good evening once again, i m 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 biden s has been the economy, and rebuilding our infrastructure. the chips and science act, along with the inflation reduction act. with all of that, biden s economic plan includes his investing in americas agenda to help make all of that legislation an absolute reality. today s jobs report showed the economy is still going strong, but the question is, is all of this enough to send biden back to the white house? we talked about that and a whole lot more in this first interview since officially announcing that he is running for reelection. mist
here s the deal. take the debt limit, pass it like you did three, four times, when trump was president, and he increased the whole national debt by 40%. republicans would argue that donald trump, at the very least, they d say, played ball. you re not willing to play ball. play ball? play ball. he ballooned the debt, he created unemployment look, when i came to office, we had incredibly high unemployment. we were in a situation where we had very little movement on anything going on. look, look at the employment 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 good economic recovery story. this is a very volatile congress. there were members of congress that might be okay with a stifel dane, because they think it could hurt you more politically given that, are you prepared to invoke the 14th amendment and blow through the debt ce
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 biden s has been the economy, and rebuilding our infrastructure. the chips and science act, along with the inflation reduction act. with all of that, biden s economic plan includes his investing in americas agenda to help make all of that legislation an absolute reality. today s jobs report showed the economy is still going strong, but the question is, is all of this enough to send biden back to the white house? we talked about that and a whole lot more in this first interview since officially announcing that he is running for reelection. mister president, there is a lot we can cover, but i want to start with maybe your most ambitious agenda item,
we ve got lawson uso cover, and lots of questions to answer. so let s get started. that ceiling showdown, house speaker kevin mccarthy not just a win in the house, but his victory lap may run out of gas in the senate. or live on capitol hill with the latest as the nation inches closer to a debt default. plus, telling their side, the same moment a woman suing former president trump for an alleged rape it is giving tearful over price jerry six insurrection in d.c.. we re going in-depth on all those trump troubles ahead. later, desantis drama, florida governor ron desantis arrives at the white house, while the house memos hits him with the federal lawsuit. we go inside the drama and how it will impact his presidential aspirations. all of this and more is coming up. and a good saturday morning to you, i am katie phang. we start today s show with the standoff over the debt ceiling. speaker kevin mccarthy is taking a premature victory lap after house republicans narrowly lashed
accused the fbi of planting evidence? well now trump admits the documents were stored in cartons. remember when trump s lawyer told the justice department that classified material had been returned? well, investigators found more. lots more. remember when trump s team insisted the documents were safely secured? well, his lawyer now admits the former president frequently had guests in an office where highly classified papers were found in his desk. and once again, he does not deny having them. good morning. and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, september 1st. can you believe it? no, no i can t believe it. just like nobody can believe any of the excuses that have all been thrown around. i love yesterday, willie, his only argument is, not saying why he had the documents, not saying why he didn t return the documents, not saying why he lied to the fbi when they were asking for the documents, and they were moving them, and instead, he goes oh, oh, it s all a setup, they