Transcript for Gov. John Kasich Believes Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis Should Comply With Law

stop being in a bad mood and complaining about things. We live in an unbelievable country, do we have our problems? But why don't we get up tomorrow morning and count our blessings for having been born in the United States of America. Okay, we have our problems. But they can be solved. There's governor John kasich in New Hampshire this week, he joins us now. Welcome, governor kasich, welcome back to "This week." You're trying to run a campaign based on experience. Governor of Ohio 18 years in congress as well. How are you going to sell that, we were just talking about that, in the year of the outsider? George, in short period of time, I have risen to second place in New Hampshire. And when we talk about all these national polls, we don't run a race for president based on national polls. We go state by state. And so, you know, we're going to have a presence in Iowa, we're very aggressive in new Hampshire, John sununu, some of the biggest people helping me. We put people on the ground in Michigan. You know, I have been endorsed by Trent Lott lately, the governor of Alabama. Look, we're moving in many different directions. Here's what I think, are people upset? Of course they are. But at the end of the day, they want somebodon. You have all of these candidates with their super PACS. And people aren't going to drop out as they usually do. Donna, I think Hillary Clinton could be a very strong candidate, I think she could call for more debates. Open that process up. She was atrong debater in 200. I think she needs to show that she can speak to something else than the e-mails. The media has become obsessive. I think it's amazing moment when candidates have a program for debt-free student education. These are ideas. Bernie sanders, his authenticity -- The start of this race, everybody was like it's going to be Jeb bush versus Hillary Clinton, two dynasties, the American public has now said we don't want two dynasties. If the wind blew the wrong way they were out of work. You have known me a long time and you know that most of my career I have been, you know, a change agent. And I think people want a change agent. But they also want to make sure that whoever they select is somebody that can move the country in the right direction. Acknowledge what they're concerned about, appreciate the fact that we weren't born in Syria, we live in America, thank god, with so many opportunities. And we can tackle these things. We can do it. I think at the end of the day this all settles down. You mentioned Syria, let me ask you about that refugee crisis so heartbreaking, many now calling for the united States to take in more of those refugees, should they? Well, I think we have a responsibility here, but I think this fundamentally falls on Europe. And as tragic as this event is, and it is, maybe this is an opportunity for the united States and the western world to work together to solve what is an unbelievable crisis and I do think we have responsibility in terms of taking some more folks in and at the same time helping people to actually be safe as they move, that's logistical support. But this is fundamentally an issue that Europe has to come to grips with, we can provide some humanitarian aid to them. Here's the story, George, when the United States does not lead, we get chaos in the world. We should have been supporting the Syrian rebels years ago. I pitched Boehner and Mccane on it. The administration ignored it. The facts of the matter is we should have been supporting the opposition to Assad. But when the United States draws red lines and walks away we don't have any solid policy, it shows confusion and disarray, and we see human tragedy unfolding right before our eyes. Hopefully, they'll get their act together and people will be able to have a decent life. Mike Huckabee said he stands by Kim Davis' decision not to issue those marriage licenses, do you agree with that? I don't agree with him. The court has spoken, the court has ruled. I believe in traditional marriage, but the court has ruled. George, this is one other big issue here, we have a lot of young people who sit on the fence on a issue like this, they also think about their belief in god, and you know, for me, I think we need to talk a lot about the dos, about humility, about helping our neighbor, about the need to live a life bigger than ourselves. When we see these kind of battles going on, I get afraid that it turns people off to the idea of faith in god. What it means to be a Christian. To me it's given me a solid foundation. To deal with the strong wins in life. To be a better person, better guy. Now, I respect the fact that this lady doesn't agree but she's also a government employee, she's not running a church. But in terms of her responsibility I think she has to comply, I don't think -- I don't like the fact that she's sitting in a jail, that's just absurd as well. I think she should follow the law. Governor kasich, thank you for your time. All right, thank you, George.

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