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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 p...

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 ...

They want to help these people in swing districts, independent voters. that is why i'm going to tell you right now, we will not default. >> boom, clare said it. if we were to default, dan, what would you think would really happen? the average person out there is like, i don't know, default? what does that mean to me? what should it mean to me? >> what it is right away is that we have unemployment at a seven year low right now. really think about that, all the businesses, the decisions that they make about cutbacks, hiring, that kind of thing. >> we don't know cutbacks means. >> capital expendi...

>> fair point, also tonight, some good news ahead of the summer travel season. axios, reporting gas prices have come down 30% over the last year. on average, americans paying about $3.50 a gallon as opposed to five bucks a year ago. even with falling gas prices, which we know are so important to voters, voters are not feeling better about the economy. consumer confidence is that a six month low. with that, let's get smarter with the help of our lead off panel tonight. luke broadwater, pulitzer prize-winning congressional reporter for the new york times. dan ayton is here, cnbc contributor, and...