kasich obviously the governor of a battle ground state. again, there's down sides for him. specifically that he ran in 2016, won only his home state. that doesn't suggest an enormous appetite for a kasich candidacy. >> let me ask you about ted cruz who also went up against donald trump in the past. could we see him as a challenger >> i think so, shawn, because we've been talking so far about people who reject, let's say the but it's quite possible that a challenge from the right of the republican party would have more overall chance of success. i think ted cruz is a representative of that flank of the party. obviously, no love lost between him and the president because of the 2016 race >> we talk about bottles between president trump and mitch mcconnell and paul ryan. what could be the big battle ground in 2018? maybe entitlements when it comes to medical reform >> that's one of the more urgent things to try to fix is daca, the immigration program, there's some appetite on both sides to do that. it's a legislative slate and of course, that he is year proven that even legisl

so, it's entirely opposite, and i think kasich is quite wisely staking out ground saying, no, this is not doing what this populist candidate said it was going to do, and kasich's going to look pretty good for his political future, assuming that, as was just discussed, there isn't some wild response to this that economists don't seem to expect. >> katherine, i want to owned this, because president obama did advocate a corporate tax cut as well. so -- >> it was corporate tax reform. there is a big difference between those two things. >> make that distinction. >> okay, reform means lowering the rates but also broadening the base, so getting rid of a lot of the loopholes and deductions and things that result in the actual rate not being reflective of what firms pay, right, because they get to deduct so much. so, the plan that obama had pushed would bring down the rates, but it would broaden the base, it would close a lot of those loopholes. this plan does no such thing. this plan actually makes the corporate tax side much more complicated, and in fact, creates more opportunities for explo

joining me now is republican governor john kasich of ohio. governor kasich, welcome back to "meet the press." >> thanks, chuck. >> all right, i will start where i ended there with senator manch manchin, which is on the tax bill. >> right. >> but i'd like you to answer the question from the point of view of a governor who's got your own fiscal issues to deal with. is this tax bill good for the state of ohio? >> yeah, i think -- chuck, here's what's in that bill. and i know this has been characterized in many different ways that i don't happen to agree with. look, the corporate tax rate in our country was way too high, one of the highest in the world. we needed to bring that down so that companies are going to invest in america and not invest overseas. secondly, they have a provision in there -- i don't know all the details of it -- that if you made money overseas, you can bring your money back here. you're going to be able to repatriate that money, which means that's more money, hopefully, for investment. small businesses are given a break, so

but kasich could run as an independent and you might see an independent get in the race kasich or bloomburg send 2020 into a tailspin. >> i think he has to become a democrat to have a chance. >> we have more "outnumbered" in just a moment. stay right here. (avo) help control cravings and lose weight with contrave. it's fda-approved to help adults who are overweight or struggle with obesity lose weight and keep it off. contrave is believed to work on two areas of the brain: your hunger center... i'm so hungry. (avo) and your reward system... ice cream. french fries. (avo) to help control cravings. one ingredient in contrave may increase suicidal thoughts or actions in some children, teens, and young adults in the first few months. serious side effects are mood changes like depression and mania, seizures, increased blood pressure or heart rate, liver damage, glaucoma, allergic reactions, and hypoglycemia. not for patients with uncontrolled blood pressure, seizure history, anorexia, bulimia, drug or alcohol withdrawal, on bupropion, opioids, maois, allergy to the ingredients, or pregnant. may

i spoke with ohio governor john kasich for his take on it.sensus tax bill, do you support it as it stands now and if not i'm wondering what change there should be, in your opinion. >> well, i do support the tax bill. i do think that marco rubio saying that we need to do more for the hard working, lower income folks is exactly right. anderson, here's what it gets down to in a nutshell. our corporate taxes are too high and it's causing companies to move production to other places. secondly, there's a provision to help small businesses. we wiped out basically all small business taxes in ohio on income because we want to spur small business. now, the thing that i am concerned about is the rising level of debt. >> minority leader schumer is calling for doug jones to be seated before the tax bill, democrats are citing scott brown being seated before the affordable care act. do you believe republicans should wait until jones is seated? >> anderson, it's a little too late now. this is -- this is a partisan bill. there are ways that they could tweak t

do you agree with governor kasich? >> i do. i think a talk of war is reckless.nd i think, frankly, president trump's tweets, threatening tweets are very unhelpful and actually help kim jong-un in terms of his goal to make the north, north korea, a nuclear state. i think there are lots of avenues still available to us in terms of toughening sanctions, banking relationships, merchant insurance, all of which governor kasich's talked about in his op-ed piece. and i agree with him. let's use every lever we've got, but let's also dangle some promises to the north that if they behave, if they roll back their nuclear program there is some kind of carrot. so far all we've talked about and used are sticks and that's been very ineffective. >> in the trump administration announced over the weekend that it was cutting the u.n. budget by $285 million. you heard from nikki haley, of course the ambassador to the u.n., saying in, in her words, we will no longer let the generosity of the american people be taken advantage of or remain unchecked. is that a beautifuseful tool fo u.

now, you have governor john kasich of ohio. senator ben sasse of nebraska. and senator jeff flake of arizona. all of whom are republicans. the panel is back. okay. another way you get yourself on the list to run for president, say you're not going to run. take a look. >> where's your mind about that right now? are you 50/50, 80/20. where do you stand? are you likely to run? >> no. this is not what i'm doing. >> other people will make lists, i'm not running for president. >> sure, i just might. >> that is not on my radar screen. that's a long way off. >> i don't know what i'm going to do tomorrow. >> if in a year from now, if i'm ready and no one has moved in that i think can do it, then i may very well. >> obviously the most significant person in that list to say yes, i'm thinking about it is the former vice president, i think he decided to say hey, i'm sending a message to national donors. i want in. >> yeah, the most honest of all of those answers, was probably joe biden. the concern for democrats has to be that the two white guys most likely to run who yo

i probably thought the person who matched up best against her was john kasich. was coming into the race as the successful governor of ohio, has a personality that is appealing to people, and both had some depth. and he proved to be a more to the lastn a way man standing, in a sense. i guess ted cruz was officially, but -- i thought trump was a serious candidate early on and i think we took him more seriously than the republican field took him in the early days. sports of him in metaphors as a left-handed boxer. you're not sure what you are going to get any new he was going to pick things up in a way that was unpredictable and that has proved to be true, in the primaries and general election. and he was willing to say and do anything. and i guess the moment i thought that this guy has staying power -- even asle to despicable as i thought the comment was, he's able to rise or live in a gravity free world down,nothing pulls him was when he did the crack about john mccain and said -- >> december 2 dozen 15, right? right, where he says i don't like losers, i like win

.>>> republican ohio governor john kasich gave a piece of his mind on a series of issues facing his own party. >> can you explain to me why the republican party that is the majority in the house of the senate with a republican president don't tell the dreamers that they are going to be able to stay in the united states? that makes no sense. the idea that they were going to get rid of obama care which needs to be reformed and people were going to lose their health insurance, what are they thinking?>> he went on to say the election in alabama shows people are not happy with the republican party. >>> other sexual harassment allegations against a high- profile journalist surfaced today. msnbc confirmed a report that a staffer had been paid and left her job after she complained she was sexually harassed by chris matthews, host of hardball. matthews made comments about the staffer that were sophomoric, inappropriate and never meant as propositions. they also said matthews received a formal reprimand.>>> a former president barack obama and britain's prince harry have teamed up for and make int

. >> reporter: as john kasich of ohio points out, that extra money will come to a cost. >> i do believe cutting taxes makes sense. my concern about this bill is the debt, and they did not do enough to be able to cover it. it's still not going to pay for itself. everybody knows that. >> reporter: at last count the national debt was over $20 trillion. laura podesta, cbs news, new york. >>> a military investigation determined that army sergeant la david johnson fought to the end before he was killed. he and his unit were ambushed by an isis offshoot on october 24th. his body was recovered two days later. they concluded he was hit as many as 18 times by rifle and machine gun fire as he took cover in the bush. >>> in california the massive thomas fire burning northwest of los angeles is 45% contained. even though winds diminished somewhat, it is still a very dangerous fire. the fire is now one of the largest in state history and new evacuations were ordered in santa barbara. >> the fire did what predicted. we have these very strong sun downer winds that pushed into the canyons, right into th

guest this morning, democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia and republican governor john kasich of ohio. >>> plus, our brand-new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll out this morning, and it suggests democrats may be right, that a wave is coming.

guest this morning, democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia and republican governor john kasich of ohio. >>> plus, our brand-new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll out this morning, and it suggests democrats may be right, that a wave is coming. we'll bring you all the numbers.

. >> though as republican governor john kasich of ohio points out, that extra money will come at a cost. >> i do believe that cutting taxes makes sense. my concern about this bill is the debt. and they did not do enough to be able to cover, still will not pay for itself, everybody knows that. >> at last count the national debt over $20 trillion. laura, cbs-3, "eyewitness news ". >>> now the house is expected to vote on the bill first followed by the senate. the bill could be on the president's desk by the end of the year. >>> and senator john mccain will mix the, headed back home to arizona spent several days in a maryland hospital recovering from side effect from chemotherapy, treatment for brain cancer, over the summer you may recall he was diagnosed with glioblastoma. his absence not expected to prevent the bill from getting passed. >> and a bipartisan group of senators working to fight international cyber threat. the bill is expected to be introduced next week. it is almost to prevent foreign intervention in us elections by improving communication between intelligent agencies and st

i have written to john kasich and john hickenlooper of colorado, they want to work on a health plan, so i'm asking them to work with the bipartisan working group and build a coalition with the problem solvers group, and be prepared for congress to take over the government next year, when we will be dealing with mental illness next year and our health plans and our national government, we will deal with people with mental illness. the congress have to get ready to take over. will you support and get congress to join in and make the bipartisan working group the power center for the congress to take over operation of the government next year? rep. taylor: i am not sure about congress taking over the operation of the government next year, any more than it the legend -- than the legislative branch, but i think it is important to work in a bipartisan way. my freshman class does that. every bill we have put forth so far this year has a democrat cosponsor, sometimes it is harder to get them on board, but we can say that. i am not sure exactly what you are asking, but it is important that con

. >> as republican governor it john kasich of ohio points out that extra money will come at a cost. >es makes sense. my concern about this bill is the debt. and they did not do enough to be able to cover -- it's not going to fay for itself everybody knows that. >> national debt was over 0 trillion dollars laura pedesta cbs3 eyewitness news. >> well, three astronauts representing us, russia and japan are on their way to space. >> liftoff. scott tngle and we're on our way to the international space station. >> the so the use cancel launched today. the trip is expected to take two days. new crew members are joining others at the space station early tuesday. they'll spend more than four months in space conducting hundred of sciences in fields like biology and technology development. well visiting santa is a popular holiday tradition for kids and a bakery is offering free visits with a personal touch. maria mom cookie covered in marlton is offering cookies with santa. appointments are often booked. the roz infamily of lawrltson visited the sensitive santa last year with sthir son. >> we ca

talk about it all with democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia, republican governor john kasich of ohio and the president's chief congressional liaison mike short. see you sunday on "meet the press." >> right after "news 4 today." >>> the national cathedral and school are planning to enhance security over the holidays. here's a live look at the church in northwest washington tonight. the cathedral hosted its carol service with an increased poce online threats and images from the islamic state that featured the washington national cathedral. the fbi has been monitoring these images. it says there is no indication of an actual planned attack and the extra security we're told is a precaution. >>> part of the red line will close this weekend so metro can finish replacing a communications cable. metro's been limiting the number of trains at the brookland, tacoma park stations this week. starting tomorrow free shuttle buses will replace the trains between the silver spring and rhode island avenue stops. metro hopes to restore full service by monday. >>> even more changes are coming on

i saw him on the day john kasich pulled out of the race, so we just had donald trump who was clearly going to win the nomination battling against ted cruz, anti- moderates to say the least, anti- establishment politician and-- actually i was the one that told him that john kasich had just dropped out and i asked him about trump and he said i don't know him, but i don't like him. [laughter] and i'm not excited about him being a leader and then he said he's a blowup. but, the most resounding statements both of those men made was not a statement at all. it was a statement, but not verbal. it was by casting their first ballot and in george hw's case casting his first ballot for a democratic candidate. he had never registered a vote for a democrat in his life. a george w. bush reported republican ballot, but abstained from voting for president's. >> which is remarkable especially while they have adopted bill clinton. [laughter] they call him a brother from another mother. [laughter] and i think 410 mostly is like he has become a father figure to bill clinton in a funny way, but those feel

tammy: yes, and historically last year jeb bush or john kasich would have won the presidency. but the gop has been doing its usual screwups. we realize we have been lied to and our money taken and votes taken on promises that with never be fulfilled. there needs to be a reminding to the american people by the president about what's at stake. maybe the republicans don't want to be in the majority. maybe it would be easier to let the status quo move along if the democrats are in the majority. i don't trust mcconnell other gop. this will be an important test for the president and all of us who maybe wouldn't go out in a mid-term, it's as important as last year's election. gregg: the electoral map favors the republicans but you can't take that for granted. >> the are you you are about ban races republicans have been targeted. and they have moved away from the president. and pennsylvania is vulnerable. i'm concerned about the house. even though that's a hefty number of seats to pick up. there are issues. but if on the first paycheck in february the tax cut is working and americans

. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> shannon: ohio governor john kasich signed into law to ban abortions after a diagnosisrome. ohio right to life say it's a victory. pro-choice say it's a blow to women's right to abortion. winners from the miss american pga tour. -- pageant with a shake-up. >> they suspended their ceo after emails became public emails filled with vulgar comments about the winners. he said they were edited. the miss america board of directors said they are conducting an in depth investigation into the alleged inappropriate communication and the nature in which the emails were obtained. a number were said to be from 2013 to 2015 between haskell and pageant board members and writers. one email said he needs to have a blood test because we lost count of the number of men she slept with at 25. other said the former miss america should be referred to as a vulgar word. he said perfect. he said context was important. he said i was under stress by 2 former miss america. >> i am glad they are suspending him. in my view and all of the former miss americas that we have been in communication with ove

john kasich in ohio, republican governor, big criminal justice reform her. nikki haley, same thing. black lives matter and republican governors have more in common on prisons than i've ever sat down to talk about. common ground, but, we'll talk about it. we want to g argue about it through tweets all the time, and then, i also, nobody thanks that their kid or the grandkid or their niece or nephew is actually being trained for the job of tomorrow. nobody. i don't care public school, private school, vouchers, nott vouchers, i'm not talking the education reform, i'm talking about curriculum of being delivered. nobody thanks these kidsur in a world of drones in artificial intelligence and going to mars and smart screens and robots are ready. their kids are ready, my kids are ready. that's an emergency and were not even talking about it. there is common ground beyond the battleground. my basic proposal in this book is very simple. from nine to noon, let's just fight. every day, let's just fight, and then, from noon until one can we get something done, just one thing, anything. just anyth

react what do i do if this gets way no money on a uses a new service it's called law it's for women kasich is only a drum by women drivers. features like a panic button and twenty seven drive as. yet it is undeniable that weapons might as well have had it made in iran stickers on it. u.s. says it has evidence that proves iran supplied yemen's who the rebels with the missile they fired into saudi arabia are. on maryam namazie and on the watching al-jazeera also coming up a blow finale travesty rules that ensure free and open internet are being dumped in the u.s. . crackdown on range of muslims takes another grim turn at least seven thousand to believe to have been killed in a single mom. back home that lost the sierra leone migrants returning off to terrible treatment in libya. aloha top story this hour the u.s. ambassador to the united nations saying washington plans to build an international coalition to push back against iran they held a news conference in which she accused iran of quote fanning the flames of conflict in the region she says to her hands applied to the rebels in yemen wit

todd will have exclusive interviews with west virginia senator joe manson and ohio governor john kasich. you can catch that right here on nbc 4 at 10:30 tomorrow morning. >>> today is a big day at arlington national cemetery and 1200 locations across the world, where folks are showing their support for the fallen. wreaths across america. the ribbon holiday wreaths can be place at the foot of every gravestone to honor those who served our country. opening ceremony will be at the front of the women in military service memorial. that's the front entrance of the memorial bridge. 8:15 this morning. news 4's jackie benson will be live in arlington to show us how it is coming along. >>> if you take metro, part of the red line will be closed today and tomorrow so metro can finish replacing their they've been limited the number of trains at the brooklyn and takoma stations this week. shuttle busses are replacing the trains at the stops. metro hopes to restore full service by monday. >>> on the other end of the red line, more changes will be happening there starting next friday. metro is working

. >> though john kasich of ohio points out there will be concerns. >> my concern about this bill is theand they did not do enough to cover it. it's not going to pay for itself. everybody knows that. >> reporter: at the last count the national debt was over $20 trillion. laura poe did hes des >>> the pentagon has spent tens of millions of dollars looking for ufos. that's a report from the new york times. the pentagon says the identification program started back in 2007 and produced documents that described sightings with unidentified aircraft. former senate majority leader harry reid was a major backer of the project. the nevada democrat has long had an interest in ufos. the pentagon said they shut it down in 2012, but the times claims the investigation is still active at least to some degree. >>> you would have to live in a galaxy far, far away not to know what film blew up the box office. >>> why legal weed you'll be able to buy starting new year's day may not be as green as it seems. hi i'm joan lunden. join me and the centers for disease control and prevention for our series. your he

at one point peter struck says he's a conservative democrat that will vote for john kasich. i mean, depending on how you excerpt the text messages, you could make a case here that these fbi officials were anti clinton and make a case, read them a different way that these fbi officials were anti trump and also make a case they are anti congress, that they are anti a lot of people in public life. they certainly both express animosity about bernie sanders. okay. we don't know what these things mean in full context because we've only seen little pieces of them. why do we have these, though? right? these text messages were part of an inspector general investigation that is on going. these text messages have been selectively leaked for political effect in the middle of the on going investigation. >> do you know of any other cases where material in an on going investigation were released by the press officer to reporter reporters? >> i don't know the details, congressman, but -- >> are you aware of the ig rule which says that material in an on going investigation -- >> yeah, thank

favorite, if i could have thought of somebody else to win that presidency, it would have been john kasich. but that being said -- >> who is the they you say are dragging this up when it comes to these accusations, greg? >> caller: yeah, they do. i mean -- >> who is they? >> caller: well, whoever finds out about these things. i am not privileged to know who finds out about these things. but they do. and whether it's true or not, you have to vote your own conscience, but you can't fall too far without being bipartisan. i mean, it happens no matter what you do. and i would vote for doug jones if i were an alabamian, but i find it real hard to believe that we can't do anything else, and we're going to spend -- they spent $4.5 million trying to impeach bill clinton, and that's not what our country is about. we're all immigrants, and we all have to have the right thing. but as far as these elections go and digging up all this stuff on roy moore and doug jones dig up moore and doug jones and having to go deep into the well for this stuff, i think it's absolutely crazy. >> got your point, greg. l

then ohio governor john kasich saying thankfully today enough republicans chose country over party. president trump is tweeting as well. saying the reason i originally endorsed luther strange is i said roy moore will not be able to win the general election. of course, he is congratulating doug jones as well. back to you. nancy: all right. anderson cooper's twitter account was hacked according to cnn. calling the president a, "tool" and pathetic loser. the tweet came following doug jones win in the alabama senate election. cooper says he woke up to find out someone got into his account. alison: okay. al franken announced he will be stepping down amid sexual misconduct claims. the replacement is the lieutenant governor tina smith. the state's governor, democrat, gets to pick who fills a vacated seat. jonathan: chuck schumer fighting sexual harassment claims that were forged documents. he turned them over to police and is threatening to sue. >> phony allegation forged from start to finish. we are pursuing every legal task to those who might have broken the law to be prosecuted for it.

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guest this morning, democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia and republican governor john kasich. >>> plus, our brand-new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll out this morning, and it suggests democrats may be right, that a wa i

today the republican governor of ohio, john kasich, along with a democrat governor of colorado, johnr, and nine others wrote congressional leaders to try to help save the daca program. they say already, more than 12,000 "dreamers" have lost their protective status and could potentially be deported. "dreamers" are people brought here illegally when they were children. a replacement program could keep about 800,000 people in the united states. >>> in san francisco today, a federal judge grilled an attorney for the justice department over the trump administration's decision to end the daca program. the judge is considering five lawsuits seeking to block the president from ending daca. ktvu's tara moriarty was there as protestors showed up. >>> reporter: these protestors, many of them illegal immigrants brought to the u.s. as children, say they are fighting to stay in the country and urging democrats in washington to be their voice. >> we're hearing of people being detained now who could have been saved if there was something more permanent that was fought for and they failed us. >> repo

john kasich is all but declared. so you can start to see this coming up. flake is right.he republicans have a diversity problem in the sense of a share of white voters is never going to be any higher than it is today. the electorate is 72% wide. it's never going to get any whiter. it's going to get less weight over time. from a long-term perspective, yes. immigration, though, as an issue, has done so much. it is help republicans by firing up their base. in terms of an issue that they drag around come this albatross around their necks, this is why -- >> could be an opportunity. >> ed: we heard the same thing before the 2016 election. there is not enough white men to elect donald trump. >> all things are possible with wisconsin, michigan, and pennsylvania. >> ed: the democratic candidate next time goes to wisconsin -- >> the rock should think about going to eau claire. >> ed: homey, thanks for coming in. >> you know what, dawg. [laughter] >> ed: sheila jackson says the flak she was getting for kicking someone out of her airline seat is all because of her race. plus, the new