this is "nightline." >> tonight, troll storm. a realtor in a quiet town in montana suddenly flooded with messages of hate, allegedly coordinated by a neo-nazi website. >> you filthy piece of trash. >> go kill yourself you [ bleep ] jewish [ bleep ]. >> what does it all have to do with the white nationalist richard spencer? >> i was told they're going to terrorize me to the brink of suicide. >> plus global sesame. elmo and the gang taking their show on the road. visiting a refugee camp in jordan. >> elmo tried to do his best to cheer them up and make them smile. >> why "sesame street" creates indigenous muppets across the globe. >> [ speaking foreign

language ]. and tonight the mother lode. a 53-year-old mother and hospital worker hitting the powerball jackpot. >> i pulled mine out and i go, i have that number. i have that. i have that. >> reporter: with a record-breaking $758 million windfall. how she picked those lucky numbers. but first here tonight the "nightline" 5. and number 1 is coming up in

good evening. and we start here tonight with a family whose members say they have been targeted for harassment by a hate group. the daily stormier, an online community for neo-nazis, has been in the news for allegedly making repugnant statements about the victim of that car attack in charlottesville, virginia. but as you'll see tonight, that is far from the first time this group has been accused of terrorizing innocent people. here's my "nightline" co-anchor juju chang. >> you filthy piece of trash. >> go kill yourself, you [ bleep ] jewish [ bleep ]. >> reporter: these are the voices of hate, invading smalltown america. >> sorry-i think i have the wrong number. i was looking for the crematorium. >> reporter: the kind of hate and bigotry now popping up around us. >> jews will not replace us! jews will not replace us! >> reporter: reaching an apex in

charlottesville, virginia. >> one people, one nation! >> reporter: when counterprotester heather heyer was run over by an alleged neo-nazi sympathizer. these shocking gatherings exposing a deeply racist community that's been burgeoning online for years, cheered on by websites like the daily stormier, run by this man, andrew englen. able to spread racist rhetoric to the masses from his keyboard. >> jews are behind absolutely every problem that we face as a society. >> reporter: the site allegedly posting about heyer after her death, calling her a drain on society, fat and childless. although englen denying he wrote those vicious words, claiming the website was hacked. in the wake of charlottesville godaddy kicked the website off its domain, saying@while we support a free and open internet the daily stormier crossed the line and encouraged and promoted violence." but others like tanya gersh say

online attacks from the daily stormier are not new. >> i was told that they're going to terrorize me to the brink of suicide. >> you [ bleep ] wicked [ bleep ] whore. >> reporter: gersh says she and her family wrt targets of hundreds of anti-semitic messages, phone calls and e-mails, part of a terror campaign insighted by englen and the daily stormier. his devotees launching a barrage of online threats, a so-called troll storm. one user even targeting her young son, tweeting "there's a free xbox one inside this oven." >> that was -- that's when i broke. >> he's 12. >> he's 12. he's studying for his bar mitzvah right now. >> reporter: her story begins here, in the postcard perfect town of whitefish, montana where tanya lived a quiet life as a real estate agent with her husband and two boys. >> i've never encountered anti-semitism in my life. did you know, i have not been told a jewish joke.

like i just -- it's not there. >> reporter: but her outlook started to change when 2,000 miles away -- in washington, d.c. alt-right leader richard spencer -- >> hail trump. hail our people. hail victory. >> reporter: -- delivered that now infamous toast to then president-elect donald trump. >> white people are ruling right now. >> that went viral. >> when you saw it, what did you think? >> i was heartbroken, and the town was heartbroken because he has family ties to our area. >> reporter: more than ties. this is spencer's hometown. his mother, sherry, still owns this commercial building downtown, a building that came under fire as the white nationalist's views made headlines. there were threats of protests and boycotts. >> she asked me to help her sell the building. >> she asked you. >> she called me and she asked me to help her. and she felt really bad about everything, all the chaos she's causing in whitefish, and will you help me. and i said, yes, i would. >> reporter: but soon after sherry spencer claimed in an

online article that tanya was pressuring her to sell. tanya believes the abrupt change of heart may have been scripted by sherry spencer's son. it quickly captures the attention of andrew englen who appeared on our affiliate station in montana. >> do you think this is ethical to extort someone for money and to tell them to sell their property because you disagree with the beliefs of their son? >> reporter: his website irks a so-called call to arms, publishing tanya's e-mail, cell, and information about her family and children. >> if you've ever experienced fear to the point where you're frozen, that's a really good way to describe it. >> well, hi there, tanya, i wanted to let you know that i find what you did to sherry spencer to be vile and disgusting, you rank [ bleep ]. >> reporter: trollers calling her an oven-dodging christ killer, a slimy jewess, even posting photographs of gersh and other jewish community members with yellow stars. judeh, german for jew, harkening

back to nazi germany. >> terror. just terror. >> reporter: anglin going so far as to suggest his followers seek the gersh family out, writing on the daily stormier, "if you're in the area, maybe you should stop by and tell her in person what you think of her actions." although he did say no threats of violence or acts of violence. >> my husband was sitting in a dark house, and there are suitcases on the floor. he said, tanya, we need to pack. how do i explain this to children? we're running in the middle of the night because we're jewish? >> reporter: now tanya and the southern poverty law center are fighting back. filing a federal lawsuit against an lynn seeking damages after he "turned his horde of anti-semitic fanatics loose." trying to shut down his site and bring his hate speech to a halt. >> he composed the most horrid images that he can imagine. but when he directs them at a particular person and his goal is to intimidate and his goal is

to terrorize, he launches a troll storm that has exactly that effect, that's not protected speech. that's terrorism. >> reporter: the splc hasn't been able to find anglin or serve him with the lawsuit. but we spoke with his attorney. >> it is distasteful. but the first amendment tolerates distasteful content. he has a right to express himself politically, to express himself socially, and to call people to action. >> never thought i'd ever see myself with a yellow star. >> reporter: francine rosston is the local rabbi in whitefish. she says she and her family were also targeted in the same troll storm. >> anytime you invoke holocaust language and holocaust symbolism, you're invoking a narrative that is calling for the destruction of the jewish people. that person wearing a star is eventually supposed to end up in the crematoria. >> reporter: this is not the first time anglin has been

accused of rallying his followers against a victim. erin schrode says she was one of his victims. >> there were thousands of messages i got across these platforms. >> reporter: the 26-year-old was running for congress in northern california when she says anglin zeroed in on her. >> i saw an e-mail. me with a yellow star next to some monster-like creature. saying get out of my country [ bleep ]. get to israel or get in the oven. >> reporter: since godaddy kicked off the site, the daily stormier has been trying to find another host. google said no. and even a russian server refused to accept them. but just hours ago the site re-emerging, this time titled "the punished stormier." giving anglin a platform once again. tanya says finding peace has been difficult. >> i've had lots of panic attacks. >> reporter: she says her business was ruined, her sense of safety stolen. >> walking to the store or going

anywhere, i'm looking over my shoulder. it's a whole new feeling i've never, ever experienced before. >> reporter: the mayor of whitefish insisting these attacks don't represent the community. >> we will stand up as a community and stand beside our neighbors and not tolerate their hatred. >> there are messages of support from people from around the country. >> reporter: for tanya and francine these messages of love far outweigh those of hate. >> it just reminds me that it's more than just my life, this whole story has touched. it's just touched so many other lives. >> reporter: for "nightline" i'm juju chang. up next here on "nightline" we're going to switch gears entirely. he may be soft and cuddly, but this is not a fluff piece. we're going one on one with elmo fresh off his trip to a refugee camp.

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if you've ever wondered how to get to sesame street, you should -- currently sesame street productions all over the world is reaching out to a new group of children. refugees. here's abc's chief foreign correspondent terry moran. >> i'm coming in. >> bring it in. >> oh, elmo. >> reporter: what a thrill this was. >> i'm so happy to meet you, elmo. >> nice to meet you. >> hi. ♪ if you're happy and you know it stamp your feet ♪ >> reporter: elmo's a megastar like few others.

he's been a fixture on "sesame street" for over 30 years. delighting generations of children and adults alike. >> what happened? >> reporter: how are your friends on sesame street? >> everybody on sesame street is having a really good time. ♪ la, la, la, la, elmo's world >> reporter: there's so much goodness for kids in the good times elmo and his friends have on "sesame street." and now they and the team on the sesame workshop are all embarking on an amazing new adventure. they're working with the international rescue committee to bring hope. hope in the form of to the millions of children whose lives have been torn apart by the nightmare of the war in syria. it's the largest humanitarian crisis of our time. more than 5 million people have fled syria since 2011. many seeking shelter in refugee camps in neighboring lebanon, turkey, and jordan. >> these are children with the idea to make something of their lives, and we're determined to give them the chance.

>> reporter: earlier this year elmo and his furry brother grover traveled to you a refugee camp in jordan to meet with some of the kids who now call that place home. >> elmo realized when he was there that all kids are pretty much the same. you know, we have differences that elmo has red fur. and they don't have red fur. but we like to have fun together. >> did you think the children that you met over there were sad? >> well, you know, elmo thought that maybe some of the kids over there were sad. but elmo tried to do his best to cheer them up and make them smile. >> reporter: sesame workshop and the irc are building local learning centers in the camps, making home visits too. >> education is a haven for people who have lost everything and for children it gives them just an ounce of normality that can give them the chance to rebuild their lives. >> reporter: and they're producing a new version of "sesame street" in arabic aimed at reaching children in syria, iraq, lebanon, and jordan,

especially the refugee kids. >> we will also do what "sesame street" does best, and that's modeling inclusion and acceptance. >> reporter: and you may not know this. there are already "sesame streets" all over the world. from galigali simsim in india. . to plaza sesamo in mexico. ♪ and jimajia in china. ♪ you can find the same kind of educatesal muppet planet on six continents reaching countless children. and sesame workshop often develops new muppets, local characters created to address the needs ofhat culture. take this little charmer. >> oh, hello, friends. >> reporter: from "sesame's" south africa show, "takalani sesame." >> one in four children was affected by aids. we ended up cathy the first ever hiv positive muppet. her name was cammie. >> the other children at school

don't want to play with me because i'm hiv positive. >> we were able to teach children you couldn't catch aids from playing with cammie. but most of all we were able to give children a lexicon with which they could talk about lexicon. >> salam aleikhem. >> another great example is in afghanistan, where only a third of girls are educated. when we created our first local muppet, we thought long and hard but we knew she was going to be a girl. ♪ you know i'm a girl who's going to change the world ♪ ♪ she's going to make this world a better world ♪ >> little boys who watch test 30% higher on gender equity, thinking it's okay for their sister to go to school. and that's the power of media and muppets. >> are you thinking of a character for this sesame street who would be a refugee? >> yes. but so much thought and research will go into what this character ultimately becomes. >> reporter: earlier this summer i went to lebanon to meet with

some of the children that would benefit from this project like 6-year-old aziza and her brother, 5-year-old ibrahim. >> ibrahim. >> reporter: they fled here with their family from aleppo, syria in 2014. what's the best thing about being here? i walk with ibrahim and aziza through the dusty cam op to their school. >> this is the arts center here. this one you did? >> reporter: it's a haven. >> [ speaking foreign language ]. >> reporter: you can feel it instantly. ibrahim's teacher tells me he's changed since he started coming to class here. he loves school now? >> yes. >> reporter: he's like he loves this place. then in this little school in lebanon so far from their homes the children get a surprise visit. it's ton-ton. she's a muppet from the local version of "sesame street," produced in nearby jordan.

>> [ speaking foreign language ]. >> reporter: look at those faces. and you understand the magic, the power of sesame. that magic begins back in the states at sesame workshop. >> this is zirok. >> reporter: sirok who debuted just this year is zari's brother from the afghanistan production of "sesame street." so you tested out what his skin should feel like and the color of it. >> we brainstormed on whether it should be even fur or fleece. it was a big debate. >> reporter: every single detail is thought out, every as peblth desi aspect designed to tach with the local culture in mind. >> we wanted to make sure he looked afghan so afghan children could see themselves when they see zirok on screen. we looked at different fabrics and outfits little boys wear. >> reporter: the next project, a muppet for the refugees. all part of what's really a rescue effort.

>> the great american story is that the privileges of the few can be taken to the many. >> reporter: and elmo knows the difference that can make. what do you hope for those kids when they grow up? >> well, elmo hopes the same thing thael moe hopes for everybody, which is to stay positive and bring them love. >> reporter: for "nightline" i'm terry moran in new york. up next here, this hospital worker describes the moment she won a $758 million lottery jackpot.

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