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Well sports fans we've made it to the end of the week. Look at that it's Friday September 8th

and welcome to the president's daily brief. I'm Mike Baker your eyes and ears on the world stage.

Let's get briefed. Today we're going to start in New Delhi, India or Barat if you're so inclined.

Loyal listeners of the PDB will we call that yesterday we discussed that India may be rebranding,

ditching the name India and going with the older Sanskrit name of Barat. But I digress.

Even as we speak world leaders are arriving in New Delhi for the G20 summit. I'll give you a preview of what's on the table

and what's at stake during this year's summit. Then a little later in the brief we've got the most solid indication yet

that the UAW, the United Auto Workers Union is likely to strike when their contract expires next week.

Plus Russia is crying foul over a deadly new weapon that the US will be supplying Ukraine in the coming days.

And finally in the back of the brief African leaders are demanding a global carbon tax to finance green energy and developing nations.

We'll take a closer look. But first today's PDB spotlight.

Leading dignitaries from all corners of the globe are touching down in New Delhi for the annual G20 summit that kicks off this Saturday.

US President Joe Biden is scheduled to join the party this evening. For some perspective we should probably understand

why the G20 is so important. The 20 nations attending the summit are essentially the engines of the global economy.

They represent almost 85% of the world's GDP, 75% of international trade, and account for two thirds of our global population.

So yeah, that's some serious influence. And as Ron Burgundy would say, the G20 is kind of a big deal.

Supposedly there are summit meeting rooms actually smell of rich mahogany. And now I'll stop with the anchor man comments.

Of course, much of the buzz has been about who won't be attending the G20. As we've covered on the PDB there are two high profile empty seats this year.

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