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
Finally brought the awful ordeal to an end. on this martin luther king jr. holiday, the late civil rights leader s family is urging congress to pass president biden s voting rights bill. but the legislation has stalled in the u.s. senate with one key democrat warning the white house warning the white house that the bill is now on life support. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in washington. and this is the situation room special report. we begin with our coverage right now. the omicron surge. now posing new challenges right now for the nation s public health officials. a cnn analysis finds americans would need to avoid more than 80% of the public if they were to follow cdc guidelines after leaving their five-day covid isolation. our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is joining us