Biden and congressional leaders meet again on debt limit

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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As default looms, the president also announced that he will cut his G7 trip to Asia short to return for more negotiations. Luke Broadwater, Dan Nathan Claire McCaskill, Leigh McGowan, Michael Steele, Kara Swisher, and Kenny Smith join.

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0:00.0	Tonight, round two of the debt ceiling showdown, this time ending on a hopeful note, but
0:06.6	President Biden has scrapped part of a major trip abroad over the possible risk of default.
0:12.7	Then Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis go head-to-head on abortion legislation while an abortion
0:18.0	banned divides North Carolina.
0:20.3	An Elon Musk's latest Twitter troubles with his online actions have any real-life consequences,
0:26.8	as the 11th hour gets underway on this Tuesday night.
0:29.8	Good evening, once again, I'm Stephanie Ruhl.
0:37.3	With just two weeks to go before a possible default, President Biden, Vice President Harris
0:42.1	and the top four congressional leaders met today in the Oval Office to try to find a way
0:47.3	out of the crisis.
0:48.8	And in a sign of the urgency of the moment, we learn the President will be cutting his
0:53.4	trip to Asia short so he can get back to Washington to negotiate.
0:57.7	NBC's Kelli O'Donnell has more on the two sides than what they're saying tonight.
1:03.3	Tonight news signs of progress and a major change of plans.
1:07.2	I'm cutting my trip short.
1:08.7	I'm postponing the Australia portion of the trip and my trip to my stop in Papua New Guinea.
1:14.5	Tomorrow, the President will head to Japan for the G7 summit of the world's largest economies,
1:20.7	and he will skip plan stops in Australia and Papua New Guinea to get back to negotiations.
1:27.5	Mr. Biden, joined today by the Vice President, held his second face-to-face talks with congressional
1:34.2	leaders.
1:35.2	Afterwards, Speaker McCarthy struck a notably more optimistic tone.
1:39.2	It is possible to get a deal by the end of the week.
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