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Israel and Hamas Agree to First Phase of Gaza Ceasefire Plan; Critical Court Hearings Illinois and Oregon Over Deployments; Bullpen Shines as Blue Jays Oust Yankees, 5-2. Aired 7-7:30a ET

Aired October 09, 2025 - 07:00   ET

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SARA SIDNER, CNN ANCHOR: Tears and celebrations as Palestinians and Israelis see hope for the first time in months. Hamas and Israel agreeing to the first phase of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire plan that includes the release of all the hostages and an Israeli withdrawal in Gaza to a certain point.

KATE BOLDUAN, CNN ANCHOR: The Texas National Guard officially deployed now in the Chicago area just as the legal fight over their mission ramps up today. Where this is headed.

JOHN BERMAN, CNN ANCHOR: Dolly Parton wants you to know she is still working 9:00 to 5:00 and more. The mega star and great human tries to ease concerns about her health.

I'm John Berman with Kate Bolduan and Sara Sidner. This is CNN News Central.

SIDNER: The breaking news this morning, after more than two years of war in Gaza, finally, a major breakthrough. There are celebrations in the streets after President Trump announced that Israel and Hamas agree to the first phase of the U.S. proposed ceasefire deal. This was the moment Secretary of State Marco Rubio handed the president a note about the deal, and the announcement came just a few hours later.

The president says that Hamas will release all of its hostages and Israeli troops will pull back to an agreed upon line. Some families of the hostages spoke with the president by phone and thanked him as they look forward to finally being reunited with their loved ones.

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DONALD TRUMP, U.S. PRESIDENT: You just take care of yourselves. The hostages will come back. They're coming all coming back on Monday.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thank you, sir. Thank you.

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SIDNER: You see the relief on their faces.

But even as the optimism grows, there were new explosions in Gaza, videos showing smoke rising over the enclave in the early hours of the morning.

CNN's Nic Robertson is live in Cairo, tracking all of the developments here. So, what do we know about what happens next, as they have agreed to this phase one?

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: Three hours from now, the Israeli security cabinet meets. They will sign off. It's expected that they'll sign off, but it will be put to them the first phase part of the ceasefire hostage release, Palestinian prisoner release, part of the deal to vote on. Once they do and they ratify it, that's what's expected.

There is a 72-hour period for the hostages to be released, all of the hostages. It's not quite clear how that's going to happen yet, but that's the sort of timeline that people are working to and understand.

And there are talks, it appears, ongoing still here in Egypt because there were only a few points of President Trump's 20-point peace plan that are included in this first phase. It's noticeable to us today that Hamas, their representatives here in Egypt and elsewhere, are incredibly tight-lipped about what is -- what else is going on at the moment. And as you say, inside of Gaza, the IDF is still engaged in some limited strike, some limited military actions of the Palestinian population there have been warned by leaders in Gaza not to not to try to rush back to the north, not to rush into potentially still contested areas.

The ceasefire line, as we understand it, inside Gaza at the moment gives Israel almost 50 percent control of the Gaza Strip. So, there is only a limited amount. So, there are many, many questions. We know a little, there's a lot more to understand. How long will it take for the international stabilization forces, sort of peace force that goes into Gaza, that will help provide security that will allow the IDF to pull back.

But everyone universally, it appears, is thanking President Trump for his momentum, helping make just phase one happen.

SIDNER: All right. Nic Robertson, thank you so much for your reporting there in Cairo, Egypt. Kate?

BOLDUAN: And as the president is celebrating this breakthrough in Gaza, he is set to convene his cabinet for a meeting this morning.

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He has also said that he may travel to the Middle East in the coming days.

CNN's Alayna Treene trine live at the White House this morning. It seems there's going to be a lot going on there today. What are you hearing?

ALAYNA TREENE, CNN WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: No, absolutely. And, look, I mean people in the building behind me, Kate, of course, are celebrating this. The president himself speaking with a lot of reporters last night, eager to get this news out. One of the things that he told Sean Hannity with Fox News, he said that there was, quote, no dark clouds around all of this. And he also laid out what could come next, because as Nic laid out, really the agreement that they struck in Egypt is about the first part of this plan about releasing the hostages.

And there are so many more points to that 20-point plan that still need to be worked out. Of course, one of the biggest ones being the disarmament of Hamas and figuring out, you know, who's going to be governing Gaza, particularly since one of the key parts of that plan is that Hamas will no longer be running Gaza.

And the president addressed that in that interview with Sean Hannity essentially saying that he believes they're going to set up what he's calling a Council of Peace. Listen.

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TRUMP: I think you're going to see people getting along and you'll see Gaza being rebuilt. We're forming a council that -- the Council of Peace, we think it's going to be called, and it's going to be a very powerful.

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TREENE: So, we have to look at what that's going to look like as well. And as you mentioned, Kate, the president has made clear that he wants to travel to the Middle East in the coming days, particularly around the release of hostages. He said last night that he's expecting the hostages to be released on Monday. One senior White House official told us, though, that that clock could actually start sooner. Because once the Israeli cabinet votes on this first part of this agreement, it's going to be 72 hours that the hostages are going to need to be released. The president said that he's looking at traveling to Israel and also perhaps Egypt.

But I do think big picture here, this is a remarkable accomplishment for this president and for this administration, something they've been working for since the beginning of his second term. They've hit a lot of speed bumps, of course, and different obstacles and a lot of these negotiations. So, this is a huge deal.

Of course, we have to see whether or not the rest of this 20-point plan can get negotiated, what that is going to look like and the long- term governance of Gaza moving forward.

BOLDUAN: Yes, but all sides seeming to take this as this moment as a win across the board.

It's good to see, Alayna, thank you so much. John?

BERMAN: All right. Breaking overnight, members of the Texas National Guard have deployed into the Chicago area now could be short-lived as it is challenged in court this morning.

This morning, what do Americans think about Tylenol after all the public politics.

And a woman poses as a nurse and injects children with insulin. The thing is authorities say she is not a nurse.

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BERMAN: All right. Breaking overnight, the Texas National Guard is now deployed in Chicago. The stated mission is to protect ICE facilities. This is on the very day that lawyers in two federal courts are challenging the guard deployments by the president. Today, an appeals court will consider whether to allow troops in Portland and Oregon. At the same time, a district court will hear arguments in a lawsuit filed by Illinois and Chicago.

Let's get right to CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig. Counselor, good to see you this morning. Remind us what these challenges are and where they are right now.

ELIE HONIG, CNN SENIOR LEGAL ANALYST: So, John, the actual law that Donald Trump is using here is not the Insurrection Act. It's a different emergency law that gives the president the power to activate the National Guard even over the objection of a governor if the president finds that the National Guard is necessary to enforce federal law.

Now, in Oregon, Donald Trump invoked that law but a federal district court judge, which is a trial court level judge, has temporarily blocked that.

Now, that judge, who, by the way, I should say, is a Trump appointee, found that there are not emergency conditions. Now, that case is being appealed up to the court of appeals. That argument will happen today.

Separately in Illinois, similar use of that law by Donald Trump to deploy the National Guard, that too is being challenged by the state authorities, that district court judge has not yet ruled, has not yet paused anything but is hearing the argument today. So, that case remains at the trial court, and we'll see whether that trial court level judge puts a block on Donald Trump's deployment or allows it to proceed.

BERMAN: Elie, is the question before the courts, is there an emergency or is the question who gets to decide if there is an emergency?

HONIG: So, both of those questions are in play, but I would argue that the second question is really the more important one. If you dig into these decisions, the question is really who gets to decide.

Now, the states who are opposing these deployments are urging the courts, if you disagree with the president, if you, judges, find that there is no emergency, then go ahead and block him. The Trump administration is arguing the opposite extreme, which is you judges have no role in this whatsoever. It doesn't matter if you agree with the president, disagree with the president, somewhere in the middle, you don't even get to review this.

But the standard that some of these courts have landed at, including the California court in an earlier dispute, is what we call a highly deferential level of review.

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Meaning the courts will say, well, look, we do have some role in this, Mr. President, but we're not going to automatically let you do whatever you want, but we're also not going to just overrule you if we happen to disagree. In other words, the courts that have gotten to this question so far have found that we will only overrule you if we find that you are patently incorrect.

So, watch for that because we've seen reasonable people disagree about whether the situations on the ground in Portland, in Chicago do constitute an emergency or not. And so the key question becomes when will the courts actually come in and overrule the president.

BERMAN: Two very quick questions. How do, A, the looming threat of the president invoking the Insurrection Act, and, B, the fact that at least in the Illinois area, there are troops already on the ground, how might that impact the court's rulings?

HONIG: Yes. So, the Insurrection Act has not been used here. I think that's more just lurking in the background as a next step the president might take, a more dramatic invocation of law that actually would involve the entire military, not just the National Guard. So, I think that's an issue that we need to wait for.

And, look, the Illinois troops, there are Illinois and Texas National Guard troops currently waiting, standing by in Illinois, and that's why that judge has asked questions of the parties. The judge who's going to be hearing that case today, has said to the parties, I want details about when and where and how those troops will be deployed.

But, John, the practical impact of that is if that judge allows that deployment to continue. We can and will see National Guard troops on the streets of Chicago as soon as hours from now, later today, perhaps.

BERMAN: Yes, today. All right, Elie Honig, Counselor, great to see you, thank you very much. Sara?

SIDNER: All right, thank you, John.

More frustration for travelers this morning caused by the government shutdown. The FAA forcing delays at major hubs due to staffing shortages, we're tracking all of this and where it's going to happen next.

Also, nooses and body bags, a Kentucky man facing charges for his disturbing Halloween display.

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SIDNER: Sorry, Yankees fans. The Yankees saying bye-bye to baseball for now, breaking hearts inside this office, at least. The Blue Jays handily eliminated the Bronx Bombers last night ending their season.

Let's go to CNN's Andy Scholes. Oh, Andy, you're smiling because that's not your team, but no one around here seems to be happy except for our John Berman. He's fine.

ANDY SCHOLES, CNN SPORTS ANCHOR: Yes. Well, Sara, yes, just another season, another disappointing end for the New York Yankees. You know, they've only won one title in the last 25 years. That was back in 2009. So, all those Yankees fans, once again, having to leave the stadium sad last night. They were only able to score two runs in game four against the Blue Jays, and then it was Cody Bellinger striking out for the final out in the bottom of the ninth inning. So, Toronto wins 5-2. Then the celebration was on as they're back to the ALCS for the first time since 2016.

And here is Aaron Judge after being eliminated.

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AARON JUDGE, NEW YORK YANKEES OUTFIELDER: We didn't do our job, didn't finish the goal. Had a special group in here of a lot of special players that, you know, made this year fun. But, you know, we didn't get the ultimate prize. So, you know, we came out short.

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SCHOLES: All right. The Phillies meanwhile fighting to fight another day against the Dodgers, Kyle Schwarber finally breaking out of his slump with two home runs. Philly would win 8-2 in game four -- or win 8-2 in game three. Game four is today at 6:00 Eastern. You can watch that one on TBS.

In Detroit, things were looking bleak for the Tigers. They were down free to nothing in game four to the Mariners. But then they scored nine unanswered runs to win the game, 9-3. And this was a huge win because now they have reigning side young award winner Tarik Skubal ready for game five in Seattle tomorrow.

And it was a stressful day at Wrigley Field for Cubs fans. They went up 4-1 in the first, then they had to hold on for dear life the rest of the way. They ended up winning 4-3 to force a game four with the Brewers today. You can watch that one on TBS. Stream it on HBO Max, first pitch 9:00 Eastern.

All right, they may need to start making plans here in Vegas for a victory parade down the Las Vegas strip because the Aces are now one win away from a WNBA title. Game three in Phoenix last night was an absolute nail-biter. It came down to the final seconds. MVP A'ja Wilson comes through with a turnaround jumper. She had a game-high 34 points.

Now, DeWanna Bonner almost miraculously tied this game at the buzzer, but her shot rims out. Aces will win that one 90-88 to take the commanding 3-0 lead in the series. Game four is going to be tomorrow.

And it was an awesome atmosphere here in Vegas for the Golden Knights NHL home opener here against the L.A. Kings last night. They always have an awesome pre-game show. They had 64 drones flying around the ice as a part of that big pre-game show. It was really, really cool.

Now, as for the game, it was an absolute slug fest. Vegas went down two goals early. But thanks to a hat trick from Pavel Dorofeyev, they were up to in the third. The Kings, though, they tied it late and would end up winning this game in a shootout.

But, Sara, I tell you what, an amazing atmosphere. You would never think in the middle of the desert it's a hockey town. But I'll tell you what Vegas certainly is. And because of that pregame show, all the fans always in their seats like 20 minutes before the game starts because they don't want to miss the show. But it certainly is it a great atmosphere and they're looking forward to good things here with the Golden Knights this season.

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SIDNER: It's a great idea. It is stunning. But you know what else is stunning? It looks like truly that the moon is right over your shoulder. I know that's the sphere, but it is pretty freaking cool. I mean, Vegas is trying to get people to --

BOLDUAN: But hang on a second. Andy, there was this --

SCHOLES: The sphere never gets old.

BOLDUAN: Andy, there was this big lead up of the pre-game for that hockey. What did everyone recognize? What was the big reveal?

SCHOLES: It was the drones flying around. They had all these mini drones all over the ice, all over the arena going all around. It was the drones, Kate, yes.

BOLDUAN: Not to diminish, I was just -- there was that -- like that teaser that he gave you --

SIDNER: Kate thought it was going to be bigger and better.

BOLDUAN: I've waiting to find out about it. I lost sleep. No, that's just our lives.

SIDNER: She's like, what was the surprise? They're like, there it is.

BOLDUAN: Exactly.

SIDNER: Unimpressed over here.

BOLDUAN: No, I am impressed. Mark me as impressed.

All right, let's go to this. Ahead for us, hostage families dancing and celebrating in the streets of Tel Aviv on the news that their loved ones will soon be coming home. The reaction also coming in around the globe after this two-year war that has shook the Middle East and the world.

And there's also new polling coming in on the impact of President Trump's warning against Tylenol. We have the new numbers just in for you.

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