>> I'M JOINED TONIGHT BY REPUBLICAN SENATOR TOM COTTON OF ARKANSAS, AND SENATOR IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE. AS I NOTED A SECOND AGO, YOU'VE WORKED ALONGSIDE VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS THAT'S WHEN SHE WAS IN THE SENATE. DONALD TRUMP IS STANDING BY HIS COMMENTS TONIGHT. IN YOUR VIEW, ARE THOSE COMMENTS DEFENSIBLE, SENATOR KAITLAN OF COURSE. >> FIRST OFF, IT'S REFRESHING TO SEE A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO'S WILLING TO GO IN FRONT OF THE MEDIA SOMETHING THAT DONALD TRUMP KNEW WOULD BE A TOUGH INTERVIEW. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A HOSTILE ADVERSARIAL INTERVIEW, BUT HE'S BEEN DOING THAT FOR NINE YEARS. KAMALA HARRIS, MEANWHILE, HAS BEEN HIDING OUT FOR THE TEN DAYS THAT SHE'S BEEN A PRECEDENT NOMINEE BEFORE THEN HE'S. DOING INTERVIEWS EVERY FIVE DAYS OR SO, BUT NOW SHE HASN'T FACED ANY MEDIA AT ALL, I GUESS SHE THINKS SHE CAN HIDE OUT FOR 100 DAYS UNTIL THIS ELECTION MORE FUNDAMENTALLY, THE ISSUE ISN'T WHAT RACE KAMALA HARRIS IDENTIFIES AS IT'S THE FACT THAT SHE IDENTIFIES AS A SAN FRANCISCO LIBERAL. SHE HAS A LONG RECORD NOT JUST AS VICE PRESIDENT OF BEING JOE BIDEN'S BORDERS ARE STANDING BY THE DISASTROUS AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL, BUT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT HERSELF. SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING TO TAKE AWAY YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE ON THE JOB WHILE SHE WAS GOING TO GIVE HEALTH INSURANCE TO ILLEGAL ALIENS THAT WOULD HAVE A LOT MORE OF THEM BECAUSE SHE PROMISED THAT SHE WOULD DECRIMINALIZE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION SHE CAST THE DECIDING VOTES AS VICE PRESIDENT IN THE SENATE FOR THE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF SPENDING THAT HAS AN LEAST INFLATION ON FAMILIES THAT MAKE IT HARDER FOR THEM, MAKE ENDS MEET. KAMALA HARRIS IS A DANGEROUS SAN FRANCISCO LIBERAL, AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY MATTERS TO AMERICANS. >> YEAH, I DIDN'T HEAR DONALD TRUMP BRING UP ANY OF HER POLICY POSITIONS TODAY OR STANCES WHEN HE WAS ON THAT STAND? AGE, BUT YOUR ARGUMENT IS IS THAT JUST BECAUSE SHE HASN'T DONE AN INTERVIEW SINCE SHE BECAME THE TOP OF THE TICKET, THAT IT'S OKAY TO QUESTION WHAT HER RACES KAITLAN. >> IF YOU DIDN'T HEAR DONALD TRUMP TALKING ABOUT HER POSITIONS AND HIS RECORD, THEN YOU DIDN'T WATCH THE INTERVIEW WENT ON FOR MORE THAN 30 MINUTES. >> I DID WATCH IT MAJORITY OF IT WAS WAS DONALD TRUMP TALK THE VAST MAJORITY OF IT KAITLAN WAS DONALD TRUMP TALKING ABOUT HIS RECORD, CONTRASTING IT TO THE BIDEN-HARRIS RECORD OF HIGHER INFLATION AND WIDE-OPEN BORDERS AND WARREN CHAOS AROUND THE WORLD. >> AND POINTING OUT THAT SHE HAS SAID THINGS LIKE SHE WANTS TO ELIMINATE THE IMMIGRATION POLICE AND THAT SHE BELIEVES THAT IMAGE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION SHOULD BE DECRIMINALIZED AND SHE WANTS TO CONFISCATE PRIVATE FIREARMS. THESE ARE ALL INDISPUTABLE THINGS ON HER RECORD, KAITLAN, THERE'S VIDEOTAPE OF THEM HAVE SHOWN THAT VIDEOTAPE IN THE LAST TEN DAYS SINCE HE BECAME THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE FOR THE DIFFERENT PARTIES, SENATOR, WE HAVE TO PASS THIS TO RIP AWAY HEALTH INSURANCE. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT HER PAST POSITIONS AND THE REVERSALS OF THOSE, AND WE'VE DELVED INTO ALL OF THAT BECAUSE THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT VOTERS CARE ABOUT. BUT, BUT WHEN YOUR PARTY HE'S NOMINEE IS ONSTAGE TELLING A PANEL OF THREE BLACK WOMEN THAT THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO SERVE AS VICE PRESIDENT HASN'T ALWAYS IDENTIFIED AS BLACK. HOW DOES THAT HELP YOUR PARTY WON ELECTIONS? >> WHEN DONALD TRUMP SAID THAT WHAT MATTERS THAT SHE IDENTIFIES AS A DANGEROUS SAN FRANCISCO LIBERAL, NOT WHAT RATIO IDENTIFIES AS YOU WISH SHE HAD BEEN A FIGHT IS ON WHAT'S GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE? KAITLAN, THE INTERVIEW WAS MORE THAN 30 MINUTES LONG, WHICH IS 30 MINUTES LONGER THAN KAMALA HARRIS HAS HAD AN INTERVIEW WITH ANYONE SHOULD SHE BECAME THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE INTERVIEW WAS TALKING ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS'S DANGEROUS RECORD ON OUR WIDE-OPEN BORDER ON HIGHER TAXES ON TAKING AWAY HEALTH INSURANCE ON THE JOB AND GIVING HEALTH INSURANCE TO ILLEGAL ALIENS. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT INTERVIEW WAS CONTRASTING THE BIDEN-HARRIS RECORD AND HARRIS'S RECORD FROM THE FIRST TIME SHE RAN FOR PRESIDENT TO THE TRUMP ERA RECORD. THAT'S A CONTRAST THAT DONALD TRUMP WILL WIN EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK. >> I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE HER POLICIES AND YOU TALK ABOUT YOU CALL HER THE SAN FRANCISCO LIBERAL. I SAW YOU SAYING THAT WITH JAKE TAPPER THE OTHER DAY, BUT THAT WAS NOT DONALD TRUMP'S MAIN POINT TODAY WHEN HE WAS ASKED ABOUT YOUR REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES ON THE HILL WHO REFER TO HER AS A DEI HIRE HE WAS ASKED IF HE BELIEVES THAT SHE'S ONLY ON THE TICKET BECAUSE SHE'S A BLACK WOMAN. AND THEN HE SAID THAT SHE DOESN'T ALWAYS CLAIM TO BE BLACK, WHICH IS NOT TRUE. BUT DOES ANYTHING THAT SHE HAS OR HASN'T SAID ABOUT HER HERITAGE OF ANYTHING TO DO WITH HER QUALIFICATIONS TO BE IN THE OVAL OFFICE? >> WELL, KAITLAN, THAT'S NOT WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID. HE SAID HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT RACHEL SCOTT MEANT BY DEI HIRE, AND HE HAD NO IDEA WHY JOE BIDEN HIRED HER. WHAT REALLY MATTERS IS WHERE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT TO HIRE HER, GIVEN HER RECORD, AND I PROMISE YOU, IF YOU THINK THINGS HAVE BEEN BAD FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS UNDER JOE BIDEN, THE WORST IS YET TO COME. IF KAMALA HARRIS IS THE PRESIDENT I JUST WANT TO QUOTE HIS WORDS TO SENATOR WHO SAID, I DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS BLACK UNTIL A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WHEN SHE HAPPENED TO TURN BLACK AND NOW SHE WANTS TO BE KNOWN AS BLACK. SO I DON'T KNOW IF SHE INDIAN OR AS SHE BLACK YOU CAN DEFEND THOSE COMMENTS TONIGHT AND HE ALSO SAID, EITHER EITHER IS FINE, BOTH IS FINE, HE LOVES AFRICAN-AMERICAN S. >> HE LOVED INDIAN-AMERICANS. HE LOVES ALL AMERICANS THE POINT IS THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE STANDS POLITICALLY BECAUSE SHE SPENT HER ENTIRE LIFE AS A DANGEROUS SAN FRANCISCO LIBERAL. NOW IN THE LAST TEN DAYS, SHE'S TRYING WHY THE FLIP-FLOP ON EVERY SINGLE POSITION? WELL, I SHOULD SAY SHE HASN'T TRIED TO FLIP FLOP BECAUSE SHE'S SENDING OUT ANONYMOUS CAMPAIGN AIDES TO SAY THAT SHE'D NO LONGER HOLDS VIEWS THAT SHE HELD WHEN SHE RAN FOR PRESIDENT IN HER OWN RIGHT. WHEN IS SHE GOING TO COME ON KAITLAN COLLINS SHOW OR JAKE TAPPER SHOW, OR GO ON 60 MINUTES OR HAVE AN UNSCRIPTED PRESS CONFERENCE. AN ANSWER TO THE MAYOR AMERICAN PEOPLE, WHERE SHE STANDS ON THE ISSUES THAT MATTER TO THEM ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN PAY THE BILLS ON JULY 31 AT THE END OF THE MONTH, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PAY THEM NEXT MONTH, WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER 10 MILLION ILLEGAL ALIENS INTO COUNTRY UNDER A KAMALA HARRIS PRESENCE. >> WE HAVE HAD THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT HER POLICY VIEWS, BUT HOW DOES HER CHANGING HER VIEWS ON HER POLICY JUSTIFY HAVING THE PRESUMPTIVE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE QUESTIONING HER RACE. HOW DOES THAT DOES THAT INCREASE OR DECREASE YOUR PARTY'S CHANCES OF WINNING IN NOVEMBER? >> WELL KAITLAN, YOU HAVEN'T HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH KAMALA HARRIS BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN HIDING. >> I WANT TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH US. >> JILL BIDEN HIT OUT BEFORE HER I'M MY POINT IS, WHEN ARE YOU AND THE REST OF THE MEDIA GOING TO DEMAND THAT KAMALA HARRIS COME OUT AND ANSWER QUESTIONS IN AN UNSCRIPTED FORMAT ABOUT WHERE SHE STANDS FOR THIS COUNTRY AS OPPOSED TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON WHAT DONALD TRUMP SAID TODAY. FOUR YEARS AGO, JOE BIDEN SAID, IF YOU DON'T VOTE FOR HIM, YOU AIN'T BLACK. COULD YOU IMAGINE A MORE INSULTING COMMENT? JOE BIDEN IS PRESUMING TO JUDGE THE POLITICAL VIEWS OF ONE EIGHTH OF OUR FELLOW CITIZENS BASED ON THEIR SKIN COVER, SKIN COLOR. DID YOU DID YOU EVER ASK KAMALA HARRIS TO CONDEMN HIS REMARKS? THERE ARE ASKED HIM ARE ASKED A QUESTION YOU ASKED DID YOU ASK YOU ABOUT YOU ASK KAYLA, WHAT CAN YOU ASK KAMALA HARRIS KAITLAN? DID YOU ASK KAMALA HARRIS WHY SHE'S WILLING TO SERVE AS VICE PRESIDENT FOR A MAN SHE ESSENTIALLY CALLED RACIST AND A SEGREGATIONIST. HAVE YOU OR ANYONE ELSE IN THE MEDIA AS KAMALA HARRIS THOSE QUESTIONS, KAITLAN, SENATOR, TRUST ME. >> I COVERED THE BIDEN-HARRIS WHITE HOUSE. WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE ASKED FOR HER TO COME ON, BUT MY QUESTION IS FOR YOU ABOUT THIS. DONALD TRUMP'S PICK FOR VP HE WANTS QUESTION WHETHER HE WAS AMERICA'S HITLER, BUT, BUT SENATOR, BEFORE YOU GO, I DO WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION ON ISRAEL TONIGHT BECAUSE BEFORE EVERYTHING HAPPENED TODAY IN CHICAGO, A TOP HAMAS LEADER WAS KILLED IN THE IRANIAN CAPITAL OVERNIGHT, ISRAEL HAS NOT YET CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR IS MALE HIGH ANIAS DEATH, BUT THEY HAVE VOWED TO ELIMINATE HAMAS OR ITS LEADERS AFTER OCTOBER 7. AND I DO MEAN CURIOUS GIVEN YOUR POSITION IN THE SENATE, WHAT YOU BELIEVE THE IMPACT OF THIS IS ON THE REGION. AND IF IT RISKS TRIGGERING A WIDER WAR WELL, THE IMPACT IS, IS JUSTICE, NOT JUST FOR ISRAELI VICTIMS OF HAMAS, BUT THE AMERICAN VICTIMS OF HAMAS. HAMAS HAS MUCH AMERICAN BLOOD ON ITS HANDS STILL HOLDING AMERICAN HOSTAGES TO THIS DAY ISRAEL DID TAKE CREDIT THOUGH FOR THE STRIKE IN BEIRUT YESTERDAY AGAINST NOT ONLY SOMEONE WHO IS A TOP HEZBOLLAH COMMANDER, BUT SOMEONE WHO HAD THE BLOOD OF MORE THAN 240 MARINES ON HIS HANDS BECAUSE HE WAS RESPONSIBLE IN PART FOR THE 1983, THEY WERE BARRACKS BOMBING. THAT'S A STRIKE THAT. KAMALA HARRIS AND JOE BIDEN WORKED OVERTIME FOR THREE DAYS TO CONVINCE ISRAEL NOT TO UNDERTAKE. THANK GOODNESS THAT ISRAEL DIDN'T LISTEN TO KAMALA HARRIS AND JOE BIDEN AND ACTUALLY GOT VENGEANCE, NOT JUST FOR THE ISRAELI VICTIMS OF HAMAS THE LAW, BUT ALSO THE AMERICAN VICTIMS. THAT'S WHAT WE GOT. FOR INSTANCE, WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP KILLED QASEM SOLEIMANI, WHAT WE WON'T GET IF KAMALA HARRIS BECOMES PRESIDENT OKAY. THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT RISKS TRIGGERING AN ALL OUT WAR. WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT REGION. SENATOR