We're the hottest country in the world. And if we didn't have that power, I wouldn't have been able to make this recent deal, which is the biggest of them, probably the biggest deal ever made. And we're getting the hostages back. We're getting, and they're going to hopefully come back in a good, healthy state. But, you know, they'll be healthy. In a short period of time, they'll be healthy. Their lives were hell, but we're getting them back.

We're getting again, the bodies back, the bodies of the dead.

We're getting them back, and which is very important to a lot of people.

President Trump speaking to Fox News last night following the announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of his peace plan.

We'll go through what comes next. Also ahead, we'll bring you the latest from Capitol Hill on the government shutdown as a far-ride Republican continues to break ranks, pushing for health care tax breaks. Morning Joe economic

analyst, Steve Ratner is here to explain which states benefit most from those subsidies. Meanwhile,

Senate Democrats from Arizona are trying to turn up the pressure on Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in a Democrat who won a special election in their state more than two weeks ago.

We'll show you that exchange yesterday outside the Speaker's office.

Plus, we'll bring you legal analysis on the James Comey case after the former FBI director's arraignment yesterday in Virginia.

Lisa Rubin was in the courthouse.

She joins us straight ahead.

Good morning.

And welcome to morning, Joe.

It is Thursday, October 9th.

With us, we have the co-host of our fourth hour.

Staff writer at the Atlantic, Jonathan Lemire.

Writer at Large for the New York Times,

Elizabeth Bue Miller, columnist, an associate editor for The Washington Post. David Ignatius is with

us, and Rogers Chair in the American Presidency at Vanderbilt University historian John Meacham.

Good to have you all. We have a lot of news to get to, and you have some new reporting this one.

Well, I've been speaking to the White House, people involved in the negotiating overnight, and right now, they are optimistic.

They believe Israel is going to be voting, obviously going to be voting.

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