It's October 14th.

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.

First up, you might have heard the big news that the Biden administration is in a big

fight with Saudi Arabia, but what you might not have heard is how important this fight

could become, as the CIA is now saying that the probability of a nuclear war in Ukraine

has gone up from 1% to 25.

We'll discuss the latest.

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

America is running dangerously low on weapons for both training purposes and wartime usage,

largely because we're sending so much of it to Ukraine.

Plus, we've got some listener feedback this morning, and it's a pretty cool story about

how a stay at home mom is using this podcast to teach her kids about the world.

But first, let's get started with today's main brief.

Some incredible news out of the Middle East yesterday with a press release from Saudi

Arabia taking aim at America, and then in a response, the Biden folks attacking the

Saudis with some pretty undiplomatic language.

Now, I'm going to dive into the details in a second, but I want you to listen to this

brief understanding the gravity of this moment.

Because folks, we have a new assessment out this morning from a former CIA director saying

that the war in Ukraine may very well lead to the use of nuclear weapons.

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