DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: At the White House this afternoon, President Clinton will focus on hate crimes. He is trying to revive stagnant legislation, as this election year heats up a bit. Here is our White House correspondent Major Garrett joining us now with the latest. Major, good morning.</s>MAJOR GARRETT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Daryn. Well, the president, in addition to highlighting his call upon Congress to move hate crimes legislation this year, will meet with U.S. attorneys and state and local prosecutors from around the country to find out how they are coping with prosecuting these types of crimes. He will also dispense two new tools the federal government will provide: One, a prosecutor's guide at the local level to deal with these types of crimes; Second, a pamphlet showing five successful state and local demonstration projects dealing with prosecuting hate crimes. This is all a update for the president following a 1997 hate crimes conference he convened here at the White House. At the time, he created what he called a hate crimes working group lead by U.S. attorneys across the country. Part of his meeting here today is to find out how well those U.S. attorneys are handling hate crimes and how well state and local jurisdictions are coping with the issue as well. Major Garrett, CNN, reporting live from the White House.
Clinton Looks to Revive Hate Crime Legislation