Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio, the George Washington Broadcast Center.

Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.

Armstrong and Getty.

And now here's Armstrong and Getty.

With regard to the situation in Gaza, the president echoing what U.S. officials have been saying,

both in private and in public over the last 24 hours, suggesting that a deal could be reached

sometime soon, that it could be on the cusp of being

announced. You know, it's been a really long time since we have heard this kind of optimism,

at least coming from inside the Biden administration. But sources have been telling us over the last

day or so that they do believe a deal could be announced for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages from Gaza in the next coming days.

In the next couple of days, Jan, those two things go together.

They're going to give back the hostages, and Israel is going to agree to pull their troops out of Gaza.

And even the New York Times says this is all being instigated, pushed

by the looming deadline of

Biden not being president and Trump being

president, and even the New York Times

includes Trump warning

quote, all hell to pay

unless the hostages are freed by the

day he becomes president. And

apparently, Hamas believes that's true.

Right. Well, I would suggest a huge dose of trust yet verify, even in thinking about this

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