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

Stay tuned after the show for a message from pharma. Hi, I'm Anna Palmer. Happening today,

the House Judiciary Committee has its hearing with John Dean and former U.S. attorneys about the Mueller

report. The hearing begins at 2 p.m. in Rayburn. It's supposed to be an explanatory session about obstruction

and various other elements of the Mueller report. The Judiciary Committee, of course, is a hotbed

of impeachment supporters. 13 of the panel's 22 Democrats have said they support impeachment,

according to the New York Times impeachment whip list.

The committee's chairman, Jerry Nadler, has also pressed Speaker Nancy Pelosi behind the scenes

to allow him to move forward on impeachment. The New York Times is a big profile on Attorney

General Bill Barr reporting that as people are trying to figure out Barr, he is stockpiling power.

Here's the latest in the border.

Our colleagues Ted Heson and Doug Palmer report that Trump's defense on Twitter over the weekend about the Mexico trade agreement is short on specifics.

Meanwhile, the New York Times editorial board asked the question, when will Congress get serious about the suffering at the border?

The economist takes a look at how the Mexican

president is celebrating Mexico's success at the negotiating table. Out today, John Meacham,

and country music superstar Tim McGraw have published the book Songs of America, Patriotism,

protest, and the music that made a nation. A look at the music and history from

founding father John Dickinson's 1768 Liberty Song to the music of 9-11. The Nashville neighbors will be

at the beacon in New York tonight and will stop Wednesday at the anthem in D.C. for conversation

and performances by McRaw.

Blessedly, Meacham said, no singing from me, and Brooks Brothers was out of cowboy hats.

And Burgess Everett has the latest on Senate Republicans meeting with the president at the

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