>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY,
WE'RE HERE WITH BERNIE SANDERS
IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
FOLLOWING HIS SUSPECS OF HIS
CAMPAIGN THIS AFTERNOON.
SENATOR, THANKS AGAIN FOR BEING
HERE.
I-- HERE'S MY NEXT QUESTION:
GIVEN THE UNPRECEDENTED CRISIS
THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, WHAT DO
YOU THINK, AS A SENATOR-- AS YOU
SAID, YOU'RE NOT GOING AWAY--
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU AND YOUR
COLLEAGUES IN CONGRESS SHOULD DO
NEXT?
WHAT IS THE NEXT BIT OF
LEGISLATION?
>> ALL RIGHT, THIS IS WHAT I
THINK.
I THINK FROM THE HEALTH CARE
PERSPECTIVE, WE NEED TO FORCE
THE PRESIDENT TO USE THE DEFENSE
PRODUCTION ACT TO PRODUCE
EVERYTHING THAT OUR DOCTORS, OUR
NURSES, OUR MEDICAL PERSONAL
NEED.
>> Stephen: CAN HE USE THAT TO
ACTUALLY STOP PRICE GOUGING?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE RIGHT NOW
THE STATES ARE COMPETING AGAINST
EACH OTHER FOR VENTILATORS, AND
THEN FEMA SWEEPSES IN AND THEY
TRY TO-- THEY RAISE THE PRICE BY
BIDDING AND OTHER COUNTRIES BID.
CAN THERE BE A SET, FAIR PRICE?
>> ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY THEY
CAN.
AND THIS IS AN EMERGENCY.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED DURING
WORLD WAR II, YOU KNOW, FORD AND
GENERAL MOTORS STOPPED MAKING
CARS AND THEY STARTED MAKING
TANKS.
RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE NEED IS TO
MAKE THE MASKS, TO MAKE THE
VENTILATORS, TO MAKE THE GOWNS,
TO MAKE ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT AND
PRODUCTS THAT OUR MEDICAL PEOPLE
NEED.
THAT IS NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO, I HAPPEN TO BELIEVE
THAT IN THE ECONOMIC CRISE,
WHERE WE'RE SEEING JUST IN THE
LAST TWO WEEKS, OFFICIALLY, 10
MILLION PEOPLE APPLIED FOR
UNEMPLOYMENT, BUT THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR JOBS I
BELIEVE IS A LOT HIGHER THAN
THAT, THAT THE EASIEST APPROACH,
THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE
APPROACH, IF YOU LIKE, IS SIMPLY
TO DO WHAT MANY EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES ARE DOING AND SAYING,
"YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THE
PAYCHECK THAT YOU GOT BEFORE YOU
WERE LAID OFF."
NOW, WE DID THAT WITHIN THE
AIRLINE INDUSTRY.
IN THAT LAST BILL, WE TOLD TWO
MILLION WORKERS IN THE AIRLINE
INDUSTRY-- AND THAT INDUSTRY,
OBVIOUSLY, HAS BEEN DECIMATED BY
THIS CRISE-- WE TOLD TWO MILLION
WORKERS, "YOU WILL CONTINUE TO
GET YOUR PAYCHECK FOR SIX MONTHS
IF THE CRISIS LASTS THAT LONG."
I THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT FOR
EVERY WORKER IN AMERICA.
AND I THINK THAT IS, FRANKLY,
THE EASIEST, LESS-BUREAUCRATIC
WAY TO GET MONEY OUT TO PEOPLE
TO EASE THE STRESS THAT SO MANY
PEOPLE ARE FEELING RIGHT NOW.
THERE ARE PEOPLE-- MILLIONS OF
FAMILIES IN AMERICA TODAY,
STEPHEN, THAT ARE WORRIED ABOUT
HOW THEY'RE GOING TO FEED THEIR
KIDS TOMORROW, HOW THEY'RE GOING
TO PAY THEIR RENT, HOW THEY'RE
GOING TO PAY THEIR MORTGAGE, HOW
THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP THEIR CAR.
AND I THINK IF WE CAN SAY TO
THOSE PEOPLE, "YOU'RE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO GET YOUR PAYCHECK,"
THAT WILL BE THE RIGHT THING TO
DO ECONOMICALLY, AND CERTAINLY
MAKE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS
BREATHE A CIPH RELIEF.
>> Stephen: NOW, YESTERDAY WAS
THE PRIMARY IN WISCONSIN, WHICH
WAS A COMPLETE MESS.
GIVEN WHAT WE SAW YESTERDAY, HOW
IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP THE
POLLING STATIONS OPEN WITHOUT
ENDANGERING THE POLL WORKERS,
HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE
A SMOOTH ELECTION IN NOVEMBER?
>>  WELL, WHAT I SAW YESTERDAY
IN WISCONSIN WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
IT WAS PROBABLY THE UGLIEST
THING THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN FROM
A POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE IN MY
LIFE.
BECAUSE WHAT THE WONDERFUL
PEOPLE OF WISCONSIN WERE FORCED
TO DO IS TO LITERALLY PUT THEIR
LIVES ON THE LINE, TO WAIT ON
LINE IN ORDER TO CAST A BALLOT.
AND I AM-- YOU KNOW, WHAT THE
REPUBLICANS DID, THE GOVERNOR
THERE TRIED TO DO THE RIGHT
THING, TRIED TO DLAIT ELECTION,
REPUBLICANS, FOR THEIR OWN-- I
GUESS THEIR OWN PERCEIVED
POLITICAL GAINS-- FORCED THAT
ELECTION TO GO FORWARD.
AND THEY GOT A RIGHT-WING
SUPREME COURT THERE THAT OKAYED
WHAT THEY DID.
SO I THINKUE KNOW, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THE WORLD IS GOING TO LOOK
LIKE IN NOVEMBER.
NOBODY DOES.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT I AND
MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES ARE
WORKING AS HARD AS WE CAN TO
COME UP WITH THE MONEY AND THE
LAW TO MAKE SURE THAT IN
NOVEMBER, IF IT IS NECESSARY,
THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN
VOTE BY PAPER BALLOT.
AND I WILL TELL YOU-- AND IT
DOESN'T GIVE ME ANY PLEASURE TO
TELL YOU THIS.
YOU WOULD THINK THAT'S KIND OF A
NO-BRAINER.
YEAH, OF COURSE YOU DON'T WANT
PEOPLE TO PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE
LINE TO HAVE TO GO OUT AND VOTE
IN PERSON.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE
IS STRONG RESISTANCE COMING FROM
REPUBLICANS.
AND YOU KNOW WHY THAT RESISTANCE
IS COMING?
THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THROUGH
PAPER BALLOTS, THERE WILL BE A
LARGE VOTER TURNOUT, AND THEY
DON'T LIKE LARGE VOTER TURNOUT.
THEY WANT A SMALLER VOTER
TURNOUT, BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE
THEIR PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO
VOTE THAN LOWER INCOME PEOPLE OR
YOUNG PEOPLE WHO MIGHT TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE PAPER BALLOT.
AND I THINK THAT'S PRETTY
PATHETIC, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
I WOULD HOPE NO MATTER WHAT YOUR
POLITICAL VIEW IS YOU DO
EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO MAKE SURE
THAT AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE
PARTICIPATE IN OUR DEMOCRACY.
>> Stephen: WELL, SENATOR,
LAST QUESTION BEFORE I LET YOU
GO, BEFORE YOU MADE THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT, DID ANYONE NOTIFY
LARRY DAVID?
 (  LAUGHTER  )
>> YOU THINK HE'S PRETTY UPSET
THAT HE'S GOING TO LOSE HIS
FOUR-YEAR GIG THERE?
I DON'T KNOW.
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW.
>> NO.
ACTUALLY, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU,
I JUST TOLD-- JANE AND I JUST
TOLD OUR KIDS THIS MORNING.
SO...
>> Stephen: OKAY.
WELL, LARRY, THIS IS YOUR
NOTICE.
SENATOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE.
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR WORK IN THE
SENATE, IN KEEPING THE TORCH
ALIVE AND HOLDING IT HIGH.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING
US THE HONOR OF THE FIRST
INTERVIEW AFTER YOUR
ANNOUNCEMENT.
STAY SAFE.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AS
WELL.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU, SIR.
SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS,
EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
