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Up next, Mark Mellinger with today's news. President Trump says he thinks there's a good chance of a

coming deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war following peace talks between the U.S. and Ukraine and Florida Sunday.

We want to stop people from being killed. It doesn't have much to do with us, but I'd like to see

if we could save a lot of souls. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the four-hour-long

talks productive, but he added the situations still fragile, and there's more work to be done.

It's not just about the terms that ends fighting. It's about also the terms that set up Ukraine

for long-term prosperity. Along those lines, the plan being discussed would create a development fund

to help Ukraine invest in fast-growing industries. Plus, the U.S. would help modernize Ukraine's natural gas

infrastructure. U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is traveling to Russia today, where he is

slated to work on the peace proposal some more with that country's leader, Vladimir Putin.

President Trump has said he won't meet with Putin or Ukrainian President Volodemir Zelensky

until both countries have preliminarily agreed to a peace deal. The families of those two West Virginia

National Guard members shot in Washington, D.C. last week have received invitations to the White

House. An Afghan National gunned down

staff sergeant Andrew Wolfe and specialist Sarah Bextram just blocks from the White House.

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