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
of the hostages they say more than 30 are children with the youngest being a 9-year-old baby. meanwhile the israeli army is conducting raids deeper into gaza city, capturing terror suspects it says were involved in the attacks. let s start with our cnn white house reporter, kevin. kevin, we saw the information emerge earlier with the white house saying this 3-year-old is one of the american hostages being held by hamas. reporter: that s right. the timing is interesting. as it appears, there s intensifying pressure on benjamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister. you saw large protests in israel over the weekend calling on netanyahu to do more, and now the white house saying one of the hostages is this 3-year-old toddler, and they revealed that information in a readout of a phone call that president biden held with the amir of qatar. all of the partners are trying to come up with an agreement to secure the release of the 200-plus hostages being held in gaza. the white hous