The massive levels of income and wealth inequality in this country. What i mean by democratic socialism is creating a government that works for everybody. Not controlled either legislatively or politically by a handful of very wealthy people. Senator sanders speech comes as President Trump hosts his polish counterpart at the white house. The two leaders will hold a News Conference in a couple of minutes from the rose garden. Much more on that in just a moment. But lets go straight to senator sanders about to speak there. Thank you very much for being here. And let me begin by saying my friends we are in the midst of a defining and Pivotal Moment for our country and the planet. And with so many crises converging upon us simultaneously, it is easy for us to become overwhelmed or depressed or even to throw up our hands in resignation. But my message to you today is that if there was ever a moment in the history of our country where despair was not an option, this is that time. [ applause ] if there was ever a moment where we had to effectively analyze the competing political and social forces which define this historical period, this is that time. If there was ever a moment when we needed to stand up and fight against the forces of oligarchy and or authoritarianism, this is that time. [ applause ] and if there was ever a moment when we needed a new vision to bring our people together in the fight for justice, decency and human dignity, this is that time. [ applause ] in the year 2019, the United States and the rest of the world face two very different political paths. On one hand there is a growing Movement Toward oligarchy and authoritarianism in which a small number offin incredibly wealthy and powerful billionaires own and control a significant part of the economy and exert enormous influence over the political life of our country. On the other hand, in opposition to oligarchy, there is a movement of working people and young people who in ever increasing numbers are fighting for justice. They are the teachers taking to the streets. [ applause ] to make certain that schools are adequately funded and that their students get a quality education. They are workers they are workers at disney, amazon, walmart and the fast food industry. Standing up, standing up and fighting for a living wage of at least 15 an hour and the right to have a union. [ applause ] they are the young people taking on the fossil fuel industry and demanding policies that transform our Energy System and protect our planet from the ravages of climate change. [ applause ] they are women who refuse to give control of their bodies to local, state or federal politicians. [ applause ] they are people of color and their allies demanding an end to systemic racism and massive racial inequities that exist throughout our society. [ applause ] they are migrants and their allies fighting to end the demonization of undocumented people and for comprehensive immigration reform. [ applause ] now when we talk about oligarchy, let us be clear about what we mean. Right now in the United States of america three families control more wealth than the bottom half of our country, some 160 million americans. The top 1 own more wealth than the bottom 92 . And 49 of all new income generated today goes to the top 1 . In fact, income and wealth inequality today is greater in the United States than in any time since the 1920s. And when we talk about oligarchy, it is not just that the very rich are getting much richer. It is that tens of millions of working class people in the wealthiest country on earth are suffering under incredible economic hardship, desperately trying to survive. Today nearly 40 million americans live in poverty and tonight some 500,000 americans, including many veterans, will be sleeping out on the streets. About half of our country lives paycheck to paycheck as tens of millions of our people are an accident, a divorce, a sickness or a layoff away from economic devastation. While many Public Schools throughout the country lack the resources to adequately educate our young people, we are the most heavily incarcerated nation on earth. After decades of policies that have encouraged and subsidized a bridles corporate greed, we now have an economy that is fundamentally broken and grotesquely unfair. Even while Macro Economic numbers like gdp, the stock market and the Unemployment Rate are strong, millions of middle class and working class People Struggle to keep their heads above water while at the same time the billionaire class consumes the lions share of the wealth that we are collectiblely creating as a nation. In the midst of a socalled booming economy, real wages for the average worker have barely risen at all and despite an explosion in technology and worker productivity, the average wage of the American Worker in real dollars is no higher than it was 46 years ago. And millions of people in our country today are forced to work two or three jobs just to survive. And here is something quite incredible that tells you all that you need to know about the results of unfettered capitalism. All of us want to live long, happy and productive lives. But in america today, the very rich live on average 15 years longer than the poorest americans. In 2014, for example, in mcdowell county, west virginia, one of the poorest counties in the nation, Life Expectancy for men was 64 years. In fairfax county, virginia, a wealthy county, just 350 miles away, Life Expectancy for men was nearly 82 years, an 18year deferential. The Life Expectancy gap for women in the two counties was 12 years. In other words the issue of unfettered capitalism is not just an academic debate. Poverty, economic distress and despair are lifethreatening issues for millions of working people in this country. While the rich get richer, they live longer lives. While poor and working families struggle economically and often lack Adequate Health care, theyre Life Expectancy is declining for the first time in modern american history. Taken together the American Dream of upward mobility. So senator Bernie Sanders giving the speech here. He said it a couple of years ago when he was running the last go around and hes doubling down again, basically saying america is ready to elect a democratic socialist. So lets analyze all things Bernie Sanders. David chalian is the political director and m. J. Lee is the Political Correspondent and david, first to you, what do you think of the message that we listened to so far and do you think that, at least according to senator sanders, socialism is no longer a dirty word in politics. Hes been remarkably consistent over the years in his positions as it relates to these issues, brooke. And being able to frame what democratic Socialism Means to him and how he interprets that in terms of the policy he puts forth is a very important thing for him to do. Because obviously it is a word that donald trump even as recently as last night in iowa was using against Bernie Sanders and the Democratic Party more broadly. He is going to, as are his surro grates, the republicans will try to paint the democrats as too far left and make socialist is a dirty word so it is incumbent upon Bernie Sanders to try to counter the frame. And that is what the speech is about and why hes leaning so hard into his beliefs because he believes it is exactly those believes that got him to where he is now in national politics. What do you think . And i agree with david absolutely that hes clearly trying to get ahead early and explain for people what could be one of his biggest political vulnerabilities. As david put it so well, this is a label that, frankly, scares off a lot of people. They see Bernie Sanders and the label democratic socialist and they think this is not for me. This is an ideological view and label so far left from where i am and i dont know that i understand this and i dont know this is for me. And i think it is really interesting that Bernie Sanders is explaining this in part through economic policies, that hes saying this is not a label that is necessarily scary and, in fact, this is a label that is important for explaining where i stand on the economic policies. Because that is going to be such an important factor for the Democratic Candidates making the case in this race. So just quickly, senator Elizabeth Warren, someone who shares some of the same beliefs as senator sanders, you have new poll numbers that show shes gaining on him. Yes. This is the field shaking out in a really interesting way. For the longest time we had joe biden as the clear frontrunner and then Bernie Sanders as the clear second place person. And then everybody else sort of packed together below biden and Bernie Sanders. Recently weve seen a couple of polls including the National Poll and iowa and nevada poll just out today that shows Elizabeth Warren standing in that second place spot alongside Bernie Sanders. Obviously we dont know the many reasons why she is having this sort of upswing moment right now. Her allies would certainly say this is probably because she is big on being sort of the policy and the ideas candidate and they feel like it is catching on. I just do want to emphasize this big caveat, that this is one snapshot, single moment in the race, this is what the race looks like in june of 2019. Who knows what this could look like ten days from now. Sure. By the time we get to iowa. M. J. Thank you very much and david chalian, thank you to you. A reminder, were waiting to hear from President Trump himself and taking questions from reporters in the white house rose garden. Well take his News Conference with the president of poland live. Plus trump jr. Is back before the Senate Intelligence committee today. Why he said hes not worried about perjury charges after this closeddoor meeting. And he is the first person to be sentenced in that massive College Admissions scam that involved the two hollywood actresses, the former sailing coach at stanford could actually get more prison more time in prison than a year. Is that fair . Youre watching cnn, im brooke baldwin. X300 series mower. Because Seasons Change but true character doesnt. 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Base in his country calling it fort trump. No doubt the russians would take notice of that. Reportedly poland, a member of nato, has beenen tensefying efforts to improve armed forces since russia took over crimea in 2014. Abby phillip is in the rose garden waiting for President Trump but Barbara Starr is live at the pentagon. But to you first on the deal between the u. S. And poland regarding the troops, give me the specifics on the deal. As you say, poland, according to the president , wants to buy a good number of the f35, the most advanced aircraft in the world according to the pentagon. Though it is expensive, the price tag topping out close to 90 million per plane. It will be up to the polish government to decide if they have the money to spend on buying these aircraft and perhaps equally important to maintain them over the years. Expensive aircraft means expensive maintenance. Just like your car, right. On top of that, now, we do have this the pentagon said it was a thousand additional troops but the president said 2,000 but the bottom line is it is part of this military security effort to boost poland defenses. The u. S. Troops would help be the confidencebuilding measures if you will for poland to be able to have a credible deterrence against russia to the east. All part of what is going on in Eastern Europe is to have that presence so russia sees that the u. S. Is committed that east european flank. The question always is, is Vladimir Putin listening to any of this . Does he even care . There is very little indication he does. He continues the Russian Military continues in Eastern Europe very much to go its own way. Brooke. Abby, to you in the rose garden, when we listened to the q a between President Trump and the White House Press corp, we heard President Trump blasting the reports hes slipping in internal polls, lo looking ae 2020 race. The president is coming out now so ill turn it over to you. Lets dip in. [ applause ] thank you very much. Please. Today melania and i are honored to welcome president duda and police cornhouser duda back to the white house. Theyve become friends. We last hosted them in washington in september, and it is wonderful to see you both again. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Great honor. Since our last meeting, the unbreakable bonds between the United States and poland have grown even closer. This year as our nations mark 100 years of diplomatic relationships, the u. S. polish reliance is stronger by far than ever before. Earlier today president duda and i signed a joint declaration affirming the significant defense, cooperation between our nations and as the declaration makes very clear, the <