Out protesters from its campus. Well show you how it happened and bring you the latest on demonstrations across the nation. Plus, israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has more defiant comments on a possible invasion of Southern Gaza ahead of his meeting today with americas topay diplomat. Plus well get expert legal analysis on everything that happened in court yesterday in Donald Trumps ongoing hush money trial. Good morning and welcome to way too early on thisgo wednesday, may 1st. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this morning with the nypd clearing a Columbia University building that wasng seized by protesters. Dozens of officers arrived on campus late last nightwearing riot gear. They used a ramp to get inside hamilton hall, the main Academic Building which was occupied by protesters overnight on monday. Video shows special police units entering the building through a second story window. Officers say about 40 people were arrested inside.
Defense production. Of all the support, russia ramped up its air strikes against ukrainian cities and critical infrastructure. Rain down munitions on Brave Ukrainians defending their homeland. And now americans are going to send ukraine the supplies they need to keep them in the fight. This weekend, the reports, i find this amazing. The reports of cheers breaking out in the trenches in ukraine, probably came from one of your folks, a reporter or someone, im not sure who it came from, cheering as they watched the house vote in support for ukraine. Not like they dont understand what we have done. Not like they dont understand how critical this is for them. Im im making sure the shipments start right away. In the next few hours, a few hours, were going to begin sending in equipment to ukraine for air defense munitions, for artillery, for rocket systems, and armored vehicles. This package is literally an investment. Not only in ukraine security, but in europes security. And our own securit
reporting from new york. yasmin vossoughian picks up the coverage right now. it is 11:00 a.m. in the east, 8:00 a.m. pacific. this morning, major political fallout on capitol hill as republicans formally launch their impeachment inquiry into president biden, hours after his son defied a subpoena to speak with lawmakers behind closed doors. meanwhile, new developments in the federal criminal case surrounding former president donald trump. why a new court ruling threatens to push back the trial s start date, even further, into the presidential election year. this morning in an unexpected twist, former trump lawyer rudy giuliani will not take the stand in his multimillion dollar civil defamation trial. we ll take you live to the courthouse and breakdown what is next for this case. as democrats are considering major concessions on the border, we re going to take you live to one port of entry officials had to close after being overwhelmed with new arrivals. we re also goin
(hooves trotting) 20-year-old swimming star brock (somber music) turner, the 19-year-old former all-american. the star swimmer at stanford university. contender for the olympics. raping an unconscious woman. intoxicated, and unconscious. one passed up behind the dumpster. drunk behind a stanford dumpster. [sirens] your honor, if it is all, right i would like to address the defendant directly. you don t know me, but you ve been inside me, and that s why we are here today. but the victim of that headlines, by releasing a heart wrenching letter, detailing the rape and its aftermath. he s got over 15 million views on buzzfeed alone. you don t know me, but you ve been inside me. and that s why we re here today. i was found unconscious, with my hair disheveled, long necklace wrapped around my neck. my bare skin and head have been rubbing against the ground behind a dumpster, while interact freshman was hunting my half naked, unconscious body. i read that a
will not be the final witness in the civil fraud trial against his business organization. we ll go through the last-minute reversal from the former president. also ahead, we ll bring you the latest from the middle east. israel continues to strike what it calls hamas strongholds in southern gaza. it comes as we are learning more about some of the hostages still held by the terrorist group. plus, a controversial ruling in the state of texas. that state supreme court is blocking an abortion for a woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, december 11th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we ll begin here. former president trump will not, after all, testify in his own defense at his$250 million fraud trial. he was scheduled to take the stand today, but in a last-minute reversal, it was announced late yesterday he would not testify i his defense at all. he was previously called to t