Trump celebrates Gaza ceasefire; Pentagon's press policy faces backlash

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

When will Hamas disarm and who's going to police Gaza? Plus a showdown over secrecy, the Pentagon's new rules for reporters

and the major news outlets saying no way. And Amazon is gearing up for the holidays

How its hiring blitz stacks up against a slowing job market. The stories that matter, clear and credible

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Together we've achieved what everybody said was impossible. At long last we have peace in the Middle East

This morning President Trump is celebrating what he's calling a historic breakthrough

a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas that his administration helped broker

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

Good morning, I'm Craig DeGrelli. With all living hostages now released and Israel having freed hundreds of Palestinian prisoners

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

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

before negotiations move forward. That initial stage included the hostage-prisoner exchange, a surge of humanitarian aid, and a partial withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza's major cities

Aid has been flowing into Gaza since Friday, but Israel says Hamas has not yet returned the remains of two dozen hostages, as promised

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

The next phases of the deal are expected to tackle some of the toughest questions

How and when Hamas will disarm? Who will control security inside Gaza

And what a temporary governing council might look like? A multinational peace force is expected to deploy to Gaza, but which countries will contribute

troops and how they will operate is still being worked out. And the biggest question of all

whether Israel will formally recognize a Palestinian state remains unsolved The government shutdown has now stretched into day 14 and the Senate is back in session tonight trying once again to break the deadlock Lawmakers are expected

to vote this evening on the House Passed Spending Measure, the eighth attempt to reach the 60 votes

needed to reopen the government. Republicans say they're pushing for a clean continuing resolution

meaning funding without any policy add-ons. Democrats, however, insist that the package

must protect Obamacare subsidies and avoid deeper cuts to Medicaid. We're barreling toward one of the longest shutdowns in American history

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

to reopen the government and pay our federal workers. Democrats responded that Republicans have repeatedly rejected their short-term plan

which also funds health programs and provides additional disaster relief. As the stalemate drags on

the Trump administration is moving forward with layoffs, ABC News reports dozens of employees at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration have been told to stay home

An agency best known for launching the national 988 suicide prevention hotline

Today, a showdown over press access at the Pentagon. By 5 p.m., news outlets must sign a new restrictive media policy or hand over their press badges within 24 hours

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

and warns military personnel could face consequences for unauthorized disclosures. News organizations call that a gag order, saying it violates First Amendment rights

and muzzles reporting on how a nearly trillion-dollar department spends taxpayer money

Matt Murray, the Washington Post executive editor, said the proposed restrictions undercut First Amendment protections by placing unnecessary constraints on gathering and publishing information

A who's who of news organizations, The Washington Post, The New York Times, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, Reuters, The Atlantic, The Guardian, all say they won't sign

So do right-leaning outlets, Newsmax, and The Washington Times. Fox News the former employer of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has not yet indicated whether they will sign the pledge A Pentagon spokesman says reporters are quote moving the goalpost

insisting the policy just requires an acknowledgement, not an agreement, and reminding journalists that access to the building is a privilege, not a right

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

killing two people outside an ICE facility. Police say 29-year-old Joshua John was jobless, isolated, and obsessed with AI technology

spending thousands of hours playing video games alone in his bedroom at his parents' home

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

but returned to Texas claiming he had radiation sickness from what he believed

was exposure to a Manhattan Project site. He also insisted he was allergic to plastic, wearing gloves to avoid touching it

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

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

One other was seriously wounded before John turned the gun on himself. Police found handwritten notes detailing his intent to target ICE agents and one bullet carved with the words, anti-ICE

Get ready to see more blue vans buzzing around your neighborhood. A lot more

Amazon is gearing up for the holidays and hiring big to do it. The company says it will bring on 250,000 workers across the U.S., full-time, part-time, and seasonal

to handle what it expects will be a surge in holiday orders. It's the third straight year Amazon has added a quarter million people for the busy season

The company says its seasonal jobs pay more than $19 an hour on average

and regular employees earn about 23-plus benefits. Amazon's hiring spree stands out

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

as higher costs, inflation, and automation lead many companies to cut back

Amazon says openings will be posted weekly through December, and as usual

they expected to fill up fast Finally this morning I love this story Charlie Brown got nothing on this great pumpkin Take a look The crowd at Half Moon Bay saw history in the making

Look at this thing. A California engineer rolled in a gourd so massive

even the forklift groaned, if you will. Brandon Dawson's giant jack-o'-lantern tipped the scales at, get this, 2,346 pounds

Oh my gourd, that is a ton of a pumpkin. Dawson says he's used the same precision he brings to his engineering job

measuring sunlight, temperature, even water flow to turn his patch into a science project

I was in this position last year, but I lost by six pounds

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

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

Hey, good for him. And the satisfaction of a job well done is not all Dawson won

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

Good for him. Which gets me to thinking, are you a pumpkin pie person

I definitely am. But it has to be high quality with lots of whipped cream

None of this overcooked stuff in your oven because you bought the least expensive one at the grocery store

Going to try it yourself? No way. It's fall. Pumpkin flavor, that's all a go

That's all the rage. So pay the $15 to $16 at Village Inn. Get a top-notch pumpkin pie

You know what? You deserve it. All right, before we head out, here's what we're tracking today

At 11, President Trump hosts Argentina's President Javier Malay at the White House

They are expected to focus on trade and regional security. Later today, Maine's Democratic Governor Janet Mills is expected to announce a run for the U.S. Senate

setting up a showdown with Republican incumbent Susan Collins. At 4, Trump will posthumously award conservative activist Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom

And tonight at 7.30, a candlelight vigil will be held at the Florida Capitol to honor Kirk on what would have been his 32nd birthday

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We'll see you back here tomorrow. For all of us here at Straight Arrow News, I'm Craig DeGrelli. Have a great day