Thirty-nine days after launching her presidential campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris will sit down for her first televised interview as the Democratic nominee for the White House. The Aug. 29 interview will be conducted by Dana Bash, CNN’s chief political correspondent and anchor, at 9 p.m. ET on Thursday.
Harris will give the interview alongside her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz. Harris and Walz are hitting the campaign trail this week on a bus tour that will take them through Georgia, a key battleground state. The interview will be the first time Harris has sat with the media for an interview since President Joe Biden exited the race on July 21 and endorsed her as his successor.
Harris has moved fast since launching her campaign, facing a considerably shortened window of time to define herself and her platform, while seeking inroads with voters outside the Democratic Party’s base. Republicans, including former President Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), have criticized Harris for not taking extended interviews with the press, instead only giving limited, off-the-record gaggles with reporters during campaign travel.
