Harris says in first interview US ready to turn page on Trump

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00:00Next, Kamala Harris says she is running to be president for all Americans.

00:05Her comments came during her first TV interview alongside her running mate Tim Walz on Thursday.

00:10Speaking to CNN, Harris vowed a tougher approach to migration along the US-Mexico border.

00:16And also said she will not change Joe Biden's policy on arms for Israel.

00:21For more on what was discussed in that interview, our correspondent Fraser Jackson reports from

00:25Washington.

00:27U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz, her running mate for the Democratic

00:33ticket, sat down for their first interview since becoming the nominees, that's on Thursday

00:38night on CNN.

00:39And all eyes were on that interview.

00:41It's been billed up to be quite a big interview considering that it's the first one that

00:44they've done and they've come under a bit of fire for not talking to the media earlier.

00:49But it must be said, it was a bit of a nothing burger really.

00:52We didn't hear anything new from Kamala Harris.

00:54Her policy shifts that have been the source of many of her criticisms.

01:00She said that ultimately the policy shifts, what matters is the fact that her values haven't

01:04changed and when she was pushed on immigration, she once again brought up the bipartisan bill

01:10that was done under the Biden administration with the help of Republicans on the Hill,

01:15which was ultimately squashed by Donald Trump who wanted to run on immigration as a campaign

01:20issue.

01:21She said that she would re-dig up that bill and get it through Congress and sign it into

01:26law herself.

01:27Pressed on the border, she says, we have laws that have to be followed and enforced that

01:30address and deal with people who cross our border illegally and there should be consequences.

01:36That then going back on something she said a few years ago about decriminalizing the

01:40border, that was the question from CNN's Dana Bash.

01:43She also said that she in this race is the only person who's had two terms as the AG,

01:48the Attorney General of a border state in California.

01:51Of course, where she prosecuted transnational gangs who dealt in drugs and people trafficking

01:57as well.

01:59She also said that she would have a Republican in her cabinet.

02:02She said that she thought America was best served when there was a diversity of opinions

02:07at the table and that she would indeed have a Republican in her cabinet, but stopped short

02:12of saying who that was.

02:14On the foreign policy side, she mentioned the war in Gaza, ultimately taking the same

02:19line as Joe Biden, saying that Israel has a right and a responsibility to defend itself,

02:25but that we have to get a deal done.

02:27That was the quote from her on Thursday evening.

02:30She's also pushing for a two-state solution to see the Palestinian people have the right

02:34to self-determination and dignity as well.

02:37She was also asked about Trump's comments about her race and ethnicity, to which she

02:41said it's the same old tired playbook.

02:44Next question, please.

02:45Donald Trump, before the interview aired, did actually speak about Kamala Harris' interview.

02:51He mocked her for having the interview take place at a cafe and sitting behind a table.

02:56He said that she didn't look like a leader.

02:58This comes in the wake of Donald Trump reposting some misogynistic pictures on his true social

03:05networks and Twitter networks, which received widespread backlash, but Donald Trump still

03:10saying that he believes Kamala Harris is not presidential and not the right person to win

03:15in November.

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