strzok was very effective. regardless of what you think about what he did yes, it was inappropriate what he did. given his role in this investigation, he should not have been doing it, but i thought he was pretty effective. do you think this is why they stopped allowing him to answer? when he would get one word out, they would cut him off or make their questions statements instead of questions. sure. let me take you on the other side of this, don. i ve done a lot of hearings in my life. some were friendly. a lot were hostile. before the iraq war i did a lot of hostile hearings with former cia director george tenet. when you re in that situation, especially in an open hearing, when members of congress, republicans and democrats know they re on a camera, one of the questions you have is am i going to walk out of this room making news or not? i don t know mr. strzok, but if i were him walking into this hearing, i d have a simple question. my reputation has been damaged. it s been dama
only t-mobile lets you watch your favorite movies and shows in more places, without paying more. get an unlimited family plan with netflix on us. and right now at t-mobile, buy one samsung galaxy s9 and get one free. embattled fbi agent peter strzok forcefully defending himself at a fiery day-long hearing. house republicans accusing him of bias in the russia investigation over anti-trump text messages he sent to a former colleague. i want to talk more about this with someone political analyst patrick healey, national security and legal analyst susan hennessy, and counterterrorism
individuals in the federal government have personal political beliefs. that s not the same thing as bias, so they have an obligation to take those political believes and whenever they hit the front door of the fbi or other parts of the federal government, they set them aside and serve the american people. one thing that was astounding about the hearing today was the degree to which congress, especially the majority members of congress, appeared unable to even understand the concept that you could have a political view and not have it impact your work, as if it was so foreign they couldn t even comprehend it. you know, for individuals who work in federal law enforcement, who work in the intelligence community, all across the united states government and the united states military, this is not a concept that s difficult to wrap their minds around. so i really do think that at some level, it reflects on the characters of the individuals who are asking it and who are failing to understand,
reputation further, or am i going to make news? tell me which of those he did. i didn t see any news in the hearing today beyond the fact that republicans and democrats can t conduct a sensible hearing for the american people. and i didn t see him damaging himself. so i would go back and say the republicans wanted him to say something that would be embarrassing. he didn t, so they wanted him to move on. i agree with you. they wanted him to say something stupid, and he didn t. speaking of that, in that vein, they made him read the text messages out loud. we re going to play that, and you ll see it for yourself, next.
re-opening of the case again. so behind the scenes, they were able to do it. so the news that you re hearing today of course is new to a lot of people, but this was something that we already knew about. it was re-opened in 2004, they exhumed his body, did an autopsy and decided against charges. what happened? unfortunately, a grand jury decided not to indict the two remaining people who were still alive who could have been prosecuted for the kidnapping and murder of emmett till, that was carolyn bryant, who we re all speaking about today, and henry lee loggins, one of the black men who was forced to participate in the murder. why do you think it would be different? do you think it will be different this time around? that s a great question. you have to have hope. those of us who have fought for civil rights in this country and continue to fight for civil rights in this country, and justice, you can only hold on to hope and faith that justice will prevail. yes, this is a 63-some