[protesters chanting] john and that is a live shot outside The Gates of Columbia University in new York City where right now dozens of antiisrael protesters are Holding Signs and chanting, all while other students are trying to attend their first day of fall classes. In just the last few moments, there have been some arrests. Im John Roberts in washington, as we kick off a Brandnew Week in the fall season. Good day to you. Gillian good to have you, or good to be with you, i should say, john. Excuse me. You know what i mean. Sandra is off today. This is america reports. Right now we are getting these new pictures into our newsroom. They are also showing columbias famed Alma Mater Sculpture covered, you can see there, and red paint. The statue sits very prominently on the steps of the School Library on the main quad. John the protest came after israeli forces recovered the bodies of six hostages, including israeli american hersh goldbergpolin, executed at close range in gaza. Gillian rea
Im bret baier. As students attended colleges across the northeast returned to classes antiisrael protesters are also making their presence known. We will take you there. A former top aid to new York Governor Kathy Hochul is accused of spying on behalf of the chinese government. Well explain. And after the Labor Day holiday, we are now in the final sprint to Election Day, 63 days until Election Day 2024. The countdown is on. But, first breaking tonight, middle East Policy is the focus of domestic Politics Tonight after the deaths of six hostages including a young american at the hands of hamas. President Joe Biden says israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not doing enough to secure a Hostage Deal with hamas as critics say the Bidenharris Administration is not doing enough to hold hamas accountable. Biden officials insist the deal is still possible. But the president the president himself has avoided questions on israel since calling on the country to do more to release more than
Track problem. All this happening as the crowd from the wizards game was leaving the Verizon Center and it follows a disastrous morning commute on orange blue, and silver lines. Jackie bensen just got to metro center. Still closed . Reporter you can see behind me. Paramedics there. The yellow tape blocking the center to the station. It has been a scene of confusion here all evening. People are walking around. People coming out of work out of the wizards game. People just wantedering the streets, down around here trying to figure out how to get around. We are told that a power outage and smoke in the opportunity has been reported here at metro center according to the d. C. Alert system. Metro is using shuttle buses to get patrons around the incidents. The blue orange and silver lines have been affected. According to d. C. Alert, metro has no idea why the power outage has occurred. And that is what is significant about this. I dont know if youve seen the pictures of what it looks like in
Leesburg a few towards Rappahannock County and charles and st. Marys. Nothing that heavy, headed out to the National Ceremony on the National Mall it will be damp outside. Wet seat can you gos for sure. Wont be cold. Temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s now. Manassas, virginia cloudy skies, a warm start, 74 by 10 00 achlt rain chances increasing as we get into the middle and later parts of the afternoon. High today low to mid80s. Tomorrows forecast coming up in a few. All right, chuck. Well check in with you then. A busy morning. More breaking news into the newsroom. Prince georges fire an ems, coming up a woman has died in a fire in the apartment in the oxon hill area. Firefighters responded to reports of smoke in that building around 5 00 this morning. They found a small fire in a third floor apartment. That woman was found in the area where that fire started. She had burn injuries according to investigators. Firefighters say there was a working smoke alarm in the apartment. How
Things of that nature. Mostly electronics as well. Captain tony is a new commander in charge of bringing crime down in san joses foothills division. His officers made numerous burglary arrests over the last few weeks. But, he says this latest crackdown was a big one by beat cops doing more than just patrolling the streets. This was a huge success. Again, the officers are out there, patrol officers, the hard work that theyre doing out there when they have a lead. There is so much evidence in this case investigators are still processing it so the owners can claim their stolen goods. Neighbors were surprised a minor living next door may be responsible for a lot of the fear in evergreen. Wow. Well, thats lovely that its on my street. Wow. I had no idea. And in a lot of these cases, the m. O. For the burglary lass remained the same. Two guys go inside. They ransack the home while another remains outside as a lookout with a walkietalkie. Live in evergreen community, im damian trujillo, nbc b