Mike Baker

I'll have the details.

Later in the show, we'll break down the latest developments from Minneapolis, where a Border Patrol agent shot and killed a man during the immigration crackdown, leading to more calls for the federal law enforcement to leave the state.

Plus, the trilateral talks between Russia, Ukraine and the U.S.

have wrapped up with leaders projecting optimism, but little tangible progress.

Well, of course, hope is the thing with feathers.

And in today's back of the brief, President Trump claims a secret weapon, apparently not really secret anymore, which he called the, quote, discombobulator.

I'm not making that up.

And he claims it was decisive in the raid that captured Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro.

Now, if I'm not mistaken, I believe the original discombobulator, it first appeared in one of the Austin Power movies.

I may be wrong on that.

But first, today's PDB Spotlight.

We're tracking new reports out of Iran that suggest the regime may have outdone itself in its brutal crackdown on protesters.

According to multiple accounts and officials in the United Kingdom, Tehran's security forces may have used lethal chemical agents against demonstrators.

It's an allegation that, if confirmed, would mark a major escalation in the regime's use of force against its own people.

Witnesses and medical sources describe symptoms that go far beyond what you'd expect from standard riot control agents like tear gas.

Protesters reportedly experienced severe respiratory distress, sudden collapse, and prolonged breathing complications, effects that raised immediate alarms among outside observers.

In some cases, victims required urgent medical care, while others described lingering symptoms hours after exposure.

Sources even alleged delayed health reactions that led to deaths of those exposed days later.

Footage captured during one protest appeared to show security personnel wearing full hazmat suits and protective masks.

positioned atop military vehicles moving through city streets.