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>> reporter: hate crimes in new york city up 53% from last year. while they don't specify the type of person attacked, the jewish community says because they're more visible, they are an easy target. akiva pearl says it has been decades since he's been so unsure about his surroundings. i grew up in england and that was how it was 50 years ago. it's returning. >> why is it returning? >> i really don't have an answer for you. >> reporter: a civilian patrol in flatbush, maryland is an area with a high jewish community. >> you have one of these areas in a synagogue community. >> right. >> he said ...

From his speeches at those rallies, they need to hear that the president acknowledges that he was wrong and that his words were wrong, and that every human being has value. because those words have dehumanized whole groups of people. you can't be a person with a gun and shoot innocent victims unless you think they are subhuman. that language dehumanizes people. >> congresswoman veronica escobar of el paso whose district includes the site of saturday's shooting, i know you have been called upon in a million different ways since this has befallen your community in the past several days. thank yo...

The president acknowledges that he was wrong and that his words were wrong, and that every human being has value. because those words have dehumanized whole groups of people. you can't be a person with a gun and shoot innocent victims unless you think they are subhuman. that language dehumanizes people. >> congresswoman veronica escobar of el paso whose district includes the site of saturday's shooting, i know you have been called upon in a million different ways since this has befallen your community in the past several days. thank you for helping us understand what you're going through and k...

Understand what you're going through and keep us posted over the next couple days. i know the president's visit will be an emotional thing. >> can i just say it's such a weird thing, though, to be at a place in our country where after a national tragedy, the president isn't welcome? the first time we heard about this president, the pittsburgh synagogue community had a debate that represented the synagogue and pittsburgh itself. we went to new orleans, i went half a dozen times with president obama. it is such -- you just have to stop sometimes in these jobs and point out when it is not normal....