TO HAVE 70% OF ADULTS WITH ONE
SHOT BY FOURTH OF JULY.
THE NATIONS FIRST SECOND
GENTLEMAN, DOUG EMHOFF IS OUT
FRONT IN THE EFFORT TO COMBAT
COVID.
>> I HAD MINE.
NO PROBLEM.
>> Reporter: HOW DO YOU CONVINCE
THE HOLDOUTS TO GET A SHOT?
>> JUST TRYING TO TALK ABOUT
FACTS.
TO SAY THEYRE EFFECTIVE, FAIR
FREE.
THEYRE AVAILABLE, AND THEY
WORK.
>> Reporter: EMHOFF SAYS HE
PREFERS TO STEER CLEAR OF
POLITICS BUT HIS WIFE VICE
PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS IS
FACING RENEWED SCRUTINY AFTER
WEDNESDAYS ANNOUNCEMENT THAT
SHELL GO TO THE BOARDER FOR THE
FIRST TIME TOMORROW.
AS YOUVE WITNESSED REPUBLICANS
MADE A BIG THING OUT OF THIS.
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID
TODAY THE REASON SHES GOING
THIS WEEK IS BECAUSE HES GOING
NEXT WEEK.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT?
>> KAMALA HARRIS IS NOT DRIVEN
BY ANY POLITICAL ISSUES OR
POLITICAL PRESSURE.
SHES REALLY JUST DOING THE
RIGHT THING IS TO DO FOR THIS
VERY IMPORTANT JOB THAT THE
PRESIDENT ENTRUSTED HER WITH.
>> Reporter: YOURE A HUSBAND.
WHEN YOU SEE THE ATTACKS, WHEN
YOU SEE THE CRITICISM, WHAT DO
YOU THINK?
>> LOOK, YOURE A HUSBAND, TOO.
NO ONE WANTS TO SEE ANYBODY HE
LOVE TAKE AND CRITICIZE THE BUT
THATS PART OF WHAT SHE SIGNED
UP FOR IN THIS LIFE OF PUBLIC
SERVICE.
ITS PART OF THE TERRITORY, AND
FOR HER, LIKE, IF YOU COULD SEE
WHAT I SEE BEHIND THE SCENES,
IS, SHE IS JUST FOCUSED ON THE
WORK, WORKING HARD AND GETTING
IT DONE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: AS THE FIRST WOMAN,
BLACK, SOUTH ASIAN VICE
PRESIDENT, DO YOU THINK THAT
YOUR WIFE IS TREATED DIFFERENTLY
BECAUSE SHES A WOMAN AND A
WOMAN OF COLOR?
>> UM -- PROBABLY, BUT SO WHAT?
I MEAN, SHE HAS FACED CHALLENGES
AS A GROUNDBREAKER HER WHOLE
CAREER.
I THINK SHE SAID AT TIMES, YOU
KNOW WHEN YOURE BREAKING
BARRIERS, THERES BREAKING
INVOLVED AND BREAKING MEANS YOU
MIGHT GET CUT SOMETIMES BUT
THATS OKAY.
ITS WORTH IT.
BECAUSE SHES LEADING A PATH FOR
OTHERS.
>> Reporter: EMHOFF LEFT A
SUCCESSFUL CAREER AT AN
ENTERTAINMENT LAWYER TO SUPPORT
HER WIFES AMBITIOUS.
>> WHAT MESSAGE DOES THIS SEND
TO OTHER MEN?
>> MEN HAVE TO STEP UP FOR THE
PEOPLE THEY LOVE AND ACTUALLY SO
IT.
ITS MANLY TO LOVE AND CARE
ABOUT OTHERS.
>> Reporter: STILL, EMHOFF
ADMITS BEING THRUST INTO THE
GLARING PUBLIC SPOTLIGHT HAS
BEEN DARTING.
THE MOPE HIS NEW REALITY SUNK
IN.
>> 2IT WAS THE COVID MEMORIAL ON
THE LINCOLN STEPS AND REFLECTING
POND.
WHEN IT REALLY HIT ME.
GOODNESS.
THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING.
THE CAMERAS AND THE SECRET
SERVICE AND YOU WALK OUT AND
THERES -- SOON TO BE PRESIDENT
BIDEN AND THE FIRST LADY.
>> Reporter: AND THE MOMENT
BLOWING KISSES TO HIS WIFE.
A CLIP THAT WENT VIRAL.
DO YOU EVER STOP IN THOSE
MOMENTS AND THINK, HOW DID I GET
HERE?
>> EVERY MOMENT OF EVERY DAY AND
SOMETIMES SHE AND I WILL LOOK AT
EACH OTHER AND JUST -- ILL
SAY -- YOURE THE VICE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> AND SHES SAY, YOURE THE
SECOND GENTLEMAN OF THE UNITED
STATES.
SO ITS JUST -- IT IS A LITTLE
SURREAL.
>> Reporter: A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
ALREADY TALKING ABOUT WHO THE
NEXT PRESIDENTS GOING TO BE.
DO YOU WANT HER TO RUN?
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU GUYS TALK
ABOUT?
>> TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT
TALKING ABOUT THAT.
WE ARE SO FOCUSED ON --
>> Reporter: THATS HARD FOR ME
TO BELIEVE.
YOU WALK INTO THE WHITE HOUSE.
YOU DONT EVER SAY, MAN, CAN YOU
IMAGINE BEING HERE?
>> WEVE SPENT ZERO SECONDS
TALKING ABOUT THAT.
SO FOCUSED ON THE TASK AT HAND.
>> Reporter: HIS WIFE, OF
COURSE, NOT THE ONLY
HISTORYMAKER IN THE FAMILY.
MR. EM IS THE FIRST JEWISH
SPOUSE OF A VICE PRESIDENT
TELLING E MOO HETELL
ING ME HE FEELS A UNIQUE EFFORT
TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST HATE AND
ANTI-SEMITISM AND CALLED A
RECENT VISIT TO MEXICO AND
GUATEMALA SUCCESSFUL DESPITE
CRITICISM FROM MOPE DEMOCRATS
AND REPUBLICANS SAYING ITS THE
NEXT FAZE TO IMPROVE MIGRATION.