The 'co-interview' strategy of Harris and Walz: Will it work? | Dan Abrams Live

SWEDISH MASSAGE UNDER THE GUISE OF AN INTERVIEW. >> NOW, REMEMBER, HARRIS DID VERY FEW ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS WHILE SHE WAS VICE PRESIDENT AND THE ONE SHE DID DIDN'T GO WELL. REMEMBER THE ONE WITH LESTER HOLT WHEN SHE SAID SHE HAD BEEN TO THE BORDER AND THAT THEN SHE HADN'T DONE. IT WASN'T A BIG DEAL BECAUSE SHE HADN'T BEEN A YEAR UP EITHER. THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS NOW PLEDGED TO PROVIDE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FUNDING FOR A SOUTHERN BORDER WALL, WHICH SHE PREVIOUSLY CALLED ANTI DEMOCRATIC AND CALLED IT DONALD TRUMP'S MEDIEVAL VANITY PROJECT. SO SHE'S GOT THAT FLIP-FLOP TO EXPLAIN. HARRIS ALSO HAS DRAMATICALLY CHAHANGED HER POSITIONS ON ISSUES LIKE HEALTH CARE AND THE ENVIRONMENT. THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS ABANDONED HER PREVIOUS SUPPORT FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL AND BACKED AWAY FROM HER PRIOR CALLS TO BAN FRACKING. SO WILL SHE BE CONFRONTED ABOUT ALL THESE APPARENT FLIP FLOPS AND WHATEVER OTHER TOUGH QUESTIONS MIGHT SHE FACE TOMORROW NIGHT? JOINING US NOW IS CRYSTAL IS A FORMER CNN EDITOR AT LARGE AND AUTHOR AND FOUNDER OF SO WHAT DAILY POLITICAL NEWSLETTER ON SUBSTACK. THANKS SO MUCH, CHRIS, FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. IT WAS, BUT THINK SHE'S GOING TO BE CONFRONTED WITH IF YOU ARE PRODUCING THIS INTERVIEW FOR DAN, A WHAT? WHAT ARE THE TOP OF TOP 3 OR 5 TOPICS SHE NEEDS TO TAKE ON. >> SO YOU'RE AM THROUGH. I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME, WHICH IS. LOOK COMMONERS RUN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2020, SHE CLEARLY BELIEVE THE PATH TO THE NOMINATION WAS TO BE ON THE LIBERAL END OF THE PARTY, RIGHT? SHE WAS SORT OF THE NOT BERNIE SANDERS LEFT, BUT CERTAINLY NOT JOE BIDEN MODERATE IN THAT SO SHE DID SUPPORT A BAN ON FRACKING. SHE DID SUPPORT MEDICARE FOR ALL. SHE DID SUPPORT THE GREEN NEW DEAL. SHE DID SUPPORT MANDATORY BUYBACK FOR ASSAULT WEAPONS, ALL OF THOSE. BUT IN THE WALL, SHE DIDN'T CALL TITLED TRUMP'S WALL. BUT HIS VICTIM MEDIEVAL VANITY PROJECT. >> SO WHAT MY FIRST QUESTION WOULD BE TO GO THROUGH ALL THOSE THINGS. YEAH, AND HERE'S WHAT YOU SAID IN 2020. HERE'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING NOW. WHAT'S CHANGED? OTHER THEN THEY YOU ARE A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT. THEN AND YOU WERE THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE NOW BECAUSE BOOK. I GET THAT PEOPLE'S POSITIONS CAN OF ALL. I DON'T THINK THAT'S A BAD THING. I THINK WE BE POLITIC HE PRIMARY AT THAT POINT. WE'VE ALL SEEN CANDIDATES RUNNING IN PRIMARIES. YOU GO TO THE FLANKS, YOU GOT TO WIN THE PRIMARY BEFORE YOU THEN COME TO THE CENTER BECAUSE YOU GOT TO WIN THE GENERAL AND IT THE MODERATING INFLUENCE OF THE GENERAL ELECTION VERSUS THE PRIDE. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. AND EVERYBODY DOES NOT. >> I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT IF HER ANSWER IS WELL, IT MADE POLITICAL SENSE FOR ME TO TAKE POSITION THAT IT MAKES POLITICAL SENSE FOR ME LOOK AT NOW. AND SHE'S NOT GOING SAY THAT. BUT MY IF THE ONLY IF SHE DOESN'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR THAT LIKE I LEARNED MORE OVER MY 4 YEARS AS VICE PRESIDENT. I I STUDIED THIS ISSUE CLOSELY SHE HAS TO HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT YET AGAIN TO ME, THIS IS SOMEWHAT MY DEMOCRATIC FRIENDS ARE GOING TO HATE ME SAYING THIS. BUT THIS IS SOMEONE WHO GOT 0 VOTES IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY THIS YEAR. THIS IS SOMEONE WHO WAS UNOPPOSED WHEN THE SITTING PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES STEPPED ON THE ONLY VOTES COMING YEARS AS GOVERNOR, THE 3,000 OR SO DELEGATES WHO VOTED FOR HER AT THE CONVENTION. THIS IS SOMEONE WHO WAS MUCH MORE LIBERAL. THE LAST TIME SHE RAN FOR NATIONAL OFFICE THEN SHE IS TODAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M NOT SAYING SHE DOESN'T HAVE AN EXPLANATION FOR THAT. ELIZABETH LETS GOT EXPLAIN ALL RIGHT. SUPER QUICK OUT THE YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF REPUBLICAN CRITICISM OF THE FACT THAT GOVERNOR WALZ IS SITTING THERE WITH HER. I LOVE THE DAY. SHE'S HE'S THEIR SPIRIT ANIMAL. BUT SERIOUSLY. >> IS THAT FAIR? UNFAIR? I MEAN, I LOVE SCOTT GETTING TIRED. I KNOW HIM. HE DOES GOOD WORK. I MEAN, I THINK IT'S SLOW. I THINK IT'S IT'S BOTH FAIR AND UNFAIR. ALL SAY THIS. >> IT IS UNFAIR IN THAT AS YOU RIGHTLY POINT OUT, THERE IS A TRADITION THAT VOTE, THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE IN THE VP NOMINEE SIT DOWN TO GATHER FOR AN INTERVIEW. IT IS FAIR IN THAT. KAMALA HARRIS SORT OF CREATED THIS. THEY DID NOT WANT TO EXPOSE HER TO THE IS BEING 38 OR 39 DAYS. SO IT'S A LITTLE WEIRD NOW AFTER SHE'S THE NOMINEE, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THE CONVENTION. WALLS HAS BEEN UNVEILED. THEY'VE BEEN ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TO NOW DO A JOINT INTERVIEW. AND YES, BY THE WAY, JOINT INTERVIEWS ARE EASIER. THEN ONE ON ONE INTERVIEWS GOT SOMEONE TO DEFLECT. YEAH AND WELL, YOU KNOW, BLAH, YOU ALWAYS HAVE SOMEONE ELSE DO. YOU CAN'T THE REPORTER AND DAN IS GREAT CIRO IN AS MUCH AS SHE COULD IF IT WAS ONE PERSON. NOBODY'S ASKING ME, BUT I'D BE FLOODING THE ZONE WITH INTERVIEWS I BE DOING. SO MANY GETTING BORED WITH INTERVIEWS SO THAT IF YOU JOHN MCCAIN 1008, YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE TOMORROW AND THAT AND NOBODY WILL REMEMBER THE ONE YOU SCREWED UP. I MEAN IT THAT ALL THE FOCUSED ON THIS, I THINK IT'S A CRAZY STRATEGY. AND SHE'S ALWAYS WELCOME TO COME ON NEWS NATION. BE HAPPY TO DO AN