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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,
00:26from 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.
00:40At 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,
00:54the next step in his peace plan for the region.
00:57Good morning, I'm Craig DeGrelli.
00:58With 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.
02:02And the biggest question of all, whether 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,
02:30meaning 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
02:45and pass a clean, no-strings-attached budget to reopen the government
02:49and 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.
03:01As the stalemate drags on, the Trump administration is moving forward with layoffs.
03:05ABC News reports dozens of employees at the Substance Abuse
03:09and Mental Health Services Administration have been told to stay home,
03:13an 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
03:27or hand over their press badges within 24 hours.
03:31The policy requires reporters to acknowledge they won't seek
03:34or solicit any information the Defense Department has not pre-approved
03:38and warns military personnel could face consequences for unauthorized disclosures.
03:44News 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
03:59undercut First Amendment protections by placing unnecessary constraints
04:03on gathering and publishing information.
04:06A who's who of news organizations, the Washington Post, the New York Times, CNN,
04:10the Wall Street Journal, NPR, 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,
04:23has 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 acknowledgement, 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
05:09was 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
05:20and spent weeks practicing at target ranges before the attack.
05:24The September ambush left two immigrants dead,
05:27a 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,
05:58to 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.
06:18Across the retail industry, seasonal jobs are expected to drop to their lowest level since 2009,
06:24as higher costs, inflation, and automation lead many companies to cut back.
06:28Amazon 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 gourd so massive,
06:48even the forklift groaned, if you will.
06:50Brandon 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,
07:16and that's really what the goal was this year, was to win one of the best,
07:20if 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.
07:50Pumpkin flavor, that's all a go, that's all the rage.
07:53So pay the $15 to $16 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
08:14U.S. Senate, setting up a showdown with Republican incumbent Susan Collins.
08:19At 4, Trump will posthumously award conservative activist Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of
08:24Freedom.
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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