Harris is to be interviewed, Trump rejects the “60 Minutes” election special

Only Vice President Kamala Harris will appear on a “60 Minutes” contestant hour after former President Donald Trump, who previously agreed to appear on the show, decided not to participate in the Monday, Oct. 7, special.

“For more than half a century, ’60 Minutes’ has invited Democrats and Republicans to appear on our show as Americans go to the polls,” 60 Minutes said in a statement. “This year, both the Harris and Trump campaigns agreed to sit down with 60 Minutes. Vice President Harris will speak with correspondent Bill Whitaker. After initially accepting 60 Minutes’ request for an interview with Scott Pelley, former President Trump’s campaign has decided against Pelley’s broadcast of the Harris interview this Monday evening as planned.

Harris and Trump have only debated once and have no other debates scheduled before then Election on November 5th.

According to CBS News, in advance of the candidate hour, Trump was the first candidate to accept the “60 Minutes” request for an interview for the special broadcast through campaign spokespeople. It was agreed that both candidates would be given equal time during the broadcast. “60 Minutes” will stick to its agreement with Harris and has campaign interviews scheduled for this week.

Trump campaign communications director Steven Cheung said in a statement that Trump’s team did not agree to an interview.

“Fake news,” Cheung said in a post on “also insisted on conducting live fact-checking, which is unprecedented.”

Harris is expected to speak on a wide range of topics, including the economy, immigration and the ongoing wars in Ukraine and Israel.

The vice president previously met with Whitaker last year. She was also interviewed by Norah O’Donnell, anchor of “CBS Evening News” and correspondent of “60 Minutes.” 2020.

Trump met with “60 Minutes” Senator Mike Wallace in 1985, and Pelley was there 2015 and Lesley Stahl twice in 2016, First in July this year and then again November 2016. He also spoke to Stahl again 2018 and 2020. He particularly left the house during that time 2020 Interview with Stahl.

Democratic vice presidential candidate Gov. Tim Walz and Republican Sen. JD Vance have also been invited to participate in the Oct. 7 broadcast. The couple is set on debate with each other Tuesday at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City. O’Donnell will moderate the debate alongside “Face the Nation” host and chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan.