CONTINUING POSTDEBATE COVERAGE.
ANDREW YANG JOINED US AFTER THE DEBATE.
WE THOUGHT WE HAD A TREMENDOUS NIGHT.
WE HIT THE MAJOR THEMES OF THE CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS WE HAVE TO GET THE ECONOMY WORKING FO US, OUR FAMILIES.
IT IS NOT WORKING FOR TOO MANY PEOPLE IN NE HAMPSHIRE.
YOU HAVE CORPORATE PROFITS HITTING RECORD HIGHS WHILE YOU ALSO HAVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE, SUICIDES, MENTAL ILLNESS, FINANCIAL INSECURITY, STUDENT LOAN DEBT ALSO HITTING RECORD
HIGHS.
WE ARE ACCEPTING A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT NOW THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE.
IF YOU LOOK UP AND SAY HEY, DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE AND DRUG OVERDOSES ARE AT RECORD HIGHS, THAT SHOULD BE UNACCEPTABLE IN THIS COUNTRY.
THAT’S WHERE WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY START DOING THE WORK.
JENNIFER: YOU HAVE MDE ORGANIZING A COMMUNITY AND GETTING A REBIRTH STARTED FROM THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL AND YOU HAD A CHANCE TO ARTICULATE THAT IN THE DEBATE TONIGHT.
IT IS AN APPEAL THAT HAS BEEN WIDESPREAD AMONG YOUNGER VOTERS.
HOW DO YOU BROADEN THAT OUT?
MR. YANG: I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE MESSAGE IS REACHING DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS, OLDER VOTERS PROGRESSIVELY.
PEOPLE KNOW THAT A LOT OF WHAT IS BEING SUGGESTED IS NOT WORKING FOR A LOT OF US AND THE BEST WAY THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY EMPOWER PEOPLE AND FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES IS BY TAKING THE
RESOURCES GETTING SUCKED OUT OF OUR TOWN’S AND BEING THE DESK BRINGING IT BACK T US, PUTTING IT -- OUT OF OUR TOWNS AND BRINGING IT BACK TO US.
OUR SCHEDULE IS SO JAMPACKED.
IF YOU GO T YAN2020.COM YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE HALF A DOZEN OR MORE TOWN HALLS UNTIL THE VOTING HAPPENS.
JENNIFER: SOME OF THE IMPRESSIONS YOU HAVE HAD OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTERS?
>> I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL IN THE STATE.
I GRADUATED FROM PHILLIPS EXETER IN 1992.
I CAME OF AGE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
IT FEELS VERY FAMILIAR.
THE PEOPLE ARE VERY INDEPENDENT-MINDED, SAVVY, TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO VET PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES SERIOUSLY.
I THINK WE WILL HAVE A TREMENDOUS NIGHT ON TUESDAY.
TOM: IS THIS ANYWAY TO PICK A PRESIDENT?
MR. YANG: WE WILL VOTE NEXT TUESDAY.
WE WILL ALSO KNOW THE VOTES NEXT TUESDAY SO THIS IS DEFINITELY A MUCH BETTER WAY TO PICK THE PRESIDENT THAN THE LAST 8.
TOM: IN IOWA, THEY PICK CORNET.
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE -- C