Shannon watts in san francisco, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. It s a pleasure to have you on the show. You have had a powerful voice in the american political arena for the last decade and more, but you never sought elected political office. You chose to be an activist. Why? i think you can in many ways get more done and not have to have a certain persona or act a certain way, or present yourself a certain way. And for me, you know, being in the trenches, organising women, really summoning their audacity and helping them find ways to have an impact on the political system, when in america we have very little political power as women, or at least have in the past, that has been incredibly rewarding. And, you know, people ask me all the time, are you going to run for office? and the answer is no! i feel like i ve been running for office now for 12 years in many ways, but i do get incredible joy from helping other women run for office and win. And it seems to be working. R
Criticism of security lapses. Plus, she says its been a life filled with burgers and the lessons. Now, after 54 years here is a Whataburger Worker is ready to finally retire. Im Sara Sidner with Kate Baldwin Jon out today. This is cnn new central breaking this morning bring democratic members of congress, stepping up and standing up for tim walz members, all who served in the military, calling out J. D. Vance for his attacks on tim Walz Military Record 19 veterans in both the senate and the house, signing on to this message, its a letter defending walz saying that vances attacks are quote, purely politically driven and beyond the pale, the letter comes after vance, a marine veteran himself, accused tim walz of misrepresenting his service in the army national guard, which he served for 24 years. This week, heres how tim walz responded to vances attacks i firmly believe you should never denigrate another Persons Service Record anyone brave enough to put on that uniform for our great coun
Why . I think you can in many ways get more done and not have to have a certain persona or act a certain way, or present yourself a certain way. And for me, you know, being in the trenches, organising women, really summoning their audacity and helping them find ways to have an impact on the political system, when in america we have very little political power as women, or at least have in the past, that has been incredibly rewarding. And, you know, people ask me all the time, are you going to run for office . Are you going to run for office . And the answer is no. Ifeel like ive been running for office now for 12 years in many ways, but i do get incrediblejoy from helping other women run for Office And Win. And it seems to be working. Right, now, lets take it back to 2012, when you founded Moms Demand Action in response to, i think, one particular terrible Mass School Shooting. Why was it so important to you that this was very much a women focused and a women led movement . You know, w
And how it all played out. And to think that the work of all of the jury and the time of base spent to reach the verdict that they did say now they now just back in. They might see another trial of this kind of going back to square one on this one is quite wild. Thank you so much, eric. Its good to see you and new hour of cnn, new central starts now Donald Trump announces a press conference for later today. The last was full of fiction, fantasies and falsehoods. So what exactly is the campaign . Fain want to get out of this . Weve got brand new details on the economic rollout from Vice President kamala harris, how she says she will save seniors billions any bizarre legal nightmare for one widower now has the happiest place on earth in the hotseat im John Berman with Kate Bolduan and Sara Sidner this is Cnn News central for the first time since joe biden bowed out and commonly harris jumped in the president and the vp about to hold their first joint event. Today, there is new reporting
It s 4:00 in the east with a marvelous and organic thing, we re talking about enthusiasm. Especially in politics. Desperately tricky to generate, impossible to manufacture, but altogether vital for anyone with serious hopes for higher office. For that reason, recognize what vice president kamala harris has been able to accomplish in less than one week. From a low drum to a steady drumbeat to what we re seeing play out this afternoon, a crescendo rumbling across every corner of american political, civic and cultural life. The culmination of that phenomenon today, the crown jewel of endorsements for any democrat, president barack obama officially endorsing vice president kamala harris for president. In addition to a statement that suggests he and michelle obama will do, quote, everything we think to elect kamala harris the next president of the united states, the harris campaign released a video of the very moment it happened. Watch. Cam mall la. Hello. Hi. Hey there. You re both togethe