President kamala harris sitting down for her very first interview since becoming the democratic nominee. We re going to break it all down for you this hour. The key moments, the new reaction we re getting in, and what it all means for the race moving forward with just 68 days to go until the general election. And by the way, just 12 days until the expected debate. In a moment, i ll be joined by the harris campaign s cochair mitch landrieu, and one of trump s top allies republican congressman mike waltz of florida, colleague dana bash covered a lot of ground in this interview with harris and her running mate governor tim walz, it was about 27 minutes long and she dove right into one of the main criticisms of harris has been facing ever since she got the top of the ticket, how she explains her shifts or as her critics would say, are flipflops on some very key issues in 2019, i believe in a town hall, you said you were asked, would you commit to implementing a federal ban on fracking on y
Sprint to 123, their top priorities for the country. What would you do on day one in the white house? the it s very humbling him anyways i don t know as a father, i could have ever imagined that with just days until early voting begins, a defining moment in the race for the white house cnn s exclusive interview of the democratic nominees starts now good evening. We re live from savannah, georgia. I m dana bash and this is a state very much up for grabs inbetween a whirlwind series of stops. I sat down with the democratic candidate for president and her running mate today at kim s cafe here and savannah inside nothing was off the table. And you will see our interview in its entirety. The vice president first as her party s standard bearer, responding to her critics and answering our questions it s good to see you. This is not where vice president harris thought she would be we re going to georgia? yes seventh trip there this year for me. A surprise nominee for president, just months fro
Thank you. Appreciate the conversation. Right now, dana bash s exclusive interview with kamala harris and tim walz tonight from battleground, georgia, a watershed moment in the 2024 campaign, and you will see it only here on cnn democratic presidential nominee kamala harris and vice presidential nominee tim walz hello, are you tonight, the new democratic ticket in their first interview i crew in the final sprint to election day one of their top priorities for the country, what would you do on day one in the white house? the tough questions on their records, the steps that you re talking about now, why have you done them already? what do you say to voters who aren t sure whether they can take you at your word, taking on donald trump. People might be surprised to hear that you have never corrected with him, met him facetoface. That fateful phone call from joe biden. I ll give you a little too much information and their take on those viral convention images. It s very humbling. It s very
Watching cnn s coverage continues right now it s friday, august 30, right now on cnn this morning the true measure of the strength of a leader is based on who you lift up that s what s at stake the fourth interview with the new democratic ticket, kamala harris, facing questions on her past positions. Now, should we handle home future role my record speaks for itself, but i think people are coming to get to know me. I speak like they do. I speak candidly i tim walz for the first time passed on the criticism he has misrepresented his past been seeing a lot of ivf and i kept theory that i m against it and i m actually very much forward and donald trump out on the trail trying to fan of democratic criticism over reproductive rights laying out his plan to protect access to ivf treatments all right. 5:00 a. M. Here in washington, here s a live look at capitol hill. Good morning, everyone. I m on raju in for kasie hunt. It s great to be with you this morning. The first interview in the books,
Proposal on in vitro fertilization. And dressing florida s ballot measure that would overturn a sixweek abortion ban in the state. And enshrine abortion up to well past 20 weeks in the state constitution his remarks on both topics prompting confusion and cleanup lost some good news for your wallet and the fed s favorite inflation gauge coming in with some welcome numbers economists describing this as a bright green light for the fed to cut interest rates we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central today. All the news coming out of vice president kamala harris has exclusive interview with cnn where she answered questions on a range of major issues, including her day one plans as president and her shift in stances on key topics like fracking and border security my values have not changed. I believe it is very important that we take seriously what we must do too. Guard against what is a clear crisis in terms of the climate, we