Today is Friday, October 17th. We're talking about why the White House thinks peace in Ukraine

could be just around the corner. Also, the criminal charges filed against another one of President

Trump's prominent critics. And a surprise move for the U.S. military commander in charge of the

Caribbean boat strikes. Plus, the protests that could bring out millions of people all over the U.S.,

the first state-run program

to offer a critical life-saving drug and a man's year-round effort to make Halloween special

for thousands of kids. Those stories and even more news to know coming up.

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Coming off a ceasefire in Gaza, President Trump is now focused on Ukraine. Trump is meeting with Ukrainian president Volodemir Zelensky

at the White House today, and he's making plans to meet in person with Russian President Vladimir Putin next,

though the exact date for that meeting has not been announced just yet. Already, Trump and Putin held a call

that the American president called very productive, and it seemingly dimmed to the prospects of Ukraine

getting Tomahawk cruise missiles from the U.S. as it's been requested. The missiles are capable of

traveling a thousand miles. While Trump said he directly asked Putin during their call,

quote, would you mind if I gave a couple thousand tomahawks to your opposition and said Putin

didn't like the idea. The Russian government

says Putin told Trump the missiles would not change the situation in Ukraine, but would damage the

relationship between Russia and the U.S. Besides Tomahawk missiles, Trump and Zelensky today are

expected to talk about other long-range weapons and America's restrictions on using them inside Russia.

But they could also talk about the path to a ceasefire. And overall, Trump says the war should be over soon. Stay tuned.

A former Trump advisor, who became one of the president's most outspoken critics, is now

facing criminal charges. A federal grand jury indicted John Bolton for

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