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Is their unfair treatment of their employees, and walmart specifically is a company he talks about a lot. listen to a smattering of things that sanders has said on the campaign trail. >> wealthiest family in the united states pays their workers wages that are so low that many of these workers are forced to go on food stamps, medicaid or public housing. if you are worth $170 billion, pay your workers a living wage. >> reporter: of course, i spent a lot of time on the campaign trail with bernie sanders. parts of his speech where he talks about walmart memorized. it will be a little different tod...

Many multiples of what you could borrow money from a bank for. for whatever reason, this is working for the banks. that's why theyor made $170 billion in interest and fees last year. why would it be bad to reduce the outstanding credit card debt in the country? >> the reason it would be bad is because it would take away t credit from the people who need it the most. it's not the way to go after that problem. i think there are other, better ways of dealing with that problem. when you shrink the credit base, the people with the lowest credit ratings and the worst credit history are going to lose...

Many multiples of what you could borrow money from a bank for, for whatever reason this is working for the banks. that's why they made $170 billion in interest and fees last year. why would it be bad to reduce the outstanding credit card debt in the country? >> the reason it would be bad is because it would take away credit from the people who needed them most. it's not the way to go after that problem. i think there are other, better ways of dealing with that problem. when you shrink the credit base, the people with the lowest credit ratings and the worst credit history are going to lose thei...

The pharmaceutical companies in a few days or weeks we are going to have the pharmacy benefit managers in. they are the ones involved mostly in the rebate issue. there is 170 billion difference between a list price and what the price the consumer pays, >> neil: i know a lot of drug companies were fingering the benefit managers that coordinate rates between insurers and employers and the drug companies -- this is what they're saying, are stuck holding the bag. did you believe them? >> no, but i'm not going to put all the blame on the pharmaceutical companies because we are going to have to have...

Charges. the police department had not yet moved into the new building. uk prime minister teresa may is crediting her husband and whiskey for helping her get through brexit chaos. after grueling meetings with the cabinet this week, she told the daily mail, we've been married for 38 years, that's a long time. he's my rock. the first thing he did was to pour me a whiskey. she's faced intense backlash over her brexit plan. >> andrew cuomo is tempering liberal expectations in the court. democrats are taking control of both houses in the state legislature raising hopes for a single pair health sy...