It's October 18th, 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, the drone wars are back.

We first talked about Ukraine's use of drones back in April.

Well, this morning they are being used again, but this time by the Russians, explaining

the latest plus why you should care.

As always, I'm keeping an eye out for developing stories.

Put these two on your radar.

First, China announced yesterday that it plans to use more coal back for years to come.

Plus, they want to use even more oil and gas too, which leads to the second radar brief.

A warning for my listeners in America's New England states, you all are facing the

prospect of electricity blackouts this winter.

I've got the explanation plus an assessment that ties it all together.

And as always, we've got to listen to a question today, actually a comment.

One of you is not happy with me because you think that I'm biased and anti-Russian.

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

Six months ago, I first brought you a brief that I called the drone wars.

So, refresh our memories on that.

The United States began providing to Ukrainians a drone technology called Switch Blades.

They were designed to be flown like a remote controlled plane that you might have had

as a kid.

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