Tamara Keith

It's a toxic stew.

And today on the show, we'll try to understand what's leading to a dangerous atmosphere in this country and what role political leaders could play.

Odette, let's start with these attacks.

Remind us of what we know about these three incidents.

And then the third attack was on a synagogue in Michigan.

Yeah.

And I think that there are still a lot of questions there.

And obviously Temple Israel is not a branch of the nation of Israel.

Yeah, I was going to ask you if the experts you're talking to have any sense of what's contributing to this rise in anti-Semitism, this feeling that it's everywhere right now.

Can I just ask you, you said it's over the past year or so.

Why has there been a pullback on content moderation?

And of course, AI is also producing large amounts of imagery that is contributing to the mood out there and making social media all the more toxic.

All right.

Well, we're going to take a quick break and we'll have more in a moment.

And we're back.

And I want to turn the conversation now to the role that political leaders might play in lowering the temperature or not.

And Barbara, you've reported on a rise in anti-Muslim speech coming from members of Congress.

Tell us what you found.

And now we need to talk about leadership because Speaker Mike Johnson was asked about this at a press conference in Florida yesterday.

And his response was sort of an answer to a question that wasn't asked.