Gov. Kasich: ‘I’ve Been a Forever Supporter of Israel’ and Came To ‘Lend My Support’

KASICH: "Well, I’ve been a, you know, forever supporter of Israel and I felt that this was an important speech, important to our country, important to one of our greatest allies in the world. And look, I am the governor of one of the most powerful states in the country and I wanted to be here to lend my support."

HEMMER: "Samantha Power yesterday said this: 'The USA will not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon. Period.' Do you believe it?"

KASICH: "Well, I’m very concerned about these negotiations. Bill, the problem with negotiations, and I’ve been in a lot of them, is that sometimes you fall in love with your goal. Sometimes you’re willing to do a lot of things to accommodate reaching that goal and that gets to be a slippery slope and very nervous. So frankly, in this case, the Congress should have to ratify anything that this administration could reach agreement on. I’m glad to hear that she said that. I don’t know, that's first time I’ve heard a statement like that out of the administration. Very dangerous. Let me tell you, the big problem is not just Iran getting a nuclear weapon, but for all people that watch here, you think about your kids and your grandchildren. What happens is the possibility of proliferation. This ends up in hands of groups like Hamas and groups like Hezbollah. It's a very very serious situation and the proliferation of nuclear weapons, nuclear material is something that the entire world has got to say, we can’t afford it."

HEMMER: 'Specifically for Bibi Netanyahu. ‘America worries about security,’ he said yesterday. ‘Israel worries about survival.’"

KASICH: "Yeah, Bill, look, they’re right there. They are obviously -- they live under existential threat from Iran. I mean, Israel is not even on the map. If you go to Iran you don’t see the country of Israel labeled. We know all about the rhetoric. But it's just Iran and it is not just Israel that can find itself in the crosshairs. We can too. We see all the things that are happening around the world. We scratch our heads when we look at ISIS and these other things. This is not the time to give a country that has been our sworn enemy the chance to have a nuclear weapon."