good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i m josé diaz-balart. we begin this busy hour with escalating tensions across college campuses nationwide. hundreds of demonstrators have been arrested as students across the country protest israel s war against hamas in gaza. local police moved in on some of the student encampments as some universities urged protesters to disperse. the university of georgia confirmed police arrested protesters who had set up tents on that campus. there s no sign these demonstrations are slowing down. just this morning, the president of columbia university in new york said the school will not divest from israel. she added, quote, one group s rights to express their views cannot come at the expense of another group s right to speak, teach, and learn. joining us now, nbc s antonia hylton live from columbia s campus. good morning, what s it like on campus to today? reporter: good morning, jose. well, there s a standoff really happenin
good morning and thanks so much for joining us at 10:00 a.m. eastern. reporting from new york, i m ana cabrera. beginning overnight on the virginia tech campus as colleges and universities are following a weekend of pro-palestinian protests and counter demonstrations across the country. our antonia hylton is on the campus as well as a new report there? we have a new report from the columbia university who says that they are not going to divest from the businesses who do business with israel, and they have no plans from the students who are going to walk away from the encampment, and the students are inspired from the encampments from across the united states from of course, here in new york, and tennessee and all of the way to california. the students have taken as a message of strength in the movement, and they are clearly sending a message and not just to their respective administrations, but really across the country now. we are seeing the schools handling this very diff