It's May 13th, 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 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 spy 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, Mexico's President said yesterday that we should treat cartel members kindly

because they're people, just like you and I.

We're going to talk about why he said that and what it means for America.

And as always, I'm keeping an eye out for developing stories, put these two on your

radar.

First, Russia is blowing up America's weapons once they get to Ukraine, or at least some

of them.

Let's talk about the implications of that development.

And finally, COVID and money.

No, I'm not talking about the profits of Pfizer and Moderna, but instead I mean whether

the COVID virus can live on our paper money and coins.

A new study answers that question.

All up next on the President's Daily Brief.

Your first piece of intel this morning, Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, or

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