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Trump departs for the Middle East · INSIGHT TODAY

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  Speaker 1: I'm Perry Russell in New York. We have some breaking news.
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  Speaker 1: President Trump now on his way to Israel amid to
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  Speaker 1: cease fire in Gaza and the expected release of the
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  Speaker 1: remaining hostages. If all goes according to plan, he will
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  Speaker 1: meet with hostage families there before we're heading to Egypt.
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  Speaker 1: We're a Middle East peace ceremonious planned there. We are
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  Speaker 1: waiting to see if he does speak to reporters. But
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  Speaker 1: apparently with this weather, the nor'easter that's affecting the East coast,
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  Speaker 1: he appears to be under that black umbrella their and
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  Speaker 1: is headed to Air Force one, that is that Joint
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  Speaker 1: Base Andrews in Maryland. There's some inclement weather. So the
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  Speaker 1: plan was it looks like he is speaking to reporters
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  Speaker 1: there stopping. I see a few reporters there. I'm not
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  Speaker 1: sure if we have another camera on the ground that
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  Speaker 1: we can see what he has to say. Let's listen in.
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  Speaker 2: Own papers and your own networks. Everybody's very excited about
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  Speaker 2: this moment in time. SOE you on the plane, I
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  Speaker 2: think you're traveling with us, but this is a very
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  Speaker 2: special event. There at five hundred thousand people yesterday and
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  Speaker 2: today in Israel and also the Muslim and Arab countries
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  Speaker 2: are all cheering. Everybody's cheering at one time. That's never
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  Speaker 2: happened before. Usually, if you have one cheering, the other isn't.
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  Speaker 2: The other is the opposite. This is the first time.
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  Speaker 2: Everybody is amazed and they're thrilled, and it's an honor
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  Speaker 2: to be involved. And we're gonna have an amazing time,
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  Speaker 2: and it's gonna be something that's never never happened before.
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  Speaker 2: So I'll see you on the plane and we're gonna
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  Speaker 2: have a good time. Okay, Peter, nice to see you.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you. Everybody see it a little while, all right.
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  Speaker 1: President Trump speaking to reporters for a little bit more
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  Speaker 1: than a minute there as he is on his way
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  Speaker 1: to Air Force One and Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
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  Speaker 1: President Trump saying this will be a special event as
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  Speaker 1: he heads out to the Middle East, starting with Israel,
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  Speaker 1: saying it's an honor to be involved, and I will
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  Speaker 1: see you on the plane. Yesterday at Hostage Square and TELEVI,
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  Speaker 1: there was quite the amount of excitement from people on
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  Speaker 1: the ground, as we heard from Jared Kushner, President Trump's
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  Speaker 1: son in law, as well as Steve Whitcoff, the US
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  Speaker 1: envoy to the Middle East. There were chances of thank
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  Speaker 1: you Trump, as Witcoff and Kushner, as well as Ivanka Trump,
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  Speaker 1: President Trump's daughter, spoke to the thousands of people gathered
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  Speaker 1: in Hostage Square. Let's bring into ABC's Alex Perche Alex,
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  Speaker 1: we know Trump is headed to Israel in Egypt. What
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  Speaker 1: more do we know about this trip?
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  Speaker 3: Well, Perry, I can tell you that there's a little
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  Speaker 3: bit of a delay here. The President was supposed to
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  Speaker 3: take off around three thirty this afternoon. You saw him
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  Speaker 3: just gaggling there with the White House press pool. I
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  Speaker 3: think they're about to board the plane as a takeoff
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  Speaker 3: delayed a little bit over an hour. You mentioned that
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  Speaker 3: nor'east here. I'm not sure if weather played a part
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  Speaker 3: in this, but certainly a little bit behind schedule here.
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  Speaker 3: But once the president lands, he's first stopping in Israel
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  Speaker 3: Tel Aviv, where he will meet with those hostage families.
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  Speaker 3: We believe some twenty of those forty eight hostages are
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  Speaker 3: still alive. He's going to meet with them privately at
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  Speaker 3: the Connissi and then he will address the condissiit in
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  Speaker 3: Tel Aviv before heading to Egypt. And you know, you
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  Speaker 3: saw the president really kind of you know, herald this
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  Speaker 3: as a good time in something, something to really celebrate.
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  Speaker 3: And this is a big win for him because not
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  Speaker 3: only as he front and center during this phase one
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  Speaker 3: of a ceasefire, he'll be going to Egypt and holding
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  Speaker 3: a joint forum with Egyptian President CC, which it's a
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  Speaker 3: Middle East peace ceremony where Trump will be able to
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  Speaker 3: lay out his vision to achieve peace in the region.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Alex, you mentioned the weather. They call this a
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  Speaker 1: bad weather call. So he was supposed to take off
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  Speaker 1: from Marine one from the White House South Lawn using
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  Speaker 1: Marine one the helicopter to go to JBA, but because
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  Speaker 1: the weather, they had to drive the fourteen miles from
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  Speaker 1: the White House to Joint Base Andrews. This is really
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  Speaker 1: a critical and fascinating time for President Trump. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: just looking at some of the things happening here domestically
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  Speaker 1: at home, we have a government shut down day twelve.
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  Speaker 1: We have some government workers who are now being laid off.
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  Speaker 1: There are more threats to send the National Guard to
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  Speaker 1: more American cities, as well as the indictments of former
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  Speaker 1: FBI director James Comie and New York Attorney General Letitia James,
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  Speaker 1: and then look at that and then some of the
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  Speaker 1: stories international involving President Trump as he tries to broke
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  Speaker 1: her peace, not only with this ceasefire deal in place
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  Speaker 1: between Israel and Hamas, but also trying to end the
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  Speaker 1: war in Ukraine. Also some tough negotiations going on with China,
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  Speaker 1: as he is now threatening one hundred percent tariff on
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  Speaker 1: imports coming from China. How do you see all this
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  Speaker 1: playing out right now for President Trump? How do you
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  Speaker 1: see this moment?
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  Speaker 3: Well, right now, the administration is doing this foreign policy
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  Speaker 3: as a huge win. You know, the president campaigned as
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  Speaker 3: a candidate on ending conflicts around the world, this chief
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  Speaker 3: among them Russia's war with Ukraine another big one. But
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  Speaker 3: him being able to strike this first phase of a
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  Speaker 3: ceasefire between Israel and Hamaz was a huge win. And
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  Speaker 3: also seeing him front and center during this Middle East
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  Speaker 3: ceremony in Egypt is also viewed as a win for
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  Speaker 3: this administration. You kind of heard the excitement and certainly
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  Speaker 3: you know the positivity around this foreign trip as he
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  Speaker 3: boarded those steps. But Perry, you know the the juxtaposition
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  Speaker 3: between what's playing out in US foreign policy versus what's
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  Speaker 3: playing out here at home. You mentioned it is now
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  Speaker 3: day twelve of this government shutdown, no end in sight.
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  Speaker 3: We already got court filings. It said some four thousand
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  Speaker 3: federal workers would be furloughed. We heard from the White
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  Speaker 3: House earlier today that that is just a snapshot in time,
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  Speaker 3: that those numbers are going to continue to grow. Already,
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  Speaker 3: the administration working to find funds billions of dollars to
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  Speaker 3: make sure the two million military service members who are
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  Speaker 3: part of that Essential Service Federal Workers group they have
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  Speaker 3: to work through this shutdown, make sure that they get
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  Speaker 3: paid on October fifteenth. But the fact the matter is
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  Speaker 3: there are tens of thousands of other federal employees dad
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  Speaker 3: will either not receive pay or on furlough because of
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  Speaker 3: this shut down. You talked about the tariff situation with China.
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  Speaker 3: Those one hundred percent tariffs could go into effect on
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  Speaker 3: November first. It's a retaliatory measure by Trump because of
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  Speaker 3: China's policy with its rare earth minerals. The President accused
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  Speaker 3: China holding them hostage. But listen, I mean, this is
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  Speaker 3: a really kind of a poignant moment for him, as
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  Speaker 3: as this administration is really trying to stake a significant win.
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  Speaker 1: Alex Purche, thank you for that. So let's just recap
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  Speaker 1: how we got to where we are right now. This
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  Speaker 1: is just days after the two year anniversary of the
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  Speaker 1: attack on October seventh and Israel, where twelve hundred people
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  Speaker 1: were killed and more than two hundred and fifty people
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  Speaker 1: were taken hostage. Than just about four days ago, on
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  Speaker 1: October eighth, President Trump announced that Israel and Hamas signed
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  Speaker 1: off on that first phase of the peace plan, the
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  Speaker 1: cease fire and into effects on Friday. So as part
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  Speaker 1: of this phase one, as Air Force one is now
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  Speaker 1: starting to take off from Joint based Andrews, the hostages
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  Speaker 1: will be returned from Gaza Palestinian prisoners released from jail
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  Speaker 1: in Israel. So it'll essentially be a handoff of hostages
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  Speaker 1: and prisoners from both sides, as well as a partial
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  Speaker 1: withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza strip. So, according
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  Speaker 1: to this plan, Hamas will release all those hostages within
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  Speaker 1: three days. And so right now we know that'll be
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  Speaker 1: happening around midnight on the East coast. We'll be watching
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  Speaker 1: every moment closely on what could be the most important
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  Speaker 1: trip for President Trump in his second term,