorities first, and employers around this country say we need more workers. this is an economic issue. >> bingo. >> have yo...

Stephanie ruhle live from washington d.c. continuing our special friday night extended 11th hour. earlier this afternoon i sat down with president biden at the white house for his first one-on-one interview since announcing his bid for reelection. i asked him about all sorts of thing. the debt ceiling, his son hunter, vice president harris, and his 2024 campaign. heres a clip. >> you have a very strong economic recovery story to tell. however, in less than four weeks, the government is going to ...

Because the fundamental problem is that this issue, which has been an ongoing issue for the past 25 years, is not going to get solved until immigration reform happens. its not gonna get solved until immigration reform happens. you made a valid point about many of the things, but this is an economic issue. we -- this is why immigration reform needs to happen. we today have near full employment. and 11 million jobs in this country are unfilled. 11 million jobs are unfilled, and we have full employ...

Is a good sign. and speaker mccarthy ought to take it. >> james, earlier this week i interviewed former treasury secretary steve mnuchin who looked at this standoff as, oh this happens every few years, its no big deal, theyll come to an agreement. but you see things in a different light? we have never had a congress this volatile. there are members of congress in the republican party who would be happy to see us fall off a cliff, they know this will be politically disastrous, and theyre ready to...

Play ball? he ballooned the debt, he created unemployment. when i came into office, we had an incredibly high unemployment, were in a situation where we had very little movement on anything going on, and look at the unemployment right now. just today, 250,000 new jobs. highest participation in 75 years of women in the job market. lowest unemployment rate for african americans. things are moving. >> as i said, you have a very strong economic recovery story, but this is a very volatile congress. t...

To move things along. ive asked this congress for help in terms of what they needed the border, the more agents, they need more people to clear people. they need more action to, for example, we need these farmworkers. theyre badly needed. the idea of dreamers are still not being treated -- you know, i love the way they talk about dreamers. can you imagine, your six-year-old kid and your mom says were crossing -- no mom, leave me here. ill be all right. come on. so theres so much that we can do a...

Edition of the 11th hour. mr. doubt, you are in texas and i ask the president about this migrant surge that we are about to face. what kind of criticism is he in for? because congress has done absolutely nothing, and the president, you know there are other issues while congress has been stalled up, he has made moves to executive order. sending 1500 troops there is a band-aid to deal with a momentary issue, but it is not a deal with a broader problem. >> yeah, the border, when you look at any pol...

Majority. who wouldve revitalize nato. but somebody with this experience. the other thing which was fascinating is, as somebody who studied vice president biden and his relationship with obama, was to hear him talk about his vice president. he said that he thinks kamala harris has not gotten enough credit. she is not got enough attention. we know republicans give her a lot of attention, another news channel gives her a lot of attention, and theres recognition by the president, by his team, that ...