Tonight, countdown to one of America's least favorite and most dysfunctional pastimes, a government

shutdown.

Think there's any hope for a deal?

Well, I have an absurd and racist AI-generated video posted by the president you're going

to wish you didn't see.

Plus, why did a former Marine attack and burned down

in Michigan Church? I learned from and hear from one of the last people to speak to the suspect.

As he left his end on the revealing and chilling conversation he had just a few days before the assault.

And later, President Trump's new plan to end the war in Gaza and what he says will happen if Hamas doesn't back it.

Tonight on Larakotts Live.

All right, everyone, wait for it.

You hear that?

That is the sound of the clock ticking away with less than 25 hours to go until a government shut down.

I know. I know it sounds like deja vu.

How many times have we been here before you're asking?

And Laura, they say this every time.

And at the very last minute, someone blinks.

And that headline turns to crisis averted.

Drama for the sake of drama.

Well, this time feels different.

Why? Because there's no sign of compromise anywhere inside.

Not even if you squint, not even through binoculars, no compromise in sight.

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