Good Friday morning. I'm Jake Sherman and welcome to your Politico Playbook audio briefing. Stay tuned

after the show for a message from pharma. There is a lot of news this morning. Here's what you need to know.

Breaking overnight, 49 people were killed in a New Zealand mosque shooting as authorities detained

four people and diffused explosive devices in what appeared to be a carefully planned racist attack. That's from the

A.P. in Christchurch, New Zealand. On another note, Liz Cheney, the number three House Republican,

is fundraising off of claims of anti-Semitism among Democrats. She writes in a text message to supporters.

This is Liz Cheney. The Democrats are enabling anti-Semitism. We must take action. Donate now to restore our

conservative majority. The New York Times reports that North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un is thinking

about scuttling negotiations with the United States and resuming nuclear weapons tests.

Burgess Everett and Iliata Johnson are up at a look at why Donald Trump did not stop a Republican

revolt on his border

emergency following a haphazard and erratic persuasion effort from Trump that is a vivid

encapsulation of how this White House has struggled to influence Congress. James Arkin and

John Bresdenin, write that all but one senator up for reelection in 2020 sided with Trump.

Maine Susan Collins was the lone holdout.

On the 2020 front, David Siders is in Iowa and wrote about Beto O'Rourke's generating

a backlash among some Democrats that are frustrated by the fanfare surrounding his launch.

Meanwhile, at the White House, Gabby Orr writes that President Donald Trump's aides are assuring

him that Joe Biden is not a threat.

And about the president's top legislative priority, a trade deal between the United States, Mexico,

and Canada, the president and his team have decided to let Nancy Pelosi take the lead so far.

If he could stick with that strategy, it's likely to benefit him.

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