BUT THEY DON’T REALLY KNOW HER
STORY.
I THINK HE HAS TO SORT OF TELL
HER STORY AND COME ACROSS
RELATABLE OR NOT.
>> I WANT TO PUT AND GENDER
ASIDE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
CONVERSATION AND JUST SHOW SOME
OF HER SIZABLE SKILL SET.
HERE SHE IS IN HER CURRENT JOB,
AS SENATOR IN SOME OF THE
QUESTIONING OF BRETT KAVANAUGH
AND ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR.
>> ARE YOU WILLING TO ASK THE
WHITE HOUSE TO CONDUCT SUCH AN
INVESTIGATION?
BECAUSE AS YOU ARE AWARE, THE
FBI DID CONDUCT A BACKGROUND
INVESTIGATION INTO YOU.
>> YES --
>> BEFORE WE WERE AWARE OF THESE
MOST RECENT ALLEGATIONS, SO ARE
YOU WILLING TO ASK THE WHITE
HOUSE TO DO THAT, AND ANSWER YES
OR NO AND WE CAN MOVE ON.
>> SIX BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS
OVER 26 YEARS --
>> SIR, AS IT RELATES TO THE
RECENT ALLEGATIONS, ARE YOU
WILLING TO HAVE THEM DO IT?
>> THE WITNESS TESTIMONY BEFORE
YOU, NO WITNESS WHO WAS THERE
SUPPORTS THAT I WAS THERE.
>> OKAY, I’M GOING TO TAKE THAT
AS "NO."
DID YOU WATCH DR. FORD’S
TESTIMONY?
>> I DID NOT.
>> THANK YOU --
>> I PLAN TO, BUT I DID NOT.
I WAS PREPARING MINE.
>> HAS THE PRESIDENT OR ANYONE
AT THE WHITE HOUSE EVER ASKED OR
SUGGESTED THAT YOU OPEN AN
INVESTIGATION OF ANYONE?
YES OR NO, PLEASE, SIR.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT OR
ANYBODY ELSE.
>> SEEMS YOU WOULD REMEMBER
SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND BE ABLE
TO TELL US.
>> YEAH, BUT I’M TRYING TO
GRAPPLE WITH THE WORD "SUGGEST."
THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS OF
MATTERS OUT THERE THAT THEY HAVE
NOT ASKED ME TO OPEN AN
INVESTIGATION.
>> PERHAPS THEY’VE SUGGESTED.
>> I DON’T KNOW.
I WOULDN’T SAY SUGGEST.
>> HINTED?
>> I DON’T KNOW.
>> INFERRED?
YOU DON’T KNOW.
OKAY.
>> I MEAN, STEVE SCHMIDT, SHE’S
A SLAYER OF -- SHE’S JUST A
SLAYER.
JUST HER SKILL SET IS UNMATCHED.
>> SHE IS A MAJOR LEAGUE
POLITICAL TALENT.
AND LET’S REMEMBER SOMETHING,
WHEN SHE DEBATES, IT WILL BE
AGAINST THE INCUMBENT VICE
PRESIDENT, MIKE PENCE,SYCOPHANT,
BE A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE
CIGARETTE INDUSTRY,
COMMUNICATING TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE THAT ALL WAS GOOD,
CIGARETTES WEREN’T BAD FOR YOU
AT ALL.
AS A TALK RADIO HOST, HE STOOD
THERE AND DENOUNCED ADULTERY.
AS A VICE PRESIDENT, HE EMBRACES
EVERY VILE PRINCIPLE OF
TRUMPISM, AT THE EXPENSE THAT
HE -- AT THE EXPENSE OF WHAT HE
ONCE LOOKED INTO THE CAMERA WITH
MOST SINCERITY AND SQUINTY EYES
TELLING US THAT HE BELIEVED FROM
THE BOTTOM OF HIS HEART AND
SOUL.
SO KAMALA HARRIS IS A POLITICIAN
THAT HAS CONVICTION, THAT HAS
ACCOMPLISHMENT.
THAT HAS FACEDOWN THE BEST, SO
TO SPEAK, OF THE TRUMP ENABLERS
AND CRONIES FROM HER PERCH ON
THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
WE’VE SEEN HER PERFORM UNDER
PRESSURE.
SHE’S A WORLD-CLASS POLITICIAN.
I THINK MIKE PENCE IS GOING TO
HAVE HIS HANDS FULL TO SAY THE
LEAST.
AND SHE IS IMMINENTLY QUALIFIED
TO BE PRESIDENT ON DAY ONE.
SHE’S A PERSON WITH AN EASY
SMILE.
THERE’S AN INTERVIEW WHERE SHE
DID TALKING ABOUT HER IN-LAWS
THAT JUST MADE ME LAUGH OUT
LOUD, DESCRIBING HOW MUCH NEW
JERSEY IS IN THEM, WAS A JERSEY
BOY.
IT WAS JUST SO NICE TO SEE
SOMEBODY WITH HUMOR OPEN UP
ABOUT THEIR FAMILY IN A NORMAL
WAY AND TO HEAR HER LAUGH,
RIGHT?
HOW NICE WILL IT BE TO SEE
LAUGHTER AROUND THE HIGHEST
OFFICES IN OUR LAND?
THERE’S SERIOUSNESS OF PURPOSE
AHEAD.
THERE ARE HARD DAYS AHEAD.
BUT TO SEE THE BASIC HUMAN
QUALITIES OF DECENCY AND EMPATHY
AND SMILING AND LAUGHTER.
AND JUST NORMALCY EXTRAORDINARY
TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
THAT’S COMMA KAMALA HARRIS
REPRESENTS, IN ADDITION TO BEING
A WORLD-CLASS POLITICAL TALENT,
WHICH I THINK MIKE PENCE IS
GOING TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE HARD
WAY WHEN HE HAS TO FACE OFF
AGAINST HER FOR 90 MINUTES.
>> ALICEA, THERE’S SOME BREAKING
NEWS IN THE LAST HALF HOUR, SOME
WINDOW INTO WHAT FORMER
PRESIDENT OBAMA WHO IS ALSO
SPEAKING TONIGHT IS EXPECTED TO
TALK ABOUT.
THIS IS FROM MY COLLEAGUE, PETER
ALEXANDER, WHO REPORTS THAT A
DEMOCRATIC OFFICIAL TELLS NBC
NEWS PHILADELPHIA WAS CHOSEN FOR
FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA’S SPEECH
TONIGHT BECAUSE OF BIDEN’S TIES
TO THE STATE AND IT’S BECAUSE
WHERE TWO OF OUR SACRED TEXTS,
THE DECLARATION TO HAVE
INDEPENDENCE AND THE
CONSTITUTION WAS SIGNED.
THE CITY IS IN MANY WAYS THE
BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN
DEMOCRACY.
A FITTING REMINDER OF WHAT’S AT
STAKE IN NOVEMBER’S ELECTION.
LET ME JUST READ A LITTLE BIT
MORE OF THIS.
OBAMA IS SET TO STRESS BIDEN’S
QUALIFICATIONS, HIS JUDGMENT AS
VICE PRESIDENT, HE’LL MAKE A
CLEAR, STRONG, AND URGENT CASE
ON VOTING, SIMILAR TO WHAT
MICHELLE OBAMA DID ON MONDAY.
IF YOU TAKE JUST THE TALENT THAT
HAS BEEN SHOWCASED SO FAR THIS
WEEK, MICHELLE OBAMA, YOU’VE GOT
THE DEEPLY PERSONAL SPEECH THAT
I THINK HAD A PRETTY PROFOUND
MESSAGE ABOUT THE PAIN OF THE
COUNTRY THAT JILL BIDEN WAS ABLE
TO TIE TO THE PAIN THAT THAT
FAMILY HAS BEEN THROUGH, AS A
FAMILY AND THEIR RESILIENCE.
IF YOU TAKE THE SHARPENING OF
THE NATIONAL SECURITY MESSAGE
THAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED LAST NIGHT
AND IS PROBABLY EXPECTED TO BE
REPEATED LAST NIGHT FROM BOTH
SENATOR HARRIS AND FROM THE
FORMER PRESIDENT, WHAT HAS THE
STORY ACHIEVED SO FAR AND WHAT
DO YOU THINK THE RESULT, WILL BE
>> YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS
WE KNOW AND CORNELL CAN SPEAK TO
THIS EVEN BETTER THAN I CAN, IS
THE FACT THAT DONALD TRUMP’S
NUMBERS ARE PRETTY BAKED.
SO IN INAS MUCH THAT WE WILL
HEAR THE CASE MADE AGAINST
DONALD TRUMP, THAT IS ONE PIECE
OF THE PUZZLE, AND THEN TO YOUR
POINT, THERE NEEDS TO BE THE
CASE MADE FOR JOE BIDEN.
SO SOMETHING THAT STOOD OUT TO
ME ESPECIALLY AS WE WERE HEARING
SO MUCH ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY
IS, JOE BIDEN’S EMPATHY, HIS
WARMTH, IS SOMETHING WE HEAR
ABOUT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
IT ACTUALLY WAS IMPORTANT
STRATEGICALLY FOR DEMOCRATS TO
UNDERLINE HIS STRENGTH, HIS
EXPERIENCE IN THIS REALM,
SPECIFICALLY.
SO I THINK WHAT YOU’RE GETTING
IS A MORE COMPLETELY COMPLETE PI
YOU HAVE THE STAKES SET OUT, YOU
HAVE THE RISKS OF THIS CURRENT
PRESIDENCY.
AND YOU’RE BEGINNING TO SEE THE