It's Wednesday, the 8th of April. Now, if you're in the U.S.

Well, that means you've got one week until tax day.

Sorry about that. But regardless, welcome to the president's

daily brief. I'm Mike Baker. Your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right. Let's get briefed.

First up, just hours before the Trump imposed deadline for Iran, President Trump announced he's

extending that deadline by two weeks,

claiming that an agreement is in the works with the Iranian regime. So, we've gone from

possibly destroying an entire civilization to a possible negotiated ceasefire agreement in the

space of a day. I'll have the details. Later in the show, Ukraine claims it has new intelligence, indicating that Russia is held in the space of a day. I'll have the details. Later in the show, Ukraine claims it has new intelligence,

indicating that Russia is helping to give Iran a battlefield edge,

providing satellite surveillance and cyber capabilities

to refine strikes across the Middle East.

Plus, just in case you needed yet another example

of just how feckless the United Nations is,

Russia and China block an effort in the UN to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

And in today's back of the brief, the CIA reportedly turned to cutting-edge technology

to recover a downed airman in Iran, using a classified system that can track the electromagnetic

signature of a heartbeat.

Now, we would not know about this, except that people supposedly briefed on the program

apparently can't keep their yaps shut.

Secrets are just so hard to keep when you have no discipline.

But first, today's PDB spotlight.

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