Trump unleashes on Kamala Harris' CNN interview

THANKS, BRETT. >> Bret: JULIE BANDERAS IS IN FOR HARRIS. >> Julie: LISTEN TO THIS. 40 DAYS NOW AT THE TOP OF THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. YESTERDAY VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS FINALLY GIVING THAT LONG-PROMISED FORMAL SIT-DOWN INTERVIEW. TAPED, NOT LIVE. WE DID SEE 27 MINUTES FROM HARRIS AND HER RUNNING MATE. CRITICS SAY IT LEFT THEM WITH MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS. THIS IS "THE FAULKNER FOCUS." HELLO, EVERYONE. I'M JULIE BANDERAS IN FOR HARRIS TODAY. THE FIRST TIME THE VICE PRESIDENT WAS PRESSED ON ALL OF THOSE LIBERAL POLICY BACKTRACKS WE'VE SEEN SINCE SHE ANNOUNCED HER CANDIDACY. POLICIES LIKE BORDER SECURITY, MEDICARE FOR ALL, GUN BUYBACKS, ALSO AT ISSUE WHERE SHE STANDS NOW ON FRACKING VERSUS HER PREVIOUS POSITION. >> DO YOU STILL WANT TO BAN FRACKING? >> NO AND I MADE THAT CLEAR ON THE DEBATE STAGE IN 2020. THAT I WOULD NOT BAN FRACKING. AS VICE PRESIDENT I DID NOT BAN FRACKING. AS PRESIDENT I WILL NOT BAN FRACKING. I MADE VERY CLEAR WHERE I STAND. WE'RE IN 2024 AND I HAVE NOT CHANGED THAT POSITION. I WILL KEEP MY WORD. >> Julie: HERE IS WHAT SHE SAID IN 2019 AND DURING THE 2020 DEBATE SHE REFERRED TO. LISTEN CLOSELY TO HOW SHE WORDS HER ANSWER. WATCH. >> NO QUESTION I'M IN FAVOR OF BANNING FRACKING. JOE BIDEN WILL NOT END FRACKING. HE HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT. FIRST OF ALL, I WILL REPEAT AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW, THAT JOE BIDEN WILL NOT BAN FRACKING. THAT IS A FACT. THAT IS A FACT. >> Julie: JOE BIDEN WOULD NOT BAN FRACKING DESPITE DEFENDING HER POLICY FLIP-FLOPS. SHE MADE THIS CLAIM. >> LET'S BE CLEAR, MY VALUES HAVE NOT CHANGED. I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT AND MOST SIGNIFICANT ASPECT OF MY POLICY PERSPECTIVE AND DECISIONS IS MY VALUES HAVE NOT CHANGED. MY VALUES HAVE NOT CHANGED. SO THAT IS THE REALITY OF IT. >> Julie: FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP NOT IMPRESSED AND POSTED THAT HARRIS, QUOTE, RAMBLED INCOHERENTLY AND AMERICA WILL BECOME A WASTELAND IF SHE IS ELECTED. HIS RUNNING MATE EARLIER THIS MORNING. >> SHE IS TRYING TO PRETEND SHE IS NOT FAR LEFT BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO WIN THE VOTES. IT IS ABSURD FOR HER TO SIT THERE AND SAY WELL, I DON'T ACTUALLY BELIEVE IN ANY OF THE THINGS THAT I TOLD YOU I BELIEVED THREE YEARS AGO. SHE HAS GOVERNED AS A PERSON WHO BELIEVES THOSE THINGS AND UNFORTUNATELY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE FAR OFF BECAUSE OF IT. >> Julie: JOE CONCHA SAYS THE INTERVIEW CAN BE SUMMED UP IN TWO WORDS, DISHONEST AND TRAIN WRECK. HE CALLS IT APPROPRIATE. LONG TIME OBAMA ADVISOR DAVID AXELROD'S TAKE. >> ON THE WHOLE THIS WAS A GOOD NIGHT. I DON'T THINK SHE MOVED THE BALL THAT MUCH FORWARD BUT CERTAINLY DIDN'T FALL BACK. >> Julie: SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT JACKUI HEINRICH PICKS UP THE STORY FROM HERE. >> ONE THING CLEAR FROM THAT INTERVIEW IS VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAS BEEN A GOOD NUMBER TWO TO JOE BIDEN. EMBRACED HIS POLICIES AS HER OWN AND PUT NO DAYLIGHT BETWEEN THEM EVEN AS SHE RESISTED DETAILED EXPLANATIONS FOR HOW SHE GOT THERE, ESPECIALLY ON POLICY ISSUES LIKE FRACKING. THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL" EDITORIAL BOARD WRITES THE VICE PRESIDENT SAID SHE IS NOW CONVINCED THAT U.S. CAN MEET ALL ITS CLIMATE GOALS WITHOUT A FRACKING BAN WHICH WOULD PLAY POORLY IN PENNSYLVANIA. SHE NOTABLY DIDN'T DISAVOW ANY OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S GREEN MANDATES AND REGULATIONS AND SAID THE COUNTRY NEEDS TO STICK BY TIMETABLES TO REACH TARGETS FOR OTHER GREEN DEMANDS. MS. BASH DIDN'T FOLLOW UP. MISS HARRIS ESCAPED AGAIN ON COSTS FOR FEASIBILITY. HER CAMPAIGN TODAY IS LIGHT ON THE DETAILS. >> SHE MADE IT CLEAR THAT SOME OF HER POSITIONS HAVE EVOLVED WHICH IS VERY STANDARD WHEN YOU ARE IN PUBLIC SERVICE. YOU LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ISSUES. AS THINGS EVOLVE SOMETIMES YOUR POSITIONS EVOLVE. SHE LEANED INTO HER POSITION ON FRACKING. THE SAME POSITION SHE HAD IN 2020. >> THE REACTION FROM THE OTHER SIDE. >> EVEN THOUGH I'M RUNNING AGAINST HER I FELT A LITTLE BAD FOR HER. IT WAS CLEAR SHE WASN'T TOTALLY SURE FOOTED AND SHE DIDN'T TOTALLY KNOW WHY SHE WAS SAYING THE THINGS THAT SHE WAS SAYING. SHE HAS BEEN COACHED TO PRETEND TO BE A MODERATE. >> THE TASK AHEAD FOR TRUMP WILL BE TO 0 IN ON HARRIS'S POLICIES AND MAKE HER EXPLAIN WHERE HER VALUES HAVEN'T CHANGED AND WHAT IT MEANS NOW. IT WILL TAKE A DISCIPLINED CAMPAIGN. IN THE MEANTIME HARRIS IS NOT GETTING COMFORTABLE OR DISTRACTED BY A RECENT BUMP IN BATTLEGROUND POLLS. >> THIS IS GOING TO BE A TIGHT RACE UNTIL THE VERY END, OKAY? SO LET'S NOT PAY TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO THE POLLS BECAUSE WE ARE RUNNING AS THE UNDERDOG. OKAY? AND WE HAVE SOME HARD WORK AHEAD OF US. >> NOTABLY ON LABOR DAY THE VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL MAKE A JOINT APPEARANCE IN SWING STATE PENNSYLVANIA WHERE FRACKING IS SO IMPORTANT. IT WILL BE ONLY THEIR SECOND JOINT APPEARANCE SINCE HE DROPPED OUT. JULIE. >> Julie: JACKUI HEINRICH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TAMMY BRUCE JOINS ME IN STUDIO. IT IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE WHEN YOU ARE A POLITICIAN AND GO ON RECORD ON ONE ISSUE AND COMPLETELY FLIP-FLOP YEARS LATER WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ESPECIALLY. YOU USE THE TERM SLIPPERY WHEN YOU WERE LISTENING TO HER COMMENT EARLIER. >> YEAH, SHE WANTS IT ALL WAYS. SHE DOESN'T WANT TO BE PINNED DOWN. SHE WANTS TO BE EVERYTHING TO EVERYONE. THE PROBLEM IS WE'RE NOW IN A WORLD WHERE WE BELIEVED THEM IN 2020 THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE A UNITER, EVERYTHING WOULD RETURN TO NORMAL AND BELIEVED WE KNEW WHAT THAT MEANT AND THIS IS WHAT WE'VE GOT. A WORLD AT WAR, ECONOMY THAT'S A DISASTER AND ERASED SOUTHERN BORDER, UNMITIGATED CRIME. HOUSING COSTS IN AN OUTRAGEOUS SITUATION, BILLIONS SUGGESTED FOR HOUSING FOR FOREIGNERS FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS IN THE COUNTRY. WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOOK UP. WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE FROM THAT ADMINISTRATION COMING IN, HAS NEVER BEEN A SHY WOMAN, KAMALA HARRIS HAS MADE CLEAR WHAT HER POSITIONS HAVE BEEN. SHE CAN BE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THOSE POSITIONS, ABOUT TELLING PEOPLE THAT THE 2020 RIGHTS WERE NOT GOING TO END AND SHOULDN'T END. SUPPORTING THE BAIL FUND FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE BURNING DOWN THE CITIES. SHE KNEW WHAT SHE BELIEVED IN. SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE COACHED BUT NOW WHAT IS THE COACHING? SHE IS MARY POPPINS NOW. AND IT IS A COACHING AS VANCE HAS NOTED TO NOT REALLY SAY ANYTHING. IT IS LIKE A FRESHMAN ALWAYS SKATED BY, A 50,000 WORD ESSAY AND YOU WANT TO FILL IT UP WITH AS MANY MEANINGLESS WORDS AS YOU CAN. OUR LIVES ARE AT STAKE, NOT THEIRS. THE AVERAGE AMERICANS' LIFE IS AT STAKE ECONOMICALLY AND WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY. WE NEED MORE HERE THAN CYNICAL THEATER. >> Julie: A FEW OF THE HEADLINES ON THE INTERVIEW. SHE ADMITS VALUES HAVEN'T CHANGED. KAMALA HARRIS TOOK 39 DAYS TO SAY NOTHING AT ALL. THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL" EDITORIAL BOARD ARGUES THIS. KAMALA HARRIS'S CAMPAIGN HANDLERS WERE NOT HIGH FIVING EACH OTHER WATCHING THEIR CANDIDATE'S INTERVIEW. SHE GOT AWAY WITH REPEATING CAMPAIGN PLATITUDES AND NEVER SERIOUSLY CHALLENGED ON ANYTHING. THAT'S A SHAME BECAUSE VOTERS STILL HAVEN'T RECEIVED A STRAIGHT ANSWER ABOUT WHETHER AND HOW SHE HAS CHANGED HER VIEWS FROM THE FAR LEFT POSITIONS SHE ESPOUSED. WE TAKE IT AS A WINK TO HER LEFT FLANK THAT SHE IS ON THEIR SIDE BUT CAN'T SAY SO CLEARLY UNTIL SHE IS ELECTED. >> WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS. SHE HAS COMPLETE CONTEMPT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND USE WINKS AND THAT THE AMERICAN VOTERS WHO DON'T AGREE WITH HER AT DROOLING IDIOTS WHO WON'T KNOW WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS. KEEP IN MIND SHE SAYS THEY WON'T BAN FRACKING. WHAT SHE WILL DO IS MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE. SHE WILL MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE WITH RULES AND REGULATIONS. SO BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU LISTEN TO SOMEONE LIKE THIS. USE SPECIFIC WORDS. I CONTEND WE LEARNED EVERYTHING ABOUT HER. WE LEARNED SHE HAS POSITIONS AND SHE HAD TO WORK VERY HARD TO NOT SAY THEM TO PEOPLE LAST NIGHT AND DANA BASH DIDN'T ADDRESS ALL THE ISSUES. NOT THE UNREALIZED TAX GAINS. HARRIS MENTIONED PRICE CONTROLS THROUGH THE PRICE GOUGING. BASH SAID NOTHING ABOUT THAT. IT WAS A REMARKABLE THING TO WATCH AND AS A FEMINIST VERY DISAPPOINTED IN TWO WOMEN WHO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND THEY SANG LULLABYS TO EACH OTHER. >> Julie: I LIKED THE FACT BASH QUESTIONED WHY VOTE IN HARRIS WHEN THE ECONOMY WAS STRONGER UNDER TRUMP. HARRIS COMES OUT AND SAYS INFLATION IS DOWN, WE INHERITED AN ECONOMY WHERE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS WERE LOST. WHEN YOU HIT ROCK BOTTOM ONLY ONE WAY UP. SHE DIDN'T PRESS HER ON THOSE ANSWERS. EXACTLY WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? SHE MENTIONED WHY HAVEN'T YOU DONE ANYTHING ABOUT IT IN THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS? WHY WOULD THE AMERICAN PUBLIC -- IT WAS SOFTBALL QUESTIONS. NO FOLLOW-UPS THAT WAS UNFORTUNATE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. WE DIDN'T LEARN MUCH ABOUT HER POLICIES. HER VALUES HAVE NOT CHANGED. WAIT A SECOND. WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS FOUR YEARS AGO YOU DID NOT BELIEVE IN OPEN BORDERS, NOW YOU'LL CHANGE YOUR MIND? >> THAT'S THE WINK TO THE LEFT FLANK. WHATEVER IT IS THAT MADE HER THINK THAT YES, THESE RIOTS SHOULD NEVER STOP AND MADE HER THINK THAT MULTIPLE TIMES SHE WOULD SAY SHE WOULD BAN FRACKING. THE VALUE SYSTEM. IN OTHER WORDS, I'LL DO THIS BUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY, WINK, WINK. ALSO BASH DID ASK HER WHAT WOULD YOU DO ON DAY ONE? A WORD SALAD. NOTHING CLEAR. BASH SAID TO HER AGAIN. WHAT ABOUT DAY ONE? LET HER GET AWAY WITH IT AGAIN. WE DON'T KNOW. REMEMBER, THIS WAS EDITED. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS LEFT ON THE FLOOR. THIS IS THE BEST PARTS OF WHAT THAT EXCHANGE WAS. LOOK, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE TO DECIDE TO NOT BE GAS LIT. THEY HAVE TO DECIDE THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. >> Julie: ANOTHER FOLLOW-UP. WHAT MADE YOU REVERSE YOUR IDEA ON FRACKING? >> EXACTLY WHY? >> DID YOU SEE FACTS AND NUMBERS THAT WOULD SUPPORT IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR OUR ECONOMY AND SHE JUST WENT WITH THE WHOLE GREEN NEW DEAL AND THAT WAS GOING TO -- >> SHE DEFLECTED >> Julie: DANA DIDN'T PRESS ON THAT. >> VALUES IS THE WINK. >> Julie: VALUES, SURE. DURING THE INTERVIEW THE V.P. NOMINEE GOVERNOR TIM WALZ DOWN PLAYED HIS MISSTATEMENT ABOUT HIS MILITARY SERVICE. WATCH THIS. >> YOU SAID THAT YOU CARRIED WEAPONS IN WAR BUT YOU HAVE NEVER DEPLOYED ACTUALLY IN A WAR ZONE. A CAMPAIGN OFFICIAL SAID THAT YOU MISSPOKE. DID YOU? >> FIRST OF ALL, I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD TO HAVE DONE 24 YEARS OF WEARING THE UNIFORM OF THIS COUNTRY. PROUD OF MY SERVICE IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSROOM WHETHER CONGRESS OR THE GOVERNOR. MY RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. I THINK PEOPLE ARE GETTING TO KNOW ME. I SPEAK LIKE THEY DO. I SPEAK CANDIDLY AND WEAR MY EMOTIONS ON MY SLEEVES. >> THE IDEA THAT YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE IN WAR. DID YOU MISSPEAK AS THE CAMPAIGN HAS SAID? >> WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IN THIS CASE AFTER A SCHOOL SHOOTING. THE IDEA OF CARRYING WEAPONS OF WAR AND MY WIFE THE ENGLISH TEACHER SAYING MY GRAMMAR IS NOT ALWAYS CORRECT. >> Julie: DO YOU BUY HE MISSPOKE? >> HE HAS HAD MONTHS TO -- HE SAYS HE SPEAKS LIKE OTHER AMERICANS? I GUESS WE ALLY ABOUT STOLEN VALOR. HE KNEW AND BLAMES IT ON THINGS -- TALK ABOUT SLIPPERY. THIS WAS HIS FEELING AGAIN THE CONTEMPT THAT YOU CAN SAY THIS. IT IS GRAMMAR, NO IT'S NOT. AMERICANS THIS IS INSULTING. THIS IS WHERE HE DECIDED TO LAND. HE HAS DONE IT MULTIPLE TIMES OVER YEARS, NOT ONE EVENT. THIS IS WHY IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE WILLING TO LIE AT THIS POINT OR TO JUST PUSH IT AWAY AS THOUGH WE ARE TODDLERS WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY'LL DO TO THIS COUNTRY? >> Julie: THOSE AMERICAN FAMILIES WHO LOST LOVED ONES IN ACTUAL WAR AND PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE, THAT'S WHERE IT BECOMES INSULTING. HE OWES THEM ALL AN