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Whistle blower complaint. St this is deeply troubling. Then overnight the Washington Post is saying that its the president. Communications that the president had with a foreign leader. The Washington Post cites former Officials Saying that trumps interaction included a quoteunquote promise so troubling this intellofficial felt compelled to report to to the Inspector General. Right now theyre behind closed doors with chairman schiff and others presumably answering questions about why the whistle blower complaint hasnt been turned over still. The one thing we know is that decision was made by the acting director of National Intelligence. In a letter to chairman schiff, the dni office explained it like ....
August 12th. Joseph maguire has so far refused to provide information about the complaint that was deemed credible and urgent. Now hes supposed to provide it to congress, to the house and Senate Intel Committees as required by law. Maguire has agreed to testify in open session next week. But in just a couple of hours, that Inspector General will brief the House Intelligence Committee behind close doors. Joining me now democratic congressman part of the House Intelligence Committee. This story out of the Washington Post that the president made a promise, he made a promise to a foreign leader of such concern the whistleblower report ed and they thought it was of urgent con ....
reporter: hate crimes in new york city up 53% from last year. while they don t specify the type of person attacked, the jewish community says because they re more visible, they are an easy target. akiva pearl says it has been decades since he s been so unsure about his surroundings. i grew up in england and that was how it was 50 years ago. it s returning. why is it returning? i really don t have an answer for you. reporter: a civilian patrol in flatbush, maryland is an area with a high jewish community. you have one of these areas in a synagogue community. right. he said he was not surprised to hear about those numbers coming from the nypd. i would like to think we have our fingers on the pulse of the community. and we do. we re hearing a lot of stuff. people are afraid. if they re not afraid, they re certainly concerned. ....
Jewish man who was assaulted outside this brooklyn synagogue several days after guppen was attacked. we ve seen some mental illness. some people that just hate. reporter: this year anti-semitic hate crimes in new york city up 63% compared to last year. while those numbers do not specify the type of jewish person attacked, orths dox members of the jewish community say because they re more visible, they re an easier target. akiva pearl says it s been decades since he s felt so unsure about his surroundings. i grew up in london, england. that s what it was 50 years ago. somehow it s returning. why do you think it s returning? what is behind it? i really don t have an answer for you. reporter: steve moskowitz volunteers in an area with a large orthodox community. one of these command centers ....
Right next to a synagogue. it acts as a deterrent. reporter: he was not surprised to hear from those disturbing numbers coming from the nypd. i d like to think we have our fingers on the pulse of the community. and we do. we re hearing a lot of stuff. people are afraid. if they re not afraid, they re concerned. reporter: city officials say they hear those concerns. we are taking this very seriously, and tackling this head on because no one should have to change the way they dress, whether they wear a facial beard or they wear a garb or yarmulke on their head. reporter: what s needed is more education, especially about the holocaust and less rhetoric from elected officials. standing up and denouncing hate in all its forms, it s not just words. it really makes a difference in the aftermath of a hate crime. reporter: as for akiva pearl, ....