Angeles. You are looking screen right at a live Helicopter Picture of the campus of ucla. The sight of hundreds of Police Officers massing right now, apparently in preparation to move in and clear out the propalestinian Protester Encampment that has now been in place on that Public University campus for almost a week. Last night, of course, 24 hours ago, we saw ongoing battles between those propalestinian protesters and proisraeli counterprotesters. That violence finally subsided after about three hours, and now 24 hours on those scenes, replaced by a massing of Police Officers , clearly in preparation for some sort of operation. Live on the campus of ucla is our correspondent, bill melugin. Bill set the scene for us as it looks to you right now. Well, jonathan, just off campus about a mile away, the Sheriffs Department has about 7 or 8 of their big jail busses parked. They are clearly preparing to make arrests tonight. And by all indications, from what were being told from our sources
University heating up overnight. A group of protesters breaking windows and barricading themselves inside Hamilton Hall at the campus. Theyve pushed tables and chairs against the doors. And this action comes just hours after Columbia University, the epicenter of the nationwide propalestinian Campus Protests , began suspending students. The Ivy League School had set a 2 p. M. Deadline monday for the protesters to leave their encampments at the campus. The university had been trying to avoid calling back the police, whose intervention on april 18th led to more than 100 student arrests. The protesters at columbia have inspired similar propalestinian demonstrations on campuses across the country. Arrests nationwide are now approaching 1000, as the final days of Class Wrap Up and Commencement Ceremonies are just days or weeks away. The protesters demand the universities cut financial ties with israel over the war in gaza, but many jewish students say the protests have veered into antisemiti
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And thanks so much for joining us ac30, 60 begins now tonight on three, 60 protesters to filing deadlines and facing academic sanctions and campuses across the country. The latest live on the propalestinian demonstrations, the Police Response to elements of antisemitism and the impact this all could have on president ial politics. Also tonight to look ahead at what to expect when the trump Hush Money Criminal Trial resumes tomorrow morning here in new york, and a report from haiti. Cnn exclusive for the country torn apart by gangs. Or david culver tracks down in interviews, one gang leader whos now and the fbis ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. We begin with propalestinian Campus Demonstrations entering their second week and growing it seems not going away. We Spring Commencement fast approaching University Officials nationwide are now taking action to confront them. That said in different ways with different degrees of success, theyre juggling a lot
Thank you all so much for joining us. Well see you back here tomorrow for special coverage of trumps trial. 9 30 a. M. Eastern, right now seen a news night with abby phillip starts echoes of the vietnam era for this generations protest movement. Thats tonight on newsnight good evening. Im abby phillip in new york tonight, americas universities are losing control of their campuses suspensions, arrest, tear gas. Schools across the map are cracking down now on propalestinian protests but should they or by doing so, are they setting a precedent that undercuts a Fundamental American Tradition and an american right. Breaking tonight, cnn, with this dozens of arrests at the University Of Texas Austin Campus were officers are apparently using force to take people into custody students from inside and encampment. There are alleging that Police Deployed mace and other socalled chemical munitions. Now, take a look at where this is happening. Just over the last two weeks, columbia is the epicenter