Generation all that you guys stand for everything you have at stake is what is going vice president kamla Harris and her running mate Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz are set to participate in their first major television interview of their presidential campaign this Thursday as they travel through SouthEast Georgia on a bus tour the interview conducted by CNN's Dana B offers Harris a crucial opportunity to address criticism that she has avoided unscripted settings while providing her with a new platform to articulate her campaign message and demonstrate her political capabilities especially with an upcoming debate against former president Donald Trump scheduled for September 10th however this interview also poses risks as her Team Works to maintain the momentum gained from the recent shakeup in the ticket following Joe Biden's depart arure and the Democratic National Convention last week joint interviews during an election year are a common occurrence in politics with past candidates like Biden and Harris Trump and Mike Pence and Barack Obama and Biden all having done them at a similar stage in the race the key difference however is that these other candidates had already participated in Solo interviews by this point whereas Harris has not yet engaged in an in-depth interview since assuming her party's leadership 5 weeks ago