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>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK.
WE'RE HERE WITH OUR FRIEND
SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS.
AS I SAID BEFORE THE BREAK, I'M
TRYING TO GET YOU TO SAY
SOMETHING NICE ABOUT DONALD
TRUMP.
HE'S BEEN IN OFFICE FOR NINE
MONTHS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT NOW.
IS THERE SOMETHING NICE YOU
COULD SAY ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP?
>> UH...
( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: WOULD YOU LAKE ME
TO GO FIRST?
>> YEAH, WHY DON'T YOU GO FIRST?
>> Stephen: HE STILL HAS ALL
HIS TEETH --
( LAUGHTER )
-- OR SOMEONE'S TEETH.
HE HAS SOMEONE'S TEETH.
ANYTHING?
>> YEAH, I MEAN --
( LAUGHTER )
UH --
>> Stephen: I WANT TO WARN OUR
AFFILIATES, WE MIGHT BE GOING
LONG.
( PIANO RIFF )
( LAUGHTER )
>> WELL, LET'S SAY THIS, HE HAS
TALK ABOUT TAKING ON THE
PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY AND
LOWERING THE VERY, VERY HIGH
COST OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS IN
THIS COUNTRY, AND HE IS RIGHT TO
MAKE THE POINT THAT THE DRUG
COMPANIES ARE RIPPING US OFF IN
A TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE WAY.
SO PRESIDENT TRUMP, THAT'S WHAT
YOU SAID DURING THE CAMPAIGN,
LET'S GO FORWARD TOGETHER AND DO
THAT.
>> Stephen: HE ALSO AGREES
WITH YOU ON INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
THE PRESIDENT SAID WHEN HE WAS A
CANDIDATE, HE SAID WE NEED A
TRILLION-DOLLAR INVESTMENT IN
OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THAT IS
EXACTLY RIGHT, AND I HOPE WE CAN
GO FORWARD.
THE PROPOSALS THAT HE SEEMS TO
HAVE BROUGHT FORTH REALLY TALK
ABOUT PRIVATIZATION OF OUR ROADS
AND OUR BRIDGES AND OUR WATER
SYSTEM WHICH TO ME IS TOTAL
NONSENSE, BUT I HOPE THAT WE CAN
WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE, IN FACT, IS
COLLAPSING, AND WE CAN CREATE
MANY, MANY MILLIONS OF JOBS BY
REBUILDING IT.
>> Stephen: NOW, NEXT
WEDNESDAY, I UNDERSTAND, YOU'RE
INTRODUCING A MEDICARE FOR ALL
BILL.
>> YEP.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS THAT?
WHAT IT IS IS FINALLY COMING
TO TERMS WITH A VERY, VERY
FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE AND THAT IS,
AS A NATION, WE HAVE GOT TO
FINALLY DECIDE WHETHER
HEALTHCARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT OR
IT IS NOT, WHETHER EVERY MAN,
WOMAN AND CHILD IN THIS COUNTRY
IS ENTITLED TO HEALTHCARE
BECAUSE THEY ARE HUMAN BEINGS,
OR WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO HAVE A SYSTEM RUN BY
THE INSURANCE COMPANIES AND THE
DRUG COMPANIES WHERE THE MAJOR
GOAL IS TO MAKE HUGE PROFITS FOR
THOSE ENTITIES.
AND I THINK THE TIME IS NOW FOR
THE UNITED STATES TO JOIN EVERY
OTHER MAJOR COUNTRY ON EARTH --
I'M TALKING ABOUT CANADA, U.K.,
FRANCE, GERMANY -- EVERY MAJOR
COUNTRY THAT GUARANTEES
HEALTHCARE TO ALL PEOPLE, AND
WHAT A MEDICARE FOR ALL SYSTEM
IS ABOUT IS SAYING WE'VE GOT A
GOOD PROGRAM NOW FOR SENIORS,
IT'S CALLED MEDICARE, LET'S MAKE
THAT PROGRAM AVAILABLE TO EVERY
MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN THIS
COUNTRY.
( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: I DON'T WANT TO
TALK ABOUT 2016 ANYMORE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT 2020.
( LAUGHTER )
IN JULY, YOU WERE IN IOWA.
YOU WERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE LAST
WEEKEND.
ARE YOU RUNNING AGAIN AND ARE
YOU PREPARED TO BE BLAMED NEXT
TIME FOR TRUMP'S REELECTION?
( LAUGHTER )
>> STEPHEN, I WILL TELL YOU WHAT
I TELL EVERYBODY, THAT, RIGHT
NOW, WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
WANT THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE TO
DO IS START ADDRESSING THE REAL
ISSUES THAT THEY ARE FACING, AND
THE REAL ISSUES ARE HEALTHCARE,
MAKING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY
VALUABLE TO ALL, RAISING THE
MINIMUM WAGE, THAT IS WHAT THEY
WANT US TO FOCUS ON.
THEY DO NOT LIKE NEVER-ENDING
CAMPAIGNS.
MEDIA LIKES THAT.
I DON'T THINK PEOPLE DO.
SO WE'VE GOT A LONG TIME TO GO.
WE JUST CAME FROM ELECTION EIGHT
OR NINE MONTHS AGO, SO LET US
FOCUS ON THE ISSUES THAT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE CARE ABOUT AND
THE POLITICS WILL FOLLOW THAT.
>> Stephen: YOU GESTURED AT ME
WHEN YOU SAID MEDIA.
( LAUGHTER )
I TAKE THAT AS AN ACT OF
HOSTILITY, SENATOR.
( LAUGHTER )
OKAY, WELL, SIR, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
THE BOOK IS "BERNIE SANDERS
GUIDE TO POLITICAL REVOLUTION."
IT'S OUT NOW.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS,
