Good Friday morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook audio briefing sponsored by SoftBank.

And I'm Jake Sherman. President Donald Trump told Fox News as Sean Hannity on Thursday night when he asked how much of Bob Mueller's hearing the president watched.

I ended up watching more than I wanted to than I watched the afternoon.

Trump also called absolute pardon power a beautiful thing.

The president also handicapped the Democratic field.

He said, sleepy Joe Biden is okay, but he's fading.

The president said Mueller made Biden look like a dynamo.

He said Bernie Sanders is flailing all over the place.

He called Elizabeth Warren Pocahontas.

And this is interesting.

He mentioned Kamala Harris but had no commentary on her. Trump's comments about the place. He called Elizabeth Warren Pocahontas, and this is interesting. He mentioned Kamala Harris but had no commentary on her. Trump's comments about the 2020 field came after

he received a 70-minute political briefing at the White House. Alex Isisat has the details,

where Trump went around the room and asked for opinions of the Democratic 2020 contenders.

Campaign manager Brad Parskell noted that Elizabeth Warren was rising.

R&C Chair Ronna McDaniel said Kamala Harris could pose a threat in Michigan,

and Trump, 2020 advisor Bill Steppian, highlighted Joe Biden as a potentially formidable threat.

Jake, Laura Baron Lopez, and Heather K Kagle have the top talker this morning, detailing

how black and Latino Dems are torching the D-Truple-C for lack of diversity.

Senior Hispanic and black members have privately clashed with the D-Triple-C chair, Sherry Bustos,

over her personnel decisions decisions and what they say

are tone-deaf comments on race and whether she'd lived up to promises she made to win the chairmanship,

they write. When lawmakers have questioned Bustos' treatment of minorities, she offers this rejoinder.

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