veterans organizations have heard of. they apparently have no membership. they have $30 in the bank and there s one person in the group. mr. trump said that event on the battle ship means he has veterans support. mr. trump has no platform whatsoever on veterans issues. that comes as several other candidates on the republican side including the guy running second ben carson say they want to abolish the va. they want to privatize the va. you just finished up a term as chairman of veterans affairs in the senate. what is your response to the republican positioning on this issue? it s an outrage. i was chairman of the senate veteran s committee for two years. we passed a bipartisan bill for $17 million to improve va health care.
or? you know, there was not one question relating to that and not too much on the military, by the way, but nothing relating to the veterans. those days, believe me, are over. that was earlier this evening donald trump in new hampshire asked about president obama being a muslim and the need to go get the muslims because we have a muslim problem in this country. mr. trump said we ll be looking into that. profiles encouraged there. but then the follow up question about veterans. and mr. trump also had no answer for that. that really is a question worth getting an answer to. we re back with senator bernie sanders who is our guest tonight for the interview. senator, i want to ask you about veteran s issues. in part, because even though support for veterans is usually a pretty nonpartisan thing, there are some particularly radical takes on veteran s issues among leading republican candidates this year. their frontrunner this week did an event on a battle ship with a group he said repres
hundreds of thousands of veterans. it s a group that no real veterans organizations have heard of. they apparently have no membership. they have $30 in the bank and there s one person in the group. mr. trump said that event on the battle ship means he has veterans support. mr. trump has no platform whatsoever on veterans issues. that comes as several other candidates on the republican side including the guy running second ben carson say they want to abolish the va. they want to privatize the va. you just finished up a term as chairman of veterans affairs in the senate. what is your response to the republican positioning on this issue? it s an outrage. i was chairman of the senate veteran s committee for two years. we passed a bipartisan bill for $17 million to improve va health care. i introduced the most
the veterans. those days, believe me, are over. that was earlier this evening donald trump in new hampshire asked about president obama being a muslim and the need to go get the muslims because we have a muslim problem in this country. mr. trump said we ll be looking into that. profiles encouraged there. but then the follow up question about veterans. and mr. trump also had no answer for that. that really is a question worth getting an answer to. we re back with senator bernie sanders who is our guest tonight for the interview. senator, i want to ask you about veteran s issues. in part, because even though support for veterans is usually a pretty nonpartisan thing, there are some particularly radical takes on veteran s issues among leading republican candidates this year. their frontrunner this week did an event on a battle ship with a group he said represented hundreds of thousands of veterans. it s a group that no real
sanders who is our guest tonight for the interview. senator, i want to ask you about veteran s issues. in part, because even though support for veterans is usually a pretty nonpartisan thing, there are some particularly radical takes on veteran s issues among leading republican candidates this year. their frontrunner this week did an event on a battle ship with a group he said represented hundreds of thousands of veterans. it s a group that no real veterans organizations have heard of. they apparently have no membership. they have $30 in the bank and there s one person in the group. mr. trump said that event on the battle ship means he has veterans support. mr. trump has no platform whatsoever on veterans issues. that comes as several other candidates on the republican side including the guy running second ben carson say they want to abolish the va. they want to privatize the va. you just finished up a term as