The next is a transcript of an interview with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul that aired Sunday, Could 15, 2022, on "Face the Nation."
MARGARET BRENNAN: We wish to go now to the governor of New York, Kathy Hochul. Good morning to you, Governor.
GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL: Good morning. I am comfortable to be right here to be on this present, however it's very a tragic day for all of us right here in western New York as a result of it is my hometown of Buffalo.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Properly, our condolences to you and to that group. Are you involved about additional violence in your state?
GOV. HOCHUL: Properly, we're taking proactive measure to be sure that we're monitoring all social media platforms as a result of this- this data was on the market. This was on a manifesto that was written some time again. And so we're very involved about what different data is perpetrated on the market on social media platforms and are on the market being disseminated globally. So this data from yesterday's assault is already on the market. It was stay streamed. The- the intent of this particular person was telegraphed upfront. So I am calling on social media platforms to be ensuring that they are doing a greater job monitoring the hate speech that is on the market, particularly when it is directed in opposition to populations and comes below the guise of white supremacy terrorism, which is precisely what occurred right here in Buffalo.
MARGARET BRENNAN: I wish to come again to that in a second, however I wish to ask in regards to the weapon that this shooter used. You've got mentioned it was legally obtained. You've got additionally mentioned that the shooter had been at one level below the sur- surveillance of medical authorities due to previous feedback he had made about finishing up a capturing. How was he allowed to purchase and to carry on to that weapon?
GOV. HOCHUL: That's precisely what's being investigated. Now, I perceive that he wrote one thing when he was in highschool and that- that was being investigated. So we will resolve that.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So it is attainable that he mustn't have been bought that weapon. Is that an oversight within the state?
GOV. HOCHUL: Properly, no, we do not know that. We do not know that proper now. However I'll resolve and discover out proper now. This could have occurred a short while again. He is 19 years outdated. Apparently, he was investigating when he was a highschool scholar, delivered to the eye of the authorities. He had a medical analysis based mostly on one thing he had written at school. And so we will discover out what occurred within the aftermath.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Perceive, I do know you simply talked about going surfing and taking what's on the market within the social media house significantly. You've got referred to as it a feeding frenzy for white supremacy. How do you really regulate this with out impeding on free speech? You may have a lot of media and social media firms with huge workplaces in your state. Particularly, what are you asking them to do?
GOV. HOCHUL: No, we would like them to remain in our state. We additionally need them to be extra vigilant and use the assets they've to rent extra individuals, change their algorithms, have the ability to determine the second that this hate speech seems, and let there be a dedication by regulation enforcement shortly. Regulation enforcement additionally displays this as effectively. I imply, we have now the FBI monitoring. We even have state police. So we want a multifaceted strategy. We want vigilance, not simply regulation enforcement, but additionally from the platforms which might be permitting this to unfold. They've a duty as effectively.
MARGARET BRENNAN: The Justice Division has referred to as this an act of racially motivated violent extremism. You used a sharper phrase. You mentioned white supremacist terrorism. I do know your state classifies assault based mostly on race or faith as a terror assault. There isn't any federal statute that does that. Ought to there be?
GOV. HOCHUL: Sure. Federal terrorism. There are home terrorism legal guidelines on the books. This may be prosecuted below state or federal legal guidelines proper now. It began with our district lawyer on the state stage. So this particular person shouldn't be going to see the sunshine of day once more, whether or not it is below federal prosecution or state below our home terrorism legal guidelines or simply homicide one. This individual murdered ten harmless victims in our group simply yesterday.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Governor, good luck to you. Thanks in your time this morning.
GOV. HOCHUL: Thanks very a lot.