If it's Friday, war and peace, President Trump is set to sign a historic peace framework

moments from now with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan as he faces new escalations in the war

in Gaza and gears up for a high stakes meeting with Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine.

Plus, after threatening to take over Washington, President Trump

orders federal agents to patrol the district starting today, vowing to bring law and order

despite police statistics showing violent crime is significantly declining. And Texas Governor

Greg Abbott tells NBC News in an exclusive interview that he will call as many special sessions as Republicans need to pass a new congressional map as he prepares to take legal action against the House Democrats who fled the state. Welcome to meet the press now.

I'm Kristen Welker in Washington, where President Trump's foreign policy is taking center stage today as he looks to betray himself as a global peacemaker.

You're looking at live pictures right now.

The president is hosting the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan at the White House

to sign an historic peace framework to end the decades-long conflict.

And at any moment, the three leaders will sign a trilateral agreement aimed at normalizing relations

between the two nations. If he takes

questions, we'll dip in. But this comes as the deals to end the war in Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war

so far remain out of reach. Israel's military operations appear to be expanding after its security

cabinet approved plans for the IDF to take control of Gaza City.

And NBC News is exclusively reporting new satellite images that appear to show a military buildup near the border with Gaza, indicating a potential Israeli ground invasion.

Meanwhile, on the Russia front, a senior White House official says the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin is tentatively scheduled for the end of next week, while President Trump's deadline for Moscow to agree to a ceasefire or face sweeping economic sanctions expires today.

To break this all down, I'm joined now by NBC News White House correspondent Vaughn Hilliard, NBC News reporter Matt Bodner, NBC News Chief Washington and Chief Foreign Affairs correspondent, Andrea Mitchell, and Michael McFall, former U.S. ambassador to Russia and in NBC News International Affairs analysts.

Thanks to all of you for starting us off today. Vaughn, let me start with you. What more can you tell us about what's happening

at the White House right now, this agreement between the U.S., Armenia and Azerbaijan?

Right. I've been listening here in real time to the president here who helped mediate along

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