It's June 10th.

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.

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 by-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, Joe Biden is hosting leaders from North and South America this week.

Well, actually not all of them.

And that's the problem.

I'm going to explain why their absence from these meetings was a very dangerous failure

of American leadership.

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

First more COVID lockdowns to report this morning, but not in America.

It's in China this time, again, just days after they open back up.

I'll explain what's going on and why this is more bad news for your pocketbook.

Finally, all these COVID lockdowns in China, here in America, will they have taken a toll, haven't they?

I've got to study out this morning that proves it.

There's a direct connection between lockdowns and the risk of dementia.

And one last thing, I've got a very special weekend request.

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