♪ >> 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,