How to pronounce “kamal” in English

Kamal Sarma: Time and effort, yeah, most definitely.

Kamal Sarma: Twice?

Kamal Sarma: Not having influence.

Kamala. I I don't I I don't have I wouldn't say that I understand her.

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Kamala, I just want it to be someone with a backbone.

Kamala Harris to fail. That is not what I want for a candidate here. Um, and and

Kamala Harris, which I do have to ask about. Like, how does that fit within the premise of bringing people in that

Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, and bringing in dead last, Kirsten Gillibrand.

Kamala Harris: 'Cause I wanna do the job.

Kamala Harris: I'm one of two daughters of parents who met when they were graduate students at the University of California Berkeley in the 1960's.

Kamala Harris: And-and I have prosecuted many cases. From the ground up I've been in-in many courtrooms talking with juries about why in a civil and-and just society, there

Kamala Harris: Sure. The general point that I'd make about our challenges is that I think for-for too long we in government and in public offices have-have not embraced what you have

Kamala Harris: and then you will reconvene and then create a new hypothesis.

Kamala Harris: We-we-we dealt with the fact that they also many of them are parents who have a natural desire to parent their children, but not necessarily the skills. So we brought

Kamala Harris: assumes when they do something differently in government.

Kamala Harris: and-and create models and improve the lives of people is when you are willing to invest in innovation and-and encourage a standard of business that is not based on

Kamala Harris: but instead based on what is your reason for being.

Kamala Harris: Yes. >>David: that-that came out last year, "Smart on Crime". And can you expand a little bit more on-on some of this? I mean your-your

Kamala Harris: We have to recognize that we have been I think misguided for a long time in terms of how we categorize one's criminal justice policy perspective. We have suggested

Kamala Harris: Talk tough around reacting and then if you talk about other issues that's soft. Well I would suggest to you that's misguided

Kamala Harris: will ever be imprinted in the life of that person if we don't take seriously what is happening with that child when they are a child.

Kamala Harris: I would not be standing here or sitting here were it not for the education I received. And I believe a child going without an education is tantamount to a crime. So

Kamala Harris: about San Francisco politics you'll know half the room booed and the other half stood up and clapped. And let me tell you, but and my staff went bananas because

Kamala Harris: and asking the question about why her children aren't in school, we were able to figure it out and get her access to services that exist. Of course her children's

Kamala Harris: So I would suggest that there are many approaches that we can take recognizing the power of these offices and also recognizing that-that we can have some impact if we are

Kamala Harris: and take it seriously. >>David: Right.

Kamala Harris: I'd say the difference between us is really the difference between the defense of status quo. >David: Um-hum.

Kamala Harris: And-and what we should be willing to do to be critical of existing systems and then adopt innovation and move forward. So, for example, one of my key areas of focus

Kamala Harris: and accuracy? So that's another priority for me. I don't, you can ask him what he thinks about these things, but I haven't heard him talk about

Kamala Harris: to say that we want high standards around greenhouse gas emissions.

Kamala Harris: around solar panel tech, and-and building economies and all of this, right? Well this is what AB 32 would encourage and-and-and facilitate.

Kamala Harris: I've done that. >>David: Right, right.

Kamala Harris: He has dis, decimated -- >>David: Right.

Kamala Harris: his unit in his office -- >>David: Right.

Kamala Harris: and has not taken a position on AB -- David: Right. >>Kamala Harris: 32.

Kamala Harris: I have been very clear in my opposition to Prop 8 and at this point in time I think it is, it is, it is inappropriate at best for anyone running for Attorney General

Kamala Harris: It's-it's-it's just, it's the reality of-of running statewide and there is no other way to talk with voters other than talking with them through television.

Kamala Harris: It is the county with the largest population in the state and so he is a very significant opponent. We are neck and neck in the polling. Right now there is

Kamala Harris: We're neck and neck in fund raising. And-and there is a lot at stake.

Kamala Harris: My opponent will use that as a soft on crime card to suggest that I am not committed to doing the work that needs to be done by law enforcement, which is absolutely

Kamala Harris: So there are a lot of issue that are gonna come up that are gonna be red herrings in this campaign because I will tell you that among the many important issues that

Kamala Harris: So I've done that work. I would suggest to you that's a priority. I would suggest to you the-the conversation we're having about the environment is a priority.

Kamala Harris: I, and I think for too long we have suggested that they-they-they are partisan or ideological issues, when they're not. I've never seen anybody go up and-and

Kamala Harris: And so what expectation of privacy do you attach to whatever is placed in that particular place as it relates to that house?

Kamala Harris: Well now because of technology I can take something from you because I copy it, but you still have it. Right? >>David: Yeah. So you're takin' the value

Kamala Harris: Yeah. >>David: the 20th century. Well one of the ways in which its different is people have a lot more interest or a lot, a lot less concern

Kamala Harris: That's right. >>David: and hard to find.

Kamala Harris: That's exactly right. >>David: And now -- Kamala Harris: That's right. >>David: technology makes it easy to find -- >>Kamala Harris: That's right.