Over at Columbia University in new york after police in riot gear cleared an occupied building overnight, plus the political fallout as outrage over the war in gaza and concerns about antisemitism way on the president ial race welcome to our viewers here in the United States and Around The World i will flits her and this is a Situation Room Special Report Unrest on campus cnn Breaking News, Breaking News this hour protests are escalating. And another Us College Campus officers in riot gear, naloxone i Fordham University in new york city as propalestinian demonstrators are digging in at a newly formed in camp standby for new details on that for tracking Police Action and confrontations with demonstrators at multiple colleges and universities across the country are correspondence around the scene as the unrest on campus is raising tensions and causing disruptions right now up first, lets go to see an r Shimon Prokupecz these over it Fordham University, shimon give us an update on the pro
Thank you all. That is all in on this tuesday night. Today donald trump was back in a court where hes facing 34 Felony Counts related to the Hush C Money Payments he paid t adult film star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about an alleged affair and specifically to keep ms. Daniels quiet in the leadup to the 2016 election. Today the lawyer that negotiated that T Hush Money Agreement for Stormy Daniels, keith davidson, took the stand. And were going to get to that in justto a minute, but the big news out of todays trial happened before any witnesses actually b testified. Today the judge in this case, judge juan merchan, ruled on two matters pertaining to trump himself. One is that trump will be allowed to attend his very tall son barons graduation on may 17th, so he can look forward to that. The other matter was also somewhat of a win for donald trump. Today judge merchan found trump in Criminal Contempt for violating his gag order. The judge ruled that trump violated the gag order nine tim
The 11th hour with Stephanie Ruhle starts now. We are covering Breaking News this evening. At Columbia University here in manhattan where protest against the israelhamas war in gaza have been underway for several days, just after 9 00 p. M. Eastern, the new York City Police department breached Hamilton Hall using a truck with a ramp. That happened almost 24 hours after protesters broke into the building and occupied it. The nypd says Hamilton Hall is now cleared, and so is the Tent Encampment on the south lawn of the campus. An nypd spokesperson spoke to nbc news shortly after the officers went in. The buildings were blocked by Soda Machines, plywood, so there were lures the nypd used. We use a Distraction Device that makes a very loud bang. Its a Distraction Device. It makes a loud noise that allowed officers to get enough time to get through the barricades. Columbia university formally requested Law Enforcement help earlier this evening. The weekslong demonstration escalated after ne
This morning. All after Columbia University leaders allow the nypd to enter campus and arrest 300 people in connection to propalestinian protests. What became clear that Public Safety was a real concern, especially after the protests escalated the situation by Breaking And Entering into university buildings, the nypd was called in to do their job. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene puts mike johnson on notice, saying next week she will move forward with her efforts to oust the House Speaker from his office, something he could overcome now with democratic support. Once he became speaker, he has become a man that none of us recognize. Mike johnson is not capable of his job. Floridas controversial sixweek abortion ban goes into affect today sending ripple affects far beyond the Sunshine State as the political Battle Over Reproductive Rights spreads across the country. Thanks for joining. Im ryan nobles in washington. Andrea mitchell is traveling with Secretary Of State blinken in israel
And americas top diplomat meets israels Prime Minister, after accusing hamas of being the last obstacle to a ceasefire in gaza. And the greatest thing since sliced bread. Scientists are developing a new white loaf thats just as healthy as wholegrain. Hello. We begin in the us and the Student Protests sweeping the country against the war in gaza. Overnight these were the scenes on campuses on the west coast and east coast. Clashes between rival student groups, and clashes with police who were called to both the University Of California in los angeles and Columbia University in new york. At ucla, there were skirmishes between pro israeli and pro Palestinian Protesters, with the Vice Chancellor Calling in police after what she described as horrific acts of violence. Scenes like this went on for hours, with pepper spray being used. At Columbia University, where the protests started, officers dressed in riot gear cleared students from Hamilton Hall which had been taken over yesterday. Poli