we will work with rob portman. sure rob hartman gets reelected -- rob portman gets reelected and we're going to win ohio. mark: there is no backing off on either side. john: no. whoo! manafortwent right at on a personal basis. why is it in their interest for kasich to go after trump and for trump to go after kasich? i find it more genuine than the pence pick. i am for party unity. kasich is like, i am for party unity. if you do not want to be with me, screw you. attitudeanafort's toward kasich. and i think hasek has genuine, profound problems with trump. i also think he wants to be president. mark: the trump people have said in the past they are working with rob portman, working with the state party, they do not need kasich's operation. kasich has been elected governor of the state twice, they beat trump and the -- in the primary. but he's not interested in supporting trump. john: do you see him standing alongside rob portman in this election? we'll see. mark halperin, that man right there, he asked paul manafort t

we will work with rob portman and make sure rob portman get select it and we will win ohio. there is no backing off on either side. what is in it to go after kasich ? why is that in their interest? john: i find it more genuine than the tents pick. i can win without you, if you don't want to win with me, screw you. that seems to be his attitude and i believe his political analysis, i believe he has profound problems with trump and i think he wants to be president in 2020. mark: he said they are working with rob portman and the state party, they don't need kasich's operation. he's been elect is twice and beat trump in the primary here. it seems like they would like to have him on board but he's not interested in supporting trump. finally, we asked paul to weigh in on the efforts hillary clinton and her allies are weighing into brand trump in a negative way ahead of november. mark: besides running negative ads, how do you see their strategy? keep runningy negative ads because i like the impact and they are spending money. i don't think this election is about hillary clinton. th

he and my opponent can spend as much time together as they want but the fact is rob portman is tryingve it both ways. he embraces donald trump and says he's going to support him and vote for him and on the other hand he's a little ashamed of him. there's nowhere he can go in chooefld and he can't hide unless he finds a rock somewhere to divorce himself from his relationship with donald trump. we're going to be in cleveland this week. it's going to be a great week in cleveland this week because we're going to hold them responsible for their irresponsible positions. you said portman is trying to having it both ways but governor of ohio kasich will be in cleveland but will not set foot in the convention center. what does that say to you? >> that governor kasich has personal integrity and he will not sell his soul and will not put his party above his parcoun. and i think governor kasich is ashamed of donald trump as the leader of his party. i just wish rob portman had the same kind of intestinal fortitude and courage and guts as a matter of fact that john kasich is showing and jeb bush is

and i think the thing for rob portman to do is run on his record.we left for the summer recess, get it passed for republican and democrat votes. get it sent to the white house where it will be signed. he is -- he is an excellent senator and somebody that has accomplishments to point to. so if i were rob portman, i would run on my accomplishments, and that's exactly what he's doing. i think there was -- in florida, there was a great cry for marco rubio when he wasn't advanced to the general election to the presidential level to come back and be our senator again, and i think that that's the reason he's leading in the polls against either of the democratic challengers. so we feel very, very good about that. . liz: well, you know a little bit about running. you've been reelected seven times. you've been elected seven times, i'll tell you. looking at what you've done in your life, having served in the u.s. armed forces, i find it so interesting always that people like you could go off and be really successful business people. we're a business network ob

senator portman: i'm senator rob portman. i'm here in ohio today to talk to you about an epidemic in my state: the growing problem of addiction to heroin and prescription drugs. but it's not just in ohio. sadly, it's everywhere. with an average of more than 120 americans dying every single day from overdoses, it's now the number one cause of accidental death in the country, surpassing car accidents. and it's getting worse. it's only july, and already, in some ohio cities, we've had more people die from overdoses than in all of 2015. and as tragic as that is, it's only part of the problem. in addition to those we've lost to overdoses, there are millions more across the country who are sufferingwho have lost a job, broken relationships with their family and friends, or turned to crime to pay for their drugs. in ohio alone, some 200,000 people are struggling with addiction. the numbers are overwhelming. and behind the numbers are shattered dreams. holly derae from carrollton, ohio was a talented singer and a good student; she wa

governor strickland running against rob portman for that seat. good to have you with me. i know you were listening to jacob there talking to the former senator of new hampshire. you know a lot about con vnvents yourself. you were a hillary clinton supporter in 2008. have you seen anything like this go on before? >> no, but i'm enjoying it. a lot of democrats are enjoying the disunity within the republican party. there's a reason why ohio governor john kasich isn't at this con ves. there's a reason why most of ohio's political leadership are shunning this convention. i believe they are ashamed of their party's nominee. and i congratulate governor kasich because they understand that this man is toxics, intolerant and unfit to be the president of our country. that ought to say a lot to the people watching this convention when the governor of the state of ohio with this convention is being held the republican governor has chosen to stay away. >> one thing we know as we look back over history of what it means to make it to 1600 pennsylvania avenue, no republican has won the pr

host: rob portman? guest: rob portman will not be speaking.ot avoiding the convention he just has lots of things to do. he is having a mock convention for his high school and college volunteers right next-door and he will be having speakers come over and talk with them. he is doing a habitat for humanity event. he is doing something with wounded warriors kye ackers. he is a by kayaker himself. he is finding ways to be in and around but not necessarily at the convention. host: why does he wanted to be present and known? guest: he has definitely endorsed donald trump but he's not gone much beyond that. he is running in a tough reelection campaign against former governor ted strickland. the latest polls show him moving ahead pretty significantly. he needs that coal country i was talking about. he needs that swing area. but he also needs a lot of other people who have seen him as a more moderate republican to not be turned off. ost: let's get to calls. talking about ohio politics the convention. we'll go to naturally first in west virginia. -- gna

. >> rob portman is viewed as a bridge builder and a uniter. has a gay son so he reached out to communities. >> i think he johnson. he has been a good senator and has been tking about the veteran's affairs scandal. talking about what he's been trying to do in and around milwaukee to create jobs. >> compare to kelly ayotte, every weekend doing a town hall on saturday. >> portman, nice way to put it, he knows when to move left on certain issues to get elected, ron johnson doesn't. he believes in small government. >> i wouldn't say he understands, he understands the game, he is not willing to go there. he thinks government ought to be smaller, americans should be free. but i think in his corner, increasingly a race about terrorism, that's a strong suit for him, a weakness for his opponent, russ fine gold. >> do you think they're going to lose the senate? >> i think it is definitely a possibility. if it breaks one way, it breaks for all. they need four seats, six in states obama carried, margins are all within four points. >> we have to take one mo

rob portman is in a more difficult position.tougher re-elections and rob portman is in a difficult position and facing a tough race because of experience. ted strick land has been out for a while -- >> [ inaudible question ]. >> we don't really know. donald trump could win but he could drag down some of the incumbent's more difficult positions. he could drag down portman. we just don't know at this point. >> what about the amount of money being spent in the clinton ads. she is spending 1.5 times the trump change. >> it is heavily overstated. if you look at the 2008 campaign, barack obama was able to decline federal matching funds because he was able to raise so much money. john mccain had to take federal matching funds. so barack obama has far more money in the campaign but he did not overperform given the state of the economy. he got 53% of the vote which is expected. so the affect of money is pretty much overstated. >> rosie, do you think that trump will spend a lot of money on campaigns or do you think he's set the tone alrea

disclose that i have given money to the trump picture campaign as well as the nrlc at and senator rob portman is running for election as a republican in ohio. we have to ask top russians otherwise we will be fair. here the super tough questions. lou is my old boss at goldman back in the day and thank you for hire me by the way. the first question related to your raising a good sum of money in june but it does seem like we are getting pushback from traditional republican donors so what you say about that and how are you going about raising the money? >> this is the most interesting campaign for the presidency have ever been involved in and it's true that there has been some reluctance on the part of wall street to participate in the fund-raising activities. we have a unique candidate for the republican party. it was a long grueling primary as you know and when you have 17 active members, 16 or 17 of them competing against you as it culminates before the convention there is still a lot of people who are feeling the pressure of having back those who did not win having contributed a lot on he, so

host: rob portman? guest: rob portman will not be speaking.e said he is not avoiding the convention he just has lots of things to do. he is having a mock convention for his high school and college volunteers right next-door and he will be having speakers come over and talk with them. he is doing a habitat for humanity event. he is doing something with wounded warriors kye ackers. he is a by kayaker himself. he is finding ways to be in and around but not necessarily at the convention. host: why does he wanted to be present and known? guest: he has definitely endorsed donald trump but he's not gone much beyond that. he is running in a tough reelection campaign against former governor ted strickland. the latest polls show him moving ahead pretty significantly. he needs that coal country i was talking about. he needs that swing area. but he also needs a lot of other people who have seen him as a more moderate republican to not be turned off. ost: let's get to calls. talking about ohio politics the convention. we'll go to naturally first in west vi

go out and vote for rob portman. he's been terrific. go out and vote for rob, but i love the people of ohio, and we're going to start winning again, folks. we don't win anymore as a country. we don't win on trade. we don't win with the military. you know, when i was young, we never lost a war, all of us, a lot of you my age. when we were young, i still feel young, don't you feel young? but -- but when we were young, we never lost a war. they used to say we've never lost a war. now we never win a war. we never win a bat. we never win anything. we have these idiots that get on television saying we are going to attack isis in 48 hours and when we attack we're going to hit them from the rear and we're going after fallujah and that will take place in exactly two weeks and after that thanks place we're going to ramadi and we will -- now what happens is they say, oh, i mean, the only problem is they can't be anybody is so stupid to be saying all so sometimes they don't believe it and we can get away with it. can you imagine, newt, the great gen

they say that people that created them were stupid. >> how is rob portman's positioning himself on traderump campaign manager happens to be so critical of u.s. trade policy? >> talking about the work he's done to track -- crackdown on currency manipulation. he is focusing on a lot of other things. >> what is a notice about the state of the economy here? >> i went down with ted strickland last year when he first got in the race. .t's his county in appalachia it is a depressed area and you understand why people are frustrated. he holds a lot of goodwill there. challenges that ted strickland can cut into these areas that are been turning red. >> you mentioned the senate race. >> he is one of those folks that knew he would have to outrun the top of the ticket. presidentialone years statewide in pennsylvania by large margins. he has been focused on this for a long time. >> are the issues economic or are there cultural issues? lot on been focusing a heroine issues and talking about sanctuaries 80's and national security issues. the challenger is a little-known challenger that will rematch. >>

trump: i will say he endorsed me and it's been electric but rob portman has really been good to me and i appreciate it. and the senator's got to run against ted strickland who has not done a good job for ohio. i will say that. he has not done a good job for ohio. so you're going do what you have to do come november. and as far as donald trump is concerned, i'm going to be back here many, many, many times, ok? [applause] mr. trump: i'm going to be back here so much, you're going to be so sick of me. please, please, please, don't let him come back anymore. no, we're going to have a good time and we're going to win ohio. we're doing really well right now. we haven't started. they were saying because i financed my primary campaigns, over $50 million. i own money. so far we're doing well though, right? have i been a good messenger? we have a movement. you know what new to said -- you know what newt said, we have a movement going. this is a movement like people have never seen before. this was set up recently. look at this place. and by the way, just so you understand, i say this for the pre

you want to hurt it, we'll make sure rob portman gets re-elected and we'll win ohio. >> there is no backing off on either side. john weaver, kasich's political advisor went after manaforth on a personal basis and what is it for mana fort to go after them and what is their interest? >> i find it more genuine than like the pence pick where i want party unity. trump all along said i don't care about party unity, i'm rebuilding the republican party at our image and i can win without you and if you don't want to be with me, screw you. that's manafort's attitude towards kasich. and i think kasich has genuine profound problems with trump and also i think wants to be president in 2020 >> manafort said we're working with portman in running for re-election and don't need kasich's operation. he's been elected twice and beat trump in the primaries and seems like they'd like him on board but kasich says he's not interested. >> can you see portman running alongside trump? >> not possible. >> we'll see. we'll be interested. finally, mark halperin, he asked paul manafort to weigh in that hillary clinton is

i know more people skip voting for president and vote for rob portman, for example.lip side communities that i represent. working class whites and many of these individuals are looking to donald trump because of his message on the economy and trade. i do agree with with what the gentleman said in regards to the motivating factor in regard to it honesty and security and economy on both sides and it is going to be difficult to quantify. we don't know how many will cross over and they will decide the election. >> do you see any evidence that it republican voters will stay at home and not vote because they don't like donald trump? >> no, what i do see is what i pointed out you will get ticket splitting. someone voting for clinton and same thing in ohio port p man on the ballot. maybe they will not vote for trump but will vote for the incumbent senator. and democrats may split their ticket. the interesting stuff is down ballot. >> that is interesting p stuff to come down balp on the, you are right. and a second subject. beef steaks. an aide confirms that indiana michael p

portman,d vote for rob go out and vote for rob portman, but i love the people of ohio. and we are going to start winning again, folks. country, we as a don't win on faith, with the military. when i was jean, we never lost a war. , i still feeloung young, don't you feel young? young, we never lost a war. they used to say we have never lost a war. now we never win a war. we never went to battle or anything. we have these idiots that get on television. in 48 hours.k isis and when we attack, we are going to hit them from the rear. falluja, going after and that will take place in exactly two weeks. place, wethat takes are going to ramadi, and we will hit them. i mean the only problem is they can't believe anybody is so stupid to say this stuff. i wouldn't get away with it. can you imagine the great general george patton on television to say when we are leaving iraq? we are leaving on this date. so the enemy goes back and says, nobody can be that stupid to say that. you know what, just in case obama is serious, they don't want to be killed, don't kid yourself. they talk about

but rob portman is a different kind of candidate.ting labor unions, he's viewed as a bridge builder and uniter, he has a gay son so he's reached out to communities that republicans don't typically reach out to. it differentiates him from donald trump. remember, too, portman goes back to ohio. you look at a state like for example wisconsin, ron johnson is underwater because he didn't pay a lot of attention to wisconsin. now he's going back to the state and i think voters there are viewing him as just another republican in washington that didn't do anything for them. >> i would push back a little bit on that on ron johnson. i think he's been a really good senator. trying to press national issues. also he's been talking about the veterans affair scandal, he's been talking about what he's been trying to do in and around milwaukee to create jobs. >> but compare him to a kelly ayotte back in new hampshire every weekend doing a town hall on saturday. >> i think the difference i think the contrast is the portman. portman i guess the nice way

if you're not in a tough reelection, you have to take people out like rob portman who has a tough reelectiong up. senator thune would probably consider it. nikki haley. i think they would consider it if they thought they could change donald trump to the way they wanted. >> it's a patriotic -- >> if they could change donald trump into what they want him to do. >> i think there's whether you agree with whee he said or not, the you a at least now what he's thinking. >> what were you saying? >> it's his patriotic duty. if donald trump is somebody you don't think is there yet but you want somebody on the inside who understands conservative policy, is whispering in his ear, it's an argument to do it. >> maybe it could be jason, could be scottie hughes. >> i think it could be bob beckel. >> bob, if you got the call, would you take it? >> i would -- no, absolutely not. absolutely not. i'll call up all the drug dealers and give it to him. >> okay, bob. >> it's a little levity at the end for discussion. these things are a little confining. >> coming up, a young man's grieving family. hello welcome to

rob portman, for example, not only is working with the state party but has got his own amazing -- >> reporter: it is considered vulnerable, too. >> could be. but i think rob is going to win. the race for the white house, we have some ohio voters who have not made up their mind. it will go right down to the wire. >> reporter: does trump have work to do here? >> he has work to do. but it's not irreparable. he can pull this out. i think he needs to work with the state party. we have a very, very good state party. we need to get that done. then we need to move on and win. >> will ohio's feelings be bruised at all if there are boos coming up? >> we are pretty tough in ohio. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. brian? >> kelly, thank you. great state of ohio has delivered eight american presidents. here's cory lewandowski. >> -- and deliver the first victory on his behalf on a path to 38 victories that he achieved. it is my pleasure tonight to read the votes on behalf of the people of new hampshire. two votes for marco rubio, three votes for jeb bush, three votes for ted cruz, four votes fo

so we're here at the convention, but senator rob portman, who is the ohio senator, up for re-electionconvention. they were out doing habitat for humanity today. so they're going to help 15 current residents. they do home improvements, other things that people need. this is just a way to show that there's a lot of ways to serve in public service. >> what happened to him? >> they're speaking. he's not the pink panther. lots of ways to serve. and this is a great one to highlight. >> greg, you're up. >> time for -- "i hate these pandas." all right. giant pandas celebrating their third birthday with cakes made of ice and bamboo. i don't like pandas. i've said this before. they are furry free loaders. they sit around, all they do is eat. they offer nothing to society. they don't even mate. they're like stuck millennials. they's what they are. >> oh, my god, who hates pandas? >> i hate pandas! happy birthday, you giant panda twins. >> so guess who else is here at the republican national convention? it's my son, raffi. and he's a republican, and so all the republican officials and if delegate

rob portman plays obama. >> you never see videotape of this, not even pictures. >> no.don't want to show those vulnerable moments. >> we don't want to give away any component to our prep. >> in the 2000 campaign, one of mckinnon's secretaries gave prep video to the gore campaign. >> gore campaign went straight to the fbi. >> what happened to her? >> she went to prison for a year. >> what's so secret? i pretended to be a candidate. limited government -- >> just limited government. what kind of limits are you talking about? can you be specific. >> yes, i can list cuts. >> would you cut defense? >> so you're soft on defense? >> i knew how i should answer the questions, but under pressure it's hard. i'm saying take it back to the clinton days. "instinct is to answer the questions that are asked, but consultants day don't. >> you're still answering my questions, but most of the time you want to be delivering your message. >> they say sarah palin was good at that. >> governor palin answered the questions in her debate on her terms. >> governor palin, is that so? >> that's not

when he was in ohio, you would have thought rob portman was going to move to mexico.harlie: there's always this question, he's doing reasonably well. nobody's campaigning for him. he's doing it on twitter. he's very competitive in the swing states. jim: any republican gets 45%. any democrat gets 45%. then we fight over the other 10%. i've always said this election is going to be three stages. the first stage where nobody thought he could win, we are past that. the second stage of, this race is going to be tied into the fall and every one of my democratic friends is going to lose their mind. in the third stage, when you come back to the battleground states, when he can't get enough latino votes, can't get enough women votes, i think hillary clinton is going to beat him substantially. charlie: what percentage of women will he get? jim: it depends on which state you are talking about. i think he's going to have a historically low white woman number of republican voters. charlie: for viewers at home, almost at the end of the democratic convention, the campaign continues,

. >> he gets rob portman elected and goes to pennsylvania with pat. >> we have to take a break. >> forht years we've seen what happens when america leads from behind. leading from behind, that's not what the army taught me. and to everyone who agrees that america ought to lead the way, i have a message to deliver. let me say it loud and clear. help is on the way! [ applause ] >> let me -- let me tell you a story about an arkansas farm boy who became a soldier. when america was at war, he was away at school. and then, in a comfortable professional job, exempt from service, but he sacrificed that comfort against the wishes of his family, against the wishes of his father, who himself had served. he volunteered for the army, he became an infantryman. that farm boy was my dad, len cotton. he went to vietnam in 1969. [ applause ] >> 35 years later, because of 9/11, i did the same. [ applause ] >> against the wishes of my family, i gave up my legal career and i volunteered for the army. and i became an infantryman and i went to iraq and afghanistan. [ applause ] >> my dad said he felt like go

senator rob portman is respected on both sides of the aisle in washington.e worked in the bush administration. cats are, former governor, popular governor of ohio. these ted strickland, former governor, popular governor of ohio. these are two heavyweights going at it. democrats feel like they have the advantage because donald trump is at the top of the ticket. of course, if you don't win ohio as a republican, you are not going to in the president, history shows. this is a race where there is going to be a lot of money put in, whether it is outside money or inside campaign money. this race could determine whether the senate, as you said, flips to democrats or stays with republicans, and overall, rob portman has been doing events. yes and asked questions a lot about the donald trump campaign. unlike john kasich, governor of ohio, he has been engaging with the media for the most part. she did have one press conference this week. he didy did have-- kasich have one press conference this week. this race is one to watch. steve: this is an ad by the portman campaign

one exception, ohio senator rob portman. kit he won't be speaking.t states other top elected official governor kasich kasich will be here without stepping foot in the convention ssena. instead he will be attending convention events across the country, many just blocks away. >> they are much, much better off to take this week, in their own states in their own elections. >> reporter: on "face the nation," former r.n.c. chairman halle barbour excused missing enators but not kasich. >> it would be great if john kasich was here, and if he would enthusiastically support the nominee. >> reporter: enthusiasm may be a tall order. blo two blocks from the quick rans arena, one vendor is selling trump t-shirts alongside aloks written by republican anti-trump activists. the latest cbs news battleground poll in ohio shows that just 37 percent of trump voters are backing him because they like him. instead, 53% are voting for trump to oppose hillary clinton. >> all those oppose nay. y. nay. >> reporter: last week officials from the r.n.c. and trump campaign spent da

rob portman is the republican senator from ohio, who is running for re-election, just one of the big name republicans who is not going to be there. we are going to hear from the candidate's wife. we will hear briefly from rick perry tonight. but it is not a very high profile list of speakers tonight given that this is a national nominating convention. which will be highlighted by some of the celebrities who will be speaking. chache from "happy days" is speaking and a guy from "the bold and the beautiful" who is also an underwear model will be speaking. you do get celebrities every now and then. you don't usually get celebrities at that level speaking in prime time on night one. but this is an unusual convention and they will try to put an exclamation point on it tonight but i think day one was a rough start. >> jacob soborov was on the floor for the hub-bub. i heard one analyst say that briefly there, the balance of power shifted and perhaps the home team, the trump forces, got outwhipped by a very quiet effort to force what we almost saw forced there until they got the upper hand. >

they are going to turn out for rob portman. >> so let me ask you.someone who was working to not see donald trump have this moment. do you think that he has been able to capture a sense of unity for the convention at this point? >> i slow walked my support because i didn't think he was a conservative. he was a new republican. >> there's a different between conservative and republican. >> i think he's come in our direction. he's court appointments, the fact that he's starting to talk about his cabinet. i think constitutional conservative is alive and well and will be so in the trump m administration. look, at the top of the game, he's going to get america growing again. job producing again. working again. and that means that he's going to harness the deficit. he's going to work through mike pence with the congress. as i have said before, we are the majority party in the united states. we control both chambers of the congress. we have to start acting like a majority party and with donald trump at the helm, we can make sure our conservative agenda is pu

the expert prognostication, senators like ron johnson in wisconsin and mark kirk in illinois and rob portman in ohio and pat toomey in pennsylvania and others, but particularly these guys, they're all facing a situation where they don't have great approval ratings to start out with, they're not super popular to start out with anyway, and their states are likely to go bright blue for hillary clinton if trends hold. and they all have very strong democratic challengers on that same ballot, trying to oust them from their senate seat. so it looks not great for at least these four senators but a lot more besides. john mccain is also vulnerable this year because of the same dynamics at work in his home state of arizona. but john mccain is if nothing else a political survivor. and at home in arizona, he has faced tough re-election battles before. you can tell that in part mathematically. because he's up this year in 2016, that also means he was up the last time six years ago. and six years ago was 2010. yeah, 2010 was a great year for the republicans in the general election in november. republicans

not only is john kasich not there but the ohio senator running for re-election is not there, rob portman and the ohio delegation got shunted to the back of the room. he just told chris matthews there that trump doesn't need ohio, every other republican in history has needed ohio but trump doesn't need ohio because he's going to win new jersey. steve schmidt, gene robinson, is donald trump going to win new jersey? >> i'm going way out on a limb here. donald trump is not going to win new jersey. >> i second that motion. donald trump is not going to win new jersey, not going to win new york, not going to win california. if you look at the states and we talk about this frequently, if you look at the states where democrats have won five out of the last six elections, they are at 282 electoral votes. 12 more than is necessary to win the presidency. you look at the states where they have won six out of the last six elections, they are at 242 electoral votes. which means there are many more ways for the democratic candidate to win, many more routes to being the president of the united states tha

pence underscores -- rob portman, kelly ayotte, here's a traditional conservative that will campaignith them. >> but democrats -- i felt like the clinton campaign had more information out on mike pence, their version of information in the last 48 hours than the trump campaign. >> absolutely. they already rolled out their opposition research on mike pence, which all had to do with zeroing in on women and his position on things like abortion and lgbt issues. but i think what hugh said actually is a valid point. i just spent a lot of time in lorain, ohio, talking with out of work steel workers. we did a focus group of seven guys, all over 40, all white males all who voted for barack obama in '08, six of seven voted for barack obama in 2012. they're undecided. a couple of them were considering trump and it's because of that issue. they feel despair, they feel manufacturing the bottom has dropped out and they're taking a look at trump and some of them don't trust hillary clinton. >> you're going to see a lot of that. this race is close. hillary clinton clearly has an edge. and to me, you

they're trying to start a fight between kasich and rob portman, the senator of ohio who's luke-warmlyorsed trump. so, this is stirring the idea of disunity up again. >> that sounds like a misstep by paul manafort, to say that ohio governor john kasich, who is very popular here, is embarrassing his state. kasich is not appearing, but he and his team have made pains to say we're not going to disrupt the convention, we're not cheering on a delegate insurrection. and he's been relying on the chairman of the republican party to lay the groundwork here in ohio. this is one of the states where they're arguably the best organized because they are working with the republican party here. and he's been on twitter very critical of paul manafort, saying he does not know what he's talking about, i hope he does a better job going forward. these are not the kinds of relationships you want in a state as important as ohio. >> that's the question. if you get into the final weeks and you're trying to do turnout, identify voters, pull every last lever in a competitive race, that's dysfunction impact what'

about saddam hussein that he made last night and he started on message and he started talking about rob portman is a great senator and bashing ted strickland and he ended on message and there were some tangents in there, as you noted. >> he did talk about james comey and the fbi and some emails and that is what a lot of republicans want him to focus on almost exclusively at this point and tomorrow donald trump heads to capitol hill and he'll meet with members of congress and he'll try to reassure some members of congress. do you think to not's event and tonight's speech will be reassuring on capitol hill? >> reporter: well, when it comes to prosecuting the case against hillary clinton, donald trump does that just as energetically as he does pretty much everything else. he said she lied about her emails and it was clear and anyone else who did what hillary clinton did would have been going to jail and she's managed to get away with it. so i think you will hear more of that when he goes to talk to republicans on the hill and he tends to do better with the closed-door meetings with republicans whe

you see senator rob portman leading by 17 percentage points and senator pat toomey leading by 10 percentageoints. what's happening here, these are three key battle ground states. and quinnipiac researchers saying, despite, the donald trump at the head of the ticket would hurt the senatorial races, but look at marco rubio, he has that announcement at the 11th hour, jumping in and breaking out 13 percentage point lead and the same poll finding the president's job approval rating dropping since the last time they took this poll in june, june 22nd. the approval rating for the president dropping. stuart: what a political year. unbelievable stuff, isn't it? thanks, e-mack. a note to viewer, donald trump will announce his pick for vice-president tomorrow morning. we'll particular that live on this program. i've got to bring you into this e-mack. i expect a reality tv buildup with maximum entertainment value. i don't think he's going to put all four on the set and say and the winner is-- >> they could be standing behind him. and that could be. >> i think it's going to be pageant style. >> the third