senator portman said probably not. he said that he's made his position known, but he still wants to focus on the issues that brought him into public service, which is -- they are economic issues, that really is his expertise and focus. that will stay the same. >> i understand his son tweeted about in this morning. what did he tweet? >> he says he's very proud of his father. a pretty simple, pretty straight forward tweet that he sent out and, you know, very clear. you see it. i'm especially proud of my dad today. very clear from talking to senator portman, who i'm not sure if you can tell, he was very uncomfortable doing this interview, not because he didn't want to talk about his son. he was clearly saying he's very proud of his son as well, but his sensibilities don't lend themselves to that. carol, you're from ohio. you know the midwestern sensibilities, especially conservatives, they don't like to talk about personal issues like this in such a public way. >> a great interview. dana bash, thank you so much. >>> more

look, senator portman had only a few choices. he could cast his son out which obviously is a harsh, harsh thing to do, to say i love you unconditionally, and i change my views, forget my principles or say i love you unconditionally but i don't agree with you philosophically and therefore, i'm not going to change my principles. and senator portman sided with changing his principles. look, i'm father, i understand, i am father of four, i understand. when you're a parent, off different view of the world. but i can tell you what senator santorum talked about, the importance of a mother and father raising their children -- raising their children, raising the best possible family, is really what america has been about. it's been the thousands of years of church teachings, you know, i think we can try to describe marriage in any way we want but the real definition of a man and woman will never change. >> so what would you do if one of your children came to you and said you dad, i'm gay? >> well, look, i have very small children, so i'm

>> i'm not going to second guess rob portman. he's an old personal friend.body in your immediate family who comes in, you have three choices, could you say i believe my principles so much, i'm kicking you out. could you say i believe in my principles, but i love you. or you can say, gee, i love you so much i'm changing my principles. rob picked the third path. that's his prerogative. historically in the long run, i think marriage will be between man and woman, that's been the definition for thousands of years. >> let's change to cpac now, the conservative political conference. you will be speaking there. you have been invited. others not so much. chris christie, rob mcdonald. a lot of people have say, i don't know what cpac is today. it draws students, it gets a lot of attention. i don't know who defines who gets to come in and who doesn't get to come in my sense, the board not very clear and open on what it's thinking. you go on and on. how concerned are you about -- >> first of all, i'm not particularly concerned. 23 people on the presidential poll ballot.

let's give credit to rob portman's son here who did a really brave thing.ty. relative to the rest of america, that's not a terribly difficult place to come out. however, he is the son of a prominent republican politician and that is an extremely difficult thing to do. but the other point i'd make, chris, here, and this may relate back to your original point about different areas of the country. there's majority support seems maybe sort of just barely in the polling in this country for gay marriage and particularly people under 30, overwhelming support. within the republican party, you're looking at 25%, 30% support and strong opposition still over 50%. so this is one of the many issues in this country right now where there's a real cultural gap. >> there sure is. >> red america/blue america. >> the aisle makes a big difference between democrats, republicans on the issue of gay rights and marriage. senator portman told cnn today he was able to square his conservative beliefs with his newfound support for marriage equality. this is fascinating. let's listen t

portman also broke with his own record.ted for defense of marriage act, voted for amendment banning gay and lesbian couples in washington, d.c. from adopting children and voted for constitutional ban on gay marriage. house speaker john boehner's office released this statement. senator portman is a great friend and ally and the speaker respects his position but the speaker continues to believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. house majority leader eric cantor says i think senator portman is entitled to his positions and we are a party of diversity and i think of respect. this was the reaction from a man in a hat at cpac. >> quit being so selfish as to think only about his son, go home and allow somebody in there that's in a traditional line of the godly principles that the constitution was founded on. >> joining me from cpac, anna maria. we had that choice nugget from the man in the hat. how are people in hats or not in hats taking the portman news? >> i think that actually it is important to remember most people

senator portman explained that in february of 2011, his son will told portman and his wife that he'sit allowed me to think of this issue from a new perspective and that's of a dad who loves his son a lot and wants him to have the same opportunities his brother and sister would have. that's great. truly is. two questions. why did it take two years for senator portman to change his views after this revelation from his son? we do know that last year portman was being vetted as a possible running mate for mitt romney. he said it had no impact in choosing paul ryan over portman. second, why is it necessary to have firsthand experience with a person or situation in order to figure out how to do the right thing? is an existential experience necessary to have existential position necessary for consent? >> i think senator portman made some pretty big inroads last week, but i think it's about being decent, and respect, people don't deserve to be disrespected. >> priebus stopped short of endorsing portman's position and obviously the rnc does not. here's house speaker john boehner. >> i believe

now this is rob portman alone.esn't speak for the republican party or any other politician from ohio. >> rob is a great friend and long-time ally and i appear he has decided to change his view on this, but i believe that marriage is a union of a man and a woman. >> stephanie: so the issue is not so much who is right and who is wrong but what do you think of rob partman's big change of heart? is it sincere? and more important to me is what it says about the republican party. look, i want to say right up front, i solute rob portman for seeing the light. i applaud him for being up front about it and letting people know why he has changed his position. that's one more republican voice, and there have been a lot of republican voices caming out lately more and more in support of marriage equality and same-sex marriage but you have to ask the question why did it take him so long and why did he change his mind only when a member of his own family was involved? do you think he would have changed his mind if his son didn't c

let's talk about senator portman.about his big news today. >> who is known for his economic positions and skills in that area, has never been one of the republicans who talks about social issues a lot and he has come out to say that he now will be supportive of gay marriage and in great degree, that is the personal journey he has gone through. because his son, will, told jane his wife and senator portman about being gay. and they reviewed it in sort of their own hearts and said, we want all of our children to have the same access to marriage. and so politically, very big deal. personally, i think it's many ways, very private matter for the family. but he wanted to be very clear in stating he now believes in this. he rendered his own opinion with doma, the defense of marriage act, which he had votesed for and what would be happening with the supreme court. he didn't want to interfere with that he'll now be one of those voices in the republican party that sort of shows the change and where many people's views in society

portman voted for defense of marriage act. >> defining marriage between a man and woman.tman campaigned for mitt romney during 2012 campaign considered a potential vice presidential nominee. >> and he told him everything. >> portman now opposes a strict definition of marriage he supports the part of law says states should not be forced to recognize such marriages. >> the vatican fired back against accusations pope francis did legal to sto stop -- little to stop human rights abuses. a reporter accuses pope francis of failing to protect two fellow members of the jesuit order. those priests were kidnapped and imprisoned during a military dictatorship. >> an italian doorman said he thought the joke was on him when the voice on the other side of the phone was the pope. the pope realized the doorman didn't believe it was him he said told him, seriously it's pope francis, what is your name? the doorman, named andrew transfer that had call. >> could you just imagine? yes. you're the pope? i'm batman. >> yes. you can imagine. >> do you remember what happened in england with the ra

[laughter] [cheers and applause] portman's just the latest victim of the long gay con.e's how the scam works. first, a gay person decides to get born into a conservative family, gains their trust by letting them love and raise them, and then 21 short years later-- boom!-- they spring the gay trap. [laughter] that's what happened to dick cheney. his daughter mary changed his mind about gay marriage by tugging on his heartstrings. now, thankfully, some republicans are holding fast, like georgia senator and noise bill cosby makes when he gets out of a chair saxby chambliss. [laughter] when asked whether rob portman's flip flop had changed his mind, chambliss replied, "i'm not gay. so i'm not going to marry one." [laughter] suck on that , gays. saxby chambliss isn't going to marry you. ergo you don't get to marry anyone. [laughter] it's the same reason, i believe. this is same reason i say we should eliminate social security-- because i'm not old, and never will be. [laughter] and why should i care about women's reproductive rights? i don't have a vagina. i've checked. [lau

portman is a smart, shrewd guy.wasn't an accident in timing. >> right. >> let's dip in a little bit. paul ryan speaking right now. let's dip in. >> i'd say we're in critical care. look at where we're going. farther down the road, things will get worse. by the end of 2023, the economy will be at a crawl. we will have added $8 trillion to our debt, the debt will rain down the country like an anchor. in short, we are on the verge of a debt crisis. our obligations are growing faster than our ability to pay them. our debt, it's already bigger than our economy. at some point, lenders will lose confidence in us. they will demand higher interest rates, and when they do, interest rates across the country will skyrocket on mortgages, on credit cards, on car loans. and then pressed for cash, the government will take the easy way out. it will crank up the printing presses. the dollar would sink. our finances would collapse. the safety net would unravel, and the most vulnerable, they would suffer the most. a debt crisis will be

rob portman has changed his position.pect that. >> there does not seem to be a tectonic shift underway just yet in the gop. >> the reaction is very friendly. a lot of people have said they respect that he's changed his mind. this evolution is something that a lot of people can relate to. they want to do the right thing them want to be fair. but they might have some concerns about what marriage equality would mean. but as you think about it, as you consider the golden rule and how you want to treat others, people come down more and more every day on the side that senator portman has. >> in two weeks, the supreme court will be taking up two marriage equality cases. the defense of marriage act and california's prop 8 as well. how much will it take the heat off republicans if the supreme court rules in favor of equality? >> well, i think that would be an enormous victory for the country and for american values. when you think about the partisanship on the prop 8 case, you have ted olson and david boyes, they've come together

. >> reporter: that was moment rob portman changed his opposition to same-sex marriage. >> he is goingake a lot of people in the conservative wing and republican party quite% set. >> reporter: for portman it was not about politics. >> to have the joy and stability of marriage i've had for over 26. i wanted all three kids to have it including my son. >> that son tweeting especially proud of my dad today. there was a backlash from some of his con still went. >> you are republican and all of a sudden you are against gay marriage and your son comes out, you want to change your view, that is hypocritical. >> reporter: opposition coming from john boehner for this week airing tomorrow. >> can you imagine yourself in a situation where you reversed your decision like portman has on gay marriage if a child of yours or someone you loved told you they were gay? >> i believe marriage is the union of one man and one woman. all right? it's what i grew up with. it's what i believe. >> reporter: at the end of the month, supreme court will take up the defense of marriage act which portman supported. >>

pope to apartment. > -- to portman. >> that is why we are here. >> the portman thing is fascinating, because he was on the short list for romney, who anday anti-gay marriage, rob portman sat on this for two years and waited a couple of times after the the election. >> pope to portman to cpac. a word on the conservative political action conference. >> president obama, who seemed once upon a time to respect civil liberties, has become the president who signed the law allowing detention of american citizen. at the cpacand paul conference just outside washington. the words we just heard could have been uttered by a member of the american civil liberties union. >> this is what libertarians are like this is what his dad is like. rand is much more polished. he does not talk about the gold standard or destroying the fed and stuff like that. attractive.ely when he pulled off with the filibuster was a stunt of political genius, because he had the floor and the attention of the country for all day. but this was a move that was quite interesting and politically radical. he is very much in libera

portman joins former vice president cheney who backed his daughter mary and her spouse. and 130 prominent republicans who signed a brief supporting the supreme court challenge to california's proposition 8 which bans same-sex marriage. but while a majority of americans, 51%, for the first time support same-sex marriage in a nbc news/wall street journal poll, it is opposed by republicans by more than two to one. >> senator marco rubio. >> reporter: at this week's conservative political action conference, rising stars like marco rubio preached to the choir. >> just because i believe states should have the right to define marriage in a traditional way doesn't make me a bigot. >> reporter: and today mitt romney was greeted with cheers as he reemerged and apologized for losing. >> it is up to us to make sure that we learn from our mistakes and my mistakes and that we take advantage of that learning to make sure that we take back the nation and put in place conservative principles. >> reporter: republican critics say a group that courts donald trump and wayne la pierre. >> you

will portman do anything to change republicans minds?de, people under the age of 35, most of them support gay marriage. republican or not. >> i've seen really striking numbers. there was a survey that found 73% of folks between 18 and 29 favor same-sex marriage. the way i look at it is this. there are two marriage debates we could be having. one marriage debate we could be having about whether or not same-sex couple should be allowed to get married. there's a bigger debate about the fact that stable marriages are vanishing in this country. when you look at 35% of children are raised by single parents in the united states, 35%, in 2010 over 40% of children were born to unwed mothers. so marriage is still very strong and stable among college-educated americans, but working class and middle class americans, marriage is vanishing. my view is this. if conservatives want to talk about the importance of strong, stable marriages, by opposing same-sex marriage, you're ailuating a lot of the young people who could be allies in making the case we n

but i want to applaud senator portman for his chutzpah.in my piece, when the cosby show was the number 1 show in america, the majority of americans still didn't support interracial marriages. so that being said i want to commend senator portman again because he speaks to evolution we have seen on a lot of these issues, but a lot of the elected officials, who were evolving on these issues were not just people with gay children but people who had gay neighbors. there was a swing vote here in new york who said i have lesbian neighbors and their kids are great. so again, give him a lot of credit on this. >> michael: yeah, i do too. i just have to wonder approximate personalizing this is helping or hurting an issue. i think it does but the backlash is just untenable. >> not just among conservatives, because the new york magazine has a great peace that was very fair that raised this issue of why should it have to take a personal issue for someone to do the right thing. i have been to multiple gay weddings and i will be to plenty more, but i don'

senator rob portman says he will support gay marriage after his son told him he's gay. some of the constituents are reacting tonight. here's abc rooe that new york nan. >> my son came to jane, my wife, and i, and told us that he was gay. >> that was the moment republican senator rob portman began changing his opposition to same-sex marriage. >> he's going to make a lot of people in the conservative wing of the republican party quite upset. >> reporter: but for portman, it was not about politics. >> to have the joy and the stability of marriage that i've had for over 26 years. i want all three of my kids to have that, including our son who is gay. >> reporter: that son, 21-year-old will portman tweeting, especially proud of my dad today. but there was a backlash from some of the conservative constituents. >> you're a republican and all of a sudden you're against, like, gay marriage and stuff, and your son comes out and you want to change your view, that's hypocritical. >> reporter: opposition from john boehner in an exclusive interview with martha for this week airing to

you need to know this ohio senator rob portman went public about his support for gay marriage last night. during my career in the house and also last couple years here in the senate taking a position against gay marriage. rooted in part of the in my faith and my faith tradition and had a very personal experience which is my son came to jane my wife and i. told us that he was gay and that it was not a choice and that you know. that's just part of who use and he'd been that way ever since he could remember. the reversal on same sex marriage stole headlines on the second day of the annual sit back of that and it could signal changing times for the g.o.p. is treated as states the history of expanding rights and burgeoning democracy at various points in our history the right to vote was restricted to white men african-americans were slaves women with legal property their husbands although we obviously still a lot of work to do we work hard. since then to extend the rights and privileges of our democratic society to all americans past half century gay and lesbian americans have aggressively jo

. >> plus, conservative senator rob portman announces his support for same sex marriage. dramatic reversal after his own son comes out. >> and have a look at this photo. they can stop video if you looked away. can it give apple a run for its money? we'll have a look. ♪ [ female announcer ] from meeting customer needs... to meeting patient needs... ♪ wireless is limitless. [ female announcer ] from finding the best way... ♪ to finding the best catch... ♪ wireless is limitless. you know you could just use bengay zero degrees. medicated pain relief you store in the freezer. brrr...see ya boys. [ male announcer ] bengay zero degrees. freeze and move on. and i have a massive heart attack right in my driveway. the doctor put me on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. go talk to your doctor. you're not indestructible anymore. how far do you want to take it? up to you. chevy cruze's six-speed transmission allows for lower shift points, offering an e.p.a.-estimated 36 mpg highway. okay, then. [ laughs ] wha

that's certainly true. >> in a tweet, senator portman's son, will portman, expressed his joy saying,te, especially proud of my dad today. portman is with a growing list of republicans who have come out in support of gay marriage. including dick cheney, the former v.p. whose daughter married they are longtime partner last year. laura bush, colin powell and also meg whitman who originally supported a ban for gay marriage when he ran for governor in 2010, they're all reversed course. portman's surprise comes as conservatives are holding their biggest event of the year. it's known as cpac. happening outside of washington, d.c. wolf blitzer joins us to talk about that. wolf, while we talk about what senator portman has said in his exclusive interview with dana bash. gay groups are not even invited to cpac. >> there's still a split in the country with marriage equality as it's called. it's reflected not only in conservatives, democrats and republicans, although the divisions have narrowed over the past several years, they're reflected in the public opinion polls as well. though we have see

rob portman i know well. i did debate prep with rob portman in years past. he's a great person.he people who have criticized him and by the way, he only did it was a personal thing. to me, why do we criticize people for that? the person who started m.a.d.d., it was a personal thing. many people who have come out of gun control have been personally affected by it. it's a personal decision. god be with them. >> i think we have to be careful, because john boehner's views, which are different from rob portman's views, are equally sincere. i think we get into trouble on this debate when we assume that people support gay marriage are open and compassionate and people who don't aren't. the way to solve these very personal issues is to let people vote on it. don't let judges decide it. don't have representative government decide it. let people vote on it in the state. i think people of both points of view, accept the democratic process. what they don't always accept is a bunch of self-important, self-appointed judges. >> martha, it was not only welcomed news that rob made this statement

republican senator rob portman. staunch conservative.unning reversal in an exclusive tv interview with our own dana bash. portman now supporting gay marriage, after learning two years ago his son will is gay. >> what was your reaction when he told you? >> love. support. you know, 110%. >> surprised? >> surprised. yeah. >> you had no idea. >> no idea. yeah. and, you know, again that launched a process of rethinking the issue. i've -- you know i've come to the conclusion that for me, personally, i think this is something that we should allow people to do, to get married, and to have the joy, and the stability of marriage that i've had for over 26 years. >> at 7:00 a.m. eastern on "starting point," more of dana bash's exclusive interview with senator portman, including what he told mitt romney about his gay son when he was on a short list to be his vp running mate last year. >>> embattled new jersey congressman robert menendez is reportedly the subject of a grand jury investigation. according to "the washington post" the fbi has interviewed

and, but i think that my friend rob portman did a very, very important thing. he was very honest and he spoke to a truth that a lot of folks inside the gop just don't want to acknowledge. that these things are personal. they are, they are family based, and those families work these things out for themselves. and as rob said, you know, his son came to him two years ago and they had this conversation, they've been on the journey together and he's come to this revelation, this realization, this important step with his family. and as a policy maker, he now recognizes the impact of the decisions that he makes on people. and that's what, that's what this process should be about. the problem we have is we oftentime close ourselves off to that part of the conversation, we not a religious party, we're a political party and we are a party that has always been rooted in self-expression and individualism that is now been clouded over since the 1980s by this, this holier-than-thou imaginism that's taken off -- >> isn't that holier-than-though thou majorityism saying that th

now senator portman's home has a constitutional ban on gays from marry, and how does portman reconcile his own beliefs with the state law? >> i suspect that he now opposes the state's law and you would have to ask him in order to get a definitive a answer, and i would say that he opposes his own state's law, because it prevents marriage between same sex couples, yeah. >> and he was considered to be a running mate for mitt romney, and he said he did reveal his son's sexuality in the vetting process, and beth myers who conducted the vetting process said it did not pose an issue. but wouldn't it have posed some discussion. >> it don't believe so, because back in 2004 when we had george bush and dick cheney running for re-election, george bush took his stance with regard to same-sex marriage, and dick cheney is in favor for same-sex marriage and has said so publicly for many times. but in the case of mitt romney, because there is always more suspicion about him among the social conservatives maybe something that would have played more of a role there than the 2004 campaign, but i highly do

after the news that broke, will portman, his son sent out a tweet.ecially proud of my dad today. >> dana bash, thank you for that. senator portman's reaction spde sparked reaction across the world. >> i think when you have somebody in your immediate family who comes in and you have three choices. you can say i believe my principles so much i am kicking you out, and you can say i still believe in my principles and love you, or you can say i love you so much i am changing my principles. >> to me, family values is about loving all of god's children and i am glad senator portman recognized that. >> i love the portman family, he is very heartfelt and always sincere and wish him nothing but the best but he believes it and is sincere and more power to him for that. >> dick cheney went through the same thing, and when it involved your family, i certainly understand the dynamics of the family, and you know, rob came down with that decision. i don't think in my mind it doesn't alter what the right thing is for america. >> for much more news from inside and out

senator, i want to ask you about your colleague, senator portman's, announcement.he only republican senator supporting same-sex marriage. can you ever see yourself considering a similar short of shift? >> well, i don't think so because of my religious beliefs but i respect anyone else's decision and we all learn in life and grow and mature. i have changed my position on other issues in my life, but on this one, i had not contemplated changing my position. >> senator portman says it is in line with his beliefs, with his catholic beliefs. he obviously has changed his position because his son said that he was gay, told his father that. i know your wife, your daughter, megan, support same-sex marriage, publicly made statements about t do you think if a member of your family was gay and told you that, that might influence you? >> i don't think so but i would like to point out that my daughter's opinions i respect. we have discussions about the issue. and she makes strong arguments and i think we ought to continue this dialogue throughout the country and by the way, i ha

there's more to dana's conversation with senator portman. you can catch it this afternoon on "the situation room" starting at 4:00 eastern time. hear why portman says he sought advice from former vice president dick cheney about his son. that's 4:00 today. "the situation room." >>> another programming reminder to watch chief washington correspondent jake tapper's new show called "the lead" starting monday 4:00 eastern time right here on cnn. >>> all right. now, a p.r. disaster that just keeps growing for carnival cruise lines. yes, yet another carnival ship is having problems now. this is the second one in just two days. this one is the legend cruise ship. it's having technical issues that are affecting its speed. because of that a scheduled stop in grand cayman in the caribbean, well, that's being scrapped. and the boat is now headed back to port in tampa, florida. this comes just a day after carnival's dream ship got stuck at port in st. maarten. an emergency generator gave out causing a few bathrooms to overflow and elevators to stop work

this is how priebus responded to senator portman.ake a listen. >> i think senator portman made some pretty big inroads last week. but, you know, i think it's about being decent. i think it's about dignity and respect that nobody deserves to have their dignity diminished. or people don't deserve to be disrespected. >> so people don't deserve to be disrespected but the party itself does not foundationally and doesn't seem to want to support marriage equality. how do you think you'll be able to, at least using this report, try to focus on attracting an lbgt contingent to what the rnc represents? >> well, thomas, certainly what we have to do as a party, we need to draw the party by addition, not subtraction or division. and one of the things that we have to understand is, we're not going to agree on every issue. whether it's a social issue or economic issues. it's okay to disagree. group think say loser. purity in politics say loser. number one, look, i'm pro-life. i'm pro-traditional marriage personally. but that doesn't make me anti-ga

that's will portman about his dad. he noted what at least their family saw as a political risk for his father. >> yeah. and i think that that risk would have been much more pronounced four years ago. we've seen this issue change so rapidly. just a nine-year period. where back in our own poll, the one that i was deciding in 2009, 41% of the country was in favor of gay marriage. now that is up 10 percentage points. in politics, there is a very big difference between up from% support and 51%. >> politicalco has this argument. i'm sure you've seen it. the republicans see cash opportunity in gay marriage shift and i'll quote at least one republican fund-raiser who said he thinks it will open up doors with donors across the board. because it demonstrates the republicans are trying to recreate the big ten they've been known for. and they talk about donors in new york, california. we're talking folks with big money who may have been on the sidelines with the party. >> it could help in the short term. of course we saw president

you'll hear from rob portman and john mccain as a reaction to that tonight. we begin with an important story. drew griffin investigating the killing of an african american man along a rural road in mississippi doing something that police have been doing there that they haven't been doing. african-american man was allegedly targeted by a car with three white kids in it. the driver was charged with murder but despite the circumstances, authorities did not pursue hate crime charges. while investigating that case, drew learn learned of an earlier one, also involving an african-american man, another killing, another potential murder, another possible hate crime, only this time, those same authorities did not even see fit to investigate. not for more than three whole years, not until drew griffin began asking questions did they even try and find out what happened? they didn't even try. drew griffin did. >> reporter: the cross is so far off the road, you might never notice it unless you were looking for it. ruby burdette never misses it. she put it here three and a

he is, you know senator portman well. he is very press savvy and comfortable in front of the camera and was certainly comfortable but a different kind of rob portman than i've seen before. he was trembling a little bit. he was clearly nervous. i was thinking about it afterwards wondering if it was because of the subject matter, and inc. that w think that was but i honestly think because he wanted to do right by his son and make him proud and his son sent out a tweet saying he is especially proud of his father today. >> he handled it in a very impressive way. very moving, the whole situation. i know you'll be back with more during our 6:00 p.m. eastern hour maybe a little more in our 5:00 pm hour as well. thank you thank you. >> we'll get reaction to senator portman's announcement from conservatives over at the cpac conference under way near washington, the conservative political action conference. lots of big names speaking today. we'll get full coverage in our next hour on that story as well. new jersey governor chris ch

senate to take that position. >> jon: bravo rob portman.assume senator portman thought long and hard about this and realized it's purely on the principle of the issue he needs to stand up for fairness and equal quit. >> he changed his change of heart. he said it began two years ago ago when his college aged son told his family that he is gay. >> jon: that would do it, too. i never realized a human being could actually be gay until my wife and i accidentally made one. not all his republicans are so easily swayed. >> senator sax by chambliss is reaffirming his opposition to gay marriage he said "i'm not gay. i'm not going to marry one." >> jon: i didn't realize you could soanl support it if you were going to marry who you are like. i wish him luck finding a (bleep) to marry. >> another big voice endorsed gay marriage. former secretary of state hillary clinton. >> jon: hillary clinton. didn't she do that 20 years ago? is there any else you are in favor of you are stul mulling over. hillary clinton as changed her mind. albanians should be allow

matrimonios homosexuales take vo ---portman dijo que su cambio de opinin comenz cuando se enter que el senador vot a favor de la ley de defensa del matrimonio, que lo define como la unin entre un hombre y una mujer y prohbe el reconocimiento federal de las uniones homosexuales. ---el cambio de posicin de portman le hace el nico senador republicano en respaldar el matrimonio gay blanca ---san francisco sera el puerto de origen para un crucero. vo --maÑana "princess cruises" llegara a la ciudad y se estima que atraiga a un gran numero de turistas a san francisco que partiran desde aqui. --cada crucero transportara a 2 mil 600 pasajeros y sus viajes incluyen desde hawaii, alaska, mexico y la costa de california. --se espera que casi 100 mil personas viajen en este crucero desde san francisco la temporada inaugural. cesar ---nueva pausa pero al regresar, take vo ---miles de turistas cancelan sus viajes a un popular destino mexicano, enterese por que.. take vo - blanca ---la familia del presidente hugo chavez aun no decide que hacer con los restos del mandatario.. le tenemos los detalles

senator, i want to ask you about your colleague, senator portman's, announcement.nly republican senator supporting same-sex marriage. can you ever see yourself considering a similar short of shift? >> well, i don't think so because of my religious beliefs but i respect anyone else's decision and we all learn in life and grow and mature. i have changed my position on other issues in my life, but on this one, i had not contemplated changing my position. >> senator portman says it is in line with his beliefs, with his catholic beliefs. he obviously has changed his position because his son said that he was gay, told his father that. i know your wife, your daughter, megan, support same-sex marriage, publicly made statements about t do you think if a member of your family was gay and told you that, that might influence you? >> i don't think so but i would like to point out that my daughter's opinions i respect. we have discussions about the issue. and she makes strong arguments and i think we ought to continue this dialogue throughout the country and by the way, i have a

then in 2000 portman served in the george w. bush administration as united states trade representative and then white house budget director. rob portman has been a pretty run of the mill republican. people think of him as a budget guy, a numbers guy. the romney 2012 presidential campaign considered him for vice president but people argued he was just too boring. that's right. too boring to be vice president which is quite something. today that dependable republican senator, the one who sponsored the defense of marriage act in the 1990s came out in favor of gay marriage. today's columbus dispatch the senator writes i have come to believe that if two people are prepared to make a lifetime commitment to love and care for each other in good times and in bad the government shouldn't deny them the opportunity to get married. with that portman became the only sitting republican senator to be pro-gay marriage. what's interesting is what portman credits for his transformation. two years ago my son told my wife and me that he is gay. at t

>> very personal move for senator portman today. jon karl at the white house tonight, thank you. >>> overseas tonight, and to the newest image from the new pope. more proof this evening that pope francis plans on being a pope of the people. showing up at a guest house to pay the bill himself, riding in a small bus with cardinals instead of the papal limousine. he even made a call today to the main jesuit residence in rome. the receptionist who answered the phone said they couldn't believe it was him. the pope apparently had to say, "seriously, it's pope francis." >>> we turn back here at home tonight, and our "20/20" hidden camera investigation, about a very common tool used to sell you cars on lots across america, the carfax report. perhaps you've seen the ads, the sly fox on tv. 40 bucks and you get the history of the car you're looking to buy. but is that the full history? >> show me the carfax. >> reporter: in the ad, that fox ready to bust any used car dealer who doesn't show you, the buyer, the carfax. >> what do you guys got,

senator portman was a potential date for romney last year.was a sponsor of the 1996 defense of marriage act. he now says that voters in each state should have the right to approve same-sex marriage should they so choose. and mitt romney is speaking at cpac today which has plenty of allies and conservative activists wondering why. they wonder what he could possibly say that would have any impact or be of any interest. we're back after the break. stay with us. ♪ going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. you're invited to take the lysol wipes challenge. try lysol dual action wipes and see the cleaning power. lysol dual action wipes h