Today is Friday, April 17. There's a new ceasefire that just went into effect. We'll tell you what it means for a potential peace deal in Iran. Also, why an ice agent is facing a rare criminal charge and where a severe weather outbreak is expected to peak today. Plus, what to know about the new person chosen to lead the nation's top health agency. What a recent Pentagon prayer event had to do with the movie Pulp Fiction. And big-time movie reveals and surprises from Toy Story 5 to Top Gun 3. Those stories and more news to know coming up. Welcome to The Newsworthy. All the Day's News in less than 15 minutes. I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here.

Let's do this. There's a breakthrough in the Middle East. A 10-day ceasefire went into effect at

midnight this morning in Lebanon. The truce pauses fighting between Israeli forces and Iranian-backed

Hezbollah forces. Remember, Hezbollah has been designated a terror group

by the U.S., as well as several other countries and international organizations. It's Iran's most

powerful proxy and is even considered more powerful than the Lebanese military. Hezbollah did acknowledge

the ceasefire, but did not directly address whether it would abide by it, just saying its actions would

be, quote, based on how developments unfold. And the U.S. said Israel also still has the right to defend

itself. Israel and Hezbollah continued to trade strikes right up until the time the ceasefire was set

to take effect. That conflict has also been a key sticking point in negotiations to potentially end the war in Iran.

And the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is set to expire next week.

But President Trump says he's confident a deal with the Iranians could also come soon.

In fact, he says another round of talks could happen this weekend.

Meanwhile, American officials say U.S. troops in the Middle East are re-arming and

stand ready to resume combat in case the negotiations fail. The U.S. is also keeping up with its

naval blockade that's now expanded. The American military now says it will target any vessel

linked to Iran anywhere in the world. Back in Washington, hundreds of lawmakers, mostly Democrats, are still voicing

their disapproval of the war, while hundreds of others, mostly Republicans, are defending it.

Once again, the U.S. House took up a resolution that would have required President Trump to

withdraw all U.S. forces from the war in Iran unless Congress authorized military action.

And once again, the vote failed by just one

vote this time. Of course, even if a war powers resolution were to pass the House, it would still

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