Welcome to The Whole Story. Im anderson cooper, after Vice President Kamala Harris became the democratic nominee, she launched an aggressive campaign to reintroduce herself to the country but with the election looming, many remain undecided and are looking at where harris stands on the issues that matter to them before casting their ballots. Over the next hour, cnns Audie Cornish looks at Harriss Record and her promises on five key issues in this election reproductive rights immigration, Foreign Policy, the state of democracy. And one that most american side is theyre top priority. The economy one day after president Joe Biden announced his decision to drop out of the race and endorsed his Vice President , Kamala Harris, addressed a campaign. Staff at the wilmington, Delaware Headquarters Building up the middle class, will be a defining goal of my presidency in her first interview as candidate, she doubled down on that commitment. If you are elected, what would you do on Day One in the White House . First and foremost, one of my highest priorities is to do what we can to support and strengthen the middle class and when harris gave her first policy speech, that too was centered on the economy. As president , i will be laserfocused on creating opportunities for the middleclass that advanced their economic security, stability, and dignity. Biden campaign was focused on economic data that showed overall growth. The idea was that voters just werent getting the message. The Harris Version of the campaign took a different tack, emphasizing costs like Health Care. Ill take on the issue of the cost of Health Care housing, provide firsttime Home Buyers with 25,000 to help the down payment on a new home. And in raising a family 6,000 in Tax Relief to families during the first year of a Childs Life republicans hammered her on the costs of her proposals. This is absolute socialism. All of these ideas are very inflationary even the nonpartisan Committee For A Responsible Federal Budget said the plan could ink crease the federal deficit by 1. 7 trillion over a decade. One thing she did not say, this, how any of this would be paid for. These are some expensive policies. But harris is following the lead of progressive lawmakers who blamed companies reaping Post Pandemic profits two republicans, the plan sounds like government overreach. Economic experts are skeptical as well there is not great economic evidence thus far that the bulk of the inflation we have seen or anywhere close to it is caused by corporate profiteering democrats seemed happy to embrace the new language Kamala Harris has articulated a very important plan to make sure that we are lowering costs for everyday americans. You think its smart policy, governor, any effort we make to keep more money in americans pockets is worth walk in the path we think about young folks. And what is top of mind for them . Its the cost of their groceries and their Gas And Child care. When were talking about the middleclass, i think that the Vice President thinks about her own family. I grew up in a middleclass household for most of my childhood we were renters my mother saved for well over a decade to buy a home. How do you describe her political personality, care . It centers around care. She has the skills of a prosecutor. She knows how to analyze the facts put together the case, but her case starts with the care of others, Vice President harris has made a focus of championing what we might call the care agenda, pushing that were part of President Bidens proposals early on our Build Back Agenda which will cut the cost of childcare by more than half extend the Child Tax Credit and expand paid leave. But also things like medical debt relief, student debt relief, helping smaller businesses, minorityowned businesses, get better access to capital. We have secured tens of billions of dollars followers in private Sector Investment for small businesses and communities across america. Things like supporting Phillip Class families and kind of creating the infrastructure of support around them. And a lot of her work also has been designed to help not only families with children, but those who are responsible for the care giving seniors. And people with disabilities. She talks about the sandwich economy. People who take care of their children, and people who take care of their aging parents. Thats always been something of a focus for her when she was Attorney General, her mother was diagnosed with cancer i spent many hours with her at the hospital fortunately, however, i had the type of job then where i could take the time i needed to be with my mother but far too many others cannot harris economic agenda for 2024, it would have a lot of those same Kara Economy components but the Vice President must convince voters she is better equipped on this issue than the business my Dad Trump and so the challenge will be, can she get them to be more confident and how she would be as an economic policy steward, biden administration feels like it has a good economic story to tell and Vice President harris was part of that they did after all, defy economists predictions of a Fullon Recession and by many measures, the u. S. Pandemic recovery was among the strongest in the world. They wanted to tout the economic numbers that they think are good. But that didnt help americans stuck on the numbers that were not so good in 2022, inflation reached a 40 year high, and the current administration has battled to bring it down. There are many economists who lay the blame, at least in part, on the historic and expensive legislation passed by the Bidenharris Administration in the aftermath of the pandemic, when trump left office in place, her weight was oneandahalf percent and then 18 months later after biden and harris spent 5 we add 9 inflation rate. I think there are some economists who argue that it was still a mistake because of the additional contribution it had to inflation. And inflation is definitely a huge vulnerability for her, especially as she tries to run on the biden White House record. One republicans are seizing on Vice President harris was the deciding vote on the american Rescue Plan and also the Inflation Reduction Act that led to inflation going up more than 20. 1 . The economy was certainly bidens biggest weakness. The question will be whether harris receives the same level of blame for inflation. What will be seen from Vice President harris so far is an effort to vote both project optimism about the Economy And Pride in the policies you have done. We were facing one of the worst economic crises in modern history and today, by virtually every measure our economy is the stronger just in the world while also empathizing with voters feeling their pain for high prices still we know that many americans dont yet feel that progress in their daily lives is it very difficult balancing act, but shes been trying to navigate that in the time since her campaign started up next, the Leak Decision of dobbs changed. I think the trajectory of her Vice Presidency. Women in america no longer have a constitutional right to an abortion what we say how dare they this tiny Home Trend not for me. Now, this is more like it the same goes for my footwear. So i went handsfree with white fits. 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The actual words come down we were all outraged, Vice President harris was outraged. The Vice President was due to speak that night at Emilys List one of the big political groups in the country that focuses on women and reproductive rights as the Vice President began talking through what her concerns were at some point, she started to go into a riff and that Roof Lead to how dare they do this, how dare they come from womens rights . How dare they . Change this law . That was republican leaders who are trying to weaponize the use of the law against women what we say, how dare they. She gets up on that stage. And she absolutely just blows the house down how dare they tell a woman what she can do and cannot do with her own body and it felt like a shift in the room. This incredibly focused person is in credibly focused politician who used fighting these restrictions on abortion as her North Store its interesting to me that she would embrace this, not for just the obvious reasons of being a woman politician, et cetera. But its right at the moment when in some states, abortion would be criminalized specifically, right . Now, it makes sense that the prosecutor wants to jump in the rolling back of roe was an abject attack on people, women who actually needed to get report Reductive Care and so on. Her comments about how dare they the rejection of this sentiment that other people, min can make decisions about what rights women have about their own bodies. And so when those rights were stripped away, of course the prosecutor in her showed up. Thats the place where her legal minds really kicked in. As you saw how the implication of this decision would go into so many other areas of americans lives that maybe most people didnt anticipate. A majority of five justices overturned the Landmark Roe versus wade Decision Month later, the conservative majority on the supreme court officially overturned nearly 50 years of federally protected access to abortion. The historic nature of todays five to four decision by the courts, conservatives cannot be emphasized enough. She immediately got On The Road after dobbs meeting with lawmakers first meeting with providers, she met with faith leaders. She talked to college President S. She talked a Student Government leaders. She was the hub for all these different groups that were thinking about these questions, this statement has been made that the government has a right to come in your home until you as a woman and as a family, what you should do with your body Vice President harris was betting the issue would grab the attention of voters. Others werent so sure she sees the Last Supper panels of Cable News Pundit saying its the Economy Poll after poll says that the economy will motivate a red wave, red wave, or Red Sunak in the midterm elections and what she says is, i am talking to people every day about this, and i know that Abortion Rights are top of mind for them. And you really saw her the first time in her Vice Presidency, meaningfully trust her own instincts, and its not a surprise that everywhere that reproductive freedom was on the ballot, we won the abortion Rights Side has won every single time because people across the political spectrum codify roe, people across geographies, fundamental right people across faith, without having the religious beliefs of Others Floor Step on her and generations were outraged the Vice President traveled the country on what she called a fight for reproductive Freedoms Tour Harris is believed to be the first sitting Vice President or president to visit an Abortion Clinic is sending a clinic Thats Something politically that was seen as like a fascinating moment. Yeah and she also took the message into those suburban areas that we typically dont go into with her on that tour. Her future running mate, minnesota governor tim walz, was really impressed her by being by her side in that moment and so i think it is a doubling down on the understanding that this campaign is in so many ways about reports productive rights we trust women to know what is in their best interests and not have their Abortion Rights are quite literally on the ballot. And so for a lot of people that is going to be just as motivating for a reason to come to the polls as anything else. Recent polling says two thirds of americans oppose the supreme Courts Decision on abortion if elected, Vice President harris is promising to secure federal Abortion Protection and when congress passes that bill to restore reproductive freedom, as President Of The United States, i will proudly sign it into law. But its, not when congress passes the bill. Its if, even if democrats won both the house and the senate again they need 60 votes. Shoot across whatever thresholds are required, right, to escape a filibuster what are more realistic expectations for what a Harris Presidency would do on Abortion Rights i think the realistic expectations have to be the restoration of the rights of roe. It is realistic for women to expect that they can make their own Healthcare Decisions i believe that if Kamala Harris wins, we will likely have the votes in the senate to change the rules in order to codify roe versus wade. And i think the vast majority of americans will demand, will demand that the senate change the rules its not underneath thousand coming up. Is this an issue she can run from . I dont think its an issue. She can run from immigration is the most difficult issue for her Kamala Harris, Donald Trump the debate. Everyones been waiting for follows cnn for complete coverage and exclusive pre and post debate analysis. 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