assaulted in the library by a fellow student while i was wearing an american israeli flag and having my attacker roam freely throughout the campus. bill: remarkable testimony. jewish students accusing colleges of ignoring rampant anti-semitism. the presidents of three american universities trying to defend themselves on the hill. lawmakers not buying it. that s where we start today midweek. it s wednesday, bill hemmer. good morning to you. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. good to be with you again. a lot half en yesterday. the hearing was in response to a surge of pro-palestinian and anti-israel protests erupted on campuses in more than two dozen states and some turned violent. [shouting] bill: some protestors calling for the mass murder of jews. lawmakers grilling the president of harvard on that very issue asking whether or not she was okay with hate speech. doctor, a harvard student calling for the mass murder of african-americans is not free
that temporary truce between israel and hamas is winding down and global protests are heating up. then there s some kind of hold-up in the release of today s hostages. only two israeli russian nationals set go so far. brigadier general pat ryder and leon panetta are here. your world starts now. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. let s go to northern israel. a hold-up in this release or snafus, we don t know how to explain it. we know that nate can help us. what s going on? well, neil, just in the past few minutes, local reports are that ten israeli hostages are being handed off to the red cross right now. we re working to independently verify those records. this comes after a delay. we ve heard some logistical problems possibly. but it appears that that transfer is underway right now and comes after you mentioned two israeli russians were freed earlier. let s take a look at this video of them being released. this is a mother and a daughter, 73 years old and 50-year-old.
Reopened for the First Time Since the attack. I will have the latest on the fast moving Police Investigation into what happened here. Hello, welcome to the programme, were live until am this morning. Well have the very latest on the aftermath of wednesdays Terror Attacks throughout the programme this morning. One person who rushed to the aid of victims on Westminster Bridge speaks to us for the first time. Well also hear from seniorFaith Leaders. Plus people caught up in the Terror Attacks in nice, paris, berlin and brussels tell us how they coped afterwards. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. First lets get the latest from my colleague ben brown, whos in westminster this morning. In the last hour, Police Investigating the attack here At Westminster have revealed that they have made two further significant arrests overnight, so nine people are now in custody alto
of the population vote. caveat number two, we don t know what impact so called greeters had on the numbers. these were people employed by some local authorities to meet voters outside the polling stations, they are there to manage queues, help those with mobility issues etc. some reminded people they needed id to vote. we don t know who was discouraged at that stage. the figures we have got do not record those numbers. according to the electoral commission that is one aspect that they are going to investigate. one final thing to consider whatever the impact at polling stations, and whatever the level of voter fraud that id is meant to tackle which in terms of recorded offences or convictions is tiny there has been a big positive impact on voter confidence in the electoral system according to polling by the electoral commission. at a time when trust in institutions is low, that fact on its own, say supporters of voter id, is a not insignificant benefit.