Today's Politico Playbook Audio Briefing is presented by Morgan Stanley.

Good Tuesday morning. I'm Jake Sherman and welcome to your Political Playbook Audio Briefing.

And I'm Anna Palmer. Two of the most lotted public officials during the coronavirus crisis are Scott Gottlieb and Maryland Governor Larry Hogan.

Gottlieb, a former FDA commissioner, has become one of the most

trusted public voices on the virus, and Hogan has been roundly praised for his candor in leading

Maryland. Both have been warning about the virus for months. Now, Gottlieb is joining

Hogan's team. Gottlieb will be a member of the governor's coronavirus response team. Gotlebe is also

advising Massachusetts's governor, Charlie Baker. Of note, Hogan is already discussing next steps of

opening his state back up. The Washington Post top talker this morning with a look inside

Trump's embrace of the risky drug hydroxychloroquine.

He's heard about it from Rudy Giuliani and Fox host Laura Ingram during a visit to the White

House. Dan Diamond and Nancy Cook have a look at Trump's Hail Mary Push.

Here's the dynamic in the White House right now from our reporting.

The medical professionals want to make decisions based on airtight, irrefutable, scientific

data.

But the political side of the White House says in the middle of a crisis of this magnitude,

it's looking for really good answers, not necessarily bulletproof ones.

That's why there's still chatter internally about a return to normalcy before a vaccine

and helps explain the fixation with the drug.

The political side of the White House believes if the drug is working in a large number of people right now, that's good enough, and a full scientific trial would be superfluous.

The New York Times scoops that Peter Navarro, Trump's trade advisor, warned the White House in January of risks of a pandemic. And the Post has the latest

on the deaths in the DMV, with their biggest single day of deaths on Monday, 169 in the District

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