Joining us backtoback special episodes of the whole story begin now welcome to the whole story. I m anderson cooper. We have just two months to go before election day. The polls show a tight race between vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump with many voters still undecided. We re going to take the next two hours to examine five key issues for both campaigns. The economy, reproductive rights, immigration, foreign affairs and the state of democracy. First, cnn s audie cornish takes a look at harris s record on these policies during her time as a prosecutor, a senator, and as vice president she begins with the number one issue for most american voters, the economy one day after president joe biden announced his decision to drop out of the race and endorsed his vice president kamala harris, addressed a campaign. Staff at the wilmington, delaware headquarters building up the middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency in her first interview as candidate,
Jesse: the selection has turned the last few months into one of the most wild summers of memory. One guy gets shot another drops out. Harris hopson, new vp honeymooned in china, i can t keep up. Now it s a mad dash to election day and with two months left every move is monumental. The trumpvance tickets heavy on policy versus kamala. Getting an inside look at their day 1 agenda, watch. Mr. President, senator, i don t know what we have to talk about it s been pretty boring. [laughter] why did you pick j. D. Vance? we ve always had good chemistry. Originally j. D. Was probably not for me but he didn t know me. Than when we got to know each other he liked me may be more than anybody liked me and he would stick up for me and fight for the worker as much as i fight for the worker. We had an automatic chemistry. I endorsed him in ohio for the senate and the ended up winning against a very tough field, a very tough field. He wrote a book which was a classic, it was all about the working men a
Good morning. Good morning. Welcome to cnn. This boarding, if there s something you wanted to get down before the end of august, you gotta do it today. Oh, yeah. Yes. It s august august 31. It is a rat for august. And the unofficial end to summer coming up soon. Good to have you with us. I m victor blackwell. I m has been flying, hasn t it? i am amara walker. Thank you so much for being with us this morning. Here s what s happening. The trump campaign, donald trump himself and his running mate, j. D. Vance, can t seem to pin down exactly where trump stands on abortion access in florida or nationwide, the about face. We re hearing from trump and how the harris campaign is looking to capitalize on it. You feel so bad you d have welch runner works a tragic story out of new jersey in nhl star and his brother were hit and killed by a drunk driver just hours before their sister s wedding how they re being remembered by fans and other players. New this morning, more evidence that trump s fede
That. This is the laymans most people, which is relatable to our audience. The establishment, these are the rules we created ape its and its been this way a long time. Regular guy, little guy, said times have changed, found a loophole, what you. According to your rules, you cant get mad at us. Its a reflection of whats happening in our larger culture, Larger Society right now as it comes to womens rights and me too and issues of race and equity and equality and all of that. Its like, people who have been there, the establishment whos been there for so long, the entitled, right, the people who, hey, look, were the wealthy, these are the rules, we want to live by and continue, and the underdog is saying no, no, no, we deserve a place as well and now this is the clash. So, hey, the rule thats whats happened. What i find interesting about it is i love that these people came together to prop something up. Now, you can say no, no, no, youre ascribing virtue where theres only value. You saw t
To us about it. Thank you for being with us to kind of give shape to this story, and well be watching it. All right . Thank you for having me. Taking the opportunity was your choice, and thank you. Thank you for watching. The big show, cnn tonight, with d lemon, starts right now. D, i have never seen anything like that before. Well, this is this is the laymans part of it because i just sort of look at, okay, this is what the 401 k is doing and the investment people are doing. But, this is the laymans part of it and i think most which is relatable to our audience. So the establishment has these are the rules we have created and its been this way for a long time. Then, all of a sudden, the little guy, the regular guy, says hey, times have changed. We found there is a loophole or what have you. You cannot get mad at us. So i think it is a reflection of what is happening in our larger culture, and the larger society, right now. As it comes to womens rights, and me too, and and issues of ra