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and I'm not to saying that because I work Baker. Your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right. Let's get briefed. First, a look at an alarming scheme by two Chinese nationals linked to the CCP, the Chinese Communist

Party, to allegedly smuggle a biological pathogen that could be used as an agro-terrorism weapon

into the U.S., where they intended to conduct covert research at a university laboratory.

We'll have those details.

Later in the show, President Trump says the Kremlin is preparing to retaliate against Ukraine

over their crippling drone attack on Moscow's strategic bomber fleet.

The warning followed a lengthy phone call between the president and Vladimir

Putin and his further eroding hopes that a peaceful settlement to the war could be achieved.

Plus, a new report reveals that a self-proclaimed, quote, Jew-hater and active participant in

anti-Israel protests at Columbia University had direct links to Hamas

and the terror group's deadly Al-Qasan brigades. So, wait, you mean that these anti-Semitic

protests on college campuses weren't just organic grassroots protests by sincere gormless college students? Well, that is shocking.

And in today's back of the brief, the somber news out of Gaza, where Israeli forces have recovered

the bodies of two hostages with dual Israeli U.S. citizenship that were killed during

Khamas' 7 October 23 terrorist attacks that kicked off

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