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Harris says in first interview US ready to turn page on Trump
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8/30/2024
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Next, Kamala Harris says she is running to be president for all Americans.
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Her comments came during her first TV interview alongside her running mate Tim Walz on Thursday.
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Speaking to CNN, Harris vowed a tougher approach to migration along the US-Mexico border.
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And also said she will not change Joe Biden's policy on arms for Israel.
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For more on what was discussed in that interview, our correspondent Fraser Jackson reports from
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Washington.
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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz, her running mate for the Democratic
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ticket, sat down for their first interview since becoming the nominees, that's on Thursday
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night on CNN.
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And all eyes were on that interview.
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It's been billed up to be quite a big interview considering that it's the first one that
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they've done and they've come under a bit of fire for not talking to the media earlier.
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But it must be said, it was a bit of a nothing burger really.
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We didn't hear anything new from Kamala Harris.
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Her policy shifts that have been the source of many of her criticisms.
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She said that ultimately the policy shifts, what matters is the fact that her values haven't
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changed and when she was pushed on immigration, she once again brought up the bipartisan bill
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that was done under the Biden administration with the help of Republicans on the Hill,
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which was ultimately squashed by Donald Trump who wanted to run on immigration as a campaign
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issue.
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She said that she would re-dig up that bill and get it through Congress and sign it into
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law herself.
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Pressed on the border, she says, we have laws that have to be followed and enforced that
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address and deal with people who cross our border illegally and there should be consequences.
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That then going back on something she said a few years ago about decriminalizing the
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border, that was the question from CNN's Dana Bash.
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She also said that she in this race is the only person who's had two terms as the AG,
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the Attorney General of a border state in California.
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Of course, where she prosecuted transnational gangs who dealt in drugs and people trafficking
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as well.
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She also said that she would have a Republican in her cabinet.
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She said that she thought America was best served when there was a diversity of opinions
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at the table and that she would indeed have a Republican in her cabinet, but stopped short
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of saying who that was.
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On the foreign policy side, she mentioned the war in Gaza, ultimately taking the same
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line as Joe Biden, saying that Israel has a right and a responsibility to defend itself,
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but that we have to get a deal done.
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That was the quote from her on Thursday evening.
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She's also pushing for a two-state solution to see the Palestinian people have the right
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to self-determination and dignity as well.
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She was also asked about Trump's comments about her race and ethnicity, to which she
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said it's the same old tired playbook.
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Next question, please.
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Donald Trump, before the interview aired, did actually speak about Kamala Harris' interview.
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He mocked her for having the interview take place at a cafe and sitting behind a table.
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He said that she didn't look like a leader.
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This comes in the wake of Donald Trump reposting some misogynistic pictures on his true social
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networks and Twitter networks, which received widespread backlash, but Donald Trump still
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saying that he believes Kamala Harris is not presidential and not the right person to win
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in November.
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