The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries. 

• President Trump is sending envoy Steve Witkoff to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to fine tune details of the peace agreement 
• Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a social media video urging U.S. troops to defy “illegal orders” say the FBI has contacted them to begin scheduling interviews 
•  A Texas college student has been found mauled to death while pet-sitting three pit bulls