and in california at the chabad at poway. gunman motivated by hatred against jews open fired, killing jews and earn -- and injuring others. we were all horrified by these attacks. federal, state, and local law enforcement respond quickly and decisively. of course, it is one thing for the nation to pull together in condemning anti-semitism when confronted with from pitch -- from frontpage stories about horrific shootings, as in pittsburgh and poway. but far too often, jews and jewish communities in america suffer outside the spotlight. in new york city, we have seen a sharp uptick in attacks on orthodox jews, particularly in the crown heights neighborhood. are vana -- vandalizing synagogues. in massachusetts, in march, vandals desecrated gravestones in a jewish cemetery, scrawling hateful graffiti. while the tragic attacks [where -- while the tragic attacks drew national attention, the attacks in communities like them are less well-known outside the jewish community. but they form the daily background about concerns for securi

and in california at that, at - poway. we were all horrified by these attacks. local lawtate, and enforcement respond quickly and decisively. of course, it is one thing for the nation to pull together in condemning anti-semitism when confronted with from pitch stories about horrific shootings, as in pittsburgh and too often, jews and jewish between 80's in america suffer outside the spotlight. gesturesrk city communities in america suffer outside the spotlight. we have seen in new york crown heights attacks on jewish committees. people are vandalizing synagogues. in massachusetts, in march, vandals desecrated gravestones in a jewish cemetery,'s crawling hateful while the attacks in pittsburgh and poway drew attention, these and in communities out side -- are less well known the jewish community, but they form the daily background of concerns about security and safety that many in the jewish community feel. the nation as a whole must be aware of these concerns and reject the forces that motivate them. and fellow general citizen, i want to assure the jewish commun

prospering, jews -- darrell horne wrote this very important op-ed, i would recommend you look up after you powayings. that one i really love. she talks about how jews are the symbol of freedom in a society and we always have been. we're the symbol of difference. we're the symbol of worshipping differently, believing differently, bringing deeply radical iconoclastic ideas into the world. the idea of freedom, the idea slavery is evil. these are deeply iconoclastic ideas. the ability for us to believe in them over time to the extent we can is the extent to which a society is sort of tolerating of difference. societies that don't tolerate difference, that don't tolerate the freedom are societies where jews are not going to do very well. >> do you think president donald trump has enabled anti-semitism in the united states? >> i do. look, none of us know what's in donald trump's heart. i don't know what's in yours. i think really good things. but none of us know. but i do think what donald trump has done is he has -- he's a conspiracy thinker. it's almost like, you know, someone that is -- that indulg

mass shooting in california since april when a gunman killed one and injured three in a synagogue in poway north of san diego. the nonprofit research group gun violence archive reports this was the 30th mass shooting in california in 2019. gilroy police have set up two phone lines. one is for witnesses. it's 408-846-0583. the other line is for anyone still looking for family members who were at the festival. that number is 408-846-0584. now, we have both numbers on our website for you as well. that's abc7news.com. police are asking you do not call the emergency line. >>> our thoughts are with gilroy this evening. we have created this badge to honor the shooting victims. if you'd like, you can share it on facebook, twitter and instagram. >>> we are going to move on to other news now. the ghost ship warehouse fire, the four-month trial is coming to a close this week. today final arguments and then the case goes to the jury. abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley has been following the case. >> reporter: prosecutor autry james solemnly read the names of 36 victims as family members wept openly in

here at home, after the events of last year from pittsburgh to power way, -- to poway, it is not 1939ut it is 2019 and that is cause enough for concern. the stakes for what we do now as a nation are enormous. consider this state of european jury where one in three say they have been harassed at least once in the past year and 80% say they do not report incidents to the police because they feel that nothing will change. consider one third of european jews will not wear items identifying themselves as jewish out of fear for their safety. america has always been different, and our jewish community feels differently from our brothers and sisters in europe. the topic my fellow panelists and i have been asked is how to combat anti-semitism. while protecting the right to free speech. perhaps our most cherished american freedom. i would like to touch on the sources of anti-semitism today, from a global and domestic perspective and reflect on the balance between protecting jews and political speech -- excuse me, protecting speech. we have identified three primary sources of anti-semitism from

poway. charleston church.nationalists have tried to kill many and are very active now and their websites, they're using encrypted apps. they're communicateing and their agents have influenced trying to drive that kind of assault on the people. so those are some possibilities, but it could be a wide variety of motives. we don't really know yet you know what the motive is. it sounds like officers, richard, really centered on these guys, quick, they may have one. we have another cornered. so that's good news. >> that's been reported they reacted quickly. jim, when you look at these pictures. you got the trained eye. what are you seeing in terms of the level of this situation within they say active, that level of seriousness of it being active? >> yeah, it looks over to me from the video feed as far as over for shooting active shooting. those people are not gunfire there. they're reacting to the past event, and the law enforcement officers we're seeing are responding to the specific locations. so also we look at t

insaw what happened in poway pittsburgh.hen you pray to god, you don't have to look back, you don't have to be afraid. we hear about anti-semitic rhetoric. we hear about public officials who support anti-semitism. rise of anti-semitism in europe and also in the u.s. and when you see public officials who endorse anti-semitism, we cannot sit idly by. we all have to condemn them. we have to isolate them. we have to remove them from public office. [applause] mr. danon: let me share with you some numbers. .1% of theesents worlds population. that is at. -- is it. but israel receives 78% of you .nd condemnations -- u.n condemnations. not yemen, iran, or north korea but israel. there is an anti-israel bias. --ouble standard cigna singling out israel in debates. unfortunately, the real issues problems are not focused on, the focuses only on israel. i do not take anti-semitism lightly and without a fight. , with aeeks ago resolution to condemn religious-based violence went to the u.n., they forgot to include anti-semitism. i took acti

the poway synagogue in poway, california. the reason i raise this is because there is a concern that this is notn being taken as seriously as it should be. as one of the real threats in oured country. and a concern as well that the fbi has now changed its definition whenme it comes to re related crimes. they have create add new categoryed for what you term racially motivated violent extremism. it used to be white supremacist incidents. could you explain to me why there was this change, whether you consider this a serious threat andway you are doing about it. i ask you this in the context of a national conversation that's taking place every day under this presidency. about the issue of race and incitement to emotion and violence by the people who are using race as the motivator. >> so, senator, first let me sort of unpack your question a little bit. needless to say we fake domestic terrorism or hate crime regardless of ideology steamily seriously. i can assure you. and we are aggressively pursuin it. weapon use both counterter