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If you care about the working poor, income in equality, universal college education, if you plan on building on president obamas health care record and making sure everyone has universal health care. it is person by person, turning the tide. and i can assure you from being in baltimore, iowa, now new hampshire, the tide is indeed turning, poppy. >> lets talk about foreign policy and terror. because people across america, people around "the world right now" are scared. and hillary clinton, whethe...

Democratic voters. think about the voter file itself. you would deny the sanders campaign access to its own voters. you are denying voters the opportunity to interact with senator sanders. >> a new poll out of monmouth university. it found this week that 59% of bernie sanders supporters would be okay with it if hillary clinton beat sanders and won the nomination. how do you turn those folks into die-hards? >> well, were working. its what we do right now. touching people. door by door. going to t...

New hampshire and get all the way to super tuesday? >> absolutely, and it shows the importance of message. bernie has the most attractive message to the working class, working poor and poor which is a sizable part of the democratic coalition. >> small donations. >> very small donations and the debate that he just had was basically about socialism and for someone to defeat the republicans whoever it is, they will need to get independent votes. and independents want results. so i think they need t...

Winning elections on this because its not an issue for for middle income people. its an issue for the working poor. neither party has a coherent message for people making $20 or $30 an hour who cant get a wage increase through regulation. >> but, josh, if you remember, the midterm elections were you found four senators running, they were running on a platform of being republican but the ones at the same time down ballot the initiatives that won were minimum wage. so this is an issue that resonat...

Rates for people on capital gains down to zero. the party is out of touch but so says s his economic plan. i disagree on the minimum wage issue. democrats think this is a great issue, democrats havent been winning elections on this because its not an issue for for middle income people. its an issue for the working poor. neither party has a co-heent message for people making $20 or $30 an hour who cant get a wage increase through regulation. >> but, josh, if you remember, the midterm elections we...

Self-described democratic socialist. do you have a problem with that or are you okay with that? >> absolutely not. i think this country need as little bit of socialism into its system, especially with health care and the disparity between the 1% and the people -- the working poor and the poor. i think theres more working poor now in this country than there are middle class. and i think he wants to remedy that as well. >> so income inequality is very, very to this group and also the whole issue o...

The people the working poor and the poor. i think there is more working poor now in this country than there are middle class. and i think he wants to remedy that as well. >> reporter: so income equality is very, very important to this group and also the whole group of plaque lives matter, the sanders group came out saying they would reintroduce bernie sanders to the black community. so let me ask you, did you hear, sir, what you wanted to hear from bernie sanders tonight? >> yes, i did. he spoke...

Deal with the gun crisis in this country. i think were going to hear all the candidates talk about this pro-actively. my guess is were going to hear bernie sanders go farther than hes ever gone before in terms of supporting gun control. but clearly candidates who have been there for a long time, martin omalley or hillary clinton, theyre going to have an advantage on that debate. >> you know, i have to say this. were going to hear candidates talk about the middle class, the working poor. well hea...

Gay marriage stuff and a bunch of stuff. i think it will show she has enough vision to address economic issues for the working poor and working class people because that is what bernie sanders is resonating with a big pocket of the democratic base. >> marjorie, bernie sanders has been reluctant to go after hillary clinton directly. even in his mention of his iraq war vote over the weekend. he didnt mention her directly. is that something that voters will be looking for and is he likely to delive...

Streets. even as he speaks pope francis is always bringing in the people of the street, the people, the working poor, the people that we too easily look over. he is always bringing to us through his words, homilies and speeches. if there is one avenue that is most attracted to young people i find is the commitment to social justice that while they may have questions about their faith, their passion for justice is clear and its real and its vibrant. often once many young people engage the works o...