I watched the segment last night and my take on his response was that he didn't notice the hair on the tape when he first picked it up. I could be wrong, but that's what I got out of that answer as I was watching the segment.
As far as his behavior on camera, it was almost as though he was paying attention to someone off camera. He was looking away and grinning at times. Not sure what to make of that, if anything. Either way I didn't hear a whole lot of new information from that segment.
I wonder if the locals are all afraid of the polis.
Hmmm, vy plausible.