Updated Aug. 29: CNN has released two clips from Dana Bash‘s exclusive interview with Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. In the first clip, Harris responds to Bash’s question about how voters should consider some of the apparent changes in her policy positions, emphasizing that her “values have not changed.”
Pointing her current stances on such issues as climate change and border security, Harris said that her record over the past four years shows a continuity of commitment. “I have always believed that the climate crisis is real, that it is an urgent matter,” she noted.
Harris: “My values have not changed” pic.twitter.com/uOypN8coku
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 29, 2024
In the second clip, Harris suggests that she’d appoint a Republican to her cabinet if elected in November. “No one in particular in mind,” she adds. “I have spent my career inviting diversity of opinion.”
In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris said she would be open to putting a Republican in her cabinet. The full interview will air at 9 p.m. ET Thursday on CNN’s “The First Interview: Harris & Walz, A CNN Exclusive.”… pic.twitter.com/9nRzSA7RYb
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 29, 2024
Earlier today, Bash released images of her conversation with Harris and Walz, taped at Kim’s Cafe in Savannah, GA. The full interview airs tonight at 9 p.m. ET.
The first interview with @KamalaHarris @Tim_Walz is wrapped. Watch the first clip at 4p ET and the rest at 9p tonight on @CNN pic.twitter.com/GHbOhFDfBo
— Dana Bash (@DanaBashCNN) August 29, 2024
Live again 5p et (soon) with the next clip
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— Dana Bash (@DanaBashCNN) August 29, 2024
Will Lanzoni/CNN Original story continues below:
Back in June, CNN became the first network to host a presidential debate during the 2024 election cycle. Now, it’s the first outlet to score an exclusive 2:1 interview with Democratic running mates Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.
The announcement ends weeks of speculation about which network would secure the first interview with the combined Harris/Walz ticket. The candidates will speak with Dana Bashin Georgia and the conversation will air in full Aug. 29 at 9 p.m. ET as a primetime special entitled The First Interview: Harris & Walz A CNN Exclusive.
Viewers can watch the interview live across CNN’s linear and digital platforms. It will also be available for on demand viewing starting Aug. 30.
Harris is sitting for CNN while also preparing for her upcoming ABC News debate with former President Donald Trump, set for Sept. 10 in Philadelphia. Walz also has a debate on the horizon; he’ll be matched with Trump’s running mate J.D. Vance at a CBS News-hosted event in New York City on Oct. 1.
CNN’s June 27 debate between President Joe Biden and Trump proved enormously consequential, as Biden’s heavily-criticized performance ultimately contributed to his decision to step down from seeking re-election on July 21. Harris’ interview with Bash will likewise be a key moment in her campaign as Election Day draws closer and closer.