Verdict with Ted Cruz - BONUS POD： Trump in the Middle East signing his Historic Peace Agreement

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00:00:05.760 Of the age of terror and death

00:00:08.320 and the beginning of the age of faith and hope and of God.

00:00:12.680 It's the start of a grand concord and lasting harmony

00:00:16.220 for Israel and all the nations

00:00:18.460 of what will soon be a truly magnificent region.

00:00:22.380 I believe that so strongly.

00:00:24.300 This is the historic dawn of a new Middle East. 0.93

00:00:27.180 This is a 47 Morning Update special edition with Ben Ferguson.

00:00:32.040 There is no other way to describe it but historic.

00:00:35.260 A Middle East peace deal.

00:00:37.540 President Donald Trump describing his prayers of millions

00:00:40.780 have finally been answered

00:00:42.260 with the signing of the peace agreement.

00:00:46.260 Now, there is a lot that has happened in the last 24 hours.

00:00:50.920 And this is the part that most are celebrating.

00:00:54.720 Hamas released the final 20 living Israeli hostages

00:00:59.480 that have been held since October the 7th of 2023.

00:01:04.900 Many of them underground the entire time.

00:01:08.700 What we also know is we have witnessed

00:01:11.820 and seen the homecoming play out on TV and social media.

00:01:17.340 Families prayerfully crying, celebrating in tears without words

00:01:24.880 to describe what it's like to see a loved one

00:01:27.500 they thought they may never see again.

00:01:30.500 What happened in exchange is also important.

00:01:34.320 Israel released 1,900 Palestinian detainees and prisoners,

00:01:40.340 including many who had life sentences

00:01:43.780 for their atrocities against the Jewish people.

00:01:48.080 We also know that the bodies of some of the deceased hostages

00:01:50.920 are also being returned.

00:01:54.160 At least four caskets have made it back to Israel.

00:01:58.100 The exchange is part of a broader ceasefire,

00:02:01.780 a peace deal framework,

00:02:03.220 often referred to as Trump's 20-point plan

00:02:06.660 that was agreed earlier this month.

00:02:09.440 And under the deal, Israel is to partially withdraw troops from Gaza

00:02:14.640 to a designated line,

00:02:16.920 while retaining control over certain security zones,

00:02:20.860 at least initially.

00:02:22.640 Now, the plan envisions handing over administration

00:02:25.840 of Gaza to a body of technocrats,

00:02:29.820 rather than Hamas directly,

00:02:31.880 with oversight by international guarantors.

00:02:34.700 The deal also calls for a disarmament of Hamas,

00:02:38.560 or at least their relinquishment of overt military control

00:02:43.200 as a condition of long-term peace.

00:02:46.920 A humanitarian aid push into Gaza

00:02:49.460 is also part of the agreement,

00:02:51.480 with large-scale deliveries planned during the ceasefire period.

00:02:55.980 Now, aboard Air Force One, en route to Israel,

00:02:58.920 Trump declared the war is over,

00:03:01.300 and in his address to Israel's parliament,

00:03:04.940 Trump framed the release of the hostages

00:03:06.640 as a, quote,

00:03:07.360 new beginning for the Middle East

00:03:09.540 and stressed that the deal is historic.

00:03:12.740 He also reaffirms U.S. commitment

00:03:15.380 to prevent renewed war,

00:03:17.720 saying he would uphold the ceasefire

00:03:19.260 and not allow hostilities to resume.

00:03:22.640 Trump also joked about pardoning

00:03:24.860 the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu

00:03:26.800 and said he would fight for whoever it may be

00:03:30.080 to preserve peace.

00:03:32.460 He thanked those involved,

00:03:34.020 including Middle Eastern mediators,

00:03:36.120 and pushed the 20-point peace plan

00:03:38.880 as the path forward.

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00:05:31.300 The president, in his own words,

00:05:34.080 had this to say at the signing.

00:05:37.380 Take a listen.

00:05:38.080 It's a tremendous day for the Middle East 1.00

00:05:40.220 and you can see that

00:05:42.560 this is probably

00:05:43.560 the greatest assemblage of countries

00:05:45.720 in terms of wealth and power

00:05:47.440 maybe ever assembled.

00:05:49.520 And it's just an honor

00:05:51.200 to be a part of it.

00:05:52.680 We're going to be signing a document

00:05:54.380 that's going to spell out

00:05:56.620 a lot of rules and regulations

00:05:58.680 and lots of other things.

00:06:00.680 And it's very comprehensive.

00:06:03.520 But we've already signed documents

00:06:05.540 in the Middle East

00:06:06.380 and having to do with Israel

00:06:07.780 and Hamas

00:06:09.240 and just about everything else.

00:06:11.040 And it's really working out

00:06:13.780 incredibly well.

00:06:14.940 The hostages, as you know,

00:06:16.340 were let go on time, on schedule.

00:06:19.720 The very sad situation of bodies,

00:06:23.420 which was always a sad situation,

00:06:25.380 and they're being sought out

00:06:26.880 and they're working with

00:06:28.100 many different people,

00:06:29.960 finding some were brought in

00:06:31.400 and some were not.

00:06:33.400 And they're working out

00:06:34.960 to find out where those bodies are.

00:06:37.640 It's hard to believe

00:06:38.180 that you even have to say

00:06:39.100 something like that.

00:06:40.000 It's so sad.

00:06:41.200 It's so sad.

00:06:42.660 But what's not sad

00:06:43.640 is that we have finally,

00:06:44.980 after, I guess they say,

00:06:46.380 3,000 years.

00:06:47.380 I've heard from 3,000 years

00:06:48.980 to 500 years.

00:06:50.040 But whatever it is,

00:06:51.160 it's a lot.

00:06:52.660 But this was the one,

00:06:54.020 this was the granddaddy of them all.

00:06:55.620 And frankly,

00:06:56.900 I thought this was probably

00:06:58.640 going to be the toughest

00:06:59.500 and maybe in many ways it was,

00:07:01.360 but we had a lot of good talent.

00:07:03.380 Steve Whitcoff, Jared,

00:07:05.140 and Marco, and Pete,

00:07:07.320 and General Kane was so great.

00:07:10.680 John Ratcliffe was incredible.

00:07:13.600 We had an amazing array of talent.

00:07:16.920 An amazing array of talent

00:07:18.940 that was able to bring

00:07:20.060 all of this to reality.

00:07:21.880 There was even a shocking moment

00:07:23.880 that happened in this country

00:07:25.900 as the media.

00:07:28.100 Yes, even some Democrats

00:07:30.040 surprisingly giving

00:07:32.080 Donald Trump credit

00:07:33.680 for the Gaza deal.

00:07:35.280 One of those was Hillary Clinton. 0.96

00:07:38.260 And here is what she said.

00:07:40.520 It's a really significant first step.

00:07:43.940 And I really commend

00:07:46.340 President Trump

00:07:47.760 and his administration

00:07:49.220 as well as Arab leaders

00:07:52.460 in the region

00:07:53.500 for making the commitment

00:07:56.400 to the 20-point plan

00:07:58.280 and seeing a path forward

00:08:01.500 for what's often called

00:08:03.140 the day after.

00:08:04.640 Most importantly,

00:08:06.160 the conflict hopefully

00:08:08.560 will end with the ceasefire.

00:08:11.440 The hostages will be returned.

00:08:13.660 And then the very hard work

00:08:16.060 of rebuilding Gaza,

00:08:18.720 of finding the kind of security

00:08:21.300 that Israel and the Palestinians 0.97

00:08:23.620 after Hamas deserve to have 1.00

00:08:26.000 moving forward

00:08:27.600 with the other points in the plan

00:08:29.620 to try to create

00:08:31.260 an opportunity

00:08:33.180 for Palestinians

00:08:34.320 to have a better life

00:08:35.720 and for Israel

00:08:36.500 to have greater peace

00:08:39.260 and security.

00:08:39.860 I am very hopeful

00:08:42.220 that we'll be able

00:08:43.840 to see progress.

00:08:45.260 Today's a good start,

00:08:46.460 but we have to keep going

00:08:47.820 from here.

00:08:48.880 You can hear Hillary Clinton

00:08:50.300 giving this type of gratitude

00:08:52.280 for the leadership

00:08:53.340 of President Donald Trump,

00:08:55.580 doing something

00:08:56.340 that Joe Biden and his team

00:08:57.580 never got close to doing.

00:08:59.580 And that's not all.

00:09:01.080 The CBS Evening News

00:09:02.480 opening their newscasts

00:09:04.400 saying this

00:09:05.280 about President Trump.

00:09:06.720 There is more hope

00:09:08.120 for peace

00:09:08.760 in the Middle East tonight

00:09:09.740 than there has been

00:09:10.680 in a very long time.

00:09:12.300 Hamas today released

00:09:13.280 the last of the surviving Israelis

00:09:15.200 held hostage

00:09:15.960 since October 7, 2023.

00:09:18.720 And Israel, in turn, 0.92

00:09:20.140 freed hundreds

00:09:20.760 of Palestinian prisoners

00:09:22.020 and detainees.

00:09:23.400 This is the first phase

00:09:24.920 of the Trump peace plan.

00:09:26.260 But remember,

00:09:27.160 it is a 20-point plan

00:09:28.760 and there's still

00:09:29.300 a long way to go.

00:09:30.840 The president was in Israel today

00:09:32.180 meeting with families

00:09:33.180 of the now free hostages

00:09:34.740 and addressing the Knesset.

00:09:36.980 The president said

00:09:37.760 the long nightmare

00:09:38.700 for Israelis

00:09:39.740 and Palestinians

00:09:40.660 is over.

00:09:41.440 Now, he said,

00:09:42.680 it is time

00:09:43.320 to turn the battlefield victories

00:09:44.900 against terrorists

00:09:46.100 into the ultimate prize,

00:09:48.160 peace and prosperity

00:09:49.420 for the entire Middle East.

00:09:50.940 Mr. Trump then traveled

00:09:52.000 to Egypt

00:09:52.600 to sign the peace deal

00:09:53.820 and hold a summit

00:09:54.460 on the future of Gaza

00:09:55.720 and the region.

00:09:56.680 It's been a day

00:09:57.120 of dramatic split-screen moments

00:09:58.620 and none more so

00:09:59.520 than the sight

00:10:00.020 of President Trump

00:10:00.800 addressing the Israeli parliament

00:10:02.520 at the final moment

00:10:04.020 as the final hostages

00:10:05.480 crossed out of Gaza

00:10:06.920 and aid trucks

00:10:08.040 rolled freely into Gaza.

00:10:10.000 The result was,

00:10:11.000 after two years now

00:10:12.340 of brutal war,

00:10:13.320 the unmistakable hope,

00:10:14.900 the feeling in the air

00:10:15.760 that something big

00:10:16.740 had finally changed.

00:10:18.980 You listen to that news report

00:10:21.080 that is honest reporting.

00:10:23.720 And that wasn't the only praise

00:10:25.460 the president received

00:10:26.620 as even those in the media

00:10:28.360 that can't stand him 0.68

00:10:29.380 could not overlook

00:10:30.640 the significance

00:10:31.640 of his leadership

00:10:32.860 bringing peace

00:10:34.160 to the Middle East.

00:10:35.620 This was very much

00:10:36.560 a peacemaker speech.

00:10:37.840 Do you give him credit

00:10:38.580 for this?

00:10:39.460 Oh, certainly.

00:10:40.200 I mean,

00:10:40.500 this is an incredible accomplishment

00:10:42.200 and an incredible moment.

00:10:43.680 It's a terrific day

00:10:45.320 for the hostage families.

00:10:47.120 It's a terrific day

00:10:48.040 for President Trump,

00:10:49.940 for our national interests.

00:10:52.240 He should get a lot of credit.

00:10:53.720 I mean,

00:10:53.940 this was his deal.

00:10:54.980 He worked this out.

00:10:56.740 Listen,

00:10:56.960 he got the deal

00:10:57.520 across the finish line.

00:10:58.360 There's no question.

00:10:59.500 Things seem sort of possible now

00:11:01.580 in a way

00:11:02.060 that they didn't necessarily

00:11:02.880 before.

00:11:03.660 It's a better future ahead.

00:11:05.660 That's what today represented.

00:11:07.180 It was so,

00:11:07.600 so powerful

00:11:08.120 and unbelievably emotional.

00:11:10.020 You listen

00:11:10.580 to those members

00:11:11.720 of the media,

00:11:12.980 those commentators

00:11:14.040 giving credit

00:11:14.860 on networks

00:11:15.560 that never

00:11:16.320 give Donald Trump credit.

00:11:18.080 And it puts

00:11:18.700 into perspective

00:11:19.380 just how significant

00:11:20.580 this moment

00:11:21.400 actually is.

00:11:23.420 Donald Trump's

00:11:24.060 historic peace deal

00:11:25.100 on NBC,

00:11:26.480 they covered it

00:11:27.540 this way.

00:11:28.520 From the moment

00:11:28.980 he landed in Israel,

00:11:30.120 the words thank you

00:11:30.920 visible from Air Force One

00:11:32.260 and billboards

00:11:33.120 here expressing gratitude.

00:11:34.920 President Trump

00:11:35.480 basked in the praise

00:11:36.420 of a country

00:11:36.880 that credits him

00:11:37.800 more than its own

00:11:38.820 prime minister

00:11:39.520 for today's

00:11:40.320 long-awaited reunions.

00:11:43.420 The president's name

00:11:44.740 echoing through

00:11:45.540 Israel's parliament

00:11:46.540 as he touted

00:11:47.320 his landmark

00:11:48.040 diplomatic success.

00:11:49.560 This is the end

00:11:50.320 of the age

00:11:51.380 of terror and death.

00:11:52.680 This is the historic

00:11:53.760 dawn of

00:11:54.500 a new Middle East.

00:11:57.180 Netanyahu

00:11:57.740 praising his

00:11:58.820 American ally.

00:12:00.140 Donald Trump

00:12:01.040 is the greatest

00:12:02.500 friend that the

00:12:03.620 state of Israel

00:12:04.500 has ever had

00:12:05.700 in the White House.

00:12:06.900 Going off script,

00:12:07.980 the president called

00:12:08.660 on his Israeli

00:12:09.300 counterpart to

00:12:10.100 pardon Netanyahu,

00:12:11.520 who is indicted

00:12:12.320 for allegedly

00:12:12.860 accepting expensive

00:12:13.920 gifts,

00:12:14.500 which he denies.

00:12:16.080 Cigars and champagne,

00:12:17.900 who the hell

00:12:18.440 cares about that? 0.56

00:12:20.780 The president then

00:12:22.060 heading to Egypt

00:12:22.820 for a peace signing

00:12:23.840 ceremony with Arab 0.98

00:12:24.820 nations and other

00:12:26.100 world leaders who

00:12:26.940 back the deal.

00:12:28.160 Peace has been

00:12:29.340 achieved after

00:12:30.900 untiring efforts.

00:12:33.100 Efforts led by

00:12:34.800 President Trump.

00:12:36.560 His landmark

00:12:37.400 diplomatic success,

00:12:39.740 how NBC News

00:12:40.800 described it.

00:12:41.780 As for what the

00:12:42.680 rest of the world

00:12:43.420 is thinking,

00:12:44.580 Netanyahu

00:12:45.140 praising the deal,

00:12:46.680 defending Israel's 0.68

00:12:47.540 conduct over the war,

00:12:49.640 and express relief

00:12:50.740 and joy over the

00:12:51.720 hostages' return.

00:12:53.400 At the summit

00:12:54.020 held in Egypt,

00:12:55.180 over 20 world leaders,

00:12:57.120 including the

00:12:57.600 Egyptian president,

00:12:58.560 joined with Trump

00:12:59.800 to endorse the

00:13:00.680 ceasefire as well

00:13:02.320 as the post-war

00:13:03.220 plan.

00:13:04.080 And as part of

00:13:04.800 that, several

00:13:05.820 countries committed

00:13:06.580 to being guarantors

00:13:08.300 of the agreement.

00:13:10.080 The U.S.,

00:13:10.740 Egypt, Qatar,

00:13:11.660 and Turkey overseeing

00:13:12.980 security and

00:13:14.240 reconstruction in

00:13:15.220 Gaza.

00:13:15.840 The French president

00:13:16.780 called for progress

00:13:17.980 towards a two-state

00:13:18.840 solution and

00:13:20.080 announced plans for

00:13:21.000 a humanitarian aid

00:13:22.160 conference for

00:13:22.980 Gaza.

00:13:23.660 Overall, many

00:13:24.660 nations welcomed

00:13:25.800 the deal they

00:13:26.560 thought was impossible

00:13:27.860 as a vital step

00:13:29.120 towards peace.

00:13:30.500 And many of them

00:13:31.240 said it's time now

00:13:32.280 to get the real

00:13:33.120 work done for

00:13:34.480 Gaza, disarmament,

00:13:36.280 security, and

00:13:37.460 reconstruction.

00:13:38.700 If you just step

00:13:39.860 back and you look

00:13:41.060 at what President

00:13:41.760 Trump was able to

00:13:42.640 do, there is no

00:13:44.200 doubt, as NBC

00:13:45.280 News put it,

00:13:46.520 Trump's historic

00:13:47.300 peace deal, it is

00:13:49.020 his landmark

00:13:50.160 diplomatic success.

00:13:52.220 And it's no

00:13:52.960 telling how many

00:13:54.240 lives will be saved

00:13:55.520 because of Donald

00:13:56.520 Trump's leadership.

00:13:57.860 Thank you for

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Verdict with Ted Cruz - October 14, 2025

BONUS POD： Trump in the Middle East signing his Historic Peace Agreement

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