The Presidential Daily Brief

Senior Presidential Adviser Valerie Jarrett Curates OZY’s PDB

She really briefs the president. OZY’s thrilled to have this Chicago lawyer, mother and businesswoman-turned-politician — not to mention the U.S. president’s most trusted adviser — share her views about the most important and intriguing news of the day. The Stanford graduate has helped the Obama administration advocate for a higher minimum wage, foster public-private alliances, and fight sexual assault and inequality. Today she joins the ranks of past curators like Tony Blair, Congressman Paul Ryan, Gwen Ifill and Jeb Bush to give us her take on today’s must-know news and trends.

Putting a Stop to Shootings

Enough is enough. Although we don’t have complete information about the shooting massacre in San Bernardino, California, last week, we know this is true: We do not need to accept these types of shootings as normal. Mass shootings don’t happen with such frequency in any other developed country. What’s the answer? Commonsense laws that keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people and keep military-grade assault rifles off our streets.

Gates Leads on Climate Change

Call him a rainmaker. With last week’s Paris climate talks came a surprise announcement: the creation of a new multibillion-dollar clean-energy fund led by Bill Gates. This Innovation Fund will bring together private- and public-sector leaders to focus resources on game-changing clean-energy technologies. In my role overseeing the White House’s outreach to the private sector, I’ve long seen what’s possible when private leaders use their capacities to help tackle our collective challenges. And here, Gates continues to lead by example.

Putting the Justice in Criminal Justice

Could bipartisanship begin behind bars? This week, a coalition of leaders from both sides of the aisle met with President Obama to make the criminal justice system fairer. The stats are shocking: Our country is home to 5 percent of the world’s population — yet holds 25 percent of the world’s incarcerated people. We spend $80 billion a year on incarceration and have a recidivism rate of around 50 percent. And in America, our criminal justice policies disproportionately affect minorities and the poor, who consistently face harsher penalties than others who commit similar crimes. It’s immoral and it doesn’t make sense.

Obama Addresses Nation About Calif. Shootings, Jimmy Carter Says His Brain Tumor Is Gone

Obama tells America that ‘we will overcome’ threat of terror. (NYT)

Jimmy Carter says his treatment has made cancer disappear. (BBC)

Police investigate ‘terror’ stabbing incident at East London Tube station. (BBC)

Greek legislators narrowly pass tough 2016 budget. (DW) 

Reports: Suicide bombings kill 27 in Chad. (AFP)

Federal Reserve faults its own stress tests. (WSJ) sub