Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz may have their first joint interview on CNN since turning into the Democratic presidential and vice presidential nominees final week.
The pair will sit down completely with CNN anchor and chief political correspondent Dana Bash in Georgia, a vital battleground state within the November election. The interview additionally marks Harris’ first community sit-down interview since changing Joe Biden on the Democratic ticket after he stepped down final month. It’s additionally a primary for Walz since being introduced as Harris’ operating mate on Aug. 6
The particular, titled The First Interview: Harris & Walz A CNN Unique, will air on Thursday, Aug. 29, at 9 p.m. ET/PT throughout CNN’s platforms.
Harris and Walz have been busy on the marketing campaign path, in addition to headlining an energized 2024 Democratic Nationwide Conference final week, which averaged 21.8 million viewers in primetime. The star-studded conference noticed state delegates, notable politicians, celebrities and extra fill Chicago’s United Middle enviornment all through the four-day occasion.
It’s solely been somewhat greater than 5 weeks since Harris formally launched her marketing campaign for the White Home after Biden withdrew from the election following requires him to step down attributable to his disastrous debate with Donald Trump in June. Biden then proceeded to endorse Harris to take his place on the prime of the ticket.
Since then, Harris has not finished any in depth interviews with any main media retailers, nonetheless, she mentioned earlier in August that she deliberate to do a sit-down interview by the tip of the month.