It's August 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 now.

It's a special PDB this morning.

The main brief today and all week is chosen by you, things that we've discussed before,

but updated with new information, new data and fresh analysis.

So first up this week, vaccine mandates.

Kids are going back to school and need certain shots, including COVID jabs in some places.

But should they?

To help us think through that debate, we're going to start with this question.

Why is there no mandate at schools for a flu shot?

Well, we've got some good science to answer that question coming up.

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

First, Cuba is asking for America's help to fix a gas problem.

I've got that interesting story.

Second, China continues to attack an American mining company in Texas.

We'll discuss the latest.

And finally, the last thing before I let you go, a question from a listener on whether

Joe Biden is to blame for our outrageously high electricity prices.

But first, let's get started with today's main brief.

If you have kids, odds are you are getting them ready for their first day of school.

And part of that is making sure that they've got all of their vaccinations.

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