trump s running mate. that s hi, on newsmax good evening. i m abby phillip in new york tonight. family, friends, and maga country mineral playing the ponies, except the horses are men, three men. new cnn reporting shows the constant cajoling and lobbying and pleading from people in donald trump s orbit to pick their guy to run alongside trump atop the ticket the shortlist is seemingly shorter now, marco rubio, jd vance, and doug burgum they are all reportedly at the top of the list of trump s choices to tap. now, that doesn t mean that the others are ruled out, including tim scott elise, stefanik, byron donalds ben carson, who will join me later on this show. all of them, cnn is told have received some level of vetting paperwork and the vip stakes power rankings are in constant flux according to our sources why? well, it depends on trump s mood of course, and it depends on how trump thinks everyone in his vp casten call is performing on television. they re standing really d