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FRONTLINE investigates the lives and characters of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump as they seek the presidency. This journalism is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station here: / In November’s historic election, Americans will decide who will lead the nation for the next four years: Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump. “The Choice 2024” is the latest installment of FRONTLINE’s critically acclaimed election-year special that has been praised as “richly detailed” (The Wall Street Journal) and “completely riveting” (The Washington Post). The two-hour documentary draws on dozens of revealing interviews with those who know Trump and Harris best to present deeply reported narrative arcs of both candidates’ lives, going all the way back to their childhoods. To trace Harris’ journey from 1960s Berkeley through her rise as a prosecutor and leading up to her time as the first Black, South Asian and female vice president, “The Choice 2024” team spoke to some of Harris’ childhood friends, college classmates, advisors in California and in the White House, and journalists who have covered her career. To chronicle Trump’s path from New York real estate, to entertainment, to politics, the team tapped into a vast collection of interviews from his 2016 campaign days through the present, with everyone from his niece to business and television associates, biographers, and advisors who worked with him in the White House. The documentary takes viewers inside key moments in each candidate’s life and examines who Harris and Trump are, how they lead, what shaped their characters, and how they arrived at their dueling visions for America’s future. “The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump” is a FRONTLINE production with Kirk Documentary Group, Ltd. The director is Michael Kirk. The producers are Michael Kirk, Mike Wiser, Vanessa Fica and Philip Bennett. The writers are Michael Kirk and Mike Wiser. The reporters are Vanessa Fica and Brooke Nelson Alexander. The editor-in-chief and executive producer of FRONTLINE is Raney Aronson-Rath. Explore reporting related to “The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump” on our website: #Election2024 #KamalaHarris #DonaldTrump #Politics #Documentary Subscribe on YouTube: Instagram: X: Facebook: FRONTLINE is produced at GBH in Boston and airs nationwide on PBS. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional support for FRONTLINE is provided by the Abrams Foundation, Park Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the FRONTLINE Journalism Fund, with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation, and additional support from Suzanne and Mark Colodny, and Koo and Patricia Yuen. Support for “The Choice 2024“ is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation. CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Prologue 01:43 - Donald Trump’s Childhood & Experiences at the New York Military Academy 06:32 - Kamala Harris’ Childhood & Upbringing During the Civil Rights Era 12:24 - How Trump’s Relationship With His Father, Fred Trump, Shaped Him 16:17 - How Harris’ Time in Montreal & Friendship With Wanda Kagan Shaped Her 20:22 - Trump, His Father’s Real Estate Business & Legal Troubles 26:24 - Harris at Howard University & How She Became a Prosecutor 31:18 - How Trump Sought to Make a Name for Himself in Manhattan 35:53 - Harris’ Time as District Attorney of San Francisco 40:50 - Trump’s Early Foray Into Politics & Roger Stone’s Influence 46:57 - San Francisco DA Harris’ Response to the Killing of a Police Officer 55:09 - Trump, “The Apprentice” & the Birther Conspiracy Theory Against Obama 01:01:17 - As California’s Attorney General, Harris Takes on Mortgage Fraud, For-Profit Colleges & Big Oil Cases 01:05:18 - Trump’s Alliance With Televangelist Paula White & His 2016 Campaign for President 01:10:55 - Harris’ 2016 U.S. Senate Campaign & Win 01:15:34 - Trump’s Tenure as U.S. President, From Foreign Policy to the COVID-19 Pandemic 01:22:53 - Harris’ 2019 Presidential Campaign & Becoming Vice President in 2021 1:29:13 - Trump’s Response to the 2020 Presidential Election Results & the Jan. 6 Capitol Attack 01:35:22 - Harris’ Tenure as Vice President 01:43:42 - Trump’s Life After Presidency: Court Cases & Nomination As Republican Presidential Candidate 01:47:35 - As Biden Steps Aside, Harris Becomes the Democratic Presidential Candidate 01:51:15 - The Choice American Voters Face in the 2024 Presidential Election 01:52:16 - Credits
