What Trump says the start of a peace deal has been reached will it mean hope for these

Israeli hostages and the people of Gaza.

Plus, an American FBI director arraigned in federal court.

But did Trump become an exhibit A for Comey's defense team?

I'm going to preview the evidence for you.

And later, we are hours

away from a court deciding whether Trump can deploy troops in Illinois, but he is not wasting

another minute before calling for the mayor of Chicago and the governor of that state to be thrown

in jail. Tonight on Lara Coates Live.

We begin with the breaking news and what could be the beginning of the end of the war in Gaza.

There is relief yet cautious optimism in the region as the world grapples with what this means for the people of Israel, the hostages, and the people of Gaza.

These are things we know and things that we do not know.

And there is information that's still being fleshed out as we speak.

But here is what we do know.

The president says that Hamas and Israel have signed off on phase one of a peace plan.

As he put it, quote, this means that all of the

hostages will be released very soon and Israel will withdraw their troops to an agreed upon line

as the first steps toward a strong, durable, and everlasting peace. There are about 20 hostages,

Israeli hostages, believed to be alive. Trump tonight

says that he thinks they could be freed by Monday. The plan also calls for Hamas to return

the bodies of the deceased hostages still in their custody. In return, Israel would return or release more than 200 Palestinian prisoners.

Now, Trump, he seems very optimistic about this working out

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