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That extremism is what we might call and essentially contested concept. In laymans terms it means Different Things to different people and certainly if you were 100 terrorism experts to define extremism, you would certainly get a wide number of answers if not 100. Speaking for myself, i would define extremism as not just believing certainly there is believe and then there is action. Sometimes scholars will distinguish between the two, but believing in things that are fundamentally radical. That ...

Adam wilson discusses the current challenges facing Law Enforcement in the u. S. And the state of relations between the police and the communities they serve. We will also take your phone calls, comments, and tweet. Live right now on cspan. Host this is the washington journal for january 2. We will ask you to share your thoughts about the largest about hate crimes and terrorist incidents in the United States. The fbi released data looking at hate crimes in the u. S. We will show you the data and...

katy tur. were learning more about the shooting attack at the star ballroom dance studio in monterey park, california, including two of the victims identities. well bring you the latest from our own jose diaz balart there on the scene. today the community is mourning the massive loss of life, seven survivors remain hospitalized and a second possible shooting was stopped bay bystander. more on that in a minute. police have not released a motive for the shooting. nbcs kate snow spoke wit...

Difficult time trying to pass common sense gun laws, but i think that it has to be an effort thats done nationally, and i hope that our national partners see the tragedies occurring. i also understand that there was another tragedy after that, that shooting, so these continue to grow. i know that in 2017, we were about 350 mass shootings, 2022, they grew to about 64 so they almost doubled. and theyre going to continue to grow. i believe theres 33 already this year. and we havent even completed t...

Any indication or reason to believe that there might be another state that should be anticipating something with the special counsel? >> i think anywhere that trump and his aisd were pressuring local officials to change the result, were corresponding with them, were putting forth their baseless theories of fraufd and trying to get state legislators for example to adopt them, any of those states would be in play. >> thank you very much. and as jacob said, you can watch more of the interview wit...

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Doesnt want any of them to live. >> right. i relied thy erelayed that on te of the stairs. >> joining us from los angeles is brian leven, director of the center for the study of hate and extremism. we appreciate you coming in and offering your insights. i also want to mention that you were on our air 24 hours ago, talking about the arrest of the man who sent pipe bombs across the country and sadly you are back after another horrific act of violence. what stands out to you about what has just hap...