his report on child sex trafficking earlier this year, portland, oregon is beyond shocking. here's a clip, watch. >> it is an out of control problem, it is unbelievable. i've only done this job three years in the vice. i've been a cop for 29. if you had told me three years ago, that a 14-year-old girl would go to a food court, meet a guy and three hours later be selling herself i would have say no way. it happens every day. an average pimp with one kid will make between 800 and 1,000 dollars a day seven days a week. 30 days in a month. >> and not much overhead? >> no overhead. you get a cheap hotel for 50 bucks a night. a bottle of booze. you take her to taco bell, mcdonald's, cheap food, that's it. >> how did you come across this story? >> we're always looking for good investigative stories. we went to maldova to do a story about the international trafficking in kidneys. and maldova it was very obvious that this sex trade traffic, particularly concentrating on young girls and in some cases boys was heavy. i came back home intending to do a story on international sex traffic

. >>> seattle, portland oregon and salt lake city have the best on time departure rankings. >> kai, thank you. new york's jfk, miami and o' hare rank the worse. >>> the white house doesn't look quite like áeut tonight. it -- quite like itself today. it has gone pink for cancer awareness month. >>> beyond bullying, just minutes away, who would taunt a 7-year-old girl with a fatal disease. the story will anger you. >>> staggering number, the foreclosure crisis gets worse. wait till you hear how many people lost their lives last month. >>> not just lost, big names included in entertainment are signing on for the proposed anne arundel casino. >>> a drier but breezy end to the week. i'm bob turk, i'll have the complete forewarn forecast coming up next. ♪ storyteller: little miss muffet sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey. along came a burglar who broke into her home, and ransacked the place making off with several valuable tuffets. fortunately, geico had recently helped her with homeowners insurance. she got full replacement on her tuffets. the burglar was later captured when he was spo

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he took the helm in 2006, previously ran the portland, oregon visitors association. the bureau is one of the largest membership-based agencies in the country employing a staff of 80. under his leadership, san francisco passed the tourism and improvement district, which creates a sustainable funding model for tourism promotions and also for the future of the convention center. joe will tell us about future plans and why a convention center is so important to our economic vitality. please welcome joe alessandro. >> thank you, it is great to be here. these issues and project we are talking about are so important to this city, not only for its vitality but for quality of life, which is dependent on the future of the city. i want to talk about the state of where we are, talk about the current renovations going on. their error potential expansion some areas. and then a brief comment on proposition j, a brief comment on the hotel tax and how much damage it could do to the economy. first of all, the industry. we are seeing some mixed signals. there is actually some hope out

[applause] >> good morning., i'm edward campbell and planning deck tore for portland oregon and i'm here on behalf of our water bureau who sends his regrets. i'm very glad to be here today before i start on the story of portland i want to say the morning session has painteded a picture for me of the scale of issues you face here in california and i hope the story i tell you about portland which we are a drinking water only utility and 80 miles away from the pacific ocean that there are lessons that can be useful to you but our issues pale in comparison to the issues your dealing with here. first a quick description of our system. its the largest one in oregon serving about 8 hundred thousand people. 25 percent of the state and average a hundred million gallons of water a day. our primary source is the bowling river in the cascade mountains east of the city and two reservoirs and ten million gallons of usable storage. we have a secondary ground storing source on the south side of the colombia river and we have capacity to serve our base needs just by ground water some you can count portla

she was born in san francisco to parents who came here from portland, oregon. she has been a lifelong resident of san francisco and is survived by her siblings and their families, her beloved nephew alan ryan, her brother in law, and her nephew, alex novelli. she leaves behind a world of friends and families who grieve the loss of a friend. her life will always be defined by the fierce loyalty to the one she loved. she had a profound wisdom and provided advice to every level of government. a tireless desire to help those in need. she had a profound capacity for friendship most profoundly by her love for her nephew. her contributions are numerous. don cecil worked with her for a number of years. she had a great devotion to her community and was very involved with the zen hospice project. she was a past member of the concordia club, a member of congregation emanu-el, and a political consultant. a memorial service is taking place and many will miss her. i also submit an in memoriam for neil shaton, who passed away on november 12 after a massive heart attack. i am

portland, oregon. >> reporter: and customers can send back what they don't want.uch of the clothes do the customers keep? >> the average keeps half. so if we're talking about a transaction size, $500 and $1,000. >> reporter: it's not for the bargain hunter. jeans cost between $140 and $200. and many shirts are priced similarly. though it's about what you'd pay at a department store for these labels. trunk club does in personal fittings at its office in chicago. as a reporter, i'd like to think i have the whole tailored suit thing down pat. but knowing what to wear after work is where i and many guys need help. >> they're comfortable in sweats and a t-shirt, they're comfortable in a gray suit going to the interview. it's the stuff in the middle that is harder. >> tell me about your image, what you want your clothing to say about you? >> i tend to gravitate toward classic, something that, you know, that's confident, cool. but maybe not too out there. i tried on hand-picked outfits that they said were great for evenings and weekends. >> if you go somewhere nicer, jus

. >> reporter: seattle and portland, oregon and salt lake city have the best on time departure rating the country are jfk and miami international and chicago, o'hare. they're the worst. >>> the mexican tv reporter does not plan to go back, not yet -- she wants to talk to the players on the sidelines or the field. she's going to meet with the steelers next week on the field. >> two days before the ravens take to the field in new england, chris chester is hoping that the win streak can be extended. >>> it's kind of like hitting a rock with a hammer. and the first time you hit it, you won't break it and then, you'll bust it open. we take ride in running the ball and this week, it was really great for us. we got the game going the way we wanted it to get going. >> and the ravens did rushed for 233-yards against the broncos and the team's best so far this season. and ravens are back on the road. you can see it live sunday afternoon at 1:00 and that will be followed by the post game shoes. mark viviano will have the highlights and reactions and then, it's jessica, marty and the bulldog live

in cities such as san francisco and chicago, san francisco, chicago, portland, oregon, what do they havebrellas. progressives. they're considering similar legislation. they already loosened the rules. they're all over fixing that one. they have to make sure that people have a way to vote, though they're not citizens. but is anyone, anyone in those cities in hot water? how about the 35 illinois counties? anyone in hot water over missing the deadline for mailing military ballots. who deserves the right to vote more? which should be a higher priority, the non-legal residents or, i don't know, the brave men and women who are literally dying to preserve our freedom. hmm. >> glenn: while we're here on the soldiers we're still fighting a never-ending war. there is indoctrination in the schools. anti-capitalist propaganda that george soros has is now in the schools and now it's spread in the churches called let there be stuff. that is a whole six-chapter workbook for people in churches and synagogues. it wonder if they have anything for mosques? the latest is the loop scoops. we showed these to

. >>> police in portland oregon are calling him mossman.was trying to steal a valuable gold check from a mineral museum. he snd several months cutting the hole in the wall of a restroom that was accessible from the outside. when he set off the alarm yesterday, erased into nearby woods to try to hide. a search dog found a big pile of moss. he bit. the man screamed and police moved in and arrested him. >>> are you tired of fighting with your kids to eat their veggies? >>> a fairfax county school has new way of helping students pack in tir daily dose without them knowing it. >> reporter: tyler clifford can't get enough of today's school lunch. but what he and his classmates didn't know is that bite had five hidden egetables. >> tomatoeses, zucchini, cauliflower -- >> you like it so much you lick it clean. >> and i hate squash. >> reporter: undercover beans, squash and sweet potato and a sloppy joe, another 6th six stealth veggies. >> how many of you liked tt? >> reporter: what happened when they were told about it? they only gasped for a secon

. >> we have grown expo nen in our ability to reach out to people not just in portland, oregon. we're getting calls and e-mails and text messages from all around the country. in fact, we received e-mails from poland and ireland that are going to start similar organizations there. it's just phenomenal. the need is great. >> if you were to look at the scale of what you're doing, the rapid scaling of what we're seeing with seth, how can people watching, people reading arianna's book, duplicate or help you with the efforts you've undertaken so that you're not responsible for the 4-year-olds more than anyone else. >> everyone needs to get involved. even if you have an hour a week, a month, do something. >> in a sense, last night when you were talking with suzy's dad, warren buffett, he says that we have an overabundance of time and talent in this country, so why are we focusing on our deficits. let's see what we can do. seth lost his job and he had a lot of time on his hands. he created time to help. suzy has a lot of resources. without caring, doesn't get us anywhere and she's emplo

popular outdoor footwear company based in modesto will move their corporate headquarters to portland, oregon. high tech will make the announcement and move to portland for the commitment to a healthy outdoor style. administrative employees will be moved, but the shipping center will stay in modesto. the company had total sales of about $250 million. election day 22 days away and candidates for mayor in oakland will speak at two forums today. the chinatown chamber of commerce said all candidates planned to be at the asian cultural center and talk about the needs of the asian pacific americans in oakland. later this evening, the candidates will be at the hall in oakland. they will speak at a forum hosted by 12 local social justice organizations and that forum starts at 8:00 this evening. >> police are trying to figure out who shot four people at an east bay golf course, killing two of them. san leandro police said shots were fired saturday night at a restaurant in the monarch bay golf club south of the oakland airport. the restaurant manager said it was a private event at the time, a birthday

gregory was trying to break into a museum in portland, oregon, through the bathroom.e dog nabbed the would-be burglar in the nearby woods. i guess the costume didn't work well. and here's a bizarre ritual in india. people tossing babies for a building. the kids are okay. they're tossed onto a blanket held by people below. they range from 2 months to 4 years old. they believe the children's health and stamina improve after they are tossed. news nation will be right back. sure i'd like to diversify my workforce, i just wish that all of the important information was gathered together in one place. [ printer whirs ] done. ♪ thanks. do you work here? not yet. from tax info to debunking myths, the field guide to evolving your workforce has everything you need. download it now at thinkbeyondthelabel.com. aveeno hair shines in real life. new aveeno nourish plus shine with active naturals wheat smooths daged cuticle for 75% more shine in one use. real shine, for real life. yours. [ female announcer ] new aveeno nourish plus shine. [ female announcer ] mousse temptations by jel

but a quick insight from what happened wednesday night in portland, oregon. the president had a large crowd and that's an early voting state. people can vote by mail, et cetera. the president asked for a show of hands how many people have gotten that early ballot and not mailed it in? about 80% of the crowd said they had the ballots but hadn't sent them in. i raise that, because jessica, there's a lot of enthusiasm among democrats right now that these large rallies where you're hearing shouts of "yes, we can" and the president trying to relive some of the magic of 2008. that it's going to close the enthusiasm gap with republicans. but if these people who go to the rallies but don't send in that ballot by mail, it's not going to amount to a lot for democrats. >> that's right, ed. and one of the whole purposes of those rallies you're talking about is to get them to close the deal, go out and vote. i'm in a state that has a majority of registered voters or democrats, and so far in the early voting tallies, more republicans have voted early than democrat, which i

waldo bandit, who with his sweater and glasses was arrested last month for robbing a bank near portland, oregonlady bandit in ohio, suspected of robbing seven banks. during one robbery, she dawned a hat that looked fit for sunday service. the nicknames are descriptive, sometimes humerus, but they can be effective tools for investigators. whether that description is put out, hopefully that person will be identified very quickly and apprehended. >> it's time to rolle rock and roll. >> unlike the movie like point break, many suspects lately are simply walking up to tellers with hardly any disguise, like george clooney in the move" out of sight." >> that's my partner. there's a gun in in respect. >> for a lot of people, they're thinking about today, not next week or next month, so they're not necessarily worried that their face is seen because they need the money instantly and they'll deal with tomorrow when it comes. >> bank robberies are actually declining. thieves did steal nearly $46 million last year. authorities continue to hunt for clues, but they admit sometimes it's all in a name. nbc news

president with less than two weeks to go it is a sprint to the finish that began last night in portland, oregon. >> don't let them tell you change isn't possible. >> reporter: over four days the president making stops in five states, states that voted democratic two years ago and many democrats are now facing strong republican challenges. from oregon, the president traveled here to washington state and then off to california, nevada and minnesota. >> the only way to fight it the only way to match millions of dollars in negative ads is with millions of voices of people who care and want to finish what we started in 2008. >> reporter: it's part of a white house coordinated final drive to boost candidates in the most competitive races. vice president joe biden is on his own west coast tour hitting nevada wednesday where senate majority leader harry reid is in a tough contest against tea party backed candidate sharron angle. >> vote your hopes. not your fears. make this a choice not a referendum. >> reporter: even stumping for candidates coast to coast, analysts say rallying the base isn't enough.

he was in washington state for patti murray, started the trip in portland, oregon, then went down toornia for barbara boxer where he had a big rally yesterday on the campus of the university of california. officials there saying it's some 30,000 strong. he finished his day yesterday at a big rally yesterday, somewhat smaller for harry reid here on the grounds of a middle school in las vegas, telling people that harry reid is a small guy, but he's pretty tough. he's soft spoken, but don't count him out. as a matter of fact, don't count out democrats. here is more of what he had to say. >> it all depends on you, just like you did in 2008, you can defy the conventional wisdom, the wisdom that said you can't overcome cynicism and politics. >> and alex, later today, it's off to minnesota for the democratic gub ernatorial candidate there. more campaign travel with just ten days left before the election. he's going to head to rhode island, connecticut, cleveland, chicago and philadelphia and try to close the deal with a lot of these democrats. they fear that, of course, that enthusiasm gap.

station wagon took the phrase drive through window literally, crashing into a restaurant in portland, oregonthe vehicle smashed through the window and wall of that restaurant after police say the driver mistook the gas pedal or the great lake. the driver was not embarrassed. >>> so the fall's first nor'easter will continue to deliver rain and blustery conditions up the east coast today. the storm won't be as powerful as it was on friday when it knocked out power to tens of thousands of new england residents. a tree in maine, that is, blew in the wind there. win gusts could reach 40 miles per hour from new england to new jersey. bill, good morning. >> good morning to you, thomas. on this saturday, all eyes are still on our fall nor'easter. we had windy conditions in the last 24 hours, even some snow at the high elevations of vermont and new hampshire. but the storm is finally on the move, now heading through the gulf of maine and over the top of nova scotia. here is a closer look at the radar. for the most part, the view is rain. over vermont and new hampshire, massachusetts and the rest of n

station wagon took the phrase "drive-through window" literally, crashing it into a restaurant in portland oregon. the vehicle smashed through the window and wall after the driver mistook the gas pedal for the brake. the driver was not impaired. >>> just two of the 33 miners who were trapped underground in chile are out of the hospital this morning. the rest have all been released and are at home with their families. they're sticking together when it comes to selling their story. kerry sanders is in live in chile for us. how are the two miners that are doing still in the hospital? what are the concerns about their condition? >> reporter: well, they're just being monitored. one has a slight case of pneumonia. they're checking to make sure that he comes out of that. but both the miner, according to the doctors, they don't have anything life threatening. it sounds kind of weird to say pneumonia, not life threatening, but they believe it's a low grade form of pneumonia, so he should be released perhaps even from the hospital today. all the other miners, they're home, they're with their families, they

. >>> the faa is investigating why a pilot landed a small aircraft in a portland, oregon, school fieldight. the pilot wasn't hurt. fire officials say he ran out of gas and looked for a safe place to land. and the schoolyard was it. he was the only person onboard. >>> light at the end of the tunnel for the 33 chilean miners who may be just days away from freedom, fame and perhaps fortune. this morning engineers finished reinforcing an escape shaft more than 2,000 feet long. and now the difficult ascent stands in the way possibly as early as wednesday. the miner who is have been trapped more than two months will be hoisted to the surface during a heroing 20-minute ride in a tiny 28-inch wide capsule. kerry sanders is in chile. and drama unfolding, i understand, not only down below the surface, butç on the surfa as well, kerry. >> reporter: well, there's a lot of excitement. it looks like all the check boxes have been checked and that things are falling into place. and the teams here have a high degree of confidence that things are going to work because they have put the sleeve down ther

she grew up in a neighborhood of portland, oregon with poverty and gang violence that she's describedetty scary. she joined a community orchestra for adults and children, the chamber music society of oregon. soon after, though, she met her true musical love: the bass. >> i picked it up just out of curiosity and played a note, an open note, an open string and the sound really captivated me. it has a very distinct way of resonating within the body and resonating in a room and i'd never experienced that before. my music teacher came in and gave me a brief overview of how a bass functions in improvised music so in the blues and then in about five minutes we were jamming on this really simple blues progression. when i got a taste of the spontaneity of the improvisational music right then, i knew that was really the kind of music i was supposed to be playing. >> reporter: that was the opening to jazz. >> that was it, yeah. >> reporter: spalding graduated from the berklee college of music in boston. and at 20, became the schools youngest-ever instructor. ♪ and she became known for weaving to

five years ago, he moved his company, istores, from portland, oregon, across the columbia river to vancouver, just nine miles away. >> adam stites: it broke down to taxes. there... oregon has the highest income tax in the united states, and washington has the lowest at 0%. >> stahl: istores is the largest online retailer of paint ball equipment. stites has been hiring staff for a new company he acquired that sells prank novelties. this is for halloween? >> stites: it is for halloween, or for any times you need to be a man-eating shark. >> stahl: under the new tax, he would have to pay $50,000 a year, and that, he says, would hamper his ability to expand any further. this money, if it passes, will go specifically to education, because they've been cutting schools and things like that. so what is washington state supposed to do about its schools in terms of revenue? >> stites: i think the state, in aggregate, needs to take a look at its expenses. >> stahl: like? >> stites: i've had opportunity, in portland, to see cars being washed by third-party washing firms, cleaning cars on the weekends, f

making trips today, maybe going to portland, washington, for the oregon/washington state game.lse we're going to be seeing today, thankfully a little bit of good news when it comes to the tropics. hurricane otto, still a rather strong category one hurricane with winds at 75 miles per hour. when you get to 74, that's when it's classified as a hurricane. that's the situation with the storm. expected to maintain that strength. but as with get into early sunday and then into monday, it should slowly begin to weaken. it will be moving into an area of cooler water and as it does so, it's going to lose part of the primary power source. and that could really cause it to die out. thankfully, not expected to have any contact with land. so very quickly as we wrap things up, your fall foliage. trees are looking great in parts of the central rockies, northern rockies, aspen trees will look phenomenal. the great lakes is great. and for the central and northern appalachians and back into the catskills, it will be phenomenal. get the cameras ready, get out there and have a great day. we'll hav

. >>> and in portland, oregon, someone cut a hole in a wall at a museum on thursday hoping to reach a quarter-million dollars worth of gold on display inside. he was found covered with moss, hoping to camouflage himself. now he sits in jail. now he's being called mossman. >> we got cigarman, we got mossman. >>> let's show you what's going on with this nor'easter, not a major storm, but it's causing some problems in new england, rainfall amounts anywhere from one to three inches from charlotte all the way into >> here is the storm is centered on the new england. there are scattered clouds, showers to the west. we may pick up one during the day today. windy conditions. >> and that's your latest weather. matt? >>> now to politics and the looming midterm elections. senate majority leader harry reid faced off with his republican challenger in their only debate of the campaign. kelly o'donnell has details on that. >> reporter: good morning. this race more than any other really represents what's going on this year, reid trying for his fifth term,haron angle trying to topple the giant. usuall

. >>> and this is what it looks like in portland, oregon.arnings in effect and high surf warnings have been issue add long the coast. >>> nine months after the devastating earthquake in haiti, another emergency there. a cholera outbreak has reportedly killed some 250 peoplere fears it could spread in the camp where more than a million earthquake survivors live. we get the latest from marianne rafferty. >> reporter: the president is trying to spread the word. >> we need to keep the people informed so they know what to do when the symptoms appear. we have to work toward that direction. >> reporter: the outbreak of cholera with more than 250 deaths and more than 3100 confirmed cases has been contained to the rural regions but there is worry it will spread to the capital city. the country has been bracing for outbreak of the disease. it hasn't made it's first appearance in about 50 years. >> we can discharge about 20 but then 20 more new ones come in so we've been holding steady at about 90 patients in the hospital at any day. >> reporter: there

still no sign of the portland, oregon boy, 7 when last seen four months ago.er is urging people not to give up. our "early show" correspondent hat tee kaufman has more. >> reporter: and emotional desiree young pleaded for help, more money for her child's fund. >> i don't know what else to do. it's been four months now and he's still not home. >> reporter: 7 when he last disappeared last seen by his step-mother. she says she left him at the school science fair. the biological parents believe she's involved in his disappearance. >> we want kyron home and home right now. i want someone in her circle to come forthwith information. >> reporter: the reward is currently krz 50,000. >> money is a motivator. if that es what it takes, that's what it takes. i want my son home. >> reporter: dispute exhaustive searches police have no named suspects or solid leads in the boy's disappearance. >> we will not stop. we are coming to get you and we will bring you home. i love you. >> and finally, good grief, charlie brown! today marks the 60th anniversary of the "peanuts" comic

meters, 30 feet could destroy a small city, let's say 40 meters could destroy something like portland, oregon. it could be a great concern. jon: how many are out there? that's not very big. >> no, no, and this is where we get into this thing, there are millions and millions of them and the great difficulty is you can't see them. they're so small, compared to other astronomical objects, you just can't find them, and we say all this because there was this famous explosion or air burst in conguska, in 1908 in siberia and nobody was around. you know, the earth had about a quarter as many people, and this thing exploded, way up above the forest, and knocked down trees for kill meters, miles and miles, in every direction, and so nobody was there to really see what it was, nobody was very confident, it was this rocky meteorite or metallic meteorite that burns and explodes all at once. jon: but i always thought that these objects, when they hit the quarter's atmosphere, they essentially burn up. >> oh, yes, they do. most of them burn up. and earlier in the solar system's history, there were a lot mor

bill: say good buddy to fall, folks in portland, oregon getting an early blast of snow, areas near mt, as much as a foot of powder and others haven't caught by surprise ending up trying to dig their cars out of the mess. i bet they were surprised! third week of october, where is august, martha. martha: i'm not ready for that yet. let's move on to the story, sad, there are new development in the death of a u.s. national team swimmer, united arab emirates officials say fran crippen died of overexertion, in a race south of dubai and swimmers were the first to respond when he failed to reach the finish line. >> they were sad, weeping openly, because one of theirs went missing and now they found him and they knew what was obvious. they had gone around the world and suddenly find one of them is no longer. it was pretty sad to see. martha: very sad to see, reports suggesting the award-winning swimmer told his coach at one point during the race, that he was not feeling well and here's one of his former coaches, speaking about how hot the water was, during the race. >> fran went under with abo

bandit, who with his striped sweater and glasses was arrested last month for robbing a bank near portland, oregon lady bandit in ohio. she's suspected of robbing sen banks. during one robbery she donned a hat witnesses say looked fit for a sunday service. the nicknames are descriptive, sotimes humorous, but they can also be effective tools for investigators. >> nicknamed the police and fbi, we know what we're looking for. you can quickly isolate that person from anyone else and when that description is p out hopefully the robber will be seen on the street or identified quickly and apprehended. >> reporter: unlike the movie "point break" where a team of bank robbers called the ex-. s thoroughly plot its heist, many suspects are walking up to tellers with hardly any disguise like george clooney in the movie "out of sight." >> that's my partner, he has gun in there. >> for a lot of people they're thinking about today, not think being tomorrow and next week and next month so they're really not necessarily worried that their face is seen because they need the moy instantly, and they'll deal with tomor

joining us from portland, oregon, jim hoffmann is the republican candidate for u.s. senate challenging the republican, ron widen, the democrat. thank you for coming in. >> thank you for having me, wolf. >> are you part of the tea party movement? >> wouldn't say i'm part of it. i've spoken at numerous rallies and i think they're an important part of the base that i need to have support me in this election. >> are they involve? are they helping you right now? >> well, i think they're helping. they believe that my stand is very supportive. >> talk about the key issue. social security, for example, do you favor privatizing social security. >> i favor giving young people an option of putting some of their money to a private account. at the same time, i'm preserved at the benefits for the people invested in those who are already retired and near retirement. >> you believe social security is constitutional, right? >> that it's constitutional? absolutely. >> because there are some republican candidates out there who question the constitutionality of social security and medic

. >> away and president obama heads to portland oregon today. beginning another campaign blitz in hopes of avoiding a dlatic washout. but he may be getting some help from republicans. cbs news congressional correspondent nan sis cordes is in washington the story. i guess that's unintentional help. >> reporter: that's right, harry. you could call it an experience or quirkiness and seeing a spade of strange claims of tea party candidates and latest from candidate christine o'donnell who actually drew gasps from her audience yesterday. >> where in the constitution is the separation of church and state? >> it's in -- no. an excellent point. >> hold on. hold on please. >> reporter: christine o'donnell and chris coons were debating the teaching of creationism when o'donnell that calls herself a strict constitutionalist appeared unaware of one of the constitution's basic tenants. >> the separation of church and state is found in the first amendment? >> government shall make no establishment of religion. >> that's in the 5st amendment? >> reporter: some

the things she was quoting as facts would never be facts in portland, oregon. i want to talk about the states. right in portland. we have clean water. we have the measure for giving money to the libraries, neither is to raise taxes. i would like you to comment on these things. >> as our guests talked about is exporting part of the economy? >> from are what i said, when you were talking about that. i listen yesterday and i listen every day. they were talking about the biggest things of bringing the the economy back. host: we'll leave it at that. >> i don't want to minimize the partisan conflict out there. i have been travelling the country. wake up in the hotel room. you watch the ads. it's a tough race out there. what i'm saying, as you look behind the platforms of many of the candidates running for governors in critical states, you see a willingness to go beyond the ideological areas. governors are closer to the grounds and are at the forefront of the economy. they are expected to put forward practical solutions. it's a tough election cycle right now. once the

what she was quoting as fax would never be considered fax in portland, oregon. that are happening. in portland, we have clean water, clean part -- clean parks, and neither of one of these should raise taxes. >> does your governor promote these things pretty actively? our guest was talking about exporting part of the oregon economy. >> from what i understand, when you're talking about that, i was listening yesterday and i was listening and they were talking about the biggest thing of our economy is people buying things which will bring it back. biggest things of bringing the the economy back. host: we'll leave it at that. >> i don't want to minimize the partisan conflict out there. i have been travelling the country. wake up in the hotel room. you watch the ads. it's a tough race out there. what i'm saying, as you look behind the platforms of many of the candidates running for governors in critical states, you see a willingness to go beyond the ideological areas. governors are closer to the grounds and are at the forefront of the onomy. they are expected to put fo