ALLEGING.
THE POWER.
>> Bill: ILHAN OMAR GAVE A
RARE SUNDAY INTERVIEW ON CBS.
I WANT TO PLAY A LITTLE BIT OF
THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW IT OR
NOT, BUT HERE IS PART OF THE
COMMENTARY ON THAT.
>> 9/11 WAS AN ATTACK ON ALL
AMERICANS, ON ALL OF US, AND I
CERTAINLY COULD NOT UNDERSTAND
THE WEIGHT OF THE PAIN THAT THE
VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES OF
THE 9/11 MUST FEEL.
I WAS SPEAKING TO THE FACT THAT
AS A MUSLIM, NOT ONLY WAS I
SUFFERING AS AN AMERICAN WHO WAS
ATTACKED ON THAT DAY, BUT THE
NEXT DAY I WOKE UP AS MY FELLOW
AMERICANS WERE NO TREATING ME AS
A SUSPECT.
>> Bill: SHE HAS BEEN IN THE
SPOTLIGHT EVER SINCE SHE WENT TO
WASHINGTON.
QUESTIONS LIKE THAT, A LOT OF
PEOPLE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT HER
EXPLANATION WAS.
THERE YOU HAVE IT.
I CERTAINLY COULD NOT UNDERSTAND
THE PAIN THAT THE FAMILIES WERE
FEELING, BUT THEN SHE SAID THAT
SHE WOKE UP AS MY FELLOW
AMERICANS WENT OUT TREATING ME
AS A SUSPECT.
YOU TAKE THAT AT FACE VALUE,
THAT WAS HER EXPERIENCE.
WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THE
EXPLANATION?
>> THIS IS ALL IN THE CONTEXT OF
HER STATEMENT THAT SOME PEOPLE
DID SOMETHING, WHICH IS HOW SHE
DESCRIBED THE ATTACKS ON OUR
COUNTRY.
SHE WAS ASKED ABOUT PEOPLE
FINDING THAT OFFENSIVE.
SHE DIDN'T TAKE BACK HER WORDS.
SHE DIDN'T SAY THAT SHE WAS
SORRY.
SHE MADE SEPTEMBER 11TH ALL
ABOUT WHAT SHE WAS FEELING.
HOW CAN SHE NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT
IT WAS LIKE?
EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT
THAT'S LIKE.
BUT SHE SAID, IT IS NOT AND WHAT
YOU JUST SHOWED, BUT MANY
AMERICANS HAD THEIR CIVIL
LIBERTIES STRIPPED AFTER
SEPTEMBER 11TH STRIP, WHICH IS
NOT TRUE.
NOBODY HAD THEIR CIVIL LIBERTIES
STRIPPED.
THAT IS WHAT WE WERE PROTECTING.
I FIND HER LACK OF EXPLANATION
TO BE TERRIBLY TROUBLING STILL.
SHE DOESN'T GET A SENSE OF WHAT
WAS.
>> Bill: HERE IS HOW SHE COULD
BE AN AMERICAN HERO.
JUST EXPLAIN YOUR STORY.
BORN IN SOMALIA, GREW UP IN A
REFUGEE CAMP IN KENYA.
I BELIEVE HER FAMILY WAS GRANTED
GREEN CARDS TO COME TO THE U.S.
SHE WAS AND OTHERS IN HER
FAMILY.
NOW SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT.
THAT IS AN AMERICAN SUCCESS
STORY.
MAYBE SHE WOULD FLY THE FLAG ON
THAT.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE AISLE WOULD ROLL
OUT THE RED CARPET FOR HER.
>> ALL THAT IS TRUE ABOUT HER
BACKGROUND, BUT IT DOESN'T
EXCUSE HER WHEN SHE SAYS SOME
PEOPLE DID SOMETHING.
NO.
NO PEOPLE DID SOMETHING.
WHAT HAPPENED WAS WE WERE
ATTACKED BY RADICAL ISLAMIC
TERRORISTS, AND HER FAILURE TO
SAY THAT IS THE BEGINNING OF HER
PROBLEM.
THAT SHE STILL WANT TO ATONE FOR
IT.
IT IS A STORY, AND I THINK AT
HEART, SHE IS TOO MUCH OF A
RADICAL.
I REALLY THINK YOU SEE IN HER,
IN HER ANTI-ISRAEL STATEMENTS,
OR OFFENSIVE STATEMENTS ABOUT
REPUBLICANS, ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT, OR DESIRE TO IMPEACH
THE PRESIDENT, THE WAY THAT
SHAPED FRAMES THAT ISSUE.
HEARING HOW OFFENSIVE IT IS,
EVEN IN THE WEEK
OF SEPTEMBER 11, FOR THE
FAMILIES WHO GATHER ONCE A YEAR
TO COMMEMORATE IT, SHE COULD
FIND IT IN HERSELF TO DESCRIBE