I'm Jonathan K-Part and welcome to K-Pard.

Today, we're presenting my weekly Friday Post live show First Look, our one-stop shop for news and analysis.

And I start with Dan Bals, chief correspondent for the Washington Post.

We discuss the deal between Israel and Hamas for a ceasefire, the forthcoming inauguration of Donald Trump, and the legacy of President Biden.

Then I keep the conversation going with the Opinions Roundtable of Washington Post Associate Editor Eugene Robinson

and Washington Post columnist George Will.

We also talk about Trump's cabinet picks, the intramaga fighting between Steve Bannon and Elon Musk,

and what the next four years will bring.

And a quick note, after this conversation, I have some news to share about the future of the show.

So be sure to listen to the end.

Dan, welcome back to the last show of first look.

Thank you, Jonathan.

It's nice to be here on the last first look, or the first last look.

The first, yes, the last first look.

Well, Dan, let's start with the Israel and Hamas deal,

which the Israeli government still needs to approve the deal before

it can take effect. President Biden said in an interview with Lawrence O'Donnell last night that

his team and President-elect Trump's negotiators worked as, quote, one team. But that's not stopping

Trump from trying to take credit. What was Trump's role?

And was it as vital as he claims? Well, there's some indications that the Trump team did play a

vital role, that his special envoy was intimately involved in the discussions and the negotiations and that at times,

he was working very, very closely with the Biden team. So I think that, you know, the president

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