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. i m 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. 3% in the last three months of 2023, and announcing a massive infrastructure project dedicated to that state. in new york donald trump took the witness stand defending himself in his defamation trial. as our friend peter baker reports, the expected contest between biden and trump is about more than winning the presidency, it is also about to radically different visions for our nation. today president biden and treasury secretary janet yellen made it clear, they see economic growth as proof tha
minute. tonight s 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 happening at our southern border. we will get into it as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again. i m 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 3.3% in the last three months of 2023, an
i will see you tomorrow. happening now, donald trump takes the stand in the civil seve defamation trial against him and what he said under oath and why the judge struck down his testimonies as they head into closing arguments. an unprecedented move to declare trump the presumptive gop presidential nominee siding with the former president and against his remaining opponent, nikki haley. i ll get reaction from the top haley supporters chris sununu. and breaking news, a record close on wall street after evidence of a booming u.s. economy with growth expectation and as he visits a key 2024 battle growth fund state and ramps up for his expected rematch with trump. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with donald trump on the witness stand testifying in one of the slew of court cases where the former president is now a defendant. cnn s kara scannell has our report. in an extra
if you paid any attention to the u.s. jobs report at any point over the last three years, there s a good chance you ve heard the phrase, better than expected. you ve probably heard it again over the last few days following the latest job in december. 216,000 new jobs were created. much better than expected for cnbc. back in the old days, weeks 150,000 or more jobs created in one month was good. there are now 100 one point 42 open positions for every job seeker in america. well every available job is not matched every available job seeker, mathematically, america has more jobs than it has available workers. that s just the fact. december s 2100is not anomaly either. that s largely been the trend of the biden presidency since the office in 2021. you can find similar headlines about better than expected numbers for june 2021, january 2022, june 2022, september 2023, for example. this has been one of the top achievements of the biden presidency. it shows that he s been able to
donald trump is vowing to fight the seismic ruling by colorado s supreme court that would remove him from the gop primary ballot there deeming him and eligible to run for president. trump posting on troop social after the ruling, a sad day in america. the colorado supreme court said if trump appeals to the us supreme court by jan fourth, which his teams says that they well, the decision to kick him off the ballot will be paused until the nation s highest court decides if it will take up the case. remember january fourth is one day before state law requires the colorado secretary of state to certify the list of candidates for the march 5th presidential primary there. so if the justices take this up, they have a complex argument to review. the colorado supreme court found here, 4-3, that trump engaged in an insurrection and that he incited violence on january 6th 2021, when he was still in office. they actually affirmed a lower court s ruling that trump s january 6th speech wa