Good Friday morning. I'm Jake Sherman and welcome to your political playbook audio briefing sponsored by J.P. Morgan Chase.

And I'm Anna Palmer. President Donald Trump is refocusing his attention on health care and told the Wall Street Journal that he believes he'll get a deal on health care reform and that he has renewed confidence in the House Freedom Caucus. He told the journal that the Freedom Caucus likes him. Although people in the House Freedom Caucus orbit feel like they could strike a deal with Trump, other Republicans involved in the talks are not as confident. They say the two sides are no closer to cutting a deal than they were when the House left for recess a few days ago. The bottom line is this, whether Freedom Caucus members like Trump or not,

will have very little bearing on whether they'll be able to cut a deal. We've got two important

foreign policy stories out this morning. The AP has an exclusive interview with a senior North

Korean official who says the U.S. is more vicious and aggressive under Trump. It's important to note

that the vice president

will be in the South Pacific region starting Sunday on a 10-day trip. And Bloomberg's Eli Lake

is out with another key story that while Trump said no to troops in Syria, his aides are less

certain. Josh Dosty and Ileana Johnson answer the question that's been hanging out there since

Steve Bannon's downfall. Where in the world is Stephen Miller? The two report that while

Bannon is on the ropes, Miller has managed to endear himself to Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

Meanwhile, the Washington Post Damian Pelletta captures the rising star, Gary Cohn. CIA director,

Mike Pompeo gave his first public remarks, and boy, were they a doozy.

Pompeo took a shot Thursday at microwave surveillance claims, mocking those who fear the

intelligence community conducts surveillance through microwaves. The CIA later said Pompeo was

not directly referencing Kelly Ann Conway's controversial comments.

Our colleague Annie Carney has a piece looking at whether Washington's original dealmaker,

Bob Barnett, could survive in Trump's Washington. In the juice, we have Sheldon and Miriam

Adelson giving Ted Cruz's victory committee $10,400 each. Tom Donnellin resigned from Delta's board due to other commitments, according to an SEC

filing earlier this week.

And Samantha Power has a new gig.

Power, who most recently served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has been named

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