one thing very clear. so put it bluntly. i am back. reporter: sanders a little more than two weeks after suffering a heart attack returned to the campaign trail in dramatic fashion. packing a park in queens with a level of energy and enthusiasm designed to show that despite the health scare he isn t going anywhere. i am happy to report to you that i am more than ready to assume the office of president of the united states. adding reinforcement to the new stage of his campaign. holy cow! reporter: progressive, rising star alexandria ocasio-cortez. she formally endorsed sanders and made the case it is the sanders brand of politics that will beat donald trump. no one wanted to question this system. and in 2016 he fundamentally
values are but we actually make sure that we have inclusive campaigns, diverse campaigns. so it s $15 an hour minimum? $15 an hour or more, yes. ryan nobles is at that rally in ft. madison, iowa. ryan, what are we hearing from the vermont senator today? reporter: well, there s no doubt, martin, this puts bernie sanders in a difficult position. we should point out the only reason this is happening is because his union took i should say his campaign took the historic step of allowing their employees to unionize. they settled on a salary of $36,000 a year for field staff. based on a 40-hour workweek that works out to $15 an hour. but as the campaign ramps up, they have to work more than 40 hours a week and at 60 hours a week that s under $15 an hour. for sanders a $15 minimum wage is one of the big things he fought for. he spoke about it just a few
pressing national problem, infrastructure and transportation. we prepared for it ahead of time. we arrived on time as required or expected of us and the president had choreographed this appearance where he gave a three or four-minute speech, wheeled around and walked out of the room. in the highlight real of the trump presidency if you had a camera in the room you would have included that moment. it was a petulant moment, it was an awkward moment and sadly at the end of it the american people were the losers. you called it petulant and awkward. nancy pelosi called it a temper tantrum. the president took issue with that and said it was calm and polite. what did you see? what i saw was i would say to ms. sanders a carefully choreographed decision to confront the democratic leaders in congress and then to walk out to the rose garden and tell his side of the story with prepared posters. you know, that is not how you govern a country. not a great country like america. here we are invite
both of whom can whine pretty regularly. they both like to ask the same questions and sometimes their tone needs to be adjusted a little bit. ainsley: sanders a mom of three children making those remarks during a mother s day special along with mercedes schlapp who you see there and kellyanne conway. and those your headlines. steve: i wonder if she would like to put anybody in a time-out from time to time? just saying. brian: i think so. steve: janice dean is joining us now. yesterday was mother s day. the big question is, did your children provide the bagel dogs in bed. janice: we had lots of snacks. we didn t do baking obagel dogs, chocolate and pancakes and chinese food left over for today. take a look at past 24 hours. hurricane season doesn t start until june 1st. but we are watching an area of disturbing weather. don t think it s going to become a tropical storm. but it is going to bring the potential for very heavy rain across florida the next couple of days.
primary 48- 45. voting groups. he leads men over the women. and he is leading with independents. hillary clinton is bouncing back with women. she trailed sanders a month ago. democrats. only a third are decided at this point. everyone else is willing to be undecided. it is going to be fascinating. one year from dead one of those general election. do the poll numbers show any indication on who they will be. there is recent examples and