WATCH: Kamala Harris uses strikingly similar language in interview and debate

>> HELLO, I AM ALLYSIA ACUNA ALONG WITH SHANDA, NICOLE SAPHIER AND TOM SHILLUE. WELCOME TO THE "BIG WEEKEND SHOW". THE BIG STORY TONIGHT -- KAMALA HARRIS SYSTEM FOR HER FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE HER DEBATE WITH DONALD TRUMP AND SHE AVOIDS SPECIFICS. >> WHAT ARE SPECIFIC THINGS YOU HAVE IN MIND FOR THAT? >> I'LL START WITH THIS -- I GREW UP IN MIDDLE-CLASS KID IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF FOLKS PROUD OF THEIR LONG. >> IF THERE'S ONE THING YOU WISH AMERICANS KNEW ABOUT WHO KAMALA HARRIS THAT YOU DON'T THINK THEY KNOW YET, WHAT WOULD THAT BE? >> I LOVE MY FAMILY. >> SHE WAS ASKED JUST FIVE QUESTIONS AND THE 11 MINUTE INTERVIEW. LUCAS TOMLINSON LIVE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT. >> GOOD EVENING. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS FIRST SOLO INTERVIEW SINCE BECOMING THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE AND JUST LIKE THE DEBATE, THE HARRIS TEAM TURNED TO ABC THIS TIME FROM A LOCAL AFFILIATE FROM THE LITTLE YOU. >> MY MOTHER RAISED MY EASTER AND ME, SHE WORKED VERY HARD. SHE WAS ABLE TO SAVE UP ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY OUR FIRST HOUSE WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER. I GREW UP IN A COMMUNITY OF HARD-WORKING PEOPLE, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND NURSES AND TEACHERS. I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO SOME WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE, A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL RELATE TO THIS. >> CRITICS SAY THE VICE PRESIDENT GAVE LONG ANSWERS WITHOUT MENTIONING ... THERE IS SOME MORE FROM THE INTERVIEW. >> WE HAVE ASPIRATIONS AND DREAMS BUT NOT EVERYONE NECESSARILY HAS ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES THAT CAN HELP THEM FEEL THOSE DREAMS AND AMBITIONS. WHEN I TALK ABOUT BUILDING AN OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY, IT IS VERY MUCH WITH THE MIND OF INVESTING IN THE VISIONS AND ASPIRATIONS AN INCREDIBLE WORK ETHIC OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND CREATING OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE SO GIVING FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS $25000 DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE TO BE ABLE TO GET IN THE DOOR AND THEY WILL DO THE WORK THEY NEED TO DO TO DAVE AND PAY THE MORTGAGE AND BUILD WEALTH FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. >> THE VICE PRESIDENT WAS ASKED WHAT SPECIFICALLY SHE WOULD DO TO FIX THE ECONOMY. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS WILL JOIN BIDEN ADDED DINNER BY THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION LATER TONIGHT HERE IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL. >> LIVE AT THE WHITE HOUSE, THANKS, LUCAS. >> WE LISTENED TO THE NEWS ANCHOR ASKED FOR SPECIFICS AND HE DID IT MULTIPLE TIMES AND I DO KNOW PARAMETERS ARE GIVEN WHEN YOU GET THESE INTERVIEWS IS ONLY SO MUCH TIME AND HE ASKED HER, CAN I ASK YOU A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS? THEY WERE OBVIOUSLY LIMITS BUT HE STILL DIDN'T GET THE ANSWERS, ANY REAL ANSWERS. >> KAMALA NOTHING BUT ALSO SAID SO MUCH. NOT SAYING ANYTHING IT SHOWS THE ECONOMY ARE THE NUMBER ONE ISSUES IN EVERY SINGLE POLE IN THE SELECTION AND THE FACT THAT YOU GO TO AN INTERVIEW AND HAVE NOTHING TO OFFER ON HOW YOU WILL FIX THE ECONOMY, MAKE SOME STUFF UP. YOU THINK OF THE LAST DEBATE, A LOT OF COMMENTATORS SAYING DONALD TRUMP WAS NEEDED BY KAMALA HARRIS, HE TOOK DEBATE, THE SIZE OF HIS RALLY CROWDS, TRUMP SPENCER 40 PLUS. HE DEBATED HER INTO HAVING THE CONFIDENCE TO DO INTERVIEWS LIKE THIS AND EXPOSE HERSELF TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. DONALD TRUMP'S FOUR STEPS OF KAMALA AND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. >> THIS INTERVIEW IS ONLY DONE A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER THE DEBATE AND WAS REMARKABLE HOW THE ANSWERS WERE SO SIMILAR AND I WANT FOLKS TO LISTEN. >> I GREW UP IN MIDDLE-CLASS KID. >> I WAS RAISED AS A MIDDLE-CLASS KID. >> FOCUSING ON ASPIRATIONS AND DREAMS I BELIEVE IN THE AMBITION, ASPIRATIONS AND DREAMS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. >> I WAS A CAREER PROSECUTOR MOST OF MY CAREER. >> I STARTED AS A PROSECUTOR. >> AN OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY WHERE IT'S ABOUT INVESTING IN AREAS THAT NEED A LOT OF WORK. >> I INTEND TO CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY. >> CLEARLY I AM NOT JOE BIDEN. >> THE VAST MAJORITY OF US HAVE SO MUCH MORE IN COMMON THAN WHAT SEPARATES US. >> WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE IN COMMON THAN WHAT SEPARATES US. >> I WILL SAY THIS -- WE HEAR CANDIDATES SAY THE SAME THING ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL OVER AND OVER BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT. >> WE ALL HAVE TALKING POINTS, WE ARE USED TO THAT BUT WE LOVE -- PEOPLE LOVE TRUMP BECAUSE HIS CONVERSATIONALIST WHETHER HE'S AT A RALLY TALKING TO REPORTERS, TWO PEOPLE ARE IN THE CONVERSATION. WHEN IT COMES TO KAMALA HARRIS, SHE'S GIVING A MONOLOGUE EVEN THOUGH SHE'S TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING REGURGITATED OVER AND OVER IN THE REASON SHE CAN'T GET INTO SPECIFICS WHEN SHE SPECIFICALLY ASKED TO GIVE SPECIFICS AND DETAILS IS BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THEY EXIST AND HE GOES BACK TO HER 2019 CAMPAIGN, SHE COULDN'T GET INTO THE WEEDS OF THINGS BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T HAVE PACIFIC POLICY AND WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE STANDS FOR BUT THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS SHE'S WRITING ON THE TAIL OF JOE BIDEN AND HAS NOT EVOLVED. ALL SHE SAYS IS IS A NEW GENERATION. SHE'S JUST YOUNGER, IT'S AN EXTENSION OF THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS. THEY WALKED FOR HER THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO AND ANYBODY BELIEVES THERE'S GOING TO BE CHANGE IS OF WILL. >> SHE MAY HAVE POLICIES AND SHE DOESN'T WANT TO SHARE THEM BECAUSE SHE KNOWS WE WON'T LIKE THEM. >> SOMEONE LIKE BARACK OBAMA, HE'S FAR LEFT AND HE RAN AND TRY TO CONVINCE AMERICANS HE WASN'T VERY FAR LEFT, HE CONVINCED AMERICANS BECAUSE HE HAS MATH SKILLS. SHE DOESN'T HAVE SKILLS. SHE WAS NERVOUS AT THE DEBATE AND AT THIS INTERVIEW YOU COULD SEE IT. SHE'S TRYING TO STAY ON MESSAGE BECAUSE SHE HAS CODERS SAYING YOU CANNOT REVEAL YOUR TRUE SELF AND I THINK THAT DEBATE YOU COULD SEE IT, SHE STUNK IT UP AT THE DEBATE IS ABOUT THE PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE THIS NARRATIVE, SHE CAME OUT AND DID THIS, SHE WAS LOUSY AT THE DEBATE JUST LIKE SHE WAS LOUSY AT THE INTERVIEW BECAUSE SHE THINKS SHE CAN RIDE IT OUT AND DO THIS PLATITUDE AND TALK ABOUT I GREW UP MIDDLE-CLASS AND WE HAD LONG. IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK, SHE WILL RUN OUT OF STEAM. >> NO ONE IS PUSHING BACK. AT THE DEBATE THEY DIDN'T PUSH BACK AND THE ABC AFFILIATE THEY DIDN'T PUSH BACK. >> ANOTHER ONE, LOCAL NEWS ANCHOR ASKED HER TO GET SPECIFIC AGAIN AND AGAIN SHE WOULDN'T. >> GIVEN YOUR CURRENT ROLE AS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, HOW DIFFERENT YOU ARE FROM JOE BIDEN SO I WONDER IF THERE ARE ONE OR TWO SPOTS, POLICY AREAS OR APPROACHES WHERE YOU WOULD SAY I'M A DIFFERENT PERSON. >> I'M OBVIOUSLY NOT JOE BIDEN AND I OFFER A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP SO FOR EXAMPLE, THINKING ABOUT DEVELOPING AND CREATING AN OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY WHERE IT'S ABOUT INVESTING IN AREAS THAT NEED A LOT OF WORK AND FOCUSING ON THE ASPIRATIONS AND DREAMS BUT RECOGNIZING AT THIS TIME SOME STUFF WE CAN TAKE FOR GRANTED YEARS AGO WE CAN'T TAKE FOR GRANTED ANYMORE. FOR EXAMPLE ANOTHER PLAN I HAVE THAT IS A NEW APPROACH IS EXTEND THE CHILD TAX CREDIT TO $6000 FOR YOUNG FAMILIES FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF THEIR CHILD'S LIFE. MY FOCUS IS AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO THE NEXT TEN OR 20 YEARS TO CATCH UP TO THE 21st CENTURY. >> THERE? AUTHOR CALLING THAT A FILIBUSTER. >> SHE'S TALKING ABOUT A NEW GENERATION, IT MEANS NOTHING. SHE'S GOING TO WORK ON OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY, SHE SAID THREE AND A HALF YEARS TO WORK ON OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY AND CRUSHING HIS AMERICAN ECONOMY SO WE KNOW NOTHING MORE NOW THAN WE DID BEFORE THE INTERVIEW OR THE DEBATE WHICH IS WHY SHE WOULD HAVE DONE WELL IN THE DEBATE BUT HER POLL NUMBERS ARE GOING UP. >> WE KNOW FROM POLLING THERE ARE A LOT OF VOTERS WHO SAY THEY STILL FEEL LIKE THEY KNOW HER AND HER ALLIES SAY SHE KEEPS GOING INTO THIS BACK STORY OVER AND OVER. >> SHE'S TRYING TO APPEAL TO A LOT OF VOTERS SAYING THIS IS WHERE I GREW UP AND SHE'S WANTING TO GET PERSONAL BUT THE REALITY IS YOU CAN SEE HOW FORCE THAT IS, STAGE. I CANNOT SAY WITH CONFIDENCE I FELT DONALD TRUMP HAD A STRONG DEBATE THAT NIGHT, I WISHED HE HAD MORE RESPONSES ESPECIALLY WHEN IT CAME TO HEALTHCARE AND EVEN THE ABORTION TOPIC BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY SHE MAY HAVE REMAINED POISED AND STOCK ANSWERS BUT THEY STILL STAND FOR NOTHING AND I DO BELIEVE LIFE WAS BETTER UNDER TRUMP PRESIDENCY IN THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS. I CANNOT IMAGINE EXTENDING THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, IT WILL CONTINUE TO HURT US. >> THAT WAS A CHALLENGE TO GET TO KNOW HER AND WHAT SHE CAN DO FOR THEM ON PEOPLE ALREADY KNOW WHAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS DONE FOR THEM. >> HE WAS THE SAME AND THAT DEBATE THE OTHER DAY, THE SAME AS HE WAS IN THE DEBATE AGAINST JOE BIDEN AND EVERYBODY SAID HE WON HANDS-DOWN. LOOK AT THE SIDE-BY-SIDE, HE IS EXACTLY THE SAME. HE NEVER CHANGES THAT WILL IN FACT THAT SHE WAS DOING CANNED RESPONSES, IT IMPRESSES PEOPLE IN THE MEDIA BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW YOU CAN CRAFT AN ANSWER. EMPLOYERS AND PROSECUTORS LOVE THAT, SHE PIVOTED AWAY FROM THE ANSWER