welcome to the whole story, i m anderson cooper. since the october 7th terror attack on israel and the war that followed, there has been a spike on anti-semitic attacks around the world, including in the united states. the fbi recently warned anti-semitism is reaching historic levels. it s data shows jewish americans make up 2.4% of the public, but they are the targets of more than 60% of religious hate crimes recorded 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 anti-semitic incidents, including some assaults. over the next hour, cnn s dana bash explores the roots of anti-semitism in america and how they ve spread. you ll also hear from some who personally experienced threats and attacks in the past month and have started hiding their jewish identity in public out of fear for their safety. reporter: sunday, october 29th, in souther
with former secretary of state hillary clinton who joined us to talk about the 2024 election and the threat that her 2016 opponent, donald trump, poses to the future of american democracy. how do people manage, especially people who really love this democracy, who take it seriously, who take the words you just said on our show very seriously, that you can t just sit back and let democracy come to you, that this is, every day, something we all must work on together, what do you say when people ask you about the former president, these trials, these delays, and the fear that they feel about the upcoming election? well, mika, i m happy to go to therapy with you any time let s do it. clearly, the pressure and the stress on our system, our country, our constitution, our future is so intense. for those of us who understand what s at stake and i don t mean that in a, you know, derogatory way to others no. but if you ve been in this world as you and i have, you ve s
deeply rooted amid american conservatism for decades, but the attempt to root it into mesh government has new energy sparked by donald trump s first presidency and now fueled by his promises for a second. they want to tear down crosses where they can. and cover them up with social justice flags. but no one will be touching the cross of christ under the trump administration. i swear to you that will never happen. never happen. what more exactly do christian conservatives want in government. we see hints at the congressional level. the separation of church and state is a misnomer. mike johnson, the speaker of the house said shortly after he was made speaker last year, people misunderstand it. it s not in the constitution, he says. we see it in legislation at the state level from laws that ban abortion based on religious opinions of when life starts, to louisiana s just passed mandate to prominently display the ten commandments it every public school classroom. rulings from
he s a gangster but he s a man in therapy so you think right from the very start of the very first episode you re going to get, you know, therapy speak, tell me about your childhood. but not until seven episodes into it we fine gel ate a glimpse of tony soprano as a little kid. in that scene here s young tony, his dad comes looking for tony s dad. tony dad hops in a car and takes off with the uncle. tony himself, the kid, ends up missing the school bus. and while he s not at school he ends up finding his dad and uncle and seeing what they were up to, basically sneaks up on them. and what he sees is his dad and uncle beating the bejesus out of this guy on a street corner. and this happens episode 7. and it s two more seasons, season 3 of the whole series when you get another flashback of tony as a little kid with his dad. and this time once again young tony is not supposed to be there, he has snuck in. but his dad goes to collect from a local butcher and the dad not only beats
we ll be watching her. on a day where i needed it. thank you, my friend. thank you. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. really happy to have you here. so have you watched the sopranos? if not, hit pause and watch all seasons and then come back in a couple weeks and start this again. the first season of the sopranos is 13 episodes long. the sopranos obviously is one of the greatest achievements ever in american drama, in contention for one of the greatest television shows ever made in any country on any subject. but in season one of the sopranos you have to get through like half the whole season, i think you have to get to the seventh episode or something before you get anything that seems like it is a back story on your lead character. so, i mean, here s a story about a man in therapy, yes, he s a gangster, but he s a man in therapy. you think right from the very start of the very first episode you re going to get, you know, therapy speak, tell me about yo