big win for rob portman.et's look at other state where is the polls are closed but too early to call. north carolina, we'll be watching all night long. rishd bury is fighting to keep his his --. >> marco rubio about the half vote in and he's doing quite well there. democrats pretty much gave up on that seat once marco rubio said he was going run for reelection. let's look at what all this means for the balance of power. democrats 37. republicans 33. there are 30 left that we are watching. big picture, democrats are trying to pick up five seats to have a majority and republicans are obviously trying very hard to prevent that from happening. >> not a strong showing i have to say from democrats. rob portman was supposed to be a seat as you said they were going to be able to pull off. but democrats weeks ago pulled out of there. rob portman winning handily. interestingly enough. rob portman saying after the "access hollywood" tape came out that he would not support donald trump. he was going to write in mike penc

sara goldenburg is live at rob portman's victory party. sara? >> reporter: it has been a happy reaction as you can imagine at the watch party here in columbus just across from the state capitol and you can see that we have a pretty good crowd where they are watching the election results many of the candidates take the stage. senator rob portman is winning in a landslide against ted strickland. the polls predicted this would happen and we were at his victory speech a few blocks from here earlier today. he talked about the decisiveness and how he hopes to bring both sides together when he goes back to the capitol. be a time to press the reset button over in washington. two big things he talked about in his campaigning. one is the heroin epidemic in northeast ohio and ohio in general. he has fought against that and he has battled against human trafficking in the state. two main issues that he talked about. we are going to send this to catherine bosley who has been watching the ted strickland party a few blocks away. catherine? >> reporter: sara, a

of them rob portman, also matt dolan, joyce, greenspan, expected to be here at the watch party the watch party just underway it is a packed house startt the mood here is optimistic. i think almost confident. also keeping ai on ohio democrats dave nethers is with county leaders first kevin freeman is in columbus where th people are starting to come into this banquet hall at thehe ohio regency in columbus there feeling optimistic parka about hillary clinton's chances of winning ohio parka she has a lo

rob portman. they say that they spent $10 million against strickland. david pepper says, turnout will be the deciding factor in ohio. lot depends on how well it does if she can't win by a cushion i think it mayhe lift s candidates if it is a squeaker between her and donald trump, i thin harder to win. becomes down to how muches the democrats show up. feels blaze that the star power over the weekend, coined out for hillary clinton and would have helped her. beyonce, jc at their product concert, the it shows just how important the campaign, still believes that ohio is. check in with what is going at the democratic headquarters in sase is where we find dave nethers.r it is quiet. at the democratic headquarters. people have been canvassing neighborhoods to touch base wit likely supporters today. lathe of this ec may be one of the most importantnt if not the most important in the state. very important county to win ohio. the democratic party. making sure that things go smoothly, volunteer seven canvassing the neighborhoods to make sure that they get people o

he has an uphill battle in his race to unseat polls show rob portman had by i many cases double digits. state democratic party chairman david pepper says turnout will be a deciding factor in ohio.. lot depends on how well she does perk up if she can when with some cushion it may left some candidates perk up if it i a squeaker between her and triumph, i think that the other race will be harder to win. >> a lot of it comes down to ho c evenly some of that star power that came to clear that for the weekend, jay-z, beyonce lebron jameses we have helped t the vote in cuyahoga county to help her to win but again it is a tight race. there ready here to hopefully celebrate and hillary clinton democrats here in cuyahoga county encouraged byby high vot turnout live is to be one of th most important counties. >> the effort to get people to vote continues until the last dollars nine, dave nethers is that the local democratic headquarters. people are content to the democratic headquarters in cuyahoga county, they are aware that a high turnout in the county, fell to flip the state in the pastt inop

according to the, a couple of key races they will be watch ou rob portman, david joyce in greenspan. andn. gem of a city. they will be at this watch part there are people beginning to come in. did not start until 730.eg depending on the results, could wrap up before or go well into the night. the candidates were out early this morning casting their ballots in new york. she called voted for her self humbling, first time she has seenalng her own name on the ballot in a general election, donald lodging near his home in new york city, he gave children high-fives spoke to children before casting his ballot. >> also keep a close eye on democrats, dave nethers with calculators but first kevin freeman who is in columbus. the doors officially open for or planning a big party at the y in columbus. expecting a close race. it could be a late night for democrats. they believe that the momentum is on their side. expect to be celebrating hillar clinton victory nationwide. the chairman of the party says the number of women voters and early g reason to be optimistic about her wedding the state. ohio

. >>> your front, us senator rob portman. >> reporter: rob portman reelected with help from drug and healthcare companies. they pitched in well over a quarter million dollars to his campaign. more than 700,000 since he came to dc six years ago. dutra companies expect anything in return? the staff objected and ushered him away. we pressed for answers. >> this supports everybody. >> reporter: critics accuse politicians are standing on the sidelines on drug prices soar. we than 100 drugs jumped in price by more than 80% in the past four years. >> they spent a lot of money on lobbyists and campaign contusions. they too often get their way with congress. >> that's senator sherrod brown. he's taken 500 grant from drug former house speaker and ohio congressman john weiner was gifted more than $1 million for commands to elyria congressman nearly 800,000. former senator and current ohio attorney general mike dewine and the 500,000. commerce in germany see nearly hundred 80 grand. >>> that makes term limits look very appealing. >> big pharmaceuticals are largely unrelated. congress even banned

rob portman works hard to get things done in a town that nothing matters and running against the worst and the resounding victory for senator robb portman and i am pleased to congratulate him when he is reelected to the united states senate. >> we are expecting to see candidates when we get things roling and congressional candidates and are expected to win. >> and throughout the night we will roll with announcements as we call races and able to introduce our candidates for the ohio supreme court and legislative races and favor and speaker rosenberger will be here to talk about the races in the house and senate and big night for the republican party and campaigns are upstairs in the war room pulling results together and congratulating everyone for a big celebration this evening. >> this watch party kicks off after the polls close. live, sara goldenberg, cleveland 19 news. >> mark: thank you, sara. election coverage continues after the break. >> up next cleveland voters decide on attacks and it effects everyone who work in the city. >> romona: talk about a pampered voting experience. a l

i asked newly reelected senator rob portman. >> senator, congratulations. your race will be the temp plate that republicans will be marching to your door to how you came from a ten point deficit when it started out and won big. >> won because of the work we did it for the people of ohio. i am proud of the campaign and ultimately getting the business done for the sxeem we were able to talk about our accomplishments and on the jobs front to it protect ohio job and passed legislation that is it adding more steel jobs in ohio and scientificly on the heroin and prescription drug issue that is an efrm demic that hit ohio hard. and so we are talking about what we have done to help people in their lives. so i hope that when people lookality the race, they don't think it is infrastructure or fund-raising, people are smart. they support based on what you have done for them and vision for the future. >> i know you have spoken with mike pence. what was that conversation like? >> it is terrific. he is a good friend and fellow midwesterner and we talked about specific is

a state where rob portman has been against ted strickland throughout this. fox news has just called that rob portman will win the senate race in the state of ohio. no call to be made right now in north carolina where the republican senator richard burr is in a very tight race with deborah ross. balance of power in the senate, all republican. you need 51% for a majority if you're republican. the vice president would be the president pro tem of the senate. that would give them the tie breaker. so the republicans would need to pick up five to maintain the exit polling suggests to us what we've known for a long time, the six or seven toss-up states in the race for the senate are very much toss-up tonight. based on the races we've already called so far, balance of power in the senate, democrats with 37, republicans with 33. there are 100 in there. it will be a while. obviously a long way to go. we'll keep filling in these seats throughout the night as they're called. >>> we're less away now from the next poll closings at 8:00 eastern, including the biggest battle

races will -- today is rob portman versus former governor ted strickland. both are running for the senate seat and come republican rob portman has been leading the polls 53% to 35%. if elected he would be his second six-year term. we're also watching 11 district congressional race between democratic incumbent marcia fudge and challenger beverly goldstein. fudges seeking her fifth te in the public and of the republican jewish commission but find was in the national spotlight during the stepping up as chairwoman for the rnc. they 40s and healthcare experience and focused her campaign on finding decent jobs. >>> a race for the 14th congressional district between incumbent david royce and mike watkiss. joyce is pulling ahead 63% to 33%. other races we're watching as results for you tonight on wkyc.com. >>> where you go to the polls or have already cast your vote we want to know who do you think will win? >> our megaphone poll is on right now. go to wkyc.com /vote now. is the winner unclear? >> this is in and right now they are live at the bottom of your screen

expect former governor ted strickland to be here he is running for senate against senator rob portman, they do sa that it has an uphill battle fo him.i he has been beh digits in many polls. david pepper says if there is heavy turnout in a while, it's possible he coulds pull this ou. although it would be an uphill battle. they are confident, that hillary clinton can take ohio, even though many polls show it to be who knows what can happen when people show at the polls, ted strickland might still have a chance. >> and that is what they hope that turnout will be the key to change things. thank you kevin freeman from the democratic side of things from columbus. f cuyahoga county has been a close race between hillary clinton donald trump.ty >> it could be the key to who wins ohio,, dave nethers, from the watch party with more. the party will begin the saline.p at democratic headquarters in cuyahoga county. the democrats have been hard at work canvassing, to get as many supporters to the polls in cuyahoga county. it is the most important county in the state.e. the party has representatives

incumbent republican rob portman has been leading the polls in ohio 53% to ck ready 5%. if you like this a his second six-year term. we're also watching the 11th district congressional race between incumbent marcia fudge and challenger everly goldstein. goldstein is from beachwood and a member of the republican jewish commission. fudge was in the national spotlight during the rnc she had her moments. goldstein has had over 40 years and healthcare experience and focused her campaign on finding people jobs. >>> also agrees with the 14th district between incumbent david joyce and michael weinman. joyce's polling had with 33% to wagner 33% will keep an eye on those races and bring you all of the election results as they come in tonight. >>> if there is one thing republicans and democrats agree on it is this election is stressing them out. >> how are you feeling? our megaphone we are asking you how stressed are you as you go to the polls you can watch the votes come in live on the bottom of your screen. american psychological institute found 50% of us adults say this election

morning, ohio republican rob portman was reflected to senate by a landslide. he said that he has a new mission. >> work hard to heal the nation and make a difference in people's lives. i think our goal now is to put the campaign behind us and figure out how to find common ground. and there are plenty of praised him for being gracious in defeat. >>> issue 3 2, the income tax, that passed. the city's first income tax hike in 3 decades. and cleveland issue 33 passed. it will change the makeup of the city's civilian police review board and 108, a renewal of the metropolitan school levee passed. >> and the hospital decided. it passed with a slim margin. they will replace the hospital with an outpatient hospital and emergency room. >>> and there will be more programs and hire additional social workers. it will cost homeowners about $42 a year. >>> issue 118 for parma school district. general fund more than $8 million. and it may still face cuts to make up for a huge budget deficit. and the meeting is at the district's building. >>> we need to get to other news this

thee met romney could be considered for a position in his county possibly a secretary of state, rob portman says that trump is working hard to assemble a strong staff..t >> sounds like they made some good choices and i know a lot o to advise and i think they're goin to be abley' to pull some very good people out of the private sector which i think is important i think it is going fine.oo >> after trump these with world leaders like the japanese prime minister as well as henry kissinger. after hillary clinton tiffy, bernie sanders says it's time for a new democratic partyni wh you lose the white house to the l history of america, and you los the senate, and you lose the house and two thirds of colors in this country are republicans it is time for a new direction in the democratic partyn. he says he is willing to work with mr. trump on issueses to help the middle class, like raising the minimum wage in challenging corporations that send jobs overseas.h announcing today that he will challengeoh nancy pelosi for ho minority leader. >> we have the lowest number in our caucus since 1929 and we ha

incumbent republican rob portman the projected winner in his race against democrat and former ohio governor ted strickland.t deoicd the numbers show portman 59 percent strickland at 36 percent. many political experts say at portman ran the best race of any endangered senate republican po s election cycle.e. this will be portman's second term. at first the race was close, but pom he quickly pulled ahead in the polls, making sure to distance himself from the drama of the presidential election.icklyulula here's what both candidates had to say tonight.wha b our campaign was about making works hard and plays by the rules has this opportunity and chance to fulfills their dreams. we also ran hard and we ran clean. and even if we hadn't won tonightan this would have been campaign and aa race to be prou of. turns out we did whenbpr. with a little margin to spare. i'm so grateful for the peoplee of ohio who have opportunity to represent them for six more years. moe turning now to ohio's 11thno congressional district.w this is in the northernmostnmost portion of the state andstae includes portions of

rob portman versus ted strickland. the incumbent running against a former governor of course and it's been probably the most high profile contest. the political ads in this race has been almost nonstop and columbus. sara goldenberg is with the portman campaign. >> to the strickland campaign. the former governor popular in parts and trailing in most polls sizeably so losing the battle to portman and raised money 2 1/2 to 1 and catherine bosley live in columbus, how is the mood down there, catherine? >> reporter: well, despite how things are looking for looking for a victory party indeed. here at the hyatt can you see balloons all over the place and ready to begin their celebration. about 7:00 about a half hour before the polls close at 7:30. the state democrats not expecting this party to include a victory for former ohio governor ted strickland and he started to lose ground early in this race against rob portman a the incumbent. >> democrats blamed $60 million in attack ads against strickland and stranger things have h

jon: rob portman seat is one the democrats had hoped they could flip in the cycle.s going to happen. jesse, thank you. jenna. jenna: we are broadcasting from two battleground states but we can't forget what's happening in indiana. governor mike pence on the way to vote in indianapolis. we know he had a bike ride this morning with his family. he's heading from a bike ride and we have a pretty good idea who he's voting for. donald trump and hillary clinton in one final act and we will have more if from the state of north carolina, coming up. jenna: the tar heel state is a battleground that could determine the next president. a whole lot more as well. news and observer and political columnist and author of the book paradox of tar heel politics. we need to review that. why is north carolina known as the tar heel state? >> there's a couple of stories and we don't know which one is really true. during the civil war it was said that north carolina troops wouldn't -- wouldn't surrender or retreat so their heels stuck like tar and the other is the there was a ship-building i

incumbent republican rob portman is up against former ohio governor democrat ted strickland. in the last week there have been five polls. in those portman's lead ranges from 13 points to 21 points over strickland. the red line on this graph shows support for portman, while the blue line shows support for strickland. we have a link on cleveland19.com that you will find other local issues on your election ballot. >> tia: this morning we highlight just some of them. denise zarrella is live at the pleasant valley elementary school where parma voters will cast ballots this morning. denise, anybody in line yet to cast those ballots? >> denise: it's funny you should say that. we've had people already show up here that wanted to vote. we had to tell them, hey, the the woman that runs this location. they have been furiously returning around to get it set up. one of the big things is for the first time ever she has an observer here. she says there are members of the national media that are already here. we were here. i guess they've never had media attention at this particular poll loc

it helps we have someone like rob portman who got reelected with such a big margin. way. your concerns and thoughts right now are what? >> the one i want to mention is my concern for our role in the world. with the us will look like now. other countries will the us. we need to keep the peace. we know the rest of the world is watching and they'll be as you are concerned that maybe didn't show up as much but your concern moving forward or your hopes? >> my concern moving forward, wilkinson to lead our country shows cultural competency. it's difficult to miss the fact that the majority moving forward are minorities. that cultural confidence piece is so important to make sure to medication is clear and we deliver the message in an ap >> as a strong hillary supporter, i have to say at this point, i will refrain from giving my opinion because i'm not conceding yet. >> former business owner, your hopes? >> we curb over regulation and get back to the economy and national security to keep our necessarily voting for hillary but again, now what? >> my hope moving forward, chuck can

what is interesting here, you had senator, a lot of them incumbent senators, people like rob portman,ompletely non-coordinate the campaign operations from the top. ticket which is traditionally something you rarely ever see. bret, you raised a very good point, democrats have superior ground game and superior modeling game which i talked about repeatedly on the couch. on other hand you have incumbent republicans created their own organization separate and apart from the rnc or maybe in conjunction with the rnc or separately what trump 2016 is doing. people like rob portman of ohio, even if trump doesn't necessarily win ohio i think he is in good position to do it for that reason. marco rubio, great example. trump may lose florida, but marco rubio had his own organization going on down there since he announced he was running again. you're absolutely right, nobody knows what will happen. melissa: for people not able to sleepily the excitement, i'm on fox business from 1:00 to 5:00 a.m. i am watching senate races very closely. remember, this matters a lot. it is critical. allows whoever w

rob portman beat strickland by nearly 20% of the vote. >> tia: that's right. we have team coverage for you live in columbus this morning starting with cleveland 19's sara goldenberg who was at the gop party last night. sara, a big night for republicans right here in the buckeye state. >> reporter: guys, a lot to celebrate for republicans. it was called early in the night less than an hour after the polls closed. take a look at this video. this is senator portman celebrating at his victory speech last night. this senate race was originally on the list of one of the most competitive senate races, but that changed earlier this year when portman pulled ahead with big numbers. on the campaign trail he focused on his fight against the heroin epidemic and human trafficking. take a listen. >> people don't want the tape and live through another four years of the same tired and self-defeating roux tone. they're looking for something new. they expect better. we are capable of better. with a fresh start there will never be a better moment than now to rise above the dysfun

. >>> senator rob portman is hoping to keep his seat. he faces underdog challenges. paul polls predicting a double- digit win for portman with two candidates squared off at a debate last month. obamacare was among the topics they discussed. one wants to repeal and replace it because of rising costs and insurance companies pulling out of the market place. >>> 91% increase, that's the average increase for families i support obamacare. a big difference between the two of us. >> they also butted heads and many other topics including gun control, area immigrants and environmental relations.>>> the biggest issue on the ballot is not in the spotlight. cleveland voters would get to decide whether there should be a proposed income tax hike. the mayor telling me, their big benefits if it wins the painful cuts if it loses. income tax hike in 35 years. from 2 to 2.5%. it would bring in $84 million next year about 40 million going to balance the budget and fill a hole. our sidewalk survey than most people saying thumbs down or wanting more specifics. >> i would say no. >> it shou

rob portman thought at the beginning that trump would help him. down in that corner of ohio. appalachia, comes together with west virginia and kentucky. and in the end, then, portman was helping pull trump. >> consider this, guys. there may be a presidential, somebody who ran for the presidential nomination who will be giving the victory speech tonight. marco rubio. >> interesting. maybe the only one who ran for >> the senate, getting back into the race as well. may have saved the senate for the republicans. >> little marco as he was called by the man who is at the top of the ticket. and, so it is sweet revenge for him. >> president obama went to florida. shamed marco rubio by name. how do you call some one in the primary, a con artist, and say you are supporting him. the direct quote from the president, come of on, man. marco rubio prevails. at the top of the ticket. >> we have seen nothing surprising or nothing significant in projections. i think that will change in an hour. i advise people to stick around. going to be different an hour from now. right now everything that we

rob portman worked that state from the beginning and no one puts it within double digits. he's delivering votes, already delivered votes to the polls. that's where the ground game plays for donald trump. in pennsylvania, senator pat toomey has re-established a four-point lead over mcginty in some polls. in new hampshire, james taylor will show up, god bless james taylor, i love him, he isn't going to deliver one single trump voter to hillary clinton when he shows up and plays her concert tomorrow or today. can't remember which day it is in new hampshire. celebrities are fun. but ground games matter more. and those -- and senator ayotte, senator toomey and senator portman delivered ground games to donald trump he didn't build, but he'll benefit from. >> you don't think they delivered ground became games themselves but not the gop candidate. you mentioned kelly ayotte and others, they haven't been on team trump all the time. >> no, no. they haven't. they build turnout machines and right now because of these fbi investigations, we had the developments over the weekend, the st

incumbent republican rob portman the projected winner in his ract governor ted strickland. many political experts say portman ran the best race of any endangered senate republican this election cycle. this will be portman's second term. at first the race was close, but he quickly pulled ahead in thec he bst repubicanante. polls, making sure to distancer himself from the drama of theioe presidential election. here's what both candidates had to say tonight.at bc i'm overwhelmed. thank you ohio. u and thanks everybody in this room up got a lot of great fansi in the room that made a difference together folks we waged a great campaign. mr. donald trump is always talking about elections being bent iss . let me say if this senate election was rigged there was some good at rigors doing this.g turning now to ohio's 11th congressional district. this is includes portions of cuyahoga and summit counties. we have incumbent democratngrein ernmtrtionndd marcia fudge walking away with a win in her race againstarcia fut republican beverly goldstein. the latest numbers show marsha was 79 per

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senator rob portman is trying to clinch his second term as one of ohio's senators. he's been keeping democrat and former governor ted strickland and heavily funded campaign against strickland. polls have shown portman pulling away in the campaign's final weeks. >> tia: some have joked throughout the campaigns that if their candidate didn't win, they would move to canada. many americans were not joking about this. they have actually researched jobs in canada on search engines like monster worldwide. the number of american citizens looking for work in canada rose nearly 60% this year. linkedin said t searches were for project managers, software developers and also business analysts. >> well speaking of jobs, facebook might be stepping into the recruitment field. the site is testing a feature that would let page administrators create job postings and receive applications. it is not unknown in which facebook is testing the feature right now. more than 1 bill people world wide use facebook every day. potential terror threats, linked to the presidential election. we are go

rob portman will be returning to the u.s. senate to represent the state of ohio. and wow, has that race been through a lot of changes. he had a huge target on his back. here's the north carolina senate race. rachel was talking about too close to call at this hour. a whole lot of people watching that one. and the u.s. senate composition right now is about like that. that's the real moving target tonight that will be all over the place. >> that senate race has been so fascinating to watch. debo deborah ross was the challenger here. she has been a really good candidate. she's run really hard. richard burr, the incumbent, i think he's going for his third term, i might be wrong about that, but i think it is his third term. he's been kind of a laconic campaigner. he's a person who did not get out there and really aggressively campaign for his seat. it let deborah ross build up name recognition from almost zero up to the point where she was able to compete with him. i have no idea how this is going to work out in the end, but to have north carolina contending as a super-

and rob portman has wrapped up his race helping donald trump on his own coattails. that is probably one of the states in the rust belt that donald trump is best positioned to win. i think michigan and pennsylvania will be much more up for grabs and harder for donald trump. there is a good feeling within the trump campaign they could win that state. ed: both candidates will have to ryu night a nation divided by polarization. and guys, in the remaining moments, i think it's important to acknowledge that. come wednesday, thursday, things are going to be just as bad and divisive. i wanted to start on the hill. lame duck begins later this month and no reason to believe it will be better. manu: it will be hard to get anything done by the new president. the house and the senate, no matter who is in charge, will be a narrow majority and maybe 50-50 senate. in the house, very narrow majority in the house. what does that mean? particularly on the senate side, you need 60 votes to get anything done. and bipartisan support. and that's going to require a lot of leadership from b

. >> ohio senator rob portman who after the access hollywood tape said he could no longer support trump now says he looks forward to finding common ground. >> i think there are some great things it we could do right away to give theno that's something he talked about a lot in the campaign. we need to fix a broken tax code to bring back funds that are overseas and invest it here. >> other converts include senator jon mccain who trump criticized during the campaign. mccain said he wants to work with trump to confront national security challenges. and lyndsey graham, who didn't vote for trump but said in a statement -- to the extent that i can help president-elect trump, i will do so. >> tia: one of two pennsylvania the officers were responding to a domestic dispute in cannonsburg, 18 miles southwest of pittsburgh. they were ambushed upon their arrival and immediately shot. the surviving officer is now in intensive care. the suspect has been identified and police say he killed himself and killed his pregnant wife. >> brian: former pepper pike officer jeffrey martin's sentencing is taking p

rob portman, republican senate candidate coasted to that victory. we saw other states. florida was close for the presidential race, marco rubio won that senate race easily in a state that flipped pretty much blue. >> for awhile, she was running ahead of hillary clinton here in nevada. they're pretty close right now, votes with 70,000 vote leads in clark county. new update from clark county. saw a whole bunch of votes out there. opposite as you pointed out of what happened in the rest of country. we thought nevada would help presidential race. we were irrelevant. there goes my #wematter. by the time it got here, the one blue mark didn't help the red that came across. >> we have to break away. get a quick nap. you've had a long day. get back to you in a few minutes. tricia? >> bittersweet night for nevada republicans celebrating a huge upset in the presidential race. didn't get enough down ballot support to get other republicans to capitol hill. more. probably mixed emotions in that room tonight? >> reporter: tricia, really wouldn't call it mixed emotions. i've asked self

incumbent senator rob portman won this rather easily, 58%. ted strickland second. the democrat with 37%. >> tia: and cleveland approved the first income tax hike in 35 in agreement. 49% were not. >> brian: cleveland metropolitan school district has passed its levy and it was a blowout. 68% voted yes. 32% no. >> tia: parma city school district passed its levy as well. you can see on the screen, 62% said yes and 38% said no. >> brian: and lakewood hospital ordinance, well, that won, but >> tia: one thing has certainly changed. the weather. it's truly beginning to feel like fall out there. it's much cooler today and a bit dreary as well. meteorologist samantha roberts joins us now with a look at the first-alert forecast. sam? >> samantha: all right, thanks so as much, tia. yes, we woke up this morning to rain and pretty mild morning temperatures for this time of the year. but the numbers have actually dropped since this morning. so it's cold and it is windy. we also have cloudy skies across northeast ohio. a little bitf trying to come down southern cuyahoga county, st

. >> well first of all it requires -- >> -- stand up -- >> lindsey graham, john mccain, rob portman.eople who didn't need him to win. look, i think donald trump, he is the dealmaker. he needs to bring in these republican leaders who maybe did not support him. maybe he can figure out an agenda together. paul ryan may it very obvious that he didn't like donald trump. donald trump does not stand for the same republican values he embraced. now we're in for a reality check, right? republican house, republican senate -- >> when he signs the obamacare bill that they pass in the first week they're going to like him a whole lot. >> that's true, too. >> when he nominates the next supreme court justice, that's not merit garland -- >> that's true, too. >> if he sticks to that list of supposed supreme court nominees that he published, i think they will? i will also tell you if he shows up with a proposal to build the wall the first 100 days they're not going to like it at all. the paul ryan i know, the john mccain, the lindsey graham, the rob portman i know -- >> -- to be speaker, if he's standin

there's plenty more fox 8 rob portman won the election over ted strickland, who joked about a rigged election during his concession speech in columbus last night.ggon >> just let me say, mr. donald trump is always talking about elections being rigged. will that be say if thisut sena election was rigged, there were some of good rigors doing it. with regard to the senate, regardless of which party controls applied to treat my colleagues, with the assumption that they care about a country as much as i do.. a e1 58-37 percent, do not campaign with donald trump and residential nominee after a tap ofe donald trump making lewd comments about women surfaced weeks ago. a number of local initiative on the ballot, they improvee to school issues and local income tax hike,, issse 108, is a renewal of issue 107, called the cleveland plan, which is passed in 2012, since it was enacted, graduation rates ofas 17 percent and the moment also up. >> they also approved7 up issue the first income tax increases 1981, to raise the rate from 2 percent up to 2.5 percent the said it would improve city services

in ohio, senator rob portman. this will be one of those showcase states. rob portman maintaining a lead and winning handily over former ohio governor ted strickland. all these results and those third-party results that many have been asking about on our website at c-span.org, and on the lower thirds of the taker. it will be with us into the morning. susan: a reminder, our phone lines will be open. also, you can send us a tweet using the hashtag #electionnight. we have poll results on our website. i'm sure are watching with your laptops, following more detailed information from the various states around the country. i also want to welcome our international viewers. here is a tweet from canada, i'm c-span'san watching simulcast election coverage and thinking of you constantly on election night. on c-span2, we are bringing in the cbc feed, and we are welcoming international viewers watching or programming in various countries, and we are glad to have you aboard as this nation makes it historic decision. let's introduce you to the next guest. he is joining us

because ted strickland has the courage to do something that rob portman never has, and that's to standhe washington gun lobby. you know, had the opportunity of seeing our country in the united states navy as a pilot and an astronaut at nasa. and four times in my career, i had the really cool opportunity to launch on the space shuttle from planet earth, all the way into space, and more importantly, all the way back. the more i think about this campaign, i think of it a lot like a space shuttle mission. it takes a lot of hard work by a lot of people to accomplish something really big, to meet a really important and tough goal. a team of hard-working people prepare for a really long time and then one day, it's time to light that rocket. and, folks, let me tell you something, we are getting ready for launch day. so let's work together. and all of you need -- you need to make sure that ohio is the launch pad that puts hillary clinton and tim kaine on the trajectory towards the white house, with all the energy and speed that they need to lead our country. they need your energy. they really d

what is rob portman do -- what does rob portman do? do with a new republican super majority that you just mentioned? anhard: rob portman is important voice for internationalism. he was the u.s. trade rep. tom: and all of you can find common ground? tpp matters more strategically, the trans-pacific partnership, then it does economically. isone of the questions -- there any way through renegotiation are some understanding between congress and the white house you can resurrect this agreement, which is on life-support? tom: i have to go to you on this. joseph nye, his book "america in the 21st century," it changed last night. robert: it is yet to be seen. america now, because of domestic problems, there is a lot of pressure to pull back from our global role because people want to focus on the domestic economy. the problem is that people have in their minds a sort of zero-sum approach to this. you have to take an international view. it is all backwards in the area of -- you off,ve to cut ambassador, and i am so sorry for that. on thisoing t

but among that same 48% rob portman got like 75% of that vote. he beat strickland by 51 points among that subset of the electorate. he did it because he talked directly to people on their level about how trade is really a people issue. we talk about it as a jobs issue. he was protecting them, defending them against unfair practices from overseas from china and from other bad actors out there and there was an ad with a very powerful testimonial from a local cincinnati steel company that has 90 employees and portman fought for them at the itc and protected the company. it was written out very powerful spot and demonstrated on the issue of trade he is somebody looking out for them first. >> tell me a little bit about in terms of from your perspective you have a political perspective. generalized economic anxiety disorder that it is manifestation of that. from your purview how does all of this effect how you are going to move forward? >> you know, first i would say that elections are recess. we have an incoming administration that is talking very dif

ohio senator rob portman who after the access hollywood tape said he could no longer support trump now says he looks forward to finding common ground. "i think there are some great things we can do right away to give the economy a shot in the arm.// that's something donald trump talked a lot about in the campaign, is we need to fix the broken tax code to bring back some of those funds that are overseas and invest it here." other gop converts trump criticized during the campaign. mccain said he wants to work with trump "to confront national security challenges" ....and lindsey graham - who didn't vote for trump - but said in a statement "to the extent that i can help president-elect trump, i will do so." julianna goldman, cbs news, washington. ((christianne klein)) >>> here in nevada... both chambers in the legislature flipped from republican control.. to democratic. things like education funding... the nfl stadium... future all passed with a rebpublican-led group.. so democrats say they want the same cooperations with their agenda./// ((paul joncich)) >>> in florida, a group of teens w

where the incumbent republican rob portman, as you were noting earlier, has finished and finished strong the election for him. former democratic governor of ohio ted strickland running against portman has called to congratulate him. we have a few other results that we can report to you. none of these were thought to be in doubt rand paul retaining -- the republican in kentucky retaining his seat. tim scott in south carolina. pat leahy, the democrat up in vermont. so, so far, this is just too close to call, bret. and we're expecting that it's going to be quite a long time before we know, at least several hours whether the republicans will retain control of the senate, the house not in doubt. >> >> i want to go back to shannon bream she is watching twitter instagram and facebook what are you seeing. >> new data coming in from facebook. talking about the top five policy issues people are chatting about today number one government ethics no doubt driven in part by the fbi investigation into hillary clinton's private email server. number two, religion. number three, race issues. we have seen

rob portman, he's locked it up in ohio and then marco rubio in florida.ang onto them all? >> i don't think they can hold onto them all. i think a surprise to the democrats will be that todd young will win indiana. i do wonder about blunt in missouri. trump is way up in missouri but i like something like 13 points something like that. blog is only up by three. >> you never see roy blunt operations, it's so deep in the weeds in missouri but it's there. at me conclude by going back and let me tell you about jasper, how much my best advocate and ge america's doctor i'm not a dog person because of allergies. you dog people, marc levin, you, everybody, you sell these books in the tens -- are you surprised? are you stunned? 30 seconds. >> to give me a lot of joy. this is a departure from anything i've done. i've worked in politics or in media for 20 years, to have an opportunity to write about one of the great loves of my life. the one thing i with the dog bring people together from all walks of life, democrat, republican but it also made my marriage stronger an

ohio has a big strickland and of course rob portman looking to keep his seat. when you look at three other states across the country which is the most important missouri is one of them. roy blunt is the republican looking to hold onto his seat with a fiesty challenger. missouri is a state where republicans and donald trump are likely to win in the presidential election and may fall short in the senate. new hampshire is another one. candidate at the top of the ticket and of course florida is a big state as well. marco rubio of course ran for president, almost did not run for re-election and literally at the last minute made the decision to run. he is in a tight race with patrick murphy. the throw states combined and we could end up with a 50/50 senate and that's a realistic possibility. >> denise: going to be an interesting night. thank >> chris: many people are glad the election season is almost over. there are some strong feelings of fear and worry about the outcome. >> denise: doctors say if politics is keeping you up at night you are not alone. we are gettin

joining us now with more on this ohio senator rob portman. were probably burning a lot through the year-long process leading up to the election, rob. starting out with worries about down ballot effects from donald trump. then you increased your lead in almost all the polls and people said you're the one guy doing it right. not really overtly endorsing but not really pulling a kelly ayotte or anything like that. suddenly you're up about ten points and people said you're, you know, you're the model of how to go through this election season. by the end of it, though, people that were with trump seemed to get that it was almost like a trump tail wind instead of a headwind. did you go through -- it was like war and peace what you went through the last year, wasn't it? >> well, donald trump did very well in ohio. he won by almost nine points. >> nine points. nine points. i thought it was a half a point advantage. >> close, close. very close. >> going into election. it's unbelievable. nine points. and you won by like eight or nine but you had like 60

. >> rob portman was down ten point and now up 18. it doesn't look like the democrats will flip this one. dan, thank you. >> jenna, voting is underway. both campaigns underscored how critical it is. and what that can bring to it either campaign. john downman. a political professor in wake forest university. it is great to it have you back on the program. i know you have class and which is why you are joining us from the university. we spoke off air and you gave me great information on how tight the race is in north carolina by the numbers. tell our viewers has close this race has been. >> you can make the case that north carolina is most evenly balanced. two percentage points separated the candidates in 2012. we are talking about several dozen votes for are precinct that separate the candidate and very evenly balanced and that is born out by the polls in 2016. >> it is a busy starbucks. look at where you are in america. difference of the voters in the starbucks could make a difference in north carolina. the african-american vote is so

he spent better part of last year trying to help people like paul ryan and rob portman.sday night was a good night for mitt romney. john: can i ask you why? romney's speech was powerful and an incredible indictment of as character. his temperament. he was totally ill-equipped to be president of the united states, not sound for it. how hen't explain to me has recognized -- reconciled himself. i know you know mitt romney well. >> how is that different from some of the people that are now up for cabinet posts and what they said? mitt romney gave a speech during the primary. he believed that perhaps some one else was better fit to be the nominee of the party. that is no different than some of the things other people who are now up for cabinet posts said. john: that just makes the ignorant -- argument that they are being hypocrites. he said donald trump was uniquely unqualified and unsuited to be president. >> but now donald trump has won the election. now we have to look forward. mitt romney wants donald trump to be successful. mark: how does the wider clinical family donors

we could remember if he mentioned rob portman or if -- >> he would.asionally, not in the last weekend. >> right. when he was out there doing his final closing arguments, look, barack obama was out there all the way down the ticket. you know, for every candidate. >> city councillor, john -- >> right, right, right. so there is this sense of the schism in the party that i definitely heard in her voice. >> hugh, tomorrow, that's what that sounded like. we know what tomorrow could look like -- >> well, i'm glad you took a moment to be very complimentary of kellyanne. she's out of one of the few people in this carnage of a year that comes out being admired from both sides for doing what she did well. i also her heard mention the core four. toomey in pennsylvania, rubio in florida, portman in ohio and what was her fourth -- >> well, the iowa one is really a branstad operation, more than it is grassley. >> and you have republicans to thank. if i'm kellyanne -- >> she could have been thanking those four. >> don't get mad at people that weren't with you. >> it