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Party ahead of the midterm elections. and some trump allies reportedly, not happy. "the new york times" is reporting pence is playing a much bigger role in the gop's future, and obviously some trump loyalists don't like it, right? is he trying to create his own power base? who knows. bombshell report. national correspondent with the "new york times" breaking this story and mark lauder, former press secretary for vice president pence and member of the trump 2020 advisory board. alex, your reporting is, mike pence is really getting a lot more power. what's happening? >> look, he's playing what i...

Swamp person back to the senate like joe donnelly, or you can send us republicans like mike braun to drain the swamp. >> melissa: let's bring in our political panel, mark lauder, a former press secretary for vice president pence. robin vero is a former obama campaign director and a democratic strategist. robin, let me start with you. judy was here yesterday. she's no fan of president trump. she says that you may not like his style, but whether you lock at minority and employment, the economy, what is going on with north korea, tax cuts, he has a lot of results to point to and that will be diff...

Journalist to move from the white house press briefing room. they got a call you've got to get to the other room so they are gathered there. we understand that this will be a conversation, a q&a, press availability with the president of the united states on the taxpayer money, $1.3 trillion in why he would consider vetoing that bill and what are the things ahead of him in terms of getting democrats and republicans to work together, deal with dhaka, deal with the national defense and the border wall in the border system. those issues. he wants those things on the table. a member, democrats said...

Hundreds of companies are giving thousands and thousands of dollars to their workers. and now you have almost 3 million workers that are receiving thousands of dollars. >> that was president trump speaking with cnbc during his trip to davos this week for the world economic forum. and with trump slated to deliver his first state of the union speech this week, he'll likely keep that focus on his economic achievements. since his tax plan was passed, 40 companies from the s&p 500, including comcast, announced they are giving bonuses to employees as a result of the tax reform bill. but while a new ...

Tuesday either. >> mark, before i let you go, i want to ask you about the vice president and his role in the midterm elections coming up. it's potentially a tough map. what do you think the vice president could bring to the table to campaigning for republicans that perhaps wouldn't be a strongsuit for the president? >> well, i don't think it's a question of what is strong for the president and not. >> so let's just go with what are vice president pence's picks? >> well, i will tell you, he's going to be very busy in the first quarter. i think he's got about 30 trips planned already in various ...