-We should talk about coronavirus, if you don't mind.
I just don't know as a -- You know, I watch the news.
I read the news.
And I just don't know who to really trust.
I'm hearing --
-That is the problem that we have today.
We have a president who is anti-science,
doesn't believe in the reality of climate change,
who has appointed Mike Pence,
who is also not known to be much of a scientist...
[ Laughter ] ...to lead the task force.
And, clearly, at this moment, you need somebody you can trust
who is going to bring together the best scientists, doctors,
researchers, work with the entire world
to do everything that we can to halt this terrible pandemic.
And I think, clearly,
there are some things we have to do right away.
The idea that we have so many of our people in this country --
the only country on Earth, major country,
that doesn't guarantee healthcare to all people --
we have to make sure that everybody right now
feels free when you're sick to go to a doctor
regardless of your income.
And you know what? The government will pay that bill.
Number two, we are the only major country on Earth
not to guarantee paid medical leave.
So, if you can believe it, there are people who are sick today
who may actually believe they have symptoms of the coronavirus
who are going to work because they have no income.
They're making 12, 13 bucks an hour.
They got to feed their families. They go to work.
We have got to do what every other country on Earth does
and guarantee paid family and medical leave
and do it right now on an emergency basis.
There was a discussion recently --
There's a lot of work being done globally
in terms of a vaccine.
And the Trump administration was saying,
"Well, we can't guarantee that it will be affordable.
Got to worry about the drug companies."
Well, that is a crock. That is ridiculous.
We have got to make sure that when that vaccine comes out,
it is available to everybody in this country
regardless of their income.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Mike Pence being in charge of this
is very interesting to a lot of people
because they think that he's going to be --
take the fall from this, take the hit,
because this is a disaster, I think.
And then they're going to say that Trump is going to have
Nikki Haley on the ticket in 2020.
What are you hearing over in your...?
-Well, you know, it's ultimately
the President of the United States' responsibility.
And why you would appoint a Vice President to lead this
whose own particular record with regard to science,
with regard to the HIV virus, has been pretty pathetic.
What you need to do to give confidence
to the American people is bring the best minds in the country,
in the world together.
As a leader, that's what you can be doing.
And don't make this into politics.
Don't start attacking Democrats.
That is not only absurd,
it is demoralizing for the American people.
-Last time we talked,
your face lit up when I mentioned your grandkids.
-Yeah. -How many grandkids do you have?
-I have seven very beautiful grandchildren.
-How old -- Uh...
[ Cheers and applause ]
How old is the oldest grandkid? Like, 60? 63?
[ Laughter ]
-Close. -Thank you very much.
-She's 16, I think. -Oh, 16.
So she knows what's going on in the world
and knows the issues and what the president does.
-Yeah. -And she probably has opinions.
She can't vote, but she has opinions.
-Yeah, we drag them out to a whole lot of rallies.
-Yeah. What do they want? What's their concern?
And what is the future for our grandkids?
-I think, you know --
And one of the reasons that I'm running for President
is for my grandchildren
and for kids all over this country and all over the world.
And, you know, as the richest country
in the history of the world, Jimmy,
you don't hear this much on television,
but there should not be a half a million people
sleeping out on the streets of America tonight.
Half of our people should not live paycheck to paycheck.
87 million should not lack the health care that they need.
All of our kids deserve quality education
regardless of the ZIP code that you live in.
We should lead the world in combating climate change.
We got to end the racist and broken criminal justice system
and a completely discombobulated immigration system
where people are terrorized today,
they're going to be picked up by ICE.
There is so much to be done in this country,
and we're the richest country in the history of the world,
but we got to deal with this greed that's out there.
It's not acceptable that three people
own more wealth than the bottom half of America.
It's not acceptable
that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 92%.
Look, no one has a problem with people being rich,
but we have got to address not only this incredible
and unfair distribution of income and wealth.
It's also power.
It is billionaires
exerting unbelievable political influence.
They buy and sell politicians.
They make huge campaign contributions.
If we honestly believe that we are a democracy,
we got to end billionaire rule in this country
and create an economy and a government
that works for all of us. That's what we got to do.
[ Cheers and applause ] -Senator Bernie Sanders.
Senator Bernie Sanders, thank you so much for being here.