11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts right now. tonight, round two of the debt ceiling showdown. this time, ending on a hopeful note. president biden has scrapped part of the major trip abroad over the possible risk of default. then, donald trump and ron desantis go head to head on abortion legislation, while an abortion ban denies north carolina. elon musk s latest trader troubles, how his own line actions having any real life consequences? as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. with just two weeks to go before a possible default, president biden, vice president harris, and the top four congressional leaders met today in the oval office to try and find a way out of the crisis. in a sign of the urgency of the moment, we learned that the president will be cutting his trip to asia short so that he can get back to washington to negotiate. nbc s kelly o donnell has more on the two sides and what they are saying to
in a sign of the urgency of the moment, we learned that the president will be cutting his trip to asia short so that he can get back to washington to negotiate. nbc s kelly o donnell has more on the two sides and what they are saying tonight. tonight, new signs of progress and a major change of plans. i m cutting my trip short, postponing the australia portion of the trip, and the stop in pop in new guinea. tomorrow, the president will head to japan for the g7 summit of the world s largest economies. he will skip plant stops in australia, and pop what new guinea to get back to negotiations. we re just getting started. mr. biden, joined today by the vice president, holding his second face to face talks with congressional leaders. afterwards, speaker mccarthy struck a notably more optimistic tone. it is possible to get a deal by the end of the week. it s another difficult to get to an agreement. at stake, raising the nation s credit card limits, or debt ceiling ab
all right. so in just a few minutes they re going to try again. president biden, speaker mccarthy will continue their debt standdown face to face at the white house. biden is hosting mccarthy and three other congressional leaders to once again try to get closer at least to a deal to raise the debt ceiling, as has been done dozens of times. they have just over two weeks to do it before a potential u.s. default. somehow it is looking like the two sides have dug in even more since last week s meeting. we go to capitol hill. melanie, we ve seen this before, right? we re making progress, we re not making progress, it s sort of the definition of a game of chicken. the trouble is the economy hangs in the balance here. what s really happening? is there any real progress? do we expect any real probably in the white house? reporter: i will tell you, jim, staff have been working behind the scenes to come up with a potential number of policy options for a potential deal but there has b
new york s legendary studio 5a nightclub dies by assisted suicide in switzerland. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start in sri lanka, where president gotabaya has not honoured his promise to resign. he flew to the maldives about 2k hours ago. but in a public letter, he said he was appointing the prime minister to be the acting head of state, while he was absent. that s led to anger among protesters, who wanted both men to quit. meanwhile a curfew is in force. from colombo, our south asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports. their target heavily guarded. their mood determined. as news spread that prime minister ranil wickremesinghe had just been made acting president, crowds gathered in front of his office, one of the few government buildings not yet occupied by protesters. there is an intense here in colombo. the protesters are here along this avenue, and on the other side you can see the security forces who are guarding this office, a
and, the man who owned new york s legendary studio 5a nightclub dies by assisted suicide in switzerland. welcome to our viewers in the uk and around the globe. we start in sri lanka, where president gotabaya has not honoured his promise to resign. he flew to the maldives about 2k hours ago, but in a public letter, he said he was appointing the prime minister to be the acting head of state, while he was absent. that s led to anger among protestors, who wanted both men to quit. meanwhile, a curfew is in force. from colombo, our south asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports. their target heavily guarded. their mood determined. as news spread that prime minister ranil wickremesinghe had just been made acting president, crowds gathered in front of his office, one of the few government buildings not yet occupied by protesters. there is a tense stand off here in colombo. the protesters are here along this avenue, and on the other side you can see the security forces who are