but you know, and there were these pr moves by these companies overnight, comcast, at&t, boeing and others, saying we re going to spend that money, we re going to raise our minimum wage or we re going to give people $1,000 bonuses. that doesn t look to be replicated across corporate america. it s five or six instances, but that helps the sales job. reporter: absolutely! that looks good. it gives them a talking point. you already see republicans using that to push back on everyone who said that it wasn t going to happen, that corporations were going to keep the profits. this is something that s going to have to play out, you know. if, as you said, republicans to a certain extent already owned the economy, and you know, the impact on people s lives because they control all three levers in washington, but now they really do, because now they ve actually changed something. and so, you know, the way voters feel in november is going to be very dispositive on how they vote. and so, for be
tomorrow. let s bring in cnn politics reporter tal kopan live in washington. i guess we have to play the clip. mike pence. the vice president, just a lovefest yesterday. listen. i m deeply humbled as your vice president to be able to be here. because of your leadership, mr. president, and because of the strong support of leadership in the congress of the united states, you re delivering on that middle-class miracle. because of your determination, because of your leadership, the forgotten men and women of america are forgotten no more, and we are making america great again. that s just a small sampling. we sononly have 30 more minutes the show, or we d play the whole thing. this was an example of exquisite leadership, as speaker of the house said yesterday. this is the way to get to donald trump s heart. my question is, with this synergy between these republicans and their president, will they get more done, like
great reporting. let s bring in tal kopan live in washington this morning. good morning, dave and alison. let s stay on the subject. korean peninsula and talk about the fuss over where donald trump said. the president. regarding armada sailing to the korean peninsula. we have sean spicer with the statement. we are sending an armada. very powerful. we have submarines. very powerful. far more powerful than the aircraft carrier. that i can tell you. the statement that was put out was the carl vinson group is headed to the korean peninsula. it is heading to the korean peninsula. it is headed there now. it wasn t headed there last week. that s not what we said. we said it is heading there.
although the united states says they are defensive in nature. keep in mind what is happening on the peninsula. north korea have said the u.s. has pushed the situation to the point where a nuclear war could break out anytime. china as well suggested these military drills should not happen saying if the u.s. holds these military drills, potentially, north korea could suspend nuclear and missile program. it is not a new situation or new suggestion and not one that the u.s. welcomes. dave and alison. great reporting from paula hancocks. to help us with perspective. let s bring in tal kopan live in washington. good morning. could be much ado about nothing, but a lot being made of what president trump said about the armada. aircraft carrier sailing to the korean peninsula. here is the president and sean spicer defending his actions
care. here is what the vice president said to dana. while it was clear that a little more than a month ago congress wasn t ready to do it. we never relented in the commitment to keep that promise to the american people. i m confident in the days ahead congress will come together and we will take the important first step to repeal and replace obamacare with the health care reform that president trump envisioned. tal, the president needs a w. are we any closer to agreement on health care? those in d.c. know we have a few more days of recess and the lawmakers out of town. traffic is really light. they come back next week. they have been in the home districts and have had town halls. some are angry that republican lawmaker s considered supportin the first health care bill. they are angry about that. it is not pleasure that the bill