to enjoy the impeachment vote, it s a solemn day, we don t take joy of course they do. they were gleeful. iven fighting in the party. joe biden took a swipe at elizabeth warren. watch. she s making it up. nobody thinks it s $20 trillion. it s between 30 and 40 trillion dollars. even bernie who talks about the need to raise middle class taxes can t even meet the cost of it. we don t have to go that route. laura: gregg, they say he s weak because he has slip-ups. he s the only one in the field who has ia chance of winning some of the battleground states especially in the south. a moment of uncommon clarity by joe biden and he s right. liz warren must have flunked third grade math. it is an economic and financial impossibility to achieve what is
cory booker is joe biden. he thinks he has a lot of issues. biden is at 22% in the polls, booker is at 3% in the polls, this is his moment, and he s got to make it, he s got to make that moment himself, and he thinks he can do it with biden. we re seeing the former vice president go after harris, taking swipes, sometimes by name, sometimes not we should point out. it s obvious who we re talking about, including going after her medicare for all plans. you have to find 30 to 40 trillion dollars somewhere, where are you going to find it. they re not going to tax the middle class, because we don t need to do that. what is this, a fantasy world here? i think it s interesting, he also said this on a radio show, i thought we were friends, i hope we still will be. going on to say, that she asked
insurance if you like it. how much would it cost? it would cost you nothing under the sanders plan. no premiums, deductibles or co-pays. the former vice president said he will have higher subsidies to bring down the costs. 30 to 40 trillion dollars with a t over 10 years. and $750 billion over 10 years. how do you pay for it? senator sanders said higher taxes for everybody. you would get your money back because of no more insurance premiu premiums. and biden sz you can raise taxes on the rich. senator sanders has the high ground. more than half strongly favor medicare for all. 26% say they somewhat favor medicare for all. on the surface, senator sanders carrying the debate. kaiser asked to get a sense of
about medicare for all. how many of you like your employer based healthcare. if i come along and say you can t have it anymore. that s what medicare for all does. you cannot have it, period. number one. there is a hiatus spot in between, by the way, how long it s going to take. sanders accused the front runner of spreading lies straight out of the republican playbook. here is two critical conditions why this matters, first, polls consistently show healthcare is a top issue for democrats and second medicare for all could be a risky strategy. a july cnn poll shows 30% of krths support a plan that would replace private health insurance. joining me is nbc news national political shorper shaquille brewster. this is not a new fight for bernie sanders although he has a few elements we are going to hear about where you are. he says on one hand it s less cost, on the other hand he admits it could cost 30 to 40 trillion dollars and force a middle class tax increase. how does he make that arg
elic elixir, and you might stave off the reaper, i m paraphrasing. i want to put that number in perspective. we spend as a country. 3.7 trillion dollars. we take in 2.4 trillion dollars, in tax revenue. so, we are spending 1.3 trillion more, just this year, than we take in. so, when we re talking about shaving the debt by 4 trillion dollars over the next ten years, keep in mind, we will normally pile up government spending year in, year out, 40 trillion dollars or thereabouts, right? so, that s a rounding error. what s troubling about both sides they re talking about, this is extended, as i said, over decades. the real pain upfront is actually quite minimal. 38 billion by one read.