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Harris and Walz sit with CNN for first joint interview

By Aditi Sangal, Maureen Chowdhury, Elise Hammond, Tori B. Powell, Adrienne Vogt and Matt Meyer, CNN

Updated 9:51 PM EDT, Thu August 29, 2024

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VIDEO -- Watch Live: Analysis of Kamala Harris’ first interview since becoming the Democratic nominee - Source: CNN

What we're covering

* Harris’ economic focus: In her first sit-down interview since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee, Kamala Harris told CNN she would start implementing, on her first day in office, several proposals to “support and strengthen the middle class.” Read a full transcript of the interview and catch up on key lines.

* The phone call from Biden: The vice president, who was interviewed alongside her running mate Gov. Tim Walz, described the moment when President Joe Biden called her to say he wasn’t running for a second term and praised his leadership as “transformative.” She also defended why some of her policy positions have shifted.

* Walz weighs in: The governor, quizzed on a clarification the campaign made about his record in the Army National Guard, said his “record speaks for itself.” Walz also addressed questions about his description of his family’s infertility treatment.

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7 min ago

Read the full transcript of CNN's interview with Harris and Walz

From CNN staff

Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz sat down exclusively with CNN Thursday for her first interview since ascending to the top of the Democratic ticket.

Just days after accepting the nomination at the Democratic National Convention, Harris answered wide-ranging questions from CNN’s Dana Bash, including on her economic and border policies, attacks on her race from former President Donald Trump and the call from President Joe Biden to tell her he was withdrawing from the race.

Read the full transcript of the exclusive interview
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/29/politics/harris-walz-interview-read-transcript/index.html

2 min ago

Here are some of the key lines from Kamala Harris' CNN interview

Analysis from CNN's Zachary B. Wolf

Vice President Kamala Harris sat down with CNN’s Dana Bash for her first major TV interview since becoming the Democrats’ presidential nominee.

The interview was conducted in Savannah on the sidelines of a bus tour through the key Sun Belt state of Georgia and alongside her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

Here are some of the key lines:

What would she do on Day One in the White House?

After a broad claim about focusing on the middle class, Harris made a larger point about moving on from Donald Trump.

“I think sadly in the last decade, we have had in the former president someone who has really been pushing an agenda and an environment that is about diminishing the character and the strength of who we are as Americans, really dividing our nation. And I think people are ready to turn the page on that,” she said.

Pushed by Bash about her specific plans, Harris said she would focus on her “opportunity economy” plan to bring down the cost of everyday goods and give parents of newborns a $6,000 tax credit “to help them buy a car seat, to help them buy baby clothes, a crib.” She also mentioned housing affordability ..https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/16/business/harris-housing-plan/index.html .

But what about people who feel groceries were less expensive and housing more affordable when Trump was president?

“I’m very proud of the work that we have done that has brought inflation down to less than 3%, the work that we have done to cap the cost of insulin at $35 a month for seniors. Donald Trump said he was gonna do a number of things, including allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices. Never happened. We did it,” Harris said.

Read more of the key lines from Harris’ interview
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/29/politics/key-lines-harris-interview-what-matters/index.html

https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/harris-walz-trump-election-08-29-24/index.html