Bill Whitaker Presses Kamala Harris on Economic Plan [Video]

CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker pressed Vice President Kamala Harris to explain how exactly she intends to enact her economic plan.

During a special election edition of 60 Minutes — scheduled to air Monday night — Harris was asked to elaborate on her plan to strengthen the country’s economy. As she went over the broad strokes about investing in the middle class and small businesses, Whitaker asked how she’d be able to pay for it:

WHITAKER: But pardon me, Madam Vice President, the question was how are you going to pay for it?

HARRIS: Well, one of the things I’m going to make sure [is] that the richest among us — who can afford it — pay their fair share in taxes. It is not right that teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations and I plan on making that fair.

WHITAKER: But we’re dealing with the real …