August 22nd, 2022. The Hard Truth About Ukraine's Main Nuclear Plant. Chinese Coal Usage Continues to Rise. Coffee Crops are Plummeting.
The President's Daily Brief
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🗓️ 22 August 2022
⏱️ 20 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | It's August 22nd. |
| 0:05.6 | You're listening to the President's Daily Brief. |
| 0:07.9 | I'm your host and former CIA officer Brian Dean Wright. |
| 0:11.1 | Your morning intel starts now. |
| 0:14.0 | First up, there are lots of stories and rumors about Ukraine's main nuclear power plant |
| 0:18.5 | this morning. |
| 0:19.5 | It's not Chernobyl, but a place called Zapareza. |
| 0:22.5 | I'm going to explain exactly what's going on, the threats, and whether or not you should |
| 0:27.1 | be worried. |
| 0:28.3 | As always, I'm keeping an eye out for developing stories. |
| 0:31.0 | Put these two on your radar. |
| 0:33.0 | First, Joe Biden is kicking off a national tour this week, highlighting his new climate |
| 0:37.2 | change bill. |
| 0:38.4 | But a new rail line for coal shipments in China suggests that this celebration might be misplaced. |
| 0:45.1 | Second, Mother Nature is wrecking havoc on all sorts of crops this year. |
| 0:49.0 | Unfortunately, we can add a personal favorite of mine to the list. |
| 0:52.2 | Coffee. |
| 0:53.0 | That's coming up. |
| 0:54.4 | And finally, the last thing before I let you go, a question from Angela in Franklin, |
| 0:58.8 | North Carolina about that very unusual bank robbery in the country of Lebanon that I shared |
| 1:04.0 | with you last week. |
| 1:05.9 | But first, let's get started with today's main brief. |
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