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

sponsored by Poet. We've got some tough breaking news overnight. The AP is reporting that an

unknown number of people have been killed by a massive fire in a London high rise. It's unclear

how many people have been killed, but more than 50 people have been sent to area hospitals, and the

fire commissioner described the blaze as an unprecedented incident. Back in the United States, President Donald Trump may have

inadvertently laid out a bit of a conundrum for House Republicans. He called the House Republican

health care package mean. Yes, the one that he championed in the Rose Garden with all House

Republicans standing behind him, the one that Trump and his

surrogate spent days pleading with House Republicans to pass. Trump's words aren't being taken lightly.

They're angering a lot of House Republicans. The question now is if the Senate passes a more

moderate health care bill, will Republicans walk the plank for a second time for Donald Trump

after he dumped all over their health care bill.

What do they tell their constituents about the president calling their health care bill mean?

House Republicans that we talk to are not happy.

We'll have to see how this one turns out.

One more quick thought.

Republicans on Capitol Hill spent years decrying behind-the-scenes machinations of governing.

Now they have an attorney general that is refusing

to discuss his conversations with the president and the Senate majority that's seeking to pass a

health care bill without any hearings. The New York Times breaks down the state of play on Trump

and special prosecutor Robert Mueller. Trump has considered firing Mueller, but he has listened

to his staff who have discouraged him. His staff has won out for now. White House spokeswoman

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