Harris to sit for interview with MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle 

Vice President Harris will sit for an interview with MSNBC on Wednesday evening, the cable news channel said.

The interview, which will air on the network at 7 p.m. EDT, will be conducted by host Stephanie Ruhle in Pittsburgh, where the vice president is campaigning this week.

MSNBC did not provide additional details on the planned sit-down, noting only the conversation would be one-on-one between Ruhle and Harris and air as part of a special two-hour block of “All In with Chris Hayes.”

Pundit Joy Reid regularly hosts a show in the 7 p.m. hour on MSNBC, a channel that features a slew of hosts who are routinely and sharply critical of former President Trump and his allies.

Last week, during an appearance on Bill Maher’s program on Max, Ruhle said Harris is “not running for perfect.”

“She’s running against Trump, we have two choices,” the host said. “There are some things you might not know the answer to and in 2024, unlike 2016 for a lot of the American people, we know exactly what Trump will do, who he is and the kind of threat he is to democracy.”

The sit down with Ruhle will be only the second with a major broadcast or cable network the Democratic nominee has participated in since accepting the party’s nomination for president last month.

Harris recently sat down with CNN’s Dana Bash for a wide-ranging conversation that included her vice presidential pick, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D).

The vice president has opted for a number of interviews and appearances with local media outlets in key swing states over the last several weeks and is under intensifying pressure from Republicans to sit for more national interviews.

Harris over the weekend announced she accepted an invitation from CNN to debate Trump a second time, though the former president has indicated he is unwilling to participate citing the beginning of early voting.

Updated at 9:14 a.m. EDT