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