Ep. 128 - Sen. Kamala Harris

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2017

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Kamala Harris, the newly-elected senator from California, talks with David Axelrod about the prospects for criminal justice reform legislation in Congress, why she believes President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee must be approved with 60 votes, her argument for why Democrats should stop their infighting and unify against the Trump agenda, and how she’s adjusting to life in the Senate. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN, the Axviles, with your
0:12.5	host, David Axelrod.
0:18.0	When you hear the discussion about who the next national leaders of the Democratic Party
0:23.0	might be, one of the names that always winds up on the list is Kamala Harris, the newly
0:28.8	elected senator from California, a former attorney general from that state, a district attorney
0:34.5	in San Francisco for years.
0:37.7	She's a dynamic new leader on the Washington Sea.
0:40.4	I drop by the Capitol the other day to have a conversation with her about her life, career,
0:46.5	future, and the new era in Washington under President Trump.
1:00.2	Senator Kamala Harris, welcome.
1:02.1	Thank you.
1:03.1	It's great to be with you, David.
1:04.1	Good to be with you.
1:05.1	Let's start with the name.
1:06.1	Okay.
1:07.1	Kamala.
1:08.1	Yes.
1:09.1	Because it's a good way into this whole discussion about your interesting life.
1:13.0	Yes, oh, good.
1:14.0	Okay.
1:15.0	So, it's my name.
1:18.0	And it is actually of, it's an Indian name, which is a relatively common Indian name.
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