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The President's Daily Brief

PDB Situation Report | October 4th, 2025: A Game Changing Weapon For Ukraine? & Gaza Ceasefire Talks

The President's Daily Brief

The First TV

News, Politics

4.7 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The PDB Situation Report: The Trump administration is weighing whether to provide Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles capable of striking deep inside Russia. Alongside new U.S. intelligence support, this move could escalate the conflict. We’ll hear from George Barros of the Institute for the Study of War for more. Later, Israel’s military continues its push through Gaza City as Hamas deliberates on a ceasefire proposal backed by President Trump, Prime Minister Netanyahu, and much of the international community. Bill Roggio from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies joins us to break it down. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting https://PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief CBDistillery: Visit https://CBDistillery.com and use promo code PDB for 25% off your entire order! American Financing: Call American Financing today to find out how customers are saving an avg of $800/mo. NMLS 182334, https://nmlsconsumeraccess.org. APR for rates in the 5s start at 6.327% for well qualified borrowers. Call 866-885-1881 for details about credit costs and terms. Visit http://www.AmericanFinancing.net/PDB. Birch Gold: Text PDB to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the PDB Situation Report. I'm Mike Baker. Your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right. Let's get briefed. First up, the Trump administration may give Ukraine

0:24.2

Tamahawk missiles to strike deep into Russia alongside new U.S. Intel support. We'll be joined by

0:30.5

George Barros of the Institute for the Study of War for more on that. Later in the show, the IDF presses

0:36.8

its offensive in Gaza's city, while Hamas

0:39.4

weighs a ceasefire proposal supported by Trump, Netanyahu, and much of the international

0:44.8

community. We'll break it down with Bill Roggio from the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.

0:50.2

But first, today's situation report spotlight. The Trump administration is weighing a major upgrade to Ukraine's arsenal, and that would be

0:58.7

Tomahawk cruise missiles capable of striking some 1,500 miles into Russia, including Moscow.

1:06.1

The request came directly from President Zelensky, and Trump's envoy, retired Lieutenant General

1:10.7

Keith Kellogg,

1:12.0

confirmed that it's under serious review. This comes as Kellogg revealed Washington has already

1:17.4

authorized certain long-range strikes inside Russia, declaring there are, quote, no sanctuaries.

1:24.6

At the same time, U.S. officials say Washington will now provide Ukraine with intelligence

1:28.9

on Russia's energy infrastructure, refineries, pipelines, power plants to help target the Kremlin's

1:35.5

war chest. For more on this, we're joined by George Barros. He's the Russia team leader at the

1:40.9

Institute for the Study of War. George, thank you very much for coming back on the Situation Report.

1:46.6

It's great to see you once again.

1:47.7

Thanks for having me.

1:48.9

First up, of course, is the fact that Taylor Swift is dropping her new album.

1:53.9

I don't know if that's what the kids still say, but I know we were talking before the show

1:58.6

and we're both super excited about this.

2:00.9

Yeah, I mean, it was a surprise for all of us.

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