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Decision. if you were still governor, how will you handle the fallout from this decision by the president? >> well, i think when i was governor, along with so many other governors, what we asked was for congress to act. and we said act in a way that we can get block grants. act in a way we have more control over our money and we have more control over the decisions that need to be made for the citizens we represent. i think what you're seeing now is congress didn't act. and if congress didn't act, the president did what i think a lot of governors would want him to do which is make some decisio...

Away health care from millions of people. this is not what the party is. look, i grew up in the reagan era. here's what it was. it was sunny, it was positive, it was inclusive. it was a big tent and there was room for everybody. pro growth. all the things that we really like. connectivity. welcoming. that's where this party needs to be. when we don't head in that direction, i'm going to fight to push us in that direction. >> you sound like a lonely even in your own state. your lieutenant governor, who's running to replace you, said she wanted to get rid of the medicaid expansion. i've got to r...

Welcome welcome back. it's one thing to propose changes. it's quite another to implement those changes. that falls to the governor. one of those had and may still had aspirations. joining me is john kasich of ohio. welcome back. >> yes, sir. >> let's talk health care. you've been implementing the law. you've been both trying to propose fixing it and trying to make it work as it is. let me ask you this. did what the trump administration announced on friday, do you consider it as some critics have a purposeful attempt to sabotage obamacare? >> well, chuck, i can't read people's mines, but what...

Do you agree with senator corker assessment that the president has essentially undermined his secretary of state when it comes to north korea and china? >> i'm not going to get into the drama of the he said/he said situation. what i will tell you is what i have witnessed is the president and secretary tillerson work very well together. i've been in the room many times. they continue to work strongly together. the secretary put out as many options for the president as he can. he makes a decision. there's a mutual respect and they go forward. everything that i have witnessed, all is fine . if th...

That. but does a decision like this, does it make the law work less better? is that a good thing to do at this moment since congress couldn't come up with a replacement? >> well, i think you're asking the wrong person. i did not agree with the health care law. i didn't agree with any aspect of it. so i just assume not have it. so having said that, what we say is governors are best to handle their people themselves with their budgets themselves in the way that's best appropriate. what we've said is the federal government can't fix these things. and so i think that what we saw was action from th...