Themselves inside following what was a tense standoff. Dozens are now arrested. Theyll be charged with burglary in the third degree. Criminal mischief and trespassing. An escalating campus protest coming to a head tonight at Columbia University. Good evening, everyone. Im mike mibach, and im julie julie haener. Columbia university, the epicenter of the recent College Protests. And tonight, School Officials asked new York City Police to step in and clear out the demonstrators. Hundreds of Police Officers began making arrests this evening. Columbia University Made that decision to call police after protesters seized Hamilton Hall yesterday. The University Says the building had been vandalized and blockaded tonight. Officers had to break a second floor window to make their way inside. Protesters were then led away in zip ties and put onto busses. New york mayor eric adams issued a warning before police began arresting protesters, even urging parents to get involved. Please call your child
Well see you then, melissa. Thank you. 6 01 now. New this morning the governor of South Carolina expected to sign a bill today that will remove the Confederate Flag from the state capital grounds there. The South Carolina house of representatives passed a bill, that was after hours of emotional, sometimes tearful debate. Once Governor Haley signs the bill, the flag should come down within 24 hours. Haley and a lot of her fellow lawmakers are responding to calls from across the country to remove that flag after the racially motivated killing of black worshipers in charleston. At 1 30 this morning after a vote there, haley tweeted its a new day in South Carolina. Now a lot of folks seem to agree with her, there was a cartoon posted showing the flag and it said, going, going gone on that cartoon. Another person tweeted finally. One state, one flag. Efforts here on capitol hill to ban the Confederate Flag in federal cemeteries is proving controversial as well. The measure was added as an a
Wrong. Hopefully im right and we stay on the calm side. Well continue to monitor this. The debate over the Confederate Flag in South Carolina ended. Tonight new questions are being raised in northern virginia. We have Team Coverage and begin with jay gray in columbia South Carolina where the flag will be taken down in a matter of hours. Reporter it happens after debate overnight that was intense at times, emotional, ending at 1 00 in the morning here with an historic vote and sending many say, a strong message about the past and future of this state. This afternoon, governor nikki haley signed into law a measure to take down the confederate battle flag thats flown on the South Carolina Capitol Grounds for decades. The Confederate Flag is coming off the grounds of the carolyn state house. Reporter its history in the wake of heartache. Three weeks after a selfproclaimed white supremacist murdered nine people inside the emanuel amc church. The perpetrator wrapped himself up in the Confede
Of the summer are here. Its not going to get any better tomorrow. Good evening. Im denise nakano. Its not just the heat thats making it so oppressive ichltsz the high humidity. It is a first alert weather day because of that heat. Brittney shipp is here. Were going to see similar conditions tomorrow. It is that combination like you mentioned of the High Temperatures and the high humidity. Thats why most of the area with the exception of Lancaster County in the poconos under an exceptional heat warning or a heat advisory until at least 8 00 p. M. Monday. We expect to see temperatures from 102 to 107 degrees. That means thats what the feels like temperature will be tomorrow. Actual temps in the mid 90s. Drink plenty of water, stay in the airconditioning. Make sure you are checking on kids elderly and pets tomorrow. As we wake up well warm up fast. If you are commuting in the morning, stay hydrated. 6 00 its going to be 80 degrees. Lunchtime, into the 80s 80s. And in the afternoon it will
Higher humidity. Were watching for areas of fog north and west. Pottstown, visibility is under a mile right now. No serious fog in the immediate philadelphia area. You have to go to the pocono mountains, roxborough is fogfree. 76 in southeast philadelphia and 72 in northeast philadelphia. A warm start and a hot afternoon. The temperatures climbing, sunshine at 6 00 74 degrees, calm conditions and not much wind as the temperature climbs to near 80 degrees at 9 00 and bright, sunny skies. Youll need your sunglasses today. Find a shady spot too. 86 degrees at noontime and clipping into the 90s during the afternoon. Well go through it hour by hour with the futurecast when i come back in ten minutes. Right now lets check in with Jessica Boyington and see how the roads are looking. Hey, jessica. Hey, bill. Were on 95 right now. Things moving along nicely around girard avenue. Southbound from woodhaven road up towards the vine street expressway, 13minute trip right there. You can see that in