look at ohio, rob portman.ing to see who can be trumpier than the next person. it is depressing to me. not so much trump himself but the trump enablers like grassley who knows better. >> back to george clooney. he told us about his political future. let's listen. >> do you ever see yourself like some other actors going into politics. >> no. because i actually would like to have a nice life. and i'm 60. and i can still play basketball and still do the things i love. but in 20 years, i'll be 80. that's a real number. it doesn't matter how much you work out, what you eat. you're 80. and so i said we have to make sure we enjoy and hreuf these years in the best possible way. >> i mean, if you can't get a guy like clooney to run, does this just show, mark, good people aren't getting into politics anymore? i think he is living his best life and doesn't need to get into politics. he may have things in his past he doesn't want brought up. but the larger issue of are we getting the best possible people to run these days?

that was starting to rattle the marketsch joining us is senator rob portman.. >> so the idea of defaulting on our debt is one that has caused a lot of concern not just from places like the treasury secretary and the defense secretary, but business people, especially those who know how the markets work and who are intimately involved in those things like jamie dimon saying yesterday this would be pretty catastrophic and stupid to get this close to it. what are your thoughts on the default, this deal that's been out there and been offered and whether we should even be messing around this close to the deadline of october 18th >> el with, we have never defaulted. we shouldn't default we won't default the question is how do you do it the extension of the debt limit has always been an opportunity to talk about the underlying problem, which is we are spending too much a lot middle eastern -- a lot more than we are taking in. the caps we are putting on spending so it's designed to be an opportunity to look at the underlying problems, republicans are saying is simple,

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magnus's confirmation is a topic of discussion when republican senators ron johnson correct scott, rob portman have a roundtable discussion today about the crisis at the border in their words. jillian: chris magnus was speaking before the senate finance committee, the committee votes to approve nomination and then he goes to the full senate, when does that happen? >> reporter: magnus's confirmation can't proceed without republican support as long as all democrats on the senate finance committee, will go to the full vote and is expected to be confirmed down party lines. todd: back to something we were talking about, experts working in the middle of the night which is what we do on "fox and friends first," 2:30 in the morning is officially the middle of the night. jen psaki doing anything other is a boldfaced lie. as to why they are choosing to do this, ted cruz says it is clear he has a solution. >> at 4:00 in the morning, they are counting on corrupt corporate media to be complicit in covering it up. it's why introduced the bill called the stop the surge act, those 2 million illegal aliens, if

senator rob portman from ohio enjoyed working with her to craft this bill and emerging as a serious legislatorstrating democrats but they need her. >> one thing, a primary challenge in arizona, we have heard talk about it. we don't know what it means. is it realistic? >> it is really far away. right? there's three pacs talking about primary challenging her but we have a long way to go before 2024. we have midterms, a presidential primary so i mean it is hard to game that out but i think jeff's point is a good one. arizona is a fiercely independent state. not all that purple. it is purple. a third of the voters there are registered independents and they decide the outcome of these races and they have this history of this sort of maverick mccain thing and feels like she is trying to cultivate that. i can't believe they don't think about re-election. so i think that that independent streak, the fact that the voters reward that has to be in her mind somewhere. >> no question about it. interesting to watch. we'll be watching her a lot. thank you for joining us. that's the for "inside politics sunda

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businesses less competitive in the world and that's my understanding is that she is close with senator rob portman. they've worked hard together on the infrastructure bill and senator portman wrote that part of the trump tax cuts. if she's convinced of that, even if it's popular, how do you get her vote if she doesn't care about your argument that it's popular among voters? >> well, i think that's why you have conversations and you bring people to the table and you state your position. they state their position. and you try to reach an agreement. and i think the president is committed to doing that. again, we firmly believe that corporations in the top 1% should pay their fair share. >> on the child tax credit, progressive congressman ritchie torres raised this concern on cnn earlier today. take a listen. >> i do have a concern that a one-year expansion would be a death sentence for the child tax credit. if the republicans were to assume control in 2022, the child tax credit would likely be left to expire. millions of children would likely be plunged into poverty and our greatest triumph of racial

running in the senate, people like, you know, in ohio, someone like josh mandel running very similar, rob portmanpy sort of areas, et cetera. i would keep my eyes on those. >> using that playbook. >> for example -- >> we'll keep trying to stump you on the politics and the movies, but you rarely disappoint. chai komenduri and on virginia and much more. >>> i want to tell everyone why you should stick around. it's a simple answer. president obama and bruce springstein and republicans trying to steal the levers of power for the next election. that's coming up. instantly clear everyday congestion. and try vicks sinex children's saline. safe and gentle relief for children's noses. (burke) i've seen this movie before. (woman) you have? (burke) sure, this is the part where all is lost and the hero searches for hope. then, a mysterious figure reminds her that she has the farmers home policy perk, guaranteed replacement cost. and that her home will be rebuilt, regardless of her limits or if the cost of materials has gone up. (woman) that's really something. (burke) get a whole lot of something with farmer

it was a bipartisan negotiation in the senate between rob portman and kyrsten sinema.he republican leaders including kevin mccarthy and steve scalise were aggressively working this week to whip votes against that infrastructure package. they don't want to give democrats any sort of legislative victory. they don't want to give joe biden the legislative victory heading into 2022. obviously there are a handful of republicans that would effect from the leadership that think infrastructure is too important for their districts. we are not hearing much from republicans because they are just happy watching democrats fight amongst themselves. when the other team is fighting among themselves, you stay out of it. that has been a good political strategy in the past. that looks like what kevin mccarthy is pursuing at the moment. host: we would like to thank scott one, senior staff writer for the hill, for coming on this morning and walking us through the next steps of the negotiation. thanks so much. guest: thank you for having me. host: we want to know what you think about the neg

now reaction from rob portman. senator, the congressman has a very good point here. you can talk about making this a little less pricey by taking the time frame from let's say ten years to five years or what have you knowing full well that you'll get your way because it's very unlikely once government programs that initiatives state that they never stop. what do you think of that? >> well, i think that's absolutely true. i appreciate jim clyburn and i appreciate his candor, frankly but that's what i fear. people say that 3.5 trillion, it's more than that. the tax and spend bill. it doesn't include programs that start later like the medicare program for dental as an example. doesn't start for several years. it will continue indefinitely. or other programs that start and stop, but as you say, will be almost impossible not to continue once people start getting the benefits, the experience has been in our country that you continue to get them. it's those mandatory spending programs, entitlement programs that are causing us the fiscal crisis that we're in. so yeah, it is

richard shelby, rob portman because he's retiring, john barrasso, lloyd blunt because he's retiring,ore about mitch mcconnell than the promise they made the american people for two straight months? >> welcome but they didn't use the leverage they had, sean. you're exactly right to and using it in december, just kicking the can down the road. sarah's was right, they're so much at stake in the country. when you look at where we are today, gas prices are $1 more a gallon. americans are playing 20 more dollars every time they fill up their tank. a year ago, it was only 4,000 people coming across the border. donald trump, not a single person died in afghanistan over the past 18 months. that's why joe biden -- they can't even use joe biden in virginia. jerry mcauliffe, and to ease up on the democrat in this moment, did not keep pressing and writing this thing up, i mean, you mention back to biden, you mention biden in his fake truman show room. think about harry truman and what's on his desk, well, all biden does is blame everybody else for everything that's happening whether it's afghanis

then you're hearing from some republicans who are retiring, rob portman for one.did richard shelby, he's a long-time appropriator, someone who's retiring next year. he is voting to break this republican filibuster. and just moments ago shelley moore capito, a west virginia republican, also joined with mitch mcconnell. now, the question is who is going to be the 60th vote? we're waiting for that. they don't get 60, of course, that's a big problem. big questions going forward. but at the moment the republicans and democrats are supporting this feel confident that 60 will be there, but barely. >> wow. and yet still one shy. all right. amazing even with that the drama. and the turning on mitch mcconnell. so much more to this story. thanks manu very much. i appreciate it. also tonight, the raise of anti-asian hate unleashed by the coronavirus pandemic is actually rooted in a disturbing pattern of scapegoating and violence against asians throughout american history. and that is the takeaway from lisa ling's latest episode of "this is life requewith lisa li which returns

it was a bipartisan negotiation in the senate between rob portman and kyrsten sinema.he republican leaders including kevin mccarthy and steve scalise were aggressively working this week to whip votes against that infrastructure package. they don't want to give democrats any sort of legislative victory. they don't want to give joe biden the legislative victory heading into 2022. obviously there are a handful of republicans that would effect from the leadership that think infrastructure is too important for their districts. we are not hearing much from republicans because they are just happy watching democrats fight amongst themselves. when the other team is fighting among themselves, you stay out of it. that has been a good political strategy in the past. that looks like what kevin mccarthy is pursuing at the moment. host: we would like to thank scott one, senior staff writer for the hill, for coming on this morning and walking us through the next steps of the negotiation. thanks so much. guest: thank you for having me. host: we want to know what you think about the neg

the fact that rob portman, mitt romney, people who know better, are supporting this, is, to me, a reallywill come out at some point and play a moderating voice -- oh, i'm a moderate, whether it's mitt or any of these other people that, again, have said we're going to help communist china by letting america default on the debt by not just not vote to go raise the debt ceiling but stopping people, standing in the school house door, stopping people from going in to debate and vote to raise the debt ceiling. let's make no mistake who they are and what they're doing now and what they just did on voting rights and what they're going to do next week on the john lewis voting rights bill. >> and the names you just listed include lisa murkowski, theoretically the persuadable votes to get democrats to 60 votes on some legislation. jonathan lemire, republicans couldn't make more clear they're not going to lend a single vote to this effort to reform voting rights not just on this larger package but, as joe said, next week on the john lewis bill. what kind of pressure does that put on joe biden? he ha

. >> republican senators ron johnson, rob portman and rick scott held a discussion on border security with former immigration officials and to make shares from texas and massachusetts. they also heard from a a mothr who lost her daughter to a fentanyl overdose and another parent whose son died in a car accident involving an undocumented immigrant. from capitol hill this is three hours. >> [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. i want to welcome all the participants. i want to thank those of you who have and are serving our nation and your state and local governments for your service. i certainly want to thank those that are not serving our nation or your community, for just come here and being willing to tell your stories. i want to thank the media for attending. i truly appreciate it. we all do. this is a crisis that needs to be described, a problem that needs to be admitted to, and the media is crucial in getting the message out. i want to thank my colleague senator scott, senator portman, have more

like mitt romney, who has defied the party before on matters of trump and other principles, or rob portman, others considered moderate republicans, you know, they recognize this is about spending that already occurred, including under republican presidents. why are they willing to go along with this bad faith argument that's about to curb democratic spending? >> i think for a couple reasons. i do think dissension in the ranks and may yet bethat may be part of the reason the deal isn't completely ironed out. yesterday i think it was roy blunt, member of mcconnell's leadership team told a couple of reporters he thought probably 45 republican senators who wouldish willing to sit on their hands and let democrats raise through regular order and not go through an entire filibuster process, the reconciliation process, that republicans had been putting out there. the problem, blunt said, the other five who could not be controlled. i heard a version of that from mcconnell, too, at his press conference also yesterday when i asked him why not kind of take the easy way out here? he said, that would re