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00:00A new ceasefire in the Middle East and a new set of questions.

00:04When will Hamas disarm and who's going to police Gaza?

00:07Plus, a showdown over secrecy, the Pentagon's new rules for reporters,

00:12and the major news outlets saying no way.

00:15And Amazon is gearing up for the holidays.

00:18How its hiring blitz stacks up against a slowing job market.

00:23The stories that matter, clear and credible, from across the country to around the world.

00:29These are your unbiased updates from Straight Arrow News.

00:35Together we've achieved what everybody said was impossible.

00:39At long last, we have peace in the Middle East.

00:42This morning, President Trump is celebrating what he's calling a historic breakthrough,

00:47a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas that his administration helped broker.

00:52He's now turning to what he terms phase two, the next step in his peace plan for the region.

00:57Good morning, I'm Craig DeGrelli.

00:59With all living hostages now released, and Israel having freed hundreds of Palestinian prisoners,

01:04phase one of the Trump-backed plan to end the two-year war in Gaza is nearly complete.

01:10Egypt's foreign minister says both sides still need to fully carry out the first phase

01:15before negotiations move forward.

01:17That initial stage included the hostage prisoner exchange, a surge of humanitarian aid,

01:23and a partial withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza's major cities.

01:27Aid has been flowing into Gaza since Friday, but Israel says Hamas has not yet returned the remains

01:33of two dozen hostages, as promised.

01:36An Israeli military spokesperson tells CBS News that's why troops have not fully pulled out.

01:41The next phases of the deal are expected to tackle some of the toughest questions.

01:46How and when Hamas will disarm?

01:48Who will control security inside Gaza?

01:50And what a temporary governing council might look like?

01:53A multinational peace force is expected to deploy to Gaza,

01:57but which countries will contribute troops and how they will operate is still being worked out.

02:03And the biggest question of all,

02:05whether Israel will formally recognize a Palestinian state,

02:09remains unsolved.

02:10The government shutdown has now stretched into day 14,

02:14and the Senate is back in session tonight, trying once again to break the deadlock.

02:19Lawmakers are expected to vote this evening on the House-passed spending measure,

02:23the eighth attempt to reach the 60 votes needed to reopen the government.

02:27Republicans say they're pushing for a clean, continuing resolution,

02:31meaning funding without any policy add-ons.

02:33Democrats, however, insist that the package must protect Obamacare subsidies

02:37and avoid deeper cuts to Medicaid.

02:40We're barreling toward one of the longest shutdowns in American history,

02:43unless Democrats drop their partisan demands and pass a clean, no-strings-attached budget

02:48to reopen the government and pay our federal workers.

02:51Democrats responded that Republicans have repeatedly rejected their short-term plan,

02:56which also funds health programs and provides additional disaster relief.

03:00As the stalemate drags on, the Trump administration is moving forward with layoffs.

03:05ABC News reports dozens of employees at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

03:11have been told to stay home, an agency best known for launching the national 988 Suicide Prevention Hotline.

03:18Today, a showdown over press access at the Pentagon.

03:22By 5 p.m., news outlets must sign a new restrictive media policy or hand over their press badges within 24 hours.

03:31The policy requires reporters to acknowledge they won't seek or solicit any information the Defense Department has not pre-approved

03:38and warns military personnel could face consequences for unauthorized disclosures.

03:43News organizations call that a gag order, saying it violates First Amendment rights

03:49and muzzles reporting on how a nearly trillion-dollar department spends taxpayer money.

03:54Matt Murray, the Washington Post executive editor, said the proposed restrictions undercut First Amendment protections

04:01by placing unnecessary constraints on gathering and publishing information.

04:06A who's who of news organizations, the Washington Post, the New York Times, CNN, the Wall Street Journal,

04:11NPR, Reuters, The Atlantic, The Guardian, all say they won't sign.

04:15So do right-leaning outlets, Newsmax, and the Washington Times.

04:19Fox News, the former employer of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has not yet indicated whether they will sign the pledge.

04:26A Pentagon spokesman says reporters are, quote, moving the goalpost,

04:30insisting the policy just requires an acknowledgment, not an agreement,

04:34and reminding journalists that access to the building is a privilege, not a right.

04:39We are learning new details about the sniper who opened fire from a rooftop in Dallas last month,

04:45killing two people outside an ICE facility.

04:48Police say 29-year-old Joshua John was jobless, isolated, and obsessed with AI technology,

04:54spending thousands of hours playing video games alone in his bedroom at his parents' home.

05:00According to CBS News, John's parents told investigators he moved to Washington State,

05:05but returned to Texas, claiming he had radiation sickness from what he believed was exposure to a Manhattan Project site.

05:12He also insisted he was allergic to plastic, wearing gloves to avoid touching it.

05:17Investigators say John bought a rifle in Oklahoma and spent weeks practicing at target ranges before the attack.

05:24The September ambush left two immigrants dead, a 37-year-old from El Salvador and a 32-year-old from Mexico.

05:30One other was seriously wounded before John turned the gun on himself.

05:34Police found handwritten notes detailing his intent to target ICE agents,

05:39and one bullet carved with the words, anti-ICE.

05:43Get ready to see more blue vans buzzing around your neighborhood.

05:47A lot more.

05:48Amazon is gearing up for the holidays and hiring big to do it.

05:52The company says it will bring on 250,000 workers across the U.S.,

05:56full-time, part-time, and seasonal, to handle what it expects, will be a surge in holiday orders.

06:02It's the third straight year Amazon has added a quarter million people for the busy season.

06:07The company says its seasonal jobs pay more than $19 an hour on average,

06:12and regular employees earn about 23-plus benefits.

06:15Amazon's hiring spree stands out.

06:17Across the retail industry, seasonal jobs are expected to drop to their lowest level since 2009

06:23as higher costs, inflation, and automation lead many companies to cut back.

06:29Amazon says openings will be posted weekly through December,

06:32and as usual, they're expected to fill up fast.

06:36Finally this morning, I love this story.

06:38Charlie Brown's got nothing on this great pumpkin.

06:40Take a look.

06:41The crowd at Half Moon Bay saw history in the making.

06:44Look at this thing.

06:45A California engineer rolled in a gorge so massive, even the forklift groaned, if you will.

06:50Well, Brandon Dawson's giant jack-o'-lantern tipped the scales at, get this, 2,346 pounds.

06:57Oh my gourd, that is a ton of a pumpkin.

07:00Dawson says he's used the same precision he brings to his engineering job,

07:05measuring sunlight, temperature, even water flow, to turn his patch into a science project.

07:10I was in this position last year, but I lost by six pounds.

07:14This year I was able to take the win, and that's really what the goal was this year,

07:18was to win one of the best, if not the best, pumpkin weigh-ups in the world.

07:23Hey, good for him.

07:24And the satisfaction of a job well done is not all Dawson won.

07:28He gets a pretty big slice of the pie, if you will, a $20,000 prize.

07:33Good for him.

07:33Which gets me to thinking, are you a pumpkin pie person?

07:37I definitely am.

07:38But, it has to be high quality, with lots of whipped cream.

07:42None of this overcooked stuff in your oven because you bought the least expensive one

07:46at the grocery store, going to try it yourself.

07:48No way.

07:49It's fall.

07:49Pumpkin flavor, that's all a go, that's all the rage.

07:53So pay the 15 to 16 bucks at Village Inn, get a top-notch pumpkin pie.

07:57You know what?

07:58You deserve it.

07:59All right, before we head out, here's what we're tracking today.

08:01At 11, President Trump hosts Argentina's President Javier Malay at the White House.

08:06They are expected to focus on trade and regional security.

08:10Later today, Maine's Democratic Governor Janet Mills is expected to announce a run for the U.S. Senate,

08:15setting up a showdown with Republican incumbent Susan Collins.

08:19At 4, Trump will posthumously award conservative activist Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

08:25And tonight at 7.30, a candlelight vigil will be held at the Florida Capitol to honor Kirk

08:30on what would have been his 32nd birthday.

08:33Wake up with your brain already caffeinated.

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08:41Those are your Unbiased Updates for this Tuesday.

08:43We'll see you back here tomorrow.

08:44For all of us here at Straight Arrow News, I'm Craig DeGrelli.

08:46Have a great day.

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