Happy Wednesday, I'm Jake Sherman, and welcome to your political playbook audio briefing, sponsored by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation. The president of the United States is awake in tweeting this morning. I'm going to read this whole tweet storm so you could hear what's on the president's mind as he sits at his luxury seaside resort in Palm Beach. Quote, it wasn't the White House, it wasn't the State Department. it wasn't Father LeVar so-called people on the ground in China that got his son out of a long-term prison sentence. It was me. Too bad. Lovar is just a poor man's version of Don King, but without the hair. Just think. Dot, dot, dot. Next tweet. Lovar, you could have spent the next five to 10 years during Thanksgiving with your son in China, but no NBA contract to support you. But remember, LeVar, you could have spent the next five to ten years during Thanksgiving with your son in China,

but no NBA contract to support you.

But remember, Lovar, shoplifting is not a little thing.

It's a really big deal, especially in China.

Ungrateful fool.

Meanwhile, a Navy plane has crashed near Japan.

Eight people have been found at three are still missing.

Another woman has accused John Conyers of sexual

harassment. The House Ethics Committee is investigating and Democrats are keeping him atop the House

Judiciary Committee. The Detroit Free Press has called on him to resign. This will be a very big

test of House Democratic leaders who will have to move swiftly here in some way, shape, or form.

There are lots of Democrats who are very frustrated with

the leadership and keeping Conyers as the number one Democrat atop judiciary will be challenging.

The Washington Post scoops, White House military workers were fired after they broke curfew to meet

women in Vietnam. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the special counsel is probing

Jared Custer's contact with foreign leaders. The president, meanwhile, has fully backed Roy Moore, saying that he does not want a liberal

taking the Alabama Senate seat. He has also publicly and privately doubted the accuser's stories.

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