THEY ARRIVED AT %
THIS HISTORIC %
MOMENT.
POUR AFTER A LOT %
OF SPECULATION %
IT IS OFFICIAL. %
KAMALA HARRIS IS %
JOE BIDEN’S
RUNNING MATE. %
HOW DID SHE GO %
FROM PERSECUTOR
TO VICE
PRESIDENTIAL %
CANDIDATE?
LET’S GO TO %
1964. %
SHE WAS BORN IN
OAKLAND %
CALIFORNIA.
HER FATHER WAS %
FROM JAMAICA AND
TAUGHT AT %
STANFORD AND HER %
MOTHER MOVED %
FROM INDIA LATER
BECOMING A %
SCIENTIST AND
ACTIVIST. %
>> MY MOTHER WAS
THE TOUGHEST, %
SMARTEST AND
MOST LOVING %
PERSON I’VE EVER %
KNOWN.%
>> Reporter: FAST%
OVER TO THE 80s %
SHE STUDIED AT %
HOWARD
UNIVERSITY IN
THE 80s AND GOT %
HER LAW DEGREE %
AT UC HASTINGS.
HER CAREER
KICKED OFF IN %
1990 AS THE %
DEPUTY DISTRICT %
ATTORNEY IN %
ALAMEDA COUNTY. %
>> FIRST I %
DECIDED TO %
BECOME A %
PROSECUTOR %
BECAUSE I FELT A %
VERY STRONG
SENSE OF
RESPONSIBILITY
TO PROTECT THOSE %
WHO ARE
VULNERABLE. %
>> BY 2004
HARRISON, HARRIS %
HAD ONE OF OUR %
FIRST ELECTION %
AS THE DA AND
THEIR SHE HAD
THE PRISONER
REENTRY
INITIATIVE WHILE
WATCHING A %
PROGRAM TO STOP %
KAREN PARENTS %
FROM LETTING HER %
KIDS SKIP SCHOOL.
SOME SAID SHE %
WAS TOO TOUGH ON %
CRIME
PARTICULARLY IN
COMMUNITIES OF %
COLOR. %
>> IT’S A MYTH
TO SAY THAT
AFRICAN-%
AMERICANS DON’T
WANT LAW-%
ENFORCEMENT.
WE DO.
WHAT WE DON’T
WANT IS
PROFILING. %
>> WE DON’T WANT %
IS EXCESSIVE
FORCE. %
WHAT WE DON’T
WANT IS TO HAVE %
OUR CIVIL RIGHTS
STRIPPED. %
>> THIS IS A %
BELIEVE SHE %
STILL DEFENDS. %
>> LET’S TALK %
ABOUT A MYTH
THAT BLACK
PEOPLE DON’T WANT
PUBLIC SAFETY. %
THAT IS NOT %
TRUE. %
WHAT WE DON’T
WANT IS RACIAL %
PROFILING. %
>> OR CHOKEHOLDS %
OR MASS
INCARCERATION. %
>> SHE RAN FOR
ATTORNEY GENERAL
IN 2010 BEATING
HER OPPONENT BY %
LESS THAN A %
PERCENTAGE %
POINT. %
SHE WAS THE %
FIRST WOMAN AND %
FIRST BLACK %
AMERICAN TO GET %
A JOB. %
>> I STAND
BEFORE YOU IN %
THE BIGGEST %
STATE IN THE %
COUNTRY.>>
Reporter: SHE
FOUGHT AGAINST %
SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE BUT
CRITICS SAY SHE %
SHOULD’VE PUSHED %
FOR CRIMINAL %
JUSTICE REFORM %
OR POLICIES LIKE
LEGALIZING %
MARIJUANA
ESPECIALLY GIVEN %
THIS INTERVIEW
LATER. %
>> HAVE YOU EVER
SMOKED? %
>> I HAVE. %
I DID INHALE.
>> IN 2014 HARRIS
MARRIED DOUG
IMHOFF AND BECAME
STEPMOM TO HIS
KIDS. %
THIS WAS AROUND
THE TIME SHE %
ANNOUNCED HER %
SENATE CAMPAIGN
AND SHE WON THE %
RACE THE SAME
NIGHT THAT HE
WON POOR.
SHE IS ONE OF %
THE FIRST TWO
LACK WOMEN EVER %
ELECTED TO THE %
SENATE.
>> I COULD NOT %
BE MORE PROUD TO %
REPRESENT MY
STATE. %
>> SHE WROTE %
BILLS WITH %
SENATORS %
FOCUSING ON
THINGS LIKE BAIL %
REFORM AND %
INTEGRATION AND %
SHE BECAME KNOWN %
AS HERBER %
ABILITY TO GRILL %
WITNESSES. %
IS A POLICY IN %
WRITING? %
>> I THINK SO. %
>> DID YOU NOT %
CONSULT FOR YOU %
CAME BEFORE THIS %
COMMITTEE %
KNOWING THAT WE %
WOULD ASK YOU %
QUESTIONS? %
>> WE TALKED %
ABOUT IT. %
>> YOU KNEW THAT %
IT WOULD BE %
SHOWN TO YOU. %
>> THE POLICY IS %
BASED ON THE %
PRINCIPLE THAT %
THE PRESIDENT --
>> SIR, I’M NOT %
ASKING ABOUT THE %
PRINCIPAL. %
>> I NEED TO %
ANSWER THE %
QUESTION. %
>> THAT YOU %
WOULD RELY ON %
THE POLICY -- %
DID YOU NOT ASK %
YOUR STAFF TO %
SHOW YOU THE %
POLICY THAT %
WOULD BE THE %
BASIS FOR YOU %
REFUSING TO %
ANSWER THIS %
QUESTION?>> %
Reporter: IN
JANUARY 2019
THIS %
ANNOUNCEMENT --
>> I’M RUNNING
TO BE THE %
PRESIDENT OF THE %
PEOPLE, BY THE %
PEOPLE AND FOR
ALL PEOPLE.
POUR SHE
PROMOTED MEDICARE
FOR ALL AND %
TUITION FREE %
COLLEGE AND HER %
POLL NUMBERS
SURGED DURING
THE FIRST DEBATE %
WHEN SHE CALLED %
OUT FOR OPPOSING %
BUSSING IN THE
1970s. %
>> THERE WAS A %
LITTLE GIRL IN %
CALIFORNIA WHO %
WAS THE SECOND, %
CLASS TO %
INTEGRATE HER %
SCHOOL AND SHE %
WAS BUST EVERY %
DAY.
THAT LITTLE GIRL
WAS ME.
DONATIONS POURED %
IN THAT NIGHT %
BUT THE %
ENTHUSIASM %
DIDN’T LAST. %
SHE DROPPED IN
DECEMBER AFTER %
RUNNING OUT OF
MONEY. %
DESPITE THOSE
CONTENTIOUS %
DEBATES SHE %
ENDED UP %
ENDORSING BIDEN %
EARLIER THIS
YEAR. %
>> ONE THING WE %
NEED NOW IS A %
LEADER WHO DOES
CARE ABOUT THE
PEOPLE AND WHO %
CAN UNIFY THE
PEOPLE. %
>> I BELIEVE JOE %
CAN DO THAT. %