you're watching "cnn news central." i'm boris sanchez with jessica dean. evacuations in gaza have begun as israel's ground offensive ramps up. the first group of foreign nationals has gone out of gaza and entered egypt. and that group according to the state department does include some americans. here was a spokesperson just

moments ago. >> as a result of these efforts an initial group of foreign nationals including u.s. citizens departed gaza through rafah today. and we expect exits of u.s. citizens and foreign nationals to continue over the next several days. we want to make sure we can get u.s. citizens and their family members out as safely as possible. >> a total of about 400 americans and their families are among the roughly 7,000 foreign nationals seeking to leave. >> some injured palestinians are also making it through to hospitals in egypt. you see there a long line of ambulances lined up near the rafah crossing. but as these evacuations ramp up, deadly israeli airstrikes continue. one in northern gaza yesterday hit the crowded refugee camp of jabalya. israel says the attack targeted a hamas commander who was behind the october 7th terrorist attacks. and today a second explosion rocking that camp. the idf just confirming it was another israeli strike.

we have global coverage for you. we begin with melissa bell in cairo. melissa, tell us the status of these evacuations. walk us through who's made it out of egypt, who's eligible and who's still waiting. >> well, just a short while ago we heard that 361 foreign and dual nationals have made their way through the rafah crossing. just short of the 491 that had been planning to get out today. what we've been hearing from egyptian officials is that that may be because some of those who were penciled to come in whose name was on the list didn't make it to the crossing or simply refused to cross because their family members weren't on that list. and i think that's an important reminder of just how difficult this process is going to be and fraught with chaos and complications over the coming days. still, those foreign nationals, that first group i mentioned of 391, include australians, austrians, british, french, italian, jordanian, saudi citizens and as you just heard a

moment ago apparently they've been joined by the very first american nationals to make their way through the rafah crossing. and really that's been a remarkable development when you consider that this group of some 7,000 by certain estimates of foreign dual nationals had been trapped inside gaza ever since israel announced its total siege, many of them had moved southwards when they heard the israeli order to evacuate because of the bombing in the north. they evacuated, the gate had been closed and suddenly this breakthrough in negotiations this morning. they've been mediated by cat sxr they've been extremely complex. i think it's important to remember that you're talking about negotiations between israel, egypt, hamas, the united states, qatar, essentially many different parties not necessarily speaking to each other and with many different conditions and difficulties and priorities along the way. still for the families of those either still trapped inside or those who've now made their way out tremendous news and really

something of a breakthrough. we simply hadn't expected it early this morning. it's come very suddenly. and what we see are very encouraging signs that this rafah crossing will remain open. we understand that the deal will involve the extraction, the ability to leave for all foreign and dual nationals that are still inside. i think it's important to mention also that a separate group of palestinians this time have been allowed out of the gaza strip for the first time since the war began. some of those most severely wounded that are now being evacuated to a field hospital and we understand there will be more to follow. >> melissa bell in cairo. thank you so much for that report. let's take you now to sderot, israel with cnn's nic robertson. nic, what more have we learned about that second blast at the jabalya camp? the idf now taking responsibility for it. >> reporter: these are details i have to say that i don't have at the moment since stepping up here in front of the camera. so i'm going to have to defer

till i can get that information in front of me here. >> sure, nic. well, bring us up to speed with what was happening there and specifically around the area of jabalya after the second blast. >> reporter: we know from the commander of the unit on the ground who's leading the unit on the ground, he says his forces are now at the gates of gaza city. we've also heard in the last hour or so from the defense minister who said there is actually fierce urban combat under way inside gaza city. so describing a very intense battle there. the units that are in there, one of the units we know the gevati brigade, they have had specific training for the combat environment. but the defense minister also speaking about anti-tank weapons being used against the troops. the idf earlier today saying that 15 soldiers had died on tuesday. they updated that figure later

today, saying so far now 16 idf soldiers have died. that appears to be since this current incursion began. 328 they said earlier today had died since the 7th of october. we know that some of those casualties that are coming in are blast casualties, victims of attacks that sound very much like the type of fighting that the defense minister is speaking about, anti-tank weapons used against armor. we know that the troops are moving in in tanks. we know that they're moving in in armored vehicles. and of course we will get you those latest details from the idf about the second jabalya strike very shortly. >> all right. nic robertson for us on the ground in israel. let's go back now to the white house, where m.j. lee is standing by. m.j., what more are you learning about the u.s. departures and the u.s. role in this deal that was brokered by qatar? >> reporter: well, we certainly expect that the release of the

foreign nationals from gaza will take place in stages. we understand that a small number of americans could end up being processed and ultimately exit today and that more will follow in the coming days. and ultimately if everything goes well u.s. officials believe that around 5,000 people, or upwards of 5,000 people could ultimately end up leaving. remember, the state department had previously said that there are some 400 american citizens in gaza trying to leave and that there were an additional 5,000 other foreign nationals that were also trying to leave the strip. this deal of course has been weeks in the making and have been incredibly complicated conversations between multiple parties. and one thing we learned today was that one of the demands that hamas had made was for some of its own fighters to be released from gaza as part of the group of injured palestinians that are going to be leaving the strip

and that that demand had been rejected. of course there were complications and complexities coming from the egyptian side as well, concerns about people, palestinians being sort of permanently displaced and staying in egypt. and we also know that as the process unfolds of people entering egypt authorities there are very keen on making sure that there is a thorough vetting of every person that is going to enter the country. so needless to say there is a huge sigh of relief that this deal has been struck but one thing that this is not, just to emphasize, is a release of hostages. those conversations are still ongoing. and obviously there has not been a breakthrough on that front yet. >> still hundreds of hostages including children being held by hamas right now. m.j., talk about the concerns in the white house. you you have some new reporting about the growing number of civilians that are dying in gaza. what are you hearing about that? >> yeah, i'm told that there is

a huge amount of concern within the administration about the number of -- and growing number of civilian deaths in gaza from this conflict. we have seen idf strikes targeting areas where there are many, many civilians. the death toll has only continued to climb. and that concern was really on vivid display yesterday with the strike that hit this refugee camp. but what is notable is even today, just now on air force one, white house spokesperson john kirby declined to directly criticize any of israel's sort of military operations including this decision to strike this refugee camp. it just goes to show sort of the tightrope that this administration and white house is trying to walk. you know, it has said all along that israel very much has a right to defend itself and that the u.s. is really not involved in, can't dictate any of the sort of specific military

operations and decisions that israel is making. but i do think we are starting to see this white house confront the question of how tenable it is to continue saying that israel is trying to minimize civilian casualties when i think a lot of people see the images that are coming out of gaza and say it is simply just not true, that this is sort of the principle that israeli forces are adhering to. so that coupled with the fact that administration officials recognize that support for israel could begin to erode in the coming days and weeks. all of these things make this entire situation incredibly politically complicated for this white house. >> m.j. lee at the white house for us. thanks so much. let's discuss with a top israeli official now. tal heinrich joins us. she's a spokesperson for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. tal, thank you so much for being with us. i want to start with the second blast at the jabalya refugee camp. it was confirmed to be an israeli airstrike. the second one in two days in

that area. the first one we understand wounded or killed several hundred civilians. could you provide more information about the second strike and exactly who the idf was targeting? >> no, unfortunately not, boris. i cannot provide any information about operational military activity that is happening right now on the ground in gaza, nor can i provide any information about military strategy moving ahead. what i can tell you is what the idf spokesperson unit released yesterday, and that is that israel targeted a top hamas commander who was hiding along with other many hamas terrorists in a massive terror tunnel complex in that area. this is the only reason why israel operated there. we said that we will get to the perpetrators of the october 7th massacre, and we mean it. we will get to them one after the other. we want to minimize civilian casualties as we do that. but as you know, in every war since the dawn of history there are unfortunately tragedies and

civilian casualties. but i was listening to your reporting earlier, and let me just ask you this. you know that there were more german civilian casualties in world war ii than american or british. that doesn't mean that the germans were the good guys, right? and that the allies were the bad guys. we're talking about a jihadist nazi ideology that has to be eradicated. we're facing -- we're dealing with pure evil here. and this is a matter of life and death to israelis. it is that serious. >> tal, i understand you can't expand on ongoing idf operations. we were told yesterday by an idf official that we would get specifics on ibrahim biari. he was that senior hamas commander that the idf said was killed in the first strike on jabalya. when will that evidence be shared? >> well, that is a question for the idf spokesperson and our military branch will decide when is the right time to share this

information. but i can tell you that we are not targeting anyone else in gaza but civilians. hamas is cynically -- but rather terrorists of course. hamas is cynically using civilians as human shields in gaza. they're hiding underneath civilian structures such as hospitals and youth centers and schools. and of course we're not targeting them. we want to minimize the civilian casualty. and hamas are the ones who are putting them in harm's way. we called on them to evacuate from the north for this exact reason. >> do you know if prime minister netanyahu has spoken to president biden since the strikes in the refugee camp? >> well, we are communicating with the white house on an hourly base. i can tell you about the specific time of the recent phone call between the prime minister and president biden. i cannot give you the details right now. >> sure. i do want to pivot to the deal that was struck to move certain palestinians and foreign nationals out of gaza.

did the idf effectively agree to a ceasefire in the rafah border crossing in that area? was that part of the deal? >> again, i cannot say anything in that respect. but what i can tell you, boris, is that international pressure and also international media pressure is working against hamas. this is exactly what we should be doing. exerting pressure on hamas. every time that israel takes the fire for hamas's own doing of double war crimes against israeli civilians and palestinian civilians it serves their cause. so we need to ratchet up the pressure on hamas because it is working in that respect of the report that you just mentioned and it is also working in respect of the hostages. this is why they released four hostages so far. so we need to ratchet up the pressure on hamas. >> on the broader question of more gazans getting out of that area, many of your neighbors in the region have been opposed to allowing gazans in.

but would you say that you -- your government would be open to striking a deal that would let more people in gaza, foreign nationals and others who want to leave the area, to letting them out? would you be in favor of that kind of deal? >> i can tell you that our government is communicating with international partners in such respect, and i cannot expand further on that. but we want to see civilians out of harm's way. this is why we evacuated communities in the south and in the north of israel. this is why we called on palestinians in the northern gaza strip to evacuate to safer havens where humanitarian aid is waiting. what we need to do so that less people would suffer and would be caught in harm's way is to ratchet up the pressure on hamas. if you remember, in the first days of the war there was another attempt to let foreign nationals out of the rafah border crossing but hamas were the ones blocking their way.

so if international pressure will mount on hamas, this will help everyone, israelis and civilian palestinians alike. >> tal, want to ask you about israel's relationship with jordan. because jordan announced today that it is immediately recalling its ambassador to israel. they want to see a ceasefire. first, what's your response? and second, are you concerned that israel's relationship with an important neighbor like jordan is at risk? >> so i will say just that, that regional players know that israel -- that we'll eliminate the terror threat of hamas, will also serve their own interest in the region. and regarding a ceasefire, you see there was in fact a ceasefire. on account 6th. then hamas broke it on october 7th when they butchered, raped their way through our communities in israel and started this war basically. and there will be a ceasefire again. once hamas is eliminated. and once the hostages will be back home safe.

right now a ceasefire is not negotiable before we reach that goal. >> on the question of what -- >> it basically means they can get away with what they did. yeah. >> on the question of what happens if the idf succeeds in eradicating hamas, is there a plan for what happens next in gaza in a post-hamas world? >> so boris, there are different contingency plans. we are discussing them with international partners. but it is very, very premature to discuss them right now because you see it's like talking about a marshall plan before the battle of stalingrad. it's very premature. first evil must be eradicated. >> tal heinrich, thank you so much for the time. we appreciate you sharing your perspective with us. >> thank you. >> of course. still plenty more news to cover on "news central" including a big decision by the federal reserve on interest rates. we'll bring you the details in just moments. plus donald trump jr. expected to be the first of four trumps to testify in the civil fraud

trial surrounding his family's empire. is he going to take the stand today? what is that testimony going to be like? we'll take you live outside the courthouse in just moments. "cnn news central" will be r rit backck.

not increasing interest rates. as the nation's economy continues to absorb the effects of past hikes. cnn's vanessa jurkevich joins us with more. the fed keeping interest rates steady. what does that say about the u.s. economy? >> the second pause in a row. the third in the last year. and here's what the fed is saying about the economy, saying that economic activity has been expanding at a strong pace. job gains have moderated in recent months but remained strong. that is a nod to some of the strong economic data we have seen in the past couple weeks. but right now the fed is in a rest and assess moment. they want to see what the previous 11 rate hikes are going to do to the economy. but as we know for everyday americans, if the fed raises

rates that increases borrowing. so we're looking at right now mortgage rates nearly topping 8%. any new car loans, student loans, credit cards. americans are feeling the pain of higher borrowing costs. so the fed has obviously taken that into account. at the same time pointing to better than expected data we've seen like gdp, stronger job growth and continued consumer spending. taking those together, they still feel like this is a moment to pause. now, consumers, though, have how they're feeling about the economy which may be looking a little different. we know that despite the fact consumers are spending they're putting a lot on credit cards, and that is one of the ways that folks are still grappling with this high inflation. and also for three months in a row now, boris, we have seen consumer confidence fall. so those are indicators that americans are still grappling

with these higher prices. now, the fed is going to be meeting again in december. in their september meeting they have explained that they are going to bake in another hike at some point this year. that december meeting will be the last opportunity, boris, for them to do that as they are trying to hit this soft landing and get inflation back to that 2% target that they're looking for, boris. >> yeah. it's been a difficult process to get inflation back down. markets, though, look to be responding well to this news. we'll keep an eye on them. vanessa yurkevich, thank you so much. jessica. a banking expert testified in a new york courtroom just a few moments ago that donald trump and his company saved more than $168 million as a result of fraud. the benefit coming by obtaining favorable bank loan terms that the new york attorney general claims were ill gotten. let's get right to cnn national correspondent brynn gingras. she is outside that courthouse

for us. brynn, walk us through the importance of this expert's testimony. >> reporter: yeah. jessica, listen, the expert is essentially throwing out a number there, saying it's calculated based on the interest rates that the trumps received on those financial statements that were inflated. had they not had those inflated financial statements they wouldn't have gotten such a great interest rate, and therefore they're able to calculate that number. but hearing that number is important. certainly in court. as the judge will be the one who makes a determination of how much the trump organization may have to pay back as a penalty for this case. we'll have to see how that all plays out in court. right now the defense, once it gets picked back up after lunch-s going to continue its cross-examination of this witness, a witness that they didn't even want to take a stand, finding that they were not an expert in this. but they said they have three hours of cross-examination and they're ban hour into that. then when that is done possibly

we may see don jr. take the stand in this case. we did see the former president's eldest son walk into the courthouse, up the steps here behind me. so it's very possible he could take the stand. and when he does of course he's going to be asked questions about those financial statements. what his involvement was in preparing those financial statements and essentially his involvement in the entire fraud scheme that the state alleges happened over the course of decades. we're waiting to see if that testimony actually pans out today. if it doesn't, it could slide back to tomorrow, and then after that we will see eric trump, who both of them are defendants in this case. key to the state's case. because they, you know, lead the trump organization, took an expanded role of that as the president took over the oval office. so certainly a lot of questions will be coming up in the next few days as the trump children take the stand and the former president himself next week. jessica? >> a lot more to come there. brynn gingras for us. thanks for that update. still to come this afternoon senate majority leader cluck schumer is reversing course and

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now to a developing story we are watching from capitol hill. senate majority leader chuck schumer pushing forward with a new plan to get hundreds of military promotions confirmed, thus bypassing alabama republican senator tommy tuberville, who has single-handedly stood in the way. cnn's sunlen serfaty is joining us from capitol hill. how is schumer planning to get around? >> reporter: jess, this is certainly potentially a huge development in this long-running

showdown here in the senate. senate majority leader chuck schumer today saying he intends to bring a resolution to the senate floor. that resolution would allow all 300 of these military nominations that have just been sitting there for a while, it would allow them to be brought to the senate floor and voted on en masse, all at one. in essence this move circumvents what senator tuberville was trying to do in holding up these nominations. and this is a change for the majority leader. schumer saying this morning on the senate floor that this is essentially a change of heart but something he wants to move forward to do. >> we must, we absolutely must ensure that our military is fully staffed and fully equipped to defend the american people. and it begins by confirming these vital nominations that are currently on hold. >> reporter: now, this whole process of military nominations is typically a very easy process. it's very routine. but senator tuberville is

holding all this up, and he has been since earlier this year over an unrelated issue, over an issue related to abortion policy, a new abortion policy at the pentagon. that went into effect in february. that policy expands access to service members and their families wanting to get an abortion. that's something that tuberville wants overturned. this is unrelated to the military nominations. but this is where he chose to fight this fight. now, none of this, this move by schumer today, changes that policy and schumer says he intends to bring it to the floor as soon as it passes out of rules committee. jess? >> yeah. hundreds of military nominations just in limbo over this blockade. sunlen serfaty with that update, thanks so much. as israel's war with hamas reaches its fourth week there are mounting concerns the conflict could expand. iran just issuing a new threat to the u.s. and israel if the bombardment continues. we're going to have more on that.

we are continuing to follow our breaking news from the middle east. foreign nationals finally leaving gaza. we're now learning that two american physicians have made their way out of the enclave and are now in egypt. these are pictures of 71-year-old dr. ramona okamura. her nephew says the family received a text saying that she had crossed the border early this morning. okamura is a pediatric orthopedist from seattle and she was making process tetdics for gazan children on october 7th. she'd been staying in a u.n. compound. also this video of the other physician, dr. barbara zind, who joined cnn for an interview a few weeks ago. she's a pediatrician from colorado and the palestine children's relief fund says both doctors are headed to cairo.

we're going to continue to bring updates on them as they come in. today iran's defense minister issued new threats against the u.s. and israel saying the two countries will, quote, suffer a blow if the war in gaza continues. and of course israel isn't just fighting hamas in gaza. it's also facing rocket and missile strikes from hezbollah in lebanon and aerial threats from houthi rebels in yemen. the common thread, all of those groups backed by iran. cnn's fred pleitgen has been tracking tehran's role in this ongoing conflict. >> reporter: iranian-backed houthi fighters in yemen with a show of force. while only hitting u.s. and israeli flags in this exercise, the houthi say they've also launched a massive long-distance attack on israel using ballistic and cruise missiles as well as drones. the yemeni armed forces affirm that this operation is the third in support of our oppressed brothers in palestine, this

spokesman says. israel confirms the attack, saying its defense forces managed to thwart it using a modern air defense system. but both the u.s. and israel have long accused iran of providing the houthi with long-range weapons. we got a rare chance to film some of iran's drone and missile arsenal at a military fair in tehran in 2019. as the israel-hamas war continues, the iranians are now also flexing their own military muscle. a recent large-scale exercise aiming to show tehran's defense capabilities, but one of the commanding generals also making clear the islamic republic's goal is to destroy israel. "regarding the message to the zionist regime," he says, "in fact, we announce the destruction of this regime and god willing we will witness it soon." iran's military is not nearly as modern as the u.s.'s or israel's. many of its weapons are

u.s.-made from before the islamic revolution in 1979. like these vietnam war-era cobra attack helicopters. but iran influences or controls scores of militias around the entire middle east, which tehran says it can mobilize to not only attack israel but u.s. assets throughout the region. in an interview with al jazeera iran's president threatening escalation. "the events we're seeing in gaza are all red lines that are being breached by the zionist entity," he says. "the killing of women and children, the killing of 3,000 children is not something that any human being can reasonably or by conscience accept." israel maintains it does not target civilians in its campaign against hamas in gaza. and the u.s. has sent two carrier strike groups and additional surface-to-air missile batteries to the region. the biden administration warning

iran to back off. >> we will take our national security interests very seriously. we will protect and defend our troops. and queel do it at a time and manner of our choosing. >> reporter: fred pleitgen, cnn, berlin. >> our thanks to fred pleitgen for that report. israeli officials are now reporting more and more clashes with iran-backed hezbollah. earlier today the idf says it fired into southern lebanon after anti-tank missiles attempted to target israeli territory. cnn anchor jim sciutto joins us now live from northern israel with more on this. jim, we've seen these kinds of skirmishes taking place along the lebanese border over the last few weeks. there has to be concern about a potential escalation. >> reporter: no question. i would describe the conflict along the northern border as a slow burn. it's been that way since october 7th. and as we've traveled this border the last several days, wherever we go, whether it's the northeastern end facing syria or

the northern end facing lebanon, there are multiple clashes per day. typically that's artillery rounds, rocket fire coming in this direction, artillery and tank fire going back. air strikes going back it's in the opposite direction. there was another one today not far from where we are on the northern border where hezbollah fighters attempted to set up to fire into israel. it seems the idf detected that and then took those fighters out before they were able to fire in. that sort of slow burn not a full-scale conflict. the concern about escalation is coming from the words as fred was just talking about there, for instance, from iranian leaders and hezbollah leaders talking about what could come next. if the war in gaza continues. you had the iranian defense minister say that all options are on the table. and it warned europe not to incur the wrath of the muslim world. the iranian foreign minister talked about the possibility of a surprise action if israeli --

the israeli ground offensive in gaza continues. that is the concern. and that's why there's a lot of attention to the speech this friday from the leader of hezbollah, nasrallah, whether he then announces something broader than what we've seen so far. >> yeah, all eyes will be on that speech. in part because obviously the idf is so focused on the situation in gaza. is there concern that israel may be thin in its defenses given a potential war on multiple fronts? >> reporter: listen, it's a good point. there are some 70,000 idf forces now on the northern border to protect against an escalation. those are of course forces that conceivably could be involved down south. and then you consider missile defense. right? because israel, it's got the iron dome over tel aviv and southern israel to protect against rocket fire from gaza. and at times that rocket fire is

so voluminous that it overwhelms the system. then you have the houthi firing missiles, longer-range missiles from yemen, striking missile defense here. hezbollah has its own missiles. if they were all to fire in numbers, that would be too much for the various layers of missile defense here in israel to shoot down. they get most of them, even the vast majority of them, but if enough come at it then some get through. and we saw some of that on and around october 7th. so there's great concern here about escalation. there will be a lot of attention on that speech from the hezbollah leader on friday. >> jim sciutto, we know you will keep an eye on it. stay safe, my friend. >> reporter: thanks, buddy. >> of course. still to come, a cornell student is in federal court this afternoon accused of making antisemitic threats against the school's jewish community. we have details on that. also, students in georgia university campuses are walking

in solidarity with jewish students. we'll take you there live in just a moment.

happening now, that cornell student accused of making anti-semitic threats against the school's jewish community, necessary court today. prosecutors say 21-year-old patrick dai made multiple social media posts threatening to kill jews on campus, including threatening to shoot up cornell's kosher dining hall. cnn's athena jones is in new york with the latest. what more do we know about what's happening in court? >> reporter: hi, boris. we know that this hearing was set to begin about 20 minutes ago for patrick dai, a

21-year-old junior at cornell from pits ford, new york, outside of rochester. he was set to have the initial appearance where we hope to learn something about his representation, whether he has a lawyer or not. he is not expected to need to enter a plea at this very first appearance of his, but we should at least learn whether he has received any sort of representation. in the meantime we're trying to learn as much as we can about patrick dai. his parents gave an interview to the new york post in which they talked about his mental health issues. his father said, quote, my son is in severe depression. he cannot control his emotion well due to the depression. no, i don't think he committed the crime. his parents also told the post -- his father also told the post that his wife, dai's mother was concerned about him, kept sending him messages, trying to reach out to him. she was worried that he would commit suicide that she drove to

his apartment to see what was going on, by then he had already been arrested. a lot more to learn about this cornell student who september these terrible, disgusting threats of violence against his fellow jewish students, encouraging others to commit violence against them and using handles like hamas and hamas soldier. a case we will be watching very, very closely, boris. >> athena jones, thank you for the update. college students across the country say they have experienced a rise in anti-semitism since the start of the israel-hamas war. there is a lot of fear out there and that's why students in georgia are walking alongside their jewish classmates and community members today in a show of solidarity against anti-semitism. cnn's ryan young is at emmery university in atlanta where a walk just wrapped up. i'm told that students told you that they really appreciate this solidarity. >> reporter: they absolutely did, when you think about this, it happened across the state of georgia, you had seven schools participating in this march.

look, students were talking to us about the fear, you hear about what happened at cornell university, they are all talking about the chatter on social media, but when you watch this march and see that over 100 people showed up to march alongside and to have a conversation about what they are experiencing on campus, some told us they felt fearful of their religion on campus and they wanted more security, but you understand this solidarity went a very long way. listen tomorrow soft students express themselves about what they've been experiencing over the last due weeks. >> even just last week on our own campus there were people like chanting from the river to the sea and seeing that and seeing them trying to take pictures of the jewish students walking by and trying to make us feel uncomfortable to walk on their own campus was very hard. my friends are all in schools all around the country and i'm seeing that it's a trend, it's not just here, and it's really hard and it makes it hard to want to walk around, being openly and proudly jewish when you know that someone is going to hate you for it. >> i wouldn't know, i deleted it a few weeks ago, just for my own

mental whatever. i try to check it every now and then because i feel i'm left out of the loop on some things but personally it's been the right choice for me to be completely off social media. >> reporter: one of the big topics here is how social media is playing a role in all of this and how much hate is being spread out there. the keyboard warriors are definitely making an impact because obviously people are scared about some of the threats going on online but to be at school and have someone chant what you heard that young lady say is so troubling. so many people are trying to figure out how to have an open conversation about how to move this forward but at the same time you have students in fear of going to class, there have also been assaults, posters put up on campus that target jewish students. obviously the folks here say this will be the first of many sort of walks moving forward but they want more support from the greater community because obviously this won't stop anytime soon. >> as that young woman said, to be afraid to be openly jewish on your own college campus, it is just something that no one ever

thought we would see. ryan young, thanks so much. and breaking news now, donald trump jr. just called to the witness stand. we have an update for you next.

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