they re the targets of more than 60% of religious hate crimes reported in this country. since october, jewish day schools have closed or had to hire extra security. synagogues have gone into lockdown and college campuses in particular have seen a surge in antisemitic incidents including assaults. over the next hour, dana bash explores the roots of antisemitism in america and how they ve spread. you ll hear from some on how they ve started higding their jewish identity in public out of fear for their safety. sunday, october 29th in southern russia. barely three weeks after the october 7th attack on israel by hamas. deadliest day for jews since the h holocaust. an angry mob rushed a plane that jujust arrrrived in tel aviv.. theyey were e hunting fofor jew. they weweren t sayiying give israelis, which would have been terrible anyway. that was playing all over antisemitism. she s the u.s. state department s s special envoy to monitor r antitisemitism. she was sworn in in 20
president biden is doubling down on his support for israel. in an op-ed for the washington post, the president rejected mounting calls for a cease fire saying it will only give hamas more time to quote restart the killing by attacking innocence again. but the fighting continues in gaza city. doctors at al-shifa, gaza s largest hospital, say they were ordered to evacuate by the israeli military. the idf disputes that claim. it comes as israel defense forces are now vowing to advance anywhere hamas is found. and there are growing signs that a ground offensive into southern gaza could be imminent. let s go to nic robertson live in israel. give us the latest from where you are. still intense fire fights going on here in northern gaza. the idf said they re pushing from the coast in the washington post cost towards the west where we are here. we ve been able to see flares, heavy missile strikes from aircraft heavy tank rounds fired into the area. sometimes the skylights up br
her life so far. wbrc has this heartwarming report. take a look: reporter: when courtney got the word that former heisman nominee, hunk, trent richardson was really going to be her prom date she was naturally apprehensive. i m very excited. but i m also really nervous! i mean, i watch trent all the time on tv. he s going to be coming with me! reporter: this is a day she and her family weren t sure she d see. when she was 16 sheafs dying niece dollars with leukemia and through the course of her treatment she was dealing with the effects of the chemicals that would save her life. i couldn t drive, i couldn t go to school or even to the mall or out to eat because of germs. now that she s much, much better courtney s uncle made inquiries with people from alabama about trent being her date. it was trent who made the decision. he knows the hor respect of cancer. his mother is fighting the disease and two aunts have died of the disease. a friend called me and