hate. and that s really important to understand in terms of solutions moving forward. let s talk a little bit about solutions. because it s tough, right? and moments ago my colleague, jacob associate off, spokes to secretary mayorkas about anti-semitism and hate in this country. i want to play that for you. nearly two years ago at your confirmation hearing you said you wanted to tackle the issue of anti-semitism once and for all. what i have heard you saying is it s gotten worse that s right. our fight has only become more fervent. our resources are greater. our dedication to addressing targeted violence against any group has become more and more intent. jacob, as you correctly note, the need for it has increased as well. so as the need for it grows, as this gets more and more
good day. i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. january 6th committee members fresh off a sunday meeting, trying to nail down the question of who might be subject to criminal referrals. but that s just one on of a series of crucial choices that need to be made by lawmakers before the end of the year. plus, the man believed to be behind the 1988 lockerbie bombing expected to appear in court this afternoon. 34-year long wait for swrts made it hard tore get a conviction. a new tool unveiled to fight hate in one of the country s largest cities and the stark warning about what happens if we don t deal with the it now. on capitol hill, lawmakers are wrestling with critical decisions down to the 117th congress. this three examples this week to start. government funding is set to run out friday with the potential
in new york, national and state leaders are meeting. senate majority leader chuck schumer, kathy hochul, alejandro mayorkas and eric adams all speaking about the uptick in violence. mayor adams saying hate is being normalized. hate is comfortable right now. we made it into a brand. words start to plant the seeds of action. and i m truly alarmed and concerned that if we do not grab hold of the comfort of spewing hate, it s going to continue to turn into action. the governor now launching a new statewide hate and bias prevention unit saying today, quote, new york state will use every tool at its disposal to eliminate hate and bias from our
intense, where do you begin if problem isn t people are hateful. how do you effect change and protect civil rights if what we know at the heart of the problem is people s other and very public hatred? well, first of all,, it s important that we have law makers and community members who named this as a problem and this is an issue that affects so many. stop aapi hate, from the very beginning, has called for three solutions moving forward. we have to do a better job making sure victims and survivors know where to go for help and get that holistic support that s needed. it has a traumatic effect on victims and communities at large. secondly, we have to make sure that people know what their
rights are. and, again, where to go for help when an incident occurs. we are focused on prevention, which we believe needs to center on doing education, particularly in our public education systems. it has largely been in public spaces. where on transit, people are going to the grocery store, no community should be targeted for their race, ethnicity or religion. cynthia choi, thank you for coming on. we ll check back in with you. we really appreciate your time. and you can watch more of the interview tonight on nightly news. during the special epidemic of hate, anti-semitism in america, which streams on nbc news now wednesday at 10:30 p.m. eastern.