Good Friday morning. I'm Jake Sherman and welcome to your Political Playbook audio briefing,

sponsored by Morgan Stanley. We're kicking off the morning with a first in playbook,

One Nation, a conservative group aligned with Mitch McConnell, has spent a whopping 39 million this cycle.

The group is up with two new ads hitting Joe Donnell in Indiana and Claire McCaskill and Missouri

on their support for what they call, quote, illegal amnesty. The McCaskill ad dinks her for not only supporting sanctuary cities, but also

features a cameo by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. One Nation is spending $1.2 million in Indiana and a

million and a half in Missouri on the radio TV and online. The group is also up with ads in Arizona

and Nevada this week. Our colleague

Alex Eisenstead is up this morning with a piece on the hard truce Republicans are getting ready

to face in 2018. They're deciding which lawmakers are worth trying to rescue and which ones

need to be cut loose. Republican officials say as many as 45 seats in the house are at risk. Among

those in jeopardy of getting cut off include Barbara Comstock in Virginia, Keith Rothfis and Pennsylvania, Rod Blum in Iowa, all of whom are in

precarious positions. Bloomberg got an interview with President Trump and told them he'll keep

Attorney General Jeff Sessions until November, despite what he called an illegal probe. Trump also said

he doesn't see how Congress can impeach someone who's doing a good

job. That's one way to look at it. And the Washington Post is a stepback piece looking at how

Trump this week has asserted only he could be trusted over opponents and fake news.

Ileana Johnson scoops that top 2008 McCain campaign aides have been shut out of his funeral.

Steve Schmidt, Nicole Wallace, and John Weaver were not

invited to any of the services. McCain will lie in state in the Capitol today. The memorial

begins at 11 a.m. and will feature remarks by Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell and Mike Pence.

I'll be inside the event, so read the afternoon edition for highlights. Our colleagues have a

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