Maria good tuesday morning, everyone. Thanks so much for joining us this morning. Im maria bartiromo, and it is tuesday, april 30th. 8 a. M. On the button on the east coast. Time for the hot topic of the hour. Education secretary miguel car gone that cardona set to testify this morning, indianaisrael protests antiisrael protests i grow on american campuses. Take a looked at new york city if earlier today at Columbia University. Fox business Madison Alworth is live this morning at columbia where students broke into the Academic Building, Hamilton Hall, late last night, and they are currently occupying the building. Madison. Reporter good morning, maria. Thats exactly connect, just after midnight, hundreds of protesters went onto campus taking over an Academic Building used by the dean and other senior officers. The group moved metal gates on the campus to barricade the doors and formed a human shield. The Student Newspaper, columbia spectator, reports students broke glass to get inside
Sf state rally for solidarity with gaza. Reporter the crowd of students jammed Malcolm X Plaza at the noontime rally. San Francisco State was about to become the latest American University to establish a livein protest over the conflict between israel and the palestinians. Free, free palestine. Reporter the student demands are now familiar, divest from israels military, cut ties with its universities, and recognize the action in gaza as genocide and in the crowd was Political Science Professor James martell, part of a newly formed group called faculty for justice in palestine lending support to the student movement. Its beautiful. I love seeing all the students and faculty all united. Weve been organizing for a long time together. Reporter on sunday the Faculty Group sent a letter to the administration requesting that they take no action to hamper the oncampus protests. Theyre asking they refrain from dispatching police to student demonstrations, refrain from academic retaliation again
Accepting a ceasefire deal with Israel should be a "no-brainer" for Hamas, but the motivations of the militants' elusive Gaza-based leadership remain unclear, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.
Accepting a ceasefire deal with Israel should be a "no-brainer" for Hamas, but the motivations of the militants' elusive Gaza-based leadership remain unclear, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.Noting that the militants "purport to represent" the Palestinian people, Blinken said: "If it is true, then taking the ceasefire should be a no-brainer."