bush. >> reporter: portman's been raising his profile recently.ook his kayaking, bloomberg took him bike riding, we got ribs. >> the chicken and the ribs. >> chicken and ribs? >> can i get that for lunch? >> sure. are you running for president? >> i'm thinking about it. i probably have more experience than other people who are running or thinking about running. >> reporter: rob portman was in congress for a long time, and then he was in president bush's cabinet with a couple of different jobs, but then he got the bug. >> president obama in 2008 ran a campaign with, among other things, a message of unity that i found really compelling. i didn't vote for him. >> reporter: one thing about him is that he is so nice. >> thank you. >> reporter: but a lot of people in washington say he's kind of boring, that he's not very exciting on the campaign trail. in 2012 when he was campaigning with mitt romney, he really sort of changed that wisdom. bengals or browns? >> bengals. >> reporter: skyline for goldstar? >> skyline. >> reporter: graders? >> graders. >>

i don't think rob portman has anything to worry about.so fast and right now i don't think that same-sex marriage would be popular with republican primary voters, but we're talking two years in the future and we've seen such rapid change on this issue, and i think that rob portman's story about coming to accept same-sex marriage and coming to embrace it because his own son came out to him as gay and just as dick cheney came out supporting it because his daughter was a lesbian. i'm sure he's comforted by the fact that the national organization of marriage is a paper tiger, toothless. they're raising 70% less money now than they were a few years ago. you had jennifer rubin two years ago advising the national organization for marriage to close up shop because they had lost, that this issue was over, done and settled, and i don't think rob portman has anything to worry about. if he does decide to run for president from the national organization for marriage, all of those people at that organization should be getting their resumes together and

you said portman then. you said portman then. you just said portman.ou. >> the president's done a good job -- he didn't stop it, but the market has grown. >> he didn't stop it. >> i would agree, joe, but let's look, there's good things that happen. now, to your question. i know where you are going. we need compromise. portman is one of the voices, representing the most important factions in politics this morning. if the president and white housements compromise, it's portman and that wing of the republican party in the senate that gets it. eric asked a question, do you believe the portman voice, wing, and used rob as a metaphor for an approach that i think he file many times in the congress, do you think that's the wing that leads? or cruz? alarmed it hear cruz not publicly saying he would support mcconnell for leader. i don't know if he's running or leading a renegade effort. that's a critically important question as well. >> where are you? >> you know as well as i do, i try to affect results. i was there pleading with a small minority in the caucus a

rob portman's decision to be velted, even though he was -- vetted even though he was concerned about the impact on his son who at the time was not known nationally to be gay only on his college campus and family. and rob portman's decision to switch his position on same-sex marriage because of his son. >> great human story. >> all on the vice presidential stuff is new stuff that you would have imagined in this world would have come out. >> we have enjoyed in both of our books focusing on vice presidential vetting. they're all examples of the same things, in both -- the same phenomenon which is that we have this incredibly sped up media ecology that we live in where the metabolism in the media moves so fast. people focus on such a very brief amount of time, one of the things that we bring really is just time. >> and it's the same focus, right? >> we have time, sustained focus, interviews, many of them done after election day. there's nobody on the world today who's on twitter, on newspaper, on television is going back and asking people about what happened the six months ago. >> we go

rob portman, thank you so much for being with us.> senator, i was watching you the other morning and you're always the sensible voice. you talked about what you want to do, corporate tax reform, you want to do something as well about keystone, the oil pipeline. but to get all of that, water your margin is because it looks like it will be in your favor but small, what are you prepared to give to the democrats? you can't come these deals entirely on your own. are you prepared to negotiate for example on minimum wage or immigration reform? >> the exciting things about those topics is there is a lot of democrat support for them. with regard to the keystone pipeline, and i've talked about km paining that with energy efficiency legislation, all that is bipartisan, tom, so we have the opportunity to get to 60 votes in the senate that are needed. they have already passed the house and get them to the president for his signature. hopefully we'll be negotiating with the president in advance on that he can have his input into it. i think he lik

senator rob portman. and some of us are counting on senators like you two gentlemen. the gap that's been missing for the past couple of years. is that possible if your view regardless of who wins the senate? >> we need to do this. regardless of who controls the united states senate, democrats and republicans need to work together. we have a divided government under any other scenarios. yes, i'm proud the record that senator portman and i have had had on pension reform and energy issues. that's what we need to see. we need to see democrats and republicans recognize it's in our national interest to solve problems and work together. i think there is that core view among many of the republicans and democrats that we have to do that in this coming congress. >> because i was thinking that, you know, even if the republicans do win, the president's still got the veto pen. so nothing really changes that much. so i've heard vice president biden say if the republicans win, we'll compromise. i don't know why you couldn't do it either way. since the president can stop it anyway. b

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look, we're ready to compromise. >> senator rob portman joins us. it almost seems to me listening to vice-president biden that he has conceded defeat. we'll see what happens tomorrow. but he's also extending the olive branch, let's work together. >> he said republicans have been trying to obstruct. >> he did say that. >> we have a lot of legislation in the house. the problem is the senate with the administration and with harry reid blocking it we haven't been able to get things done. republicans want to get things done. that's what this election is about. if you're in one of these key states, if you like the status quo and the gridlock, vote for the democrats. if you want to see things change, let's try and bring republicans into the senate. get an agenda that's pro growth and jobs. >> a lot of people were saying that the president is on the ballot although he's not on the ballot obviously. i almost think harry reid is. whether you're a democrat or not, he has pocket vetoed a lot of legislation. he could have taken some of the bills and put them on

. >> cruz, rubio, portman, rand paul, all potential 2016 candidates. how does that affect senator mcconnell's role in trying to harness support within his own caucus? >> the senate is an incubator of people who want to run for the presidency they look at the president and 13s i am smarter than him. i can do it. it's a tough place to run. i think we will see governs have a better chance or unemployed governors like jeb bush have amount of time but it's hard to control people in the senate that have this ambition for the next office, and that's what he is going to have. they are going to be speaking to a national audience rather than getting behind closed doors and legislating. mccain will be an inside legisla legislator, a guy who works hard. there are a bunch of people like that. but there are four or five people that are going to be thinking, jeez, i can be president. i am going to make some statements and it's going to be hard to get things done with those people host: next fromwic. good morning, keith. caller: good morning. another beautiful day in

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we'll see the 60 vote has been lucid, but i think it will happen eventually. >> and rob portman is right. if not now, it will happen in january. i'd expect if it happens this week, the president will veto the bill and say the process of review is ongoing, incoluding a decision yet to to be made in nebraska on the rooting of the pineline. ultimately, it's going to be a collision, and i don't think the administration is fully against the pipeline, but they may try to haggle with republicans to get something in return for ultimately approving it, but the challenge is, as we see on immigration, there's not going to be a lot of haggling because the two sides are too busy fighting with one another. >> thank you very much for setting it up for us. let's bring it home to wall street and make it actionable. what stocks see the impact on the back of this keystone back? jackie deangelis, what do we need to watch? >> now, the most obvious play here is transcanada. it is constructing the pipeline if it is approved. of course, almost $8 billion project, will be a huge boost for transcanada, but also o

watch rob portman. i think they have a history of being able to do pretty well. coming up, a man who cares about people like you. dr. ben carson, we talk about a whole bunch of stuff. >> our guest is mr. excitement for a bunch of conservatives coast-to-coast. he's been part of his weekend in iowa, giving a big political speech. he's joining us from florida where he lives most of the year. dr. ben carson, thank you for coming on the show. >> thanks for having me. >> i want to start with this. have you ever had a run in with law enforcement that you thought was influenced at least somewhat by your race? >> i would say there were potential run-ins with law enforcement. but i was taught as a young person how to respond appropriately to authority. therefore, it never really escalated into anything seriously. >> can you think about a situation where you had the potential to go head to head with law enforcement? what were the circumstances? >> i can remember as a teenager being stopped by police. i did not think i was doing anything particularly wrong. but rather than b

what about you, senator portman? let's talk about you. let me end with this.been asked this since the election where you gave an interview saying you could be serious about a possible run for president in the next election. we know that congressman paul ryan who ran on the last republican ticket has suggested he was interviewed recently and he said really other than he named mitt romney and mitch daniels, there are no republican candidates that excite him very much. this is what paul ryan said. would you bring excitement to the table, to the race? >> you would have to ask paul. he excites me. look, i think the country is so polarized right now and we're so divided and it's time to bring the country together and to focus on the way to find common ground and move forward. i'm worried about the economy. >> if that's not a yes or no, with all due respect -- i can guess where your answer is but could you name other candidates that would excite you. let me change the way i'm phrasing the question. >> well, there are a lot of candidates. paul ryan would be one that w

there is florida senator marco rubio, ohio senator rob portman, texas senator ted cruz and fellow kentucky senator rand paul. mccogsaid, though, he isn't worried. >> i serve in a body with a bunch of class presidents. they are all ambitious or they wouldn't be where they are. a lot of folks with sharp elbows and big egos. look, i am not troubled by ambition. and i think we can accommodate that. >>> 17 won. six of them lost. 1 race remains undecided. former republican florida governor jeb bush was considering a presidential run, 22 won. four lost and two races remain undecided. bush is getting a lot of credit for bringing some latino support to g.o.p. candidates. he did several events in spanish. [speaking spanish.] >> charlie crist has got to go. >> charlie crist is the democrat and former governor of florida who challenged incumbent rick scott. scott won and a lot of cran donors are credited the help he received from jeb bush. if you want a break from the bush or clinton families and marijuana is your escape of choice, voters in oregon, alaska and washington, d.c. have now joined colorado

joey portman is back a member of the toy advisory council for parents. >> yes, i get to pick out cool toys. >> mike, before we get to the tips, this is for you, baby, ready. >> ♪ let it go >> like his costume. >> you promised me friday we would never have to listen to that song again. >> freeze it. >> as she continues to sing. >> sorry. >> but i had to hide the toys-r-us and target book because i can't have my kids looking at that. >> if you have got look books you know they are on sale. toy industry for holiday is a lot different. your kid wants that. hottest toy. toy industry is different. you want to buy toys now and not later. ones that go on sale around christmas are ones that just didn't sell. if you shop now when they come out, do it, get it over with. >> i want to make sure, last year top toy was the dog. >> he is still hot. >> but these are two big areas, movies. >> blockbusters. we have, of course, frozen, thank you disney and teenage mutant ninja turtles has made a come back this guy came back. i walk around new york with him. so much fun. there is a shell in the back for s

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paula piorina, lindsay graham, mick huckaby, bobby jindal, john caseic, mike pent, rick perry, rob portman, mitt romney, paul ryan, rick santorum, john thune, scott walker. question, is there a front runner, eleanor? >> we started off with tom cotton. i would look at him for 2020. he has a lot of good credentials, harvard, iraq veteran you, but he won an election and that is his first term in the u.s. senate. joni ernst, let's see how she develops. they're not running in 2016. all the other crew, everyone is dreaming of the white house, and i think if you look at the trio running from the senate, cruz, rubio and rand paul, they're all going to use the senate floor to advance their canned dates. i think ted cruz is go -- candidacies. i think ted cruz will go to the house and do freelancing amongst conservatives. he is the most disliked member of the u.s. senate by his colleagues, by both democrats and republicans. rand paul is a serious legislator. and i think he does have a potential of knitting together the different wings of the republican party. and marco rubio, i don't think will run i

baltimore's portman can meet is celebrated as the birthplace of "the star-spangled banner," where american forces withstood an all-night bombardment and turned the tide of the war of 1812, but the place continued to make history for years to come, playing an important role in the civil war, world war i, and beyond. next, american history tv explores the history of fort mchenry after the star-spangled banner. >> my name is vince vaise. i'm chief of interpretation at fort mchenry historic shrine, the birthplace of the "star-spangled banner." one of the most asked questions are large cannons, the ones that are used to fight off the british in the war of 1812. the answer is no. these guns were manufactured during the american civil war, 50 years after the war of 1812. it shows the great layeredness of history that fort mchenry had. fort mchenry's history begins with the words of francis got key. but the fort has made direct contributions to practically every american war since the war of 1812 right up to our own present time. in a very unique way that americans bond with the national anthem, b

. >>> and the marathon this weekend like myself and natalie portman will take us to first-time runners. i didn't say i was running. i am preparing. >>> oh, okay. more "action news" when we come right back. >>> a delicious driver arrived at an elementary school. 90 students received free pies to brighten their thanksgiving. the donation kicked off the final day of manna's pie in the sky drive. it's to buy meals for families across the delaware valley. >>> we have nicer temperatures to look forward to. going to cecily tynan. hi, cec. >> behind me we are live at sky6 the wilmington waterfront. we have plenty of sunshine and chilly temperatures. taking a look the temperatures across the region. in philadelphia 37. the temperatures in the 30s across the board. trenton, 34. wilmington 35. and millville 35. sea isle city a temperature of 36 degrees. you add the breeze and the wind chill factor makes it feel like 28 in philadelphia. feeling like 26 in ready. wilmington 24. lancaster 26 degrees. if you are heading to the football game. bundle up. the coatesville red raiders are playing. all the

or, rob portman. records. solid i don't think they can do the metamorphosis quickly and not shoot themselves in the foot. you will see a realm of voices. some on the right and on the more moderate side. we are going to come out with one nomine -- nominee. >> i love the campaign slogan, navarro -- therapy, liquor, leadership. have these two answers. parties are?e the saidnot top what anna about liquor or therapy. having two parties that are trying to figure out where the soul is, the fight for that on the democratic side will look different than the republican side. i the democratic side, -- mean, the irony, and you will hear hillary clinton supporters say this, was that she was more populist. >> absolutely. definitely. not even close. not in campaign mode and wrote a book about foreign policy. you do not hear about that. this is a huge debate in her campaign. a lot of advisors were against it. you will see the fight, it hillary clinton runs. she is likely to be the nominee. i think she is running and will be t

i think rob portman from ohio.ou see a lot of big names that are willing to talk and have been talking to the white house over the last six to eight months. i think the wildcard here is 2016. i think a lot of those individuals, particularly portman, might be starting to position themselves for a potential presidential run. how that changes the dynamic in terms of willingness to get in a room and be seen trying to sign off on a deal with president obama, that is a big open question and i think one that could change the dynamic shortly after this election. >> i wonder how jeb bush and mitt romney fit into all of this ? they are big parts of the republican party. they are on the establishment site, the type a republicans that will have difficult times in early primary states where you have strong conservative portions of those states that would be voting primaries. i think they're cognizant of that. that romney, everybody is floating to him right now in all of the big pulling for 2016 because he is the one everybody k

sometimes i pre pepped i am natalie portman's character and i am on the plane and thor is always on the i love thor and i love chris hemsworth a lot. the idea of a man with a hammer is super sexy. >> you and jedediah. what is it about the hammer? >> yen what that means -- i don't know what that means. >> can we see that again? >> there are people in the control room. >> you know who did that? andrew brightbart did that. why does it have to be an actor? whcan't it be a super secret agent? >> why can't it be a random panelist? >> i don't know. i haven't seen the movie. i don't see it. i thought there were better choices. >> good opinion there. >> new dude that sit on a panel and talks about people's sexiest man alive should shut up. >> he is a little too masculine for my taste. >> she likes to find out later they are gay. >> the sexiest thing is warren buffet. >> you can sit there and watch him give to other people while you weep in the corn every. >> i wanted it to be morally safer? it is morally safeward. andy, you like the super hero movie. >> i was going to say ironically because he w

. >> ohio republican senator rob portman called it a terrible way for the president and new congress to get started. >> he's not going around congress but the american people. the people have spoken and he's responding to folks on his base who say you have to take the unlateral action. it will be overturned at some point and a lawsuit will be filed. >> a texas congressman said his concern is future impact at the border. >> the president unlaterally goes and does this, he is risking a false hope, for people in this country who would like to have a say in an understanding of what is going to happen. it will cause a rush to the border and chaos, we have been through. it and it is very dangerous for people. >> wild card indicated that the timing the come this week. and others suggested that the president may wait until after congress passes a government extension. >> just a year ago this month, president obama suggested that he may not have the authority to grant amnesty on his own. take a look at his answer when a protestor interrupted him in san francisco. that demonstrators saying he

the ted crew's wing or the rob portman ring. if it is the rod potman, one that is willing to negotiate on trade and energy and taxes we might see progress on those two fronts. conversely even if democrats hold, remember there are not many democrats running for election in tight states on vote for me i'm a rubber stamp for president obama. many are dry trying to differentiate themselves. i think the prospect for progress is higher than now. >> joe, watkins, how is this going to apply out. how should investors be thinking what it's all going to mean come tomorrow? >> certainly if you are unhappy with what you have seen legislatively for the last six year you may be looking forward to seeing a the republican controlled senate and house. regulation has had a huge impact on our economy. our economy still has great weakness. despite numbers that seem more encouraging like the unemployment number, the reality is even with unemployment numbers being lower than they have been in some years we've got remember always that workforce partici

i want to play for you something rob portman of ohio said last night about the current state of affairse senate and get your take. >> sentenced for has been a place for you to base the big issues, you win some, you lose some. that is what we are hired to do. interestingly since july last you have only been 12 republican amendments voted on. even more shocking only eight democratic amendments voted on. jon: his point is very reid has run the senate in such a way that individual senators in his view don't have much of a say. what do you think? >> i don't agree with that assessment. harry reid has been a strong leader for the senate but both parties, individual senator you have to look in the mirror and ask in my doing enough to bring the senate together? we have worked together on a lot of issues that are important to pennsylvania. working together to get a justice on the needed and confirmed or on issues even though we don't often vote together as has been devastated by our voting record. there is a way to move forward and the country homes we do that. it is imperative for both parties t

you're going to see moderate main dreams like rob portman who did himself well by helping with the campaign committee. he'll be looking for a run for office. we'll have ted cruise and marco rubio. it will be very difficult for mitch mcconnell to keep that caucus together because they're going to be wanting to distinguish themselves for that. this is how it works. they want to be the first to get to that money, unfortunately. if hillary clinton doesn't run, then there is going to be a lot of democrats going after the money that she would have gotten, and similarly for the republicans. they want to be the first in it. jeb bush were not to run, his money fundraising machine is not in full affect then other republicans will want to get there early to get to the early money. >> al jazeera's michael shure, we always appreciate it. >> thanks, david. >> let's take a look at other stories making news around america. marmaria ines ferre joins us for that. >> a man accused of abducting a woman in philadelphia makes his first appearance today. he was appointed a public defender and will have a bail hea

and all the earned and unearned media that they are going to get from huckabee to carson and rob portman a very, very long list. the attention is going to be on the republican candidates. hillary's big problem is not just the unity within the party, but keeping the party excited. whoever doesn't get the business, the order, if you will, they will be mad and pouting and they will vote for her, but not be enthusiastic. that will be one of the big differences. enthusiasm on the winning side. >> number one, being right now the leading and the sole cont d contender, being the only woman who is running. this is a problem because she is going to be faced with fighting whatever stereotypes we see about women in politics and one question will be can she manage a campaign and the people that work with her? if any of these numb skulls that are leaking e-mails are going to end up in the white house, the american public, democrats included are going to think we have to deal with that? we don't want clinton number two. >> it's not just a great economy and a popular president, but there was all this me

new hampshire facing voters, rob portman in ohio facing votes. pat toomey in pennsylvania facing voters. all bluer states carried by the president. are they going to want to vote on the ryan budget? will they approve the ryan budget we see in the past which mark that'll be pursued to see if paul ryan stays the course and the house stays the course, will those senators from the more moderate, blue leaning states remain on board? jon: thank you for your expertise today. >> thanks, john. jon: it has been in nailbiting 30 minutes but we now understand an unmanned spacecraft has successfully landed on a comet. this trip has been 10 years in the making. it landed 30 minutes ago but because it is so far away, it traveled 4 billion miles over the course of its trip, so far away from earth right now is took half an hour to get the radio signals back. there you see the gladhanding, high five of the european space agency which took lead responsibility for launching the mission. its lande slander apparently has landed successfully on a comet doing 84,000 mil

>> i don't want to get into an argument of he said she said, but i know it was offered up on the portman bill and -- >> i don't know if that's right, senator, so i can't argue with you. what we do know then as we know now is the president's n ee's n on it. >> we need to get the 60 votes and move it forward and hopefully the president will see it as the right thing to do and not veto it. >> any indication he would do that, senator? >> i haven't been talk to the senator or what he is going on with his advisorings, but as always the president needs to do his job. >> one thing that's interesting is the president's latest argument against this, is that the jobs wouldn't be that many coming out of this and they would be part-time jobs. yet when i look at the employment numbers and the fact that a lot of them have been part-time jobs, he didn't complain about that and democrats in general didn't complain about that, so what makes part-time jobs okay with the federal government monthly employment report and not so here with keystone? >> everybody's going to look at it from a little bit different

rob portman hasn't given it one thought. senator john mccain is focused on other things.licly, the republican party says they'll not interfere with d.c. legalizing pot. they're not. so they say. take them at their word until they give us a reason not to. we'll see. >>> all right, next up. to oregon. dr. monica wehby ran into a challenger against jeff merkley. dr. wehby did not win. she had a lot of issues she stood for. if there were two things the doctor monica wehby wanted you to know, they were number one, she's a doctor and number two, she really doesn't like obamacare. that's what her whole campaign was about. >> it's not brain surgery. obamacare is bad for oregon. i'm dr. monica wehby. i know firsthand how devastating obamacare is for oregon families and patients. i'm the only candidate for senate who has fought to stop it. >> the only senate candidate who has fought to stop it. her campaign slogan was even anti-obamacare. keep your doctor, change your senator was her campaign slogan. now that she'll not be a senator, there are reports she has applied for a new job

if you can't give us a win on the vote, you don't get shaheen-portman. when the goal posts get moved that often, you can pretty much figure out there's something more going on than the merits of the bill. they didn't want the bill to pass. they didn't want it to come up. but where was the concern then about 190,000 jobs when everybody is in an uproar about these 40,000 indirect temporary jobs. i will stop right now and do anything to get infrastructure legislation passed and put people to work, rebuilding america's roads, rebuilding america's water pipes, rebuilding america's bridges. we can put hundreds of thousands to people to work doing that. but when we had the chance to do that, when chairman boxer brought a six-year highway bill out of the environment and public works committee, every billion dollars we invest in highway infrastructure supports 13,000 jobs. and this was a multi multibillion-dollar bill. did they fas? no. they filibustered it. stopped it and gave us a three- to five-month stopgap bill during which nobody is going to enter into any

i think it will happen eventually. >> rob portman is right. it will happen eventually. perhaps the new congress. president would be likely to veto it then in deference to the administrative review of the aides conducting and then if there's a deal between president obama giving republicans keystone which they want if they give him something else. with all that's going on with immigration and other issues, not clear there's much of an appetite for deal making, kelly. >> john harwood, thank you, for now. dave, are we making the right fiscal moves in this country? we talked about the central bank and this is important part of that. >> well, depends how you define fiscal moves. i would say a lot of hard li liftilif lifting done of dividends, capital gains, payroll taxes and then the sequestering and nobody likes it and maybe it's a good thing and remember, you know, three, four years ago we were talking about possible debt default and a 10% definite gdp ratio and people handing me in canada, the zimbabwe dollars and now a two handle on did deficit gdp handle and the fiscal

portman and mcconnell and others are talking about it.ance for tax reform and so on. that means the democrats will have a place at the table as well. so i think we've got a long way to go and it's very hard at this point to conjecture about how they may behave. does mcconnell back away from repealing, for example, affordable care. will we not hear about benghazi again for a while and all the other issues that have been coming up where not so long ago a lot of republicans said impeach the president. do they want to go there. that's not the mess annual that the country has sent. >> cuts both ways. the white house has to decide how it behaves. we've got a big call right now and we're going over to chuck todd to tell us where this leaves the map. there you go. georgia senate, perdue the projected winner. this was a long, hot night in the georgia senate race. turning away michelle nunn, daughter of veteran senator from georgia sam nunn. chuck todd, what does this do to the map and the gop story line from tonight? >> well, here's what it does.

. >> let's look at the question of the republican caucus and what they're going to do is rob portman,nce, who is a tremendously constructive senator, who believes in getting things done, is he going to be a real major player who's going to be able to bring together member of his party, to get things done? he can work with obama. >> sure. >> is that going to happen or is ted cruz going to cut a swath through there with his -- >> i don't know. >> what's your answer, margaret? >> my prediction is ted cruz is going to be as obstructionist as he possibly can but he's one senator. but have seven senators from republicans from blue states up in two years. this is going to be moderate from the center. >> i think you're right. >> how do you control ted cruz? he's got the tea party. >> but one guy -- >> but that doesn't matter. >> what happens -- let's talk about the supreme court. what's going to happen with the supreme court nomination? >> i don't know the answers, but what's going to happen -- >> what's comgoing to happen wi any of the administration? >> what we know, republicans have two ye

. >> like another republican senator i was watching yesterday , rob portman, sing the key issues or cuttingown regulation and keystone xl. the significance of what one big when ity, lee fang, comes to the keystone xl, some think president obama has put off ruling on until after this election? >> that's right. in terms of policy change, we will see incredible pressure from congressional republicans to push the a administration toward proving many different new pipelines and oil and gas initiatives. the keystone xl is at the top of that list. that pipeline running from the alberta tar sands down to refineries on the gulf of mexico, that requires special approval from the white house and from the state department. and we will see a republican congress push the president to approve that pipeline. but beyond that, there are a number of other goals. there is also the liquefied , for naturalssue gas in america to be exported abroad. the news to be a special and the from ferc department of energy. there are number of bills encumbers to expedite those approvals. and if the american natural gas marke

senator portman has proposed a compromise which would be approve the keystone pipeline and do somethingn carbon emissions which as we know the president wants to do anyway and maybe there could be a deal on that front, but i don't know whether a lot of his republican colleagues are willing to do that at this point. i think each side is retreating into its own corner and it's business as usual. in fact, it might even be worse than business as usual. the question that i have, wolf, you have all these issues, we know they disagree on, can they put those aside, compartmentalize and say maybe we agree on corporate tax reform, maybe we agree on trade legislation, let's actually try to get that done, while we're stuck on all these other items. >> the president will be coming back from australia, in myanmar, china, going to have his hands full over the next few weeks before christmas and new year's. thanks very much. >> thanks. >> still ahead, a controversial pardon by the governor of arkansas for his son. was it favoritism? just forgiveness? what happened? we'll update you on that and more whe

position to go for the white house in 2016 or is it going to be the sort of thing that say, a rob portman in the senate is talking about. they can get agreement on tax reform on trade deals. all kind of very important things. credit will be shared with this president. >> good political posturing and gamesmanship is one thing. but is it a challenge to say, we can rise above the petty politics and do something? >> well, i don't think there's a lot of policy agreement. people say, he was one is for tax reform. everyone is for a highway bill. everyone is for immigration policy. you have real disagreements between republicans and kroots what immigration policy should be. so if you're going to have those compromises, it is not just a matter of sharing the credit. bits agreeing to a policy you don't necessarily support. i think republicans are saying we can control the entire government in two years. >> or you can lose it. >> or you can lose it. that's saying don't just vote to repeal obamacare. put forward your own alternative health care plan that you can run in that's a replace many. >> that'

and you have more sensible republicans like rob portman saying, let's work together on energy, legislationnd in the middle of all this, you have the potential senate majority leader mitch mcconnell saying that he's not even going to tell anybody what his agenda is. so you can sense a lot of pushing and pulling to sort of fill that vacuum coming up. repuicans have been very unified in that they don't like this obama fellow. but now assuming they're in charge, they're going to have to come together with a cohesive agenda. that's a difficult thing to do. >> what about rand paul? he's had a lot of people talking for a long time now. he's trying to run in a different alley altogether. he's said recently, quote, the gop brand sucks. you wrote a column about this recently. what do you think? do you think rand paul can appeal to younger voters? >> i think he's probably the republicans' best chance of doing that right now. he's gone through an extraordinary transformation, particularly if you think about his father who was a gadfly libertarian. but entering more of the mainstream on foreign policy,

i studied at university of portman and wanted to be a yacht designer.is not just brand and it is not just selling. designernted to be a and you clearly have interests. the project has come up against some troubles recently with the crash. that made you think twice. are you still keen? >> i signed up seven years ago. that is all about pushing the envelope and it is about advanced technology. not necessarily about taking guys like me up and town for not a long span of time. it is about serving up internet cost-effectively across land mass and there are reasons why things are first-rate and why people like me are involved. really interesting there is and setback. >> you interact with your customers. .t is important to you >> i think it is huge. you have a loss of trust over the past six years with dates and financial institutions. pretty much everybody. what i do is connect with our consumers, of which we have hundreds of thousands buying, to the shave. we are the king of shaves and knavee name of shaves -- of shaves. it is important to have a face of huma

rob portman began an early victory lap for the gop.y if it happens. >> three things will be done in the first month. are you ready for this? first, a comprehensive package on energy. yes, keystone xl pipeline getting approved. second, in addition to energy, tax reform. the president talks a lot about the fact companies are taking jobs overseas. we want to stop it too. what the president has proposed isn't going to help, it's going to make it worse. the third thing is let's do something on regulations. >> it's pretty clear the republicans are ready to be aggressive and put the president on the defensive on the spot if they gain the majority. >> i'd like to see him move to the middle and address issues that he says he wants to address like trade agreements. he's not been confronted with anything that made him uncomfortable. i don't think there's anything wrong with sending the president a bill that makes him uncomfortable. he doesn't own the place. >> mitch mcconnell might have a point. if you don't take into account the constant obstruc

i have legislation with rob portman, republican from ohio, to address energy efficiency. it would help create 200,000 jobs, save consumers over $16 billion, and be the equivalent of taking $22 million cars off the road. when we tried to pass it my opponent lobbied to kill it. not only that, he continues to support those subsidies to the oil companies. i think we should take some of that money and we should invest it in new energy technologies and energy efficiency. in companies like synergy, i was in portsmouth, they are making gas turbines helping to clean our oil industry. we should be supporting that not continuing to support the subsidies to the oil companies. >> 30 seconds? >> energy efficient is important. when you're dealing with an energy efficiency bill, you have to include the keystone pipeline. i'm in favor of it. good union, nonunion jobs. senator shaheen's opposed to it. she's indicating she's not proposing a carbon tax issue. voted to pave the way for a national energy tax by creating a fund that would spend the money from the tax. once again only in washing

worked. . >> all right, speaking of the devil, rob portman of ohio. how are you?r ears burning? >> were they burning? >> so we were talking, you and jeanne shaheen have bills that you think can possibly get 67 votes to override a veto? >> i do. i wish we passed keystone last fight. i think it's a no-brainer. it adds jobs, the ambassador was talking apt. it is better for the environment. >> what is the energy efficiency side the president would like? >> not just to produce more energy but also to use it more efficiently and create more jobs and also help on the environment i think in the past we talked about combineing the two. there are other things we have to do in terms of permitting and rec lakess getting in the way of not just oil and gas but wind and solar that gives you an opportunity. i'm excited about it. >> what would be the difference in what didn't pass last night, especially environmentally in terms of concerns, is there something that makes this work on both sides, a excise? >> one that is popular that folks are concerned about emissions. >> right. th