Hate Element News Today

Hello, good morning. Iam Annita Mcveigh and welcome to bbc newsroom live. The us director of National Intelligence has rejected suggestions made by donald trump that Official Agencies Leaked claims russia had Compromising Material on him. In a statement, James Clapper said he had called the President Elect to say the information had not come from the us Security Services. Meanwhile the bbc understands the ex mi6 officer who is believed to have prepared the memo containing the unsubstantiated cla...

You know, people have to understand, to be a hate crime you need not have one singular motive. it could be also a nonbiased related thing and you also have a hate element as well. it could also be because of what his mental disability may be as well as his race and the combination most assuredly is a hate crime. >> go ahead, jeff. >> i was just going to say, you know, i dont think a jury is ever going to get this case. this case is going to be pled out. it is so horrific. any defense lawyer is g...

Immunize that group from prosecution. >> the fact that they are using racial terminology and talking about white people and donald trump and view him as representing everyone who supported donald trump. is that the clearest evidence of a hate crime? otherwise it could just be an attack on somebody with mental impairment. >> mental impairment also is a classification in chicago for a hate crime. the combination of both. people understand to be a hate crime, you may not have one motive. it could b...