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Hate crime reports have been on the rise in New York City.

This is a lesson that needs to be taught clearly to so many more adults in this country right now. you have directed the state's hate crime task force to investigate and i'm just wondering if you have any update from what you told us yesterday about any motive here this morning? we did learn overnight from the suspect's family and lawyer they say he has a history of mental illness. any more sense of motive? >> no. no. i've heard the same thing that you have heard, but -- and maybe there will be a fact that comes out, but nothing that we know thus far from the investigation. i think, again, hon...

Us. >> thank you for having me. >> so new york's governor says words are not enough, and it's time for action. he's calling this attack domestic terrorism. do you agree? >> well, certainly. i think new york is probably better than anyone in terms of having to have dealt with a great deal of terrorism, and certainly i think the governor's move to put into effect his hate crime task force was clearly evident of them taking this attack upon the jewish community last night very seriously. so i think you're going to see a lot of cooperation there between the state and local and federal law enforcem...

The NYPD said it is looking for five additional individuals who were involved in the hate crime

A half-dozen teenage boys were walking along an Upper West Side street Saturday night when three other teenage boys allegedly armed with a sword, crowbar and...