Midnight here and campus chaos continues, you are looking screen right at a live shot of the campus of ucla, where Hundreds Of Police Clad in riot gear have been massed for several hours now, apparently waiting for the final order to go in and dismantle the encampment. Set up almost a week ago by propalestinian protesters. But as yet, they have not made the move. On the campus itself is our correspondent, bill melugin. He has been there for hours now. Bill and as we watch and wait, bill, i wonder if you have noticed any change in the posture over the last couple of hours or are we simply where we have been with the Skirmish Lines and no movement . Jonathan, good evening to you. I can tell you its gotten eerily quiet. All the protesters behind us, hundreds of them have stopped all their chants. They had been chanting for hours, free palestine, free palestine. Now its kind of quiet and eerie, and you get the sense that it could potentially be the calm before the storm. If police do end u
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
Newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. We begin with the breaking news and the surprise outcome of a republican versus republican political fight in the State Of Texas. Attorney general ken paxton is thanking his supporters and slamming what he calls the sham impeachment proceeding against him. Just a few hours ago the state senate voted to acquit paxton on 16 charges of abusing his office to help a donor. The Attorney General says now that the, quote, truth has prevailed he will get back to work defending the Constitutional Rights of texans, so he says. Ed lavandera joins me from the texas state house in austin. Ed, tell us more. Reporter hey, jim. The last few hours as reaction has been pouring in reacting to the acquittal of Attorney General ken paxton, it is exposing what can probably only be described as an allout civil war between various factions of the Republican Party here in texas. As weve mentioned just a short while ago, ken paxton was acquitted by the majority of republica
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