I'm Shannon Bream, a groundbreaking agreement sparking new hope for lasting peace in one of the world's most embattled regions.

We reached a momentous breakthrough in the Middle East.

An historic step after two brutal years of war.

President Trump announcing the first phase of a ceasefire between Israel and

Hamas that will send the remaining hostages home. President Trump just made the impossible

possible. This, as a very different battle, rages on here at home, with a government shutdown

stretching into a third week.

You're right now.

He's not my boss.

Why did you vote to shut the government town?

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and House Speaker Mike Johnson both joining us exclusively on negotiations as both sides dig in deep.

Open the government, Democrats.

We did it in the House three weeks ago.

The ball is in the court of Senate Democrats.

Then, all eyes on Virginia as candidates and controversy spark headlines in the critical off-year election.

We sit down exclusively with Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earl Sears on the contentious race and the implications with just one year until the midterms.

When you took office, there was a 2.7% unemployment rate and that it's now 3.6.

Do you quibble with the data?

Well, what I'm telling you is that we're creating jobs.

And the fundamental proposition that judges should not be able to be fired for their decisions, I think is the most

essential part of the hardwiring of judicial independence into the Constitution itself.

All rise. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney-Barrant reflects on her assent to the highest court

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