CNN Special Report - Season 14 / Year 2023

Antisemitism is finding new and terrifying footing in American society. Though it has always existed, this ancient hatred has grown in recent years, moving from fringe groups and obscure chatrooms to the mainstream, both online and on the streets of communities nationwide. With white nationalists radicalized online perpetrating deadly shootings and insidious conspiracy theories and tropes normalized by political leaders, CNN Anchor and Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash takes an in-depth look in the CNN Special Report Rising Hate: Antisemitism in America.

In this timely and unique hour, Bash visits Jewish communities still reeling from recent violence, including Poway, California, where CNN cameras were the first allowed inside since the deadly attack in 2019, and the Temple in Colleyville, Texas, where an extremist antisemite took congregants hostage earlier this year. Bash also gets a first look at a command center dedicated to tracking threats against Jews by monitoring the deepest corners of the dark web. In interviews with everyone from victims of hate, to a former Skinhead, to scholars and experts, this report digs deep into the complex reasons for growing antisemitism in the U.S. and, most importantly, explores ways to help curb it.

CNN Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward returns to Ukraine one year after the war began. She crisscrosses the country to explore the extraordinary resilience and unwavering will to win of ordinary Ukrainians. This CNN Special Report revisits many locations Ward reported from during the last year, including Kharkiv, where she reported live as the invasion began. She reunites with paramedics she followed on a shift last spring as Russian artillery smashed into the residential building where the team was treating victims. In this hour-long primetime special, Ward tells the story of this war through the eyes of Ukrainian fighters, volunteers, and leaders who have endured the unthinkable and continue to fight.

The CNN crew recaps all the best moments and all the worst moments from the year 2023.