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NPR News: 08-29-2024 5PM EDT

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🗓️ 29 August 2024

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Vice President Kamala Harris sat down

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today with a running-made Minnesota Governor Tim Walls for a joint interview that

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will air on CNN tonight. As NPR's Asma Holly reports it's joint interview Harris has

0:13.7

Harris Asma Holler reports.

0:14.8

It's the first extended interview Harris has agreed to since she replaced

0:18.7

President Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee.

0:21.3

Republicans have accused Harris of trying to dodge the press and avoid tough questions

0:26.2

because she's not done any one-on-one interviews or press conferences since President Biden

0:31.1

dropped out of the race. The pressure for her to do an

0:34.0

interview was growing beyond conservative circles. Prior to becoming the

0:38.3

nominee, Harris had taken plenty of questions from reporters. Her team says she had done 80 interviews this year, but the context is

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different now. In those interviews, Harris, as the Vice President, was often selling

0:50.7

Biden's agenda. Now she'll face questions about her own policies,

0:55.2

vision, and prior positions.

0:57.3

Asma Khalid and PR News.

0:59.2

At the Israeli border with Gaza, relative shouted messages across the frontier to loved ones held

1:05.2

captive there.

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The southern Israeli border event was the latest move by family and friends of hostages

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to draw attention to their plight.

1:11.8

More from NPR, Curry Khan.

1:13.2

One by one relatives of the hostages screamed to their loved ones across the dry barren border.

1:19.2

Varda Ben Baruch called out to her grandson.

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