Sen. Sanders our job right now is to think big, to act in an unprecedented way both in terms of health care and the economy. I asking all americans, asking am every democrat, every everyndent, i am asking republican. Bob welcome to Washington Post live. Im bob costa, National Political reporter at the post. This morning i joined by senator am Bernie Sanders independent of vermont, the former democratic president ial candidate. He joins us from burlington, vermont. Thank you for being here. Sen. Sanders a pleasure to be with you. Bob lets cover a lot of ground. We have 30 minutes to get into some issues. First up, the pandemic. The death toll continues to rise. Millions of americans are out of work. As a u. S. Senator, what do you want to see in the priority in the next round of legislation . Sen. Sanders the first thing we have to appreciate is how unbelievably severe and horrific the current moment is. I think you can argue that we are experiencing that is unprecedented in the modern
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Live. Im bob costa, National Political reporter at the post. Im joined by senator Bernie Sanders independent, of vermont. The former democratic president ial candidate. He joins us from burlington, vermont. Thank you for being here. Sen. Sanders good to be with you. Lets cover a lot of ground. We have 30 minutes to get into some issues. First up, the pandemic. The death toll continues to rise. Aliens of americans are out of work. As a u. S. Senator, what do you want to see as the priority in the next round of legislation . Sen. Sanders the first thing we have to appreciate is how unbelievably severe and horrific the current moment is. I think you can argue we are experiencing that is unprecedented in the modern history of this country. When you look at 80,000 people already having died from the virus, and you look at 30 Million People having lost their jobs. The first thing we have to to do as a nation and a congress is say, in the midst of this terrible crisis, nobody in america is go
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