>>> WHAT BEGAN LAST WEEK IN IOWA WHEN VOTERS HERE IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE CONFIRMED TONIGHT IS
NOTHING SHORT OF THE BEGINNING
OF A POLITICAL REVOLUTION.
>> WELCOME BACK.
THAT WAS EXACTLY FOUR YEARS AGO
TO THE DAY IF YOU SAW THE LITTLE
DATE STAMP UP THERE AFTER BERNIE
SANDERS DEFEATED HILLARY CLINTON
BY A WHOPPING 22 POINTS IN THE
2016 NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY.
THERE WENDTARENT GOING TO BE AN
22-POINT WINS THIS YEAR AS ITS
BECOME A TOSS-UP BETWEEN
SANDERS, BUTTIGIEG AND PERHAPS
EVEN MORE IN THIS FIELD.
SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS JOINS ME
NOW.
NOW.
WELCOME BACK TO "MEET THE PRESS," SIR. TO "MEET THE
PRESS," SIR.
>> GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. >> I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT IOWA AND 16 A LITTLE BIT.
YOU ARE A BELIEVER THAT YOUR
CANDIDACY IS ABOUT TURNING
PEOPLE OUT.
PEOPLE OUT.
AT THE END OF THE DAY TURNOUT
WAS DISAPPOINTING, YOU ADMITTED
THAT IN IOWA. WE DONT SEE RECORD-BREAKING
TURNOUT HERE, DOES THIS
UNDERMINE SORT OF THE BIGGEST
POINT YOU MAKE ON ELECTABILITY,
WHICH IS NOBODY ELSE CAN BRING
OUT THE YOUNG VOTE BUT YOU.
BUT IF YOU CANT GET OTHER
VOTERS, ISNT THAT AN ISSUE?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOURE
RIGHT.
RIGHT.
THE VOTER TURNOUT IN IOWA WAS
NOT WHAT I WANTED.
I THINK OTHER CANDIDATES WERE
NOT ABLE TO BRING OUT THEIR
VOTERS AS WELL.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE
WON THE IOWA VOTE BY 6,000. WE WON THE REALIGNMENT VOTE BY
2,500.
2,500. WHERE I COME FROM, THATS A
VICTORY.
VICTORY.
HERES SOMETHING NOT TALKED
ABOUT A WHOLE LOT.
THE YOUNG VOTE OF PEOPLE UNDER 29 YEARS OF AGE INCREASED BY 33%
OVER WHERE IT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO
AND WAS EVEN HIGHER THAN OBAMAS
EXTRAORDINARY VICTORY IN 2008.
SO YOUNG PEOPLE DID COME OUT IN
VERY BIG NUMBERS, WHICH I THINK
IS A GREAT OMEN FOR THE 2020
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN.
>> EXCEPT YOU CANT WIN VOTERS
OUTSIDE OF THAT VERY WELL.
YOU WERE IN SINGLE DIGITS AMONG OLDER VOTERS.INGLE DIGITS AMONG
OLDER VOTERS. I SAY THIS BECAUSE OLDER VOTERS
VOTE.
VOTE.
>> THE ANSWER IS YES AND NO.
THE ANSWER IS WE ARE HAVING --
WE HAVE GOT TO WORK ON THIS
ISSUE BECAUSE MY RECORD FOR
SENIOR CITIZENS IS A VERY STRONG RECORD AND WERE GOING TO WORKONG
RECORD AND WERE GOING TO WORK ON THAT.
ON THAT.
IM THE STRONGEST DEFENDER YOU CAN SEE IN DEFENDING SOCIALOU
CAN SEE IN DEFENDING SOCIAL SECURITY AND SO FORTH.
BUT IN TERMS OF DEMOCRATS, IN
TERMS OF RUNNING AGAINST TRUMP,
WE DO JUST FINE WITH SENIOR
CITIZENS WHO WILL VOTE FOR ME
AGAINST TRUMP IF THEYRE
DEMOCRATS.
DEMOCRATS.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN RAILING IN THE DIFFERENT WAYS OTHER PEOPLE THE
DIFFERENT WAYS OTHER PEOPLE RAISE MONEY.
RAISE MONEY.
>> YES.
>> IF YOURE THE NOMINEE, MICHAEL BLOOMBERG HAS SAID IF
HES NOT THE NOMINEE, HE STILL
WANTS TO SPEND ALL HIS MONEY
DEFEATING DONALD TRUMP.
ARE YOU GOING TO REFUSE THAT
HELP?
HELP?
>> LETS TALK ABOUT MONEY AND
POLITICS.
RIGHT NOW OUR CAMPAIGN, AS YOU
KNOW AT THIS MOMENT, HAS
RECEIVED MORE CAMPAIGN
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM MORE
AMERICANS AVERAGING $18.50 THAN ANY CANDIDATE IN THE HISTORY OF
THE AMERICAN POLITICS.
THATS EXTRAORDINARY.
THATS EXTRAORDINARY. WE ARE FUNDED BY THE WORKING
FAMILIES OF AMERICA.
TEACHERS ARE THE PROFESSION THAT
IS CONTRIBUTING MOST.
WE HAD A LOT OF CONTRIBUTIONS
FROM AMAZON WORKERS AND SO
FORTH.
FORTH.
WE HAVE, UNLIKE MY OPPONENTS,
PETE BUTTIGIEG, WHO WAS JUST
HERE, REALLY NICE GUY, I LIKE
PETE.
HE HAS RECEIVED, I BELIEVE,
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OVER 40
BILLIONAIRES.
JOE BIDEN THE SAME.
>> CAN A BILLIONAIRE NOT HAVE AN
ISSUE ABOUT INCOME INEQUALITY? CAN A BILLIONAIRE NOT BE WANTING
TO SEE EXPANDED HEALTH CARE?
THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS TOO.
>> THEY ARE.
AND MIKE BLOOMBERG HAS EVERY
RIGHT IN THE WORLD TO RUN.
HE WAS MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY,
HE HAS A RIGHT TO DEFEND HIS
RECORD.
RECORD.
BUT I THINK IT SPEAKS TO A
CORRUPT POLITICAL SYSTEM WHEN
BILLIONAIRES CAN BUY ELECTIONS.
YOU WANTED TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT?
THATS FINE, BUT YOU SHOULD NOT
BE ABLE TO SPEND HUNDREDS AND
HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
NOW, BY THE WAY, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BECAUSE OF THE BROADR
QUESTION, BECAUSE OF THE BROAD BASE OF SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE
FROM WORKING FAMILIES, NOW, THEY
MAY ONLY CONTRIBUTE $25 OR $50,
WE WILL BE ABLE TO RAISE THE
MONEY WE NEED TO DEFEAT TRUMP
AND I BELIEVE WE ARE THE
STRONGEST TO DEFEAT TRUMP.
>> DO YOU NOT WANT THIS HELP?
>> RIGHT NOW --
>> LOOK, YOU HAVE SOME -- YOU
HAVE PACS HELPING YOU.
THEYRE NOT NECESSARILY SUPER
PACS, BUT YOU HAVE SOME OUTSIDE
GROUPS HELPING YOU.
MAYBE YOU DONT WANT THEM TO
HELP.
HELP.
>> I DONT WANT THEM, THATS
RIGHT.
>> BUT THEY ARE.
THERES HALF A MILLION DOLLAR --
SOME WOULD CALL IT DARK MONEY.
>> SOME OF THEM ARE NURSES AND SOME ARE IMMIGRATION ACTIVISTS
AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT.
DO YOU NOT WANT THEIR HELP?
>> WE HAVE A SYSTEM WHICH IS
BROKEN.
BROKEN.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT. >> YEAH, IM SAYING RIGHT NOW IF
MY OPPONENTS SAY THEY DONT WANT
THAT THIRD-PARTY HELP, IM ALL
FOR THAT RIGHT NOW.
LETS END IT.
>> BUT RIGHT NOW YOULL ACCEPT
THE HELP.
THE HELP. >> PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE POLITICAL
PROCESS.
PROCESS.
BUT AGAIN GETTING BACK TO THE
FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE, THE REASON WE HAVE SO MUCH INCOME INEQUALITY,E
HAVE SO MUCH INCOME INEQUALITY, THE REASON WE ARE THE ONLY MAJOR
COUNTRY NOT TO GUARANTEE HEALTH
CARE TO ALL PEOPLE, THE REASON
ALMOST NEW INCOME AND WEALTH
GOES TO THE TOP 1% IS PRECISELY
BECAUSE OF THE CORRUPT POLITICAL
SYSTEM WHICH ALLOWS BILLIONAIRES
TO HAVE INORDINATE INFLUENCE
OVER THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL
LIFE OF THE COUNTRY.
>> THE OTHER ISSUE THAT HAS THE
DEMOCRAT ESTABLISHMENT --
>> DO YOU THINK THEYRE GETTING
NERVOUS?
NERVOUS?
>> THEY GET NERVOUS AND THERES
ONE WORD THAT GETS THEM NERVOUS,
SOCIALISM.
>> DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM. >> DEMOCRATIC SOCIAL ITCHISMSOCI
DO YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AN
ECONOMY THAT ON ITS SURFACE
LOOKS PRETTY GOOD TO QUITE A FEW
PEOPLE, THIS IS A FAIRLY LOW
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, DO YOU
ACKNOWLEDGE ITS TOUGHER TO SELL
YOUR ECONOMIC IDEAS IN THIS
PERCEIVED GOOD ECONOMY?
>> I DONT THINK SO.
I THINK TRUCHMP IS A FRAUD. I THINK UNDER TRUMP THE TOP 1%,
IVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS INCREASE IN THEIR
WEALTH.
WEALTH.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT REAL INFLATION
ACCOUNTED FOR INCREASE IN WAGES WAS LAST YEAR FOR THE AVERAGEES
WAS LAST YEAR FOR THE AVERAGE WORKER?
WORKER?
LESS THAN 1%.
>> ITS THE FIRST TIME IT HAD GONE UP IN A WHILE.ME IT HAD
GONE UP IN A WHILE. >> 17 CENTS AN HOUR.
>> HASNT BEEN GOING UP FOR --
>> BUT HOW DO YOU TALK ABOUT AN
ECONOMY THATS WORKING WHEN THE
PEOPLE ON TOP ARE MAKING
HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
MORE AND THE AVERAGE WORKER IS
MAKING 17 CENTS.
WE NEED -- WE NEED AN ECONOMY
THAT WORKS FOR WORKING PEOPLE.
AND MY AGENDA IS THAT AGENDA.
THATS RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE,
THATS HEALTH CARE FOR WALL,
THATS MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF
OUR KIDS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR
INCOME, CAN GET TO COLLEGE OR
TRADE SCHOOL BY IMPOSING A
MODEST TAX ON WALL STREET
SPECULATION.
SPECULATION.
>> SOMEONE THAT LIKES THEIR
401(k) BUT DOESNT LIKE THE
CHARACTER OF DONALD TRUMP, HOW
DO YOU CONVINCE THEM TO VOTE FOR
YOU?
>> I CONVINCE THEM TO VOTE FOR
US BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO
CREATE AN ECONOMY THAT WORKS FOR
THE MIDDLE CLASS --
>> BUT THEY THINK THEIR ECONOMY
WORKS WELL FOR THEM.
>> FOR SOME OF THEM IT MAY. BUT HERE IS THE REALITY.AY.
BUT HERE IS THE REALITY. HALF OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK.
TODAY YOUVE GOT HALF A MILLION
PEOPLE SLEEPING OUT ON THE
STREETS, WHEN YOUVE GOT THREE
PEOPLE OWNING MORE WORTH THAN
THE BOTTOM HALF OF AMERICA.
THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD,
MAJOR COUNTRY IN THE WORLD NOT
TO GUARANTEE HEALTH CARE TO ALL
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
WEVE GOT 45 MILLION PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH STUDENT DEBT.
PLEASE DONT TELL ME THAT THIS
ECONOMY IS WORKING WELL FOR ALL
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
IT IS WORKING PHENOMENALLY WELL FOR TRUMPS BILLIONAIRE FRIENDS,
NOT FOR WORKING PEOPLE.
>> THE REASON I BRING UP THE "S"
WORD.
WORD.
LETS TAKE THE SWING STATE OF
FLORIDA, I GREW UP IN MIAMI. THEYRE GOING TO TIE SOCIALISM
TO VENEZUELA, THEYRE GOING TO
TIE COMMENTS YOU MADE ABOUT
MORALES IN BOLIVIA, THEYRE
GOING TO SAY YOU WILL APPEASE
SOCIALISTS IN LATIN AMERICA.
YOU HAVE NOT CONDEMNED THEM THE
WAY OTHERS HAVE CONDEMNED THEM
AND USE THAT TO TRY TO WEDGE
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE
GOING TO DO.
>> LOOK, WERE DEALING WITH A
PRESIDENT WHO IS A PATHOLOGICAL LIAR.DENT WHO IS A PATHOLOGICAL
LIAR.
HES GOING TO SAY ANYTHING HE
WANTS ABOUT JOE BIDEN, ABOUT
PETE BUTTIGIEG. >> YOU STOOD BEHIND MORALES WHEN
IT CLEARLY --
>> I STOOD WITH EVO MORALES IN
CONDEMNING A COUP.
I DO NOT LIKE MILITARY COUPS.
>> HE TRIED TO VIOLATE HIS
COUNTRYS CONSTITUTION.
COUNTRYS CONSTITUTION. >> WELL, THATS ANOTHER
DISCUSSION.
DISCUSSION.
I DONT KNOW THAT EVERYBODY IS
INTERESTED IN ECUADOR BUT HE WAS
OVERTHROWN BY THE MILITARY.
NOT A PARTICULARLY GOOD
PRESIDENT.
WEVE GOT A PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES WHOS COZYING UP
TO THE AUTOCRAT PUTIN, WHO SAYS NICE THINGS ABOUT KIM JONG-UN.S
NICE THINGS ABOUT KIM JONG-UN. SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT
COZYING UP TO COMMUNISTS AROUND
THE WORLD AND ME, IT IS DONALD
TRUMP.
TRUMP.
>> LET ME ASK YOU A FEW QUOTES
FROM SOME MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR ELGBTEE CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR
ELGBTE ELECTABILITY
ELECTABILITY ELECTABILITY.
ELECTABILITY. IF BERNIE SANDERS IS OUR NOMINEE
IT WILL MAKE A LOT OF THOSE
TRUMP DISTRICTS WE PICKED UP
COMPETITIVE.
COMPETITIVE.
CONNOR LAMB, I DONT THINK ID
BE DOING MY JOB AS A REPRESENTATIVE TO THESE PEOPLE
IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA IF I
SUPPORTED SOMEONE WHO WANTED TO
DESTROY THEIR LIVELIHOOD.
SPECIFICALLY HES TALKING ABOUT
FRACKING.
FRACKING.
WHETHER FAIR OR NOT, THIS IS THE
CONCERN OUT THERE THE AMONG A
LOT OF ELECTED DEMOCRATS.
>> THIS IS PART OF THE
ESTABLISHMENT DEMOCRATS.
WHAT I AM SUGGESTING THAT IS WE
ARE GOING TO BRING -- IN 2016,
AND WELL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN
2020, BUT I THINK THE STORY WILL
BE THE SAME.
IN A LOT OF DISTRICTS WHICH
TRUMP ENDED UP WINNING, WE WON DURING THE PRIMARY PROCESS.WON
DURING THE PRIMARY PROCESS. I THINK A LOT OF WORKING PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND THAT TRUMP IS A
FRAUD, THAT OUR CAMPAIGN IS IN
FACT PREPARED TO TAKE ON THE
BILLIONAIRE CLASS WHEN TRUMP IS
PART OF THE BILLIONAIRE CLASS.
I THINK WELL WIN A LOT OF THOSE
DISTRICTS.
DISTRICTS.
I THINK WERE GOING TO INCREASE VOTER TURNOUT AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE
VERY, VERY SUBSTANTIALLY.
>> WILL IT HURT YOUR CANDIDACY
IF THESE CANDIDATES SAY I DONT
SUPPORT HIS AGENDA --
>> I THINK AT THE END OF THE
DAY, AND I HAVE SAID THIS AND
REPEAT IT RIGHT NOW.
I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR ALL OF
THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES AND
THAT IS WE WILL COME TOGETHER TO
DEFEAT DONALD TRUMP.
I AM I AM THE NOMINEE.
I WILL COME BEHIND SOMEBODY ELSE
IF THEY ARE THE NOMINEE.
>> IN SEPTEMBER OF 2019 BEFORE
YOUR HEART INCIDENT, YOU HAD
SAID THE FOLLOWING ABOUT YOUR
MEDICAL RECORDS.
MEDICAL RECORDS. TAKE A LISTEN.
>> I THINK ITS THE RIGHT THING
TO DO.
TO DO.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT
TO KNOW WHETHER THE PERSON THEYRE GOING TO BE VOTING FOR
FOR PRESIDENT IS HEALTHY.
WE WILL CERTAINLY RELEASE OUR
MEDICAL RECORDS BEFORE THE
PRIMARY.
PRIMARY. CERTAINLY BEFORE THE FIRST VOTES
ARE CAST.
ARE CAST. >> THE FIRST VOTES HAVE ALREADY
BEEN CAST.
BEEN CAST.
YOU DID NOT RELEASE YOUR MEDICAL
RECORDS.
YOU RELEASED A FEW LETTERS.
NOBODY INTERVIEWED YOUR DOCTORS. YOU DID HAVE A HEART ATTACKTORS.
YOU DID HAVE A HEART ATTACK APPARENTLY.
APPARENTLY.
SHOULDNT VOTERS SEE YOUR
MEDICAL RECORDS?
>> WE HAVE RELEASED AS MUCH DOCUMENTATION I THINK AS ANY
OTHER CANDIDATE.
OTHER CANDIDATE. >> BUT NO OTHER CANDIDATE HAS
HAD A HEART ATTACK.
>> NO OTHER CANDIDATE IS DOING
FOUR OR FIVE EVENTS A DAY
RUNNING ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY.
>> THERES NO DOUBT YOUVE
PROVEN YOUR METTLE HERE BUT
YOUVE HEARD VOTERS CONCERNED
ABOUT YOU.
ABOUT YOU. >> YOU CAN START RELEASING
MEDICAL RECORDS AND IT NEVER
ENDS.
ENDS.
WE HAVE RELEASED THE SUBSTANTIVE
PART OF OUR MEDICAL RECORDS. WE HAVE DOCTORS AND RECORDS.
WE HAVE DOCTORS AND CARDIOLOGISTS WHO HAVE CONFIRMED
I AM IN GOOD HEALTH.
I AM IN GOOD HEALTH.
>> WHAT CHANGES DID THE DOCTORS
ASK YOU TO MAKE THAT YOUVE
MADE?
MADE?
>> IM TRYING TO WALK A LITTLE
BIT MORE BUT THE SCHEDULE
DOESNT ALLOW ME.
TRYING TO SLEEP A LITTLE BIT
BETTER.
SOMETIMES THATS HARD.
IM FEELING GREAT, THANKS.
>> MY GUESS IS WINNING WILL HELP
YOU SLEEP BETTER?
>> WINNING WILL MAKE ME SLEEP A
LOT BETTER AND I THINK WERE