Kamala Harris wants to 'regain the trust of Americans' in US run Senator Kamala Harris says she "wants to regain the trust of Americains" during her first public speech after announcing that she is seeking to become the first African American woman to hold the office of US president. She also comments on the shutdown, saying US president Donald Trump is "holding the American people hostage over a vanity project that he calls a wall." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES