Police have indicated they will be ready to clear that encampment at some point. Thursdays classes have been cancelled as tensions remain high on the campus there in la. The chancellor of ucla announced an investigation after pro israeli demonstrators appeared to attack a pro palestinian encampment early wednesday. The chancellor says the investigation could lead to arrests and expulsions. Live now to Helena Humphrey on campus at ucla. Remind us what happened overnight . It is fairto it is fair to say the situation is becoming increasingly tense on campus, a minute before speaking to you we saw a considerable number of Police Officers come out here onto the campus and we did here a call from the encampment which you can hear and see over here, the call going out, calling on the protesters once again to disburse or face arrest. What you can also hear in the encampment as the sounds of hammering, we believe that inside the protesters have been trying to reinforce barricades with wood, wh
In your home, your Writing Study is just below us, the floor below. Just tell me, does it matter to you when you are writing what is going on in the world outside Yourfront Door . Does it affect your writing . Well, it depends on what you mean. If theres a fire engine screeching in front of my door, it will interrupt my concentration, and i might go out and see whats going on. But if theres a distant war going on in another place and i know about it, im not going to read about it while im doing my work for the day. But i certainly will inform myself about it later. You talk of distant wars. Im thinking of wars much closer to home. You write a lot about your take on american politics. Youve talked about your feelings through the course of four years of donald trump. Youve talked about a country at war with itself. So the war isnt so very far away. Yes, the war that were engaged in here, fortunately, has not become yet a fighting war with guns, to a large degree. But we are divided in wa
For one purpose, that is to cause serious injury. My for one purpose, that is to cause serious injury serious inury. My Recollection Of what ou serious injury. My Recollection Of what you said serious injury. My Recollection Of what you said was serious injury. My Recollection Of what you said was you serious injury. My Recollection Of what you said was you were serious injury. My Recollection Of. What you said was you were literally on the to you, just sitting on the chin, an altercation started, and somebody had a knife . The tube. Yes, unfortunately not that uncommon in london. I think these days it is more prevalent, but london is no stranger to Knife Crime Force that we have a city of 7 million people. There was another stabbing in sheffield. It was with a broken bottle, but there were stabbings, you know, not so much guns, but sharp weapons, they seem to be the Weapons Of Choice just now. I sharp weapons, they seem to be the Weapons Of Choice just now. Weapons of choice ust now.
Us, the floor below. Just tell me, does it matter to you when you are writing what is going on in the world outside Yourfront Door . Does it affect your writing . Well, it depends on what you mean. If theres a fire engine screeching in front of my door, it will interrupt my concentration and i might go out and see whats going on. But if theres a distant war going on in another place and i know about it, im not going to read about it while im doing my work for the day, but i certainly will inform myself about it later. You talk of distant wars, im thinking of wars much closer to home. You write a lot about your take on american politics. Youve talked about your feelings through the course of four years of donald trump. Youve talked about a country at war with itself, so the war isnt so very far away. Yes. The war that were engaged in here, fortunately, has not become, yet, a fighting war with guns to a large degree. But we are divided in ways that i have never seen before, and ive been
welcome to hardtalk from new york. i m stephen sackur. this city has always had an outsize influence on american culture. the buzz in this nation comes from right here in terms of the arts, entertainment, publishing, the media, but what happens in new york when america s political culture is riven with division? well, my guest today is the great american novelist, new york resident, paul auster. if america is experiencing a culture war, is he ready to fight? paul auster, welcome to hardtalk.