The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

President Trump intensifies efforts to crack down on migrants and illegal drugs, publicly authorizing CIA operations in Venezuela. That country's president, Nicolas Maduro is now responding.  Also on today's show: Pam speaks to a Texas lawmaker about a new push for accountability following the devastating floods at Camp Mystic ... Is the Supreme Court poised to drastically weaken the voting rights act? ... A federal judge tells the Trump Administration it must stop laying off more than 4,000 federal employees during the government shutdown.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First, we're following a tense standoff in Chicago where a car chase and crash involved federal agents. The Illinois governor is calling ICE out of control and a "danger to our peaceful communities."  Plus, as fury grows over the limited number of deceased hostages released by Hamas, Israel tells the UN that it will limit or delay how many humanitarian shipments it will allow into Gaza.  And we also bring you a Situation Room special report into how Americans are losing millions via an ATM scam.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Key points in the Gaza ceasefire plan remain unresolved, and Hamas has returned only four of the 28 deceased hostages. Plus, rejecting an ultimatum, media outlets are pushing back against a new Pentagon press policy, with even pro-Trump channel Newsmax calling the new requirements unnecessary. And we explore why multiple airports are refusing to play a video of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at security checkpoints around the world.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After two years of war and captivity, the last living hostages of Hamas are now back home with their loved ones in Israel. In exchange for Hamas releasing all 20 of the surviving hostage, Israel is releasing nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. President trump appeared before Israel's parliament, the Knesset, to celebrate the US-brokered ceasefire.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump will soon head to Maryland's Walter Reed Medical Center, his second visit there this year. Why? ... New York Attorney General Letitia James is accusing the Trump Administration of "desperate weaponization of our justice system" following her indictment on federal felony charges ... The Israel-Hamas ceasefire is now in effect. What role with US troops play in the plan's implementation? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas is being finalized. The Israeli security cabinet is set to meet to approve the first phase of the US-brokered agreement to begin the ceasefire and bring home the remaining hostages ... Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene visits The Situation Room to explain why she's bucking her party line and calling out the GOP leadership ... A new poll finds that just half of Americans think the CDC will give them reliable vaccine information, the lowest level of public trust since Covid.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former FBI Director James Comey will be in court today to be arraigned on federal criminal charges. We bring you all the latest developments ... How the government shutdown stalemate is impacting air travel ... President Trump calls for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to be jailed. The mayor joins us to respond.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The National Guard is blocked temporarily from any deployment in Portland, Oregon after a federal judge appointed by President Trump stopped his administration's efforts to send more troops there last night for a second time in as many days  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As today's Situation Room begins, music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs is about to appear before a judge who will decide how long he will be in prison for his federal conviction on prostitution-related charges.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At least two people were killed in a stabbing and car ramming at a Manchester, England synagogue on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar ... Two Delta planes slam into each other on a New York tarmac, cracking the nose and cockpit window ... President Trump meets with his budget chief today. Trump says he and the architect of project 2025 will be targeting, quote, democrat agencies.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices