Harris and Walz have first major interview, Trump talks reproductive rights

IN THE SECOND ROUND OF PLAY. ALL THOSE HEADLIGHTS COMING UP. >>> LET'S BEGIN WITH VICE PRESIDENT, ALARIS'S FIRST MAJOR TV INTERVIEW SINCE BECOMING THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE. SHE AND HER RUNNING MATE SAT DOWN WITH CNN IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR BUS TOUR THROUGH GEORGIA. DURING THE INTERVIEW SHE SPOKE ABOUT HER BELIEF THAT AMERICANS ARE READY FOR A NEW WAY FORWARD. >> WHEN I LOOK AT THE ASPIRATIONS THE GOALS AND THE AMBITIONS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, I THINK OF THE PEOPLE ARE READY FOR NEW WAY FORWARD. IN A WAY THAT GENERATIONS OF AMERICANS HAVE BEEN FUELED BY HOPE AND OPTIMISM. SADLY I THINK IN THE LAST DECADE, IN THE FORMER PRESIDENT WE HAVE HAD SOMEONE WHO HAS REALLY BEEN PUSHING AN AGENDA AND AN ENVIRONMENT ABOUT DIMINISHING THE CHARACTER AND THE STRENGTH OF WHO WE ARE AS AMERICANS. REALLY DIVIDING OUR NATION AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE READY TO TURN THE PAGE ON THAT AREA >> LET'S DIG A LITTLE DEEPER INTO WHAT SHE HAS SAID. HARRIS TO THE TIME IN THIS INTERVIEW TO EXPLAIN SOME OF HER SHIFTING POLICY POSITIONS. PARTICULARLY ON FRACKING AND THE BORDER. CAN WE PLAY A LITTLE OF THAT SOUND NOW? >> IN 2020 AND MADE IT VERY CLEAR WHERE I STAND. I HAVE NOT CHANGE THAT POSITION NOR WILL I GOING FORWARD. WHAT I HAVE SEEN IS THAT WE CAN GROW AND WE CAN INCREASE WITH A THRIVING AND CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY WITHOUT FRACKING. THERE SHOULD BE CONSEQUENCES WE HAVE LAWS THAT HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED AND ENFORCED THAT ADDRESS AND DEAL WITH PEOPLE THAT CROSS OUR BORDERS ILLEGALLY AND THERE SHOULD BE CONSEQUENCES. >> I THINK WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT FRACKING WAS THERE NEW INFORMATION OR SCIENCE THAT YOU WERE EXPOSED TO THAT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO YOUR CURRENT POSITION? I DON'T THINK SHE HAD AN ANSWER THERE. WHAT KIND OF REACTION ARE YOU HEARING FROM DEMOCRATS BUT HOW SHE RESPONDED? >> I THINK THE BROAD REACTION IS MOST TELLING. THEN AT THIS MOMENT, IT IS A CALCIFIED RACE WHERE VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAS THE UNBRIDLED SUPPORT INCLUDING FROM THE INTERVIEW LAST NIGHT FROM DEMOCRATS. SHE'S TAKING INCOMING CRITICISM FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND TRUMP SUPPORTERS. NO HARM CAUSED NO BENEFIT YIELD IN TERMS OF LOOSENING UP EITHER SIDE. BUT THE POSITION THAT SHE MENTIONED TWICE LAST NIGHT IS THAT THERE WAS A CALIBRATION IN HER POSITION ON FRACKING THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN 2019 AND 2020. SHE DID MAKE IT CLEAR WHEN SHE WAS CAMPAIGNING IN 2020 THAT SHE DID NOT SUPPORT A FRACKING BAN AND THAT REMAINS HER POSITION TODAY. WHEN ASKED ABOUT WHETHER THERE WAS A SHIFT IN IMMIGRATION VIEWS SHE EMPHASIZED HER BACK STORY IS A PROSECUTOR IN CALIFORNIA. VOCAL FULLY VOCALLY AND FORCEFULLY PROSECUTING CRIMES OF THE BORDER. WHAT IS MORE SHE SAID IT IS A PRIORITY MOVING FORWARD. SHE SAID I'VE NOT SEEN ANYTHING LAST NIGHT OR FROM THE REACTION OF ANY VIEWS ON THE VICE PRESIDENT WITHIN HER OWN PARTY OR FROM THE OPPOSING PARTY THAT MAY HAVE CHANGED. >> SHE ALSO BATTED AWAY A QUESTION OF THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN ASSERTION THAT SHE ONLY JUST BECAME BLACK. THAT SHE IS CLAIMING BEING BLACK NOW BECAUSE IT IS CONVENIENT. >> IT'S THE SAME OLD TIRED PLAYBOOK YOUR NEXT QUESTION PLEASE? >> SHE COULD'VE SAID SOMETHING LIKE AND BOTH LIKE MANY AMERICANS. BUT SHE SAID NEXT QUESTION. AND WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER SEEMING TO BACK AWAY FROM IDENTITY POLITICS CAN YOU GIVE US SOME INSIGHT INTO WHAT WE SEEM WITH HER CAMPAIGN WHEN IT COMES TO THIS TOPIC? >> IT'S A PRETTY SEMINAL MOMENT. HER CAMPAIGN REALLY LEANED INTO IT BECAUSE THEY ISSUED A PRESS RELEASE MINUTES AFTER THAT CLIP AIRED IN WHICH SHE SAYS THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO TURN THE PAGE ON DONALD TRUMP IN THE CAMPAIGN STATEMENT SAYS THAT THIS IS A CAMPAIGN FUELED BY HOPE AND OPTIMISM. THE VERY BRIEF EXCHANGE THAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT WAS CLEARLY A PILLAR OF THE MESSAGE OF THIS CAMPAIGN. I EXPECT TO SEE THAT REPLICATED IN FUTURE EVENTS AND INTERVIEWS. BUT REALLY THE QUESTION THAT I THINK WE ARE LEANING TOWARD IS WHETHER OR NOT SHE WILL LEAN INTO THAT LEVEL AT SEPTEMBER 10th WHEN SHE IS FACE-TO-FACE AND SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH DONALD TRUMP ON A DEBATE STAGE. >>> FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WAS ALSO ON THE TRAIL CAMPAIGNING IN MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN WHERE HE FOCUSED ON WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE CARE. SPEAKING TO THE CROWD HE LAID OUT HIS POLICIES FOR IVF AND FERTILIZATION TREATMENTS. THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. >> TODAY I AM ANNOUNCING IN A MAJOR STATEMENT THAT UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION YOUR GOVERNMENT WILL PAY FOR OR YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY WILL BE MANDATED TO PAY FOR ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IVF TREATMENT. BECAUSE WE WANT MORE BABIES TO PUT IT NICELY. AND FOR THE SAME REASON WE WILL ALSO ALLOW NEW PARENT TO DEDUCT MAJOR NEWBORN EXPENSES FROM THEIR TAXES. >> LIBBY KATHY'S JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ON THE TRUMP CAMPA%GN. SO I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE QUITE SURPRISED WHEN HE ANNOUNCED THE IVF PROPOSAL BECAUSE AMONG OTHER THINGS, IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE. BUT WE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT HOW SOME OF HIS RHETORIC COULD BE ALIENATING VERY IMPORTANT IN VOTING BLOC PARTICULARLY SUBURBAN WOMEN. IS THIS PART OF AN ATTEMPT TO WOO THIS LOCK OF PEOPLE? >> ABSOLUTELY. GOOD MORNING AND RAINY. SO THEY KNOW THAT ABORTION MIGHT'VE BEEN A LOSING ISSUE FOR THEM. EVER SINCE ROE V WADE WAS OVERTURNED AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP BRAGS ABOUT HOW HE APPOINTED THOSE THREE JUSTICES. SO KNOWING THIS IS A LOSING ISSUE AND EVERY TIME THIS HAS BEEN ON THE BALLOT BEFORE VOTERS SINCE THE FALL OF ROE V WADE HE SEEMS TO BE GETTING OUT AHEAD OF THIS. HE MADE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT AND THEY PLAYED THAT CLIP THAT UNDER SECOND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THE GOVERNMENT OR PRIVATE INSURANCE WOULD PAY FOR IVF. DEMOCRATIC KAMALA HARRIS IS CAMPAIGN TO NOT SUFFICE. LOOK AT HIS ACTIONS. WHAT HAS HE DONE TO SHOW THAT HE WOULD BE DOING THIS AND LOOK AT HIS RUNNING MATE SENATOR J.D. VANCE. THEY HAD THE CHANCE TO PROTECT IVF ACCESS TO HAVE PRIVATE INSURANCE PAY FOR IT AND HE VOTED NO AS ONLY TWO REPUBLICAN SENATORS VOTED FOR THAT LEGISLATION. >> SPEAKING OF J.D. VANCE HE GAVE REMARKS TO THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS IN BOSTON. HE WAS MET WITH SOME NOT SO HAPPY UNION MEMBERS. LET'S PLAY SOME SOUND FOR THAT. >> WE ARE PROUD TO BE THE MOST PRO-WORKER REPUBLICAN TICKET IN HISTORY. LET'S TALK ABOUT WHY WE ARE FIGHTING FOR UNIONS. >> PEOPLE REMEMBER THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE TEAMSTERS UNION WAS AT THE RNC AS WELL. CLEARLY REPUBLICANS ARE WORKING TO WIN OVER UNION VOTERS. BUT THAT DID NOT SEEM LIKE A GOOD SIGN. >> THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN WOULD SAY THAT THERE WERE PLENTY OF PEOPLE IN THAT ROOM ALSO DO SUPPORT A TRUMP BAND -- TRUMP AND J.D. VANCE TICKET. THE DAY BEFORE TIM WALZ ALSO SPOKE TO THE UNION DID SEEM TO GET MORE WARM RIVER WELCOME. BUT THE FIREFIGHTERS UNION HAS NOT ENDORSED A CANDIDATE. SAYS HE SAY THEY ARE HOPING TO GET THAT ENDORSEMENT BUT SENATOR VANCE MADE A POINT TO SAY THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING OUT FOR YOU EVEN IF WE DON'T GET THE ENDORSEMENT. OF COURSE DEMOCRATS SAY THAT IS NOT THE CASE AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO HOW THE UNION IN 2020 ENDORSED JOE BIDEN AND THEY HOPE TO GET THE ENDORSEMENT AGAIN. >> WHAT IS NEXT FOR DONALD TRUMP? >> 666 DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION. PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL BE IN PENNSYLVANIA HOLDING A RALLY. HE HIT THE WEST BELT THIS WEEK WITH THE IMPORTANT STATES THAT HE LOST A BIDEN THE FIRST TIME AROUND. AFTER THE RALLY IN PENNSYLVANIA HE WILL HEAD TO WASHINGTON, DC FOR A MOMS FOR LIBERTY SUMMIT. AND A FIRESIDE CHAT WITH THE FOUNDERS OF THAT GROUP. AND THEN IT WILL BE UNTIL LABO