MY FIRST GUEST IS A FORMER
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, CURRENT
U.S. SENATOR FROM VERMONT, AND
MAYBE FUTURE PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE.
PLEASE WELCOME, SENATOR BERNIE
SANDERS!
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>> THANK YOU.
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>> THANK YOU!
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>> Stephen: YOU MUST GET THAT
WHEN YOU ORDER A SANDWICH IN
MANHATTAN NOW.
SO NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> AND BY THE WAY,
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE "WHERE WE
GO FROM HERE," AND HELPING THE
HURRICANE.
>> Stephen: OH, I'M SO GLAD
THESE PEOPLE OUT HERE DID IT.
THEY BOUGHT THE "WHERE WE GO
FROM HERE."
AND WE WANT TO HELP THE PEOPLE
FROM THE CAROLINAS, FLORIDA, AND
GEORGIA RECOVERING FROM THE
HURRICANES.
I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE THE
MIDTERMS HOW ARE YOU FEELING
ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS THIS TIME
AROUND?
>> A LOT BEFORE THE MIDTERMS.
DEMOCRATS WON 40 SEATS, NOW
CONTROL THE HOUSE, WON SEVERAL
GOVERNORS SEATS AND SEVERAL
HUNDRED SEATS IN STATE
LEGISLATORS ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY.
SO TRUMP SAID THIS ELECTION WAS
ABOUT HIM, IT WAS, HE LOST.
THAT'S A GOOD THING.
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>> Stephen: BY A BIG MARGE, --
BY A BIG MARGIN, TOO.
EVIDENTLY, IT'S THE LARGEST
ACTUAL VOTE TOTAL MARGIN EVER IN
MIDTERMS AND AT 8.6% IS THE
LARGEST PERCENTAGE WIN IN 3 # 3 
IN 32 YEARS.
>> AND THE POINT YOU'RE MAKING
IS THE RESULTS WOULD HAVE BEEN
BETTER IF WE HADN'T HAD THE
GERRYMANDERING AND VOTER
SUPPRESSION TO TRY TO MAKE IT
HARDER IN OUR DEMOCRACY FOR
PEOPLE TO VOTE WHICH IS AN
OUTRAGE, WHICH WE HAVE GOT TO
DEAL WITH IMMEDIATELY.
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>> Stephen: YOU'VE GOT
NORTH CAROLINA'S NINTH DISTRICT
DOWN THERE WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE
THE REPUBLICANS MAY HAVE GOTTEN
PEOPLE TO TAKE ABSENTEE BALLOTS
WITHOUT TAKING THEM IN IN
NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO
TALK ABOUT VOTER FRAUD ALL THE
TIME.
>> Stephen: AND WISCONSIN AND
MICHIGAN WHERE THE REPUBLICAN
REPRESENTATIVES IN THE STATE
LEGISLATURE THERE ARE TRYING TO
STRIP THE GOVERNOR AND ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF ANY POWER, EVEN
THOUGH THE PEOPLE HAVE VOTED FOR
A CHANGE OF ADMINISTRATION
THERE.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: SO WHAT CAN BE
DONE TO AFFECT THE CHANGE THAT
PEOPLE CLEARLY VOTED FOR THIS
TIME?
>> WELL, I'LL TELL YOU, I THINK
IN THE CONGRESS WE'VE GOT TO DO
TWO THINGS -- NUMBER ONE, TRUMP
HAS GOT TO UNDERSTAND THAT HE'S
GOING TO OBEY THE LAW.
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>> Stephen: I'M NOT SURE --
THAT'S PRETTY RADICAL.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A HIGH BAR.
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>> THAT MEANS THE DEMOCRATS IN
THE HOUSE, I KNOW, WILL START
HOLDING HIM ACCOUNTABLE.
I MEAN QUESTIONS LIKE MAKING
CONCERN THAT THE MUELLER
INVESTIGATION IS NOT INTERFERED
WITH, THAT MUELLER IS ALLOWED TO
DO HIS WORK.
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ASKING INTERESTING QUESTIONS AS
TO WHETHER TRUMP'S AFFINITY FOR
DICTATORS ALL OVER THE WORLD IS
BASED NOT JUST ON HIS
AUTHORITARIAN TENDENCIES BUT
MAYBE FINANCIAL INTERESTS IN
RUSSIA AND SAUDI ARABIA.
>> Stephen: CAN THE HOUSE GET
HIS TAX RETURNS?
>> YES.
WELL, THAT'S IN --
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BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, IN MY
VIEW, AND I SPEAK ONLY FOR
MYSELF, THERE ARE MANY MILLIONS
OF PEOPLE FROM ONE END OF THIS
COUNTRY TO THEOUT WHO ARE ARE
HURTING ECONOMICALLY.
WE HAVE 30 MILLION PEOPLE WITH
NO HEALTH INSURANCE, PEOPLE
CANNOT AFFORD THE OUTRAGEOUS
COST OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS,
YOUNG PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD TO GO
TO COLLEGE, THEY'RE LEAVING
SCHOOL DEEPLY IN DEBT.
WE HAVE PEOPLE WORKING TWO OR
THREE JOBS, TRYING TO TAKE CARE
OF THEIR FAMILIES, AND WE HAVE,
AS RECENT REPORTS INDICATE IN
THE TERRIBLE DISASTERS WE SAW IN
CALIFORNIA, WE KNOW THAT CLIMATE
CHANGE NOT ONLY IS REAL, BUT
WHAT THE SCIENTISTS TELL US, WE
HAVE A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME --
THEY TALK ABOUT A DOZEN YEARS --
TO TRANSFORM OUR ENERGY SYSTEM
AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUEL TO
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY
EFFICIENCY.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE GOT TO DO.
AND WHAT I HOPE IS THAT THE
DEMOCRATS BECOME AGGRESSIVE IN
DEVELOPING AN AGENDA WHICH TAKES
ON THE BILLIONAIRE CLASS, TAKES
ON CORPORATE AMERICA, AND
CREATES A GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS
FOR ALL OF US AND NOT JUST A
FEW.
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>> Stephen: WELL, YEARS AGO,
YOU TALKED ABOUT MEDICARE FOR
ALL, AND NOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
TALKING ABOUT MEDICARE FOR ALL.
WHAT PROPOSALS DO YOU HAVE NOW
THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SAY,
OH, THAT'S CRAZY BERNIE, BUT
FIVE YEARS FROM NOW THEY WILL
SAY, OH, WE SHOULD HAVE DONE
THAT.
>> STEPHEN, THE POINT YOU'RE
MAKING -- I THINK YOU'RE
MAKING --
>> Stephen: I'LL LET YOU KNOW
IN A MOMENT WHEN YOU SAY IT
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>> THE MEDIA TELLS US ALL HOW
DIVIDED WE ARE AND I GO THROUGH
THIS IN H THE "WHERE WE GO FROM
HERE."
>> Stephen: THEBOOK IS WHERE
DO WE GO FROM HERE.
>> A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN WE SAID
HEALTHCARE IS A RIGHT NOT A
PRIVILEGE AND WE SHOULD CREATE A
MEDICARE FOR ALL SINGLE PAYER
SYSTEM, I WAS SOLD, I'M CRAZY,
I'M A FRINGE GUY.
70% IN THE POLLS I'VE SEEN NOW
SUPPORT MEDICARE FOR ALL,
RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE TO
$15 AN HOUR, WIDELY SUPPORTED.
REBUILDING OUR CRUMBLING
INFRASTRUCTURE, ROADS AND
BRIDGES, PUTTING MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE BACK TO WORK, WIDELY
SUPPORTED.
TRANSFORMING OUR ENERGY SYSTEM,
DEALING WITH THE BROKEN CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM, IMMIGRATION
REFORM, COMPREHENSIVE
IMMIGRATION REFORM, MAKING SURE
THAT WE PROTECT A WOMAN'S RIGHT
TO CHOOSE!
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>> Stephen: THE DEMOCRATS IN
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY
PASS LEGISLATION THAT HAS TO DO
WITH SOME OF THE THINGS YOU
NAMED OR ALL OF THOSE THINGS,
BUT MITCH McCONNELL IS STILL
IN CONTROL OF THE SENATE.
>> YES, BUT HERE'S THE
DIFFERENCE, AND IT'S A PROFOUND
DIFFERENCE, STEPHEN, I DON'T
KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE GET
IT, RIGHT NOW THE REPUBLICANS IN
THE HOUSE HAVE REALLY NOTHING TO
SAY TO ORDINARY WORKING PEOPLE
EXCEPT MAYBE TRYING TO THROW
32 MILLION OF THEM OFF THE
HEALTH INSURANCE THEY HAVE OR
GIVING TAX BREAKS TO
BILLIONAIRES.
SO WE'RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING
FROM THE HOUSE THAT'S
MEANINGFUL.
THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE.
AND IT IS ONE THING FOR A
REPUBLICAN IN THE SENATE TO DO
NOTHING -- YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH
THAT -- IT'S ANOTHER THING TO
HAVE TO VOTE AGAINST PROVIDING
HEALTHCARE TO ALL, LOWERING THE
COST OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS,
MAKING SURE OUR KIDS DO NOT
LEAVE SCHOOL DEEPLY IN DEBT,
DEALING WITH CRIMINAL JUSTICE,
THAT IS THE PROFOUND DIFFERENCE.
>> Stephen: BUT DO THEY HAVE
TO VOTE, OR CAN MITCH
McCONNELL SAY I'M NOT GOING TO
BRING IT TO A VOTE?
>> LOOK, THERE WILL BE ENORMOUS
PRESSURE, IF THE DEMOCRATS, FOR
EXAMPLE, MOVE US IN THE
DIRECTION OF MEDICARE FOR ALL
AND MITCH McCONNELL CHOOSES
NOT TO DO ANYTHING, THERE WILL
BE ENORMOUS PRESSURE ALL OVER
THIS COUNTRY ON REPUBLICAN
SENATORS, DO THE RIGHT THING, DO
WHAT THE HOUSE DID.
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>> Stephen: SEEMS LIKE EVERY
DAY THERE'S A NEW CLIMATE
REPORT.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: AND EACH ONE GETS
MORE DIRE THAN THE LAST.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: COULD YOU TALK
ABOUT THAT IN HERE?
WHAT CAN BE DONE TO KEEP THAT
STORY ON THE FRONT PAGE, TO GET
PEOPLE TO PAY ATTENTION?
BECAUSE IT IS A LOOMING CRISIS
THAT DOESN'T GET TALKED ABOUT
ENOUGH.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT, AND ONE
OF THE PROBLEMS IS -- LET ME BE
VERY HONEST -- YOU KNOW,
WHENEVER WE TURN ON THE
TELEVISION, ALL THESE ADS FROM
THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY --
>> Stephen: CNN ISN'T TALKING
ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING BECAUSE
EXXON IS PAYING TO KEEP THE
LIGHTS ON.
>> I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE
REASONS, YEAH.
LET ME SAY THAT, I DO THINK IT
IS, BUT IT'S VERY CLEAR, LOOK,
LET US UNDERSTAND WHAT THE
SCIENTISTS HAVE TOLD US.
WE HAD AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL
PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE, YOU
WIN, HUGE REPORT, AND THEN ONE
FROM 13 AGENCIES OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND THIS IS WHAT
THEY'RE SAYING.
THEY'RE SAYING IF WE DO NOT GET
OUR ACT TOGETHER IN 123 YEARS,
THAT THE DAMAGE DONE TO THIS
PLANET, THE PLANET AT THE WE ARE
GOING TO BE LEAVING OUR KIDS AND
GRANDCHILDREN WILL BE
IRREPARABLE.
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING IS THAT
TERRIBLE FIRE, THE WILDFIRES WE
SAW IN CALIFORNIA -- AND I
TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE
THERE, WHO THOUGHT THEY WERE
GOING TO DIE, CAME INTO MY
OFFICE, UNBELIEVABLE.
THE WOMAN DESCRIBED IT AS AN
APOCALYPSE.
SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO
DIE.
PITCH BLACK, CAN'T BREATHE,
SMOKE THERE, THOUGHT SHE WAS
GOING TO GET BURNED UP IN HER
CAR.
WHAT WE SAW IN CALIFORNIA WILL
BECOME NORMAL.
RISING SEA LEVELS, THAT MEANS
COASTAL CITIES WILL BE
UNDERWATER.
IT MEANS THE ACIDIFICATION OF
THE OCEAN.
IT MEANS DROUGHT, IF YOU'RE IN
THE MIDWEST AND GROWING SOYBEANS
AND CORN, IT'S GOING TO BE HARD
TORE DO THAT WHEN THE
TEMPERATURE IS HOTTER AND
HOTTER.
THAT'S THE BAD NEWS.
THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVE THE
TECHNOLOGY IN TERMS OF
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY LIKE SOLAR,
THERMAL, WIND, GEOTHERMAL.
WE KNOW HOW TO BUILD OUR HOMES
AND HAVE A NEW TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM, WE CAN LEAD THE WORLD TO
TRANSFORM OUR ENERGY SYSTEM.
BUT THIS GETS BACK TO CAMPAIGN
FINANCE.
WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE THE GUTS TO
TAKE ON THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY
THAT HAS SPENT HUNDREDS AND
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
IN LOBBYING AND CAMPAIGN
CONTRIBUTIONS.
>> Stephen: THOSE GUYS DON'T
MESS AROUND.
>> THEY DO NOT MESS AROUND.
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE WHEN YOU
THINK ABOUT IT HOW SICK IT IS
THAT THEY ARE MORE CONCERNED
ABOUT THEIR SHORT-TERM PROFITS
THAN THE FUTURE OF THIS PLANET.
WE'VE GOT TO STAND UP AND TELL
THEM THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE.
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>> Stephen: BUT WE HAVE TO
TAKE A BREAK.
DON'T GO AWAY, WE'LL BE BACK
WITH MORE SENATOR BERNIE
SANDERS!
