fight. unfortunately. we are all together in a fight. reporter: life in ukraine is often full of contrast at the same time you were talking about more detailed reports of war crimes that allegedly took place at the beginning of the war, talking about these new strikes in villages in donetsk today, reportedly killing civilians. we re also talking about this moment that is something people here appreciate, of them being recognized on a wider platform for what they have been through, and things people within the ukrainian society have done in the last nine months. that chef talked about how for him this is a month he says that just reminds him to keep going, to keep doing what he s doing, because he says there are people fighting on the homefront further away from the front lines every day. ellison barber, live for us in kyiv. thank you very much. still ahead, how the white house is fighting anti-semitism, with the second gentleman bringing people together on that today. we re going
needed to fix your economy. you ll be blaming the wrong people and spending your time on the wrong things. what you essentially articulated that i thought was smart was fighting conspiracy theories is essential to fighting anti-semitism. basically what you said was conspiracy theories are easy to mock when everyone thinks they re ridiculous, the earth isn t flat, we all know that. you said such humor evokes unease when it s common in society when you re not sure who is in on the joke and who actually believes it. that s what dave chappelle does all the time, his type of comedy. he ll carefully step on both sides of the line and mock everyone involved. he would turn to you probably and say that s what i always do and why do people get particularly upset in this case. i understand that. i think the reason people got uncomfortable is because he s mocking conspiracy theories and it s funny as long as you think everybody is laughing because they think they re ridiculous as opposed to sa
d stern added. zeldin isn t even hiding the anti-semitism anymore. congressman lee zeldin, republican candidate for governor of new york , joins us now to respond to congressman, i believe you are running to be the first jewish governor in new york history. is that right? new yorkry, well, the first jewh republican . you remember that spitzer guy that didn t work out so well? a few a few governors ago. and , you know, it s important. to point out that governor de santos is somebody who has oflong record ofe strengthening relationships with the jewish community, fighting anti-semitism, strengtheninge u.s. the u.s. israel relationship, fighting the iran nuclear coal , and for myself, when i first got to congress, i was to aonly jewish republican , currently one of two.nd and i ve been activee in in thee efforts building a relationshiph with the jewish community. soe , you know, it s it s reallt ignorant to be trying to attacka ron and i . but they re getting desperate. yeah, well, i me
fear? i think the first thing we have to do is understand that fear is not going to be a refuge from danger. the only way we are going to stop this is we are going to have to come together and fight it together. so when you see what we saw this weekend with the synagogue, unlikely people like me have to denounce it, which we did. i reached out to jonathan. jonathan reaches out to me. there will be people in both communities that will not like that, there are extremes on both sides. you must not only lose the fear of going to places. you must lose the fear of being criticized by your own for saying that you can t fight racism against blacks without fighting anti-semitism, xenophobia, homophobia. we have got to become fearless. and you have really nothing to lose because all this hiding
continue to be in the midst of. we have countries like venezuela and cuba in our own hemisphere that stop their people from freely and fairly voting in an election. and that s what republicans are driving us towards. it s unacceptable and we have to pass voting rights legislation to make sure that the franchise for everyone is preserved. congresswoman, this past weekend, esaw another example of the threat facing the jewish community in the u.s. a gunman held several people hostage at a texas synagogue. one of the hostages, jeffrey cohen, appeared on msnbc last hour and talked about the need to continue fighting anti-semitism. listen to this. these words do have consequences. they play on people s ears, they play on people s fears. and it leads to actions like this, where people believe that if they want to accomplish a political act, terror to one