Thing okay, greg. Greg bye. Bret good evening. Im brett bay. Antiisrael protesters College Campuses clashing with Law Enforcement several locations again tonight this after police in new york forcibly evicted demonstrators from a Columbia University building overnight. New protests have begun at another new york school, an antiantisemitic, antiisrael protesters ucla in los angeles fought with projewish demonstrators who tried to tear down their encampment overnight. In the midst of all of this, very little from President Biden himself, his staff putting out statements answering questions about the president s relative silence on the issue. We begin tonight in los angeles with correspondent bill melugin at ucla. Good evening, bill. Bill bret, good evening to you. All classes here at ucla are canceled today after a night of violent clashes here on campus that went on for hours without any kind of Law Enforcement intervention and just moments ago, we heard from uclas chancellor who descri
First time since october stocks look to close out the month in the red. April showers leaving the dow soaked and got them down 444 at the moment but for the month down 4. 6 followed by the s p 500 which looks to end the last 30 days with a loss of 3 , the nasdaq in a shower but on pace to get clipped by 3. 5 but it is the small and midcap that took the worst dunking, the russell 2000 on track to have lost 6. 6 on the month. Overall no one should be surprised or worried considering the runup by the bulls that theyve enjoyed since november with the backdrop of stubborn inflation which brings us to right now, Federal Reserves Committee Meeting huddled behind closed doors and while the fed is expected to leave borrowing rates to 5. 5 for the sixth meeting in a row, simmering inflation weighing heavily on chairman jay powell. Cutting rates would be a tool used to stimulate spending but with consumer demand sizzling the Central Banks original plan to cut 3 times, 6 times this year is on ice.
Hope youre having a good one. I am maria bartiromo, it is 8 a. M. On the button on the east coast. Antiisrael protesters crashing the white house Correspondents Dinner over the weekend, they crashed the red carpet. Saturday night. Celebrities getting mobbed on their way in. Hundreds of protesters chanting against joe biden outside the washington, d. C. Hilton hotel. Listen. Shame on you shame on you shame on you maria more as the president is accused of playing both sides of the protest, i spoke with Alan Dershowitz on sunday morning futures yesterday. Hes most afraid the protesters will become terrorists themselves. Watch this. Its a deep problem at universities today with their diversity, equity and inclusion bureaucracies and intersectionality. They have been teaching antisemitism now for several years x its come to the fore. What im most afraid of, among the people in front of claim university are people who will become terrorists, who will help hamas, who will be part of the fifth
Our viewers in the United States and Around The World. This is cnns continuing breaking News Coverage of iran strike on israel. Im christiane, Amanpour In London alongside my colleague Alex Marquardt In Washington. And were learning more about iran is unprecedented attack on israel this morning, iran says it targeted the base. Israel used to strike the iranian consulate in damascus the idf says more than 300 missiles house and drones were fired in yesterdays attack the majority were fired from iran itself, but some were launched from iraq. And yemen. Only a few were able to peers the defenses hitting an air base in Southern Israel causing minor damage. And there are no reports of major injuries or deaths suffered directly from the strikes. Israel says, the us, britain, and france also acted during the strikes. Us forces intercepted more than 70 oneway Attack Drones and at least three Ballistic Missiles, according to two, us officials familiar with the matter. And this morning, tehran s
Its Defense Spending because its looking at north korea, chinese aggression and also looking ahead possibly to another Trump Administration where its not so sure the us welcome to the rescue. And its making these investments to be able to stand on its own there clearly also emphasizing here, theyre unity, right . But there is something obviously hanging over this. And we understood from mj lese reporting that it might not come off, which is the us still deal. However, it did come up, obviously they were going to be asked about it and that is japans largest steel maker offered to purchase us steel to the tune of 14 in december. The biden is very opposed to this. Hes trying to stand with the union and i wonder what you made the question as it was, was did it come up . Did the topic come up . No. The answer is no one answer directly. And Prime Minister kishida basically said discussions are underway between the parties and then he sort of said japan believes something to the effect of bas