Good Monday morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook audio briefing. Stay tuned after the show for a message from the American Investment Council.

And I'm Jake Sherman. President Donald Trump just made this month much more interesting. Speaking on the South Law, and the president left the door open to a government shutdown in 17 days. First, he said, no, no, no, when asked if he would shut the government

down because he was being impeached. Then he said, it depends on what the negotiation, I wouldn't

commit to anything. It depends on what the negotiation is. Remember, the government shutdown date is

November 21st. Congress's last day in session before the Thanksgiving break. Congress would revolt at the idea of a

shutdown and Democrats are never going to relent on impeachment because of a shutdown. Some in the

Capitol think they'll be able to override the president's veto of a spending bill. Needless to say,

if the president is toying with a shutdown, this month might not be on autopilot. Here's what's

happening on impeachment today.

The House is out, but four witnesses are scheduled for depositions today.

All of them, OMB's Robert Blair and Brian McCormick, and John Eisenberg and Michael Ellis of the NSC are expected to skip their meeting with the impeachment investigators.

The LA Times is reporting that President Donald Trump is lashing out

at California as wildfires rage in the state, tweeting that Governor Gavin Newsom and

Representative Adam Schiff had failed to properly manage the state's forests.

The president is fixated on outing the name of the whistleblower, and Daniel Lippman reports that the president does not think impeachment should get any coverage,

although he's consuming a lot of coverage about impeachment.

And we've got some news this a.m.

Wall Street Journal's Mike Bender is writing a book.

It's titled, Selling Trump, the Inside Story of the 2020 Re-Election Campaign,

that will give an unprecedented look at the business

of presidential campaigns and the marketing of Donald Trump's political brand, going behind

the scenes on key decisions for the Trump team during the 2016 and 2020 elections.

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