he had basically negotiating skills, he and my brother were gassed in auschwitz.knew how to pack -- learned how to pack bullets that killed jewish people. there were over 6 million people killed in the holocaust. over 1 million people killed in auschwitz. there is no silver lining to killing 6 million people. or talking about slaves and the benefits of slaves and learning what they were doing. >> debbie, you know, what your father is talking about there is survival. not personal benefit, when you hear these things being compared, whether it's slavery or the holocaust, what goes through your mind? >> you know, the reason my dad wrote survivors club, he did not want to initially sit down and talk about his past. he never really wanted to talk about his past. seven years after his liberation, he and i were looking for that video, this famous video of my father when he was liberated from auschwitz. we knew we could google it and find, it we googled it one, day we clicked on a site, it took us to a holocaust deniers website online. these guys captioned a video of my da

frequent historians call this camp the belarusian auschwitz because it really is in this camp all these were spontaneous murders. these were the planned killings of both prisoners of war and civilians and participants in the underground struggle of citizens of different nationalities, of course. the jews were the first to be hit by the nazis. the territory of the camp occupied 200-250 hectares. the first prisoners were the soviet war, captured by their hands , in fact, and the infrastructure of the labor camp was created. they equipped the area themselves. they spent the night in fellow countrymen, who looked more like holes. the first commandant eduard strauch decided to create for the prisoners people who always stayed in may 1942 saw a favorable picture first of all, flowering trees , a lake from above and greenery, young grass a peaceful landscape that did not even hint at the slow mechanism of destruction idyllic rural that became the topography of nazi terror in the copied territory . the land of the karl marx collective farm near the village of malaya trostenets was chosen for th

kennedy was denounced by both the auschwitz museum and the u. s. holocaust museum for those comments. he apologized for them later that week, but today, he has seemed to deny under all that he had made the comment at all. so, i don't know what to tell you. >> daniel, thank you very much for the fact checking. so illuminating. joining me now is columnist matt lewis who is also the author of the brand-new book called, filthy rich politicians,. also here, cnn political commentator karen finney, cnn opinion contributor sofia nelson, who is a former house republican and city council, and now -- homeland security and intelligence of the government of washington d. c.. well, all your reputations precede you. i love that you're all here today. listen, the fact that he was there at all has made many democrats say, what are republicans thinking? the triangle an executive sessions. they didn't want to come in the first place because of these facts, yet he is pulling still very high, not close to biden but as a democratic hopeful, it is there. >> those numbers

and indeed in auschwitz where i've attended to see the horrors of what mankind can do against mankind. why was the state of israel formed? israel was formed out of a racist society, to say to the world, no longer, never forget, we will not tolerate racism. and 75 years later we stand here in this body, celebrating this democratic state in the meas that was formed -- in the middle east that was formed because of persecution and because of racism. we do not stand for racism, anyone in this chamber should stand for racism. and we cannot call israel, which is formed as a result of racism tread -- and hatred to call that very country a racist state is repugnant to all our values. i think everyone in this chamber should vote yes. because as my dear friend across the aisle knows, racism and anti-semitism have no place, no place, not only in this chamber, but not in america, and not anywhere in the world and where we see it, we denounce it. in its most ugliest form. so this sakkal to action. to defend her. to defend the nation that was created by primarily the united states and our allies as

as a boy from brighton, the son of auschwitz survivors, i just wanted to say that i agree with you wholeheartedly that the left is destroying our culture. and i think most likely it is planned -- i do not think by joe biden, because i do not think intellectually he is able to conceive of these ideas. the left employees something akin to the nuremberg laws where they punish people by taking away their occupation, destroying their books, destroying their culture. what they want to replace it with, i am not sure. maybe you can enlighten us. >> let me quickly adjust comments. i have an article -- i'm writing a column every week for 20 years. there are 1000 of them on the internet i have a column on 32 differences between liberalism and leftism. all of you who are on the left should read it to find out are you a liberal or a leftist. anyone of you who is conservative and has liberal relatives, you want to send them this piece. i will give you one example which i cited earlier. just ask them, are you for or against black graduation exercises at a college? if the answer is yes, you know they are on the

ripping babies from the arms of their mothers and put in cages, putting them in cages reminiscent of auschwitz. the slander was hammered home by bernie sanders. elizabeth warren and every other leading practically in the same words. it's criminal, biden said in disgust. trump responded, this faux outrage was actually concerned about the children by ending the policy within months. this was a very important part of this was a zero tolerance policy for illegals. he was going to deport them all and he had to give it up over these 4000 children that the democrats demagogued into outfits archivists. when biden took office, he made it a point to welcome unaccompanied minors to to the united states. it's a thousand mile. it's one of the most dangerous journeys the world. you to go through jungles, deserts. and there in the hands of cartel criminals. this lurid instead of having 4000 parents as kids is temporal separated the number exploded to. 250,000 100,000 of whom were just lost. the government doesn't know where they are. is somewhere the united states unknown. our government and the tender care

i was at auschwitz two weeks ago. these words aren't innocuous. it is antisemitic and when you blame or not blame some people for getting covid or not getting covid, it may not mean anything to rfk jr. but there are people who are very sick and very demented online. at a time when we have the highest rate of antiasian crime, crime against those of the jewish faith, those words mean something to some people. so i know there's tension taken with what you can say. the first amendment which you can say. these are hateful words and to give him a platform. >> there's politics hear. the republicans are weaponizing rfk jr. against president biden. why? if you look at the poll numbers, we know that this house of wentives run by kevin mccarthy, these republicans are very beholden to donald trump. they're in his camp. there can be no question. if they can weaken joseph biden a little bit by using rcmp fk jr., that amazing name, the name that carries a lot of weight with a lot of people. particularly over 60 years of age no matter how wacky he may be or appea

he says he thought about his late grandmother and auschwitz survivor, as he weighed up his decision.r country, cohen told reuters. but then, i also remembered the lesson about humanity about the duty of soldiers to refuse to serve in an undemocratic army. joining us now is ben rhodes, former deputy national security adviser for president obama, and msnbc political analyst. he is the author of after the fall, the rise of authoritarianism in the world we've made. ben, thank you very much for joining us tonight. what is your assessment of where things stand tonight in israel? >> lawrence, i think it's pretty dark. i think these changes that prime minister netanyahu rammed through with the most far-right coalition that we've ever seen in israel's history, essentially remove checks and balances that are central to israeli democracy. israel only has a single legislative body, the knesset. it's not like the house and senate where there are two bodies that can check one another. there is a prime minister that is leading a coalition of that knesset, and the supreme court has been the only che

they were wearing t-shirts that said auschwitz.be very clear about what is underline in this. and although there are people who have economic grievances, people who have suffered, frankly, that's not the motivating force. the biggest coalition for donald trump is people who think white people have been victims. that's the biggest identification with trump. you watch fox news. you think whites are victims. and, oh, by the way, we don't know they replace anymore. and that's how you become a trump for. >> we're gonna have to put a pin on it there. we'll leave it there. thank you very much, jennifer reuben and former south carolina governor, mark sanford, we appreciate you. still ahead, highly restrictive access to abortion, and ruthless attacks on lgbtq community, losing issues for republicans, according to poll after poll. so, why are they pounding the table for such popular, unpopular, rather, cultural issues? we'll discuss, next. ♪ ♪ ♪ fiber gels to trap and remove the waste that weighs you down and also helps lower cholesterol and

made during this era was that the united states was urged the us army urged to bomb the lines to auschwitzin 1944 and and the us army chose not to. and that decision made did not. there's no, there's no knowledge that stimson played any role, was aware in any way of that decision. so we know that he had very good relationship with henry morgenthau. until 1944, when morgenthau proposed a plan, postwar germany, that would have stripped germany of industry and. henry stimson believed that was the wrong move and that germany should be encouraged to rejoin the the community of nations and that its economy should be allowed to flourish. you would be setting the stage for yet world war. but that the arguments between stimson and morgenthau over that plan of morgenthau was became heated and. morgenthau believed that the state department had had failed to rescue -- had and he was you know, distraught over. the destruction of european jewry as we know millions and and it was known at that time. that argument between two men became very intense and it was tainted by their world. ultimately, though. t

the moderator today doctor tibialis has been the executive director auschwitz institute for the preventioncide and mass atrocities since 2000. formatted raised in romania, doctor gals previously worked as an associate researcher for the uk parliament when he helped develop the uk positions on the un special advisor on the prevention of genocide. welcome to you all, i am not going to turn this over to curtis for welcome on behalf of æ good evening everyone and welcome to this amazing webinar and i am a codirector of what abe center as mentioned arts and culture that man had prevailed in the beginning but now we cover the entirety of monopoly hokey, the land of the lord will not pay the original homeland which extends all the way up to the foothills of the catskill mountains and all the way down the delaware river to include eastern 'pennsylvania and new jersey emptying into the dollar. those of the original homeland so it's amazing we are a part of this webinar this evening and on behalf of the what abe center and speaking as one abe man i welcome you to this place called what abe hokey an

bill originally had the character of sophie making her unimaginable choice between her children at auschwitz. that was my only influence, i would say, into his writing. >> we have an awful lot in common, but i think after all these years we are still a mystery to each other. >> reporter: like so many couples, the styrons were a study in contrasts. >> the novels were all in his head. the adventure was in his head. it was on paper. he was scared of adventure. >> reporter: but you were not scared of adventure? >> i couldn't wait. and i resented being denied it. but marriage and bill were more important, so i got over it. >> reporter: but you and bill had very different upbringings. do you think that accounts maybe for -- >> it accounts for what? >> reporter: for maybe him being scared of adventure and you craving adventure? >> yes, because he had to take care of his mother because she had developed cancer and he was always aware that she might die and she did when he was 13. so i think a tthat's what set h on this pattern of being afraid of what was coming next. >> reporter: rose styron is cand

you go to see bent and you see, know, gay and you see, you know, two gay men it's about the men in auschwitzed experience. it's about the huge empathy for the human condition that great theatre can generate. we can see a black henry the fifth or a black richard the second, and that's supposed to okay. we're all supposed to be okay. we're all supposed to be okay. we're all supposed be colour—blind. but supposed to be colour—blind. but no, not allowed go to a no, we're not allowed to go to a to a to a to a black production. i find it very offensive and i do think it's racist and i think it should be discouraged. >> amy, i mean, do you not think this in the face the this flies in the face of the great martin luther king who said should be by or said you should be judged by or he hope you would be he would hope you would be judged the content your judged by the content of your character, colour of character, not the colour of your skin. >> it's a nonsense to >> i think it's a nonsense to say i don't see colour. we see colour. can see colour this colour. i can see colour of this table, i see the

and indeed in auschwitz where i've attended to see the horrors of what mankind can do against mankind. why was the state of israel formed? israel was formed out of a racist society, to say to the world, no longer, never forget, we will not tolerate racism. and 75 years later we stand here in this body, celebrating this democratic state in the meas that was formed -- in the middle east that was formed because of persecution and because of racism. we do not stand for racism, anyone in this chamber should stand for racism. and we cannot call israel, which is formed as a result of racism and anti-semitism and day tread -- and hatred to call that very country a racist state is repugnant to all our values. i think everyone in this chamber should vote yes. because as my dear friend across the aisle knows, racism and anti-semitism have no place, no place, not only in this chamber, but not in america, and not anywhere in the world and where we see it, we denounce it. in its most ugliest form. so this sakkal to action. to defend her. to defend the nation that was created by primarily the united