Themselves inside following what was a tense standoff. Dozens are now arrested. Theyll be charged with burglary in the third degree. Criminal mischief and trespassing. An escalating campus protest coming to a head tonight at Columbia University. Good evening, everyone. Im mike mibach, and im julie julie haener. Columbia university, the epicenter of the recent College Protests. And tonight, School Officials asked new York City Police to step in and clear out the demonstrators. Hundreds of Police Officers began making arrests this evening. Columbia University Made that decision to call police after protesters seized Hamilton Hall yesterday. The University Says the building had been vandalized and blockaded tonight. Officers had to break a second floor window to make their way inside. Protesters were then led away in zip ties and put onto busses. New york mayor eric adams issued a warning before police began arresting protesters, even urging parents to get involved. Please call your child
Stephen paddock fired first shots. As the Maintenance Man as well is arriving in the hallway they have some communication and theyre riddled with hundreds of bullets at this point. We now know that he then went over and began shooting into the crowd. Mcmahill wouldnt talk on camera but discussed the Response Time by Hotel Security and police. I can tell you that, First Responder resources were on the scene very, very quickly. Officials also now say paddock checked into mandalay bay three days earlier than originally thought. This was a remarkable effort by a brave and remarkable man. Just last friday, mcmahill hailed the guard as a hero for interrupting the shooter several minutes into the attack. We believe he was shooting into the crowd. Then the Security Officer was shot during that event. Investigators tell cbs they visited the shooting range just outside mesquite, nevada believing paddock may have taken target practice two days before he carried out his attack in las vegas. Law en
Hurt the secretarys credibility. No, i didnt undercut anybody ieflt dont believe in undercutting people. State department spokesperson. What is the secretarys iq . Its high. At the briefing, Sarah Sanders said it was all a joke. Insisted the president still has full confidence in the secretary of state. Anthony. Margaret brennan with the iq wars at the white house. Overseas, isis has been losing its grip on syria. Raqqa, isis socalled capital, may be liberated by u. S. Backed forces within days. And there is a surge of volunteers aching to fin, off the terror group. Holly williams reports from northern syria. As isis faces defeat in raqqa, the syrian men have volunteered to finish them off. The new recruits learned to detect explosives today, on roads. Inside houses. And detonated by a remote control. After 15 days of training they will head straight for the front line. Americas closest allies on the ground here in syria, shop keepers, truck drivers, tailors and construction workers. W
Kron4s alecia reid just got to the scene. She joins us live. Alecia what do we know. This is still a very active fire. It has not been considered under control at this hour. Theres still a lot of smoke, and officials tell me the fire is mostly in the basement of the building where it all started. That room is a storage room. Theres also a massage parlor and a hotel in the 3 story commercial building the call came in at 8 40 this evening. Crews were here within 2 minutes and it was declared a 2 alarm almost instantly. There are 70 Fire Fighters and 2 dozen trucks battling this blaze. It isnt clear if this is a resdidential hotel, or if anyone will be displaced tonight. Red cross is on call should their services be needed. Fire officials tell me people were already starting to exit the building when crews arrived. And so frefigthers heped get them out of the building. At this hour fire crews arent seeing any flames in the walls of the building but they are still checking. Sot standupso f
Basement of the building where it all started. And that room was mostly used for storage. The call came in at 8 40 this evening. Crews were here within 2 minutes and it was declared a 2 alarm almost instantly. Fire officials tell me people were already starting to exit the building when crews arrived. And so frefigthers heped get them out of the building safely. At this hour fire crews arent seeing any flames in the walls of the building but they are still checking. I spoke with a pastry chef that lives inside the building and needs to be at work by 5am. He says he was just falling asleep when the alarm went off. And he initially ignored it because he says its pretty normal for the alarm to go off. By the time he opened his door, the smoke was thick. Sot joey bronk lives in the building standupso far there are no reported injuries. Were told residents will be able to return home tonight once the all clear is given. Reporting live in San Francisco my friend came and got me and wanted to