MTP NOW Dec. 12 – FBI publishes hate crime report; Democrats scrap partisan budget proposal

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🗓️ 12 December 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation published its annual report on hate crimes, but with incomplete data it leaves more questions than answers. Congress moves forward with negotiations over the 2023 budget as the Friday deadline looms. Sarah Chamberlain, Eugene Robinson and Reid Wilson join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable. Scientists in California make a breakthrough in nuclear fusion research. Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum joins Meet the Press NOW ahead of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit.

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0:00.0	If it's Monday, extremism in America has the fever broken or is it getting worse?
0:07.4	New questions about the rise in hate crimes and political violence in the wake of a new report
0:12.3	from the FBI.
0:13.8	Plus, the U.S. is set to announce a scientific breakthrough on fusion energy.
0:18.7	Could it be a potential game changer in the hunt for carbon-free power and the fight
0:23.0	against climate change?
0:24.7	And strengthening ties.
0:26.7	President Biden prepares to back the African Union's entry into the G20 Alliance as a high-stakes
0:32.4	summit with dozens of world leaders kicks off in Washington this week.
0:48.3	Thank you. of world leaders kicks off in Washington this week. Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Kristen Welker. We begin with a question that has loomed
0:53.0	over our politics for years now
0:55.0	and taken on new importance in the wake of the midterms. What is the state of extremism in this
1:00.6	country? It's a question that isn't easy to answer and one widely followed report that is
1:06.1	supposed to give us some clues into a key component of extremism in America has itself only raised more questions.
1:13.5	Every year, the FBI releases its annual report on hate crimes. And this year, experts were
1:18.7	expecting it to show a significant rise in incidents across the country. But the report out this
1:23.9	morning is, in a phrase, woefully incomplete. According to the Bureau, more than
1:28.9	7,200 hate crimes were reported to the FBI last year, but experts say that represents just
1:35.3	a fraction of the actual number. Because the statistics are from just 65% of police agencies
1:41.7	who reported their data to the FBI down from 93 percent the previous year.
1:47.1	And some of the largest police jurisdictions, including New York and Los Angeles, are among
1:51.3	those departments that did not report their numbers.
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