It's October 3rd.

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 stop, the Russians are evading more sanctions this morning and this time it's for

Timber.

The odds are you're actually buying some of it and it's helping to finance the war and

Ukraine.

I've got those details coming up.

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

First, how Speaker Nancy Pelosi is saying that Florida and Texas should stop sending illegal

migrants to northern states, all because southern states should use them to work in the fields.

Second, Vice President Kamala Harris is saying that skin color should help decide who gets

aid in Florida after Hurricane Ian.

And as always, a listener question, this one from Jason in Amarillo, Texas.

He's wondering what early indicators we might see if Russia decides to use nuclear weapons

in Ukraine.

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

With the war in Ukraine growing more dangerous by the day and the prospects of peace growing

more dim, Americans are getting drawn into the conflict in ways that are pretty surprising,

I think, to most of us.

Our electricity bills are going up.

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