SINCE
SINCE A
SINCE A 2017 TEST OF AN INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC
INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE.
MISSILE.
MISSILE. >>> ONE OF 21 DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT BECAME THE SECOND
CANDIDATE TO STOP IN
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. ANDREW YANG IS A NEW YORK
ENTREPRENEUR WHO HAS NEVER
HEAD POLITICAL OFFICE.
>> HE SPOKE ONE ON ONE WITH
NATALIE SWABY.
NATALIE SWABY. SHE JOINS US NOW.
>> Reporter: IT WAS RIGHT HERE
AT GAS WORKS PARK THAT ANDREW
YANG SAID IF HE WAS LEKKED HIS
PRIORITY WOULD BE TO IMPLEMENT
A UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME.
A THOUSAND DOLLAR ASSEMBLED
MONTH FOR EVERY AMERICAN ADULT
AND HE WOULD PAY FOR IT WITH A
NEW TAX ON COMPANIES THAT
BENEFIT THE MOST FROM
AUTOMATION.
AUTOMATION. >> IF YOU LOOK AT THE BIG
WINNER IFS INNOVATION.
IT IS FROM AMAZON AND
COMPANIES NOT PAYING A WHOLE
PLOT IN TAXES.
IF WE PUT AMERICANISM IN PLACE
A MECHANISM IN PLACE, WE COULD
AFFORD A THOUSAND DOLLAR
DIVIDEND FOR EVERY ADULT.
>> Reporter: HIS MESSAGE DREW
THOUSANDS TO GAS WORKS PARK.
MANY HOLDING YANG GANG SIGNS.
HE TOLD THE CROWD THAT HE
FEARS FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR
COUNTRY, SAYING NEW
TECHNOLOGIES, ROBOTS,
TECHNOLOGIES, ROBOTS, SOFTWARE, ARTIFICIAL
SOFTWARE, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, HAVE ALREADY
CLAIMED 4 MILLION U.S. JOBS
AND IN THE NEXT FIVE TO TEN
YEARS, MILLIONS MORE WILL BE
ELIMINATED.
ELIMINATED. >> A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH.
>> Reporter: HIS FLAG SHIP
PROPOSAL OF OFFERING EVERY
AMERICAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS A
MONTH CAUGHT ASHLEY WILLIAMS'
ATTENTION.
ATTENTION. >> I'M GOING INTO SERIOUS
DEBT.
DEBT.
DEBT. ANDREW MENTIONED THAT MOST OF
US WILL USE THE THOUSAND
DOLLARS FOR THINGS THAT ARE
REALLY IMPORTANT.
REALLY IMPORTANT. PUTTING IT BACK INTO OUR
COMMUNITIES OR TRYING TO
UPLIFT OURSELVES OUT OF
ECONOMIC DEBT AND DIFFICULTY.
AND, AS A STUDENT, AT UW, I
REALLY NEED THAT TO TRY TO GET
OUT OF DEBT.
>> WHAT DO WE CARE ABOUT AS
HUMAN BEINGS?
HUMAN BEINGS? WE CARE ABOUT OUR FAMILIES.
WE CARE ABOUT HAVING OUR NEEDS
MET.
MET.
MET. ANY
MET. ANY CANDIDATE THAT IS SPEAKING
TO THOSE ISSUES IS SOMEBODY
THAT I'M GOING TO SUPPORT.
>> Reporter: THAT LAST PERSON
YOU HEARD FROM IS DAN PRICE,
THE SEATTLE CEO OF GRAVITY
PAYMENTS WHO GAINED ATTENTION
A FEW YEARS BACK WHEN HE
OFFERED A MINIMUM WAGE OF
$70,000 A YEAR FOR HIS
EMPLOYEES.
EMPLOYEES. HE IS THE ONE WHO INTRODUCED
ANDREW YANG ON STAGE TONIGHT.
AND THE ESTIMATE IS, 3,000
PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO HEAR WHAT