Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Its completely dark, but i could just sense like oh my gosh, theres like 12 children in here and im just in the entrance way. And im spooked out. I cant even imagine. Talking to a lot of the experts that do cave diving as a hobby, were like man, this is one of the five most dangerous caves ive ever been in. The hair stands up on the back of your neck. The first thought is theyre not going to get out. I mean the kids, weve done recoverying before with live people and its about panic on the water. I was always confident we could get them out. It was get iting them out alive. June 23rd, 12 boys and their Soccer Coach Head into the mountains of Northern Thailand for a trek. They posted photos before riding to the cave. Place they had visited before. They were expected to return to their nearby village later that day. A dozen members of a youth b Football Team and their coach are missing after they
it s a great point. we ve all seen the increase in anti-semitism online. it is not just in the dark deep recesses of the web. it is not there exclusively. we re seeing on it facebook, twitter, tiktok, instagram, our kids are being exposed to it. praises for hitler, calls for renewed holocaust. as we see that spike in online anti-semitism, we see a clear upward trend in calls for violence against members of the jewish community. those calls unfortunately result in people acting on them. so we re seeing that spike in anti-semitic activity which is resulting in those bottles being thrown, the fireworks being tossed, the assaults during to jewish people around the country. michael, look. i know you don t want to get political but i have to ask but this. when you see lawmakers making comments like when we saw from marjorie taylor greene about masks and comparing it to the
things reopen, as the conflict in the middle east has occurred, we re seeing those numbers go up to even higher than they were before, which was historic. yeah. the anti-defamation league says that during the escalation of violence between israel and hamas, there was a surge in anti-semitism on social media. what connection are you seeing between online activity and anti-semitic attacks in the u.s.? it s a great point. as we have all seen an astronomical increase in anti-semitism in online platforms, one thing i want to stress. it s not just in the dark, deep recesses of the web. we re seeing this on facebook, twitter, tiktok, instagram. our kids are being exposed to it. those historic anti-semitic tropes, praises for hitler, calls for a renewed holocaust, as we see that spike in online anti-semitism, we see a clear upward trend in calls for
can. i want them to still look like them, but i want to flatter them if i can. i want them to be happy, so i look for a good smile. president trump was another challenge because even though he tans, he has a fair complexion and no deep recesses. he s a very subtle person to paint. and the face i participated on there is actually the second face. the first one i painted i was happy with, but it wasn t a real it wasn t the smile we usually see. he s a challenge to paint. you know, he has different looks and different profiles. so all i know is he said he liked what i d done, and that made me feel great. so over the years the artist has created four paintings featuring american presidents to each of the political parties, i should say. so here s the democrat one. it s called the democrat club featuring president obama alongside other democratic presidents. another thing you may notice in both paintings is the exact same subtle shadowing figure hovering
call, but he d said he d seen a lot of paintings and most of them he didn t like, but he liked what i d done. he was very gracious and kind. he said some presidents have a natural smile, but according to him donald trump and some others have more of a forced smile that doesn t look quite right in a painting, so how did he paint trump s smile, here s what the artist told cnn. i always try to make the presidents look as nice as i can. i want them to still look like them, but i want to flatter them if i can. i want them to be happy, so i look for a good smile. president trump was another challenge because even though he tans, he has a fair complexion and no deep recesses. he s a very subtle person to paint. and the face i participated on there is actually the second face. the first one i painted i was happy with, but it wasn t a