meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Excerpt

Harris and Walz talk Cabinet hires and a viral DNC moment in CNN interview

The Excerpt

USA TODAY

News, Daily News

4.11.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz sat down with CNN Thursday.

Former President Donald Trump says he wants IVF treatment fully covered, and indicates he'll vote to overturn Florida's six-week abortion ban.

WHO announces pauses in Gaza fighting for polio vaccinations.

USA TODAY Breaking News Reporter Jeanine Santucci has the latest on the astronauts stuck in space months longer than anticipated.

USA TODAY Personal Finance Reporter Daniel de Visé looks at why the number of uninsured motorists is on the rise.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Wunderry Plus subscribers can listen to USA Today's the excerpt, ad free right now.

0:05.0

Join Wunderry Plus in the Wundery app.

0:08.0

Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Friday August 30th, 2024. This is the

0:19.3

excerpt. Today what's come,

0:23.8

Harris discussed with CNN.

0:25.7

Plus Donald Trump says he wants IVF treatment fully covered and indicates he'll

0:29.9

vote to overturn Florida's six-week abortion ban.

0:33.2

And what's next for the astronauts stuck at the space station,

0:36.6

months longer than anticipated.

0:39.9

In her first interview since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President

0:43.9

Kamla Harris brought running mate Minnesota Governor Tim Walsalong.

0:47.8

With 67 days to go until election, Harris had been criticized for not having had press conferences or interviews with

0:54.3

reporters more than a month after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race.

0:58.6

CNN anchored Anna Bash pressed Harris on whether she would consider appointing a Republican to her cabinet,

1:05.0

and the Democratic nominee was quick to respond with a yes.

1:09.0

Before adding, she didn't have anyone in particular in mind.

1:12.0

The interview got a little testy when

1:14.0

BASH asked Harris if she still supported fracking after saying in 2019 that she

1:19.0

was in favor of banning fracking. Harris seemed irritated at the question and responded by saying she had made it clear on the 2020 Vice presidential debate stage that she would not ban fracking if voters elected Biden to the White House.

1:32.0

The interview also saw Wolse address his emotional

1:34.4

moment at last week's Democratic Convention when cameras caught his son Gus

1:38.5

emphatically supporting his father and saying that's my dad. Asked about the moment which has drawn

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from USA TODAY, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of USA TODAY and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.