ANDREW YANG HAS EVER HEARD.

THE GUY IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT

OF THE UNITED STATES, JUST GOT

THE BACKING OF ELON MUSK AS AN

IDEAL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.

YOU KNOW, THAT CAME OUT OF THE

BLUE.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT MOVES

THE NEEDLE BUT WHAT DO YOU

THINK?

>> YEAH, IT'S CERTAINLY

INTERESTING TO HEAR ELON MUSK

COME OUT SO EARLY ALREADY AND

SAY HE SUPPORTS ANDREW YANG, WHO

ACCORDING TO THE POLLS, HASN'T

BEEN NECESSARILY ONE OF THE TOP

CONTENDERS SO FAR.

BUT WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING

ABOUT ANDREW YANG IS SOMETHING

THAT AXIOS HAS REPORTED ON A

LOT, HE REALLY DOES HAVE A

FOLLOWING AND THE PEOPLE WHO DO

FOLLOW HIM, FOLLOW HIM

PASSIONATELY.

HE CERTAINLY HAS A BASIS OF

PEOPLE WHICH NOW INCLUDES ELON

MUSK WHO REALLY SPORTS SOME OF

HIS MORE PROGRESSIVE IDEAS AND

WILLINGNESS TO CHANGE HIS MIND

AND FIND SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS.

NEIL: YOU KNOW, I THINK HE WAS

THE FIRST OUT THE GATE WITH THIS

GIVE EVERY AMERICAN $500 OR

$1,000, THEN OTHERS QUICKLY

FOLLOWED.

>> IT JUST SEEMS AS IF IT'S

PLAYING LEAPFROG IN TERMS OF THE

DEMOCRATIC CONTENDERS THAT IF

ONE MAKES A SUGGESTION THAT

ISN'T AT LEAST PUSHED BACK AT

THEM, THEY TEND TO EMBRACE THAT

AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO

DIFFERENTIATE THEMSELVES ON

OTHER THINGS BUT NOT CREATE A

WEDGE TO BE COMPARED VERSUS THE

OTHER CANDIDATES.

>> THIS WHOLE UNIVERSAL BASIC

INCOME THING KIND OF SCOFFED AT

AND THROWING OUT BY A LOT OF

PEOPLE WHEN IT COMES OUT BUT NOT

IN A COMMUNITY THAT LOOKS AT

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

THAT'S WHAT ELON MUSK KIND OF

LIVES IN THAT WORLD.

SO WHEN PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THAT

AND TALK ABOUT IT AND SAY THE

ROBOTS ARE COMING TO TAKE OVER

AND THEY ARE, TO SOME EXTENT,

BUT THAT HAVE THE MOST

AGGRESSIVE PREDICTIONS OUT THERE

ABOUT HOW MANY JOBS ARE REALLY

AT RISK, THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE

THAT HAVE ACTUALLY HAD THOSE

CONVERSATIONS ALREADY ABOUT HEY,

LISTEN, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO BUT

WE HAVE TO GIVE PEOPLE A STIPEND

OR MONEY.

IN THE GENERAL POPULATION WHERE

PEOPLE HAVEN'T REALLY THOUGHT

ABOUT IT YET, IT'S LIKE THAT'S

STUPID, IT WILL NEVER WORK.

IN THAT COMMUNITY, THAT'S WHY IT

KIND OF MAKES SENSE.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT MART

I DON'T KNOW IF IT MATTERS BUT

IT MAKES SENSE WHY ELON MUSK HAS

HIS ENDORSEMENT.

NEIL: WASN'T HIS PREMISE AND

OTHERS WHO ESPOUSE THIS, IT

LESSENS THE LIKELIHOOD YOU WILL

NEED INDIRECT HELP FROM THE

GOVERNMENT, IF IT GOES DIRECTLY

TO YOU, YOU USE IT AS YOU WISH,

IT LESSENS THE LOAD ON UNCLE

SAM?

>> EXACTLY.

THAT'S THE IDEA BEHIND IT.

IT REALLY IS, IT BECOMES MORE

RELEVANT AS WE GO INTO THIS AGE

OF AUTOMATION AND AS A.I.

BECOMES MORE PART OF YOUR

DAY-TO-DAY LIFE.

AS JOBS WE WOULD TYPICALLY SEE

AS JOBS FOR MIDDLE INCOME

AMERICA START DISAPPEARING AND

AS AUTOMATION TAKES OVER THOSE

JOBS, THE IDEA IS THAT EVERYONE

NEEDS TO HAVE SOME KIND OF

UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME AND AS

YOU SAID, BY PUTTING A PROGRAM

IN PLACE LIKE ANDREW YANG HAS

SUGGESTED, THAT MAY ACTUALLY

HELP THE GOVERNMENT NOT HAVE TO

HELP AMERICANS OUT WHO AREN'T

ABLE TO HAVE JOBS OR WHO ARE IN

POVERTY AND AGAIN, THESE ARE THE

IDEAS THAT ARE COMING OUT NOW AS

WE MOVE INTO THIS NEW ERA OF

AUTOMATION AND TECHNOLOGY.

NEIL: YOU WOULD BUY IT, RIGHT?

>> LOOK, STYLISTICALLY THIS IS

NOT A SURPRISE TO ME.

IT'S NOT A SURPRISE TO ME THAT

ELON MUSK CHOSE THE ONE GUY ON

THE STAGE WHO CAN'T WEAR A TIE

AND IS FROM SILICON VALLEY.

BUT IMPORTANTLY, EVEN THOUGH I

MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH HIM --