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The U.S. has begun a full naval blockade of Iran's ports after negotiations in Pakistan stalled without any final agreement. The two-week

ceasefire appears to remain in effect, however, and in conversation with me on special report,

Vice President Vance noted, the Iranians, I think, did make some progress. They moved in our direction,

which is why I think we would say that we had some good signs, but they didn't move far enough.

And so what we decided is, you know what, given that we don't think this current team and this current timeline is going to be able to make a deal, let them go back to Tehran.

We're going to go back to Washington.

And that's where we are today.

Back at home, Congress faces a packed agenda as they return from recess. They'll have to

tackle a record long DHS shutdown, the Save America Act, and a potential war powers resolution

as two members, Texas Republican Tony Gonzalez, and California Democrat Eric Swalwell, resigned

amid sexual misconduct allegations. With that, let's bring in our panel,

former chief of staff to the Biden White House press office,

Yemisi Agbe Wally.

Former Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush,

Carl Rove, and Fox News Senior Congressional correspondent,

Chad Pergram.

Well, Chad, Congress is raring back to work,

but is there really work that's being done here?

Yeah, there's a lot of work that's being done, but whether or not they'll get anywhere remains to be seen.

You know, House and Senate Republicans here remain stymied by Democrats and to some degree themselves on funding the Department of Homeland Security.

It's thought that they're going to try to move what they call a reconciliation bill.

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