Transcript for After The View: Governor John Kasich's Meeting with President Nixon

Al-Qaeda and though the show just send it on TV the hot topics keep going after the idea what we are streaming live right now. And we're continuing our conversation with Republican candidate Ohio governor John Kasich thanks does sticking around here I hope that we didn't. Upset you and anyway. Enjoyed I mean you know these are tough issues and there are things we have to be. You know where to figure out how you solve a problem you know. We can that that's what I am really in a way to joy on the problem solver whatever it is whether it's. The issue we've been talking about or whether it's the issue of of kids not doing well in school or whether it. You have to look at the issues and you don't play college. I just think you have to believe that there's a problem in the first place which I admire that you that you believe in that there isn't factual climate change a lot of your co yeah it's on the Republican side. Denied that there's anything going wrong with a client. That scare Atlanta now here's my you know my feeling about the climate is yeah I do believe that we affect climate and we just don't know how much what I don't wanna do. Is throw people like your father. Out of work you know he's a dead now sorry about. You know what I mean sorry I'm talking about folks that play by the rules and they work. In a factory whatever and then all of a sudden we put in these laws in the Natal have a job so we don't think so glad that they won't be able to an embryo on the job it's reasonable it's or you have to take look in life. For most things there's a balance of course we have to pay attention to it. But let's not react in such a way that it's that it's it doesn't make sense to go that far in my state we believe in renewables we were differed reduced emissions. Of course it's an issue we have to protect the environment I mean. The lord gave it to us and we have an obligation to protect a lawyer and fortunately it might take us away if well uncapped nosed outlook we have to be careful about it but I think we can have a better environment. And people still working look I grew up in Pittsburgh. We always look in Pittsburgh it's like a different city now where they they've kept the jobs and they've improve the environment that. Animation ever know something personal Sar shall. Back. When you Wear and and college you wrote a letter to President Nixon. They're afraid you're very persistent which I really liked and you had a five minute meeting that turned into twenty minute well here. Reuters know here's what happened I I was upset my first quarter in our state are asked for meeting with the president school I went in to see him here at a big office very impressive. And I said to him I was in school for about a month I was undecided what do you really doing this jobs maybe this is a job for me and he said well I have fundraising responsibilities and academic response police but tomorrow on the go see the president. And I said well there's a number things I'd like to talk you know Bob also could I go with you and he said no and I said well I write a letter which give it to him. So I wrote a letter to the president basically inviting myself to the White House for a chat and and I got a letter back then I went upstairs and called home my mother in over. Mother could even speak English my father was the mailman I said mom I'm gonna need an airline ticket to prison I states like have a meeting with me in the Oval Office mothers. And my mother's yelling honey pick up the phone something's wrong with Johnny you know there are no. I go down verified got to go in I'm sitting right outside the Oval Office and a guy walks up to means as you're gonna get five minutes along with a present a United States some eighteen years old what do you think amazing. I'll tell you what I'm I wouldn't have been blown I don't know when I would say new jacket and shirt and tiny dancer I'm not coming out five lousy manager at a lot. And I Seth announcement when he minutes with the presidency at anything and let me take things like traffic. The story from this point you'll never hurt a pact in 1980 C Evan my married father were killed by drunk driver. And dumb in nineteen went 87 so you it brought out 35 PO and is still very top because when I was a boy I was always worried by parents would be killed by car in part I believe it or not there was a reason for his my dad used to go late at night down a really dangerous street. And our weren't worried they wouldn't come back so what actually happened OK so I went in to see Nixon. Are up because he found out I'd had that meeting. And I told somebody hate tell the president I am a congressman now right tell my may take you know and so he wanted a meeting with me and I win in. And he said his or anything I can do for you and I said well there is. My mother and father were killed by drunk driver and you should've seen a reaction it was physically. Affected by it and I said would you write a letter to my sister. Species have been such a hard time in he hand wrote. Eight to cram a letter to my sister and he never told anybody at this this is the told very few people is listening yet it but so it's a side of him you would never think about you and about. Yeah he was so attached to his mother. By anti give a 61%. Approval rating in the state of Ohio. Everyone's saying the dream ticket would be EU and Marco Rubio because you guys represent Ohio. And Florida how would you feel about that ticket. Wells autism to top that till. Yeah you don't have to be the tab I would I wouldn't yeah I mean I'm not yes I'm not interested in anything other than that I'm governor of Ohio why would I wanna change if I can't win. But you know I'm having a great time I really am and Julian myself look at me here. I let him out why I would really. Why can't watch this morning and she just said that senate you know it an email when did you like I love you on the view tell the ladies I said I want the few should've gotten. You cut. Great time really am and you know what the messages everybody has a chance stay tuned to go wamp nobody gets left behind no matter who you are. Connect to it can answer this radar like you consider assault Washington outsider even though you've really been. And elected officials of the age of 24 so I think a lot of people are looking for new blood that's why some of these. You know candidates are doing so well can't what do you know that. Like what do you want to tell those people who are looking for someone new. We you know we can all be looking for somebody new and a lot of things but it that the when it's all said and done you want somebody who can land the plane. When I mean. When I say that was a trouble maker and a problem solvers thing about this. I was elected the state senate to 26 my mother and father weren't shocked that I ever got elected I went to congress in thirty. And from the day I went in there are was reforming the pen a garden. Writing budgets against even a Republican president and I got the budget balanced after. I know quite what king here and you about accurately budget Leno I don't know what makes you were Republicans. Because I believe that government should be the last resort not the first resort and I don't like bureaucracy and strings that hold me back. And that's kinda the way I think that yeah that's the only reason because. You seem to be not a social liberal exactly you know you're not pro choice no I'm not throw service like I'm curious are you pro gay marriage I wasn't sure from the debate let your irony is that an arm are really believe are traditional and you know. On the news you're not gonna fighting you're gonna say it's hot fat. Gay got married and has said letting our I went with athletic fun I was hard work I do. Ohio constitutionally ban on gay marriage but the Supreme Court made a decision and we look what I'm going whether it you know what I also like sorry to be this person trying to help but I love this year's. You're very hands on with your daughters can you please tell us this recent story about taking your twin daughters too home coming oh mark. Well here who visitors are picture getting out. Where we know it was not coming back yeah yeah yeah now my daughters are my wife is grid Smart and beautiful in my daughters are just like she is thank goodness and the fifth but ya homecoming came so one of my daughter's. As a boyfriend. Governor Mike what was that word again don't like the blood I can't say what the way he may only really know yet. I think to me that I mean my dad yeah signing a lot yeah. Yeah I don't. They're they're twins and they're going to be sixteen Jan Ellis doesn't want to hasn't yet wedeman Dodson and he can't Greece and came to the house and. I will talk whether they went fine little Kyle little talk about how to do you know the kids are having sex these days when this six. I've got there. Yeah yeah yeah. He's he's very well hey look I'm learning learning about a man are you how won't really look at that color has drained from. My wife is. Look I matter because I think they look at me say what should my husband kind of look like some day. But the big thing is my wife and she's very hip and with that in Smart and so he takes him about related to how we teach him values they know they're kind of the same kind of education. That she she is received and they're respectful of us the respectful of others and I think they respect their. He's raised respectful of others at midnight we all had ever thought I believe in his current TI guerrilla bands and let you know lot of sand. Yeah I Wagner went to school I don't know Christians. Yeah and so I write about that doesn't mean that things are gonna happen but my daughters I you know here's the issue. Now that they're getting to be this staged the biggest challenge for me is to let them go and believe that we gave them the values they need and it's not just let's not wait. Yeah. Ott says it's not just let you know things like sex you know what we're real problem is in this country drugs. That's I mean you cannot believe the drug epidemic we face in this country in order that kids do. Sometimes they go to parties joined and they have pills in Bob. All that they got from their parents Antioch had his rant here that's exactly that's exactly right so we are frankly pathetic enough so as governor but you aren't you. In favor of birth control for people right so you would be in favor Planned Parenthood or not well. I think I do dispense a great idea of I'm in favor of family planning family clearly absolutely I mean you can't just say we're not gonna look. With the Planned Parenthood business people nobody likes and nobody is for what they were doing there. But you have to family planning and years in many ways you can do it in blog are ill and that bowl with birth control when that our hard earnings saying no. Yeah. Whenever I have to a family planning and you can't just cut it off that that would make no sense of cutting you and I am here. I've got to ask because it. Like he'd you've got one these ladies know temperature only point 4% nationally how do you cut through the change she said he might have to juice up your campaign alone how to cut all the lottery now. We don't first of all I was governor of Ohio when run around the country trying to make a name for myself designer even thought I was gonna do this. But we don't do national primaries we do state by state Asian know you have the Iowa caucus but then you go to New Hampshire about one point one million. And if you do well in New Hampshire. You'll have me back here for days of RO. It's like a rocket. Comedy at a campaign where we're gonna get there we're actually gonna get there and then we'll see you know how I do in in Iowa but most important in New Hampshire. Where we're building infrastructure and look I've been consistently in the top tier in New Hampshire. Mean those polls go up and down but I've got the best organizations thanks I think it's go to work I really do I would abide in think that you think I'd be doing this now. I do with the view but I got to be held. So happy you did the bill but we really appreciate you hanging around here. Huckabee is to me in my favorite Republican and then he got weird so now your my favorite.

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