apparently resolving a dispute with israel, this is coming to us from the associated press news agency saying i'm off says it will release the hostages as planned. of course, this is something that we have been watching very closely on non, because i'm off announced on monday that it was going to and definitely delay the release of the next round. the next release while the on saturday, because it said as well was not missing. it's end of the day, and it wasn't allowing in as much a does. it should be wasn't nothing. the right number of medical evacuated leave garza and a few other conditions that weren't being matched. negotiators have been trying to salvage the deal, and here we finally hear from us saying that at least this portion of the deal, the captive release, is going to go ahead will also join just before i ask you to react to that. i want to also bring in jobs is that he's the head of the applied research institute in jerusalem. and he's joining us live from bethlehem. i believe that we will be bringing him up shortly as well. there he is. so a non firstly your reaction to t

news learned members of his team were denied entry to the u.s. agency for international development. that led the trump administration to put two top security officials on administrative leave. the associated pressts usaid officials also refused to turn over classified materials to musk's team, but they eventually gained access. today on x musk called the agency a criminal organization. usaid's is the largest provider of food assistance. there was a similar issue at the treasury department this weekend where it was widely reported some of musk's team gained access to the federal panic system, which sends out money on behalf of the government and could be a tool to potentially monitor and limit federal spending. still to come, exploring the lasting mental toll the devastating california wildfires. and, the link between a deadly strain of the avian flu and soaring egg prices nationwide. ♪ >> this is pbs news weekend from the david m. rubenstein studio at weta in washington home of the pbs news hour weeknights on pbs. john: this weekend, california officials declared that the last of the deadly fires that scorched more 59 square miles and destroyed 16,000 structures were fully contained, and now re

news agency that disseminates news around the world, they must ensure that names and geography are easily recognizable to all audiences. i mean, this isn't a political decision by the associated pressot reflect the executive order trump signed. >> yeah, but you can see where this is going. so first, this is going to start off with gulf of mexico. next they're going to take a look at the way that they label certain terrorist groups. the way they talk about. dei policies. right. this is them setting a precedent for how they'll go after news companies based on their editorial standards or their practices, and use that as a weapon against them. like that's what you're going. >> to. >> expect from this playbook. >> yeah. and i mean, this isn't just an isolated incident. of course, we've seen the kind of posture that trump has taken always to the media. but in recent weeks and months with abc and obviously the legal action they pursued there with cbs right now that they're in the middle of in this moment. >> but here's the thing. i have never seen press freedom groups draw such an outcry over this in the past few weeks. all of those things are true. >> the fcc. >> is probing pbs and npr.

associated press says its reporters were banned from two white house events yesterday. one in the oval office, the other in the white house diplomatic room. the administration is currently at odds with the news agency the ap alter its style policy on the gulf of mexico which president trump has ordered renamed the gulf of america. >> seth: oh, were you expecting a spit take? of course i know what clips are coming. [ laughter ]so that proves it. seth is a lying bitch because he's a little bitch. wait, wally. [ laughter ] >> it was in the script! it was in the script! [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: all right, fine, fine. i don't read the script. [ light laughter ] the point is, the white house is now barring media outlets from covering press conferences if those outlets don't refer to the gulf of mexico as the gulf of america. and as dumb as that sounds, the explanation from the white house press secretary was even dumber. >> i was very up front in my briefing on day one that if we feel that there are lies being pushed by outlets in this room, we are going to hold those lies accountable. and it is a fact that the body of water off the coast of louisiana is called the gulf of america. and i'm not su

agency that oversees all u.s. government personnel. the new general counsel, basically, the government's top hr lawyer is that guy, a guy named andrew kloster. as the associated pressnd was accused of yelling at election workers and police in green bay, a claim he disputes. the daily beast did a deep dive into kloster back in 2023, when he was hired by then republican congressman matt gaetz of florida. according to the report, kloster has a history of making inflammatory social media posts and then deleting them, including one where he called himself a raging misogynist. another where he said, you know what i need? i need a woman who looks like she got punched a third were, he suggested, slaves owe us reparations. the daily beast also uncovered a comment, reportedly from kloster, on a libertarian blog post about from 2012, titled government out of bedrooms but into barnyards reading consent is probably modern society's most pernicious fetish. kloster did not respond to the daily beast's request for comment. opm has also found itself infiltrated by at least one of elon musk's very young acolytes. wired uncovered a number of these young men, including a 19 year old n

agencies. host: robert is in new york on our line for republicans. good morning. caller: how about that? caller:good morning. first time caller. the associated presssaying, that if you never said they received $8 million through democrats. so it is very easy to see which way you swing. i wish you would put more republicans on, too, because you handpick democrats, and then democrats call in as independents, ok, things. like that but it would be nice if you put some republican stations on, maybe fox news, maybe newsmax. guest: do you have a question for mr. schatz? caller: i do not. i can't believe every time you fact-check somebody, you go to a liberal station or a liberal publication. host: we are going to get to people who have questions for us. michelle on our line for independents. go ahead, michelle. caller: i was curious, if they go to the voucher system, will people without children get them? people who don't have children pay the school tax, and we would like to know if maybe we could get a voucher, and we could say, to school or to a target? as you know, multifamily units pay less in property taxes than residential, so we have at issue her

agencies. host: robert is in new york on our line for republicans. good morning. caller: how about that? caller:good morning. first time caller. the associated presssaying, that if you never said they received $8 million through democrats. so it is very easy to see which way you swing. i wish you would put more republicans on, too, because you handpick democrats, and then democrats call in as independents, ok, things. like that but it would be nice if you put some republican stations on, maybe fox news, maybe newsmax. guest: do you have a question for mr. schatz? caller: i do not. i can't believe every time you fact-check somebody, you go to a liberal station or a liberal publication. host: we are going to get to people who have questions for us. michelle on our line for independents. go ahead, michelle. caller: i was curious, if they go to the voucher system, will people without children get them? people who don't have children pay the school tax, and we would like to know if maybe we could get a voucher, and we could say, to school or to a target? as you know, multifamily units pay less in property taxes than residential, so we have at issue her