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After two years of war and captivity, the last living hostages of Hamas are now back home with their loved ones in Israel. In exchange for Hamas releasing all 20 of the surviving hostage, Israel is releasing nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. President trump appeared before Israel's parliament, the Knesset, to celebrate the US-brokered ceasefire.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump will soon head to Maryland's Walter Reed Medical Center, his second visit there this year. Why? ... New York Attorney General Letitia James is accusing the Trump Administration of "desperate weaponization of our justice system" following her indictment on federal felony charges ... The Israel-Hamas ceasefire is now in effect. What role with US troops play in the plan's implementation? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas is being finalized. The Israeli security cabinet is set to meet to approve the first phase of the US-brokered agreement to begin the ceasefire and bring home the remaining hostages ... Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene visits The Situation Room to explain why she's bucking her party line and calling out the GOP leadership ... A new poll finds that just half of Americans think the CDC will give them reliable vaccine information, the lowest level of public trust since Covid.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former FBI Director James Comey will be in court today to be arraigned on federal criminal charges. We bring you all the latest developments ... How the government shutdown stalemate is impacting air travel ... President Trump calls for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to be jailed. The mayor joins us to respond.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The National Guard is blocked temporarily from any deployment in Portland, Oregon after a federal judge appointed by President Trump stopped his administration's efforts to send more troops there last night for a second time in as many days  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As today's Situation Room begins, music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs is about to appear before a judge who will decide how long he will be in prison for his federal conviction on prostitution-related charges.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At least two people were killed in a stabbing and car ramming at a Manchester, England synagogue on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar ... Two Delta planes slam into each other on a New York tarmac, cracking the nose and cockpit window ... President Trump meets with his budget chief today. Trump says he and the architect of project 2025 will be targeting, quote, democrat agencies.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As today show begins, the US is 10 hours into a government shutdown, and Congress seems to be no closer to a funding deal. Democrats and Republicans are pointing fingers at each other ... Rescuers are desperately digging for more than 90 people missing, trapped under rubble after a school collapses ... Masked ICE agents are videoed pushing journalists to the ground at the immigration court.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's just begins as President Trump prepares to wrap up a lengthy speech at Quantico to a rare gathering of senior US military officers summoned from all over the world. Trump spoke after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who boasted about America's military strength while decrying past DEI policies in that department, vowing to restore the "male standard of physicality in combat positions." Joining the show to discuss is Lieutenant Colonel Amy McGrath, a former Marine combat fighter pilot, retired Army Lieutenant General Mark Schwartz, and former Defense Secretary William Cohen.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We begin today's show with what investigators are now learning about the gunman in Sunday's horrific church attack in Michigan. Authorities continue to search through the burned-out building for yet more victims. Plus, we discuss the last-minute negotiations to try to fund the federal government before the looming shutdown, and why this brewing shutdown is different.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices