For joining us, the news continues now, right here on cnn happening now, Breaking News, Campus Unrest boils over as colleges across the United States attempt to crack down protests against the israel, hamas war. Police confronting and arresting demonstrators at the university of texas at austin. Im in new york, Columbia University announced again has begun suspending students who defied an ultimatum to clear and cabinets well talk live with the new york city mayor eric adams this hour. And cnn is on the scene of the growing turmoil and dissent on multiple campuses from coast to coast. Prices had gaza sparking a crisis right here at home that were covering from every angle live that indepth this hour. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and Around The World. Im wolf blitzer, and this is the Situation Room Special Report the skis, cnn, Breaking News our first lets go to the university of texas at austin, and thats where cnns at 11 deir is on the scene for us as weve seen, mu
With different degrees of success, there are juggling a lot. Freedom of expression students safety, alumni pressure, and of course, all of it driven by one of the worlds truly intractable conflicts. Wanna go first to cnns ed lavendera, the university of texas in austin. Were please just apparently using pepper spray on some in the crowd within the last hour. And whats the latest where you are just explain whats happening around you. Well, all of the protesters that were taken into custody, but we dont have an official number yet in a number of people arrested. But what we witnessed with several dozen protesters taken into custody once those people were moved off campus, Law Enforcement officers have now moved away from the scene. And this is what his left the massive Protest Scene there are still a few people here gathered in the exact same spot where much of this protest started earlier in the day. It was incredibly tense for some time We Saw State Troopers once again return here to t