anti—semitism is back in vogue, you say.ean union has its own survey of fundamental rights and an agency devoted to that. and they say anti—semitism has become disturbingly normalised. so do you see governments across europe responding to that reality? governments are trying to respond to those different threats. we have seen, initially, governments providing, especially in western europe, providing for additional security forjewish institutions. we have seen, also, some preventative measures against people who might become terrorists and attacking jewish communities. on the other hand, we have seen much less action when it talks about the civil liberties and religious liberties of the jewish community. see, i asked you about actions and your level of satisfaction with those actions, because you've said some things which suggest a deep dissatisfaction. you've referred to the numbers ofjews in europe declining. i think you and others have suggested there's roughly a 15% decline in europe's overalljewish population, and clearl

is rising anti—semitism a symptom of 8“ is rising anti—semitism a symptom of 8——ofa is rising anti—semitisma liberal democratic order thatis 8 —— of a liberal democratic order that is starting to crumble? rabbi pinchas goldschmidt, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. there is a lot of evidence from surveys in opinion polls across europe suggesting thatjews feel much more insecure than they did ten, 20 years ago. why? attacks against the jewish community come from different places. there is the attack from islamic radicals, it islamic terrorism, as we have seen it in toulouse and paris and herbin hagen, and brussels. and we have attacks against religious practice ofjewish religious practice in the european parliaments, outlawing practices to circumcision and preparing kosher meat and also the far left, with the far right, is getting stronger in many places in europe, and anti—semitism is back in vogue. anti—semitism is back in vogue, you say. the european union has its own survey of fundamental rights and agency devoted to that. and they say anti—semitism has become disturbingly normalised. so d

and combat anti-semitism. this position was created to combat this threat worldwide through bilateral relationships and international organizations such as european union and the united nations. 15 years later, we need to modernize the way our government is set up to fight this hatred. this bipartisan bill which has been previously introduced in the house and passed in the house requires the president to appoint a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-semitism. the bill also elevates the special envoy position to the rank of ambassador and ensures direct access to the secretary of state. it's time for the stature of this position to reflect the level of work that must be done. unfortunately a special envoy is yet to be nominated under this administration and i strongly urge the president to appoint a qualified candidate as soon as possible. i would also like to thank congressman chris smith for introducing this important bill and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from

to fight anti-semitism in your. jews need to find ways to use law to fight anti-semitism. here is one of his first writings and polished early when he survived one of the worst pogroms. his hometown where he was a student at university at the time, studying law. he was a leader in a youth women of young scientists -- young zionists. he responded by writing this petition and saying jews have the right to have their own hebrew language school here and have recognition from the polish government. if they don't do that, we will go to the international community and amanda somebody do some thing to recognize us. -- demand that somebody do something to recognize us. what was really happening here? and the answer is, before there was a movement for human rights in before the was a lot of there was something called motor rights and the story behind lawsuiter packet's thinking on these issues was what was going on in world war i. how are we going to draw a map of europe afterwashington, d.c. to protect all the people stuck on the border? if we have new countries, poland, hungary, l

they knew it was being run by bigoted anti-semites. only now that it out in the open the dnc has canceled partnership. laughably, they won't acknowledge the reason for the cancellation.ll believe it or not, democrats have a long history with farrakhan. remember, not that long ago president bill clinton recently appearing right there on stage with farrakhan. obama was pictured hanging out with this hate preacher just prior to his time as president. by the way, they hid this pictuream from you, the american people, for eight years. and sadly,oc the democrats' close relationship with anti-semitism, it doesn't stop there you have freshman stop there. you have freshman congresswoman omar is also a known anti-semite, once called israel apartheid state and that's just the tip of the iceberg. watch this. >> israel has hypnotized the world allah awaken the people and see the evil position of israel. you've commented a lot since then. trying to explain what you meant by that. and i wonder just what your message is this morning as the first on ou

was what he was talking about in terms of values today in order to counter anti semitism he mentioned tolerance inclusion humanity and liberty and true democracy and praising germany also for upholding those values to some degree we have a sound bite also from freeland let's listen to just a section of what he had to say during his speech today. and for two days germany is a changed germany as. thanks. to. our transformation is this experience since then what it is this one of the strongest. against against exactly the developments i just talked about we all hope. you. retain the moral rectitude to stand for tolerance and. humanity and liberty in the future in other words for true democracy. when a very interesting that he would make that statement at a time when in the german bundestag we now have a far right party we're seeing the rise of far right populism throughout europe. the contrast between those i found very interesting here although i mean when you to our viewers it's important to for them to hear this statement for example from one of the f.t. leaders beyond her who's a par

on palestine solilidarity day under the guiue anti-semitic? i think it i is time for conversation on what constitutes anti-semitism. the relationship between anti-semitism and racism and the difference between critiques of the state of israel, critiques of the occupation of palestine, and anti-semitism. of course, all of his reserve theright to criticize united states of america, the government, especially during this period. no one would argue that by criticizing the government wewe are criticizizing all of the people of the u.s. asas a matter of fact, , i thint is very important to point out that there is s a significant resistance among jewish citizens of israel inside israel. when i visited palestine and 2011, i had the opportunity to speak with a jewish activist who were opposed to the occupationn of palestine. attacks ont with andle like marc lamont hill the organizers of the women's march -- so it seems as if there may be an effort to prevent black solidarity with palestine. to conspiracyibe theories, but it seems as if we are witnessin

and have a sense of anti semitism a taste of anti-semitism with anti semitism is just one of the scourges that have swept one nation after another in some cases emerging more slowly racism spreads all around and. for fear of not increasing nationalism i think that we are seeing across the globe in a very well. and way they are increasing say are on the rise. thanks . so my little fleetness closest store to planters when i. peace prize of the german book trade was offered to me i wasn't sure if i wanted to accept this award and i did it when i was asked if i should come and speak to the german bundestag i was not sure either whether i should accept it but i did why. because. for two days germany is a changed german i as i say thanks. to. our transformation is as experienced since the war it is this one of the strongest . again its bastions against exactly the developments i just talked about as we are home or should you first retain the moral rectitude to stand for tolerance and lesion humanity and liberty in the future in other words for true democracy thanks . more after. laws and regula

semitism is just one of the plagues that are now creeping into one nation after another. us. the temptations of authoritarian government. growing nationalism on the rise everywhere in the world in disturbing ways. so. often for. smuggling. and we can see the lawmakers there sitting listening to what extent is what was just said there on their minds today. and that as a people we saw sitting there right at the front of the area of the parliament where the representatives of the alternative for germany elissa vital and alexander golland were sitting there and this is what immediately comes to mind for very many parliamentarians the fact that he is now represented in the german parliament and in all sixteen regional parliaments across the country there going to be three key regional elections this year where he is expected to search so still further and there can be no doubt about it that have been anti semitic comments from within the ranks of the day in recent times and comments also when it comes to remembering the holocaust. there. i'm interested. many house become one of th

address from a holocaust survivor and his story and friedlander he warned against surgeons of anti semitism and asks germans to remain vigilant. also coming up america's midwest is in the grip of a deadly deep freeze with temperatures colder than antarctica our reporter is in chicago where daily life has ground to a halt and waving flags and calling for free elections venezuelans take to the streets and tell president nicolas maduro it is time to go they want the country's armed forces to back his rival the interim president. plus five years after the launch of the clean india campaign it is. welcome to the program in a ceremony marking the seventy fourth anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz concentration camp. germany's parliament has commemorated the victims of the nazi regime the nazis murdered an estimated six million jews as well as hundreds of thousands of sinti and roma disabled people and homosexuals over a million people were killed in auschwitz alone well thanks i've led the president of the wonder spot tog and the holocaust survivor and historian saul freelander spoke w

labour mps spoke of the anti—semitic abuse they have suffered over the years.prevarication is not an option. chanting: 0h jeremy corbyn! the row continued over the summer, with members of the ruling national executive committee being forced to resign over comments they had made, and an argument broke out over the party's adopted definition of anti—semitism. they finally accepted both the international holocaust remembrance alliance definition and their examples into the code of conduct, but only after lots of criticism from within the party. there were more casualties. both frank field and john woodcock, who were facing their own challenges, cited the party's approach to anti—semitism as reasons they could no longer support labour. jeremy corbyn hoped to draw a line under the issue with his conference speech. i say this to all the jewish community — this party, this movement — we will always be implacable campaigners against racism and anti—semitism in all its forms. we are your allies. but hang on — we're getting ahead of ourselves. theresa may had to deal wit

he has some deeply held anti-semitic ideas. but he argues is that radicals and communists are trying to encourage this boycott, and that is his coded language for jews pushing a boycott. and brundage ultimately wins the day. he goes over to germany to inspect and check whether jewish athletes are being treated fairly under the regime. he does not speak german. he's never allowed to talk to a n athlete without a nazi official present. and he finds what he wants to find. which is, as he argues, that jewish athletes are being treated fairly. certainly, they were not, but some of the nazi's earliest policies were to segregate jews. jews couldn't swim in pools, jews couldn't train with non-jews. that affects jewish athletes who could have qualified for the 1936 olympics. we also try to round out the media landscape by showing american newsreels here. even during the depression , americans went to the movies. movies were relatively cheap. you could sit there all day, and before the movies, you would watch digests of the news of the w

i think they do not speak for all the women h here. >> no one said any thing today anti-semitic.working with today, they hear, now, president. >> better to be a bad feminist than a feminist at all. so i think it is important that even the one person does something wrong, we come up and we show up and we represent what we want to see in our government. >> sean: interesting outfits. fox news contributor sara carter joint is now along with fox news contributor tammy bruce. you were there in one capacity. sara, we'll start with you. you were interviewing the people at that particular march. they didn't seem to care, a lot of them, about real radical anti-semitism, and you also mentioned the things they had said. what else did you clean out of this experience that we sent you through? >> [laughs] >> i think it was shocking, sean, for me, it was really disturbing that a lot of the people that i spoke with didn't just take a step back and say, absolutely, we condemn it, it's completely anti-semitic. i brought out the statements that were made by louis farrakhan. i asked them directly, d

probably the biggest anti-semite in the entire country. linda sarsour another organizer. known to praise and support sharia law. she said i am her is i alli who was a victim of female genital mutilate a victim. says she doesn't -- a woman deserve to have her female anatomy taken away. when she is confronted about it she blamed the jewish media. it doesn't get any more antiwoman than that or anti-semitic and racist than that. >> my personal experience of course was extensive. she was being condemned because she was speaking honestly about the problems of radical islam and that if you care about women that's something that we all have to be able to be honest about. what's interesting certainly about the march and it speaks to, also, i think the american sensibility. americans want to go out and have an impact. that's clear. young people, it's -- i was doing it, of course. it's wonderful exciting thing to do. you want to make a difference. the problem is that they are being used by a fraud. that they are being used by people who say oh we und

fighting my views racism and semitism, -- an anti-semitism, income inequality. i really like him and think he would make a great president. host: joe kennedy. who are the other top progressives? guest: progressives is kind of a fluid word because that is the democratic mono curve for good. bernie is someone we have not mentioned, amy klobuchar -- bernie sanders is someone we have not mentioned, amy klobuchar. house, joe kennedy's name comes up often but i think he is more interested in staying in the house. too.maltin

there are charges of anti-semitic. we saw a group within this march, fred, that were saying they were jewish and here for the march, unified with the march. that's what we're seeing here in washington. >> jessica dean, we'll check back with you. thank you so much. this year's women's marches are expected to be more subdued than the massive star studded marches in the past. allegations of bigotry, anti-semitic against leaders of women's march incorporated, the national arm of the movement forced some groups to distance themselves from the washington event, and form new alliances. cnn national correspondent erica hill joins me from the march in boston. erica, this year's marches, stark contrast of what we have seen in the past. explain why. >> reporter: yeah, fred. there are a couple reasons for that. number one, local organizers i have spoken with around the country, keep in mind, there are hundreds of them organized locally, they tell me there are concerns who they're aligned with. is there anti-semitic in the ranks. t

anti—semitism in today's society and politics may be on the fringes, but it continues to exist.olence and killing has been supported by years of conditioning the population to really hate the group that is being targeted for elimination. it starts with what we now call stereotyping, generalizations, mockery, blame, lies, bullying, verbal abuse, victimising, conspiracy theories. and this is what provides the deep soil from which grow the hideous and vile acts of genocide, and this is the very essence of anti—semitism. and who can say that we are not living with this in our very midst in 2019? now to the lords where peers urged the uk government to do more to help the people of venezuela. opposition leaderjuan guaido declared himself acting leader in caracas on wednesday. it comes amid mass protests against president nicolas maduro who has overseen years of economic freefall. hyperinflation, power cuts and shortages of basic items have driven millions of people out of venezuela. mr maduro was sworn in for a second term earlier this month after a vote marred by an opposition boycot

anti-semitism in any form are not welcome here. despite those statements, there is still confusion over how these marches are or are not connected to the event in washington today. a movement that energized and unified so many just two years ago is today overshadowed by controversy. including accusations of anti-semitism within women's march, inc., the group that organizers the d.c. event. >> the women's march unequivocally condemns bigotry. >> it is a march about jewish people. >> we have repeatedly. >> louis forracon, the co-president attended and an event last year, where he called jews his enemy and povertied the photo in 2017, calling him the greatest of all time. she has denounced anti-semitism. not his comments. >> as i said, i don't agree with many of mr. farrar racon's statements. >> you condemn them. >> i don't agree e. >> you won't condemn it. >> no, to be clear, it's not my language. it's not the way i speak. it is not how i organize, i think it is very clear over the 20 years of my own personal activism. my own persona

anti-semitism. let's us call out the movement what it is. by us de legitimize them letting the world know when there is a double standard. not theyhey know it or are participating in an anti-semitic movement. those are the words of democratic minority leader. completely agree with senator schumer. it's regrettable. it's unfortunate, it's horrible. it's also part of a new and disturbing trend that we see our colleagues in the democratic caucus because as we noted, several members of the house of representatives have publicly endorsed bds and have condemned by senator schumer and other democratic leaders. we saw the manifestation of this trend two days ago when a democratic representative issued a statement alleging the the ors who introduced bill, myself included, forget what country they represent. a reprehensible charge of dual loyalty unbefitting of a sitting member of congress and we all need to come together to insinuations.ial i'm glad to see the respected nonpartisan organizations like jewish coalition committee have now issued strong

david: let me talk about anti-semitism. it seems anti-semitism is rising in europe.me extent in the united states we see some evidence of college campuses of israel not being that popular. does that concern you about the rise of anti-semitism? what do you think people can do about it? pm netanyahu: it is a chronic disease. it has been around a long time. as a theory, probably 2500 years ago. yes, it concerns me. i think on the campuses we have work to do. the reason anti-semitism swept away a third of the jewish people in the holocaust is because there was no jewish state. now we have a jewish state. the founders of modern zionism, especially theodore hertzl, they didn't say necessarily that anti-semitism would disappear when the jews would have a state of their own. they said that the jews would be able to fight back. that's the great difference. we're able to resist it. to push it back. ♪ david: there are investigations of you now. in israel, it seems it is a popular sport. pm netanyahu: i can't say that i like it. i am very, very satisfied with what i do and the p

some march leaders accused of making anti-semitic remarks. and one, tamecka mallory, under fire for supporting lewis farrakhan, known for a history of anti-semitic comments. >> the satanic jews that control everything and mostly everybody. >> reporter: in this instagram post, malley calling farrakhan the greatest of all time, leading to this exchange on "the view." >> i don't agree with these statements. at the end of the day -- >> well, conde >> no, no, to be very clear, it's not my language. event that swnpric several big-name groups pulling out of the event. and many democratic leaders staying away. the presidential hopeful senator kirsten gillibrand will march in iowa. this as national organizers try to quell the controversy. >> jewish women and jewish women of color, which is a constituency that i represent, overwhelmingly support the unity principles of the women's march. >> reporter: including mallory talking to nbc news. >> we unequivocally stand against anti-semitism, and we are committed personally and as an organization to fighting

about the women's march premieres here at sundance, we air a dialogue addressing accusations of anti-semitism within the movement. >> we don't attack trump directly. video saying the she did not show up for one man. racism,up to fight anti-black racism, homophobia, transphobia, islamophobia, patriarchy, anti-cement is him. after donald trump is out of office, there'll still be all of those things here. amy: we will hear from women's march cochairs linda sarsour and tamika mallory, as well as nancy kaufman, head of the national council of jewish women. then we will speak to julie cohen, the director of the academy award nominated dr. in about ruthocumentary bader ginsburg as well as actress and activist tessa thompson. >> in the last decade, elastic it, 10 years of filmmaking, the top 100 films, only 4% of those have been directed by women. in response to that, we've initiated the 4% challenge asking people to pledge to work wiwith a female director in the next 18 months. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman.

david: let me talk about anti-semitism. it seems anti-semitism is rising in europe.o some extent in the united states we see some evidence of college campuses of israel not being that popular. does that concern you about the youdoes that concern you about the rise of anti-semitism? what do you think people can do about it? pm netanyahu: it is a chronic disease. it has been around a long time. as a theory, probably 2500 years ago. yes, it concerns me. i think on the campuses we have work to do. the reason anti-semitism swept away a third of the jewish people in the holocaust is because there was no jewish state. now we have a jewish state. the founders of modern zionism, especially theodore hertzl, they didn't say necessarily that anti-semitism would disappear when the jews would have a state of their own. they said that the jews would be able to fight back. that's the great difference. we're able to resist it. to push it back. ♪ david: there are investigations of you now. in israel, it seems it is a popular sport. pm netanyahu: i can't say that i like it. i am very,

we get asked if we are anti-semitic. we are not any way, shape or form. >> reporter: omaha's march was renamed and moved to march 10th to coincide with international women's day. with all the changes and confusion, who are these marches for? >> we have conservatives pro-life and pro-choice on our board at women's march alliance because at the end of the day women's rights are for every woman. >> the women's march is open to all. >> reporter: and brooke, 2020 hopeful kirsten gillibrand will be in iowa this weekend. we learned she plans to speak at the women's march in des moines. she put out a statement yesterday saying that she strongly condemns anti-semitism in all forms and goes on to say, it has no place in a movement for women's empowerment or anywhere else. we should point out, brooke, the new york senator is one of the few lawmakers to confirm her attendance this year. >> thank you. >>> coming up next, atlanta rapper and activist, killer mike joins me live. he's got this new show on netflix out today. he'll talk ab

founders was accused of making anti-semitic remarks.ied that. she has not denied her allegiances to louis farrakhan. people here are frustrated about the confusion between these two different groups, upset about the allegations of anti-semitism. i spoke to congresswoman alexandria ocasio cortez about that earlier. she's speaking at both events. listen to what she had to say. what would you say to some of those people? how concerned about anti-semitism within the women's march group? >> i think right now, in this moment, in the united states, we have to center this conversation. i think that concerns anti-semitism with the current administration and the white house are absolutely valid. we have to make sure we are protecting the jewish community and all those who feel vulnerable in this moment. right now, as it pertains to today, it's important to recognize why all of these women are coming together. and the reason all of these people are coming together is to make sure that the rights of women are protected in advance. i know in my hear

as a progressive platform and how it has been tinged with anti-semitism.has become a toxic brand, which is why you've seen these sponsors like the dnc pull out. they don't want to be affiliated with it. you shouldn't really be that hard when you see somebody like tamika mallory to say that somebody who says that jews are termites or akin to satan -- it should be easy to commend that don't like them i condemn that. it's become toxic. there are competing marches tomorrow with other conservative groups. different groups. as you mentioned, other groups like -- similar to the women's march in terms of progressive viewpoints. >> jessica: like in new orleans, they will be a march. many cities have counter marches. six i wonder if james comey will be marching this year. he marched last year. that's what i want to know. >> harris: house democrats are looking to ramp up investigations of the president and his family. what house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff now says he wants from donald trump jr., and how all of this could affect voters heading toward

leaders of women's march p incorporated are being accused of anti-semitism for their association withs fair crra a man known for hate speech. and debbie wasserman-schultz was one who walked away writing in an op-ed. while i still believe in its values and mission, i cannot associate with the national march's leaders and principles which refuse to completely repudiate anti-semitism and all forms of bigotry. i cannot walk shoulder to shoulder with leaders who lock arms with outspeaken peddlers of hate. >>> a florida congresswoman zebby wasserman-schultz, joining us now. you will be involved there, right? >> i will. thank you. >> the leaders of the dc march have rejected anti-semitism and home phobia since the controversy began to bubble up. why did you choose to write the op-ed and oppose the march in dc, which you have been associated with in the past. >> i have. and i am not marching in washington, d.c. with the national women's march this weekend, like the southern poverty law center, and emily's list, and the democratic national committee, and most of my women colleagues in congress

see what the chief rabbi had to see anti semitism is not only a jewish problem and the semitism is a threat to our entire society so the fact that the british nation are investing in this initiative is of enormous significance and most of all to holocaust survivors because they are really deeply worried what's going to happen beyond their own life time we need to let them know that we're going to carry their torch for them we will guarantee that we will remember the holocaust and more importantly will remember the lessons of the holocaust isn't a tragic alec's that so many years after the second world war the world hasn't yet learnt to those lessons so we do need to educate a splendid chuck the the chief rabbi as i do have the privilege of serving with them in the holocaust memorial commission in one of the sponsible for planning the new memorial which is being built beside the the house of lords with its emphasis on education and that's it's not just bricks and mortar it's going to be about the education of the next generation on the hollow of the holocaust but of course the chief r

people who hang out with people who associate with anti-semitic anti-anti-semites by those people don'tither. >> shannon: richard, this is not a one-off rage he posted a number of things on social media, pictures with this people, and inviting them to private events. the jewish democratic council of america has spoken out and said, "we stand unequivocally against the man she's been pictured with brady's radical record in his extremist anti-israel views. we urge tlaib to make clear where she stands in regard to him." richard, do you think that's fair? >> it's fair. you have to wait to see what she says. that's also not forget that tlaib, this woman, the first congress woman from palestine. so it's obvious that she would be pro-palestinian. being pro-palestinian does not make you anti-semitic. i think she can separate herself from this individual and still be a very powerful member of congress, and serve the district of michigan where she is from. >> shannon: we will wait to see how she responds. we reached out, fox has reached out, and we'll let you know if we get anything. i want to mov

march mission statement which says it is committed to fighting anti-semitism. and dozens of other sponsors have dropped their support of this year's march which happened saturday in dc. jewish groups are condemning congresswoman rashida -- rashida tlaib, and group that praised the leader -- it is not a surprise she's turning out to be the person we were warned she is, democrats won't do a single thing about it, nor will democratic jewish groups. rashida tlaib was caught on video saying she will impeach the am fer in reference to donald trump. >> our the top story tonight, william bar beginning his confirmation hearing today before the senate judiciary committee. clearing the way for tough questioning and it is also like he has done this before. inherit with that. >> reporter: william bar testified he has known robert mueller for 3 decades and mueller would not be involved in a witchhunt. bar says recusal jeff sessions was the right thing and committed to following the law and not bending to politics. >> i will not be bullied to doing anything, whether it be edi

other topics include anti-semitism and regulations on cosmetic surgery. this is 40 minutes. things. >> questions for the prime minister. stephen kerr. question number one. >> i am sure members across the house will join me in marking holocaust memorial day. an opportunity to remember all those who suffered in the holocaust and in subsequent genocides around the world and a reminder we must all challenge prejudice and hatred wherever it is found. this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues in addition to my duties in this house, further such meetings later today. >> i associate myself with comments in relation to holocaust memorial day. as a proud scott him of the united kingdom and great britain and northern ireland, the most successful political union the world has ever known. >> of the primus to agree with me that the man with a second independence referendum, after the last one that the uk government should side with the majority of the people of scotland and firmly tell her no. >> my right honorable friend is right. people in scotland held the referendum in 2

this tweet that one is reported little many anti-semitic ones dr. kollab posted.s is someone who took an oath to care for people threatening harm. give me your reaction. >> first of all, it's slooul absolutely horrific. she's violating the hippocratic oath and not only that, she got her license in a distinguished jewish medical college that accepts many non-jews. here is a muslim admitted into the college, receives her license and this is how she repays that college. it's outrageous. her license should be revoked. if she wants to practice medicine, maybe she can do so for i.c.e. >> hmm. >> wow. strong statement. let me read part of your statement that you released through the simon wiesenthal center. it says in part while the cleveland clinic did the right thing this person remains a menace to the community at large, has made a mockery of the hippocratic oath through her hatred. to protect the public, her medical license should be revoked. the cleveland clinic told us that although kollab's licenses is still in-stated she does not practice medicine at this time. i

anti-semitism. with abysmal ignorance it is a startling number and it's not only the u.k.according to two other polls what are the consequences if fewer people are actually aware of the holocaust. well the basic idea behind holocaust education is that the tragedy that we call the holocaust has lessons for humanity. about the dangers of hatred the dangers of anti-semitism racism fascism and obviously we think that it's important that people study the holocaust to learn from that tragedy and to try that managed to prevent the recurrence of such a tragedy. when you look at that figure one in twenty u.k. adults not believing that the holocaust actually took place at all what you put out it's not that it's not one one in twenty one in twenty year ok u k adults and two point six million britain right what do you really put it into a rise of nationalism across europe or at least an increase in not what what is your center find out. let's make one thing clear holocaust denial is simply a new form of anti-semitism the holocaust is the most documented tragedy in human history there

other topics included combating anti-semitism and promoting weapon's reproductive health screenings. >> questions to the prime minister. question number one. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i'm sure members across the house will wish to join me in marking memorial day. it's an opportunity to remember all those who suffered and in subsequent genocide around the world. it's a reminder we must challenge and condemn prejudice and hate wherever it is found. this morning, i had meetings with colleagues and others. in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings today. >> may i associate myself with the comments the prime minister made. the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland is the most successful political union that the world has ever known. that said, does the prime minister agree with me that when nicholas sturgeon demands a second independence referendum, only four years after we had the last one, that the uk government should side with the majority of the people of scotland and firmly tell her no? >> friend is absolutely right. as h

them democrats close friendships with the anti-semitic and racist like linda sarsour, to make a rally, but now it goes each grows even deeper, freshman congresswoman rashida to leave actually belongs to a face group, facebook group where fellow members frequently express their anti-semitic views, and demonize people that are jewish. and that is not all, the key fund-raiser and campaign organizer frequently shares an anti-semitic post on social media, including a recent video that refers to jewish people as titanic. and questions the existence of the holocaust. the holocaust denier, we are talking by the same congresswoman who has called for boycotts of all things israel. and let's not forget about to leaves colleague, that would be congresswoman omar, she wants to lift sanctions on venezuela, but take away our sanctions on israel. i wonder why, and this week we learned that while she was serving as a state legislator in minnesota, she urge the federal judge, not making this up, to show leniency towards a group of nine men that wanted to join isis. and now while some democrats struggle

there is only one word for it, anti-semitism.et us call out the movement for what it is. >> reporter: despite strong bipartisan support for the bill, democrats now say they plan to block it because of the government shutdown. ben cardin said the senate should not take up any bills unrelated to reopening the government if the senate majority leader let us vote on that. according to marco rubio the shutdown isn't the real reason democrats are blocking the bill. he suggesting a significant number of democrats senators support the anti-israel boycott. democrats say that is simply not true. >> the national security adviser in turkey says there are plans for the us to leave syria. ambassador bolton set up conditions for withdrawal but offered no part-time on it. >> we will be discussing the president's decision to withdraw but from northeast syria in a way that makes sure isis is defeated and take care of those who fight with us against isis and other terrorist groups. >> the president tweeted endless wars fought out of judgment, mista

she strongly condemns all forms of anti semitism.accused of saying jewish people -- >> one of the women is being criticized for her lies to a leader of the nation of the leader of islam. she attended one of his events last year where he said this. >> the powerful jews are my enemy. the jews were responsible for all of this filth and degenerate behavior that hollywood is putting out, turning men into women and women into men. >> in 2017 mallory posted this picture on instagram calling him the g.o.a.t. she was asked about that this week on the view. >> i didn't call him the greatest of all time because of his rhetoric. i called it because of what he's done in the black community. >> i don't agree with many of his statements. >> you condemn them? >> i don't agree with these statements. >> the women's march says it rejects anti semitism in all its forms. joining me now director of progressive programming for siriusxm. amy, thank you for coming on. you just joined the steering committee this year. you say you haven't spoken to any of the

the 2017 audit documented almost 2,000 anti-semitic incidents of 57% increase over 2016. it was the largest single year increase ever. the best national data comes rom the f.b.i. passed in 1990, the hate crimes statistic act collecting data from 18,000 police departments from around the country. in 2017, the most recent data, almost 7,200 hate crimes reported from 16,000 police departments around the country, 7% increase over 2016. there was an 18% increase in race-based hate crimes, 16% in crimes against african-americans. african-americans have always been since 1990, the plurality of all the hate crimes reported to the f.b.i. a 20% increase in crimes against asia-pacific americans. 63% increase in crimes against native americans. crimes against arab americans doubled in 2017. a 24% increase in crimes against latinos. religious-based crimes increased 23% and crimes against jews increased 37%. crimes against jews have always been between 50% and 80% of the religion-based crimes. you don't have to work for the anti-defamation league to be concerned about 2.4% of the popul

all the anti-semitic tropes were pointing that direction. but most -- also against african-americans, immigrants, any vulnerable population that is easy to target for lotsts of cultural and historical reasons. all this amplified by the loudspeaker up in the white house and his minions, who are doing what they can to terrorize the population and create the conditions under which you can get something like an attack on a synagogue. amy: i want to turn then to a clip of the israeli ambassador to the united states, ron dermer, who was interviewed soon after the massacre. ron dermer: to simply say that this is because of one person or it only comes on one side is to not understand the e history of anti-semitism or the reality of ananti-semiti. one of the big f forces in colle cacampuses t today is anti-semi. and those ananti-semites are usually not neo-nazis on college campuses. they're coming from the radical left. amy: this is right after the white suprpremacist attack on the synagogue, and ththe israeli ambassador to the u u.s. is now injectin

the prosecution is trying to underline the anti-semitic nature of this attack. what can you tell us about that? the prosecution has repeatedly said they are keen to underlying the anti-semitic motivation to this attack. representinglawyer the mother of one of the victims of the attack on the brussels jewish museum. he said it is absolutely not by chance this museum was targeted as opposed to any other soft target in the belgian capital. it is worth noting that in the coming days, we are expecting to hear from a number of french thatalists who say during time in captivity under the islamic state group, they are going to tell the court that he often expressed his admiration ira, author of the e.16 attack in tolous said there isyers no way that this is an anti-semitic attack. he says he had proof that the murders carried out in brussels on the 24th of may, 2014 were the result of an israeli plot. genie: thank you for that reporting from brussels. let's head to the french alps for a look at an incredidible helicopter rescue the has been making the rounds on social m

this includes anti-semitic propaganda targeting many of us new members of congress. the tragic shooting at tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh was the deadliest attack on jews in our nation's history. bigotry is not unique to the jewish community. what is, however, is that we don't have anyone monitoring and responding to the uptick in anti-semitic acts and rhetoric. this bill elevates the state department's top position to that of ambassador reporting directly to the secretary of state. the stature of this position sends the strong message that we're committed to combating anti-sem tim here and abroad. -- anti-semitism here and abroad. this is personal to me, but we need to understand this in the context of the larger issues of intolerance and white nationalism that are gaining traction in our country right now. no minority is safe when any minority is targeted. and we should all be on high alert when muslims, blacks, latinos, and immigrants are cast as the other. scapegoated, and dehumanized. we cannot sit identityley by while people are targeted how they dress, l

oaks classical anti-semitic tropes about dual loyalty. in this case, apply to lawmakers that are not even jewish. i ask unanimous consent the statement be entered into the record. >> no objection. doi believe this body can different. i ask my colleagues to put politics aside, to vote yes on the motion that will help enhance our national security. taking action against our principal -- a reprehensible and racist movement. let me remind members of this chamber in 2013, under harry reid, what was voted on during the shutdown. here it is. a bill to authorize the secretary of the interior to take actions. somehow in 2013, it was ok to find time for that measure. complaining about finding time for other measures right now, during the shutdown of 2013, they found time to address the security enhancement act. they found time for the small airplane revitalization act. time -- is adopted to a rulemaking proceeding. now they don't want to bring up anti-bds legislation because we should not be talking about anything else. in 2013, they had time to co