sanders: thank you very much. our next witness is the canada research chair and health justice and associate professor at the university of toronto. he is a staff position scientist at the university of toronto where he provides care to patients and leads studies. dr. -- docotr -- doctor, thank you for being with us. >> in canada, per capita drug spending is lower than the u.s. prices for patented medicines are three times lower in canada. the review sport is slated in july to drop the u.s. from its list of countries used to set prices because prices are shockingly high in the u.s. compared to other countries including the u.k.. the marketing in the 1990's -- per capita is proportionate in the u.s. pharmaceutical companies continue to it from the opioid crisis that killed 80,000 americans in a 12 month period ending may 2020. pressure and lobbying by pharmaceutical companies has undermined reforms in canada and the u.s.. most government reports over decades have recommended including medicines in canada's single-p

sanders: thank you very much. now we go to senator baldwin. sen. baldwin: thank you, chair sanders. i want to jump in just where senator murkowski dropped off with regards to the fair drug pricing act. i also want to share a constituent experience first. i hear all the time from wisconsinites who cannot afford prescription medication. people like jackie from mosquito, wisconsin, who has terminal cancer. she wrote me that the drug that keeps "mia love is also driving my family towards bankruptcy. it costs me $15,000 to $21,000 out-of-pocket per share. my husband is worried enough about being left alone, and i worry about having to start over financially in his 60's after a lifetime of savings being wiped out from one drug. the price of this drug has increased over 20 times. stories like this one are the inspiration for the bipartisan fair drug pricing act, which i am reintroducing today with my colleagues, senator murkowski, senator smith and senator brown. the bill requires manufacturers to submit a transparency and justification report 30 days before they increased the price of a d

sanders: senator hassan -- sen. sanders: senator hassan? sen. hassan: thank you for true, clear, and compelling testimony and being willing to talk about your own personal situation. i appreciate your work on this issue over the years including on importation and allowing the federal government to negotiate medicare drug prices. i believe there is bipartisan support in the senate for legislation that meaningfully lowers the cost of prescription drugs and we need to take action this year. i want to ask a question to you, dr. kesselheim, following up on senator baldwin's line of questioning. drug companies often try to justify high prices by saying they use this revenue to fund innovation for future breaks and medications and we all support innovations that effectively treat and kill diseases, but we also know that american taxpayers subsidize a significant portion of the research that leads to these innovations. dr. kesselheim who makes the majority of investments in the research that leads to breakthrough therapy treatments for unmet health need

sanders: ms. anderson, thank you very much. next, our next panelist is jennifer bates. ms. bates is an amazon worker at the bessemer, alabama, fulfillment center. she and her co-workers are trying to form a union in amazon with the retail wholesale and department star union. i invited both ms. bates and amazon founder and executive chairman jeff bezos. i'm very happy miss bates agreed to testify, unlike mr. bezos. miss bates, thank you very much for being with us. >> thank you, determine sanders, ranking members graham and members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to testify today. amazon brags it pays workers above the minimum wage. what they don't tell you is what those jobs are really like and they certainly don't tell you that they can afford to do much better for the workers working at amazon warehouse is no easy thing. the shifts are long the pace is superfast. you're constantly being watched and monitored. they seem to think you are another machine. i started working at amazon

sanders: well, it doesn't quite work like that. some of the money is not supposed to be spent right away. i mean, you don't pass legislation and say that, in two weeks, you got to spend all the money. some of it is designed to be spent over a period of years. look, and all due respect to my republican colleagues, right now, as i speak to you, they are forcing a reading of a 600-page bill that will -- requires nine, 10 hours of wasted time. the american people perceive correctly that we are in an urgent moment. we ought to move as quickly as we can. that's what president biden wants. they are now on the floor of the senate right now wasting senate time, 10 hours, reading a bill in order to obstruct our progress. i'm afraid that i have to be honest with you and say that mitch mcconnell and the republicans are much more interested in obstructionism and making sure that president biden does not push through his agenda than they are in -- really in dealing with the problems facing the american people. judy: senator, one final argument t

bernie sanders attacking all these guys is pretty rich because bernie sanders is uniquely unqualified and the people were talking about our innovative or visual ideas and bernie's ideas although he's amusing are about as original as anybody in the united states. he advocates for socialism that had been tried many, many times and often ended in abysmal failure. ashley: let's not forget hypocrisy i like to call him three house bernie two homes in vermont in a townhome in d.c., why doesn't he sell two of them and take that money and handed out to people who are in need of food and shelter. it is easy to for him to snipe from the sidelines but look in your own backyard once in a while. >> that's exactly right, this guy has leached off of others his entire life, what are my favorite bernie sanders stories he was thrown out for being a slob he was not cleaning up after himself. when he looked to other people who are productive he is confused. ashley: that is not easy to do, you should get more for that. we are out of time we can say so much more about three house bernie. just ahead on "the

but bernie sanders attacking all these guys is pretty rich because bernie sanders is uniquely unqualified to attack all these guys, the people who we are talking about have innovative original ideas, bernie although he is amusing unoriginal as anybody in the ideas. he advocates for political ideology socialism tried many, many times. it often ended horrifying business failure. ashley: let's not forget hypocrisy. i like to call him three house bernie. he has two homes in vermont. he has a town home i believe in d.c. why doesn't he sell two of them, take all that money to hand it out to people who are in need of food and shelter? easy for him to snipe from the sidelines but you know what? look in your own backyard once in a while, right? >> that is exactly right. in fact, this guy has leeched off of others his entire life. one of my favorite bernie sanders stories he was thrown out of a commune for being a slob. he was not cleaning up after himself. entirely in character for bernie sanders. so when he looks at other people that are productive he is confused. ashley: that is not easy to do.

i love senator sanders, i love senator manchin and enjoy my conversations with both of them. they both have different points of view. all are democrats in the senate and i hope more and more republicans recognize this country needs action to beat this virus to deal with the economic crisis and to go from there. and so i'm happy to work with any senator in either party that wants to help president biden move this country forward. a senator sanders was incredibly helpful on passing this rescue packagement 0 i believe, as the chairman of the senate budget committee he was a key player in bringing this package to the floor through reconciliation process. and of course, senator manchin was critical to delivering those votes to get us over the hump. a lot of senators played key roles. senator schumer, senator wyden on the finance committee and i can go down the list. obviously, it's a challenge to keep 50 democrats united and grateful that senator schumer did that on behalf of the president, working with the caucus. we're going to continue to work with every member of the senate, d

senator bernie sanders is with us. may i say, you look better than i've seen you look in a long time, you look really good. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. >> jimmy: have you been vaccinated? >> i have, actually. >> jimmy: we've been focused on covid for obvious reasons, but it seems attention has drifted away from health care, which is, of course, they're kind of one and the same, and so many people have died as a result of covid-19. i hope and expect that joe biden made you some promises in the area of health care in exchange for your enthusiastic support. >> well, the president and i have differences of opinion on health care. i do support medicare for all. i do think it's absurd that when we are spending twice as much per capita on health care as any other major country, we've got 90 million people who are uninsured or underinsured, 60,000 people die every year because they don't get to a doctor when they should, in some cases we're paying 10 times more for prescription drugs than they do in canada and some o

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senator sanders was incredibly helpful passing the rescue package. as chairman of senate budget, he was a key player in bringing the package to the floor through the reconciliation process. and senator manchin was critical in getting us over the hump. a lot of senator played key roles. senator schumer, the leader, senator wyden on the finance committee, i could go down the list. it is a chalice to keep 50 democrats united and i am grateful senator schumer did that on behalf of the president with his caucus. we are going to work with every senator to move america's agenda forward. anna: let's talk about that, challenges going forward are clear. you were able to keep 50 democrats in the senate together and nancy pelosi was able to keep her caucus largely intact, and incredible feat on such a massive bill, but going forward is going to be even harder. we want to talk about what is next on the legislative agenda, your three top legislative goals for 2021, and how you sequence this to get wins like you started so strong on? ron: i would let the president

amy: that is senator bernie sanders. to talk about the push to raise the federal minimum wage, we are joined by the rev. dr. william barber, co-chair of the poor people's campaign and president of repairers of the breach. he and reverend liz theoharis just wrote a letter to vice president kamala harris published in the nation titled "vp harris, maybe you were elected for such a time as this." reverend barber, welcome back to democracy now! explain what you are demanding. cook's first of all, thank you so much, amy, for having me on this morning. i can't help but think right now about a passage of scripture isaiah 10, whoah under those who legislate people and rob the poor of their rights. when i went to west virginia a few weeks ago and met with four will people, -- for wealth people, they were clear, white, black, brown, when passing tax cuts, they said -- for the wealthy, parliamentarians have never had the last word and that should not have it now. the parliamentarian nearly advises -- merely advises. they were demand

let's talk about bernie sanders and aoc. they lined up behind a candidate, joe biden, as aoc said in any other country would be in another party from her. they consider joe biden to be a relic from a different age idealogically. democratic party past. what did they do? they worked around the clock to get him elected. you talk to biden people off the record they will tell you bernie sanders worked as hard as anybody to get them elected. aoc as well. other progressives who disagreed with joe biden on a lot of issues. now democrats are trying to figure out how to come together. from bernie sanders to joe manchin, to pass a bill that 76% americans support. and the republican party is opposing that bill. the democratic party is acting -- and i know republicans understand this on the hill. the democratic party right now is acting like a governing majority, a party that wants to pass legislation, who wants to make a difference, who wants to advance their causes that are near and dear to them. and guess what, they're willing to comp

sanders: i ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. sanders: madam president, i rise today to offer an amendment to increase the federal minimum wage from a starvation wage of of $7.25 an hour to $15 an hour over a five-year period. as i think you know, the congress has not raised the minimum wage since 2007, and the result of that is that half of our people are now living paycheck to paycheck, and many, in fact, are working for wages that are much too low in order to take care of their families. so to my mind, the american people in poll after poll, in state after state understand that we have got to raise that minimum wage to a living wage oo do everything i can to make that happen, and i will be offering that amendment this morning. but before i do that, let me begin my remarks by explaining why this reconciliation bill, the american rescue plan, that we are debating today is so enormously important that it must be passed and it must be passed as quickly as possible,

joining us now to discuss senator bernie sanders, the chairman of the senate budget committee. thank you for joining us. i know you're urging fellow democrats to ignore the senate parliamentarian on the $15 minimum wage increase. is there a viable path to getting the minimum wage which is $7.25, it's been like that since 2009, is there a viable option to raising it in this bill? >> i don't know about this bill. we'll bring up the amendment tomorrow. we'll see how many votes we get but this i will tell you. $7.25 is a starvation wage. it's not been raised by congress since 2007. we got millions of people in this country who are working 40 hours a week, living in poverty. i promise you. we are going to raise that minimum wage to $15 a hoir. if not this week sometime soon. we have the majority leader here in the senate supportive. the speaker of the house nancy pelosi supportive. the vast majority of the american people are supportive and the idea we have a parliamentarian who's a senate staffer making a determination that 30 million americans won't get a pay raise to me is unacce

you had been reporting on what sanders was doing here in terms of the minimum wage. they tried to get creative to offer some different policy options that would basically force companies to do this using tax incentives or other measures, but at the end of the day, they had to give up on that because the reality is that there are not 50 democratic votes in the senate to raise the minimum wage to $15 in this bill. what else do we know about how this plays out over the course of the week? are they really going to sink president biden's top priority here over this? >> yeah, kasie, they're not going to do that. but what we did find out last night was that senator sanders also said that he does still plan to push for an increase in the minimum wage through this amendment process during vote-o-ramma once the package hits the floor. it's unclear whether that will be through the straight-up increase of the minimum wage, which is at $7.25 and he raises it to $15, or if he uses that creative proposal, the plan "b" back-door option that would create a tax penalty or other disini

amy: senator sanders is holding another hearing today. for more we're joined by chuck collins, author of the new report "a year of billionaire pandemic gains." he is also the author of "the wealth hoarders: how billionaires pay millions to hide trillions." chuck, welcome back to democracy now! who are e pandemic profiteers and how dohey do it? >> good morning. you mentioned a couple like jeff bezos and elon mus but what we found is there's a whole group of people, must 50 billionaires whose wealth has ge up over 100%. there often leading companies who have benefited from the pandemic conditions by having essentially the competition shut down. they are the online retailers, the online telemedicine, and then think about it, any of the companies that were depending on while brick and mortar economies have been shut down, those are the ones that have seen their wealth surge dramatically. as you said, we're talking about 657 billionaires whose combined wealth is $1.3 trillion increase in the last year, but $4.2 trillion total -- which is almos

that says a lot when you make bernie sanders blush over progressive policies. carley: the house could vote on the $1.5 trillion relief the laziness today and democrats celebrating it is the most progressive billing history. jillian: republican lawmakers bashing it. joining us to weigh in carlos jimenez. thank you for being here, appreciate it. >> my pleasure. jillian: the democrats wish list items in this relief bill you see on the screen. what do you think happens with this about and where do you stand on it? >> i'm going to vote against it because it is all trump progressive, has little to do with covid-19. it will push our deficit up tremendously. there's $1 trillion of free authorized money that hasn't been spent but we will add another $2 trillion on top of it. i think it is outrageous. i will support portions of it especially giving americans relief and helping small businesses open, those that were actually affected by covid-19 but this goes beyond the pale and i don't believe many republicans will be supporting this and i won't be because i think it is

amy: senator sanders is holding another hearing today. for more we're joined by chuck collins, author of the new report "a year of billionaire pandemic gains." he is also the author of "the wealth hoarders: how billionaires pay millions to hide trillions." chuck, welcome back to democracy now! who arthe pandemic profiteers and how dohey do it? >> good morning. you mentioned a couple like jeff bezos and elon musk, but what we found is there's a whole group of people, must 50 billionaires whose wealth has gone up over 100%. there often leading companies who have benefited from the pandemic conditions by having essentially the competition shut down. they are the online retailers, the online telemedicine, and then think about it, any of the companies that were depending on while brick and mortar economies have been shut down, those are the ones that have seen their wealth surge dramatically. as you said, we're talking about 657 billionaires whose combined wealth is $1.3 trillion increase in the last year, but $4.2 trillion total -- which is a

you've already been asked this by senator sanders but i want your assurance. would you treat, as somebody that has sat on the congressional side of this, would you treat requests from senators on the committee be they democratic or republican with respect and try to be as responsive as you can? >> i can't answer that more emphatically but you're right i've heard from republican members as well who not only could not get information but would see the things important to them and would go to the omb to never be heard from again. >> if committee members were pestering you you could take that to the chair man and the chair man could be an enforcer and say knock it off, but the reasonable request should be dealt with whether made by democrats or republicans. i came into the senate in january, 2013 with budget caps in effect in late february. we had a government shutdown in october and endless crs. we had a month-long shutdown. i have an opinion about how i would create the federal budget process since i've been here. if i asked you to create this process, what grad

. >> thank you chairman sanders. ranking members and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify. paying workers above the minimum wage with those jobs are really like and that they can afford to do much better. working at the amazon warehouse is not easy the shift alone is superfast you're constantly being watched and monitored. they seem to thank you are a machine. started to work at amazon may of 2020 not too long after they opened. by the third day i was hurting, looked around and it wasn't just me. i mentioned it to my sister who also worked there at the time and she just told me it only gets worse. at amazon you are on your feet all the time and climbing stairs. we only have 30 minute break spread ten hour shift to 30 minute breaks which is not long enough to give you time to rest with the size of a few football fields just the walk to the bathroom and back eats up your personal break time. coworkers and i are older middle-age people who have to climb up and down the stairs. when i first

>>> plus, the battle is on between bernie sanders and amazon we'll talk about that one this hour on "power lunch." >> thank you, tyler. welcome to "power lunch," everyone happy friday the dow and s&p 500 positive for the week but the nasdaq on pace for a fifth down week in the sixth. let's go to bob pisani for more. bob? >> hello it's back again. this reopening trade has kind of waxeded and waned in the last couple of weeks. it's all the cyclical sectors. steel stocks, energy stocks, global stocks, copper stocks, for example. industrial stocks. home construction. that's the reinflation reopening trade. they're all doing better today after a rough week the thematic tech etfs back up today. we have a broad market advance why tech's doing well and the reopening trade's doing well so everybody loves the lithium stocks and the 5g stocks and the robotic stocks doing well. what's not bouncing? cathy wood, ark innovation another down day can't get a break right now. the s&p, ra thel is right we are positive for the week and the rotation from the tech names, the big growth tech names into the

bernie sanders is the one who brought it forward. i'm going to put it this way, bernie sanders is the one who forced this vote. what is more of a problem, sanders forcing this vote to get his democratic friends on the record, knowing it would turn out this way. or seven democrats and an independent voting against it? >> you got to give bernie sanders a lot of credit. he has a progressive base, and they're a big part of this party. you have the young turks and a bunch of others saying, if we're not going to fight now, this is a must-pass wibill. this is the time to fight for our values. if you're going to preemptively surrender, why did we kill ourselves to get the majority and put the gavel into the hands of the democrats? bernie sanders, you know who he is. you know what he stands for. when he was given that gavel, you should expect him to use it for progressive causes, and he did. but this is suicide for the democratic party to try to go into a midterm election in about 20 minutes without things people voted for. a big covid relief

and senator sanders wouldn't get out even if it was clear senator sanders would be the nominee. this time he did get out when it was clear joe biden was going to be the democrat nominee. pine and his team have been talking to sanders. they have been grateful for his support. >> bernie sanders is there and push the minimum wage and other lefty agenda items, which is of course there's a wing in the democratic party, progressive wing that wants that, that needs that. there's a lot of energy there. they are pushing for it. as long as they draw their cues from him, stick with the white house, be patient, he will get some of the stuff done. it is a big sigh of relief to this point. >> it has been focused on the fact they believe it is bloated and a liberal wish list as some of them have called it. here is chris murphy on the floor of the senate rebutting that case. >> it's a little hard to listen to my republican colleagues claim this bill is too expensive when they were willing to spend the exact same amount of money in 2017 on tax cuts for their wealthy and millionaire friends. in m

. >>> and our kerry sanders goes in search of how people will spend spring break amid a pandemic "early today" starts right now i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. the state of texas is pushing back to get normal the governor plans to reopen with nc is warning against a rush to roll back the restrictions. >> reporter: texas and mississippi declaring they're back in business, eliminating masks and allowing all retailers to open at 100% capacity. >> personal vigilance to follow the safe standards is still needed to contain covid. it's just that now state mandates are no longer needed. >> reporter: states like massachusetts, pennsylvania, and kentucky also easing restrictions, allowing larger crowds in smaller venues restaurants, high school proms, even las vegas pool parties are set to reopen with fewer mandates >> once everything kind of stabilized, it was like, okay, maybe i can go out now and i feel comfortable. >> reporter: but comfort could lead to complacomplacency, warne cdc. daily cases and deaths have ri %. the numbers nowhere near the deadly winter surge, but no better than

amy: joining sanders were workers who make an average of $15.30 an hour. upwards of 80% of the bessemer workers are black, and the majority are women. their push to unionize comes as amazon founder and ceo jeff bezos saw his fortune soar by over $75 billion in 2020 and is set to become the world's first trillionaire within this decade. he is already the world's richest person. this is amazon worker linda burns. >> i had to get a second job. they are taking two -- bessemer and birmingham tax. they are taking out insurance. when they get through all of this, i may have $300. $300 is not enough to live on. we all know that. i am tired but i am not tired. and i'm going to fight for my rights, for our rights, for my employees. i am fighting for all of us. [applause] i want america to know, we are in this together. we are not alone. i thank god for all the support and help we are getting, because we needed, because we cannot buy our sours -- ourselves. amy: another high-profile supporter has been rapper killer mike who spoke at friday's rally , in bessemer about

on wednesday, sanders, who chairs the senate budget committee, held a hearing on the inequality crisis. sanders called on amazon founder and ceo jeff bezos, one of the world's two richest men, to appear before the committee but bezos declined. amazon worker jennifer bates, who is helping organize what could become the company's first union in bessemer, alabama, was at the hearing and testified. >> we have to keep up with the pace. it feels like an intense workout every day. they track our every move. i learned that if i worked -- if i had too much time off task, i could be disciplined or even fired. amy: you can see our interview withennifer bates about the unionizing effort in bessemer at democracynow.org in britain, in a major win for labor rights, uber will reclassify all 70,000 of its drivers as workers, entitling them to minimum wage, holiday pay, and other benefits. the u.k. is the first country where uber will adopt this business model after a landmark supremcourt ruling last month in a lawsuit brought by a handful of drivers. in britain, police will start recording crimes motiv

amy: joining sanders were workers who make an average of $15.30 an hour. upwards of 80% of the bessemer workers are black, and the majority are women. their push to unionize comes as amazon founder and ceo jeff bezos saw his fortune soar by over $75 billion in 2020 and is set to become the world's first trillionaire within this decade. he is already the world's richest person. this is amazon worker linda burns. >> i had to get a second job. they are taking two -- bessemer and birmingham tax. they are taking out insurance. when they get through all of this, i may have $300. $300 is not enough to live on. we all know that. i am tired but i am not tired. and i'm going to fight for my rights, for our rights,moor my employees. i am fighting for all of us. [applause] i want america to know, we are in this together. we are not alone. i thank god for all the support and help we are getting, because we needed, because we cannot buy our sours -- ourselves. amy: another high-profile supporter has been rapper killer mike who spoke at friday's rally , in bessemer about

this is bernie sanders from march. [video clip] >> i know here in washington, any we bring forth serious and important legislation for working people, the big money interests get to work. all of their lobbyists who make their six figures a year, they get to work on congress and tell you why you can't do anything to protect the most vulnerable and hard-hit people in this country. the national restaurant association are very powerful lobbying organization. they have been enormously successful because we have not raised the minimum wage since 2007. this powerful lobbying organization is going around telling members of the house and senate that raising the tipped wage is opposed by restaurant workers and would be harmful to the interests of waiters and waitresses and other people. that is not true. that is what lobbyists say, representing big money interests. that is what they are paid to say, but that is not what workers who wait on tables are telling us. host: bernie sanders from earlier this month about covid lobbying.

senators bernie sanders and elizabeth warren are not giving up the fight for a minimum wage increase, saying that the senate should ignore or overrule the parliamentarian's ruling that it can't be part of the coronavirus relief bill. this coming after senate democrats decided to scrap it from the nearly $2 trillion stimulus package. senate majority leader chuck shy you her says he expects late nights as the chamber begins the thedebate this week. california students may soon be back in class, governor gavin newsom announcing a package of incentives. districts under the state's most restrictive set of coronavirus rules must offer in-person learning for kindergarten through second grade if they want to get any money. the counties in the next highest tier must offer in-person instruction for all elementary school grades, plus at least one grade in middle and high school. and things are getting worse for new york governor andrew cuomo as he faces now a third allegation of sexual harassment. the latest accuser telling the new york times that he put his hands on her back and face, then aske

sanders says it would be a small step toward fighting income inequality. the money would also help pay for the recent pandemic relief package and proposed infrastructure plan. some of the wealthiest americans agree they should pay more like abigail disney. those who have benefited more from society should pay more for its upkeep. but senator lindsey graham promised republicans won't allow the tax hikes. i think our tax cuts in 2017 were well designed. >> they've benefited everybody in the country and we will fight you. >> in washington. alexandra le mon. >> 800,000 unemployed californians could face delays in getting their benefits. the employment development department. they say the delays could last a while. maybe through april. it's blaming a struggle to reprogram its outdated computer systems. the agency trying to accommodate the changes brought on by the most recent stimulus bill weekly jobless claims they fallen to the lowest level since the pandemic began the labor department says 684,000 americans filed for unemployment last significantly lower tha

joining me now is bernie sanders. you said it is the most consequential plan. >> it looks at the unprecedented crisis and in a significant way addresses those crisises nap is what this legislation does. second of all we have to address the economic distress that millions of families are experiencing. this legislation does that. extending benefits through september and what it also does it is makes sure that our kids and families in america do not go hungry. we want to make shurd people don't get thrown out of their houses. putting huge amounts of money into education from childcare and graduate cool. this country faces enormous crisis. democrats took a lard look and we have gun to address them. >> they say they're going to lower health care costs. it's not medicare for all, but it's baby steps in the right direction. >> what has to happen -- this is, ali, let us not forget an emergency bill. it says we're not going to let people get evicted from their ohms, and they do a couple structural homes in our economy. that me

amazon is fighting back against senator bernie sanders over his criticism of the tech giant, sanders and alabama today rallying amazon workers who are trying to unionize. and amazon statement says there's a big difference between talk and action, senator sanders has been a powerful petition in vermont for 30 years and their minimum wage is still 11 dollars $0.75. amazons is $15 plus great health care from day one. sanders would rather talk and alabama than act in vermont. president biden's first formal news conference is over, but the fallout, analysis, criticism of the reporters who ask questions, that continues. a fox media analyst and host of media buzz, howard kurtz, shows us tonight. >> the perception of you that got you elected as a moral decent man -- >> they waited 64 days, when president biden finally held a news conference, reporters didn't exactly kill him. the questions were either vaguely open-ended -- >> hard for dominic how are you willing to go to achieve your promises? >> or about far off politics. >> if you do run, will vice president harris be on your ticket? >> ar

sanders would rather talk in alabama than act in vermont. and a response to warren's tweet threatening to break up big tech amazon isn't powerful enough to heckle senators with snotty tweets they said this is extraordinary and revealing. one of the most powerful politicians in the united states just said she's going to break up an american company so that they can't criticize her anymore. of course, guys, there was also yearn-gate this week back and forth over whether delivery drivers resort to peeing in bottles because of strict demands on the job ballots will begin to be counted on tuesday we're unlikely to get a result for at least a few days. whatever the outcome, it is likely to be disputed, setting up this labor battle to continue for weeks and months ahead, guys back to you. >> it's interesting how much political support the unionization has gotten, even from some unlikely republicans but clearly sanders going into alabama. what sort of chain reaction is amazon prepared for? >> what they're prepared for, i think that's what they're do

it includes bernie sanders. it includes joe manchin. all sitting at that not so big conference table that you have in that room. what is it like when you have joe manchin at the table, bernie sanders at the table? what are they like with each other, and how much did that experience with each other in that room leading up to this help get this done? >> you know what we do in that room? we encourage everyone to state their viewpoints and not to take it personally if joe manchin feels this way and bernie sanders feels that way. and then my job is to try to bring everybody together so that we see each other's points of view, respect each other's points of view, and then come up with a solution we all can support. but not something that's so watered down it doesn't mean something but something real. and i think those meetings and the general meetings -- i meet monday night with those 10. then the next day i meet with 20. and every tuesday we have a lunch and i encourage everybody to speak out. so there are no hidden grievances or unspoken de

senator bernie sanders will join us to talk about that. on thursday, president biden is expected to deliver his first primetime address commemorating the year since covid has been declared a pandemic. that is where we begin with phil mattingly, where is the crisis on the health front and economic front? >> cautious optimism is the best way to frame it. on the public health front, there's no question about it. they look at the metrics they have been paying attention to over the course of the first 48 days in office and feel like things are headed in the right direction. 2.1, 2.2 million doses being delivered per day based on the last week. that's well above what it was. they know hundreds of millions of doses are coming online over the course of the next several months and that the numbers on the death side have been trending downward but there is also a very clear possibility that things could get worse. when you talk to white house advisors they are concerned about a new surge. they are concerned about the variants. some advisers are furi

senator sanders says he is ready to go into reconciliation for that. how are these processes interacting? sen. schumer: i have said repeatedly in areas where we can work with our republican colleagues, we will. even in arp, the first i put on the floor was a bipartisan amendment that was strong. it was the restaurants act sponsored by senator sinema and senator wicker. when we can get even parts of the bill where republicans will work with us, good. maybe they will work with us on more and more. infrastructure has traditionally been bipartisan. i think the american people know we have to do infrastructure in a new greenway and hopefully we can get them to work with us. if we cannot, we will have to work -- to move forward. >> some of your colleagues say there should be some offset to the infrastructure package. you said bringing back salt adduction is one of your top parties. sen. schumer: we are discussing all of this with the white house. our discussions have just been preliminary. >> when you were in the minority, you joined plenty of efforts to fil

it includes bernie sanders. it includes joe manchin all sitting at that not so big conference table that you have in that room. what is it like when you have joe manchin at the table, bernie sanders at the table? what are they like with each other, and how much did that experience with each other in that room leading up to this help get this done? >> you know what we do in that room. we encourage everyone to state their viewpoints and not to take it personally if joe manchin feels this way and bernie sanders feels that way. and then my job is to try to bring everybody together so that we see each other's points of view, respect each others points of view and come up with a solution we all can support. and not something so watered down it doesn't mean something but something real. monday night and ten and the next day i meet with 20, and every tuesday i have a lunch and i encourage everybody to speak out so there are no hidden grievances or unspoken desires of legislation, and it works. it works. and we'll keep w

and it blocked bernie sanders to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. and sent $350 billion to state and local governments to fight covid and fund small businesses. >>> prince harry andgh are talk split from the family. they turned down oprah before. why now? here is the answer. >> reporter: once celebrated as the future of britain's mon norky, tonight, they are furthering the rift. meghan claims sads intervened. m>>e down. aid perhaps when it'ti. right a? >> well so many things. we have the ability to make our own choices. in a way that i could haven't said yes to you then. that wasn't my choice to make. >> reporter: joining the royal family means not sharing opinions. and meghan found it really restricting. >> it's really liberating to be able to say yes. new clip as a into open investigation of bullying claims against the duchess. >> it's a rough environment. people were in tearing on a regular basis. >> reporter: senior aides were expected to make a statement. they call it a smear campaign. they say face in prince andrew who faces serious allegation

i often say we are the bernie sanders of employers. but that is not quite right because we actually deliver a progressive workplace. we will talk about the follow-up in a second. why do you think dave clark sent that we echo >> he knew bernie sanders was coming down and throwing attention to this issue. he was preempting the visit, saying he welcomes them. dave clark has emerged as this rising star. out of all of them he has the best twitter game. he is a little less robotic. comes off as a little more authentic on twitter. i do not know if this is the fight they want to pick. they are getting dumped on hard on twitter about a lot of other things. it is drawing a lot of attention to it. the challenge here is bernie for years was criticizing amazon's about working conditions, the fact they had a lot of employees who got government benefits for things like food assistance and medical care. amazon's 15 bauer -- $15 per hour wage pledge seemed like a shut up bernie move. was not even so much as a raise as changing the pay around, pulling b

she tweeted about an awful lot of people including bernie sanders. also, you know, what's ironic to me here is that she is not the most liberal of the biden nominees. she's actually quite center left if you will. she fought with bernie sanders over policy. she was a hillary clinton person. so she had trouble on the left and that's why sanders was, you know, was so unenthusiastic about her. i think honestly a lot of this was about her tweets and of course, there is a crazy double standard here because all of these people ran to the other side of the room when you asked them about donald trump's tweets. >> they ran to the other side of the room. >> they did. >> phil, having to pull a nomination, not just a small matter. it not like pulling a household name or nominating for secretary of defense. how much does this impact president biden's agenda or ability to work with congress? >> it's limited to be honest. administration wanted this fight for a couple reasons. one, the president was supportive of tanden who spear headed this nomination but a feeling