>> THE FIRST TIME IN THE LAS
THREE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIG
CYCLES, PRESIDENT --
BERNIE SANDERS WILL NOT RUN FO
PRESIDENT.
HE WAS CHIEF RIVAL TO HILLAR
CLINTON IN 2016, AND ALSO TH
STRONGEST COMPETITOR AGAINST
JOE BIDEN IN THE 2020 PRIMARY.
IN BOTH RACES, SENATOR SANDERS
HAD A LARGE AND ENTHUSIASTIC
FOLLOWING AND RECEIVED MILLION
OF VOTES
HE’S NOT, INSTEAD, ON THE SAME
DAY THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN
ANNOUNCED HIS REELECTION
CAMPAIGN, BERNIE SANDERS TOL
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THAT HE I
NOT RUNNING, AND ENDORSE
BIDEN.
BERNIE SANDERS, INDEPENDENT OF
VERMONT.
THE MINISTER OF LABOR AN
PENSIONS, JOINS US NOW
SENATOR, IT’S GOOD TO HAVE YOU
IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS A VER
STRAIGHTFORWARD AND EASY
DECISION FOR YOU TO ENDORSE TH
PRESIDENT FOR REELECTION
WHY?
>> I DON’T THINK THAT WE HAV
BEEN MANY ALTERNATIVES HERE.
WHAT’S AT STAKE IS A FEATURE O
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
WHAT’S AT STAKE IS RATHER WE
HAVE A RIGHT WING DEMAGOGU
RUNNING THIS COUNTRY
PATHOLOGICAL LIARS, PEOPLE
TRYING TO DIVIDE US.
OR IF WE REELECT SOMEBODY WHO’
A VERY DECENT HUMAN BEING WHO’
TRYING TO DO THE OPPOSITE,
TRYING TO BRING THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE TOGETHER.
CHRIS, I THINK IT’S A SURPRISE
TO NOBODY, WHEN I SAY THAT I
DISAGREE WITH MY BIDEN ON MANY
ISSUES
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, I THINK
THAT HE DESERVES CREDIT FO
WHAT HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED, AN
OUR JOB NOW AS A PROGRESSIVE
MOVEMENT AS TO RALLY THE
COUNTRY TO KNOW THE NEXT FOU
YEARS, COMPLETE SOME OF TH
EFFORTS BEGUN OVER FOR THE
FIRST ADMINISTRATION
THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO KEE
OUR EYES ON THE PRIZE.
WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT
TODAY, TENS OF MILLIONS OF
WORKING PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLIN
IN PAIN, IN THE RICHEST COUNTR
IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.
WHILE ON ONE HAND, IT HAS TO B
WOMEN’S RIGHT TO CONTROL THEIR
OWN BODIES, AND WE JUST HEARD
MOMENT AGO, SOME OF TH
IMPLICATIONS OF WHIT
RIGHT-WING POLICY HAS DONE T
WOMEN.
WE HAVE GOT TO FIGHT TO DEFEND
BY DEMOCRACY ON THE OTHER HAND
YOU CANNOT LOSE TRACK OF THE
FACT THAT OVER 60% OF TH
AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE LIVING
PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK, OVER HAL
1 MILLION PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS.
PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD HEALT
CARE, CANNOT AFFOR
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, CAN’
AFFORD TO GO TO COLLEGE.
IN MANY CASES, WORKING O
STARVATION WAGES
WE NEED AN AGENDA THAT SPEAK
TO WORKING PEOPLE, BRING
PEOPLE TOGETHER TO SAY, HEY,
WHAT ABOUT A GOVERNMENT THAT
WORKS FOR US, NOT JUST THE
BILLIONAIRES
>> THAT HAS JUST PASSE
YESTERDAY A DEBT CEILING BUDGE
BILL
IT’S A LITTLE MISLEADING
BECAUSE IT DOESN’T ACTUALLY GE
INTO THE SPECIFICS
A FEW OF THE THINGS IT DOE
SPECIFICALLY ARE BLOCK THE
FORGIVENESS OF STUDENT LOANS
THAT THE EXECUTIVE HAS
CURRENTLY ATTEMPTED AND HA
TIED UP IN COURT
HE WOULD ALSO REVEAL PARTS O
THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, I
WOULD CAP SPENDING, AND EMPLOY
HUGE SPENDING CUTS FOR ALL
KINDS OF PROGRAMS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT, AND
WHAT DOES THE SENATE THINK O
THAT
>> I CAN’T SPEAK FOR THE ENTIR
SENATE, BUT I THINK THAT IT’
AN ABSURD PROPOSAL
IT’S A REACTIONARY PROPOSAL,
AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT W
CAN’T ACCEPT
THE BOTTOM LINE HERE IS THAT W
HAVE TO PASS A CLEAN DEB
CEILING BILL
WE ACCUMULATE THAT, YOU HAVE T
PAY OFF YOUR DEBT.
THIS IS WHAT WE DID UNDE
DONALD TRUMP, IS WHAT RONALD
REAGAN TALKED ABOUT.
WHEN YOU HAVE IT, THAT YOU HAV
TO PAY IT.
IF YOU DEFAULT ON THAT DEBT,
YOU’LL CAUSE A MASSIVE
RECESSION, OR WORSE IN THI
COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CLEAN DEB
CEILING, IT’S GONNA BE THE
BOTTOM LINE.
YOU CAN THEN ARGUE ABOUT BUDGE
PRIORITIES
IN MY VIEW, WHEN YOU HAV
MASSIVE INCOME AND WEALT
INEQUALITY, THE PEOPLE ON TO
ARE DOING PHENOMENALLY WELL.
WE DON’T DO IS WHAT REPUBLICAN
WANT TO DO IS TO REPEAL TH
ESTATE TAX, 1.8 TRILLION
DOLLARS IN TAX BREAKS TO THE
TOP 1%, AND CUT PROGRAMS FRO
WORKING PEOPLE AND LOW INCOM
PEOPLE
THAT IS GROSSLY A MORAL,
UNACCEPTABLE, AND NOT WITH THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT
>> THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT
IT’S AN INTERESTING DRAM
PLAYING OUT WITH A COLLEAGUE O
YOURS, SENATOR JOE MANCHIN
I KNOW YOU’RE A BIG SUPPORTE
OF THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT
AND THOSE CLEAN ENERGY CRITICS
EVEN IF INSUFFICIENT
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPL
DIDN’T APPRECIATE THAT YOU
COLLEAGUE JOE MANCHIN DID NOT,
IS THAT THE TAX CREDITS IN THE
BILL HAVE NO CAP TO THEM
WHICH IS TO SAY, THE
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFIC
ESTIMATED THE TOTAL COST O
THEM, BUT IF THERE ARE MOR
SUCCESSFUL, AND MORE PEOPLE US
THEM, THEN THE MONEY SPENDS,
WHICH MEANS THERE COULD BE A
LOT MORE INVESTMENT IN CLEAN
ENERGY THAT THE CONGRESSIONA
BUDGET OFFICE PROJECTED.
PERSONALLY, I THINK THAT’S A
GOOD THING
JOE MANCHIN APPEARS TO B
INCREDIBLY UPSET ABOUT THIS,
AND I WONDER IF YOU HAVE A VIE
WHETHER IT’S GOOD OR BAD THA
MORE CLEAN ENERGY MIGHT GE
BUILT.
>> CHRIS, LET’S BE AS CLEAR AS
WE CAN BE.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CLIMATE
CHANGE AS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT,
THOSE ARE JUST NOT THE WORDS
THIS IS WHAT THE SCIENTIFI
COMMUNITY IS TELLING US.
IF WE DON’T GET OUR AC
TOGETHER AND MOVE TO CLEAN
ENERGY, AND TRANSFORM TH
ENERGY SYSTEM AWAY FROM FOSSIL
FUEL, I FEAR SO MUCH AND WORRY
SO MUCH ABOUT THE KIND O
PLANET WE ARE LEAVING TO OUR
KIDS AND GRANDCHILDREN
THE PROBLEM IS THAT THIS ISN’T
JUST AN AMERICAN ISSUE
YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH CHINA,
ONE OF THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR
OF CARBON.
YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH RUSSIA I
WE’RE GOING TO SAVE THE PLANET
SO NO, I’M NOT GOING TO REGRET
THE FACT THAT WE MIGHT BE MORE
SUCCESSFUL IN THIS CASTLE IN
TRANSFORMING THE ENERGY SYSTEM
THAN WE HAVE PREVIOUSL
BELIEVED
WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO
ACTUALLY THIS WORLD.
IT’S NOT AN EASY ISSUE, BU
THERE’S NO ISSUE MOR
IMPORTANT.
WHAT REALLY BOTHERS ME IS THAT
YOU STILL HAVE PEOPLE OUT THER
THAT ARE TERRIBLY WORRIED ABOU
THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY, STOP
WORRYING ABOUT A FOOT AND
STREET WHERE YOU GET YOUR KIDS
AND GRANDCHILDREN, AND THA
KIND OF PLANET THAT THEY’R
GOING TO BE LIVING IN.
>> RECENTLY, YOU ANNOUNCED THA
YOU STRUCK A BIPARTISAN DEAL
WITH BILL CASSIDY, ALSO ON THA
COMMITTEE FOR LOWERING
PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES
THIS WOULD BE OVER AND ABOVE
SOME OF THE STUFF THAT HAPPENE
AND PASSED INTO LAW FOR TH
I.R.A.
GIVEN THAT YOU HAVE
BIPARTISAN DEAL HERE, IS I
GOING TO GET A SENATE VOTE
DOESN’T HAVE A CHANCE IN THE
HOUSE?
>> I BELIEVE IT’S GOING TO GET
A SENATE VOTE.
IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER
THEY WILL GET THE SENATE VOTE,
AND LOOK, WHEN YOU TALK ABOU
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, GUESS WHAT
YOU DON’T WON ALL OF THE
REPUBLICANS CONCERNED ABOU
THAT TERRIBLY.
OUR REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUE
UNDERSTAND THAT.
THERE IS NO EXCUSE WHEN TH
PHARMACEUTICAL INJURY MATE
TENS OF MILLIONS OF PROFIT
EVERY DAY, AND SO THIS BILL TO
BE HONEST WITH YOU, IT’S A GOO
STEP FORWARD
IT IS MODEST
WE ARE GOING TO GO FURTHER
WE HAVE, I BELIEVE ON MAY 10TH
THE HEARING.
WE’RE GOING TO BE BRINGING INT
THE COMMITTEE THE CEOS OF TH
MAJOR DRUG COMPANIES IN THIS
COUNTRY, ACTUALLY WORLDWIDE.
WE ARE GOING TO ASK THEM ABOUT