the previous tweet, much different response as well than the one we saw earlier in the week where president trump prere fused to name those. >> you can call them the left. you just called them the left. that came, violently attacking the other group. yes, i think there's blame on both sides. you look at both sides. i think there's blame on both sides. and i have no doubt about it. and you don't have any doubt about it either. >> the president also saying that there were very fine people on both sides. and he faced withering bipartisan criticism for those comments. capped his week off, as well, by firing steve bannon, one of the strongest nationalist voices in his administration. joining me now, governor john kasich of ohio. what is your reaction to the firing of steve bannon, do you think it's a positive or negative step for the nation?