Roughly, 24 hours after the Campaign Announced biden picked her as his president ial running mate. And that, for the first time, in american politics, a black woman, also, a south asianamerican woman would be on the ticket. Significance cant be overstated, in part because of the political history being made. But also, this was the first time American Voters got to see the kind of message and energy these two former opponents would bring in their fight against President Trump. He first spoke about the history that harriss election would mean for millions. As a child of immigrants, she knows, personally, how immigrant families enrich our country. As well as the chal lelenges of what it means to grow up black and indianamerican, in the United States of america. Her storys americas story. Different from mine, in many particulars. But also, not so different in the essentials. Shes worked hard. Shes never backed down from a challenge. And she has earned each and every of the accolades and achievements that she has gained. Many of them, often in the face of obstacles that others put in her way but never quit. And this morning, all across the nation, little girls woke up, especially little black and brown girls, who so often feel overlooked and undervalued in their communities. But today, today, just maybe, theyre seeing themselves, for the first time, in a new way. As the stuff of president and Vice President s. Senator harris, also, spoke to the history being made with her nomination but ovmuch of he lime was devoted to attacking President Trump and promising fundamental change. Everything we care about. Our economy, our health, our children, the kind of country we live in. Its all on the line. Were reeling from the worst publichealth crisis in a century. The president s mismanagement of the pandemic has plunged us into the worst economic crisis, since the great depression. And were experiencing a moral reckoning with racism and systemic injustice, that has brought a new coalition of conscience to the streets of our country demanding change. America is crying out for leadership. Yet, we have a president who cares more about himself than the people who elected him. A president , who is making every challenge we face even more difficult to solve. But, here is the good news. We dont have to accept the failed government of donald trump and mike pence. In just 83 days, we have a chance to choose a Better Future for our country. Well, it was a preview of what americans can expect of her as campaigner, what mike pence can expect of her as a debater. This virus has impacted almost every country. But theres a reason it has hit america worse than any other advanced nation. Its because of trumps failure to take it seriously, from the start. His refusal to get testing up and running. His flipflopping on social distancing and wearing masks. His delusional belief that he knows better than the experts. All of that is reason and the reason that an american dies of covid19, every 80 seconds. Its why countless businesses have had to shut their doors, for good. Its why there is complete chaos over when and how to reopen our schools. Mothers and fathers are confused and uncertain and angry about childcare and the safety of their kids at school. Whether theyll be in danger if they go, or fall behind if they dont. Trump is, also, the reason millions of americans are now unemployed. He inherited the longest economic expansion, in history, from barack obama and joe biden. And then, like Everything Else he inherited, he ran it straight into the ground. President trumps already taken several shots at Kamala Harris. Something biden took note of toward the end of his speech. Its going to be gratifying to see the strong, enthusiastic reaction to senator harris as our next Vice President. You know, it comes from people all over the country. Its already occurring. All over the country. All ideological views. All backgrounds. Of course, we are predictable, some of them. It comes, except, of course, from donald trump and his allies. You all knew it was coming. You could have set your watches to it. Donald trump has already started his attacks. Calling kamala, quote, nasty. Whining about how shes, quote, mean to his appointees. Its no surprise because whining is what donald trump does best. Better than any president in american history. Is anyone surprised donald trump has a problem with a strong woman or strong women, across the board . Shortly after that event, i spoke with the chairwoman of the congressional black caucus, congresswoman karen bass, a contender for the Vice President ial slot, herself. And spoke about the attacks on Kamala Harris that you just heard joe biden mention from President Trump. Congresswoman bass, seeing Vice President biden and senator harris today for the First Time Since the announcement. Im wondering, having been on the short list yourself, what your impressions were . Well, i thought it was very exciting. I think its an exciting moment in our history. You know, when she ran for the presidency, that was historic. And so, now, that she is going to be our next vp, because i am positive about that, i am enjoying this moment in history. What do you think . I mean, for as a historical moment . What it means for the country . And also, for the dynamics of this campaign . Well, you know, after three and a half years of such a divisive president , the president that is clearly has just made racist remarks, on a regular basis. To see our ticket, to see the unity of Vice President biden and senator harris on that stage together. To me, it was electric. And i think its going to excite people. Were 80plus days away, and they cant go by fast enough. So, i just believe that its going to really ennergize folks in the way they need to be. And we have to turn out and vote early because theres so many shenanigans going on, on the other side, to suppress our vote. And so, i am hoping that this will add to the momentum. Do you worry about i mean, i know you seem optimistic that they are going to win. I am. But, you know, people were optimistic in 2016, as well. Up until they werent. Im wondering, just in terms of the kind of campaign this now is, its going to be unlike anything weve seen before. Do you think it plays to the strengths of a bidenharris ticket . Well, you know, thats the difficulty is campaigning where you cant get out and be with people and shake hands and knock on doors. But i know that they will be, just like i will be, zooming day and night. Because theres so much at stake. But, you know, part of the complacency before was we had just come off of eight years of an incredible presidency. Of normalcy in our country. I think, after three and a half years of what weve been through, after 160,000 dead americans and i know not everybody had to die. I just think the circumstances are so profoundly different, that people will be motivated in a way that they havent before. I think thats why theyre spending so much time trying to suppress the vote. Clearly, one of the the reasons Vice President biden chose Kamala Harris. She has run, obviously, a number of campaigns. Both, in san francisco, california. And obviously, the run for president , as well. She has been in the arena. And and taken parts in debates, and knows, generally, what this what is ahead. We have already seen sort of the line of attack that the white house seems to be developing. The president called senator harris nasty, which is a term he obviously uses for for strong women, who stand up to him. I think he said she was just about the most liberal person in the u. S. And i think said today theyre socialists, essentially. Im wondering what you make of the attacks that go after senator harris and and her ability to deal with them . Well, first of all, she wont have a problem dealing with them, at all. I think they dont know what to do. They dont know what their message is, so they are just throwing spaghetti on a wall. But what i believe is, is that trump is going to resurrect the ghost of Joseph Mccarthy and george wallace. Everybodys going to be a socialist, and he is going to be openly racist. I mean, his messages to the suburbs. Hes its very clear what hes saying. He is saying that black people are coming. Thats thats thats what the message is. And cory bookers going to be in charge of it. Exactly. And cory booker is going be aware. Cory booker might move in next to you. You should be so honored. So, this is an old playbook. But the responsibility on us is to communicate, number one, is to expose that this is very old. This has been done before. But also, to communicate our message and our message of of hope, of transformation, of normalcy, of empathy. With an administration that i mean, the first job of the commander in chief is to protect his people. This commander in chief really doesnt care about us. Otherwise, we wouldnt have 160,000 dead americans. As someone whos worked closely with senator harris when she was District Attorney of san francisco. You obviously worked together in washington on police reform. What do you think she brings to some of the defining issues of this race . Particularly, Racial Justice . Well, first of all, she brings her life experience. Thats for sure. But she, also, brings her history of fighting for Racial Justice in what ever position that shes been in. When i was in sacramento in the legislature serving as speaker, she was da in san francisco. And we worked on criminal justice reform, together. We were both concerned about young people in the foster care system because we know that they fall between the cracks. And wind up on the pathway to incarceration. So, we worked on legislation related to that, as well as juvenile jui juvenile justice. And so, i think that she understands the issues. She has devoted her life to fighting for the same reforms and transformations that i believe are required in our country right now. You, yourself, have obviously had a really extraordinary career. I got to ask. I mean, if joe biden and Kamala Harris win in november, California Governor Gavin Newsom can appoint somebody to harriss senate seat. Is that a job youd be interested in . Well, you know, outside of my singular focus on these next 80 days, i want to keep all the options available. Congresswoman karen bass, i appreciate your time. Thank you. Thank you. Well, as we mentioned at the top of the program, President Trump and his allies wasted no time attacking Kamala Harris. For more, lets go to Kaitlan Collins at the white house. So lets talk about the president s attacks on harris. How they have evolved over the last 24 hours since the announcement. Not really in the way that you thought they would. We talked to some trump advisers yesterday, after that first briefing. You know, just moments after they announced that it was going to be Kamala Harris. And they said that they believed he needed to have time to work on his message. What he was going to do, his line of attack. But, anderson, we didnt really see that change by the time that he came out to the briefing today. He went after senator harris on things like fracking. He seemed to continue to be reading from a prepared list. But he didnt have this line of attack that some of his aides and his allies were hoping he would have formed by now, 24 hours in. And the question is, is he going to be able to define her in a way thats effective before the election . And thats not only something that he, clearly, is struggling with the Vice President ial candidate. But its something that he has struggled with, with joe biden for the last several months. Really, finding a way to define him in a way thats as effective with his supporters and his voters like it was with Hillary Clinton in 2016. Kamalas managed to go after President Trump today, in her speech, in a very kind of conversational way that was it was very strong in what she said about him. Very critical. But done in a way that was almost disarming, i think, for those, you know, if somebody believed President Trump when when he said yesterday that shes nasty. It certainly didnt come off as nasty. It just came off as sounding cutting. Well, and he even seemed to kind of struggle to respond to her attacks. Especially, the ones about how hes handled coronavirus. Because he said he only watched a little bit of what she said and what biden said. He said he did not watch the full speech by them today. But a reporter in the room today actually summed up for the president her attacks, saying he did not take covid19 seriously at the onset of the pandemic. That he did not trust the experts. His eyebrows kind of went up when the reporter repeated that comment that she had made. And he did not push back on either of those, and instead talked about how many people have been tested in the u. S. So far. He talked about ventilator production. We should note, he has been calling her nasty. That is often an attack that he uses on women. But one thing he still has not addressed and his advisers still have not effectively addressed are those donations he made and his daughter, ivanka trump, made to Kamala Harriss campaign in the past. That is not something they have answered questions about so far. I find it hard to believe he did not watch the entire thing but for another day. Thank you. Just ahead. More on how democrats believe today todays bidenharris event went. Also, video of the call biden made tuesday telling harris she was his pick. And later, in a really bizarre Conspiracy Theory, involving President Trump, who is and this theory has a record of racist and antisemitic tropes, believer in this Conspiracy Theory may soon walk the halls of congress. Well have details on that when we continue. Joe bidens appearance with Kamala Harris was a campaigndefining event. Hours later, the cam pain released video of the call, the call informing harris she would be his nominee just a short while before his campaign informed the world. All right. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Sorry to keep you. Thats all right. You ready to go to work . Oh, my god. I am so ready to go to work. First of all, is the answer yes . The answer is absolutely yes, joe. I am ready to work. I am ready to do this with you, for you. I i just im just deeply honored, and i am very excited. I am joined now by democratic strategist and cnn political commentator. Also, howard dean. What was your initial reaction, when you saw that today . I dont know how anybody can hear that and just not tear up. I mean, to be myself, just thinking about being, like, a little, black girl, having political hopes and dreams. Hence, the career field that i chose. Never, ever being able to imagine that you might get a call to be on a Vice President ial ticket. I cant imagine how, like, overwhelmed she must have felt. And i feel so much pride and joy for her, just hearing it. So, i think that this is a proud day for so many of us. You know, i keep talking about how senator harris is a possibility model. It matters that we have models and reflections of black women doing amazing, big things. And so, i just am so proud of her. And im really thankful that the campaign decided to share that with us because it is a really huge moment. Governor dean, you know, obviously, im sure a lot of democrats would like to have seen a Large Campaign today given the limitations of the pandemic, im wondering how you this this went . Van jones, who i talked to right after harris stopped speaking, was talking about how there is an intimacy to this kind of campaigning through the Television Screen and also without an audience, that allows for sort of a more conversational style that we certainly saw from Kamala Harris. Yeah, i think thats exactly right. You know, the most gripping part of that, for me, was the deadsilent pause that Kamala Harris gave. She was shocked. Even though she knew that she was a good possibility, she was shocked. Just got asked to be the Vice President of the United States. So it was a warm moment that you could feel good about because she was genuinely surprised. And that is an advantage. You know, there are a lot of disadvantages of having a campaign this way. One of the great advantages. For somebody who is as genuine as joe biden, you get to see him and what americans are going to really like. There is not a genuine ounce of anything in donald trump. Biden is the exact opposite. And i think harris is going to be a really good addition to the ticket. In terms of what you saw from senator harris during her her speech today, her talk, one of the things she brought up was a new coalition of conscience. Do you think thats a preview of something were going to be hearing more from her about . I do. Oh, sorry. Yeah. I think its really brilliant. We talk so much about the obama coalition. And really, thats become a buzz word for diversity, right . For white people feeling hope and supporting the first black president. This idea of a coalition of conscience. I really think that people are going to glom onto because, keep in mind, biden started his campaign as, like, the antiracist. Right . Donald trump, hes a bigot. Hes a lot of things and he is kind of proud of that. Saying, look, what we saw with White Supremacists marching was really despicable and horrible and i know the vast majority of americans do not agree with that type