CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell, 08/16/24
CBS Evening News
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3.5 • 650 Ratings
🗓️ 16 August 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Vice president Kamala Harris arrived in North Carolina bearing some big promises. The vice president took the economic fight to Donald Trump with an emphasis on populism in a state Democrats haven't won since 2008. Thousands of Democrats are on their way here for the start of the convention on Monday, but city officials and lawn furs and officers also tell us they are preparing for tens of thousands of mostly pro-Palestinian protesters to be in the streets nearby to protest over the course of the four days of the convention.
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| 0:31.2 | If you want to know who someone cares about, look who they fight for. |
| 0:37.3 | Vice President Kamala Harris presents her vision for a so-called opportunity economy. |
| 0:42.3 | As president, I will take on the high costs that matter most to most Americans. |
| 0:49.3 | How her first major policy proposal makes a play for the middle class and how it compares to former |
| 0:55.2 | President Donald Trump's own economic plan. |
| 0:57.9 | We're a failing nation, but we're also a failing economy. |
| 1:01.5 | The CBS evening news starts now. |
| 1:08.7 | Good evening, everyone. |
| 1:09.9 | I'm Major Garrett in for Nora. Tonight, Vice President Kamala Harris is making her first direct policy pitch to working class and middle class voters. The Democratic nominee traveled to North Carolina to explain what she calls an opportunity economy. It includes subsidies for new homebuyers and help for new parents in the form of tax credits and support for child care. |
| 1:30.7 | There's also a push for cheaper drugs and even government action on grocery prices. |
| 1:36.0 | Campaign promises come with price tags. |
| 1:38.2 | Harris offered fewer details there, and of course, Congress would have to approve most of these proposals still. |
| 1:44.8 | The Vice President took the economic fight to Donald Trump with an emphasis on populism in a state |
| 1:49.5 | Democrats haven't won since 2008. |
| 1:52.6 | CBS's Nancy Cordes is in Raleigh. |
| 1:56.8 | Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in North Carolina bearing some big promises. |
| 2:02.8 | By the end of my first term, we will end America's housing shortage by building 3 million new homes and rentals that are affordable for the middle class. |
| 2:15.8 | She said she'd do it by providing tax incentives for home builders who construct less expensive starter homes. |
| 2:23.5 | She also wants to give up to $25,000 in down payment assistance to first-time homebuyers. |
| 2:30.5 | Here in Raleigh, the cost of a typical home has risen from $287,000 to nearly $450,000 just in the past five years. |
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