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Six. but the words that we use matters, as i was saying a year ago. that if you call it an insurrection or a riot or protests, it was not merely a protest. that matters. now, i think that it matters very much how we talk about would have been in relation to democracy. because i think fundamentally, even at this moment, even with all the the coverage of these events and so many pundits and commentators talking about the fact that this is a threat to our democracy, i dont think that a lot of peopl...

Danger inherent in what happened on january 6th. but, the woshd that we use matter a year ago. if you call it a insurrection or riot or a protest, and it was not merely a protest, that that matters. now i think it matters very much how we talk about what happened in relation to democracy. because i think fundamentally even at this moment, even with all of the coverage of these events and so many pundits and commentators talking about the fact that this is a threat to our democracy, i dont think ...

Destroy our democracy. its incumbent for all of us who care about this to recognize there is no silver bullet, right? there is no magic wand we can wave. its going to require all segments of society, republicans and democrats. its going to require businesses and civil society organizes like the adl to come together and push back and reclaim our democracy. whether you are conservative or liberal, we all have a stake in liberal democracy being con conserved and continue to fleurish. alexi mccammon...

It was training from the adl that helped him survive. thats what he said, because thats what we do. theyre correct to say theres real risk here, kate. remember that six months to the day at pittsburgh, we had the shooting at is synagogue in poway. were almost seven years to the day from the attack on the kosher supermarket in paris. weve talked about other attacks in recent years. there is real risk. and if we want to start it, i think we need to acknowledge a few things. we can never build, you...

Being fired. >> joining us now is george selim, senior vice president at the anti-defamation league. he focuses on national security and programs like the one thats trained rabbi cytron walker. and how to respond to situations like this. thank you for joining us this evening, i appreciate that youre being here. >> good evening rachel thank you for having me. >> can you tell us about the kinds of training that and heal does, obviously the rabbi in this case is training this training in part, for ...

Dictators could be getting in the way of u.s. foreign policy aims. and later, theyre being called problematic political candidates. theyre far more dangerous than that sounds. the head of the adl on the new crop of extremists running for office this year. all those stories and more when deadline white house continues after a quick break. dont go anywhere. adne white hos after a quick break. dont go anywhere.

Deeply disconcerting, and the banning of "maus." explain why thats so dangerous. >> yes, i mean, as has been said, we are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past if we dont learn from them. and so, on this 77th anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz death camp, its appalling to think that a school district anywhere would take "maus" out of its curriculum, and i mean, to the extent that the school board pulled it because they thought there was use of profanity and nudity, whats profane ...

I mean, i have to worry about sending my kids to hebrew school, about my wife going to a kosher supermarket, about my nephews going to their jcc because these are all places that have been targeted where jews have been attacked, held hostage, and murdered. it isnt normal, and weve got to finally wake up and do something about it. >> something that the adl -- you and i have discusses do many times -- is your ability to track hate and anti-semitism in america. and on the heels of this warning from...

Hope and pray that they can all survive and get out at least physically alive. and then i begin to think of the grander scenario of how does this impact my synagogue, my community and more broadly, jews in the united states and beyond? >> it really is an awful situation. you drive around either washington or new york, l.a., all over the country and you see, as a matter of just precaution, police cars outside just waiting and watching to make sure nothing bad happens. you know, jonathan, rabbi ch...

Is that if we allow hate to go unchecked, we might well look back on this moment as the turning point at which america became unraveled and the american berserk came into ascendance." you have been tracking hate and anti-semitism for decades. what is you niqunique about thi moment? >> one of the things is, first of all, that the level of incidents have risen to a historic number. in the last three years, we had the highest number and the third highest number of incidents the adl has ever tracked...