>>> IF YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT ME, YOU HEARD THAT THERE’S AN
ASIAN MAN RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT
WHO WANTS TO GIVE EVERYONE
$1,000 A MONTH.
>> THE 2020 CANDIDATE ANDREW
YANG DESCRIBING HIS PLATFORM
THERE.
THERE. HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO SHOW
UP AT THE DEBATES THAT A LOT OF
VOTERS IS PROBABLY HADN’T HEARD
OF.
OF. TODAY THERE ARE SIGN VOTERS WILL
HEAR OF HIM AT FUTURE DEBATES.
THE DNC, HERE ARE THE TRACK ON
TRACK TO CLEAR THE 2% POLLING
REQUIREMENT FOR THOSE DEBATES,
CURRENTLY JUST SEVEN CANDIDATES.
AS YOU SEE, YANG IS ACTUALLY ONE
OF THEM.
OF THEM. UNDERESTIMATE HIS LONGEVITY AT
YOUR OWN PARTIAL, CANDIDATE
ANDREW YANG JOINS ME FOR HIS
FIRST INTERVIEW ON THE BEAT."
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> WHAT DOES IT MEAN YOU GET
BACK OUT ON STAGE AND WHAT IS
YOUR MESSAGE DIFFERENT FROM THE
OTHER DEMOCRATS.
OTHER DEMOCRATS. >> IT SHOWS OUR MESSAGE IS
HITTING HOME.
HITTING HOME. WE HAVE TO BUILD AN ECONOMY THAT
WORKS FOR PEOPLE IN THE 21st
CENTURY.
CENTURY. THE FREEDOM DIVIDEND $1,000 A
MONTH WOULD BE A GAME-CHANGER
FOR FAMILIES AROUND THE COUNTRY.
WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
DEBATES IN JEWEL AND SEPTEMBER
AND OCTOBER AND THROUGH THE
FALL.
FALL. >> YOU BROCK THROUGH WITH SOME
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. YOU DIDN’T GET AS MUCH SPEAKING
TIME AS OTHERS.
LET’S LOOK AT AT YOU ON THAT DEB
STAGE.
STAGE. >> YOU HAVE COMPANIES LIKE
AMAZON, TRILLION TECH COMPANIES
PAYING LITERALLY ZERO IN TAXES
WHILE THEY’RE CLOSING 30% OF OUR
STORES.
STORES. IF WE HAD A VALUE ADD TAX EVEN
HALF THE EUROPEAN LEVEL IT WOULD
GENERATE OVER $800 BILLION.
IT WOULD BE THE TRICKLE UP
ECONOMY.
ECONOMY. THAT’S WHY DONALD TRUMP IS OUR
PRESIDENT TODAY THAT WE
AUTOMATED AWAY FOUR MILLION
MANUFACTURING JOBS IN MICHIGAN,
PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO AND MICHIGAN.
>> IS YOUR FOCUS ON BRINGING
BACK THE JOBS OR JUST GIVING OUT
MONEY?
MONEY? >> WE HAVE TO FACE FACTS.
WE GOT RID OF THESE MILLIONS OF
MANUFACTURING JOBS AND
RETRAINING PROGRAMS WERE A BUST.
HAD SUCCESS RATES OF ONLY 0 TO
15%.
15%. HOW DO WE HELP THOSE WORKERS AND
ALSO THE WORKERS WHO ARE DRIVING
TRUCKS FOR A LIVING AND WORKING
IN RETAIL CENTERS AND CALL
CENTERS THAT ARE GOING TO CLOSE.
HOW DO WE CREATE A PATH FORWARD
FOR THESE MILLIONS OF AMERICAN
WORKERS?
WORKERS? MY PLAN TO FREEDOM DIVIDEND
WOULD PUT BUYING POWER INTO
THEIR HANDS AND CREATE PATHS
FORWARD.
FORWARD. IT WOULD ALSO CREATE OVER TWO
MILLION JOBS FROM HAVING MORE
BUYING POWER IN THEIR HANDS.
>> SO YOU’RE SAYING IT’S A
LIBERAL WAY TO PUT MONEY IN
THEIR HANDS, BUT IT’S ALSO A
STIMULUS THAT YOU STARTED
EXPERIMENTING WITH THIS SORT OF
DYI ECONOMIC POLICY WHERE YOU’RE
GIVING OUT THE MONEY AS AN
EXAMPLE TO SOME PEOPLE.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> I HAVE SOME TREMENDOUS NEWS
FOR YOU, MALLORY?
>> WHAT IS THAT?
>> YOU ARE THE WINNER.
YOU’RE GOING TO GET A THOUSAND
DOLLARS A MONTH.
>> IT IS A HUGE BLESSING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WAS PAYING BILLS AND WORKING
ON MY HOUSE.
SO A HUGE, HUGE BLESSING.
>> WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY IN
DOING THAT?
DOING THAT? AND WHAT DO YOU SAY TO CRITICS
WHO ARGUE WELL, OKAY, ANY
CANDIDATE WHO JUST GIVES OUT
MONEY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IS
GOING TO WIN SOME PLAUDITS.
>> THE GREAT THING IS YOU HAVE
TO MAKE A POLICY REAL FOR
AMERICANS.
AMERICANS. WE CAN TALK ABOUT GIVING
EVERYONE A THOUSAND DOLLARS A
MONTH.
MONTH. BUT THEN WHEN YOU SEE IT IN THE
HANDS OF MALLORY SHANNON OR THE
OTHER TWO FAMILIES I’VE DONE
THIS FOR IN OTHER PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY, THEN YOU REALIZE THAT A
THOUSAND DOLLARS IS GOING TO
HURT VIRTUALLY NO ONE.
IT’S GOING TO HELP VIRTUALLY
EVERYONE.
EVERYONE. >> I LOOK AT YOUR CAMPAIGN, AND
I SEE SOMETHING THAT’S REALLY
DIFFERENT THAN A LOT OF OTHER
CANDIDATES, AND YOU KNOW WE KEEP
IT REAL HERE ON "THE BEAT."
YOU KNOW WHAT’S DIFFERENT?
>> WHAT?
>> WHAT? >> A LOT OF YOUR IDEAS.
I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR CAMPAIGN
PLATFORM.
PLATFORM. TERM LIMITS, LOWER THE VOTING
AGE TO 16, PAY COLLEGE ATHLETES,
ELIMINATE THE PENNY.
DECRIMINALIZE OPIOIDS, MOVE
TOWARD SELF-DRIVING CARS.
WHAT BRINGS THESE THINGS
TOGETHER IN YOUR VIEW, OR DO
THEY NOT NEED TO HAVE ONE
ORGANIZING PHILOSOPHY, AND ARE
THESE THINGS YOU REALLY WOULD
IMPLEMENT AS PRESIDENT, OR ARE
YOU SIMPLY TRYING TO DRIVE THE
CONVERSATION OUT TO THINGS WE
DON’T PAY AS MUCH ATTENTION TO?
>> AS YOU SUGGESTED, I’M STILL
INTRODUCING MYSELF TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AMERICAN PEOPLE. I THINK THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY
TO INTRODUCE MYSELF IS TO GIVE
PEOPLE A SENSE OF WHAT I WOULD
DO AS PRESIDENT.
THERE ARE PROBLEMS AFFECTING
AMERICANS IN WAYS BIG AND SMALL.
AND IF WE HAVE A SOLUTION THAT
WE THINK WILL HELP, LIKE
DECRIMINALIZING OPIOIDS TO TRY
TO GET MORE AMERICANS ACCESS TO
TREATMENT INSTEAD OF SENDING
THEM TO PRISON CELLS, THEN I WAS
VERY EAGER TO PUT FORWARD MY
VERSION FOR THE COUNTRY.
I’M GLAD TO SAY IT’S CATCHING
ON.
ON. >> ALSO, THE PENNY IS ANNOYING.
>> WE SPEND MORE THAN A PENNY
PRODUCING EACH PENNY, AND WHO
WANTS TO GET BEHIND THAT PERSON
IN LINE?
IN LINE? NOT ME.
NOT ME. >> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ABOUT THE
GOVERNMENT THAT WE’RE SPENDING
MORE ON PENNIES THAT PENNIES ARE
WORTH.
WORTH. WILL YOU DO A LIGHTNING ROUND
WITH US?
WITH US? >> OF COURSE.
LET’S HIT IT.
>> LIGHTNING ROUND.
DREAM RUNNING MATE, LIVING OR
DEAD?
DEAD? >> SO THE FIRST THING THAT CAME
TO MIND WAS DEAD.
>> SURE.
>> SURE. >> WHICH IS PROBABLY NOT THE WAY
THE ANSWER IS SUPPOSED TO DO.
BUT MY POLITICAL IDOL IS TEDDY
ROOSEVELT.
ROOSEVELT. >> YOU KNOW THAT’S ELIZABETH
WARREN’S RUNNING MATE ANSWER
HERE TOO?
HERE TOO? >> SO I’M ACTUALLY TEDDY
ROOSEVELT’S GREAT
ROOSEVELT’S GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER’S GODFATHER, IF
YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT.
>> THAT’S TENUOUS.
>> I KNOW.
IT’S VERY TENUOUS.
>> THAT’S MY DOGWALKER HAD A
GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH SUSAN B.
ANTHONY.
ANTHONY. YOU’RE REACHING, AREN’T YOU?
>> A LITTLE BIT.
SURE.
SURE. >> FAVORITE BAND.
>> THE CURE.
>> FAVORITE SONG TO WORK OUT TO?
>> I TEND TO LISTEN TO HIP-HOP
AND RAP.
AND RAP. SO SOMETHING BY JAY-Z WHEN I
WORK OUT.
WORK OUT. IT GETS MY BLOOD PUMPING.
>> RECENT JAY-Z LIKE 444 OR
CLASSIC?
CLASSIC? >> KIND OF OLD SCHOOL LIKE EARLY
2000s, BEFORE HE HAD KIDS.
>> WE HAPPEN TO KNOW YOU HAVE
THIS WHOLE THING FOR HOLOGRAMS.
WE PUT ONE UP.
YOU’RE INTO THE TECH.
THAT’S NOT A PERSON NEXT TO YOU,
THAT’S A HOLOGRAM OF THE LATE
GREAT TUPAC SHAKUR.
WHY DO YOU LIKE HOLOGRAMS SO
MUCH?
MUCH? >> WE ARE LOOK AGENT USING IT IN
PARTS OF THE CAMPAIGN I CAN’T
GET TO EASILY.
WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A FUN WAY
TO INTRODUCE PEOPLE TO A
DIFFERENT SORT OF TECHNOLOGY
THAT THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN
EXPOSED.
EXPOSED. TO BUT ALSO, I CAN BE TWO,
THREE, FOUR PLACES AT ONCE.
IT SEEMED VERY ON THEME FOR THE
CAMPAIGN TO SHOW THAT IN 2019 WE
CAN DO THINGS DIFFERENT WLARKS
THE YANG GANG?
>> THE YANG GANG IS A NICKNAME
THAT MY SUPPORTERS HAVE EARNED
OVER THE PAST NUMBER OF MONTHS.
BUT I’M HAPPY TO SAY WE’VE
GOTTEN OVER 136,000 DONORS IN
THE YANG GANG.
SO THAT’S ONE OF THE REASONS I’M
ON TRACK TO MAKE THE FALL
DEBATES.
DEBATES. >> IS IT COOLER TO SAY GANG GANG
OR YANG GANG?
>> I SAY TO PEOPLE I’M VERY
FORTUNATE THAT I HAVE A LAST
NAME THAT RHYMES WITH GANG,
BECAUSE IF I DIDN’T, I HAVE NO
IDEA WHAT WE’D BE CALLED.
>> SOMETIMES THE RHYMES MAKE
THEMSELVES.
THEMSELVES. AND THAT’S TRUE IN MUSIC, AND IF
I MAY, THAT’S TRUE FOR NERDS AS
WELL.
WELL. >> I’LL TAKE IT, VERY GLADLY.
>> I GAVE IT TONIGHT.
I HAVE IT.