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Hey, good morning. I'm playbook co-author Eugene Daniels. It's Monday, August 21st. Here's what's driving the day and really the week. It's largely going to be about Donald Trump Watch, what he's going to do and win. First, he has until the 25th to turn himself into Fulton County after being

indicted last week. That is Friday. He says that he is going to be skipping the first debate,

and also all of the debates. We'll have to see if that actually holds. He's known for

changing his mind on things like this. As counter-programming

on Wednesday on the debate stage while everyone else is beating each other up, he'll be sitting down

with Tucker Carlson. And we're on debate watch. We are continuing to see who of the candidates

that are left who haven't made the debate stage might actually get a chance to take on everyone

but Donald Trump. So far, we have Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott,

Chris Christie, Doug Bergam, Asa Hutchinson, and Perry Johnson. And recently, I sat down with

Vice President Kamala Harris to talk to her about a bunch of

different things, but essentially what we were trying to do in the story that posted this morning

and is at the top of playbook right now is trying to get into Kamala Harris's head in this

moment. She's been vice president for more than two and a half years.

She has had, at times, a tough go at it. I also went to Chicago with her to see if it was true what

her aides and allies have always said, which is there is the Kamala Harris that they know, that they

see behind the scenes, and the one that DC has,

that the vice president has had for a while a perception problem and not a talent problem.

Welcome. Welcome. Welcome. Come, come, come, come. And something that her aides and allies, and even some of her detractors will admit now,

is that they feel like the last

eight months have looked and felt differently. And so here are three things that stood out to me

from our interview. First is how she views the scrutiny that she gets. She obviously is someone

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