Harris pressed on immigration Bret Baier has asked Kamala Harris repeatedly about immigration. You supported allowing immigrants in the country illegally to apply for drivers licences and to apply for free healthcare, he says. Do you still support those things? The vice-president says it was five years ago that she said those things, and that what she supports is the law. Baier presses her and again, she says she and Tim Walz believe in supporting and enforcing the law. Harris interview on Fox news: key takeaways US vice-president and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris sat down for an interview on Wednesday evening with Fox News host Brett Baier. The interview was combative, with Harris, towards the end, speaking over Baier as asked him to interview her “based on facts”, and called him out for playing clips that she said were not relevant to what they were discussing. Harris was asked about the Biden administration’s efforts to tackle a surge in illegal immigration at the southern border, and laid the blame on Republicans for failing to pass a border bill. Harris was asked to defend the administration’s early decision to reverse some of Republican rival Donald Trump’s restrictive policies, and to respond to a mother who testified in Congress about the loss of her child at the hands of an illegal immigrant. “I’m so sorry for her loss, but let’s talk about what is happening right now,” Harris said. Harris said Trump told Republicans to reject a bipartisan immigration bill because “he preferred to run on a problem instead of fixing a problem.” The interview was part of a direct appeal by Harris on Wednesday to Republican voters in this year’s US presidential election, as she highlighted Republican support for her campaign in a battleground county in Pennsylvania before appearing on conservative-leaning Fox News. Harris was asked in the Fox News interview about her recent comment that there was “not a thing” she would change about the actions of the Biden administration, responding: “let me be very clear, my presidency will not be a continuation of Joe Biden’s presidency,” but she did not elaborate. Earlier, in Bucks County, outside of Philadelphia, Harris emphasised Trump’s attempt to overturn his election loss four years ago, when he lost the White House to current President Joe Biden. Harris said Trump’s actions violated the US Constitution and, if given the chance, he will violate it again. “He refused to accept the will of the people and the results of a free and fair election. He sent a mob, an armed mob, to the United States Capitol, where they violently assaulted police officers, law enforcement officials and threatened the life of his own vice president,” Harris said. “No matter your party, no matter who you voted for last time, there is a place for you in this campaign,” Harris said. Harris was asked about the Middle East and the threat posed by Iran. She said she has worked with the heads of the military to do what America must always do, which is to allow Israel to have the resources to defend itself from attack, “including from Iran and Iran’s territist proxies in the region. And my commitment to that is unwaivering”. The screen showed a graphic listing “Iran oil revenue”. Harris talked over Baier, continuing her answer about the Middle East as he tried to press her. He stopped speaking. She said, “I would like that we have a conversation that is grounded in the facts”. “Yes ma’am,” he said. “Madam vice-president they’re rapping me very hard here, I hope you got to say what you wanted about President Trump,” Baier said. Harris said she has a lot more to say about Trump. She invited people to visit her website. Baier interrupted her again, she talked over him, listing the policies that would be found on her website. Former Democrat congressman Harold Ford Junior, on Fox news, says that Harris should be proud of her performance tonight, and that it shows that there are benefits to coming on Fox. “Tonight was a sign and a signal to the country about why we need more debates between candidates,” he says. He says Harris “Has to be pleased with how she performed this evening”. Brit Hume, Fox political analyst, says Harris was strong in some ways, but avoided answering other questions, including how she will differ from Biden. He says partisans will be pleased with her performance, they’ll say “Yay, Kamala,” he says. “But if people have doubts about her I don’t think she cleared them up”. Fox news presenters have said, variously, that Harris was strong on some answers, thin on others, and that other answers “won’t pass the smell test” – that last comment from Fox news host Dana Perino. She was praised for coming on Fox and allowing herself to “think on her toes” in a tough interview, rather than the interviews until now, which a Fox host said had been soft. "I would like that we have a conversation that is grounded in the facts", says Harris The screen shows a graphic listing “Iran oil revenue”. Harris is talking over Baier. He stops. She says, “I would like that we have a conversation that is grounded in the facts”. “Yes ma’am,” he says. “Madam vice-president they’re rapping me very hard here, I hope you got to say what you wanted about President Trump,” he says. Harris says she has a lot more to say about Trump. She invites people to visit her website. Baier interrupts her, she talks over him, listing the policies that would be found on her website. Harris is asked about the Middle East and the threat posed by Iran. She says she has worked with the heads of the military to do what America must always do, which is to allow Israel to have the resources to defend itself from attack, “including from Iran and Iran’s territist proxies in the region. And my commitment to that is unwaivering”. Harris pressed on Biden"s "mental faculties", defends him and pivots to Trump"s fitness for office Harris is asked “when did you first notice that President Biden’s mental faculties appeared diminished"?” She says Biden had the judgment and experience to do what he needs to do on behalf of the American people. Baier presses her. “You met with him once a week for three years, you didn’t have any concerns?” Harris said the people who knew Trump (not Biden) best, have said he is unfit to be president ever again. Harris appears unruffled and forceful, but Baier is pressing her. She is pressed again on how she would differ from Biden, and answers again by talking about how she would differ from Trump. Baier asks, if people are sick of Trump, why does half the country support him. “It’s not supposed to be easy,” Harris says. Baier asks if the people supporting Trump are “misguided”, or “stupid”. “Oh no, I would never say that,” Harris says forcefully. She pivots to Trump talking about the “enemy from within”. Baier plays a clip of Trump saying he has been prosecuted repeatedly. Harris says, that was not the clip of him talking about the enemy from within. “You and I both know,” she says, that he has talked repeatedly about the enemy within, locking up people who don’t agree with him. Harris’s voice is rising – you can hear a faint echo as it gets louder in the room in which they’re sitting. Harris pressed on how she would differ from Biden They want a president who has a plan for the future, Harris continues. Trump would give tax cuts to billionaires, she says. Baier then plays a clips of Harris being asked how she is different about Biden, and her replying without saying she would do things differently. Harris responds saying that she welcomes ideas, including from Republicans, on what to do differently when she is president. She mentions her plans for first-time home buyers and small business owners. Baier says “we’ve heard a lot about those plans in recent days”, and then asks Harris, referring to her campaign slogan, how she would turn the page. Harris says that Trump’s rhetoric is based on who you would beat down. She says she would turn the page on rhetoric people “are frankly exhausted of, Brett”. Harris says that she is the only person running for president who has prosecuted criminals. Baier turns to an ad from the Trump campaign that plays a clip of Harris supporting gender-affirming surgery for prisoners. Part of the ad is played. Harris says, again, she supports the law. She says that the ad is like throwing stones from a glass house. Baier asks if she would still advocate for using taxpayer dollars to fund gender-affirming surgery. She says again that she will follow the law, and pivots to Trump. He spent $20m on that ad, she says. She says that Trump does not have a plan, and pivots to the economy. “My plans for the economy will strengthen the economy,” she says. She says experts, including Nobel Laureates, have said so. She says that Trump’s plan would weaken the economy. Harris pressed on immigration Bret Baier has asked Kamala Harris repeatedly about immigration. You supported allowing immigrants in the country illegally to apply for drivers licences and to apply for free healthcare, he says. Do you still support those things? The vice-president says it was five years ago that she said those things, and that what she supports is the law. Baier presses her and again, she says she and Tim Walz believe in supporting and enforcing the law. Harris sits for interview with Fox News Kamala Harris’s interview with the rightwing Fox News TV channel airs in just a few minutes. In perhaps the most dramatic moment yet in a recent media blitz by the Democratic presidential nominee, her sit-down with chief political anchor, Bret Baier, is due to be broadcast at the top of the hour. It comes as Democrats have increased their presence on Fox News in an outreach to undecided voters and Republicans whom they hope are souring on Donald Trump and ready to switch. The appearance is the latest in a string of media interviews intended to boost her candidacy with less than three weeks to go until the presidential vote. The broadcast comes just a few hours after Harris held a rally in Pennsylvania with more than 100 senior Republicans, including former members of Congress, where she warned that Trump was a threat to US democracy and should never again stand behind the seal of the president of the United States. Armed man arrested near Trump rally sues sheriff – report The man who was arrested on gun possession charges near a Donald Trump rally in California last Saturday has sued the sheriff who oversaw his apprehension, in federal court, according to a new report. The man, Vem Miller of Las Vegas, accuses the sheriff whose deputies detained him, Riverside sheriff Chad Bianco, of knowingly defaming him by falsely saying he was a threat and may have even aspired to kill Trump, the Palm Springs Desert Sun newspaper reported. Miller’s presence spurred significant safety concerns when he was arrested near the rally in Coachella Valley with guns in his truck, although he said he was a major supporter of the former US president and would never harm him. The Desert Sun reported: “The lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court alleges Bianco spread those lies in several media appearances he made touting the arrest because he wanted to falsely portray himself as a ‘heroic sheriff’ who had saved Trump from another assassination attempt.” The lawsuit also names the country and 10 sheriff’s deputies, the outlet reports. Kamala Harris said she wants to lead a campaign that is “not a fight against something, it is a fight for something”. At the bipartisan event, the Democratic nominee presented herself as the face of “a fight for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic about what we can achieve together, Republicans, Democrats and independents who want to move past the politics of division and blame”. The classic stump speech language was notable for the sharp contrast with Donald Trump’s raw, divisive style and pessimistic warnings at his rallies of a dystopian America under the Democratic party. At the rally in Bucks county, just outside Philadelphia, were former members of Congress Adam Kinzinger, Denver Riggleman and Barbara Comstock, former Georgia lieutenant governor Geoff Duncan and about 100 other Republicans. There has not been any sign of such bipartisanship with Trump, where groups of former Democratic politicians would endorse and rally for the Republican nominee. People in the crowd are holding up signs saying “country over party” and Harris leaned into the bipartisan nature of the event as she gave blistering, unequivocal warnings about the threat she sees from Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president and her opponent in this 5 November election. Before Harris wrapped up the succinct speech, she appealed to people across the party divide who also believe that Donald Trump should not return to the White House as president because he is unfit and a threat to US democracy. “To those of you who are watching who share that view, no matter your party, no matter who you voted for last time, there is a place for you in this campaign. The coalition we have built has room for everyone who is ready to turn the page on the chaos and instability of Donald Trump,” she said. She promised to reach across the aisle if voted in next month. And she closed by saying voters face the choice between her leadership “that builds consensus and focuses on making life better for you and … the choice of someone who I think we can guarantee will sit in the Oval Office plotting retribution, stewing in his own grievances and think only about himself and not you”. Harris closed with a plea for people to stand up together for the rule of law, “our democratic ideals and for the constitution of the United States”. "Trump must never again stand behind the seal of the president" - Harris Kamala Harris is really fired up and not pulling her punches on this stage in Pennsylvania this afternoon, alongside Republicans including former members of congress. “I have sworn an oath to uphold the Constitution…and I have never wavered from upholding that oath. And this is a profound difference between Donald Trump and me. He who violated the oath…and…if given the chance will violate it again,” Harris said. She then stated to loud cheers: “Donald Trump lost the 2020 election” but then he refused to accept the result. Moments later she said that she believes Trump seeks “unchecked power” and she cited former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, General Mark Milley, in as much as he “is saying no-one has ever been as dangerous to our country as Donald Trump.” She added: “Anyone who tramples on our democratic values as Donald Trump has, anyone who has called for, quote, the termination of the Constitution of the United States as Donald Trump has must never again stand behind the seal of the President of the United States. Never again, never again.”