Good morning and welcome to Morning Joe. It is Wednesday, April 8th. We have a lot to get to this morning, including the two weeks ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran announced last night by President Trump.

We'll dig into details of that truce and if it could lead to a permanent deal to end

the war. Last night's announcement is having a major impact on the markets and oil prices,

which are now under $100 a barrel. But the question is, will Americans see relief at the gas

pump anytime soon? Plus, J.D. Vance continues to campaign for an

autocrat in Eastern Europe, delivering a stump speech that resembled something you would hear at a

MAGA rally in a red state. We'll bring you the latest for the live report from Udipest.

With us, we have the co-host of our 9 a.m. hour,

staff writer at the Atlantic,

Jonathan Lemire, columnist,

and associate editor of the Washington Post,

David Ignatius, is with us.

Managing editor at the Bullwork,

Sam Stein, otherwise known as

the Easter Bunny, opinion

columnist for the New York Times, David French,

and former White House official into President Biden, retired Rear Admiral John Kirby, who is an MS now

national security analyst. So a lot to get to this morning, Willie, including how we're back to

exactly kind of where we were with the Strait of Hormuz.

Yeah, that's right. After nearly 40 days of fighting now, the United States and Iran have agreed to a two-week ceasefire.

President Trump announced the agreement on social media last night just about an hour before his self-imposed deadline for Iran to come to a deal or face the obliteration of its infrastructure

and, in the president's words, its whole civilization. Trump said at the urging of Pakistani

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