Bernie Sanders goes back to Brooklyn

[Jefferson23]

BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- After his resounding victory in the New Hampshire Democratic primary, we wanted to know more about Bernie Sanders. He served four terms as mayor of Burlington, Vermont, eight terms in the U.S. House and was elected to the Senate in 2006.

But he grew up in Brooklyn, the son of poor Jewish immigrants from Poland. On Wednesday, Sanders took "CBS Evening News" anchor Scott Pelley on a tour of his old neighborhood.

"So, most of the kids lived in the apartment houses. I grew up in that one," Sanders pointed out. "Good friends across the street. It was my mothers dream to get out of the apartment and get a home of her own, but she died young and she never achieved that dream."

"How old was your mother when she passed away?" Pelley asked.

Sanders replied, "46."

He was 19 years old at the time.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/campaign-2016-bernie-sanders-goes-back-to-brooklyn/

[JudyM]

1. K&R for a short interview clip that still gives a lot of color about Bernie's childhood.

[Jefferson23]

3. I thought so too. n/t

[Joe Shlabotnik]

2. Welcome Back

[Jefferson23]

4. Hey, those lyrics work for him!

[Joe Shlabotnik]

5. They kinda do

Who knows, maybe his wizards can make an ad of it before the NY primary.

[Live and Learn]

7. K&R nt

[ErikJ]

8. My mom died at 46 too. But I was 11.

And I was a champion distance runner like him too. So I can identify with him, except my DNA test said I was only 1% Jewish.
He's got the endurance for the long run.... and will outlast Hillary.

[Jefferson23]

9. wow, you were so very young...that is rough.

Yea, he can give her a run, no doubt in my mind about that..she knows it too.

[senz]

10. Too bad his mom, and and Obama's mom, didn't live to see their sons succeed so beautifully.

[Jefferson23]

11. Yea, Obama's Mom..that was so sad. It would have been so great for both of them to

share that historic victory win and all that goes with it.

I think she would have been a great advocate for him too all these years.