We will get to your calls and comments on this day four of the government shutdown in just a minute, but wanted to bring in another piece of news, something else that's happening.
This is from the Associated Press.
It says Trump orders Israel to stop bombing Gaza after Hamas partially accepts his peace plan.
It says that U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday ordered Israel to stop bombing the Gaza Strip after Hamas said it had accepted some elements of his plan to end the nearly two-year war and return all remaining hostages taken in the October 7th, 2023 attack.
Hamas said it was willing to release the hostages and hand over power to other Palestinians, but that other aspects of the plan require further consultations among Palestinians.
Senior Hamas officials suggested that there were still major disagreements that required further negotiations.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was prepared for the implementation of the, quote, first stage of Trump's plan, apparently referring to the release of hostages.
But his office, in a statement, the Israel said in a statement that Israel was committed to ending the war based on principles it had set out before without addressing potential gaps with Hamas.
President Trump appearing to support that statement, posting this on Truth Social, says, based on the statement just issued by Hamas, I believe they are ready for a lasting peace.
It says Israel must immediately stop the bombing of Gaza so that we can get the hostages out safely and quickly.
Right now, it's far too dangerous to do that.
We are already in discussions on details to be worked out.
This is not about Gaza alone.
This is about long-sought peace in the Middle East.
And one other note, despite calls to stop bombing, Al Jazeera reporting this morning that Israel has continued bombing.
It says that following the, it says Israel, however, has continued its deadly bombardment of Gaza, killing at least 20 Palestinians since dawn.
That comes again after President Trump ordered that Israel stop bombing Gaza.
C-SPAN will continue to follow this story.
You can find, follow these developments online and here on our network.
But for this first hour, we do want to hear your thoughts on this day four of the government shutdown.
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We will start with Robin in Cleveland, Tennessee, line for Democrats.
Good morning, Robin.
Thanks for waiting.
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Good morning.
I would like to say that y'all had Chuck Fleisman on the other day, and he sat there like he was angry about lies that the Democrats were saying, and he straightface lied.
I depend on Obamacare.
So, yeah, shut it down to keep our Obamacare.
Chuck Fleischman does not represent everyone in Tennessee.
I tried to call in.
I believe the Democratic line was shut off because he sit and straightface lied.
The Republican Party needs to start doing their job and holding this renegade, racist president accountable.
Well, why don't you do everybody a favor and show the Democrats when they were running for office and every one of them raised their hand that they were going to give a health care to illegal aliens?
That's what it's all about.
Trump wants to stop that money from going to the he's going to stop 100 or a million or so people from getting insurance, but it's all illegals that are getting that are getting cut off.