I heard the president asked you what the chances were for success. >> Yes. >> And you said >> 100%. And he said, "Why do you feel so confident?" Yeah.>> And I said, "Well, we can't afford to fail." >> We just kept on thinking to ourselves, "This finish line, this finish line is about saving lives." >> Yes. Steve Witco and Jared Kushner got to that finish line, they say, using the intensely personal techniques of real estate dealmakers, dangling presidential promises, protections or punishments to get Israel ...

So you um have both done a lot of business with the Gulf States, billions and billions of dollars worth of business and you've done some of the business while this negotiation has gone on. Um and that has raised some issues of conflict. I mean some blurring of a line between you know what you're doing in terms of foreign policy and benefiting financially from what's going on.>> Yeah. So, first of all, Leslie, nobody's pointed out any instances where Steve or I have uh pursued any policies or done anything t ...

At the beginning of the second Trump administration, you were promoted again. >> That's right. Very soon into the administration, I was selected to be the acting deputy director of the immigration section, overseeing about 100 attorneys and every case that arose in the federal district courts.But it was the very day of that promotion, Friday, March 14th, that he and others were called to a fateful meeting with Amal Boie, President Trump's newly appointed number three at the Justice Department, who was once ...

International Peace Brokering & Diplomacy - The report focuses on unconventional diplomacy through dealmaking, particularly in the context of peace negotiations between Israel and Hamas, and potentially Russia and Ukraine [1][2][7] - The approach emphasizes pragmatic realism, prioritizing joint interests over lecturing, and making deals [9][10] - The administration believes the Gaza deal has created momentum, with other countries seeking President Trump's help in brokering peace [4] - The report suggests potential peace deals are being pursued in Algeria and Morocco within the next 60 days [6] Key Individuals & Meetings - Steve Witco is identified as President Trump's special envoy for peace missions, working on the Russia-Ukraine war and having met with President Putin multiple times [2][3] - President Trump set up the initial meeting between Witco and Putin [4] - President Trump met with President Zelenskyy at the White House and plans to meet with Putin in Hungary [4] Communication & Trust - The report highlights the importance of building trust between parties with long-standing distrust, emphasizing the role of correcting miscommunication [12][13] - Issues are considered simple, but people are complicated, inverting traditional diplomacy [11]

Artist Focus - Amy Sherald paints portraits of Black Americans in American realism style, known for her portrait of Michelle Obama [1] - Sherald's work is displayed in prestigious museums and private collections [3] - Sherald reflects on legacy and how her work will live in the world [2] - At 52 years old, Sherald feels like she is starting over, both exciting and terrifying [7] Artistic Style and Technique - Sherald's "Ecclesia" was a centerpiece at the Whitney Museum of American Art [4] - Sherald aims to capture something that will captivate generations [2] - Sherald describes her artistic process as natural as breathing, knowing what colors will evoke emotion and power [9] - Sherald's work has an optimism, referencing Teletubbies and other sources of happiness [10][11][12] - Sherald's vision presents a perfect, pristine, and vibrant image [13] Exhibition and Impact - Sherald's show at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art featured "Ecclesia" [5] - The luminescent quality of Sherald's paintings is hard to capture on camera; it's best experienced in person [8] - The viewer engages with the person in the painting, locking eyes and creating a connection [8]

Tonight, President Trump's handpicked dealmakers take us inside the negotiations between Israel and Hamas that led to a breakthrough in one of the world's most intractable conflicts. >> I heard the president asked you what the chances were for success. >> Yes. >> And you said >> 100%. And he said, "Why do you feel so confident. " Yeah. And I said, "Well, we can't afford to fail. ...

Hamas now is using weapons to execute people that they perceive as their enemies in Gaza and they're also using their weapons to reestablish themselves as uh the the entity that is governing Gaza. They're moving into the vacuum. >> Hamas right now is doing exactly what you would expect a terrorist organization to do, which is to try to reconstitute and take back their positions.>> Right. The success or failure of this will be if Israel and this international mechanism is able to create a viable alternative. ...

Even from a distance, plenty of observations can be made about the pitching slugger or the slugging pitcher. >> He is meticulous, stopping mid pitch to adjust his form, open to advice from his batting coaches. >> Even baseball tedium provides a source of enjoyment.This is someone who plays baseball but has always worked at it, too. Otani grew up in a small industrial town on Japan's mainland. His father, once an amateur player himself, coached his son's little league teams.Show Otani showed promise as a hit ...

Climate Change & Green Tech Investment - Bill Gates believes preventing a catastrophic rise in temperatures requires unprecedented scientific breakthroughs, technological innovations, and global cooperation [1] - Gates supports President Biden's decision to rejoin the Paris climate agreement and asks the administration to massively increase the budget for climate and clean energy research to $35 billion a year [1] - Cement and steel production accounts for 16% of all carbon dioxide emissions, with demand growing as the world will add an estimated 25 trillion square feet of buildings by 2060 [1] - Gates has invested $2 billion of his own money on new green technologies and plans to spend several billion more [1] - Gates recruited Jeff Bezos, Mike Bloomberg, and nearly two dozen other wealthy investors to back a $1 billion fund called Breakthrough Energy Ventures [1] - Gates is offsetting his personal emissions at a cost of $400 a ton, totaling $7 million a year [2] Tech Industry & Addiction - A former Google product manager suggests Silicon Valley is engineering phones, apps, and social media to get users hooked, with some programmers calling it brain hacking [11][12][13] - Snapchat invented "streaks," showing consecutive days of messaging, causing teenagers stress and password sharing to maintain them [15][16] - Ad spending on social media has doubled in just 2 years to more than $31 billion [34] - Research indicates people check their phones every 15 minutes or less, often without alerts, leading to cortisol release and anxiety [39] - Apple rejected a habit-breaking app called Space from its app store, stating that any app encouraging less iPhone use was unacceptable [49] Google & Antitrust Concerns - Google is worth more than $750 billion and has acquired over 200 companies since going public in 2004 [8] - Google conducts 90% of the world's internet searches [8] - Google controls roughly 60% of worldwide advertising revenue on the internet [8] - The FTC's Bureau of Competition recommended an antitrust lawsuit against Google in 2011, citing anti-competitive behavior, but the recommendations were rejected [10] - The European Union levied a $27 billion fine against Google for depriving certain competitors of a chance to compete [10]

felt like a bomb had gone off. >> Eros Ruaney won awards as a government attorney in the first Trump administration. Now he's been fired, he says, for standing up to lawlessness in the Department of Justice.>> There was a pattern and practice at the direction of DOJ leadership to ignore court orders and worst of all to lie. ...