mr. portman: i think the sad. i do think that it would be nice if they could look up to their presidential candidates. i do think that in this campaign, we've seen some things said and done that have discouraged them. i have stood up, as you said, and i have consistently stood up and i -- when i thought something was said that was wrong. my opponent hasn't done that by the way. i believe that words matter. words matter so much i took the extraordinary step not to be able to support my republican nominee for president. when hillary clinton called half of donald trump's supporters deplorable, said they were irredeemable, said ted were racist, strickland hasn't stood up to condemn those comments. words matter. this is a campaign between ted strickland and men me. the not a presidential campaign. although you'll hear my opponent continually talk about the presidential campaign. you think he wishes he was running with barack obama, so he should have run -- or against donald trump, he should have run in the presidential

mr. portman: thank you for the question. as you know, i've taken the lead on this issue of energy efficiency, crafted legislation with my partner from new hampshire. we have two bills signed into law by the president. we have a third bill. the combination of the bills would be the equivalent of taking 20 million cars off the road in 15 years. what's important to me is it also creates jobs about. 200,000 additional jobs, so it's a way to do two thing. one, deal with the carbon emissions and help to create a cleaner environment. but second, to do so in a way that creates more economic growth and opportunity. i think both are important. i think they can be complimentary. that's a good example of it. i'm also the author of the tropical force conservation act which has saved 86 million acres of tropical forests around the world. not by losing any jobs here in ohio. but by instead actually helping those countries to be able to do debt to nature swaps they call them with u.s. debt. that's been a huge savings because it's viewed as

mr. portman said i agree -- disagree, but he should still be president. i can go on and on. this man once to spread nuclear weapons. senator portman supported him. he was ashamed of being on a platform with him, but he continued to say you should be the president. what kind of twisted logic or twisted value system would lead someone to engage in that kind of, i don't know, what is it called? disingenuous behavior. now he is not going to vote for him, but he will write in mr. pence. action think that was an that demonstrated courage. i think it was cowardice. he should have rejected this man while he said these things. he was thinking about his own political career. words do matter. mr. strickland has locked words at a time when we have been in this campaign together about words he has spoken, and when donald trump issued those words, i stood up. and again, the final straw was these comments recently. not an easy thing to do given the fact i am republican proud of the party, and he won the nomination fairly and squarely. his policies are better on growing the economy, but i co

mr. portman: i think the sad.k that it would be nice if they could look up to their presidential candidates. i do think that in this campaign, we've seen some things said and done that have discouraged them. i have stood up, as you said, and i have consistently stood up and i -- when i thought something was said that was wrong. my opponent hasn't done that by the way. i believe that words matter. words matter so much i took the extraordinary step not to be able to support my republican nominee for president. when hillary clinton called half of donald trump's supporters deplorable, said they were irredeemable, said they were racist, ted strickland hasn't stood up to condemn those comments. words matter. this is a campaign between ted strickland and men me. the not a presidential campaign. although you'll hear my opponent continually talk about the presidential campaign. you think he wishes he was running with barack obama, so he should have run -- or against donald trump, he should have run in the presidential camp

mr. portman: thank you for the question. as you know, i've taken the lead on this issue of energy efficiency, crafted legislation with my partner from new hampshire. we have two bills signed into law by the president. we have a third bill. the combination of the bills would be the equivalent of taking 20 million cars off the road in 15 years. what's important to me is it also creates jobs about. 200,000 additional jobs, so it's a way to do two thing. one, deal with the carbon emissions and help to create a cleaner environment. but second, to do so in a way that creates more economic growth and opportunity. i think both are important. i think they can be complimentary. that's a good example of it. i'm also the author of the tropical force conservation act which has saved 86 million acres of tropical forests around the world. not by losing any jobs here in ohio. but by instead actually helping those countries to be able to do debt to nature swaps they call them with u.s. debt. that's been a huge savings because it's viewed as

mr. portman, senator portman, my first question is to you. your colleague senator john mccain promised republicans would be united against any supreme court nominee that hillary clinton would put forward if she were elected. has offices backed off issuing a statement and said he would thoroughly examine the record of any supreme court nominee. it's been said the senate has the constitutional obligation to provide advice and consent on the supreme court nominee. suncor scholars are saying there's nothing that requires a hearing. regardless of who is elected we pushed for a ferrying process for a nominee to the court or will you join and block a nominee? portland: a fair hearing process, absolutely. i believe that's what i've done. there are many of barack obama's nominees who i that were not qualified for the court and couldn't support but many i did support. including his appointments to executive offices as well as to the corporate i look at each of the mayors and the soviet to be. i don't agree we should automatically block nominees. we sho

mr. portman claims he's an independent and bipartisan but he wasn't bipartisan when it came to guns. he voted against an amendment or bill that would allow, disallow suspected terrorists from buying guns. he wasn't bipartisan when it came to the bipartisan bill on immigration but perhaps the most egregious action he has taken has been against judge garland. i'm going to read back the words that he just uttered. he said i don't agree that we should automatically block a nominee. for months he has locked judge garland. he said this man should not have a hearing or get a vote. he has disrespected the president and he has failed to carry out his constitutional obligation. he has not done his job for months and we had a 4-4 split on that court. he hasn't answered. he needs to give us an answer. senator every newspaper in this state has criticized you for this and yet you refuse to allow the president's nominees to get a hearing and a vote. you have got some answering to do to the people of ohio. you are not acting in a bipartisan manner, you are acting in a very hyperpartisan manner when

mr. strickland. senator portman, your response. sen.ortman: it's a fair question and he left john kasich something else. he left john kasich and $8 billion record deficit. he took rainy day fund down to $.89, and of those jobs that left ohio, nine out of 10 of them went to other states. so he is blaming it somehow on trade agreements? nine out of 10 of them went to other states. we were up in toledo, your colleagues wrote a story in the blade about factories that left in the last couple years just from that area toledo, and he is quoted in the story saying, you are right, we were too slow to respond. we were not efficient enough to respond. the mayors of northwest ohio said we never heard from the governor. we never had any incentive packages on the ohio side. the indiana folks said we offered incentive packages. that is fair to talk about. i know he doesn't want to talk about his record, and i don't blame him. i would want to either. but 350,000 jobs were lost. 47 other governors figured it out better than we did. this is why you know,

mr. women. rob portman who formally endorsed trump said he can no longer support him. john kasich said it is clear that trump hadn't changed. but beth candidates made some outrageous staples tonight. >> they sure did. our team of fact checkers poured over their staples. news 5 live at the desk what tonight partners they are evaluating statements to help you evaluate the candidates. one focused on obama care and short comings. saying 90% of americans are covered. mitt i fact found a u.s. census bureau report said 90.9% of americans had some some form health coverage. politifact rated the statement as true. trump challenged the clinton saying she would change obama care to a single player statement, registered the suggestion of going to the single payer format, she said she would work to prevent the appeal of obama care, she never said that would go for a single payer. politifact's moving mostly false. we are working on more fact them on our news at 5 app. >>> this debate was full of jabs from both candidates and it went throughout the night. >> lots of fiery darts in th

mr. portman claims that he is independent and bipartisan. he wasn't bipartisan when he came -- when it came to guns. he voted against an amendment that would disallow suspected terrorists from buying guns. he wasn't bipartisan when he came to the bipartisan bill on immigration. perhaps the most egregious acts he has taken has been against judge garland. i'm going to read back the words he just uttered. he said, i don't agree that we block automatically nominee. for months, he has blocked judge garland. he said this man should not have a hearing or get a vote. he has disrespect -- disrespected the president and failed to carry out his constitutional obligation. he has not done his job for 4-4 splitd we have a on that court. he needs to give us an answer. every newspaper in the state has criticized you for this. and yet you refuse to allow the president's nominee to get a hearing and a vote. you've got some answering to do to the people of ohio. you are not acting in a bipartisan manner. you are acting in a very hyper partisan manner when it c

mr. portman student stupid. he didn't say that but he put it this way. he said people who have negotiated our trade deals are stupid. senator portman was george bush's trade representative. he actually actually personally negotiated some of these deals and he actually called himself the quarterback. he boasted that at the last minute he was out rounding up the final votes that were needed to get them over the finish line he's got a need to apologize to the people of this valley and the people of this country because he has participated in sending our jobs out of this country. >> as i said, his record is not 1i would be proud of either so he's going to come up with all of these excuses. when he was governor, we lost jobs everywhere, but nine out of ten of the jobs went to other states. that's the reality. when he was governor. believe it or not exports in ohio went down. that's how bad he is about exports. that never happens. the question for mr. strickland. >> you supported hillary clinton in 2008 for president. your a*supporter of a star supporter of her

not natalie portman, mrs. onassis. actually, she was divorced from him. but at her home -- where was she? oh, up in -- the vineyard. the vineyard. and she was just so lovely. but she sounded just like that. >> i got the chills from it. >> just like that. >> so we lighten it up for a little >> all right. this is a little ariana grande with a little nicki minaj. picture yourself in a spin class. >> wait this is i-hoda? >> yes, it is. >> oh! >> picture yourself in a spin class. >> no, two things i hate. >> turn it up, you're on your bike. come on, come on, let's go ariana. ? been there all day ? ? side to side ? ? see you standing over there with your body ? ? feeling like i wanna rock with your body ? >> you're standing over there with your body. >> your body or your buddy? i know i'm with my body but am i with my buddy? ? you've gotta think ? >> you don't know the words to this. >> i don't have to think. ? these friends keep talking way too much ? >> what's it >> oh. >> it's about rock your body side to side. or something. >> if somebody can tell me what i

mr. trump was ahead in ohio and florida when rob portman and marco rubio were outperforming mr. trump in that state. and i'm curious about the comparison with new hampshire, where kelly ayotte is not. and i am kind of wondering what your thoughts are as a woman senate candidate, is she under tougher scrutiny for her actions than these males are? jessica: i think as a woman and as a mother, she can't not be impacted by the comments from donald trump and his actions. it is troubling. it is troubling to all women. i don't know a woman out there who is not having a conversation about this right now. this transcends party. and i do think it is hard for her. i do get is hard for her to be a republican standing there with the republican nominee now that she has walked away, recently. but it is way too little, too late. and that is what women are saying and looking at. why did it take so long? why did it take so long for these republicans to show leadership on this issue around women, the candidate at the top with donald trump who is called mexicans rapists and criminals. why did it tak

all he has to go around portman is i think the people who come out to vote for portman will probably -- if they don't like mr. trump, they just won't either -- or not vote at all. >>> okay. that's it. >> still ahead on "sarah's circle, paving the way for new policy. why she is passionate about immigration. thanks for joining us. i'm tom beres. . >> now at my stage of life, i really care about my time. >> reporter: in 40 years here, margaret lost her husband, raised two smart kids, and became a national leader in immigration law, a long way from where >> i came from hong kong with my $200 in my bank, with a little sister at the age of 19. and in those days, we needed to survive. >> reporter: her first job after law school brought her to cleveland. >> i got a job with central national bank. i was their credit manager. that's how i became a very good friend and -- . >> i started with immigration, because -- getting fired from my jobs. 1978 ?79 only immigrants hired me to do that work. in those days, nobody -- immigration. it's lower than criminal law. it's rally lower than family practice. because myself as for

mr. trump was ahead in ohio and florida when rob portman and marco rubio were outperforming mr. trump in that state. and i'm curious about the comparison with new hampshire, where kelly ayotte is not. and i am kind of wondering what your thoughts are as a woman senate candidate, is she under tougher scrutiny for her actions than these males are? jessica: i think as a woman and as a mother, she can't not be impacted by the comments from donald trump and his actions. it is troubling. it is troubling to all women. i don't know a woman out there who is not having a conversation about this right now. this transcends party. and i do think it is hard for her. i do get is hard for her to be a republican standing there with the republican nominee now that she has walked away, recently. but it is way too little, too late. and that is what women are saying and looking at. why did it take so long? why did it take so long for these republicans to show leadership on this issue around women, the candidate at the top with donald trump who is called mexicans rapists and criminals. why did it tak

, that's, that's very much happening here in ohio, too, with senator rob portman running for re-election. he's also disavowing mr. trump running on his own. paul, tell us how historic this kind of thing is. i mean, i've not heard that kind of thing in recent american history. >> really uncommon. the fact of the matter is, is that about three or four weeks ago "usa today" we were working on a story saying that the republicans appeared to be pretty safe in their preservation of the u.s. senate. and in the past three or four weeks that has changed. partly because of the debate. partly because of mr. trump's videotape coming out talking about grabbing women. all the sudden republican candidates across the country have to answer for donald trump's attacks on women, things he said about women, now what he said about the election, and suddenly the democrats have a real chance to get their majority in the senate, and it's partly because of donald trump and so all of these senate candidates are running against the top of the ticket. they're running against or disavowing mr. trump or just trying to stay away from him. whi

portman. >> thank you, mr. chairman and it's been a very interesting discussion.look, our healthcare system wasn't perfect before the affordable care act but as indicated pretty much every speaker today even you and i appreciate you saying this, many of the pledges and promises that were made haven't been kept and you could say well that's because of overpromising and it still means that this is an improvement. for a lot of my constituents it's not an improvement and created more problems for them. it is people losing their insurance. we didn't even talk about the co-ops and the committee has done a good job on that as well as subcommittee. pretty much every few weeks another co-op goes under. and so this is -- this has been tough for people. i've got 30 specific examples here of constituents out of the hundreds we have gotten because we have a portal on our website where people can tell us their experience, i won't go through all of them because we don't have time but all i can say it's not just a theoretical issue but it's about people's lives and ability and in

portman: wonderful to be here. all theseing distinguished buckeyes in town to celebrate thomas edison. mr.er mcconnell, leader pelosi, speaker rosenberger, a surprise guest here today, came all the way from columbus for this occasion, and to my colleagues delegation who i see here in the front row, my senate, it'sthe great to have everyone together on a bipartisan effort here to great ohioan and great american. teabury was unbelievable to -- unable to be here today. he hoped to say a few words. passes along his congratulations and to all of you, his best wishes. to hold up thomas edison as a symbol from ohio is, of course, something we're all proud of today but it was said early, it was the ohio delegation. it really wasn't. vote of the people. so the people of ohio made this decision. a couple of them are here today helped organize it. mark wagner, doug mcdonald, thank you for being here and the years,ork over talking to me about this process and getting us to this point. i know you're happy about it. not an easyt was decision. we had a lot of remarkable ohioans to choose from. to have qu

portman. [ applause ] >> wonderful to be here. i love having all these distinguished buckeyes in town to celebrate thomas edison. mr.osi, speaker rosenburger, who is a surprise guest with us here today, came all the way from columbus for this occasion. and to my colleagues in the ohio delegation who i see here in the front row. my colleague in the senate, it's great to have everybody together on a bipartisan effort here to hold up a great ohioan and great american. pat teaberry hoped to be here and say a few words, because the sculptor is from hainesville, ohio. pat passes along his congratulations. and to all of you his best wishes. the decision to hold up thomas edison is a symbol from ohio, is, of course, something that we're all proud of today. but it was said earlier, it was the ohio delegation, it really wasn't, it was the vote of the people. the people of ohio made this decision. a couple of them are here today who helped organize it. thank you two for being here. talking to me about this process and getting us to this point. i know you're happy about it. i will say it was not an easy decision. we had a lot o

portman a coward. what will we do? ted strickland: i'm ted strickland and i approve this message. mrs. john speaking nonsense the first time since video shows donald to making these comments >> he apologize, i accept his apology. i hope the american people will accept it as well. it was many many years ago. he's not the man that i know. >> she says allegations of sexual misconduct are lies, she also says trump was and on into boy talk in that access hollywood video. she told him yes and cooper that she is not order has been used by kind of language before. billy bush has officially parted ways with nbc effective immediately. but she just took over is the host of the today shows 9:00 a.m. hour never returned to the show after that access hollywood tape went public. police think his family friends and says he looks forward to what lies ahead in terms of a settlement between the two sides of not been released. donald trump taking his outrage over what he calls a rigged system is step further tonight during a campaign rally win, wisconsin he calls for a series of ethics reforms in washingt

mr. portland is still leading. where is that headed? tim: it's interesting because portman is leading, but the lead is narrowing. here is a tremendous get out the vote operation for hillary clinton. there are offices all over the staffers, tons of volunteers turning out for the democrats. rob portman got himself in a bit of a pickle because now he has alienated himself from trump. a lot of the trump people and i'm hearing this on the ground in the mahoning valley, they are not voting for portman. you will have a significant number of trump people who are not going to vote for portman. they basically think she betrayed their candidate. you will have increased democratic turnout because of the ground operation. you will see probably a slight decrease in moderate republicans and general republicans because of the tenor and tone. they may not want to go to the polls. you will see the trunk people who will go to the polls and not vote for portman. this is a senate race you have got to keep your eye on because this could be a sleeper. david: one last question and i will travel across the aisle to another mr. ryan, pau

portman and democrat ted strickland. we will take you there live at 7:00 eastern tonight here on c-span. a look at a tweet -- reaffirming russian hacking after mr. trump said he doubts it. mr. clapper made those remarks today before the intelligence and national security alliance gathering at the u.s. capitol, where he spoke for about 45 minutes. >> good morning, everybody. i am president of the intelligence and national security alliance. we will get started. i think we have 30 or 40 people working their way through security outside. we think the director of national intelligence is close, so we want to make sure that he will be here by the time we get through these preliminary therks and can talk about things we came here to hear about. so on behalf of nsef and our cohost, executives from national security, i am pleased to welcome you to the congressional auditorium of the capital business center. i would also like to welcome, in the audience, joining us virtually via tv, we appreciate c-span and other media outlets airing what we will think -- on what we think will be a ,hought-provoking discussion steps our public and private sectors can do