It's the Brian Lera Show on WNYC. Good morning, everyone.

So an intermarriage of any kind can be a complicated thing for the couple, right, and for both families.

And there's an intermarriage in the national spotlight right now,

with Kamala Harris, of course, being the Democratic presidential nominee.

She of Jamaican and Indian immigrant parents is married to white Jewish-American male,

Doug Emhoff.

But when Emhoff spoke at the Democratic Convention last night, it wasn't about

any of that that other people may be thinking about or projecting onto him or to her.

It was simply about Kamala Harris as a great stepmom to his kids with very close relationships

during their 10-year marriage, as in this one-minute story from just the other day

that he told from the convention stage. A few days ago, during this incredible time we're going through,

there was a brief window when Kamala was back at home. And I saw her sitting on her favorite chair,

and in the middle of a wild month,

I just hoped that she was having a quiet moment to herself. But then I realized she was on the phone.

And of course, my mind went to all the potential crises that the vice president could be

dealing with. Was it domestic? Was it foreign?

Was it campaign?

I could see she was focused,

and all I knew was that it must be something important.

And it turns out it was.

Ella had called her.

That's Kamala.

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