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View" yesterday, claiming the holocaust was not about race. again, abc news suspending whoopi goldberg for two weeks in the wake of her comments on "the view" yesterday claiming the holocaust was not about race. im going to speak with someone who was on "the view" with her just today to get how he feels. im talking about jonathan greenblatt of the adl, to see how he feels about the suspension and his appearance today, what whoopi has had to say. thats coming up straight ahead. so stay tuned for ...

This time, use this opportunity, and use her amazing platform to educate herself and to share what she learns with her audience and with the country at large. visit the holocaust museum. meet with survivors. work with the adl. there are lots of ways whoopi can make a huge difference, and i hope shell do that. >> does intent matter? words matter, of course. but does intent matter, jonathan, especially in this situation? >> well, look, of course intent matters. i mean, its really important that pe...

She made with colbert that night, she probably would have liked to have walked back. thats how i differentiate between the two. if she said something with malice, i would feel differently about it. i just think she was wrong on the facts and appeared foolish. but, you know, not all acts of stupidity are deserving of the condemnation of being punished by two weeks of suspension. i think that sends the wrong message. she brought on the head of the abl the following day. the following day she was c...

Now, words matter, and mine are no exception. i regret my comments, as i said, and i stand corrected. i also stand with the jewish people, as they know, and yall know because ive always done that. >> so after her apology she and the other hosts of "the view" spoke with jonathan greenblatt. jonathan is the ceo and national director of the anti-defamation league, and he joins me now. i watched it today, jonathan. thank you for joining us. and i appreciate you coming on. lets have this conversation...

Thats us at our best. us at our worse we fear differences, we demonize differences, and that is what we are seeing over this past year, two years, all across the country. its in the political world, but it has gone viral. >> to your point about it going viral, the ceo of the anti-defamation league was on earlier and listen to what he said to john about where he thinks some of the focus should be in all of this. >> silicon valley needs to stop allowing social media to be a breegds ground for bigo...

So heres a question. to cancel or counsel? right? thats a question. one day into the suspension of the view host whoopi goldberg she was suspended after offensive comments suggesting race had nothing to do with the holocaust. now, whoopi apologized on air yesterday and spoke about what s she said with adl ceo jonathan greenblatt who was on the show and said he accepted her apology. i want to talk to yasha monk, hes a political theorist at harvard and author of the upcoming book "the great experi...

End quote, flyers because they were very vile, anti h-semitic d racist in nature. according to the anti-defamation league, there has been an uptick of this in the houston area, a statement from the adl says, we are concerned about recent hateful propaganda distribution in houston-area neighborhoods. we remain grateful that recipients of these loathe some flyers full of lies see the propaganda for what it truly is, hateful idealogy. >> n no one has been charged for this, but its very difficult to...

In the last three weeks thats what weve been working on in jersey city, trying to bring communities together that maybe didnt get together as frequently as they should have. i want to point out we didnt see any of the indicators in jersey city that you would likely see prior to an anti-semitic attack. we didnt see swastikas or fights with children or any of those instances. its been challenging for us to get arms around it. >> how is it going, when youre putting these communities together? >> at...

Jewish community is under assault, all of america must hear our cry and they say new york has a growing problem. is the adl right? >> the adl is right. good morning to you, poppy. look, it is painful to say, frankly, but were in the holiday season western , were d of the year and i believe you will never solve a problem in life youre unwilling to admit. we look at this past year, we handled these situations on an episodic basis, how many times have i tuned in to cnn and you see the shooting in t...

Do you feel unsafe daily now as a result and like you are even more of a target now? >> no. i dont feel like i am the target. there might be some lowballs here and there, but i dont feel like im a target. of course, somebody want to attack a jew, hes not going to look for a liberal jew that doesnt look like a jew. he will find the first one dressed to the nines and try to attack him. but it doesnt mean im not safe here -- less safe now than i was last month, last year. that im going to be next m...