Mike Baker

It's Tuesday, the 10th of February.

Welcome to the President's Daily Brief.

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

All right, let's get briefed.

First up, public anger is once again flaring up across Iran.

And this time, the anger isn't just on the streets, but inside the regime itself.

I'll have the details.

Later in the show, as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu prepares to meet with President Trump, new reports suggest Israel has warned Washington it may act alone if Iran crosses a ballistic missile red line.

Plus, Russia's foreign minister is accusing the White House of backing out of alleged agreements tied to Ukraine, accusing Trump of, quote, Bidenism.

Now, I don't know this for sure, but I suspect that President Trump won't find it charming that Putin and his minions are comparing him to former President Biden.

That's just a guess.

And in today's Back of the Brief, a chilling reminder of China's grip on Hong Kong, as media tycoon and democracy advocate Jimmy Lai receives a 20-year prison sentence.

But first, today's PDB Spotlight.

A second wave of public unrest appears to be building inside Iran, and this one looks different from what we saw just weeks ago.

According to new reporting from The Wall Street Journal, Iran is now seeing a broader, more deeply rooted surge of anger following last month's mass killings of protesters.

What began as street demonstrations has evolved into something far more persistent and far more dangerous for the regime.

A society wide rejection that's showing up in schools, hospitals, universities, unions and even at funerals.

Mourning families are chanting anti-regime slogans over the graves of those killed by security forces.

University students are holding memorials for classmates who died during the crackdown and refusing to stay silent.

Medical students are staging sit-ins to protest the arrest of doctors who treated injured demonstrators.