>> WE'RE IN. WE'RE NO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA IN CAN KUN KAMALA
HARRIS KNOW YOUR NEW NOMINEE. CAN SHE WIN PENNSYLVANIA?
>> ABSOLUTELY. HE CAN. SHE HAS A LOT OF ENERGY AND THERE'S A
LOT OF EXCITEMENT FOR HER. AND I DO THINK THAT YOU CAN WIN
THE STATE.
>> YOU ARE SOMEBODY WHO INSISTED TO THE VERY END THAT
BIDEN WAS GOING TO BE THE NOMINEE AND THAT HE WAS GOING
TO STAY IN THE RACE.
YOU KNOW, WHY WERE YOU AND OTHER PROGRESSIVE SO DUG IN AT
THAT POINT? DID YOU HARBOR
CONCERNS LIKE MANY OF YOUR COLLEAGUES THAT HE HE MAY NOT
HAVE BEEN THE STRONGEST CANDIDATE TO BE AT THE TOP OF
THE TICKET?
>> WHEN IT WAS RESPECTED, HE ONE 14 MILLION VOTES. HE SHOULD
GET TO MAKE THAT DECISION AS HE DID. AND I WANTED TO GIVE HIM
THAT RESPECT. BUT ALSO HE'S DOING BOLD PROGRESSIVE THINGS
AND A LOT OF PROGRESSIVES REALLY RESPECT HIM. THEY LIKE
HIS POLICIES. THEY LIKE THAT. HE'S I'M A RENT CAPS AND THE
STRENGTHENING SOCIAL SECURITY. AND SO WE HAD A GREAT WORKING
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
>> AND THEN FINALLY, JOSH SHAPIRO IS ONE OF THE FOLKS AT
THE TOP OF VP LIST FOR KAMALA HARRIS.
WHAT'S YOUR OWN TAKE ON ON THE VP STAKES? DO YOU THINK THAT HE
SHOULD BE
PICKED AS A RUNNING MATE OR DO YOU DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER
FAVORITE?
>> WELL, A LOT OF RESPECT FOR GOVERNORSHIP HERE. IN FACT,
HE KNEW I WAS COMING TO JOHNSTOWN. HE SENT A MESSAGE
SAYING ROWE, THIS IS EXACTLY THE TYPE OF WORK WE NEED AND
HE'S FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. HE DID A BRILLIANT
JOB WITH I-95 WHEN THAT WAS BEING CONSTRUCTED IN A FEW
WEEKS. AND I THINK HE'S ONE OF THE NATION'S GREATEST GOVERNORS
IN TERMS OF WHO THE PICK SHOULD BE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE
DECISION FOR VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS SAYS SHE NEEDS TO LOOK
AT ALL THE FACTORS AND I WILL GET 100% BEHIND WHOEVER SHE
PACKS.
>> AND JUST ONE LAST QUESTION, WHY IS THE GUY FROM SILICON
VALLEY OUT HERE IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, STEEL COUNTRY.
>> BUT REMEMBER, I'M A PENNSYLVANIA AND I GREW UP IN
PHILADELPHIA, GREW UP IN THE KNOX COUNTY WHERE THEY HAD A
LOT OF STEEL MILLS. I SAW THE DEA INDUSTRIALIZATION HAS
ALWAYS STAYED IN MY HEART. AND SO NOW THAT I'M IN THE
VALLEY AND WE'RE WORKING ON A ON TECHNOLOGY, I CAN WORK WITH
COMPANIES LIKE CLEVELAND-CLIFFS AND UNITED STEELWORKERS TO SAY
HOW DO WE BUILD MODERN STEEL PLANT? BECAUSE THE OLD STUFF
NOT COMING BACK. YOU CAN'T BUILD A STEEL PLANT FROM THE
1950'S IN JOHNSTOWN. BUT YOU CAN BUILD A MODERN STILL PLANS
TO TAKE THEIR BUILDING IN EUROPE AND ASIA AND PUT THEM
HERE IN JOHNSTOWN. PUT THEM IN PENNSYLVANIA. WHAT A GREAT
THING. IF I CAN DO THAT FROM THE STATE THAT GAVE ME SO MUCH
OPPORTUNITY GROWING UP