Eastern time here on cnn. This week its about movies from the 70s, and starting monday live nonstop coverage of the big democratic debates. We will see you back here this time next week. Taking the stage, with the cnn democratic president ial debates only days away, which candidates will convince voters theyre the partys future . I think weve got a Straight Path to victory in this country. Ill speak exclusively with president ial candidate senator Bernie Sanders next. And impeachment escalation, House Democrats take a major step towards possible impeachment. We must make the strongest possible case both to our colleagues and the american public. Are democrats inching closer to an Impeachment Vote . Ill speak with the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, congressman jerry nadler next. Plus battleground divide,
michigan narrowly swung for President Trump in 2016. Its a great state. We won michigan. Now as Democratic Candidates arrive to make their pitches to voters, the president is hoping personal attacks on his opponents will help keep the state in his column. Detroit congresswoman Rashida Tlaib joins me exclusively in moments. Hello, im jake tapper in detroit, michigan where the state of our union is counting down until the debates. We are live outside the fox theatre in downtown detroit, where 20 president ial candidates will meet on stage for the cnn democratic president ial debates. As the candidates prepare to take the stage in michigan, a state trump narrowly won, democrats are signaling their disagreements over issue. For his part the president is continuing to use divisive and even racist attacks on members
that are minority groups. A Campaign Tactic that he signaled two weeks ago he would make the foundation of his Reelection Campaign when he told four minority members of congress to go back to the countries where they came from, even though three were born in the u. S. And all four are american citizens. Yesterday the president attacked Elijah Cummings quoting that the africanamerican Congressional District which includes parts of baltimore is a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mass. If he spent more time in baltimore maybe he can help clean up this dangerous and filthy place. No human being would want to be there. 718,000 live in cummings district and President Trump is their president as well, though the president apparently views them and the city of baltimore as someone elses responsibility. Moreover, President Trump attacked those four freshmen congresswomen of color under the guys of the criticisms of the
u. S. Joining me now in detroit, 2020 president ial candidate senator brr Bernie Sanders. I know you want to talk about issues but i want to talk about what President Trump said about Elijah Cummings and his district being a rat infested place that no one would want to believe. Its unbelievable that we have a president of the United States who attacks American Cities, who attacks americans, who attacks somebody who is a friend of mine. Elijah cummings is one of the most decent and outstanding members of the house of representatives. I do find it interesting when we have rural republican districts where the Life Expectancy is going down, where downtowns are boarded up and people are struggling. Theyre struggling and our job is to bring people together to improve life for all people, not to have a racist president who
attacks people because they are africanamericans. That is a disgrace and that is why were going to defeat this president. He obviously things that these racist attacks will be effective. Are you concerned that they might be . No. I dont. I think the American People understand that what we need is an agenda that works for all of us and not have a president who divides us up. We need health care for all, we need to lower the cost of Prescription Drugs. We need to make public colleges and universities tuition free. We need to cancel student debt. The American People are behind those issues. They will not accept the president trying to divide us up by the color of our skin. Lets talk about one of those issues. Specifically you and other 2020 democrats are going to be debating on the stage. Your medicare for all plan will be front and center. Kamala harris says she supports it and she will not raise taxes on middle class americans to fund it. I want you to take a listen to what former Vice President had to say about that. Well, i find the people who say medicare for all but theyre not going to tax the middle class because you dont need to do that. Come on. What is this, is this a Fantasy World here . Do you agree with former Vice President biden. We have to understand that under medicare for all people are not going to pay any premiums or deductibles or co payments. So if you call a premium a tax, were getting rid of that. But i do believe that in a progressive way people will have to pay taxes. The wealthy will obviously pay the lions share of the taxes. But at the end of the day people will pay substantially less for the health care that they receive because were going to do away with hundreds of billions of dollars of administrative waste. Were going to do away with the incredible profiteering of the Insurance Companies and Drug Companies. But overall people are not going to be paying premiums and
deductibles, so theyll be laying less. So is the former Vice President incorrect . Well, obviously health care is not free. We pay for it through premiums and out of pocket expenses. In canada its paid through taxes and well have to do that. The Debate Strategy in a new memo that they issued this weekend, the strategist writes hes going to draw contrast where there are Policy Disagreements like health care. Booker, jill brand, harris and warren all have signed onto Bernie Sanders health care for all. Thats a nonstarter for joe biden. Youre not going to be on the stage with him because of the luck of the draw. That is disingenuous on the part of joe. If i raise your taxes hypothetically by 8,000 and i lower the Health Care Costs that youre now paying with premiums and deductibles that are now 12,000, youre 4,000 in the good. We are the only major country on earth that does not guarantee
health care to all or have a National Health care program. So we under a medicare for all are going to substantially lower Prescription Drug costs, were going to do away with the incredible complexity and waste in the system. But at the end of the day, you may pay more in taxes. Youre not paying premiums or deductibles. You will pay less for your Health Care Costs. And you think Vice President knows that . Of course he does. No study tells us. Last year the Drug Companies made 69 billion at the same time americans cant afford the medicine that they need. So youre seeing massive profit earring on the part of the Health Care Industry and incredible bureaucracy. Anybody who deals with an Insurance Company understands the bureaucracy. Youre seeing now over 80 million americans who can not afford the Health Insurance that
they need. This is a Disfunctional System designed to make profits for the people in the Health Care Industry, not to provide quality care to all. You just talked about the Drug Companies. Youre taking a bus to canada later this morning to fight for more affordable insulin for people with diabetes. At a fundraiser last night here in detroit you appeared to compare Pharmaceutical Industry Executives who are artificially jacking up prices murders. Take a listen. Somebody goes out and shoots somebody, theyre called a murderer. We all agree with that. Put them away. But what happens if somebody runs a Pharmaceutical Industry and artificially jacks up the price . Pharmaceutical executives, i think first of all i misspoke. Pharmaceutical executives see themselves as people who help save lives. Do you really see them as murders . This is a philosophical issue
that we have to deal with. If in the case of insulin people are dying right now because the cost has soared in recent years. You have three companies who control over 90 of the insulin market. One out of four people we have 7 Million People use insulin and people are dying. There is strong evidence that there is price fixing and these companies simultaneously raise the prices at outrageous levels far more than the cost of production. If i have a product that costs me a few dollars to make and i jack up that price and you cant afford it, and you die, what do you call me . You can call them whatever you want, but i will tell you as president of the United States were going to take on the Pharmaceutical Industry. Were going to have an Attorney General who is going to deal with the incredible concentration of ownership and were going to use antitrust legislation. Im going right now in a fu minutes into canada. The cost of insulin is onetenth
of the price. 10 of the price. Same product we have in the United States. So you can call the drug Company Executives whatever they want, but what theyre doing involves corruption, it involves unbelievable greed with them making, as i mentioned the Top Ten Companies last year made 69 billion in profits. The top three insulin Companies Made 14 billion. And people are rationing. One out of four are rationing their insulin. That is unacceptable in the United States and im elected president theyre not going to get away with that. You recently approved a plan to forgive 1. 4 trillion debt. Cory booker had some criticism. Youre not going to be on the stage with him so i want you to address it. Its canceling debt for people in high income brackets going into jobs, whether theyre large corporate jobs or wall street jobs that are going to
give them the ability to pay back their money. Why should the american taxpayer pay the debt for a millionaire . Those are not the people who have the student debt. The majority are working class people, low income people, africanamericans and latinos. They are struggling right now and many of these people i talk to them every day, they cant afford to get married and have kids or buy a house. They cant afford even to buy a car. Theres a tremendous weight of oppression around their shoulders. They were told go to college and they did. They took out huge loans. They were told they were going to get goodpaying jobs. That did not happen. My view is if the United States could bail out the crooks on wall street who destroyed the economy, if we could give a trillion and a half. Large organizations like amazon, doesnt pay a nickel a federal tack taxes. If we do that we can help save a
millennial generation. Biden is spending time supporting the 1994 crime bill which he authored. You were concerned about Mass Incarceration at the time. Lets roll that clip. We are dooming today Tens Of Millions of young people to a future of bitterness, ms. Ry, hopelessness, drugs, crime and violence, and mr. Speaker, all the jails in the world, and we already im prison more people per capita than any other country, will not make that situation right. And yet you voted for the bill because there were many provisions in it that you did like. How do you explain to communities of color in particular why that yes vote was worth the cost, even though you saw the Mass Incarceration problem coming down the pike . Ill tell you what, when you have a large bill as you well know, jake, that has many features in it, many provisions in it, you have to make a
choice. And the choice that i had made is i had run for office and this was back in 88 and again in 1990. You know what i said to the people of vermont . By the way, that was a state that had virtually no Gun Control Laws at all. I said we have got to ban the distribution of Assault Weapons. That was way back then. Thats what i told the people. This bill, the crime bill did have a ban on Assault Weapons and it also had a provision if there dealing with violence against women. So i was on the floor when you just showed, me understanding how bad aspects of that bill was. But i made a promise to the people of vermont and since then ive been doing my best helping to lead the effort for real criminal Justice Reform so we end the disgrace of having more people in jail than any other country. We have Hundreds Of Thousands of people that are too poor to pay for cash bail. I helped lead the effort against the terrible war on drugs which has destroyed so many lives. And im proud at my last campaign we talked about the need to decriminalize or legali legalize marijuana. I know hindsight is 20 dsh 20, but are you still glad you voted for it. No. Im not happy i voted, it was a terrible bill. People lose faith in politicians because they say one thing and do another. If i tell people in vermont i am going to do everything i can to put a ban on Assault Weapons, and then you dont do that, thats the other side of the coin. The u. S. Is on track to apprehend more than 1 million undocumented immigrants this year. In the past you have suggested that increases in Migrant Workers drive wages down for American Workers. I want you to take a listen to yourself on lou dobbs. If poverty is increasing and wages are going down, i dont
know why we need people to come into this country as Guest Workers who will work for lower wages than American Workers and drive wages down even lower than they are right now. Let me just ask you, the larger philosophical question, how do you balance compassion at the border with compassion for americans and their wages . What i said about that one, the reason why i voted against that Immigration Bill is there were a number of groups, including leading latino groups, that understood that the Guest Worker Program in that legislation was akin to slave labor. The workers coming in had no rights at all. So i dont apologize for that vote. But right now what we need is a comprehensive Immigration Reform package, which does a number of things. Number one, it leads to a path toward citizenship for the 11 million who are undocumented right now. Thats what weve got to do. It provides legal stats for the 1. 8 young people who are in the
daca program and it develops a compassionate and humane process for asylum at the border. People traveling 1,000 miles by foot with little children are not criminals. They are people dealing with violence and incredible poverty in their own country. So we need a rational asylum process. We dont need to be ripping little children from the arms of their mothers. Senator Bernie Sanders, good luck in canada today and well see you on the debate stage on tuesday tonight. Thank you so much. Are House Democrats taking steps toward impeachment . I would lead to House Judiciary Kparm jerry nadler. And President Trump said she should go back to where she came from. Thats right here in detroit. Were home with congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. Stay with us. And we walk so that one day, there will be a white flower for alzheimers first survivor. Join the fight at alz. Org walk. At tmobile, for 40 line for four lines, its all included for the whole family. Like unlimited with netflix on us. And now with each new line, get one of our latest smartphones included. 40 line for four lines and smartphones are included for the whole family. Woman 1 this is my body of proof. Man 1 proof of less joint pain and clearer skin. Man 2 proof that i can fight psoriatic arthritis. Woman 2 . With humira. Woman 3 humira targets and blocks a specific source of inflammation that cont