Tale of two frontrunners

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 26 January 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The nation gets a stark split screen of the 2024 frontrunners in the presidential race as Biden hits the campaign trail in Wisconsin, while Trump takes the witness stand in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case. Meanwhile, Donald Trump officially files to dismiss his Georgia election interference case amid allegations of an improper relationship between Fulton County DA Fanis Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade. Then, Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell reportedly casts doubt on the potential deal for border and Ukraine funding as Trump pressures republicans to oppose the pact. Peter Baker, Susan Glasser, Barabara McQuade, Mark McKinnon, Robert Gibbs, and Texas State Rep. Eddie Morales join.

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0:00.0	Tonight the current president versus the former president
0:04.1	Joe Biden on the road promoting his billion dollar infrastructure
0:07.7	projects while Donald Trump spent the day in court on a stand.
0:12.1	Then Mitch McConnell has doubt on the bipartisan border
0:15.4	package as the de facto leader of his party pushes for chaos. And while
0:20.0	politicians in Washington continue to play politics with immigration,
0:24.4	what is actually happening at our southern border.
0:27.6	We'll get into it as the 11th hour gets underway on this Thursday night. Good evening once again, I'm Stephanie Rule,
0:41.0	live from MS NBC Headquarters here in New York City.
0:44.0	Well, today, we saw an incredible split screen of the current and former Presidents
0:49.4	who are right now likely headed for a rematch in November.
0:53.0	President Joe Biden was on the campaign trail in Wisconsin,
0:56.0	touting the latest numbers showing the economy grew 3.3% in the last three months of 2023 and announcing a massive infrastructure project
1:06.0	dedicated to that state. In New York, Donald Trump took the witness stand defending
1:11.0	himself in his defamation trial.
1:13.0	As our friend Peter Baker reports,
1:15.0	the expected contest between Biden and Trump
1:18.0	is about more than winning the presidency.
1:20.0	It's also about two radically different visions for our nation.
1:25.0	Today President Biden and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen made it clear
1:29.0	they see economic growth as proof that this administration's vision has put the country on the right track.
1:37.2	The experts from the time I got elected were insisting that the recession was just around
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