Vice President Kamala Harris sat down for an interview on “60 Minutes” on Monday in which she dodged or refused to give specifics about her plans for the country.

Less than a month before the election, CBS correspondent Bill Whitaker repeatedly pressed Harris for details on how she should fund her economic proposals, whether President Biden’s loose immigration policies were a mistake and how a Harris foreign policy would differ from Biden’s or the former President Donald Trump. There were several moments where Whitaker had to ask more questions after Harris didn’t answer his inquiries directly.

Overall, the Democratic vice president was little different from her 2020 candidate, the incumbent President of the United States. CBS said its Republican rival, former President Trump, declined an invitation to appear on “60 Minutes,” although the Trump campaign said there was never a formal agreement for Trump to appear on the show.

Here are some standout moments from the Harris interview.

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Bill Whitaker interviewed Vice President Kamala Harris on an episode of “60 Minutes” that aired Monday night. (Screenshots/CBS News)

1. Harris’ foreign policy would be consistent with Biden’s

Whitaker asked Harris about the ongoing crises in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, with Israel under attack by Iranian proxies and Ukraine persistently fighting Russian invasion. In her answers, Harris didn’t do much to distinguish her foreign policy from that of the current administration.

On Israel, Harris reiterated Biden’s call for an end to the war with Hamas, but recognized the Jewish nation’s right to defend itself after the massacre of October 7, 2023, when terrorists slaughtered 1,200 people and returned 250 prisoners to Gaza.

“I maintain that Israel has the right to defend itself. That’s what we would do. And how it does that is important. Far too many innocent Palestinians were killed. This war must end,” Harris said.

Whitaker noted that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has resisted the Biden-Harris administration’s call for a ceasefire with Hamas, even though the United States has given Israel billions of dollars in military aid. Asked whether the US had no influence over Netanyahu, Harris dodged the question and stuck to the embassy, ​​emphasizing the current administration’s diplomatic efforts.

“The work we do diplomatically with the leadership of Israel is a continuous effort to clarify our principles,” she said.

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Vice President Kamala Harris sits down for a “60 Minutes” interview on CBS. (CBS News)

Whitaker urged: “But it appears that Prime Minister Netanyahu is not listening.”

Harris declined to respond to that point. “We will not stop pursuing what is necessary to ensure that the United States is clear about where we stand on the need to end this war.”

On Europe, Harris stood by Biden’s position that Ukraine must be included in any solution to the war with Russia.

“There will be no success in ending this war without Ukraine and the UN Charter being involved in what that success looks like,” she said.

In a final statement, Harris said she would not meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss ending the war without Ukrainian representatives present. However, she was less specific about whether Ukraine should join NATO.

“These are all issues that we will deal with when the time comes. Right now, we support Ukraine’s ability to defend itself against unprovoked aggression from Russia,” Harris said. “Donald Trump, if he were president, Putin would be sitting in Kyiv right now. He talks about, oh, he can finish it on day one. Do you know what that is? It’s about surrender.”

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Vice President Kamala Harris visits the U.S.-Mexico border with John Modlin, chief of the U.S. Border Patrol’s Tucson Sector, right, in Douglas, Arizona, on September 27, 2024. (REBECCA NOBLE/AFP via Getty Images)

2. Harris wouldn’t take responsibility for Biden’s immigration record

Whitaker confronted Harris about her apparent mishandling of immigration, noting that she supported Biden’s efforts to reverse Trump’s tough policies even as a historic surge of illegal immigrants crossed the border. Now the vice president has “accepted President Biden’s recent actions against asylum seekers,” he said.

Whitaker asked: “Now if that is the right answer, why hasn’t your administration taken these steps in 2021?”

Harris responded by pointing to Republicans in Congress who backed out of a bipartisan agreement on a border security law negotiated by Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla. “Donald Trump has learned that this bill is underway and could be passed. And he wants to address a problem rather than solve a problem. So he told his friends in Congress to kill the bill. “Don’t let him get ahead,” she said.

But Whitaker pushed back against the vice president, noting that in the first three years of the Biden-Harris administration, border arrivals quadrupled and neither Biden nor Harris took action.

“Was it a mistake to loosen immigration policy as much as you did?”

Harris didn’t answer the question, but assured that her administration had offered solutions “literally from day one.”

“We need Congress to be able to act to actually solve the problem,” she said, echoing Biden again.

3. Harris would raise taxes to fund her $3 trillion economic plan

To combat inflation, Harris said she would ask Congress to pass a federal ban on food and grocery price gouging. It would increase the child tax credit to $6,000, give first-time home buyers $25,000 as a down payment and offer generous support to people starting small businesses.

The bipartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget has estimated that the total cost of their economic proposals would add $3 trillion to the federal deficit over the next decade.

“How are you going to pay for that?” Whitaker asked.

“Okay, so the other economists who reviewed my plan versus my opponent and concluded that my economic plan would strengthen the American economy, his plan would weaken it,” Harris replied. “But my plan, Bill, if you don’t mind, my plan is to say: When you invest in small businesses, you invest in the middle class and you strengthen the American economy. Small businesses are part of the backbone of the American economy.”

HARRIS SAYS RICH AMERICANS AND BUSINESSES WILL PAY HIGHER TAXES TO FUND ECONOMIC PLAN

Whitaker pressed again. “Excuse me, Madam Vice President. The question was: How are you going to pay for it?”

The Democratic candidate’s response was that the rich should “pay their fair share of taxes.”

“It’s not right that teachers, nurses and firefighters pay a higher tax rate than billionaires and the largest corporations, and I intend to make that fair,” Harris claimed.

Whitaker doubled down, declaring, “We’re dealing with the real world here,” and noting that Congress has shown no inclination to raise taxes.

“I don’t agree with you,” Harris replied. “There are many leaders in Congress who understand and know that the Trump tax cuts have driven up our federal deficit.”

“None of us, and certainly not me, can afford to be myopic when it comes to how I think about strengthening the American economy,” she continued. “Let me tell you something. I am a religious official. They know I’m a capitalist too, and I know the limits of government.”

Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally at the Dort Financial Center in Flint, Michigan, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

4. Harris says she is a gun owner and owns a Glock

After a discussion about foreign policy, Whitaker took a “hard left turn” and asked Harris about her recent admission of being a gun owner.

“I have a Glock and have for some time,” Harris said after asking what kind of gun she had. “And I mean, look, my background is in law enforcement, and there you have it.”

Harris was San Francisco district attorney from 2004 to 2011 and California attorney general from 2011 to 2017 before being elected to the U.S. Senate and later chosen as Biden’s 2020 running mate.

She told Whitaker she fired her pistol “at a shooting range.”

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5. Harris addresses voters’ uncertainty about her

Although Harris served in government for decades before becoming vice president, she remains a largely unknown figure in national politics. She did not run for president in the 2024 Democratic primary and only became a candidate two and a half months ago, when Biden decided to drop out of the race amid mounting pressure from Democrats who feared he was too old to win.

“A quarter of registered voters still say they don’t know you,” Whitaker told Harris. They don’t know what drives you. And why do you think that is the case? What’s the break?”

“It’s a choice, Bill,” Harris replied. “And I take it seriously that I have to earn everyone’s vote. This is an election for President of the United States. No one should be able to assume that they can simply declare themselves a candidate and automatically receive support.”

“You have to earn it. And that’s what I plan to do.”