like joe biden, vermont senator bernie sanders is spending veterans day on the stump in iowa. reporter shaquille brubter. and who have irgot there? i ve got mike memoli and i ve got josh lederman as well. good to see all of you. wlet let s start with shaq. what is the message senator sanders had today? well, his message is he was first celebrating veterans and talking about the importance of veterans in this country. this morning, he released a veterans than that he says will help veterans. he ll help staff up the va. he ll help reform and modernize va facilities but then his message today was on medicare for all. that is his signature policy. and it was a town hall. you see the setup still there behind me but there were people who got up, shared their personal stories with the health industry. shared struggling with sickness but also battling with bills and the cost of medicine. listening to senator sanders.
are the establishment. there s already being some push back, saying washington insiders should be barred from being the chief of staff. let s move to the trump university lawsuit, eugene, and go to this request from trump s lawyers. we have a portion of the motion submitted and it reads that now that the ee will exis over, we submit that the president-elect should not stand trial during the next two months while he prepares for the presidency. we ll talk about the legal element of this. let s talk about the political in this conversation and what it would mean to have this president-elect be involved, i mean deposed during this transition period. the top particulars of it would be problematic. it would confirm what many who voted against donald trump is one of the many problems with him. it s expected the lawyers are
former breitbart reporter steven bannon and rnc chair reince priebus. the trump team is trying to delay a lawsuit. arguing he s too busy transitioning and that the suit should continue sometime after the inauguration. so we ve discussed this from the political perspective. let s discuss it from a legal perspective. we have with us former u.s. attorney, michael moore. wlet let s argue why the trump team wants to delay this. now that this is over the trump team should not have to be required to stand trial during the next two months. the time and attention to prepare and testify will take
him away from preparing. probably lost credibility to even make the argument given how things ran in the campaign. you ll remember how he took time out to open his hotel in d.c. i think he went and opened a golf course maybe overseas. let s delay it a little bit. he can be sued as a president. he can participate in the case, sued for actions that took place before he assumed office. so i really don t think they have much to stand on. i certainly wouldn t want to be back in front of judge curio. do you expect this will be delayed? they will have to press forward. once he assumes office his schedule and duties become even more difficult to navigate. i think the judge will push it forward. let s talk about what trump himself said in may in san diego. we looked at this from a legal perspective. when the case started