During flurry of media appearances, Harris proposes Medicare coverage for in-home care

Geoff: Election days now only 20 eight days away. Former president Donald Trump campaign in Pennsylvania, Colorado, and Nevada by week's end. Vice president Kamala Harris is also barnstorming, not in battleground states, but in a media blitz, on radio, podcasts, and television.

Lisa Desjardins has our report. Lisa: Vice president Harris campaigning in a flurry of media appearances. A friendly interview, but not to her opponent, former president Donald Trump.

>> They are exhausted with the lies. >> The daytime talk show, part of outreach to specific audiences. Today she unveiled a new proposal.

>> What I am proposing is that basically what we will do is allow medicare to cover in home health care. >> The idea would pay for in-home AIDS to help some on medicare who need help with basic functions and whose family struggle to meet those needs. Medicare would pay for it all at lower incomes with a call share at higher ones.

Some details are still coming, but Tricia Newman says it is a massive unmet need. >> So many people are struggling to find a way to care for aging parents or grandparents or spouse, even. This will touch the lives of a lot of families.

Lisa: Trump's on medicare so far -- >> President trump has talked about preserving medicare. He has talked about helping families with these kinds of costs, but there really are no details of his proposals. Lisa: Harris was also asked what she would do differently from president Biden.

>> I've been a part of most of the decisions that have had impact. >> You're going on the view, going on these shows. Lisa: The vice president also reach out across the ginger grab -- the gender gap speaking with Howard Stern.

Harris has been criticized for not doing more media interviews are holding a national press conference. >> She can't answer any questions. >> She won't even sit -- she won't even sit for an interview with the American media.

Lisa: But on 60 minutes last night, she called out trump for backing out on another debate. >> Watch his rallies. Lisa: As for trunk, he is doing other interviews.

He taped a town hall with fox News that aired last night. In which Harris and Biden were criticized for their hurricane response. >> He doesn't know what robust is.

Look, he should be there and she should be there. Lisa: That prompted a quick fact check from Ingram. >> North Carolina is so bad.

>> She was there today for three hours, I believe. Lisa: In a radio interview yesterday, trump is construed migrant crime numbers and raise the issue of bad genetics when talking about immigrants. >> A murderer, Aleve, it's in their genes.

And we have a lot of bad genes in our country right now. Lisa: Both candidates are on the air, Harris for a town hall on Thursday, and trump will take flight, heading out west to California for this weekend. For the pbs news hour, I'm Lisa Desjardins.