hell welcome to my YouTube channel Mahi news five takeaways from Harris's first major interview as the Democratic nominee the vice president responded to questions about her shifting stances on some major issues since 2019 saying my values have not changed vice president kamla Harris on Thursday gave her first sitdown interview since becoming the Democratic Presidential nominee touching on her agenda for 2025 and a series of topics that she has so far avoided and drawing instant criticism from Republican rival Donald Trump Harris presented her self as a pragmatist in the long anticipated interview given to CNN's Dana Bash alongside her running mate Tim Walls the vice president sought to strike a balance between defending the Biden Harris administration's Legacy and charting her own path if elected president while taking questions about how some of her policy positions have changed since the last time she ran for president I believe it is important to build consensus and it is important to find a common place of understanding of where we can actually solve problems Harris said