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The President's Daily Brief

January 20th, 2026: Russia Targets Nuclear Power Plants & Secret Venezuela Talks

The President's Daily Brief

The First TV

Politics, News

4.7 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: New warnings that Russia may be preparing to strike the power lines feeding Europe’s largest nuclear plant, a move that could threaten reactor cooling systems and raise fears of a potential meltdown. New reporting reveals the United States was quietly in talks with Venezuela’s hardline interior minister months before the raid that removed Nicolás Maduro. The FAA issues new warnings urging caution for flights over parts of Latin America, citing potential military activity in the region. And in today’s Back of the Brief—Tehran faces diplomatic fallout as the World Economic Forum revokes its invitation to Iran’s foreign minister following a deadly crackdown on protesters. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting https://PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief American Financing: Call American Financing today to find out how customers are saving an avg of $800/mo. NMLS 182334, nmlsconsumeraccess.org. APR for rates in the 5s start at 6.196% for well qualified borrowers. Call 866-885-1881 for details about credit costs and terms. Visit http://www.AmericanFinancing.net/PDB.  QUO: Make this the year where no opportunity slips away. Try QUO for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months when you go to https://Quo.com/PDB  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I have to be just about the ever played for the next to It's Tuesday, the President's Daily.

0:29.3

It's Tuesday, the 20th of January.

0:31.4

Welcome to the President's Daily Brief.

0:32.4

I'm Mike Baker.

0:34.7

Your eyes and ears on the world stage.

0:35.4

All right.

0:36.8

Let's get briefed.

0:42.8

First up, new warnings that Russia may be preparing to strike the power lines feeding Europe's largest nuclear plant. Oh, that sounds like a solid idea.

0:47.5

A move that could obviously threaten reactor cooling systems and raise fears of a potential meltdown.

0:53.8

Well done, Putin. It's almost like

0:55.6

he's not interested in ending his four-year invasion of Ukraine. Later in the show, new reporting

1:01.3

reveals the U.S. was quietly in talks with Venezuela's hardline interior minister months

1:07.0

before the raid that removed Nicholas Maduro. Plus, the FAA, the Federal Aviation Administration, issues new warnings, urging caution for flights

1:16.8

over parts of Latin America, citing potential military activity in the region.

1:21.6

And in today's back of the brief, the Iranian regime faces diplomatic fallout as the

1:27.2

World Economic Forum revokes its invitation

1:29.9

to Iran's foreign minister after the mass protest killings, which begs the question, why were they

1:36.5

infighting him in the first place? But first, today's PDB spotlight. New reporting is prompting

1:43.4

serious concern across Europe and beyond, as intelligence

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