Good Monday morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook Audio Briefing, sponsored by Morgan Stanley.

And I'm Jake Sherman. This week, President Trump is in Asia, but the focus in Washington is on Republicans' push to get tax reform passed.

Senate Republicans are releasing their bill this week and House Republicans are marking up theirs beginning at noon today.

Look for lobbyists to tear this thing apart and cause problems

in many cases for House Republicans. Here's the latest in Texas. The San Antonio Express News

reports that David Kelly, who was dressed in tactical gear, delivered the worst mass

shooting in Texas history. Kelly started shooting outside a church near San Antonio and then

walked inside and continued shooting before

fleeing in a vehicle. He was using an AR-15 gun. More numbers from the Washington Post ABC

News poll this morning. The poll found voters favored Democrats over Republicans in the 2018 midterms

by the widest margin in years. Trump's visit to Asia continues. The president boasted about how the U.S. makes the

greatest military equipment in the world. He also said that we will have more trade than anybody

ever thought of under TPP. While our own Andrew Rastushia, who is traveling with the president,

reports that Trump took a shot at Japan and told them he wanted the country to build more of its cars in the

U.S. instead of shipping them over. New details are emerging on the attack on Senator Rand Paul.

The Washington Post reports he's recovering from five broken ribs and bruises to his lungs.

The injuries are far more serious than originally thought. It's unclear how quickly Paul

will return to D.C. The paper reports that he's

in considerable pain and has difficult to getting around and it will be tough for him to fly.

Our colleague Sungman Kim notes how a prolonged Paul absence could complicate things for Mitch McConnell

and the broader GOP legislative agenda. Republicans control just 52 votes in the chamber,

making every single lawmaker crucial.

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