there's also his voting record that rated farther left than socialist bernie sanders. don't take my word for it. i mean, this is from the annual national journal ranking. here, most liberal senator, 2007 barack obama. past the socialist, left of the socialists. that's pretty good, this guy is a radical. what was the reaction from the left. deny, deny, deny. that's crazy, he's not a radical, he's mainstream. he's not a socialist, never, where would you possibly get that idea? well, then he was elected and immediately news week celebrated with this title. i remember holding that up on tv and saying, we are? i thought nobody was a socialist, i thought that was wrong to call somebody a socialist, i thought it was politically incorrect? and then, then the president started to govern and the more he governed the more he kwaukd like a duck, walked like a duck. so people started pointing that out and obama's reaction, well, of course, that's crazy, over the top. it's dangerous, listen. >> you're sometimes referred to out in america as a socialist. >> i think that when you list

>> in 45 minutes, "the weekly standard" editor bill kristol, vermont senator bernie sanders and chris strohm. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] caller: host: primary season is nearly over. november 2. across the country, tea party- backed candidates have been nominated for the gop position that includes sharron angle in nevada, might lead in utah, joe miller in alaska, rand's paul in kentucky, marco rubio in florida and christine o'donnell in jell- o -- in delaware. for the first 45 minutes we want to hear from republicans only. are you happy with your tea party backed candidates? yes and no are the answers. republicans only. you can also e-mail us or send us a tweet. here is a -- "the washington times" this morning. that is the analysis in a "the washington times." from "roll call." also in "roll call" is an analysis. he says a lot of the candidates can be elected but delaware is different. it christina obama's victory effectively ends the party's chances of winning the senate seat long held by joe biden.

joining me now is one of the lead sponsors of the bill, vermont senator bernie sanders.ator, good to have you with us tonight. can you respond to mr. josten's comment about domestic jobs does not stimulate economic growth or enhance competitiveness of american worldwide companies? what about that? >> give you an example, during the bush years, a large multinational corporations in this country threw 2 million american workers off of their payrolls. simultaneously they hired 2 million workers in foreign countries. we have lost during the bush years, alone, 30% of our manufacturing jobs going from 17 million down to 12 million. one of the reasons is the working class in this country is being decimated and the middle class is disappearing is that we're not producing manufacturing jobs in this country. we're not making the products that the american people are buying. and clearly, from the chamber of commerce's point of view, if they could make 5 cents more by shutting down a plant in america and moving to china or moving to india, that's what they will do, that's what they

bernie sanders. another couple of piece of economic news today. we hope you are sitting down for them. not only home foreclosures rise again last month, banks repossessed more than 95,000 homes which is a record number. that, the final step in the process when banks cannot auction a house and it becomes a repo. the banks also continue by many accounts to misrepresent the value of all those houses and use that false value as a gambling chip in the financial markets, paying themselves bonuses, trading worthless houses if they were worth something. that is for another day. also tim geithner on the hill talking china, mainly their currency and our trade deficit which is projected to top $250 billion this year. this only matters in the sense that china has deliberately created trade policies to outsource their unemployment problem with their extraordinary number of young men to hour our country. we now have it. we're a rich country. so we pay for it. but china, at this point, does it at our expense. they keep taking our jobs, of course, fat chance of t

. >>> now, let's turn to vermont standard, bernie sanders. bernie, good to ve you with us tonight. i want your response to mitch mcconnell saying that the people that suffered the most through america's greatest recession was the rich. >> well, you know, i think we could say that mitch has a great sense of humor and you've got give him that. look here's the reality and an important reality for every american to understand. today the middle class in this country is disappearing, under bush median family income declined by $2200 a year. $2,200 over an eight-year period. millions people lost their health care. millions of people slipped oft the middle class and into poverty. but here's the other point, today, ed, the top 1% earned 23.5% of all of the income accumulated in america. 1%, 23.5% of all income. top one/10 of 1% gained 11% of all of the income, top 1% earned more income than the bottom 50%. >> senator, do you think -- do you think these numbers are strong enough to motivate the democrats to have a big turnout? i mean what's wrong with 2010? they did it in 2008, 2006. >> here

later we'll hear from bernie sanders who has been critical of wall street. on tomorrow morning's "washington journal" a discussion on the health system. michael lillis is our guest. george melloan talks about consumer confidence. and anthony placido on the use of u.s. intelligence gathering. later religious leaders from the christian, muslim faith will talk about religious tolerance in the u.s. live coverage begins at 1:00 eastern. . >> is good to be in milwaukee. it is good to be here. i am almost home. [cheers and applause] i just hop on the '94 and i am home. [cheers and applause] its is good to be here on such a beautiful day. happy labor day, everybody. [cheers and applause] i want to say thank you to the milwaukee area labor council and all of my brothers and sisters in the afl-cio for inviting me to spend this day with you. [cheers and applause] this is a day that belongs to the working men and women of america. i want to acknowledge your president,g national presenc and a man who knows that a strong economy needs a strong labor movement. [cheers and

host: senator bernie sanders, you have often been identified as a socialist -- are you?alist, consistent with many democratic parties in western europe and scandinavia. i believe that we need a mixed economy where entrepreneurs create wealth and the but we use the government to make sure that everybody has at least a minimal standard of living. we are the only nation in the industrialized world today, and health care reform will take a step further, that does not guarantee health care to all people as a right of citizenship. if you go to but germany and scandinavia and ask the kids in those countries, to cost to go to college -- know the answer? it is zero. if you give birth in europe, scandinavia, you get six months or eight months off. much more so than in the u.s. willing in terms of distribution of income, workers' rights, they do much better. what to meet democratic socialism is about is to said that every person in a society is intended to a least a minimal standard of living, and should not be living in a society where so few have so much. and so many have so litt

watched town hall meetings with some current and bernie sanders. they both talked about health care. >> i believe the plan is for this plan to fail. i know this plan will fail. health insurance is going to be way too high. you will create what is called adverse selection. anybody on who is healthy, you will pay the fine in 2014 rather than spend $9,000 on health insurance. if you get sick, they have to cover you. it does not rise to $795 until 2016 as of fine. the help the young people will not be in the insurance pool. what will happen to the people over 40 who are sick? what will happen to the cost of their insurance? that is why i think they designed it to fail. >> in my view, if we are serious about having a cost-effective, high-quality health care system which guarantees health care to every man, woman, and chalk, the way to go is a health care -- medicare, single system. we are going to be diluted with lobbyists and big money, because -- in the small state of vermont, if we can show that a medicare for all, single payer system works, then the

a few of them are and one is vermont's senator bernie sanders. he joins us in just a minute here.nother elephant in the room. republican heavyweight sarah palin and karl rove squaring off against the tea party's role in the gop. is the tea party secretly trying to take down the gop? from inside the -- i don't know. also, you heard about the greatest generation, all the books and the war, what about the greediest generation? we'll look at how the babyboomers refusal to invest in any aspect of america's future has us in the current mess and those of my generation and younger paying for it. what we can do about it. the show starts right now.

i want to extend our gratitude to bernie sanders for helping us secure funds to purchase kitchen equipment thank you. [applause] >> i am on 5 different committees. one of the committees that i very much wanted to be on was the veterans committee. the reason for that is i believe that for many years our country tragically did not keep pafaith with the promises and that made to veterans. there should be no disagreement that when a man or woman put his or her life on the line to defend our country, that when they come home, they get all of the benefits to which they are entitled. [applause] i am going to talk about that later, but i am very proud to have with us this evening, al brown. she is the state white commander of the vermont -- he is the statewide commander of the vermont vfw. [applause] >> i want to thank senator sanders for all you have done for the veterans. he has done a lot. there is a new satellite clinic that just opened in newport that allows the veterans to go to the clinic, rather than driving all the way to write river junction -- white river junction. he has worked for hou

. >> this is -- this is senator bernie sanders on this program last night.al of the leadership on how they've hammed the first two years. here it is. >> what obama has done too much and the democratic leadership in my view has done too much, they keep reaching out to republicans, oh let's work in a bipartisan way and every single day they got slapped in the hand. filibuster after filibuster. >> so the bottom line here is, as if the democrats lose the majority, your organization and those who want single payor some day are going to suffer a massive setback, is that fair statement? >> well, that's a tough question, ed, because this year, we had a democratic president and a democratic majority and we still were not able to get the reform that we needed. what it's really going to take is for the people to be educated and active and to be demanding that we do what is necessary for the needs of our people. >> okay. dr. margaret flowers, it's good to have you with us tonight. keep up the fight. you're on the right trail. >> thank you. >> for sure, no doubt. >>> now

can't think -- maybe bernie sanders. but russ feingold has been at it longer in the senate.e just has been right on this stuff from day one. and the idea that rage about what's happened to the economy, is now going to take its toll on hirges the one guy, one of the few who got it right is really frightening. but that's what happens when you have an economic breakdown. we saw it in germany. the demagogues scapegoat, or scapegoat immigrants. and what you he now is a lot of money, from the big banks and everyone else, going into lunatics, the campaign of lunatics. why? because, oh, get government off our back. you know, big government. ignoring the fact that this government did not get big and the debt did not rise because we're trying to help firemen or school teachers keep their jobs. it happened because we have literally through the fed and through the federal government spent -- committed $3 trillion, $4 trillion to make the banks whole so when you say what we shou do right now, obama could call for a moratorium. a moratorium what? two, three years on mortgage foreclosures.

caller: i just wanted to say, your guest yesterday, bernie sanders, is a real dance. check some of them to check the voting machines. did you forget 2000, 2004? guest: thank you for that. if he just want to pay off your credit card -- you can stop the fees but if you have an outstanding balance, you will continue to have interest assessed to the outstanding balance. that does not change. if you have an outstanding balance, and obviously, you and me needs to pay the interest charges on the balance -- bernie sanders is of course the senator from vermont. i will let him know that you were defending him. host: in "the washington post" -- he took questions from the audience and there were a lot of people who said they were worried about the economy, did not feel like the president got the message. guest: i do not think it is a wake-up call, this is well known. there was a report yesterday that said we were out of the recession since june of last year, but since then, we have lost jobs. if you do not have a job, or you are hanging on by the fingernails to the job that you h

watch town hall meetings with tom coburn and bernie sanders. they both talked about health care. >> i believe the plan is for this plan to fail. as a matter fact, i know this plan will fail. health insurance will be way too high. you will create adverse elections. anyone young that is healthy, you will pay the fine and 2014 rather than spend $9,000 on health insurance. it is smart. if you get sick, they have to pay for you. what is going happen? the help the young people are not going to be in the insurance pool. what will happen to the people over 40 who are sick? what will happen to the cost of their insurance? that is why i think they have decided to fail. all to lead that was like to revert back to -- we need a government-run, government- mandated, government-controlled single payer health-care system. >> we are serious about having a cost effective high-quality health care system with guaranteed health care, the way to go is a medicare for all single payer system. if vermont leads the country, you're absolutely right that we're going to be

caller: i just wanted to say, your guest yesterday, bernie sanders, is a real dance. check some of them to check the voting machines. did you forget 2000, 2004? guest: thank you for that. if he just want to pay off your credit card -- you can stop the fees but if you have an outstanding balance, you will continue to have interest assessed to the outstanding balance. that does not change. if you have an outstanding balance, and obviously, you and me needs to pay the interest charges on the balance -- bernie sanders is of course the senator from vermont. i will let him know that you were defending him. host: in "the washington post" -- he took questions from the audience and there were a lot of people who said they were worried about the economy, did not feel like the president got the message. guest: i do not think it is a wake-up call, this is well known. there was a report yesterday that said we were out of the recession since june of last year, but since then, we have lost jobs. if you do not have a job, or you are hanging on by the fingernails to the job that you h

what town hall meetings with republican oklahoma -- oklahoma senator and independent bernie sanders, who both talked about health care. >> i believe the plan is for this plan to fail. as a matter of fact, i know this plan will fail. health insurance is going to be way too high. you are going to create what is called adverse selection. anybody young that is healthy, you will pay the fine in 2014 rather than spend 7000, 8000, $9,000 on insurance. it is smart because if you get sick, they got to cover you. it does not rise to $795 until 2016. what is going to happen? the healthy young people are not going to be in the insurance pool. what is going to happen to the people over 40 who are sick? what is going to happen to the cost of their insurance? that is why i think they designed it to fail because ultimately they would like for it to back and say, we told you, insurance will not work. we need a government run, mandated, government proposed single payer health care system. >> in my view, if we are serious about having a cost effective high quality health care system which guarantees he

cable satellite corp. 2010] >> tomorrow, "the weekly standard," editor william kristol, senator bernie sanders. "washington journal," begins like at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> the c-span networks, we provide coverage of public affairs, politics, american history, nonfiction books. this is all available to you on television, radio, on line, social networking. we take c-span on the road with their digital bus and local content of vehicle. this is washington your way, the c-span networks. created by cable and provided as a public service. this weekend, the conflict between the first amendment and national security. the take on -- had >> house republican leaders talked about their agenda. this is just over 10 minutes. >> over the past six weeks, i traveled across the state of indiana. it is clear that the economic policies of this administration are failing. what i heard over and over again was that the policies of this administration that paralyzed small businesses. this is unlike anything i've seen in my lifetime. no single policy is having a greater effect than the possibility of a tax increase in j

bernie sanders in vermont tried to water it down horribly to the point where it was meaningless. we need to absolutely see what the people are doing with our money, how they are stealing it through inflation. host: thank you for the call. on our twitter page -- by the way, we will take a look at infrastructure later on as we look at the $50 billion proposal being put forward by the president for infrastructure repair. this morning in "the washington times." the recession the president addressing this issue. the political atmosphere and the bush era tax cuts, yesterday on cnbc. >> right now they are taxed at 39%. what we have said is, let's take them up to 20%. that would be a reasonable position that would still be pro-business but would not be so draining on the treasury. so we have a bunch of decisions that have to be made. i think we can have a reasonable argument, and there will be differences on how to go about it. some will want cuts, some will want higher revenues, but there are facts and a reality there that go beyond the political rhetoric, and we will not be able to sol

i like bernie sanders, an independent. the democrats should look toward vermont and their leadership and programs just wanted to say thank you for everything. host: i'm not voting. richard burr is our current senator. i am an independent but i'm not voting for any republican because i believe they are too everyone deolgical. >> all right. the headline this morning reads -- caller: everyone doesn't want taxes but you have to pay the bills stabilizing medicare. >> let me stop you there. what does that mean for 2010? caller: i think people voting on the issue of taxes. people have to understand, you have to pay your bills. aig will begin paying back the government. that is the wall street journal this morning. front page of the "washington post," the caller brought up social security. disability claims are rising sharply. front page of the "washington post" this morning. talking about whether you'd vote for your current legislature. pat is the next phone call. caller: i'd like to say you do a beautiful job. i keep hearing cal

. >> right after the president's speech tonight, a town hall meetings with tom coburn and bernie sanders. now a panel of legal analysts on issues involving the trials of suspected terrorists. >> the united states has confronted a new reality. terrorist groups, many of whom are fueled by religious fervor, have declared a holy war on the united states and they have killed thousands of people within our own borders. since that same date, the country has wrestled with how to deal with a lead to the terrorists that are detained by military forces or other agents of the united states. it is that topic that we will briefly touched on today because of the unusual nature that happened on 9/11, a newly muscular executive-branch and a strong response from the judiciary, to some degree, the legislature, we have a new climate with which to deal with on these issues. they continue. at this moment, the united states is trying to decide where and how to try colleague shake muhammed. they are debating whether the christmas shoe bomber should have been mirandized and whether a person 15 years of age captu

watch town hall meetings with bernie sanders. they both talked about health care. >> i believe the plan is for this plan to fail. i know that this plan will fail. health insurance is going to be way too high. you will create adverse selection. anybody that is young and healthy, you will pay the fund in 2014 rather than spend $7,000 or $8,000. if you get sick, they have to cover you. it does not rise to $795 in 2016. what is going to happen? the healthy young people will not be in the insurance pool. what is cora to happen to the people over 40 who were sick question-what is going to happen to the people over 40 who are sick? alternately, the blanket to revert back and tell you that insurance does not work. -- they want it to refer back and tell you that insurance does not work. >> in my view, if we are serious about having a cost-effective, high-quality health care system which guarantees health care to every man and woman and child, the way to go is a medicare for all single payer system. we are born to be loosed with lobbyists

later, a conversation with vermont senator bernie sanders. >> for a when considering public service, the real question is do you have a positive vision for the direction the country should have? a specific idea that can implement that vision ensure that you can handle it and get it done? >> tim pawlenty on a potential presidential run, growing up in minnesota, and his eight years as governor. that is sunday on c-span. >> on tomorrow morning's "washington journal" donna edwards joins us to talk about her party's prospects in the november election. after that, david limbaugh discusses his new book. after that, brigham mccown will discuss last week's pipeline explosion in northern california. watched "washington journal" every morning at 7:00 eastern. the two major party candidates for iowa's governor met for their first debate this week in sioux city. chet culver, a democrat, is facing a former republican gov. terry branstad. this debate is courtesy of kcau television. >> good evening, i'm channel 9 tv in sioux cit >> and i'm with woi tv in des moines. we are your moderators for tonigh

town hall meetings with republican oklahoma senator tom coburn and independent vermont senator bernie sandersas they both talk about health care. >> i believe the plan is for this to fail. i know this plan will fail. health insurance is going to be way too high. you're going to create what is called adverse selection. anybody young that is healthy -- you will pay the fine in 2014 rather than spend thousands of dollars on health insurance. it is smart. if you get sick, they have to cover you. it does not rise to $795 until 2016 as a fine. healthy, young people will not be in the insurance pool. what will happen to the people over 40 who are sick? what will happen to the cost of their insurance? that is why i think they have designed this to fail. they wanted to revert back -- want it to revert back. we need a government-controlled, single-payer system. >> in my view, if we're serious about having a cost-effective, high-quality health care system which guarantees health care to every man, woman, child --