The sit-down interview with CNN was an attempt by the Harris campaign to stem the criticism that the vice president is yet to participate in an unscripted media event. So will this prime-time interview with Dana Bash silence her critics?

North American correspondent Farrah Tomazin writes:

In the end, the interview was short and friendly, allowing Harris to do a solid enough job traversing issues such as immigration, the economy, and the war in Gaza – but whether it will be enough to shift the needle in a race that is currently neck and neck is doubtful.

She avoided the major missteps that plagued her ill-fated first presidential bid in 2019 or her early vice presidency, when she occasionally looked unserious or as though she lacked policy depth.

She made the case to “turn the page” on Donald Trump and the division and chaos he sowed, offering a new way forward “fuelled by hope and by optimism”.

And she tried to explain her various policy U-turns, which Republicans have been highlighting for weeks in the hope of casting her as a “phony radical liberal” who lacks conviction.

The real test, however, will come on September 10, when Harris and Trump will face off in the first presidential debate in Philadelphia.

You can read more of Farrah’s analysis of the interview here.

This concludes our live coverage of Kamala Harris’ first prime-time interview as a presidential candidate. Thanks for reading.