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Candidate in the entire field who has unionized his campaign workers. so he is leading by example. and he has clarified that he doesnt think that "the post" has singled him out. i think "the post" is a fair publication. >> but he fund raised off this. he attacked the meade why and send out an email requesting people to sign up and get in touch with his campaign, which is a fund-raising tactic, as part of this. so he may be backing off but its like putting your foot on the gas and on the brake. >...

Dont mess this tips thing out. >> sandra: we saw what happened with bernie sanders. imposing the $15 minimum wage on his campaign workers, and they lost their jobs. >> he stepped right into it. why not $100? >> sandra: why stop there? >> bill: new moment, new warning this morning. about aspirin. why a new study says that millions of americans should not be taking it to prevent a heart attack. whats that all about? the doctor is in the house next. attract new customers. thats when fastsigns recom...

Are plenty of people who are living pretty close to the edge. >> theyre not feeling it. >> former vice president joe biden told reporters he thinks campaign staff should be making $15 an hour. his campaign spokesman backed that up, said interns on the staff are paid that rate. and of course, this is a comment that comes as unionized campaign workers for bernie sanders say they are not making that. despite the fact that for years $15 an hour the senator has said should be the minimum wage. is thi...

Preserving choice and rejecting this premise that you can either have the status quo, the affordable care act, or you can have medicare for all, single-payer system. theres a better path. >> reporter: bernie sanders also in iowa, hes been on the defensive about his campaign workers pay. as for policies, today sanders discussed his plans to expand social security. >> the way we do that is we lift the cap. do you all know what that means? right now millionaires pay only a fraction of their income ...

Of the president and those chanting back.senator bernie sanders gently joined that chorus as he makes the rounds in iowa this weekend. sanders himself has been on the defensive about his campaign workers pay. today he discussed his plan to fund social security. >> way we do that is we left the cap.do you all know what that means? ive seen more billionaires pay only a fraction of their income into the social security trust fund. so it makes 10 million so makes hundred and 39,000, they contribute ...

At a rally this week aimed at practice woman omar. that is the theme also picked up by former vice p vp joe biden during the stop here in la and hes in las vegas today raising funds and talking at a local democrat in it. meanwhile, senator bernie sanders has been on the defensive about campaign workers pay but today hes focusing on how he would expand social security. >> the way to do that is we lyft the cap. you all know what that means? right now multimillionaires pay only a fraction of their ...

Unionized campaign staffers and upper management threatens to undermine his political message. the issue is bound to come up today as he is campaigning in iowa. cnns ryan nobles is in council bluffs. and ryan, what is the crux of the matter and more importantly, what is sanders saying about it? >> yeah, martin. it is actually a complicated issue at the core, because the field staff workers of bernie sanders are not paid by the hour, and salaried employees. the original salary agreed to through t...

An a affordable way while still preserving choice and rejecting this premise that you can either have the status quo, the affordable care act, or you can have medicare for all, single-payer system. theres a better path. >> reporter: bernie sanders also in iowa, hes been on the defensive about his campaign workers pay. as for policies, today sanders discussed his plans to expand social security. >> the way we do that is we lift the cap. do you all know what that means? right now millionaires pay ...

Health care so that a small business can more easily handle a $15 minimum wage? >> emily: there is a strong argument and many have called us hypocritical. i think that it is untenable for campaign workers to be paid that kind of $15 an hour given the huge amount of hours that they put into it. and a lot do it for the experience because they are committed to the cause and are putting it on their resumes, where how do you qualify that compensation that we have seen in a lot of different industries...

From him by the dnc and the clinton campaign. steve: as the president has said of course it was donald trump the businessman there, the system was rigged against him. >> yeah. you know, im always amazed. this is a guy that spent his entire career in real estate, doing business deals. steve: right. >> he has a remarkable knack for politics. and for hasnt capping politics which, of course, is why i wrote the book. its astonishing. his -- he is more accurate than a lot of people that have been in p...