why did the holocaust happened? i like to welcome our digital audience joining us from around the globe. you may share your reflections on asked questions on twitter and facebook with a # u.s. hmm why. the museum helps people think about how the holocaust happened and why it's possible in the most of in civilized regions of the world. if you were to look at europe in germany before hitler came to power, you would find democracy, struggling once, but still democracy. you would also find growing anxiety and fear as a result of the great war, the economic depression, and the rise of communism. you would find increasing anti-semitism which became a convenient explanation for every problem men crisis that beset european civilization. in germany you would find a highly educated nation in the world. 25% of the leadership had a phd or advanced degree. you find a country with a dynamic free press. he would find a country with 39 nobel prize winners. the holocaust reminds us of them agility of human rights, that the on thinka

. -- holocaust. good evening and welcome i'm wendy lower director of the museum's advanced holocaust studies. to tonight's program. why did the holocaust happen. like to welcome the digital audience joining us from around the globe. with the hashtag u.s. hh why. what happened and how it was possible and where the most advanced civilized regions of the world. if you were to look at continental europe and specifically germany before hitler came to power unified democracy. your fine democracy. struggling once. you'd also find growing anxiety and fear as a result of the great war the economic depression and the rise of a communism and you would find increasing anti-semitism which is a convenient explanation for every problem in crisis you would find where the most highly educated nations of the world. 25 percent of the leadership have a phd or an advanced degree. you'd find a country with a dynamic free press. the holocaust reminds us of the human rights that the unthinkable is always thinkable in the in

90% of the victims of the holocaust died there. three-quarters of the victims of the holocaust came from there. now, think about what that mean. in the first place, this is a reinforce bement about europe was not comed from west to east and that this is where the visions of -- [inaudible] the presence of the jews, the presence of the fighting and the absence of sympathy were the causes for the carnage. for most of the war, the only place where the united statessed had planes that could bomb these sites was great britain over there in the upper left. great -- a plane could not reach from great britain to the auschwitz camp which is almost the westernmost. auschwitz is almost the westmost. a plane could not go from great britain to auschwitz and return on a single tank of gas without crashing. now, what this means is that until 1944, until we had fought our way up the boot of italy to just northeast of rome and we could fly a plane from there up to auschwitz, it was not within target range. and every single other of those -- well, al

so, for example, you don't address holocaust denial, which is stupid, but you do address why the holocaust can't be compared in some ways to any other tragedy in history. would you tell us something about that? what makes it different and what she would know because the analytical power of that is very potent. >> yes. this question is very important because one of the pillars of the new anti-semitism is the holocaust denying. it is one of the pillars. there is a way to say the jews are horrible beings because they traffic, exaggerate, or invent what should be the most sacred thing for them, which is the memory. this is the denial of holocaust turns into anti-semitism. it depicts the portrait of the jew capable, able to do the worst which is making up hayes, the most sane memory which he has. so the question is really, i try faithfully and thoroughly to raise the question of what is at the end of the day the holocaust. what is the holocaust matter, unprecedented, and allowed without any real following? why is it so special? there's not a question of number of events. it is not a question of

they were survivors of the holocaust.t was sort of a moment he resurrected their story, but in order to justify the man who argued was deploying anti-semitic motive and was now of course in the white house furthering the regime of anti-immigrant regime, which really does echo the anti-immigrant regime that was put in place in the 1920's that ultimately kept out jews like the kushner's. amy: what about the travel ban today that donald trump imposed a week ago that led to a revolt all over the country? >> i think history is critical. the present is echoing the past. we just are the segment about the 1930's in germany. we all have our own history here that foreshadows this moment. our own history is a history filled with streams of xenophobia and hate, which has wrote consequences for people. i want to talk about rhetorical parallels between the past and present. when it was researching the 1920's, and these anti-immigrant acts that had gruesome consequences for people, i was struck by the parallels and language. you had jew

what entitles the scholars of the holocaust without any satisfaction. it would be better if it wasn't the case, but it is that which entitles the scholars to say that it is as inhuman entity that it is a sort of climax which the man can do to the other man and what i say also in this chapter is that far from the world to take care of the other massacre, far from consisting in a sort of the suffering, the swift thinking, the holocaust as absolutely special is an invitation to the aware, to get the first signs and to be able to resist to any other massacre of humanity. i show in the book and again it is a fact that since i am in a age in the age of involved myself and to see and to think each time in our history since 50 years each time that the smell of genocide has come back. each time that the huge massacre has begun, those who went on the breach and on the rampart first went all away, not the jews, but those who had in their heart, and their memory and in their intelligence these idea of the specificity of the holocaust. it was that in bangladesh. the

this is why we have a national holocaust remembrance day. a cruel irony is on this same day trump released his punishing muslim ban to stop refugees from coming into our contry. the exec of it order banned travel to the united states from seven predominantly islamic countries, though we're told this is not mause limb ban. the bumbling roamout of the order and chaos it caused has drawn scorn from across the political spectrum and allies across the world. fortunately our legal system has acted as a check on this ban so far. but it's the slamphobia at the root of it which is what mr. nnon and the alt right crowd have wanted. the german liner st. louis sailed to cuba with 937 passengers, most jews. the blunt of the passengers had applied for u.s. visas and planned to stay in cuba, but anti-sem matic protests prevented them from disembarking. after tense negotiations, the united states turned the ship away anti-passengers were forced to return to europe. one third of them were ultimately exterminated by the nazis. it was a shameful shanter in our

he terms this softcore holocaust denial. and this form of denial argues has different tackities -- tactics. it minimizes the facts, arguing the jews use the holocaust to draw attention away from criticism of israel and softcore denial also includes holocaust minimization as when someone suggests it was not so bad. softcore denial then is potentially morin sidious -- more insidious than our traditional form of denial. suggesting that while the holocaust may have occurred, it was not just about the jews per se. so i wish to have his very excellent statement placed in the record as well. and i appreciate those listening this evening and am very grateful to have this privilege of entering into the record materials we believe important to our republic, but to free people everywhere. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. kaptur: i thank you and i yield back my remaining time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. thank you, ma'am. under the speak

yes, the holocaust happened. no, the jewish people weren't simply another group of people on a long list of targets. the holocaust was designed to eliminate the jewish people from the face of the earth. other groups of people were targeted and killed. but anti-semitism was at the core of the nazi ideology of a final solution. as the late nobel peace prize recipient, ellie wezzell said while receiving the gold medal from president reagan, it is true that not all victims were jews, but all jews were victims. i implore to reject this measure so we can in a bipartisan way express the truth, because -- if people aren't going to tell the truth about this, then we're all lost. and truthfully i found the white house statement to be shameful, shameful. it needs to stop and it needs to stop now. and this is your chance to lend your voice to the record. will you stand with me? will you stand against jewish holocaust deniers? don't be enablers. this is your opportunity. there may not be another to repudiate what the white ho

. >>> up next why did the president bring up topic of nuclear holocaust at today's news conference. this is 11th hour. test this is 11th hour. >>> today's news conference while discussing relations with russia the president of the united states brought up the notion of shooting a russian spy ship and skuchd discussed what he learned about nuclear holocaust. >> the greatest thing i could do is shoot that ship outf the water. everyone is going to say oh, it's so great. it's not great. if russia and the united states actually got together and got a log and don't forget we are a powerful nuclear country and so are they. i have been briefed, i can tell you one thing p a briefing that we're allowed to say because anybody that read the basic book can says it, nuclear holocaust would be like no other. if we have a good relationship with russia, believe employee that's a good thing. not a bad thing. >> like no other. maybe the understatement of the day. it's the moment you roll the credit. we're back with the panel. malcolm, this is coming to you. i begin with visual aid. the day that the u.

on friday it was holocaust memorial day. the prime minister told us our commitments to remembering the holocaust i quote about more than words. she said it is about standing up to prejudice wherever it is found today. why then on saturday was the prime minister unable to attend to her own call to action -- unable toed a her to her own call to action. >> the prime minister made it clear she did not agree with the policy. i have made it abundantly clear several times now in the course of these proceedings, i think the policy is entirely a matter of the united states but my view it is divisive, discriminatory and wrong. >> you are to be congratulated to protect the rights of british nation nationals. will you also consider he's not telling an ally how to run their country to remind them in very calm firm terms our shared relationship is based upon a mutual respect on the rule of law both national and international and assisting america in this policy does no good at all. >> i agree. may i point out we are more likely as a natio

this order was signed on holocaust memorial day. for the sake of history, for heaven's sake have the guts to speak out. as i say, it is open to all sides of the house to come forward with yet fresher expressions of outrage about the presidential executive order. -- they aremy views entitled to that. i share the widespread disquiet and i have made my views absolutely clear. i have said that it is divisive, i have said that it is wrong, and i have said that it stigmatises people on grounds of their nationality. but i will not do what i think the party opposite would do, is disengaged from conversations with our american friends and partners in such a way as to do material damage to the interests of u.k. citizens. we have secured important protections for people in this country, and that is the job of this government. sir simon burns: given our newfound closeness to the trump administration, what plans does my right honorable friend have to try to persuade the administration, after the 90 days, to abandon what to many is a despicable a

this is the holocaust, this is anti-semitism. every child born with a drop or more of a jewish blood is a as the set defeat for the evil of adolf hitler and all he stood for. what do you think has been motivating this journey on this very specific, painful subject? >> well first of all, i take this personally because my father was jewish and world war ii veteran and i have the text of being a gas chamber with donald trump pushing it. donald trump may or might be an anti-semite. and we need to be careful about that. but he clearly has winked and he has enabled, and he has empowered folks out there. you know, this stuff that was out there, the anti-semitic alt-right was vocal and active for much of 2016. and they had plenty of opportunities to denounce it and shut it down. you know, the reality is, is that that alt-right movement which is very much a white nationalist movement, deeply anti-semitic in these figures, and these figures again feel themselves mainstreamed by what has happened. so, whatever is in donald trump's heart, i

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one said today it actually coincided with the recent international holocaust remembrance day and the executive order. >> the coinciding of these two things caused us to want to have this demonstration today at the holocaust memorial to say that there is a direct link between the safety of humanity and the types of orders that president trump is putting through, and that we're not going to stand idly by. >> we stand for refugees. we feel that it is cruel and unnecessary and counterproductive. >> reporter: now, this was held at the holocaust memorial at the palace of legion honor. we asked about the recent ruling of the ninth circuit court to not reinstate the ban, at least temporarily. one rabbi said it was a small victory but we must remain vigilant. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >>> still to come, a law dating back to the clinton administration against veteran families. >> it's supposed to offer them a path to redemption and rehabilitation, not a path to deportation. >> our investigative unit found hundreds of non-citizens who served in the u.s.

after experiencing the horrors of the holocaust first hand, lillian levy was able to start a new life in britain. but lately, she's found herself contemplating something that for decades was unthinkable. in the wake of the brexit vote, german-born jews and their descendants are using their legal right to apply for german citizenship, in order to remain part of the european union. >> lilian levy has been wary of germans most of her life. as a child, she saw her parents starve to death at the bergen-belsen concentration camp. she was later adopted and grew up in london. as an adult, she never felt comfortable about germany. >> i would not buy a volkswagen car, or any electrical gadgets with german names on it, it was a bit obsessive actually. but at the time, and i did not want to speak german. my adoptive family were german speakers. they spoke in german and i answered in english. >> haunted by the holocaust her whole life, lilian levy, now 77, never imagined a day when her family would apply for german citizenship. but after brits voted to leave the european union, levy's daughter fee

not to mention that in the holocaust is holocaust denier talk and that is breitbart steve bannon. host: rose in tennessee. upset, mr.m really cohen. glad you are not my congressperson. rep. cohen: you have tim cooper, are you glad about that? glad.: no, i am not i have a comment and a question. my comment is you said you are barackthat michelle and were no longer there. i have to tell you there are millions of americans that are thrilled they are no longer in 1600 pennsylvania and we voted for donald trump and he is going to take care of all of these problems that have been existing and a lot of them created by michelle and barack obama. my question to you is, you made this comment that the refugees are being extremely vetted now. i would like to ask you, first of all the seven countries on the list were seven countries from the obama state department that said that they were at risk to us and i found an article the said day where mr. comey -- back in july before the election even happened, he testified before congress that in the event we start to destroy isis orr -- isil or what

not afraid to say what needs to be said. >> what about holocaust? >> one of his promises in his campaign is to start investigations of what is going on in college campuses. want to talk about fundamental problems and causes of anti-semitism. >> that's well and good. and when asked a direct question about the rise of anti-semitism in this country, why won't he give a direct answer? >> i think he missed opportunity and as the reporter said, the president -- >> trump. >> trump was very hurt by the question because he is so pro-israel and so pro-jewish. >> alan, last word. >> i really think you have to ask yourself is this liz and organization she represents really nonpartisan or here to make the case for donald trump? i'm trying to be nonpartisan on this issue. i will condemn and criticize both parties if they refuse to stand up and condemn anti-semitism. and i think the zionist organization of america ought to do the same thing. >> we're nonpartisan. >> you don't sound it, sorry. >> on the holocaust situation we put out a news line on that saying he s

the holocaust museum is jammed. to be honest independence hall and the freedom trail are not jammed. engages want to difficult issues. in difficulty is all around us. wood, i trained myself to see the wood and the buildings like this. how did that get here? a mahoganyi see object, i think of who actually cut that tree in believes or -- belize. canive in a work where we be oblivious to difficulty. fortunately, i think we are getting more honest. so, for me, this is really a great opportunity. this is a field where we can really open up conversations about difficult and challenging things. and every dark or difficult .istory there is another story there is a story of people who waysted, people who found a ,o survive and tell their story every bit of information we know has come from people who were able to do that. sense, a double there is, in a sense, a ness in american history. we thought that this arc of tending towards justice. president obama says it is two steps forward, one step back. i have another view. there

the holocaust was just 70 years ago, it's connected with the hatred of israel.you have countries like iran who are able to threaten a second holocaust. if you can speak about the jewish people in a form of an e aniletory intent. i don't think we can just speak about white supremacist and how that leads to anti-semitism. >> some are saying, if you heard the rabbi who was on before, is saying that she believes that part of it is the rise of trump and the trump administration, i know you have been friends with donald trump and steve bannon for a while, but they believe that bannon's breitbart inflammatory comments you see on breitbart, it may be influencing white house policy and thusly so, anti-semitism, are they wrong? >> no one would decry and deplore white supremacists more than me as a jew. having said that, i'm not here as a spokesperson for breitbart or the administration. they have gone against the dbs boycott against israel. trump has at least taken on iran. yesterday they said it would take seven minutes to destroy tel aviv, these are serious things, not

obliteration of the jewish people as a major part of the holocaust and they refused to take that up. obliteration of the jewish people as a major part of the holocaust and they refused to take that up. they dismissed it. the president continues to dismiss it. >> are they scared of him? rep. crowley: i think they are tremendously scared of him. they are one tweet away from being dismissed and being given a new nickname, i'm sure. >> it seems like from what you are saying that the democrats are in a catch 22, which is that if republicans stand up to trump, it you are saying it undermines their argument and -- do you think there is a realistic chance that democrats are pushing a republicans to do this, you read a letter yesterday asking for the attorney general jeff sessions to recuse himself on this. the first republican to sign onto their bill, creating a bipartisan commission. can you talk about whether there will be a snowball effect? where more republicans -- rep. crowley: they have to separate the politics from the policies themselves and the issues we are dealing with. if the rep

then you go back on holocaust rem rans day and it's extraordinary. -- meeting lead by adoff iek man, the question was laid and and it was planned and executed and the result was the genocide of 6 million jews and the lesson of that chapter of history is that we must -- in future generations, one, bear witness to it but two to make certain that it never ever happens again. it is extraordinary moral abju kags by any white house, any president to be abtus on that question that you would omit and sever jews from the holocaust. this is strange to aspects of his character and how skin thinned he is. obtuse to defining events to shaped our history is today. >> that's why we teach children never forget. a dwindle numbers are with us to the. we'll continue with our panel after this.

i can give you a great example, senator schumer, and mentions this is the ukrainian holocaust. the more this information gets out there, the more it gives us, and riches us to move forward. and trains them on curricula. and and films to campus. the trailer we just saw. and it was a genocide, they are big intimidating words. and russian troops to confiscate grain during a type of famine keeping the protagonist from his beautiful fiancÉe. >> i would underscore that. you can't get everybody to read a history book or sit down -- begin to spoonfeed and i haven't seen the film but what has been said about it is it until and way to introduce the topic and get people interested. to use it in various settings and organizations, it is a soft touch and since people have been promoting books i will promote one. it is fiction called child xliv, a murder mystery, you can't put it down. it is an easy way to introduce, the film is not nearly as good as the book. it is an easy way to get introduced to the topic in different ways. to mister mcconnell's comment. there has been frustration. a lot

we have the holocaust, we had... well, you can...| holocaust, we had... well, you can...ust, we had... well, you can... i think it is a fair argument. you can cite the events of the 1930s and 19405 at argument. you can cite the events of the 19305 and 19405 at me but let's stick with what happened today. yes, but it can come back. let's look at the context of brexit. i come back to the basic point about the situation today in europe. you have just seem to reason in the white house with donald trump talking about the state fa5t alliance between britain and europe. you've heard donald trump saying that he is going to seek a very quick trade deal with britain. talking in the mo5t deal with britain. talking in the most positive term5 about britain po5t brexit. it weakens your hand as an eu negotiator, doe5 po5t brexit. it weakens your hand as an eu negotiator, does it not, that britain is now looking at history close relationship with donald trump. i am not reasoning in those term5 because i know that the interest of the uk is more in europe than in the us. you know the figur

one from a holocaust survivor who wrote me and said he survived the holocaust, he loves israel with all his heart and he disagreed with me on the best tactics to support israel but felt i invalidated the good faith of his position. the last person i would want to offend is someone like that and something i deeply regret. >> so your past comments, and i understand you are apologizing but we know the difference between apology and atonement. >> i think an apology is the first step. >> you are looking to be in a position as a diplomat at a time where you are entering an area of the globe that is delicate to say the least, in which there is tremendous passion and my luven and your love of the state of israel often, as you said earlier in your testimony, measured words the wrong way can have great ramifications. >> yes. >> i have deep concerns with the history you have of uttering words and not understanding the ramifications even in the american context those would v. kwnt i want to ask you about u.s. id programs going on in the west bank. do you have intention to visit the west bank should

in europe, i think about 13 countries there has been a be and to deny, you cannot deny the holocaustd also with that, the symbolism of nazism. like the salute to hitler's and so forth. as we have seen recently, the communist symbols of the hammer and sickle have been popular with hollywood. i believe it was kim kardashian who recently appeared wearing a sweatshirt with the hammer and sickle. for many people, that was very offensive. i was just wondering, since holodomor is an academy of the great evil of communism that has happened, particularly in ukraine, along with several other genocides and famines that aren't as well researched, but i would like to know what you think can be done and what has been done to try and put holodomor on that level to ban the denial of it? thank you. >> very nice question. thank you very much. i think a lot has been done. it may not be evident, but i think this is where the rest of us, in terms of american society, we have to roll up our shirt sleeves and get to work. i will give you some examples what has happened and obviously what is still necessary

frank center wrote -- the statement goes on to point to the statement from this administration on holocaust remembrance day which didn't mention the ju jews killed in tragedy. this is a work in progress, craig. i think this was the first step in terms of the president starting to turn the page. he was getting pressure to come out and more forcefully denounce anti-semitism. to give our viewers a sense of some of what we're talking about, since january, 54 jewish community centers have received threats in more than 20 states. this is a pressing problem the president was asked about this during a news conference last week and his response was to become defensive. there was a lot of pressure on him to say more and do more. this morning hillary clinton tweeting jcc threats cemetery desecration and online attacks sore troubling and need to be stopped. everyone must speak out starting with @potus. ivanka trump also tweeted out something today. what happens next? what will we see from this administration? worth noting he was at the african-american history museum and he talked about the contributio

whether or not stephen bannon should have be in his position, but not using the word jewish on the holocaustembrance day, does the president need to get more harrlihar hardline? the president not doing these things has been a wink and a nod to some of those extreme groups who do represent hate? >> yes. the president is very good about speaking declaratively about x, y and sz. i would say, look, this is an opportunity for you to reflect upon the past, to reflect upon the unique struggles of the african-american experience over the last 220 years but now pivot to today and to you being the 45th president of the united states and how you want to change this country as to how it relates to racial equality. >> there you go, a true tv professional. there is president trump taking the podium. >> it was a great honor to be here. this was some beautiful morning and what a job they've done, like few others have been able to do. i am very, very proud of lonnie bunch, the work and the love that he has in his heart for what he's done is -- i always talk about you need enthusiasm, need really love for any

the state department drafted its own statement to recognize holocaust remembrance day which includedhe mention of the jews killed that they thought the white house was going to use. they never asked the state department to draft a statement and never knew it existed until the white house released its own. >>> sean spicer defended the statement saying he doesn't regret the omission. >>> still ahead, reports that the trump administration is appearing to smack iran with a new set of sanctions. and when the president went to visit a slain soldier, ivanka was next to him. people asking where's the first lady? that's next. ♪ (vo) do not go gentle into that good night, old age should burn and rave at close of day; rage, rage against the dying of the light. do not go gentle into that good night. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ listerine® kills 99% of bad breath germs. this is 100% useful for a 100% fresh mouth. just ask listerine® users. the very people we studied in the study of bold. people who are statistically more likely to stand up to a bully. do a yoga handstand. and be in a magician's act. listerine® kills

she was born in israel to parents who survived the holocaust.a better life. >> being american has been so important to me and my family, and my parents being holocaust survivors, we came to america in 1949, and my parents worked so hard to become american citizens. and be i remember going to ellis island when i was 9 years old with my parents and standing and taking the oath to become an american citizen. so, you know, i don't take that lightly. we're proud of it. kelly: seeing what your family endured just to get here, to have a taste of that american dream and live it out in the best way imaginable for you, what comes to mind when you see people today? >> well, i have to say that i respect my parents so much. they're my heroes, because when we came here, my parents were stripped of everything. they lost most of their family in the war. kelly: the sad and harsh realities of war forged a steely resolve in lily and her parents. it fueled her dream of becoming successful in music. she landed her first recording contract on columbia records in 1967

like many holocaust survivors that is i's ripped him away there his family, and sent him to a perfect or filled concentration camp. >> they stuck a man this is psyched barrel spike with nails, rolled him downhill and then the dogs finish him off. >> reporter: at that point jew s were still allowed to leave germany. with the help he was released from the camp and moved to america where he later joined the u.s. army. >> here i am, fluent in german , working knowledge of french. >> reporter: he return to the country he thread as an intelligence officer taking down nazi regime that murdered his parents and killed millions of his fellow jews. among his accomplishments preventing thousands office troops to be ambush in the river dam. >> it was isolated toward elements of our unit and probably would have made mints meat out of them. >> reporter: later they convinced german general to turn over small city sharing hundreds of casualties. >> he said nerd to save the city, and its the population, i decided to accompany you to your headquarters with my troops. >> reporter: kaufman advanced to the

, which ukrainians also there hasnd, but also ban to deny the holocaust.nd also the symbolism of not sm. as a -- of nazi the communist symbols of the hammer and sigel have been popular with hollywood. i believe it was kim kardashian who recently appeared wearing a sweatshirt wearing the hammer and sickle. for many people, that was very offensive. i was just wondering, since holodomor is an academy of the great evil of communism that has happened, particularly in , along with several other genocides and famines that aren't as well researched, but i would like to know what you think can be done and what has been done to try and put bandomor on that level too the denial of it? >> a lot has been done. it may not be evident, but i think this is where the rest of us, in terms of american society, we have to roll up our shirt sleeves and get to work. michael: worldwide, there are only 13 countries who having knowledge -- who have acknowledged holodomor as a genocide. that needs to happen. forthour role to bring this motion of recognizing holodomor as a genocide.

we just issued a holocaust remembrance day celebration that miraculously managed to not mention the jews. we have people showing up at airports because of this extraordinary and shameful refugee order. i'm missing a few thing. madison is great. we all agree. if you were president we would even be happy. we call these people secretaries for a reason, to underline their significance in the structure of government. the only person that matters is the person of the president and if you ar are conservative you w up in the view character is paramount and my concern throughout the election was the character of the president and judged by the last eight days since the presidency began, what do you think about the character of this president but that is the question that will undermine the next -- [applause] i think it is way too soon to pass judgment. [applause] there's a number of things. i do like to believe that it is way too soon. he's nohe is not my ideal candis i said earlier. but there are two separate issues. number one, the thought of another four years was the end of america as we know

donald trump refused to include jews and holocaust remembrance. denying jews had a particular hurt in the holocaust is nothing short of denial. this weekend our organization and others begged donald trump, begged him to comment on the bombing, the bomb threats of jcc. he wouldn't do it. he wouldn't talk about the desecration of 170 jewish cemeteries in st. louis. what happened today, lawrence, as you said, he read soullessly this statement, anti-semitism is a very bhing and jewish person like myself who has a conscience should be shocked. here's a man who doesn't know how to stick to a teleprompter. today he did because he probably couldn't say the words from his heart. >> let's look at what happened to chuck grassley today where impeachment came up at a town hall, a republican senator's town hall in iowa. >> who brought up impeachment? >> senator, i did. >> go ahead. >> first of all, i want to apologize for being so outspoken, i am so unsettled. it feels like we have a juvenile running our country. >> here, here. [ applause ] >> david, there's a

what if president obama refused to mention what happened to jewish people in the holocaust? allow the state department to mention it what happened to the jewish verdicts of the holocaust? would impeachment hearings already be under way? a few jewish citizens corrected the historical record but they restrained from any -- what would the prime minister of israel have said? do you really think benjamin netanyahu would have remained silent about this as he did with the donald trump administration. or would he say it's something sin sinister in the -- pretends to be nonpartisan but they swooned for can date donald trump when he appeared at their apack did release this statement praising the president's new sanctions against iran. aipac issued a statement today praysing the trump administration for their activities. the trump administration claims they target 25 individuals and -- and at the end of the leakiest first two weeks of a presidency, some pharmaceutical company ceos revealed today that in their private meeting with the president, he seems to reverse his campaign pledges

with that historic movement toward the acquisition or a the holocaust, a deerfield this is a passing fad we will go through to seduce young liberals on college campuses? paris that ominous based on the allies that have enormous consequences? >> what we hear all learning is the postwar period if it became shameful and it no longer be keen dangerous to be jewish but that was historic cleve anomalous. this the thing going on for some time in europe. i began to sense it in brussels having conversations with my european colleagues it is ridiculous that in the suburb of paris but now is widely recognized in be verified extraordinary antisemitism in europe. and to make that case but it is what we are witnessing is a return. but it is a liberal or a conservative and to be more concerned with the environment. they are normal debates that have been with then liberalism all in above family and of basic liberal values. now moving into new politics and to be neuralgia like it is my convention -- conviction that trump's politics and a conservative but not liberal and there is a difference between

google did tweet the algorithm at the end of the day so holocaust the mars were not at the top of thee companies. they have to recognises his very early oi'i. have to recognises his very early on. three or four macro years ago i do not think facebook was thinking, we are going to become the platform by which most millennial is get the i'iews by which most millennial is get the news was that i do not think that was in their heads. it has happened at such a speed and has caused a significant change in demands facing the to respond. we also have to recognise these are companies unlike any we have ever seen in that they are truly global. the next million customers of facebook weather will probably be in south asia, africa and east asia. they have to be responsive to all of that but also. we rightly demand more of the companies. i am quite sympathetic.” respectfully disagree with you. facebook had specifically targeted the media, the news business. they replicated the idea of twitter because they knew that is how people keep coming back to the facebook platform. news is one of the most add

dues and italians have been banned from the end of the first world war and the holocaust. united states had a terrible history of excluding people on the basis of race and religion. in many countries we have had equally bad issues like this. things have changed. now we have a statute that does prohibit denying visas on the basis of religion. how does that statute interrelate with other statutes that gives the president greater authority and how does it relate to the constitution? i could teach a seminar in harvard law school just about this case, it teach a seminar in harvard law schooljust about this case, it is so schooljust about this case, it is so complex. if you are anyone giving simpleminded solutions whether it will be donald trump saying we will definitely win or the plaintiffs saying the same thing, or the attorney general in washington, they are all wrong. nobody knows who will win this. it may go to the supreme court of the united states which is now divided in one. we may get a divided four to four decision. this is farfrom over divided four to four decision.