AND
AND HIS
AND HIS WORK PICK A+@ND IT IS T FIRST BLACK WOMAN ON A MAJOR
PRES+@IDENTIAL TICKET IN HISTOR
AND KAREN TRAVERS HAS THE
LATEST ON THE LATEBREAKING NEWS
FROM WASHINGTON.
FROM WASHINGTON. >>REPORTER: FROM RIVALS TO
RUNNING MATES, JOE BIDEN
ANNOUNCING HE HAS PICK+@ED, LET
HARRIS TO JOIN HIS TICKET, A
DEMOCRAT FROM CALIFORNIA SHE IS
THE ONLY BLACK FEMALE
SENATOR.>> WOMEN ESPECIALLY
OLDER WOMEN WILL BE DRAWN TO
HAVING HER AS PART OF THE
TICKET.>> THE DAUGHTER OF AN
EAST INDIAN MOTHER AND JAMAICAN
FATHER HARRIS GRADUATE FROM
HOWARD UNIVERSITY IN WASHINGTON
AND LEARNED HER LAW DEGREE AT
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
HASTINGS AND WAS THE FIRST
AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO BE
ELECTED DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN
SAN FRANCISCO AND +@THE FIRST
WO+@MAN AND FIRST A+@FRICAN-
AMERICAN TO SERVE AS
CALIFORNIA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL
SHE RAN FOR T+@HE DEMOCRATIC
NOMINATION BUT DROPPED OUT
BEFORE THE FIRST VOTES WERE
CAST.
CAST.
CAST. DURING A DEBATE LAST JUNE COME
HARRIS LAUNCHED AN AGGRESSIVE
ATTACK ON JOE BIDEN OVER HIS
OPPOSITION TO BUSSING AND MADE
IT PERSONAL.>> THERE WAS A
LITTLE GIRL IN CALIFORNI+@A WHO
WAS PART OF THE SECOND CLASS TO
INTEGRATE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
AND SHE WAS BEST TO SCHOOL EACH
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. THAT
DAY. THAT LITTLE GIRL WITH ME.>>
LAST MONTH PHOTOGRAPHERS TICKED
UP NOTES BIDEN HAD HANDWRI+@TTE
BEFORE A PRESS CONFERENCE IN
UNDER THE HEADER IT READ DO NOT
HOLD GRUDGES, CAMPAIGN WITH ME
AND+@ JILL, TALENTED, GREAT HEL
TO THE CAMPAIGN AND GREAT
RESPECT FOR HER.
HARRIS CALLS HERSELF A
PROGRESSIVE PROSECUTOR BUT SHE
HAS FACED FIERCE CRITICISM FOR
HER RECORD WITH RACE AND
CRIMINAL J+@USTICE ISSUES
DOMINATING HEADLINES THIS
+@
DOMINATING HEADLINES THIS SUMMER HARRIS HAS BEEN ASKED TO
ADDRESS CONCERNS FROM
PROGRESSIV+@E ACTIVISTS THAT SH
CANNOT BE A CHANGE AGENT ON
POLICING.
POLICING.
POLICING. AS A SENATOR HARRIS MADE
HEADLINES FOR HER TOUGH
QUESTIONING NOTABLY DURING THE
SUPREME COURT CONFIRMATION
HEARINGS FOR JUSTICE BRETT
KAVANAUGH.>> HAVE YOU EVER
DISCUSSED SPECIAL COUNSEL
ROBERT MUELLER OR HIS
INVESTIGATION WITH ANYONE?
>> IT IS IN THE NEWS EVERY
DAY.>> IT IS A SPECIFIC
QUESTION.
QUESTION.
QUESTION. >> IN THE SENATE HARRIS IS A
LEADER ON RACE ISSUES PUSHING
TO MAKE LYNCHING A FEDERAL
CRIME AND INTRODUCING
LEGISLATION TO MAKE JUNETEENTH
A NATIONAL HOLIDAY.>> SO JOE
BIDEN +@AND HARRIS ARE TO+@ DEL
REMARKS TOMORROW IN DELAWARE
AND OF COURSE WE WILL HEAR FROM
HER NEXT WEEK AS WELL DURING
+@
HER NEXT WEEK AS WELL DURING THE DEMOCRATIC NATIO+@NAL
CONVENTION WHICH IS ALMOST
ENTIRE+@LY VIRTUAL THIS TIME
AROUND WHICH IS BIG NEWS.+@
JOINING US TO TALK MORE ABOUT
THIS IS A POLITICAL SCIENCE
PROFESSOR AT SMU, THANK YOU FOR
+@MAKING THE TIME FOR US TODAY>
GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
>> FIRST, THIS HAS BEEN GOING
ON FOR SOME TIME AND THERE WERE
QUITE A FEW CONTENDERS HERE AND
ARE YOU AT ALL SURPRISED BY THE
DECISION TODAY OR IS THIS WHAT
YOU EXPECTED FORMER VICE
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN TO DO?>>
THEY STARTED WITH A FA+@IRLY LO
LIST AND THEY HAD A VETTING
TEAM THAT WORKED THROUGH THAT
LIST AND THEY GOT IT DOWN TO
FOUR OR FIVE, SUSAN RICE AND
KAMALA HARRIS, AND KAMALA
HARRIS WAS ALWAYS OF THE
LEADING CANDIDATE . SHE HAS
BEEN IN ATTORNEY GENERAL IN
CALIFORNIA AND A UNITED STATES
SENATOR AND SHE IS A GOOD
DEBATER +@AND IT WAS A SAFE
PICK.>> SHE COMES FROM
+@
+@ CALIFORNIA WHICH IS SAFELY A
BLUE STATE WHICH WILL EASILY BE
IN JOE BIDEN'S COLUMN ON
ELECTION NIGHT.
ELECTION NIGHT. IT+@ IS NOT LIKE THERE IS
LEVERAGE THAT SHE MIGHT BRING A
STATE ALONG WITH HER IN THE
VOTE. +@
VOTE. +@
VOTE. +@ WHAT DO YOU THINK HER+@ STRENGT
IS, WHAT DOES SHE BRING TO TH+@
TICKET THA+@T IT NEEDED?
>> WHEN YOU PICK A VICE
PRESIDENT SOMETIMES YOU DO TRY
TO BRING ALONG ANOTHER
STATEMENT OFTENTIMES, AND IN
THIS CASE FOR EXAMPLE, COMING
FROM CALIFORNIA YOU KNOW THAT
WHOEVER REPLACES HER IN THE
UNITED STATES SENATE WILL ALSO
BE A DEMOCRAT SO IT IS A SAFE
PICK IN THAT REGARD AS +@WELL.
+@
+@ HER
+@ HER STRENGTHS ARE THAT THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY BASE HAS BEEN
+@CALLING FOR A FEMALE BLACK
CANDIDATE IF AT ALL POSSIBLE
+@
+@ AND
+@ AND SHE WAS THE LEADING CHOICE
AMONG THOSE ACTIVISTS.
AND SO I THINK THAT WHAT
HAPPENED TO HILLARY CLINTON THE
LAST ELECTION CYCLE OF 2016 IS
THAT BLACKS DID NOT TURN OUT
FOR THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET THE
WAY THEY HAD FOR THE
OBAMA/BIDEN TICKETS THE TWO
PREVIOUS ELECTIONS AND THIS
SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THAT LACK
OF ENTHUSIASM AMONG BLACKS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND SO +@IN
THAT SENSE IT IS A BIG HELP TO
THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET AND AT
LEAST IT TAKES THE CONCERN OFF
THE TABLE FOR BIDEN.
>> AND THE BLACK VOTE WAS
TREMENDOUS AND A LOT OF THE
2018 RACES AS WELL SO OBVIOUSLY
TREMENDOUS AND A LOT OF THE 2018 RACES AS WELL SO OBVIOUSLY@
TEAMED BIDEN HOPING THAT IT
WILL HELP OUT HERE IN 2020 AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. I
WELL. I WANT TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION
TO THE MOMENT, THE DEBATE
+@MOMENT THEY TOUCHED ON IN THE
STORY MOMENTS AGO WHERE SHE
REALLY WENT AFTER THE FORMER
VICE PRESIDENT STRONGLY.
OF COURSE THEY WERE COMPETING
FOR THE NOMINATION AT THAT
POINT.
POINT.
POINT. I
POINT. I WANT TO ASK, DO YO+@U THINK +@
THAT HURTS THIS ALLIANCE AT
ALL?
ALL?
ALL? YOU
ALL? YOU COULD SEE THAT BEING TURNED
INTO A CAMPAIGN SPOT OR THE
OTHER SIDE, WILL IT HURT AT
ALL.>> YEAH, I THINK KAMALA
HARRIS IN T+@HAT DEBATE ALMOST
LANDED A KNOCKDOWN BLOW ON JOE
BIDEN BECAUSE IT WAS VERY
PERSONAL, EMOTIONAL AND IT HITS
ON A BIG CHANGE THAT JOE+@ BIDE
HAS MADE OVER HIS FOUR YEARS IN
POLITICS FROM BEING AN OPPONENT
OF BUSSING FOR RACIAL
INTEGRATION TO BEING MUCH MORE
ACTIVE ON BEHALF OF BLACK+@
EQUALITY.
EQUALITY.
EQUALITY. BUT JOE BIDEN SURVIVED THAT
PUNCH AND WENT ON TO WIN THE
NOMINATION.
NOMINATION. AND IN FACT HE HAS DECIDED THAT
BEING ABLE TO LAND A PUNCH LI+@
THAT IS JUST WHAT HE WANTS IN A
VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SO
IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT
THE TRUMP/PANTS TICKET WILL TRY
TO USE THE EXCHANGE BUT IT WILL
HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT
IT BECAUSE THE VAST MAJORITY OF
BLACK VOTERS VOTE +@DEMOCRAT
ANYW+@AY AND THEY WILL NOT WIN
BLACKS BY REFERRING TO THAT
MOMENT.
MOMENT.
MOMENT. THEY MAY TRY TO GIN UP THEIR
OWN BASE.
OWN BASE.
OWN BASE. BUT I THINK BIDEN HAS THOUGHT
THIS THROUGH AND WHERE HE WOULD
HAVE BEEN OFFENDED AS SHE
ATTACKED HIM SO FORCEFULLY HE
DECIDED THAT IS WHAT I NEEDED
AND I WANT THAT LADY.
>> HE FOLLOWED THAT OWN NOTES
THAT THE KEY PHOTOGRAPHERS BY
THE OTHER DAY AND FOR GAVE AND
FORGOT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
CAL ALWAYS A MAN WE LIKE TO
TURN TO WHEN WE HAVE BREAKING
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