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One on One with Senator Bernie Sanders

SCRANTON — Before the town hall meeting Thursday in Scranton Bernie Sanders had time for an interview with Newswatch 16. For our Dave Bohman, it was not a...
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SCRANTON -- Before the town hall meeting Thursday in Scranton Bernie Sanders had time for an interview with Newswatch 16.

For our Dave Bohman, it was not an unfamiliar interview.

In Burlington, Vermont, Dave covered the mayor's race in 1981, when Sanders, running as a Socialist, won by ten votes.

Sanders spoke to Newswatch 16 about ten minutes before he spoke at the Scranton Cultural Center -- his first of a busy day with three rallies in Pennsylvania, less than a week before a critical primary.

While younger voters typically make up the crowds at his rallies,  the democratic candidate knows the bulk of primary voters are parents or grandparents.

"I've been one of the leaders in the United States Senate in fighting for senior citizens, in fighting to expand Social Security and oppose all efforts to cut it. I've taken on the pharmaceutical industry and will fight to lower prescription drug costs in this country.  We pay today, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. Many seniors simply just cannot afford it," said Bernie Sanders, Democratic presidential candidate.

Sanders hopes to sway enough seniors, and keep the energy of younger voters going through Tuesday's primary. Even though he lost the New York Primary this week, Sanders believes Pennsylvania can be his campaign's turning point.

"We were hurt in New York because three million people who happened to be independents were denied the right to vote in either the Democratic or Republican primaries, and I think that's wrong," said Sanders.  "I think that if there is a large voter turnout here, if working people come out to vote, vote for change. Vote to take on the establishment. If young people come out and vote, we've got an excellent chance to win."

Most polls show Democrat Hillary Clinton with a lead of about ten points or more against Sanders in Pennsylvania.

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