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And on her worst day, she will be &#8212; she would be an infinitely better president than either of the Republican candidates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sanders joined Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie live on the TODAY plaza this morning to discuss the tone of the campaign, women\u2019s rights and pay, his health care plan, how he would break up big banks, and when he thinks sellers of guns should be sued. He also vowed to continue his political \u201crevolution\u201d among young people \u2013 and endorsed pastrami over corned beef.<\/p>\n<p>Video is online here: <a href=\"http:\/\/on.today.com\/1RULVwd\">http:\/\/on.today.com\/1RULVwd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photos and a rush transcript will be available shortly.<\/p>\n<p>Excerpts of the interview may be used subject to the following restrictions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mandatory credit to NBC&#8217;s TODAY on first reference.<\/li>\n<li>The onscreen &#8220;TODAY Exclusive&#8221; credit must be clearly visible and unobstructed at all times in any image, video clip or other form of media.<\/li>\n<li>Embedded web video must stream from the TODAY.com media player with the unobstructed credit as described above.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; APRIL 8, 2016 &#8212; In an exclusive town hall on NBC News\u2019 \u201cTODAY,\u201d Democratic presidential candidate Sen. 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