ruhle starts now. tonight, president biden reveals his motivation for running in 2024. plus, the world when day on capitol hill, from military promotions to ukraine funding and the impeachment battle. or break it all down. and jack smith s plan to use donald trump s own or it s against him in the election interference case. then israel expanding its ground offensive in gaza, amid a worsening humanitarian crisis. and what happens next in the house s negotiations, as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle, at msnbc headquarters in new york city. president biden is pulling no punches about why he is running for reelection. today at a campaign event in boston massachusetts. he told supporters, quote, if trump was not running, i am not sure i would be running. and added that he cannot let him win. tonight, in iowa, trump had this response to the president. they don t want me to run. it s very interesting. democrats
runs for president again, that he s going back to what was stolen, that s what is animating his movement now. and not just stolen but there s a whole class of conservatives being held as political prisoners. i think it s important to recognize how much the right sees itself as a victim of january 6th rather than the perpetrator. ryan, i think one of the more hopeful angles of this story as it evolves is the role of citizen hunters, the people you re writing about, amateur investigators who help the fbi find the criminals. tell us about that. yes, it is really average people who have taken it upon themselves because they were so alarmed and so worried about what happened january 6th because they saw it as an attack on their country, because it really was, they had the motivation to go out and hold these people accountable. i think the january 6th committee will get into some of the issues why the fbi wasn t