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Keep thinking a bridge too far. >> right. >> but if he loses -- and i think he was losing himself. he didnt appear happy. he didnt have any sense of humor, and he didnt feel good. and then who is he if he doesnt feel good and he doesnt get the applause? if you lose yourself, you lose everything. >> and daca is the easiest of the puzzles. if youre going to take on immigration, daca is the safest bay to play in, and i think thats whats going on. >> if you line up eight to ten evangelicals in the s...

>> health care in america must be a right, not a privilege. >> thrills the base but not the democratic leadership. >> there are many different bills out there. we want to move the issue forward. were looking at all of these. >> senator bernie sanders joins me this morning. plus, where hurricane irma hit the hardest. the u.s. virgin islands. >> we lost one of the victims here, took him right out of the building. >> my trip to the virgin islands. >> theres your couch. theres your television. >> ...

>> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, celebrating its 70th year. this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. good sunday morning. it was hard not to get the sense this week that both political parties were itching for a fight, with themselves. senator bernie sanders of vermont managed to drive a wedge into a party he doesnt even belong to with his proposal for single payer health care. the left loves it. the democratic leaders and vulnerable s...

>> but i have to say, is he risking more than he realizes here when he messes with immigration? only because if there was one issue that animated him in those primaries, it was immigration. >> you know, i think if he risks himself and he loses his confidence and hes not feeling good, he risks everything that people voted for him for, that he was a fighter and hes going to stand up for things. im not sure that one issue is going to break the -- we always keep thinking a bridge too far. >> right. ...

F -- iv drugs. >> were seeing a lot of traumatic injuries, brains and strains, lacerations. you know, things that you would expect from this environment. also people who are having problems with their chronic medication. >> i was going to say running out of prescriptions. >> absolutely. >> president trump who visited florida last week also plans to come here. and bloomberg thinks that is a good idea in order to bring attention to the dire situation. >> but just saying, look, the u.s. virgin isla...

North korea. we should especially put more pressure on china. china can do more. china forced us to water down sanctions at the united nations a couple weeks ago relating to ill imports into north korea. china right now would rather have a nuclear north korea than a denuclearized new york because what did you just ask me? you asked me about north korea. you didnt ask chinas economic warfare on the united states or militarizing new islands in the south china sea. we have to put pressure on china ...

When we have got to ask ourselves why are we, the united states of america, our great nation, the only major country on earth not to guarantee health care to all people as a right? second of all, why are we spending twice as much per capita on health care as any other major country, all of whom guarantee health care to all of their people? and our health care outcomes are not necessarily better. third, why do we pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs? and in my view, a...

Because why? what did you just ask me? you asked me about north korea. you didnt ask chinas economic warfare on the united states or militarizing new islands in the south china sea. or their attitude toward taiwan. we have to put pressure on china to achieve our objective, which is a denuclearized north korea that can no longer threaten america. >> one other topic. ive not seen you weigh in on the proposed transgender ban. you are a recent veteran of these wars of the early 21st century. where a...

The people that are not happy are those in that other 20%. >> well, yes and no. in fact, we are going to need a lot of discussion. again, i would hope that on nbc, cbs, abc, we can begin to have that kind of discussion in a serious way. but here is the truth. you know, gallup does a lot of polling on this issue, and what they find out is that the most popular health insurance program in this country is medicare. >> right. >> seniors feel really good. veterans administration ranks very high. in f...

We replace private insurance premiums with medicare premiums. the average middle class worker saves money. >> well, i guess the question i have for you, though, is how do you convince some 80% of americans who do get health care from their employer that it is worth rejiggering the system again? that seems to be the other challenge here because as you know, people that get employer-based private insurance are basically happy with their insurance. the people that are not happy are those in that ot...