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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
And georges capital sees another night of violent protest, demonstrators and policing class with police after lawmakers to advance from bill that critics say could the real georges hopes of joining the european union. The im here until in berlin. Thank you very much for joining in. Israel has reopened the error as Border Crossing into northern garza, the only crossing into the north of the territory. It was closed following a mazda is october, the 7th. The terror attacks agencies had been calling for its reopening for months to allow them to deliver desperately needed food and medicine. The hundreds of thousands of civilians at risk of famine. The trucks roll through the air as Border Crossing in northern guns for the 1st time since october, the 7th. Before the home of terror attacks based was the main entry point. For aid work is journalist and a select few palestinians, especially those seeking medical treatments. The crossing was severely damaged in the attacks previously used for f