Kamala Harris To Give First TV Interview Since Accepting Democratic Nomination: How And When To Watch

Vice President Kamala Harris will take her first media interview since becoming the Democratic Party’s nominee for president in the 2024 election.

What Happened: Harris and her vice-presidential running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, are set to be interviewed by CNN's Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash. The interview will air on CNN at 9 p.m. ET on Thursday.

The interview could help define Harris’ policies and where the Democratic nominee stands on key voter issues.

In her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, Harris called for unity and a new direction forward. The presidential candidate covered national security, foreign relations and abortion rights as some of the key topics during her acceptance speech.

Before that, Harris shared details on her "opportunity economy" with calls for tax cuts, lowering costs and building more houses for middle-class Americans.

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Why It Matters: This will be Harris and Walz’s first joint interview with a mass media company since securing the Democratic Party nomination.

It’s also Harris’ first on-the-record sit down with a journalist since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race on July 21. Although Harris has answered questions from reporters at several campaign events and sat for interviews at the DNC with content creators.

Republican vice-presidential candidate J.D. Vance has been outspoken about Harris' lack of media interviews.

"I think it's really disgraceful, both for Kamala Harris but also for a lot of the American media that participates in this stuff, to have a person who has been the presumptive nominee of the Democrat Party for 17 days and refuses to take a single question from the American media," Vance said earlier this month.

According to Politico, Harris often interacts with pool reporters who travel with her on the campaign, but typically speaks “off the record.”

So far, the Harris-Walz ticket raised $540 million since its launch, with both candidates showing a lead over Donald Trump and Vance in many 2024 election polls.

What’s Next: Harris and Trump will meet in a highly anticipated presidential debate on Sept. 10, to be hosted by Walt Disney Company‘s DIS ABC News team. The debate has been a hot topic in recent weeks with the candidates disagreeing on the rules in place.

Other media networks are also pushing for future debates between Harris and Trump.

The first presidential debate, hosted by CNN, set viewership records for parent company Warner Bros. Discovery WBD. It also became a key moment in the election cycle, as it was one of the events that led to calls for Biden to step down.

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