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AND HE USES HUMOR TO DRIVE HOME HIS POINTS. THE QUESTION IS... HOW FAR CAN HE GO? <(CLIP 10, 18:15) NAT - APPLAUSE> WITH A SPRING IN HIS STEP... BUSINESSMAN ANDREW YANG WORKS HIS CROWD... HOPING TO (CLIP 10, 18:27) SKIP AHEAD TO THE FRONT OF THE DEMOCRATIC FIELD. <(CLIP 21, 32:28-32:36) IT'S UP TO THE PEOPLE OF NH TO TAKE A DIFFERENT VISION FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTRY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. FIRST, A GENUINE UNDERSTANDING OF THE SCOPE OF OUR PROBLEMS AND THEN SECOND, REAL SOLUTIONS.> SOLUTIONS... THAT HE SAYS ARE THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP OFFERS. <(CLIP 11, 23:23-23:33) TO ME, IT WAS A MASSIVE RED FLAG FOR OUR SOCIETY THAT OUR COUNTRY WAS SO DESPERATE THAT WE ACTUALLY ELECTED A NARCISSIST REALITY TV STAR TO BE OUR PRESIDENT.> FRIDAY NIGHT... THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TOOK QUESTIONS AT UNH SCHOOL OF LAW FOR AN ACLU DISCUSSION ON CIVIL LIBERTIES. GRANITE STATERS ARE CURIOUS ABOUT HIS PROPOSAL TO GUARANTEE ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH TO US CITIZENS. <(CLIP 21, 32:48-32:55) AND THE FIRST TIME YOU HEARD THAT YOU WERE LIKE HA HA, THAT'S A GIMMICK. THAT'S TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. BUT THIS IS A DEEPLY AMERICAN IDEA THAT'S BEEN WITH US SINCE OUR FOUNDING.> YANG WAS PRESSED ON A BIG ISSUE LOCALLY... BAIL REFORM AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT MASS INCARCERATION. <(CLIP 30, 59:46-59:49) SO NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE TO GET RID OF PRIVATE PRISONS THAT HAVE A PROFIT MOTIVATION.> <(CLIP 30, 00:04-00:08) NUMBER TWO, WE HAVE TO GET RID OF THE PUNITIVE CASH BAIL SYSTEM THAT ENDS UP CRIMINALIZING PEOPLE FOR BEING POOR.> TONIGHT... YANG ALSO MET VOTERS IN PLAISTOW. TOMORROW...

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Back in New Hampshire for a three-day swing, presidential candidate Andrew Yang is hoping to move to the front of the Democratic field.“It's up to the people of New Hampshire to take a different vision for the rest of the country as soon as possible,” Yang said at an event in Concord on Friday night. “First, a genuine understanding of the scope of our problems. Then, second, real solutions.”Those solutions, he said, are the opposite of what President Donald Trump offers.“To me, it was a massive red flag for our society that our country was so desperate that we actually elected a narcissist reality TV star to be our president,” he said.Yang took questions Friday night at UNH School of Law for an ACLU discussion on civil liberties.Granite Staters are curious about his proposal to guarantee $1,000 a month to U.S. citizens.“The first time you heard that, you were like, 'Ha ha, that's a gimmick, that's too good to be true,’” Yang said. “But this is a deeply American idea that's been with us since our founding.”Yang was pressed on a big issue locally: bail reform. And he was also asked what should be done about mass incarceration.“So No. 1, we have to get rid of private prisons that have a profit motivation,” he said. “No. 2, we have to get rid of the punitive cash bail system that ends up criminalizing people for being poor.” Yang’s popularity is rising, and he just qualified for the third Democratic debate, which is being held next month. Yang hopes his bold ideas take hold in New Hampshire.“So with your help, we can move the country not left, not right, but forward,” he said.