It's May 20th.

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.

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 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, there is a big development in Ukraine this morning and it has to do with new missiles

that can sink Russian ships.

We're going to discuss what this weaponry is and how it could lead to a major escalation.

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

First, we've got a new viral outbreak this time.

It's a monkey pox, a distant cousin of chicken pox.

I'm going to share the latest, including a big order of vaccines that the government just placed.

Second, there might be a new explanation for why COVID cases and hospitalizations are going up

and vaccinated people.

I'll share a possible connection to obesity all up next on the President's Daily Brief.

Your first piece of intel, there was a lot of news out yesterday about Ukraine,

a $40 billion aid package that was approved by the Senate and a separate $100 million package

that was authorized by the President.

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