It's Tuesday, September 3rd.

I'm Josie Duffy Rice.

And I'm Trayvon Anderson, and this is What A Day,

the show where we're wondering if Laura Trump's appointment

to RNC co-chair was actually just a way to promote her singing career.

Yeah, she released a music video for her song Hero that honors firefighters.

I'm not sure what genre of music this falls into is it like a magicana like

americana you get it no no no no no no no

on today's show Brazilians flock to a new social media platform after X was banned

from the country over the weekend, plus a far-right party won a regional election in Germany

for the first time since Nazi rule. But first Israel spent the last few days engulfed in

mass protests and paralyzed by a national strike after the bodies of six

hostages were recovered from a tunnel in southern Gaza this weekend. Most demonstrations since Hamas's Hamas's attack on October 7th, and many hospitals, schools, and banks

closed their doors Monday.

The goal was to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Yahoo

into securing a ceasefire with Hamas, and the return of the roughly 100

hostages the government says are still being held in Gaza.

Israel's military said the six hostages had been executed by Hamas in the days just before they were found,

not far from where another hostage had been rescued alive earlier in the week.

A spokesperson for Hamas claimed the hostages had been killed by the Israeli military, but provided

no evidence to back that up.

In a statement Monday, the group said more hostages would return quote inside coffins if Israel

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