Good Tuesday morning, I'm Jake Sherman and welcome to your political playbook audio briefing.

Stay tuned after the show for a message from the Partnership for America's Healthcare Future.

And I'm Anna Palmer. We're starting the morning off with a playbook scoop.

Robert Mueller was panned last week for being short in his testimony before Congress,

giving little ammo to Democrats who wanted to capitalize politically from his

appearance. But Democratic admaker Mark Putnam has cut the first paid ad from the hearing.

Funded by Tom Steyers, need to impeach, a spot that's going to grab lots of eyeballs in the coming

days. The group is spending in the mid-six figures to air the ad on CNN and MSNBC before and after

the second presidential debate, which airs tonight and Wednesday night on CNN live from Detroit.

Needless to say, this is prime time for millions of politically active TV viewers.

The ad is 30 seconds long and it starts out with the frame of the committee room and what

Mueller said across the screen.

Did you actually totally exonerate the president and House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler

asks Mueller?

No, Mueller says.

Did the president's written answer show that he was not always being truthful?

Val Demings asks.

Generally, Mueller replies.

You believe you could charge the president with obstruction after he leaves office? Yes Demings asks. Generally, Mueller replies. You believe you could charge the president

with obstruction after he leaves office? Yes, Mueller says. It closes with House Intelligence Chairman

Adam Schiff asking if President Donald Trump accepted Russian interference and then lied to cover it up.

The answer to that, yes, and generally yes. Breaking overnight, Heather Kagle, Jake, and Laura Baron Lopez report that the D-Triple-C is facing mass staff upheaval,

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