Good Monday morning. I'm Jake Sherman and welcome to your Politico Playbook Audio Briefing. Stay tuned

after the show for a message from Google. Some 2024 news, Vice President Mike Pence is heading to South

Carolina, August 26th, for Jeff Duncan's ninth annual Faith in Freedom Barbecue. The other speaker is

Jim Jordan. Joe Biden has taken to the New York Times to call for an assault weapons

ban. One of the big holes in this campaign is no one is explaining how they'd get these

policies through a Republican Senate. Breaking overnight, the airport in Hong Kong has been shut down

due to protests. The Hong Kong airport is one of the world's busiest airports. A few bites of

Jeffrey Epstein news, the New York Post is reporting the

autopsy has been complete, but the cause of death has not officially been announced. The Miami

Herald cataloged just how difficult it will be to seize Epstein's homes and money. It looks

like the Chicago Tribune is staking out the prison where Rod Blagojevich is in advance of a possible

release. They had him running yesterday shirtless at the prison.

The New York Times Shane Goldmockers says Kamala Harris is pivoting and making a play for Iowa.

The Post and Courier in South Carolina says Joe Biden is trying to avoid collapsing like Hillary Clinton did in the Palmetto State.

Anthony Scaramucci told Axios that Donald Trump might need to be replaced on the ticket.

There's a fat chance of that happening.

The president has no events today.

He's in Bedminster.

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