THEMSELVES THE YANG GANG.

THE CHANT POWERPOINT AT HIS

RALLIES AND WERE BALL CAPS WITH

MAT H ON THE FRONT FOR MAKE

AMERICA THINK HARDER.

JOINING US NOW FOR AN EXCLUSIVE

"FOX NEWS SUNDAY" SIT DOWN,

DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT OF

CANDIDATE AND ENTREPRENEUR

ANDREW YANG, WHO WILL BE ON THE

DEBATE STAGE THIS WEEK.

MR. YANG, WELCOME TO

"FOX NEWS SUNDAY."

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME COME

ACROSS.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.

>> Chris: LET'S START WITH THE

LATEST FOX NEWS POLL THAT CAME

OUT THIS WEEK.

IT SHOWS YOU TIED FOR SIXTH

PLACE WITH AMY KLOBUCHAR AT 3%,

30 POINTS BEHIND JOE BIDEN, BUT

RUNNING AHEAD OF CORY BOOKER AND

BETO O'ROURKE AND JULIAN CASTRO.

I HAVE KIND OF A GOOD NEWS, BAD

NEWS QUESTION, WHY DO YOU THINK

YOU'RE DOING BETTER THAN A LOT

OF BETTER-KNOWN POLITICIANS AND

ON THE OTHER HAND, HOW DO YOU

EVER MAKE THE BIG JUMP THAT YOU

STILL HAVE TO MAKE TO GET INTO

THE TOP TIER OF CANDIDATES?

>> Mr. Yang: ON THE POSITIVE

SIDE, AMERICA, UNFORTUNATELY,

HAS LOST A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN

ITS POLITICIANS.

IT'S ONE REASON WHY I'M DOING SO

WELL, AND BEATING MANY SITTING

SENATORS AND GOVERNORS.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE REALIZE THAT

OUR GOVERNMENT IS WAY BEHIND THE

CURVE IN SOLVING THE REAL

PROBLEMS.

WE NEED TO CATCH UP AND SPEED UP

AND THEY SEE SOMEONE LIKE ME AS

SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP MAKE THAT

POSSIBLE.

IN TERMS OF MAKING THE BIG JUMP

TO CATCH UP TO JOE BIDEN AND THE

OTHER LEADERS, MOST AMERICANS

ARE JUST TUNING IN TO WHO'S

RUNNING IN 2020.

I'M STILL INTRODUCING MYSELF TO

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY, VERY

FLUID RACE OVER THE WEEKS AND

MONTHS TO COME.

I'M VERY CONFIDENT I'M JUST

GOING TO KEEP ON CLIMBING THE

BOWLS AND START CATCHING UP TO

THE LEADERS VERY SOON.

>> Chris: YOU SAY PEOPLE ARE

JUST TUNING IN, BUT IF THEY

TUNED INTO THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC

DEBATE, THEY DIDN'T SEE MUCH OF

ANDREW YANG.

YOU ENDED UP GETTING -- I HAD TO

GET CHECK THIS OUT, 2 MINUTES

AND 50 SECONDS TOTAL IN A TWO

HOUR DEBATE, BY FAR THE LEAST

AMOUNT OF TIME OF ANY OF THE

DEMOCRATS IN THE TWO DEBATES.

WHAT'S YOUR PLAN TO GET MORE

AIRTIME THIS WEEK TO

>> Mr. Yang: I GOT TO ASK TWO

QUESTIONS IN TWO HOURS, WHICH

CERTAINLY WAS NOT ENOUGH BUT WE

ARE VERY CONFIDENT THAT THIS

WEDNESDAY I'M GOING TO HAVE

MUCH, MUCH MORE OF AN

OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE MY CASE TO

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT THE

REAL CENTRAL ISSUE IS WE ARE

AUTOMATING AWAY MILLIONS OF

MANUFACTURING JOBS AND NO RETAIL

JOBS, CALL-CENTER JOBS AND ON

AND ON THROUGH THE ECONOMY AND

BECAUSE OF THE POLLING SUPPORT

THAT WE HAVE, I'M NOT GOING TO

HAVE JUST NEXT WEEK IN DETROIT,

I'M GOING TO HAVE ALSO SEPTEMBER

AND HOUSTON AND ON AND ON.

MY CAMPAIGN IS GOING TO BE HERE

THE ENTIRE WAY.

>> Chris: I WANT TO TALK ABOUT

YOUR

POLICY PROPOSAL AND AUTOMATION

BUT JUST TO GET BACK TO THE

DEBATE, ONE WAY THAT IS TRIED

AND TRUE TO GET MORE ATTENTION

AND AIRTIME IS TO GO AFTER THE

FRONT RUNNERS.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE ON THE STAGE

ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH TWO OF

THE FRONT RUNNERS,

VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN AND

SENATOR HARRIS.

ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT GOING AFTER

THEM, ONE BECAUSE OF DIFFERENCES

ON ISSUES AND TWO BECAUSE IT

WILL GET YOU MORE ATTENTION?

>> Mr. Yang: MY FOCUS IS ON

SOLVING THE PROBLEMS OF THE

AMERICAN PEOPLE AND TO THE

EXTENT THAT I CAN DRIVE THE

CONVERSATION TOWARDS THOSE

ISSUES, I'M VERY, VERY EXCITED

ABOUT IT.

I DON'T THINK THAT WE BENEFIT IF

I'M THROWING ROCKS AT OTHER

CANDIDATES WHEN FRANKLY I AGREE

WITH THEM ON MANY, MANY ISSUES.

AND I THINK RIGHT NOW MY FOCUS

REALLY IS ON STILL INTRODUCING

MYSELF TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

>> Chris: ONE OF YOUR MAIN

MESSAGES, WHICH YOU REFERRED TO

A MOMENT AGO, IS TO SAY THIS

COUNTRY IS GOING THROUGH A

DRAMATIC ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION

IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF

AUTOMATION AND YOU SAY THAT YOU

WILL KEEP THE PROMISES TO

WORKING-CLASS AMERICANS THAT

PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS FAILED TO

KEEP TO THEM.

HERE YOU ARE IN THE FIRST DEBAT

DEBATE.

>> I CAN BUILD A MUCH BROADER

COALITION TO BEAT DONALD TRUMP.

IT IS NOT LEFT, IT IS NOT RIGHT,

IT IS FORWARD, AND THAT IS WHERE

I WILL TAKE THE COUNTRY IN 2020.

>> Chris: YOU PROPOSE WHAT YOU

CALL THE AMERICAN MALL ACT, LIKE

SHOPPING MALL ACT WITH A

$6 BILLION FUND.

HOW WOULD THAT WORK?

>> Mr. Yang: WELL, WE ARE IN

THE PROCESS OF AUTOMATING AWAY

THE MOST COMMON JOBS IN THE U.S.

ECONOMY WHICH INCLUDES RETAIL

WORKER, CALL-CENTER WORKER,

TRUCK DRIVER, FOOD SERVICE.

THESE ARE THE JOBS THAT ARE

DISAPPEARING AROUND THE COUNTRY

AND UNFORTUNATELY THEY ARE ALSO

THE MOST COMMON JOBS.

THE AMAZON IS CLOSING 30% OF OUR

MALLS AND STORES AND PLAYING

ZERO IN TAXES WHILE DOING IT.

AND THESE MALLS BECOME

SINKHOLES.

THEY CAUSE BLIGHT, BECOME HAVENS

FOR CRIME AND BAD ACTION, SO WE

NEED TO HELP COMMUNITIES

TRANSITION THESE MALLS TO BECOME

COMMUNITY CENTERS OR SCHOOLS OR

EVEN RESIDENTIAL, BUT IN THE

ABSENCE OF THAT KIND OF MOVE,

THESE GHOST MALLS BECOME THE

LAST PLACE ANYONE WANTS TO BE

AND THEY DESTROY PROPERTY VALUE

FOR MILES AROUND.

>> Chris: BUT WHAT YOU DO IF

AUTOMATION IS THE PROBLEM, WHAT

YOU DO TO HELP THE WORKER WHO

HAS SKILLS FOR AN EARLIER ERA

TRANSITION AND GET A JOB IN

THESE TIMES?

>> Mr. Yang: THE FIRST BIG

STEP IS WE NEED TO HAVE EVERYONE

SHARE IN ALL OF THE GAINS FROM

THIS PROGRESS AND INNOVATION.

MY FLAGSHIP PROPOSAL OF FREEDOM

DIVIDEND WOULD PUT $1,000 A

MONTH INTO THE HANDS OF EVERY

AMERICAN SO THAT IF YOU ARE --

MALL CLOSES OR YOUR JOB GETS

BLASTED AWAY YOU AT LEAST HAVE

$12,000 A YEAR THAT HELPS TAKE

THE PRESSURE OFF AND HELP YOU

TRANSITION IN A BETTER

DIRECTION.

>> Chris: BUT ARE YOU

BASICALLY ON YOUR OWN?

IN OTHER WORDS, ARE YOU GOING TO

PROVIDE RETRAINING PROGRAMS?

ARE YOU BASICALLY SING HAS

$12,000, HELP YOURSELF?

>> Mr. Yang: WE CERTAINLY NEED

TO INVEST IN THE RETRAINING OF

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, BUT WE ALSO

HAVE TO BE HONEST THAT WE ARE

TERRIBLE AT RETRAINING.

THE SUCCESS RATES FOR FEDERALLY

FUNDED RETRAINING PROGRAMS FOR

THE DISPLACED MANUFACTURING

WORKERS IN THE MIDWEST WERE

BETWEEN ZERO AND 15%.

AND PRETENDING THAT WE'RE

SOMEHOW GOING TO BECOME

EXCELLENT AT RETRAINING

AMERICANS IS LYING TO THE

AMERICAN PEOPLE.

I WAS JUST AT A TRUCK STOP IN

IOWA.

IF YOU WENT TO THOSE TRUCKERS

AND SAID WE ARE GOING TO RETRAIN

YOU TO BE CODERS OR ENGINEERS

THEY WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO

PUNCH YOU IN THE FACE THEN SIGN

UP, SO WE NEED TO PUT THE

RESOURCES DIRECTLY INTO OUR

HANDS, THE HANDS OF THE AMERICAN

PEOPLE.

CERTAINLY WE NEED TO INVEST IN

RETRAINING PROGRAMS BUT WE ALSO

HAVE TO BE REALISTIC ABOUT WHAT

WE CAN AND CAN'T ACCOMPLISH.

>> Chris: OKAY, LET'S TALK

ABOUT SOME OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT

YOUR BIG PROGRAM, THE FREEDOM

DIVIDEND, ALSO CALLED UNIVERSAL

BREAKS OF INCOME.

$1,000 A MONTH TO EVERY ADULT,

EVERYBODY OVER 18 REGARDLESS OF

WHETHER YOUR JEFF BEZOS OR THE

GUY ON THE STREET.

$12,000 A YEAR.

ESTIMATES ARE THAT YOUR PLAN

WOULD COST ABOUT $3 TRILLION A

YEAR.

AND THE MAIN WAY YOU WOULD DO

IT -- YOU HAVE SOME OTHER

METHODS, BUT YOUR MAIN WAY IS A

VALUE-ADDED TAX, THE KIND OF

SALES TAX THEY HAVE IN EUROPE,

WHICH IS WHAT YOU SAY WOULD PAY

FOR THIS.

FIRST OF ALL, IT'S BASICALLY A

SALES TAX, WHICH AS YOU KNOW IS

ONE OF THE MORE REGRESSIVE ONES,

AND SECONDLY, INDEPENDENT GROUPS

LIKE THE TAX FOUNDATION SAY --

THEY'VE LOOKED AT ALL OF YOUR

PLANS -- THEY SAY THAT YOUR

NUMBERS DON'T ADD UP.

THAT IN FACT WHAT YOU WOULD GET

FROM ALL OF THIS IS LESS THAN

$500 A MONTH PER PERSON, NOT A

THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH PER

PERSON.

>> Mr. Yang: FIRST, THE

HEADLINE COST IS MUCH LOWER THAN

$3 TRILLION BECAUSE WE ARE

ALREADY SPENDING OVER

1.5 TRILLION ON VARIOUS DIRECT

INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAMS.

BUT IF WE PUT A MECHANISM IN

PLACE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE A

SLIVER OF EVERY AMAZON

TRANSACTION -- AND AGAIN, AMAZON

IS A TRILLION DOLLAR TECH

COMPANY THAT PAID ZERO IN TAXES

LAST YEAR.

IF WE GIVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE A

SLIVER OF EVERY AMAZON

TRANSACTION, EVERY GOOGLE SEARCH

COME EVERY FACEBOOK AD, EVERY

ROBOT TRUCK MILE, WE CAN

GENERATE HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS IN

NEW REVENUE AND THE GREAT THING

IS WHEN WE PUT THIS DIVIDEND

INTO YOUR HANDS, THOUSAND

DOLLARS A MONTH, WHERE DOES THE

MONEY GO?

THE MONEY GOES RIGHT BACK INTO

LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN THE

ECONOMY.

IT GOES TO CAR REPAIRS AND

DAY CARE IN LITTLE LEAGUE

SIGN-UPS.