doing to remove hate speech and content. also testifying is candace owens a conservative company day t commentator. the judiciary committee will come to order. we welcome everyone to this hears on hate crimes and white nationalism. today the judiciary committee will hold a areaing that i wish we did not have to conduct if will examine an urgent crisis in our country. this goes to the heart of our country s long standing struggle to carry out what the preamble say it s is designed to do to form a more perfect union. race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or other characteristics. some of these incidents bha crim may be crimes and some are not. unfortunately statistics confirm what most of us have observed, that hate incidents are increasing in the united states. even though it is woefully incomplete, these statistics have been on the rise with hate crimes surging last year. a poll conducted shows that 84% believe that hate incidents are varied or somewhat prevalent in th
hearing on hate crimes and the rise of white nationalism. recognize myself in an opening statement. today the judiciary committee will hold a hearing or wish we did not have to conduct, which is sadly necessary to examine an urgent crisis in our country. we will consider issues relating to hate crimes and the rise of white. nationalism. ouroes to the heart of country s long-standing struggle to carry out what the preamble of our constitution says it is designed to do to form a more perfect union. incidents target victims based on their perceived race, religion, sexual orientation or other immutable characteristics. some of these incidents may be crimes and some are not. all of them harm not only individuals but our communities and ultimately our entire nation. unfortunately, very statistics confirm what most of us have observed. that hate incidents are increasing in the united states. other reporting of hate crimes to the fbi by the states is woefully incomplete, what we do
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you by yourought to cable or satellite provider. for now, it is stop number 44 of the c-span 50 capitals tour. hartford, connecticut. the insurance capital of the world. joining us aboard the c-span bus is secretary of state. we have learned since that 116 election since the 2016 election, it was one of the states that had one of its voting systems targeted by russian hackers. what were the russians trying to do and how far do they get in connecticut? guest: yes, good morning. they did not get anywhere, frankly. returned them back at the perimeter we turned them back at the perimeter as we do with these occur shins. i do have to tell you, it is a very common occurrence. the difference is that it was identified as a russian address and that everyone s attention. they did not get into our system at all, and by the way, the system is the voter registry. it has nothing to do with the tabulation of ballots or anything like that. i would say, we don t know what they were attemp
thanks for joining me. i m jessica dean in for fredericka witfield. we begin in gaza, where israel defense forces have launched a blistering assault following a weeks-long pause in fighting. it carried out more than 400 strikes in gaza since the ceasefire expired yesterday. those strikes include targets in southern gaza, an area that had remained largely unscathed during israel s initial military campaign. talks of a new truce have reached a, quote, dead end, according to benjamin netanyahu s office. israel recalling its team of negotiating from qatar, blaming hamas for the breakdown in talks and accusing the terror group of not fulfilling its promise to return all women and children being held hostage. the idf says there are 136 hostages remaining in gaza, including 17 women and children. we have a team of correspondents. we start first with oren liebermann in tel aviv. we just laid out how israel is expanding its attacks in gaza. tell us more what about what we re seeing to