Good Thursday morning, I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook audio briefing.

Stay tuned after the show for a message from the American Beverage Association.

And I'm Jake Sherman. Democrats are anxiously awaiting a decision by the Democratic National Committee on which city will host the 2020 convention.

So far, the committee has been mum about whether Houston, Miami, or Milwaukee will get the nod.

But we hear part of the delay is because each city has its own downsides. Here are the pain points.

Miami, dealing with hot weather and potential hurricanes, is a major ding on the city's bid.

Plus, there is concern the city's arena has too small of a floor.

For Houston, the big question here is money. The oil and gas industry dominates Houston

and given Democrats posture on environmental issues, it isn't necessarily a good fit for many

of the city's companies to cut large checks to host Democrats. Milwaukee is still seen as the

odds-on favorite, but the mid-sized city has

some organizers concerned about its ability to house the influx of people during the three-day

event. Despite the concerns, Democrats involved in the bids believe an announcement could come as

soon as next week. A DNC spokeswoman said the DNC hasn't made any decisions yet,

and all cities are in the running. Our colleague Mark Caputo has the latest on what's happening

in Miami. The city is now making a last-ditch convention pitch with the state's delegation

and hotel worker unions making a pitch to choose the Sunshine State. Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent a dear colleague last night asking members to co-sponsor

Representative Joaquin Castro's privilege resolution to terminate President Donald Trump's

emergency declaration.

The AP is reporting that Coast Guard lieutenant was arrested last week after drafting an email

discussing biological

attacks, and had a hit list of prominent Democrats and media figures, according to court

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