jeff sessions a man who seemed obsessed with immigration issues. sessions once told him back in the old days, you all only hired irishmen, they were drunks but could be trusted, not like all these new people with nose rings and tattoos. a person close to the attorney general tells the wall street journal the idea of sessions saying a disparaging thing about anyone in law enforcement is laughable. california hit with heavy rain, snow, wind and flooding. sections of palm springs under water. authorities forced to close entire roads. seems like that playing out all over the state, including orange county. police forced to close several streets in the area. meantime, 50 homes were evacuated in sausalito after this massive mud slide. one woman who heard it describes the terrifying moments.
i have not run into many fbi agents with nose rings. by the way, sadly, i had a few in my neighborhood. none of them have nose rings. it s a shocking statement. it s bigotry. that s what that is. you could insert any other minority in this country into that, and the attorney general of the united states is making blanket aspersions about irish americans and cops, and it s really something. it s not the most headline grabbing thing in andy mccabe s book, but i think it gives you a sense of how somebody who spent his entire career at the bureau is reacting to this person who has now been installed at the attorney general. and making these kinds of casual comments. he was clearly offended by it, and it s objectively offensive. if there s a larger running theme, andrew mccabe is saying look, it seems as if everything was seen through the eyes of ethnicity. whether it was sessions or whether it was the president. when he was asking where did they come from or where did their parents com
more beverage choices, smaller portions, less sugar. balanceus.org time now for the lid. panel is back. shane harris, maria teresa kumar, bill kristol. when this day began, i think we thought we would be hearing more about andrew mccabe. obviously, in typical trump era fashion, some gigantic story steps on it and so be it. but i think the astounding thing today is what he had to say about jeff sessions. here s excerpt one. the fbi, this is his description of jeff sessions. andy mccabe s in the washington post. the fbi was better off when, quote, you all only hired irishman, he said about the worth force. they were drunks, but they could be trusted. not like all those new people with nose rings and tattoos. who knows what s they re doing?
it is obviously a pretty stark and colorful scene. i don t know about the context. it s hard to portray the people who were involved in this particular scenario as people with nose rings and so forth. comey and mccabe, all the people who were involved in the investigation are longtime veterans of the bureau, very straight arrow types or at least that s the perception they had in their careers prior to all this. white shirts and suits and ties and knotted up to the top. these are not young characters like that. these are traditional fbi agents. now, again, the trump people will make them out to be biased individuals but the people who have known them for many years talk about their long careers and professional investigations. i think whatever sessions meant by that could not apply to them. barb, i have to ask you, what s the chance the new real
the fbi was better off when you all only hired irishmen. they were drunks but they can be trusted. not like all these new people with nose rings and tattoos. who knows what they are doing. peter, how do we process that little vignette? it is obviously, dark and colorful scene. i don t know about the context. it is hard to portray the people who were involved in this particular scenario with people of nose rings and so forth. comey and mccabe, all the people who were involved in the investigation are long time veterans of the bureau, very straight arrow types or at least that s the perception they had and the career prior to all this. white shirts and suits and ties and knotted up to the top. these are not young characters like that.