representing the adl. apack and the jewish federations of north america. two is the policy wisdom of addressing it with clarifying definition and it third is whether providing that definition raises problems under the first amendment. address the first two issues. and to say as emphatically as i can that providing a definition along the lines that the anti-semitism awareness act would do does not raise first amendment problems for three basic reasons. one is that this act is not a speech code but simply provides a definition that will allow the education department to use potentially speech but only for ever dengsiary purposes in evaluating whether or not harassment is motivated by anti-semitism. second, that a definition here serves first amendment values. it doesn't harm them. one way or another government officials are going to be looking into this question and i think it serves fir s first ame values to guide their mission and third, but least import ntdly the faktd that act as a savings clause. so on the first of these points that it's not a speech co

it is a particular privilege to be here representing the adl -- there are three kinds of issues going on the run this morning could one is the stent of the problem, number two is a policy wisdom of adjusting it with a clarifying definition of anti-semitism and the third is whether providing that definition raises problems under the first amendment. the others on this panel are much better situated to address the first two issues so i will direct my remarks only to the third issue. and to say as emphatically as i can, that providing a definition along the lines that the anti-semitism awareness act would do, does not raise first amendment problems for three basic reasons. one is that, this app is not a speech code but simply provides a definition that will allow the education department to use potentially speech but only for centuries surfaces and evaluating whether or not harassment is motivated by anti- semitism. second, the definition here serves first amendment values. it does not harm them. one way or another, government officials will look into this question and i think it serves

reporter: the adl sponsored a conversation in san francisco. >> you have a [inaudible] reporter: the fbi reported more than 6100 hate crimes in 2016. in san francisco, the number of reported hail crimes increased the -- hate crimes increased the past three years. in oakland, they decreased but in san jose, they more than tripled. >> the bay area is not immune to the same hatred that we see happen in other parts of the country, but it is, it is different. in some cases, we do find that, you know, when we take steps to remedy a situation, employers or businesses want to work with us. that might not be the case in other parts of the country. reporter: hate crimes against jews and muslims was up, including this letter that a san jose mosque received last year. >> we know this is just a small portion of the hate crimes that people have experienced. most of them go unreported. reporter: some stay political rhetoric during last year's political came may have emboldened those with racist of homophobic views. >> we have to stop the hate when it's still in the form of words and verbal abuse be

last year at this time the adl had tracked niens incidents of white supremacist activity. this year for the same time period we tracked 80 such incidents. nearly ten fold increase year over year. anti-semitic cannot be attributed solely to extremists on the right. neither side of the political spectrum is exempt. we have seen a rise in anti-semitic rhetoric from radical left wing view points one often rooted in hostile views on israel that can cross the line. there is nothing wrong with criticizing particular policies of a specific elected government in israel. that happens all the time and it is not anti-semitic. that is not what we are talking about. whether it originates on the fringes of the left or the extremes on the right we have seen real cases of anti-semit m anti-semitism. our caudit documented 118 compared to 74 in the same period last year. that is nearly 60% increase. our written statement outlines a number of those incidents. i don't have times to get into them this morning. when we identify a problem we believe we have a responsibility to propose solutions.

is the adl bacchant 2005 with the national service americorps but we will accept that as a province whereeople together with all walks of life the most important thing we can do is a country we asked people so to give five months of your life to something called america. >> so to endorse that so having a conversation with al gore. and having served in the military so when we have the draft sow to create a camaraderie there is something bigger when military became all volunteer but the suffering and sacrifice is not shared equally among all of us. i don't want us to go to war but there is plenty to do. where all of us had to serve one way or another. would bring us together because we would see each other as americans. [applause] sojourning the attention from the past so to say thought leaders so there are different versions of this sow lettuce next? so that is to beg the question co2 divide that vision so what is your vice based in your experience?. >>. >> but coming from a farm worker family and i wanted to work for someone and they said he is not going anywhere. with howard dean that di

i know some people teach courses over the course of 15 weeks, the adl has been tracking this for 100 years and data doesn't lie. what you pointed out about the definition is correct. this doesn't inhibit ability of an individual, student, faculty or otherwise to criticizes israel policy. it does acknowledge that definition by the way that was done in consultation with leading experts. and it's used by our embassies around the world to track anti-semitic incidences. so some might not like it. the practicality it has been vital to our state department doing work to protect jewish communities around the world. >> mr. chairman, i appreciate it. before i yield back, i would finally make a last point. again, criticism of israel is israel's government, policies are more than fair. they're welcomed here just as they are in israel. but when you take the position -- it's one thing to criticizes those policies but when you take a position that israel as a nation does not have a right to exist, and you then try to impose that to shut down others, that is not a student finding his or her voice. t

the adl sponsored a convention in san francisco about the problem. >> you have a diverse population.is an extremist, this is a target rich environment. >> reporter: the fbi reported more about 300 more hate crimes in 201 man 2015. in san francisco -- 2016 than in 2015. in san francisco, there was an increase, but in san jose, they more than tripled. >> the bay area is not immune to the same hatred that we see happen in other parts of the country, but it is different. in some cases, we do find that, you know, when we take steps to remedy a situation, employers or businesses want to work with us. that might not be the case in other parts of the country. >> reporter: nationwide hate crimes against >>s and muslims were up, including this hate-filled letter that local mosque received last year. >> this is only a small portion of the actual hate crimes that people have experienced. most go unreported at all. >> reporter: some say the political rhetoric during last year's presidential campaign may have emboldened those with racist or homophobic views. >> we have to stop the hate when it's s

. >> i found that these conversations can challenging to move people for the adl sponsored a [inaudiblee a diverse population, that means for somebody who's an extremist, this is a target rich environment. reporter: the fbi reported more than 6100 hate crimes in 2016, about 300 more than in 2015. in san francisco, the number of reported hate crimes increased the last three years. in oakland, hate crimes decreased from 2015, but in san jose, may more than tripled perhaps calling into question the bay areas reputation for welcoming diversity. >> the bay area is not immune to the same hatred we see happening in otheparts of the country but it is different. in some cases, we do find that when we take steps to remedy a situation, employers or businesses want to work with us. that might not be the case in other parts of the country. reporter: nationwide, hate crimes against jews and muslims was up. >> what we know is that this is only a small proportion of the actual hate crimes that people have experienced. most of them go unreported at all. reporter: some say the political rhetoric during i

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the adl sponsored a national convention in san francisco about the problem.>> i do have a diverse population is a target rich environment. >> reporter: within 6100 cases were reported in 2016. in san francisco the number increased the past three years from 22 to 37 last year. in oakland, hate crimes decreased but and so hat -- san jose they more than tripled perhaps calling into question the reputation for welcome diversity.>> the bay area is different. we do find when we take steps to remedy a situation, employers or businesses want to work with us. >> reporter: nationwide hate crimes against jews and muslims was up. >> what we know is that this is only a small portion of the actual hate crimes the people have experience. most of them go unreported at all. >> reporter: some say the political rhetoric during the presidential campaign may have been bottled those with homophobic views. >> we have to stop the heat when it still in the form of words and verbal abuse. that is the first step towards it becoming acting out and violent behavior and ultimately and harming one another. >> the best way

license, permits, entitlements for use ad administrative enforcement, we t was too narrow of a class to adlof the different kinds of pattet the commission has been talking. one example would be an ordinan. if a person was trying to persua supervisor to vote for a particr ordinance and they made a behesd payment at the behest of3me thr while they were trying to persue supervisor to vote for the ordi, that would not be caught up for disclosure that are only looked. it's not a proceeding for a lic, permit or entitlement for use. it falls outside that category. that's why we included the secop of actively opposing a governmet decision. i won't go into that in depth ba defined term taken from state l, actively support or oppose, that includes lobbying contacts, tesg in person, or otherwise trying o influence that person's decisio. generally you think of this dise as only being required when then making the payment has some kinf nexus, they're an interested pa, vis-a-vis that official. they have a proceeding pending e another official or otherwise to influence the decision that offs making. the

itself, klan members, as opposed to every white supremacist in different organizations, i think the adlthern poverty law center estimate between 5000 and 8000 members. brian: if you go back to the early 1920's, the numbers are 4 million? daryl: yes. 3 million alone in indiana. brian: because right down the years, less and less of the ku klux klan. why has it lessened? daryl: it lessened in membership because people evolve. they begin to appreciate one another when they come in contact with one another. but it has its ebbs and flows. it rises and falls, it rises and falls. a lot of people, while they don't want to be associated -- let's say with blacks and jews, they don't also want to be associated with the violence that the klan brings, either for moral or legal reasons. so they will drop out and join some other racist group, like the white citizens council, which is more political. they put people in positions of leadership in order to institutionalize those racist beliefs. brian: did you ask anybody to let you go to a meeting of the kkk? daryl: absolutely. i was invited to meetings.

the adl outcome is that congress would step up and find the areas where we can act that would make a difference like addressing the cost issue in the prescription issue. my question to you is what would be your advice to this committee knowing we are divided on many issues but we have a common concern about this horrible scourge in our community. what are the three things you would recommend for us to do? >> you are asking me to take 65 recommendations and boil them down to three. i'm pretty good but i'm not that good. i would just say this, that the first thing we need to make sure we do on the supply-side is to nip this fentanyl and carfentanil problem in the bud. 64,000 is going to look like the good old days aware and direction with the chinese on this needs to be unequivocal and our ability to invest in making sure we are stopping this as best we can from coming into our country. fentanyl and carfentanil is going to make heroin and prescription opioids look like child's play. secondly is the issue of education of our medical community. i include pharmaceutical companies in this,

the adl sponsored a convention in san francisco about the program. >> for somebody who is an extremistrter: there were 6100 reported hate crimes in 2016. in san francisco, the number of reported hate crimes increased the past three years from 22 incidents to 37 last year. in oakland, hate crimes decreased from 2015. but in san jose, they more than tripled. perhaps calling into question the bay area's reputation for welcoming diversity. >> the bay area is not immune to the same hatred that we see happen in other parts of the country. but it is -- it is different. in some cases we find that, you know, when we take proactive steps to remedy a situation, employers or businesses want to work with us. that might not be the case in other parts of the country. >> reporter: hate crimes against jew s and muslims was up. this includes this letter that this san jose mosque received >> we know this is only a small proportion of the actual hate crimes have experience. most go unreported. >> reporter: the rhetoric during the presidential campaign may have emboldened those with racist or homophobic vi

it's a particular privilege to be here representing the adl, and the jewish federations of north america. there are at least three kinds of issues floating around the room this morning. one is the extent of the problem. two is the policy wisdom of addressing it with a clarifying definition of anti-semitism. and the third is whether providing that definition raises problems under the first amendment. the others on the panel are much better situated to address the first two issues. i'll direct my remarks to the third issue and to say that providing a definition along the lines that the anti-semitism awareness act would do does not raise first amendment problems for thee basic reasons. one, is that this act is not a speech code but simply provides a definition that will allow the education department to use potentially speech, but only for evidentiary purposes evaluating whether or not harassment is motivated by anti-se mettism. one way or another, government officials will be looking into this question, and it serves first amendment values to have a definition that guides their mission. an