Kamala Harris faces 60 Minutes grilling over economic plans and whether Netanyahu is an ‘ally’

In a wide-ranging interview with CBS's 60 Minutes, the vice-president was questioned on where her political positions had shifted

Kamala Harris defended her economic plans, refused to call Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu a close ally and said she would not meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin for peace talks if Ukraine was not also represented, during a wide-ranging sit-down interview that aired on Monday.

With the presidential race between Harris and Donald Trump effectively dead-locked, Harris has launched an unusually robust media blitz, which includes popular podcasts, talk radio, a battleground state town hall, daytime television, late night shows and Monday's network sit-down on CBS's 60 Minutes prime-time election special.