Today's show begins with what appears to be good news: our government shutdown appears to be over!

There are details yet to be worked out, but it looks like federal workers will be back to work immediately.

Overseas, in our conflict with Iran there is a tense feeling of what will happen next. President Trump has given Iran a little more time to reach terms that will make ending this happen. How long will it take? Will Iran actually agree to end its pursuit of nuclear bombs? Those are questions that still need to be answered. But it. appears we're closer than ever.