AINSLEY: THANK YOU, STEVE.

DEMOCRATIC FIRE BRAND HAS BEEN

NO STRANGER TO CONTROVERSY

DURING HER FIRST TERM IN

CONGRESS, SO MUCH SO THAT OUR

NEXT GUEST HOPES TO STAND IN THE

WAY OF A SECOND.

>> IN OUR OWN CONGRESS, AGENTS

OF ANGER ARE CARRYING US IN

AMERICA FROM WITHIN, LIKE WE

MIGHT SEEM NEARLY ALIKE, BOTH

MUSLIMS, BOTH WOMEN, BOTH

REFUGEES, BUT WE COULDN'T BE

FURTHER APART.

SHE SPENDS HER TIME IN CONGRESS

SEWING SEEDS OF DIVISION AND WE

AREN'T AS FAR APART AS SHE WANTS

US TO BE.

I'M RUNNING TO BRING US CLOSER

TOGETHER.

PETE: THE BID IS ANNOUNCED TO UN

SEAT OM AR IN A FIERY

POLITICAL EDGE.

AINSLEY: THE NEW GOP CANDIDATE

JOINS US NOW, GOOD MORNING TO

YOU, DALI A.

>> GOOD MORNING, FROM

MINNEAPOLIS.

AINSLEY: TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF

AND WHY YOU WANT TO RUN.

>> I'M RUNNING BECAUSE ILLHAM

OMAR IS DOING HARM NOT ONLY TO

HER DISTRICT, NOT ONLY TO HER

STATE, TO THE WHOLE COUNTRY.

AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, MY DUTY

IS TO DEFEND MY COUNTRY AND MY

DUTY IS TO STAND UP TO HER

HATRED AND RACISM THAT SHE'S

SPREADING WITHIN HER COMMUNITY,

WITHIN THE COUNTRY, AND EVEN

WORLDWIDE.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR ILLHAM

OMAR THAT NEEDS TO BE ANSWERED.

ILLHAM OMAR IS HARMING EVERY

AMERICAN WITH HER HATRED, HER

STANDING AGAINST WHAT WE BELIEVE

IN, AGAINST OUR OWN CONSTITUTION

PETE: YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE

WITH QUESTIONS ITS RECENTLY BEEN

REPORTED THAT THE FBI AND I.C.E.

ARE LOOKING INTO INSTANCES OF

PERJURY, IMMIGRATION FRAUD,

MARRIAGE FRAUD, SHE'S GOT PLENTY

OF PROBLEMS.

YOU GO BACK TO THE DIVISION, SHE

SEEMS TO ALWAYS LOOK AT OUR

COUNTRY AS THE BAD GUY, AND WHEN

YOU RUN IN A DISTRICT THAT'S

DEMOCRAT AS A REPUBLICAN HOW DO

YOU FRAME YOUR MESSAGE TO REACH

VOTERS WHO FEEL LIKE SHE JUST

ISN'T REPRESENTING YOU?

>> I BELIEVE IN BUILDING

BRIDGES.

WE ARE NOT ENEMIES.

WE ARE ALL AMERICANS AND WE CAN

FIGHT TOGETHER, AND WE CAN

DISCUSS ISSUES TOGETHER.

HER ACHIEVEMENT AS SHE CLAIMS

THAT SHE PASSED THIS AND THAT IN

THE CONGRESS WHICH IS THE

MAJORITY DEMOCRAT SO IT'S NOT

ACHIEVEMENT, SHE NEEDS TO

WORK FOR HER CONSTITUENTS.

SHE NEEDS TO REPRESENT THEM.

SHE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT HER

DISTRICT.

SHE'S DONE NOTHING FOR HER

DISTRICT.

ALL SHE'S DONE IS TO HARM HER

DISTRICT, HARM HER FOLLOWERS, SO

MANY NOW, THEY ARE LOOKING FOR

SOMEONE ELSE AND I'M HERE TO SAY

DO YOU KNOW WHAT?

WE AMERICANS WERE NOT DIVIDED.

WE ALL LOVE OUR COUNTRY AND

LET'S NOT TAKE YOUR HATE TO

TRUMP AGAINST AMERICA.

WE ARE ALL AMERICANS AND WE CAN

STAND TOGETHER, DEFEND OUR

COUNTRY.

PETE: AMEN.

JUST BRIEFLY WHAT DOES AMERICA

MEAN TO YOU?

>> AMERICA IS MY DREAM.

I CAME TO THE U.S. MORE THAN 25

YEARS AGO, SO BASICALLY, I'M NOT

A REFUGEE ANY MORE.

I'M NOT AN IRAQI ANY MORE.

I AM AN AMERICAN, PERIOD.

THE REASON WHY I SAID THAT I'M

LIKE HER BECAUSE I'M AN AMERICAN

AND A REFUGEE AND I'M A MUSLIM

BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT SHE USES,

BUT SHE HAS HER ACCUSATIONS.

IF YOU EVEN CRITICIZE HER FOR

HER NOT DOING HER JOB, SHE'S

READY TO SAY OH, YOU'RE ANTI-

IMMIGRANT, OH, YOU'RE ANTI-

REFUGEE, ANTI, ANTI, ANTI,

SO DO YOU KNOW WHAT?

I'M GOING TO BEAT YOU IN YOUR

OWN GAME AND LET'S TALK FACE TO

FACE.

AMERICA, FOR ME, IS MY COUNTRY.

AMERICA OPENED THE DOORS FOR ME.

I CAME AS A YOUNG ADULT AND I

BECAME AN INTERNATIONAL

JOURNALIST, I'VE COVERED WARS

AND BEEN THROUGH WAR ZONES ALL

OVER THE WORLD.

I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

I'VE LIVED UNDER TIE RAN IT AND

I KNOW WHAT DIVISION DOES TO A

COUNTRY AND I WILL NEVER LET IT

HAPPEN IN THIS COUNTRY.

AINSLEY: DALI A, THANK YOU SO

MUCH.

PETE: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE