It's April 29th, you're listening to The President's Daily Brief.

I'm your host and former CIA officer Brian Dean Wright.

Your morning intel starts next.

Before we start a quick reminder to those new to the show, the brief you're about to hear

is in the same spirit of the actual President's Daily Brief, which is a top secret summary

of the most critical events in the past 24 hours, all delivered to the President each

day by the nation's spy masters.

And so ladies and gentlemen, I am your spy, and this is your brief.

Here's what we're going to be talking about this morning.

First up, Ukraine.

American intelligence and weaponry has shot down a Russian transport plane killing hundreds

of Russian troops.

It happened a while back and we're just now learning the details.

We'll talk about the implications of that story and where this arc of escalation is

headed.

Your second brief, doctors in Colorado are now being asked to disclose their sexual orientation

to the state and to their patients.

We'll talk about why and whether this is a good idea.

As always, I'm keeping an eye out for developing stories, put this one on your radar.

The Mexican workers who assemble our general motor pickup trucks, well, they want to raise.

They're currently getting $3 an hour.

I'll explain why this story is important to you all up next on the President's Daily

...