Interview: Kamala Harris on Capitol Riot, Stimulus Package

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🗓️ 15 January 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Vice President-elect Kamala Harris talks to NPR's Scott Detrow about how she felt after the attack on the Capitol and the administration's new $1.9 trillion relief package proposal.

This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith and White House correspondent Scott Detrow.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:06.4	I'm Tamer Keith.
0:07.4	I cover the White House.
0:08.4	I'm Scott Detro and I also cover the White House.
0:11.6	Look at you!
0:12.6	That's a new title.
0:14.4	That's so exciting!
0:16.0	It is.
0:17.0	Well, this whole transition only has a few days left and I'm excited to join you covering
0:20.6	the White House going forward.
0:22.1	And let's jump right into this Scott.
0:24.3	In just a few days, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be sworn in as the President and Vice
0:29.2	President of the United States.
0:31.2	And just days before that, Scott, you and Kamala Harris sat down for an interview, I mean,
0:38.7	sat in front of a Zoom screen for an interview about this moment and her and Biden's plans
0:44.5	for the presidency.
0:45.5	Yeah, we've interviewed Harris several times over the last few years for the podcast
0:50.2	and for NPR.
0:51.2	Obviously, her life's a little different right now.
0:53.2	She is about to become the first woman to serve as vice president.
0:57.0	She is about to take office amid an unprecedented time, a raging pandemic, massive unrest throughout
1:05.6	the country, security concerns for the inauguration.
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