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That around the country from large communities to small that we work with on these threats and work to analyze them and address them in a manner of ways to include training which is one of the most vital things we can do, and we saw that in pittsburgh. >> michael, thank you for joining us. i hope that this turns out exactly how we all pray it does, which is peacefully and this person gives up whatever cause they have and we get those people out of their safe. thank you for all the work we've done. >> we'll keep a good thought to all of them, and great thanks to law enforcement. >> all right. c...

Situation? is this a relatively new thing that you have to start training rabbis in synagogues how to handle a situation like this? it's terrifying, but we seem to see it happen more often than not, unfortunately. >> yeah. unfortunately, anti-semitism is not a new phenomenon. it's about 3,000 years old. but that reality combined with the increase in violence in this country directed at the faith-based community is simply unacceptable in this country that someone has to worry when walking into a sin going or a church or -- synagogue or a simple or mosque that they might be the victim of a hate ...

Community. make no mistake, the jewish community is under threat. it is real. it is well -- it is highly armed and it is often intent on taking jewish life, and that is why this training is so important. every facility needs an assessment, we need to implement physical security and every member of our community needs training. we train 17,000 people last year, we want to get to the whole community as soon as we can. >> michael masters, thank you so much. we appreciate what you do and we appreciate you taking the time to talk to us and we certainly appreciate the training that allowed those hos...

Money to get to texas, where he told them he was hoping to find a bride, according to law enforcement sources. it was in texas the sources believe akram purchased the gun on the streets in the dallas area it was a stolen weapon in akram's native uk, a security source confirms he was the subject of a low-level investigation in 2020 by the british intelligence agency mi5, looking into possible ties to islamic terrorism. the case was closed because it didn't meet the threshold for further investigation. today one of the hostages shared more of saturday's terrifying ordeal >> he said frequently he...

The religious attacks with michael masters, national director and ceo of the secure community network which is also a nonprofit organization serving the jewish community on matters of safety. the alarming rate of which we are seeing the hate crimes is enough to really wonder why. you know, experts say that anti-semitic violence has been rising not just as of late but for years. what do you think is behind it? >> as you said we are seeing the highest rate that we have seen in decades. but the reality is, from 3,000 years, anti-semitism has been a reality for the jewish community. rather than fo...