what s wrong with that? some of those cases were overseas terrorist attacks. there were other issues on crimes. they weren t all domestic. that s exactly right.n the latest we have is the new american foundation, they found of the jihadi attacks and jihadi plot since 9/11, 192 were born in the u.s., 180 were foreign.ad bill: about 50/50. about that. not overwhelmingly foreign. bill: isn t it, though, when anybody makes a point, and i dom this every day, because i write the talking points memo, sometimes, you make a point, you exaggerate slightly. slightly. in this case, it looks to me like the president exaggerated slightly. he said that they were more overseas than here. it s about 50/50. would i be too kind to mr. trump? no, i think you would be near correct. t if you look at some of the attacks, for example, syed farook, san bernardino, his wife was born in pakistan.
produce evidence that thego trump campaign colluded with the russian government in defeating hillary clinton. there is no doubt about that. the question of russian hacking, a serious issue, there were hearings held in congress. by extension, when then-senator jeff sessions testified at his confirmation hearing for attorney general, the russian issue came up. if there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the trump campaign communicated with the russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do? senator franken, i am not aware of any of those activities. i have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign, and i did not have communications with the russians. and i am unable to comment on it. bill: now, last night, the washington post published a story that said then-senator sessions did meet with the russian ambassador twice last year. but if you were listening
closely, the question was about the trump campaign, not the former senator s duties on the armed services committee. today in a press conference, the attorney general reiterated that he was answering the russian question in the context of the trump campaign. he said he did nothing wrong, told the truth, but is recusing himself from the case. my staff recommended recusal. they said that since i had involvement with the campaign, i should not be involved in any campaign investigation. i have studied the rules and considered their comments and evaluations. i believe those recommendations are right and just. therefore, i have recused myself in the matters that deal with the trump campaign. bill: talking points believes mr. sessions did the right thing. the fbi is currently investigating whether russians influenced the presidential vote
although i tend to believe mr. sessions, that there wasn t any campaign chat with the russian ambassador. so hypocrisy off the chart. but again, sessions did the right thing. and, you know, the trump administration has got to convince people, mr. dupree,mi that it is in business to represent all americans, not just a segment of them. i think that s right. and, look, bill, i think this is good coming off the heels of the president s speech to the joint sessions of congress. the attorney general s remarks today fall into that category, they will be reasonable, take the interest of all the peopleda into account to make decisions based on the best of the country. bill: what i expect to hear tomorrow, mr. von spakovsky, a spin from the left, saying because the attorney general recused himself, he is somehow under suspicion, even though a recusal is not that. just basically, i don t want to have anything tainted. i want the investigation to go
bill, i m telling you, you are asking the wrong guy. because i don t do things for ratings. i appreciate ratings. i know this is a business we are in. i would rather get good ratings than mediocre ratings. but i would not say to colbert, i would not say to him, do anything you have to, bash him in the most unmerciful way, because it is going to get us bigger ratings. i would not do that. and i would lose my job before he would lose his job. i just can t do that. it is not something i don t like that kind of stuff. i m not against doing jokes. by the way, johnny carson did jokes about everybody. i have no idea what his politics were. everybody bill: yeah, you can do satire and satire is fine. but spread it out a little bit. watters on deck. he talked to some democrats, regular folks, about president trump.. is there anything they like? watters is next. t ident trump.