origin. and obviously the other thing that we have to do ed is that when 51% of young african american kids that graduated high school are unemployed we need a jobs program to put those young people to work. but getting back to that really painful video of sandra bland one could not imagine. it would be very hard to imagine a white middle class woman being treated in the same way as sandra bland was. senator, do you have a problem with black voters? is this going to be a real strum blg block for your campaign? and if so what are you going to do to reach out to them. i come from a state that is 95% white. that is just the simple reality. we ve only been in the race for about 2 novemberand a half months. we have a lot of work to do to reach out to the blackafrican
irresponsible for these florida presidential candidates particularly to have anything at all to say on climate change. they got nothing, ed. yeah. what about new york city? is that just a good start? or is that something that is going to really have an impact with the measures that de blasio is talking about? i think there were 50 mayors there and there is a whole mayor s conference on this. they are going to get a lot done. the big polluter political guns haven t yet really focused on the mayors so they have a lot more room to maneuver than a republican congressman or republican senator who has to flif a live in a tough threat environment from fossil fuel interests. in the wake of the citizen s united decision. but above mayors and above congress there is going to be a reckoning with the american people in november. and the american people aren t denying climate change any longer. and the role of the pope how
contractors of the federal government. the minimum wage now is a starvation wage. and i m happy to see because of activists they have raised the minimum wage to 15 bucks an hour in new york. the legislation that i and others introduced today would do that national. nobody who works 40 hours a week in america should be living in poverty, ed. senator bernie sanders. appreciate your time. thanks so much bernie. still to come malaysia s poor working conditions could get a pass in the united states as they push forward on the tpp. we ll explain.
malaysia from that list that awful list of north korea, syria and zimbabwe. the few countries in the world that don t value people, that treat them as slaves. that s what we re trying to prevent. i don t want to put words in your mouth, be uwould you think that it seems or appears like the united states would sell its moral soul to get this trade deal done? well, ed that s what is so troubling to those of us who have sought a better tpp and a better fast track. the fast trackers seem to only be concerned about how many goods and services move across borders, and not concerned with those values the issues of worker rights in vietnam, of trafficking in malaysia of destroying the hardwood forest in peru. the ustr just does not seem to place a priority on those matters. they re either indifferent or they just don t prioritize this. do you expect a response from the white house?