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♪ good evening. thank you for joining us. kanye west has never strayed from controversy, but his latest anti-semitic comments have created a firestorm, threatening to derail his career. >> what's up, ye? >> reporter: the fallout continues for ye. formerly known as kanye west, whose recent anti-semitic comments have caused publicly outrage. this morning adidas, which helped make the rapper's yeezy shoe and clothing line a billion-dollar business, severed ties with him, a major blow to his brand and bottom line,

putting his career in jeopardy. the company's decision comes a few days after ye taunted adidas on the drink champs pot cast. >> i can say anti-semitic things and adidas can't drop me. now what? now what? >> reporter: adidas' decision caused ye to lose $1.5 billion in net worth in one day. >> corporations just don't want to touch and engage in partnership with someone who spews such anti-semitic rhetoric and ideology that coming forward. so as a result, i don't know where kanye west goes as far as building corporate partnerships from here. >> reporter: earlier this month, ye was suspended from twitter where he has millions of followers after tweeting that he was going to go, quote, def con3 on jews. >> exactly what our culture is based on. >> reporter: around the same time, unaired clips of ye's interviews with fox's tucker carlson. in one he plays off a false

anti-semitic belief that jews control the world's financial system. >> i prefer my kids knew chanukah than kwanzaa. at least it would come with some financial engineering. >> the tricky thing about anti-semitism for a lot of people it is subtle and insidious by design. >> he has repeatedly invoked a series of hateful and vicious stereotypes against jewish people. and he has engaged in the kind of rhetoric that can lead to real-world violence. >> reporter: this past weekend, webs of a neo-nazi group unfurled banners above the 405 freeway in los angeles, one of the nation's busiest highways. other images show the demonstrations giving the nazi salute. >> i think we are seeing a spike in anti-semitism, or at least a rise. this often happens at times of great tension in our society. blame the jews, not whoever's in power. >> reporter: according to the anti-defamation league, anti-semitic incidents hit an

all-time high in 2021. over 2,700 cases of assault, harassment, and vandalism. up 34% from 2020. >> in this moment, in this context where the jewish community feels vulnerable, to see someone like kanye west knowingly and intentionally increasing that vulnerability, it is inexcusable. >> reporter: adidas saying in part today it, quote, does not tolerate anti-semitism and any other sort of hate speech. ye's recent comments and actions have been unacceptable, hateful, and dangerous, and they violate the company's values. the world jewish congress applauded adidas' action, but not its two-week delay, saying in a statement, the company's history is not disconnected from the dangers of anti-semitism. during world war ii, its factories produced supplies and weapons for the nazi regime. many of ye's other business partners acted swiftly in the wake of its anti-semitic remarks. talent agency caa dropped him as

a client. surface house valenciaga ended their partnership. some celebrities like john legend, jamie lee curtis, reese witherspoon are condemning ye's rhetoric. kim kardashian, with whom he has four children, posting "hate speech is never okay or excusable. stand together with the jewish community and call on the hateful violence and rhetoric towards them to come to an immediate end." >> there is a sense of sadness and tragedy when you think about individuals who have known him for so long, for somebody to be involved in ideology in a place where he is now. >> anti-semitism has been increasing over the last number of years. from, jews will not replace us, to gunning us down in synagogue while we are praying. jews are really scared. >> seeing people like kanye openly speak anti-semitic tropes

or continue to spread anti-semitism, it makes me disappointed. sit in the chair here, right there. >> reporter: in new jersey, 17-year-old aaron goodman is using new media to tell this old and terrifying story. >> how does being a holocaust survivor affect you today? >> i am very upset by the anti-semitism. >> i've been running this tiktok for about a year. and over this year, i've amas ed 450,000 to 500,000 followers. >> tattooing was just a way to keep track of us. >> this one-on-one interaction with the survivor is hard to find. >> it's my first picture when i came back. >> reporter: that survivor is aaron's 85-year-old grandmother tova friedman, one of the last remaining people who's alive after living through the horrors of the auschwitz concentration camp. a "new york times" bestseller was written about the story of her life "the daughter of auschwitz." >> when i first came to

concentration camp, there was a smell that i couldn't understand what it was. i'd never smelled anything like that. and i said, mom, what is that? and she said to me, she pointed to the crematorium. she said to me, "those are the burning bodies that have been gassed." >> reporter: tova vividly remembers being separated from her father at age 5. accepting her new reality with her mother inside the death camp. >> it was a complete and utter nightmare. you thought you'd wake up, but you didn't wake up. >> reporter: tova remembers one horrific day when she was corralled with a group of children. >> the kids were going to be -- to the gas chamber. and we went into the waiting room at the gas chamber. waiting room. and we waited and waited, and they yelled and screamed in german, and then they told us to go back. i never found out why. but it was just pure luck that i didn't go through the door.

>> reporter: shortly after auschwitz was liberated, tova was reunited with her mother and father, who miraculously survived. but scores of her friends and family died in camps. >> only auschwitz tattooed people. those people were taken to all different camps all over germany. >> reporter: today as cases of anti-semitism rise and become seemingly more accepted and normalized, tova has a dire warning. >> hatred is hatred. and we have to be very, very careful what we're doing. it doesn't stop with words. it's going to continue with deeds. before you know it, we have a massacre. we turn now to the midterm election elections. democrat john fetterman and republican dr. mehmet oz. the two squared off today in pennsylvania. here's abc's congressional

correspondent rachel scott. >> john fetterman takes everything to an extreme. those extreme positions hurt us all. >> i'm running to serve pennsylvania. he's running to use pennsylvania. >> reporter: tonight, two senate hopefuls. trump-backed celebrity doctor republican mehmet oz, democrat lieutenant governor john fetterman, go head to head in their first and only debate. >> i might miss some words during this debate, mush two words together. knock me down, i'm going to keep coming back up. >> reporter: fetterman, who stumbled and struggled and used closed captioning to help him process the words he hears, opened the debate by addressing the stroke he suffered six months ago. >> my doctor believes that i'm fit to be serving, and that's what i believe is where i'm standing. >> reporter: the two spring on major issues like abortion, inflation, immigration. >> the completely porous, open nature of our border which john fetterman supports has created a humanitarian crisis. >> i believe that a secure border is -- can be compatible

with compassion. >> reporter: with control of the senate hanging in the balance, voters will have a crucial decision to make in the coming weeks. >> my values have always been about fighting for forgotten communities all across pennsylvania. >> are you unhappy with where america's headed? i am. if you are as well, then i'm the candidate for change. >> reporter: dr. oz facing his own set of challenges. he is one of the most famous television doctors, but his campaign has been under scrutiny for how they've attacked john fetterman's health. tonight he was under immense pressure to strike a more thoughtful tone. it will be up to voters to decide if he did. byron? >> thank you, rachel. when we come back, scottish actor sam heughan. what he says about "outlander" what he says about "outlander" may surprise you. d medica for adults with insomnia.

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starts in 18th century scotland. >> sometimes i think you're an angel. >> reporter: "outlander" shooting its seventh season. the haunting theme song evoking the time-traveling epic love affair between the 18th century scotsman jamie and the 20th century british nurse clare. >> for life. >> reporter: the massive fan base calling themselves hooligans, drawn in by jamie frasier's dashing looks and steamy sex scenes. >> what do you think makes "outlander" such a boffo hit? some of it is the chemistry between you and clare. >> right, uh-. >> how do you explain that? >> if i only knew, what is that secret sauce? i'd bottle that and sell it. the chemistry with my costar christina, she's incredible as an actress. >> i believe we can do anything we want as long as we're together. >> reporter: sam offering a glimpse into the real man behind

the on-screen hero. >> i was born and brought up in rural scotland. i had a lot of space to explore the countryside, to be on my own. i think that love of the outdoors is reflected in the book. >> reporter: we talked about his memoir "waypoints: my scottish journey." >> the book is essentially telling myself to enjoy the moment more. i'm so lucky. i get to travel the world, play different characters. so yeah, i guess it's -- it's a note to myself, enjoy it. >> reporter: he reveals in his memoir that the chiseled physique he's famous for came at a dark cost. >> you are the hot scot, as i'm told you've been dubbed. >> a hot scot, okay. >> you are by definition a hollywood sex symbol. yet you talk in the book -- see, you're already uncomfortable. >> i'm okay. not sure where you're going with this, yeah. >> you write in the book about struggling with body issues. >> oh, yeah. >> you even referred to it as a low-level eating sdofrd. >> certainly i felt as a young actor i needed to look a certain way. i went through a period where i

was not eating right. >> salads and pickles? >> salad, pickles doesn't really work. it's unhealthy. >> there's a lot of pressure. >> there is. >> even on men in hollywood, to look a certain way. >> huge amount of pressure. i think we're less vocal about it. i think it's important for men to understand it as well, talk up about it. >> reporter: sam and his on-screen partner, katrina baff, are known for erotic love scenes. but the show deals with darker material, and on set, sometimes dealing with sensitive, traumatic sexual scenes. one episode jumps out. >> i just want this to be a pleasant experience for us both. >> do what you must. take your pleasure and be done with it. >> you talk about the sexual violence. there's a scene where you're sexually assaulted. you say in the book that you didn't want to add nudity to it because you didn't want to sexualize a sexual assault. >> yeah, yeah. >> then you mention that there

are intimacy directors on the set. tell me what you meant by that. >> you know, i actually brought on board and introduced an intimacy adviser to our set, to our producers, which has been an incredible addition. gives us a lot more tools. makes things a lot more comfortable. ultimately, i think the viewer is rewarded. because their imagination is maybe sparked more. we don't have to see as much, but we maybe are taken on a journey. >> reporter: the show, filmedin scotland, and heughan's memoir, is, in essence, a love letter to his homeland, chronicling a spur-of-the-moment, week-long hike across the scottish highlands. >> it's scotland! that's where i'm going. >> reporter: the nearly 100-mile hike as much an inner journey as he takes stock of his life's struggles. the now 42-year-old raised by his mother, his father not in the picture. you talk about how maybe that's why you haven't married and settled down? >> my relationship with my father is something that i've

never really revealed or talked about much. and it clearly -- the lack of him being there has clearly made me the man i am today. and i think, in a way, this book was a way for me to sort of put it to rest, almost. to sort of realize the effect that he had on my life despite not being there. >> reporter: his track across the west highland way, 96 miles of rock, mud, and mountains. >> i set out with a goal, i'm going to do this, it's going to be easy. i got my ass handed to me by nature. by the elements. >> reporter: sam says he nearly went mad out in the wilderness. >> i was literally talking to the trees. you'll find in the book, i started talking to the mushrooms. >> we brought some for you. we wanted to present you with a platter of your people, your subjects. >> my people, you're here, you've come all the way to new york! >> reporter: he says he almost quit. something sam says jamie frasier would never have considered. >> he would have done this hike in probably a day. you know, he's certainly a lot more capable than i am. >> reporter: as for the future

of "outlander," he's among the few who knows exactly how it all ends. >> i'd do it all again. the love. the beauty. >> you've become close to the author, and she's told you the end of book 10, which you say in the book you can't tell. but you can tell me. >> i'll tell you now. actually, i just forgot what happened. >> yeah. >> i know the ending. i don't know how much longer the show will go on, but we want to tell the story, definitely. >> our thanks to juju. up next, the 8-year-old climber who is setting his sights on the record books. announcer: type 2 diabetes? discover the power of 3 in the ozempic® tri-zone. in my ozempic® tri-zone, i lowered my a1c, cv risk, and lost some weight. announcer: ozempic® provides powerful a1c reduction. in studies, the majority of people reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it.

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finally tonight, yosemite's el capitan is considered one of the toughest climbs in the world. >> way to go, all right. you ready to come down? >> 8-year-old sam baker is attempting to become the youngest person to ever ascend the famous rock formation. sam and father joe are expected to finish on friday. we wish them both good luck. that's "nightline" for this

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