Subject: Playbook PM: Man arrested near the Capitol after police found a gun and ammunition in his car
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ALERT ... EMAIL FROM CAPITOL POLICE AT 11:50 A.M. ... MAN ARRESTED NEAR THE CAPITOL AFTER A GUN FOUND IN HIS CAR: "At approximately 9 a.m., the United States Capitol Police (USCP) were conducting routine parking enforcement in the 300 block of New Jersey Avenue, NW. Officers observed what appeared to be a firearm in a parked vehicle. An investigation was initiated, during which the owner of the vehicle arrived on the scene.

"Following a consent search of the vehicle, a weapon, ammunition, and other items were recovered from the vehicle. The owner, an adult male, was placed under arrest, and transported to USCP Headquarters for processing. Charges are pending. There is no evidence to indicate any nexus to terrorism at this time."

AND THIS ... @SecretService at 11:57 a.m. "Secret Service Officers and K9 units were alerted to a vehicle at a checkpoint near the @WhiteHouse. The North Fence along Pennsylvania Avenue and Lafayette Park are closed at this time. @DCPoliceDept EOD personnel are responding to the scene."

... at 12:31 p.m.: "UPDATE: The vehicle near the @WhiteHouse has been cleared. The North Fence line and Lafayette Park will open shortly."

Good Thursday afternoon. REUTERS/MOSCOW: "U.S. senator Paul to meet Russian lawmakers in Moscow on Aug. 6: agencies": "U.S. Republican senator Rand Paul is due to lead a U.S. delegation to Moscow and will meet Russian members of parliament on Aug. 6, Russian agencies cited senior lawmaker Konstantin Kosachov as saying on Thursday." Reuters

THE PRESIDENT will begin an 11-day stay at his home in Bedminster tonight. SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS is briefing at 1 p.m. The Capitol is empty and quiet -- the House and Senate are both out of session.

SCOTUS WATCH -- "National Archives says it won't be able to produce all Kavanaugh documents until end of October," by WaPo's Seung Min Kim: "Gary Stern, the archives' general counsel, told Senate Judiciary Committee Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) in a letter Thursday that the records he has requested could total more than 900,000 pages. ... 

"That timeline casts doubt into whether President Trump's pick to replace Justice Anthony M. Kennedy can be confirmed by the midterm elections - much less the opening of the Supreme Court's fall term on the first Monday in October, as Republicans initially planned. After the Archives combs through all of the estimated 900,000 pages, more vetting would have to occur." WaPo

THE ADMINISTRATION -- "Trump fires first shot in California car wars," by Alex Guill&eacute;n: "The administration on Thursday proposed freezing the vehicle fuel efficiency standards sought by the Obama administration and moved to end California's power to enforce its own rules, setting off a legal fight that could create a schism among red and blue states over the pollution regulations for new cars and pickups. ... 

"The auto industry had initially urged President Donald Trump to revisit the standards for 2021-2025 vehicles ... But as with Trump's tariff and trade disputes, the companies worry that the White House is going too far." POLITICO

MORE ON THE MANAFORT TRIAL -- "Mueller team has 'every intention' of calling Gates," by Josh Gerstein and Darren Samuelsohn: "Speculation that special counsel Robert Mueller's team might not call its star witness, Rick Gates, to testify against his former boss and business partner Paul Manafort turns out to have been hot air. ... 

"[Judge T.S.] Ellis began Thursday's trial session with another public explanation of why he was limiting some evidence of Manafort's expensive taste in cars, homes, suits and watches. He said prosecutors are entitled to prove that Manafort's expenses far exceeded the income he reported to the IRS, but may not dwell on his seemingly insatiable appetite for luxury." POLITICO
       
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WHAT'S ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MIND -- @realDonaldTrump at 6:38 a.m.: "Charles Koch of Koch Brothers, who claims to be giving away millions of dollars to politicians even though I know very few who have seen this (?), now makes the ridiculous statement that what President Trump is doing is unfair to 'foreign workers.' He is correct, AMERICA FIRST!"

... at 7:04 a.m.: "Wow, @foxandfriends is blowing away the competition in the morning ratings. Morning Joe is a dead show with very few people watching and sadly, Fake News CNN is also doing poorly. Too much hate and inaccurately reported stories -- too predictable!"

AMERICAN BRIDGE has released a video asking whether Troy Balderson -- the GOP candidate running in a tight race in Ohio's 12th district -- will support Rep. Jim Jordan for speaker. This is a digital advertisement that will run on Facebook -- not TV -- and American Bridge is spending five figures on it. They declined to say how much. 

-- BUT IT DOES introduce an interesting dynamic: Jordan as an issue in a congressional race.

-- 30-SECOND SPOT ... NARRATOR: "Troy Balderson is hiding something from voters: He's refusing to say if he'll back Jim Jordan for speaker of the House. ... Seven former student-athletes say Jim Jordan turned a blind eye to sexual abuse at Ohio State. ... Does Troy Balderson stand with the victims, or with Jim Jordan?" The ad

IVANKA SPEAKS ... "Ivanka Trump on family separation: 'That was a low point for me,'" by Rebecca Morin: "'That was a low point for me as well,' she said during an interview with Axios. 'I feel very strongly about that, and I am very vehemently against family separation and the separation of parents and children.' ... 'We have to be very careful about incentivizing behavior that puts children at risk of being trafficked, at risk of entering this country with coyotes or making an incredibly dangerous journey alone,' she said. ... 

"The president's daughter also broke from her father's view on the media, saying she does 'not feel like the media is the enemy of the people.'" POLITICO

IVANKA ALSO SAID that paid family leave legislation will not happen in this Congress. Axios

-- NEWSFLASH: It probably won't happen next Congress either.

WAR REPORT -- "U.S.-led Coalition Set to Launch Final Fight Against ISIS in Syria," by Foreign Policy's Lara Seligman: "The U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State for the past four years is closing in on the last pocket of militants in eastern Syria and is expecting the battle to flush them out to be a tough one, according to a top officer involved in the campaign.

"More than 1,000 Islamic State fighters are holed up in the city of Hajin in eastern Syria, near the Iraqi border, including a number foreign fighters, said British Army Maj. Gen. Felix Gedney ... Experts say the battle of Hajin could mark the end of the coalition's mission in Syria, if not the elimination of the Islamic State altogether. ... Some number of fighters are thought to have shaved their beards and tried to blend in with the civilian population." Foreign Policy

PONTIFF WATCH -- "Vatican changes teaching to oppose death penalty in all cases," by Reuters' Francesco Guarascio in Vatican City: "The Roman Catholic Church formally changed its teaching on Thursday to declare the death penalty inadmissible whatever the circumstance ... The Vatican said it had changed its universal catechism, a summary of Church teaching, to reflect Pope Francis' total opposition to capital punishment. ...

"The new provision is expected to run into stiff opposition from Catholics in the United States and other countries where capital punishment is legal and where many believers support it." Reuters

DRIP DRIP -- "Interior IG to scrutinize Zinke's beer-making plans," by Ben Lefebvre in Whitefish, Montana: "Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke made no secret of his dream of opening a microbrewery in his hometown of Whitefish. Now, the department's inspector general will be asking if he colluded to have the chairman of Halliburton, one of the leading companies with business before the department, build him one.

"In Whitefish, brewers and city officials told POLITICO that Zinke has long sought to build a microbrewery of his own, a project that over six years led him to submit plans to the City Council, discuss the move with other business leaders and personally join in a review process to change local zoning laws to make them more hospitable to such a business." POLITICO

CNN'S BARBARA STARR: "U.S. officials say Iran has begun naval operation in the Middle East": "Iran has begun a major military exercise in the Persian Gulf region according to a US defense official directly familiar with the latest US information. ... While Iran has not widely publicized the exercise, the US military is concerned it could demonstrate Iran's ability to interfere with commercial shipping and shut down the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial conduit for global energy supplies, US officials say.

"The timing is unusual. These types of IRGC exercises typically happen much later in the year and the official said the US assesses that the exercise is partly being held in response to rising rhetoric from the US." CNN

OBAMAWORLD -- "DOJ finds 'several shortcomings' in Obama-era clemency program," by Rebecca Morin: "A clemency initiative that was begun by President Barack Obama and aimed at commuting or reducing sentences for federal inmates who do not pose a threat to public safety was riddled with poor planning, including possibly not reviewing all petitions consistently, a government watchdog has found." POLITICO

TRADE WARS -- @marcorubio: "Would be great if most tariffs & unfair trade barriers went away. But just as 'peace through strength' was a good idea,so is 'fair trade through strength'. The only way to get #China to drop it's barriers is to retaliate against them until they do."

2018 WATCH -- "Campaigns Enter Texting Era With a Plea: Will U Vote 4 Me?" by NYT's Kevin Roose: NYT

SEXUAL HARASSMENT FILES -- "State lawmakers surviving allegations in the age of #MeToo," by AP's Adam Beam and Christina Cassidy in Frankfort, Ky.: "When the #MeToo movement swept across the country, triggering a national reckoning about sexual misconduct, some politicians lost their positions and power amid such allegations. Many others did not. As voters return to the polls this year, The Associated Press has found that scores of politicians accused of sexual misconduct are running again and poised to win - particularly in state races. That includes the deposed speaker of the House in Kentucky, who despite an ethics commission reprimand is running unopposed.

"Of the 25 state lawmakers who are running for re-election despite allegations of sexual misconduct, 15 have already advanced to the Nov. 6 general election. Seven did not even face a challenger in their primary." AP

VALLEY TALK -- "How Fake Influence Campaigns on Facebook Lured Real People," by NYT's Kate Conger and Charlie Savage: "Facebook has been under intense pressure since the 2016 presidential election for failing to detect foreign meddling on its platform. ... But even as Facebook moved more quickly this time to limit meddling, some said the company has become heavy-handed." NYT

FUTURE OF NEWS -- "Facebook Gives Local Newspapers Tips on How to Boost Subscriptions," by WSJ's Lukas Alpert: "Since March, Facebook has held training sessions with executives from 14 midsize newspapers from around the U.S. to develop strategies for bringing in more paying customers via Facebook and beyond. It also gave each participating publisher $200,000 in grant money to put those strategies into play. ... 

"Publishers have long been wary of Facebook's outsize role in news dissemination and its commanding presence in the digital advertising market, which has played a considerable role in disrupting the economics of the news industry. ... 

"The pilot group included the Seattle Times, the Boston Globe, the Omaha World-Herald and the Denver Post. ... Sessions included developing strategies to boost reader engagement through things like targeted newsletters-whose recipients later get subscription offers-and how to use big news events as marketing opportunities. ... Facebook intends to invest an additional $4.5 million in support." WSJ

BUSINESS BURST -- "Apple just hit a $1 trillion market cap," by CNBC's Sara Salinas: "Apple hit a $1 trillion market cap on Thursday, making the iPhone maker the first publicly traded U.S. company to reach the record valuation." CNBC

TRAILER DU JOUR -- The trailer for the Trump-Putin documentary "Active Measures" premiered Thursday on "Morning Joe." The film includes new interviews with Hillary Clinton, Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Michael McFaul, John Podesta, Evan McMullin, and Craig Unger. It comes out Aug. 31. The trailer

OBAMA ALUMNI -- Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan will join DreamBox Learning's board of directors.

SPOTTED: Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) this morning at St. Elmo's Coffee Pub in Alexandria ... Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) at DCA for a flight to New Orleans on Wednesday. "A passenger asked him to oppose Brett Kavanaugh but Sen. Coleman reminded her he is a FORMER senator and has gone on record supporting the nominee," according to our tipster ... 

... Chris Matthews Wednesday evening grocery shopping in the Chevy Chase D.C. Safeway. "As the internet exploded with questions about whether Trump has ever been in a grocery store, the MSNBC host was spotted still in his suit, selecting a half gallon of milk from the dairy aisle," per our tipster. "Unknown if he was asked for ID at checkout, but a black sedan and driver were waiting for him outside."

WEEKEND WEDDING -- Garrett Murch, a freelance political consultant and a former aide to Olympia Snowe, Jeff Sessions and Laura Ingraham, recently married Andrea Zuniga, legislative director and counsel at PL+US: Paid Leave for the United States and former deputy chief of staff to NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio, in a ceremony in Kokadjo, Maine. SPOTTED: Tucker Carlson, Chris Bedford, Brian Phillips, Steve Robinson and Matthew Boyle. Pic of Murch, Tucker and other friends ... Another pic ... Pic of the couple on the dance floor

BONUS BIRTHDAY: Jerry Taylor, president of the Niskanen Center, is 56 (h/t Joey Koon)
           
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