Bernie Sanders Speaks With Katie Couric - Full Interview

hi everyone and welcome this is a special yahoo news live stream i was labeled a long shot when he entered his bid for the white house back in eight but

these days the lexicon to describe senator bernie sanders seems to be expanding i think includes

words like threat and contender senator sanders thanks so much for being here nice to have you obviously

with you can settle this and it's it's especially nice to have you on a day where you're getting some very positive press from places like the

washington post and the new york times they're saying and bernie sanders gains momentum in iowa the washington post said it's not just hillary senator byrd sanders

is out trying martin o'malley the washing post describes it as bernie men times or even feeling the big mo i

mean how how do you why do you think your candidacy is resonate limitations and a heck of a week the we formally announce the my hometown of burlington vermont in a beautiful

evening close five thousand people my hometown came out that was very gratifying then we went to new hampshire and we had only stand learn

crowds and we ended up sunday morning in minneapolis four thousand people came out and i think the

reason for that of is that people having enough with the status quo from an economic perspective political

aspect of they see the rich got a much richer and everybody else hurting and they want people to start standing up for the middle class they

were pulling it eight percent i think in april and now you're up to fifty %HESITATION percent which is pretty you

know a big jump and i think a lot of people were pretty surprised about it well they may be on not because

people on the slim do you think there is something fundamentally wrong when for the last forty years middle

class in this country has and disappear we got millions of people out there working longer hours for lower wages in

my state of mind honestly it is not uncommon for people to work two or three jobs the cobble together an income and some healthcare young

people can't afford to go to college anymore uh we're not dealing with the issue of a corrupt campaign

finance system where in the moment now one of the best in the united states will be able to get some billion as behind you and

in other matters but a lot of people didn't your candidacy seriously at an initially when you announced and witness

this piece of business on the daily show with jon stewart and we'll talk about it vermont senator bernie sanders kicked off his campaign for president he's

a long shot a long shot i don't think it's going to be taken to credibly the sanders is a socialist for god sakes thick

brooklyn accent he said the three years old he looks ninety one israel across a little loony d.

owns a v. h. s. copy of tootsie nnnnn had you seen that run the daily show how

are you feeling a little vindicated though knowing that people were where anyway mocking your candidacy and if i don't want to hurt

you know the the punditry but sometimes especially inside the beltway pundits really don't know what's going on in