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Speaker 1 (00:00):
John Decker, our White House correspondent, now on what's happening
with the campaign trail for Kamala Harris and hers soon
to be a VP choice. John, welcome in, Thanks for
being here.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Thank you. J T. Good to be with you today.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
Well, she's out and about on the campaign trail, that's
for sure. She's got the speeches and you know, the
prompters and the scripts right there in front of her.
Has yet to take a serious press conference. I'm not
sure she's going to be able to do that very well.
The talk of the debate coming up, Trump says, bring
it on. She says, bring it on. So still waiting
(00:31):
to see when that date may come and who what
network is going to host the event. Have you heard
anything about the debate scenario, what's lining up? I know
they're going to be trying to put one together, at
least that's what I'm thinking and what I've heard.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Well, we know that September tenth is the date that
the vice president has already agreed to. That would be
a debate hosted by ABC News in New York. When
Joe Biden was in the race. Joe Biden had agreed
to that date and Donald Trump had agreed to that date,
but now he says he's not committed to that date.
So you have one candidate who says I'm all in,
(01:05):
the other candidate who is not yet indicated that they
will show up on September the tenth, and hopefully they do.
I mean, I think it's good for the public to
see both of these candidates defending their positions, sometimes defending
their changes in positions that they've had over the course
of the past few years.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Yeah, Kamala has certainly waffled on a couple of things,
that's for sure. But how close are we to her
announcing Will that not be done until the convention as
far as her VP pick or is she going to
do that sooner than later? What are you hearing?
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Oh, it's stays away, JT. The first event with her
future running mate will actually be next Tuesday. It will
be Tuesday night in Philadelphia, the first time that they'll
be together, both Kamala Harris and her running mate, and
then they'll barnstorm the country together. They're going to have
already a number of campaign rallies plan for key battleground states,
(01:57):
traveling after Philadelphia to Detroit, Michigan, in to western Wisconsin
down to Savannah, Georgia, and also to Raleigh, North Carolina,
and then out west to Las Vegas and Phoenix. Those
states in particular will certainly play a big part in
terms of who wins in November.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Now, look, I know you're connected, Aran, who you hearing?
What are we thinking? Who's it going to be? Well?
Speaker 2 (02:21):
I mean there are some that say, well, her first
events in Philadelphia, that means she's going to choose Josh Shapiro,
the governor of Pennsylvania. That could be the case. I mean,
he's certainly in the mix in terms of the finalists,
as is Senator Mark Kelly from Arizona. And keep in
mind in places that she'll visit with her honey mate,
Phoenix is one of those places. He's got an interesting background.
(02:44):
She could go with another governor, the governor for instance
of Kentucky, Andy Basher, who's won two elections statewide as
governor in Kentucky in a solidly read state Kentucky. So
she's got some good choices there. I'm very curious to
see ultimately who she chooses, because it will send a
message and about which states she views is important to
(03:07):
get to two hundred and seventy Electoral College votes to
win the presidents.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
Any buzz still around Secretary Buddha dig Transportation Secretary. I
know he was on the shortlist there, along with Governor
Whitmer from Michigan.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Well, Whitmer has taking herself out of the running is,
as has Roy Cooper, the governor of North Carolina. I've
heard that the Secretary of Transportation, Pete Footages, a former
mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is being considered. I can't
tell you whether that means he's on the very short
list or you know, asked to submit the necessary material
(03:43):
for vetting, and that takes time to vetting. But it's
been because of the very short time period between when
Joe Biden dropped out of the race and the Democratic
National Convention, it's been a decision that has been sped
up in terms of how much time the vice president
has to name her running mate.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
All right, very good, John Decker in Washington, Thank you, John,
I appreciate you.
John Decker, our White House correspondent, now on what's happening
with the campaign trail for Kamala Harris and hers soon
to be a VP choice. John, welcome in, Thanks for
being here.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Thank you. J T. Good to be with you today.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
Well, she's out and about on the campaign trail, that's
for sure. She's got the speeches and you know, the
prompters and the scripts right there in front of her.
Has yet to take a serious press conference. I'm not
sure she's going to be able to do that very well.
The talk of the debate coming up, Trump says, bring
it on. She says, bring it on. So still waiting
(00:31):
to see when that date may come and who what
network is going to host the event. Have you heard
anything about the debate scenario, what's lining up? I know
they're going to be trying to put one together, at
least that's what I'm thinking and what I've heard.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Well, we know that September tenth is the date that
the vice president has already agreed to. That would be
a debate hosted by ABC News in New York. When
Joe Biden was in the race. Joe Biden had agreed
to that date and Donald Trump had agreed to that date,
but now he says he's not committed to that date.
So you have one candidate who says I'm all in,
(01:05):
the other candidate who is not yet indicated that they
will show up on September the tenth, and hopefully they do.
I mean, I think it's good for the public to
see both of these candidates defending their positions, sometimes defending
their changes in positions that they've had over the course
of the past few years.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Yeah, Kamala has certainly waffled on a couple of things,
that's for sure. But how close are we to her
announcing Will that not be done until the convention as
far as her VP pick or is she going to
do that sooner than later? What are you hearing?
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Oh, it's stays away, JT. The first event with her
future running mate will actually be next Tuesday. It will
be Tuesday night in Philadelphia, the first time that they'll
be together, both Kamala Harris and her running mate, and
then they'll barnstorm the country together. They're going to have
already a number of campaign rallies plan for key battleground states,
(01:57):
traveling after Philadelphia to Detroit, Michigan, in to western Wisconsin
down to Savannah, Georgia, and also to Raleigh, North Carolina,
and then out west to Las Vegas and Phoenix. Those
states in particular will certainly play a big part in
terms of who wins in November.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Now, look, I know you're connected, Aran, who you hearing?
What are we thinking? Who's it going to be? Well?
Speaker 2 (02:21):
I mean there are some that say, well, her first
events in Philadelphia, that means she's going to choose Josh Shapiro,
the governor of Pennsylvania. That could be the case. I mean,
he's certainly in the mix in terms of the finalists,
as is Senator Mark Kelly from Arizona. And keep in
mind in places that she'll visit with her honey mate,
Phoenix is one of those places. He's got an interesting background.
(02:44):
She could go with another governor, the governor for instance
of Kentucky, Andy Basher, who's won two elections statewide as
governor in Kentucky in a solidly read state Kentucky. So
she's got some good choices there. I'm very curious to
see ultimately who she chooses, because it will send a
message and about which states she views is important to
(03:07):
get to two hundred and seventy Electoral College votes to
win the presidents.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
Any buzz still around Secretary Buddha dig Transportation Secretary. I
know he was on the shortlist there, along with Governor
Whitmer from Michigan.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Well, Whitmer has taking herself out of the running is,
as has Roy Cooper, the governor of North Carolina. I've
heard that the Secretary of Transportation, Pete Footages, a former
mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is being considered. I can't
tell you whether that means he's on the very short
list or you know, asked to submit the necessary material
(03:43):
for vetting, and that takes time to vetting. But it's
been because of the very short time period between when
Joe Biden dropped out of the race and the Democratic
National Convention, it's been a decision that has been sped
up in terms of how much time the vice president
has to name her running mate.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
All right, very good, John Decker in Washington, Thank you, John,
I appreciate you.
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