Right. Thank you all for being with us this morning. A lot cnn Breaking News youre following Breaking News out of madison wisconsin. This is the scene at the University Of Wisconsin right now where police are clashing with protesters alleged show you what happened there just moments ago all right. Lets bring in chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence Analyst john miller. John, your reaction to what were looking at right now, we should show our viewers or point out to our viewers. Youre looking at live pictures of what looks like protesters sort of locking arms outside the Campus Library there at the campus of the University Of Wisconsin, madison, john, your sense of things as youre looking at all of this . Well, i think the theme of the de seems to be emerging as the University Fights back. We saw the Police Action last night in New York City, the retaking of a season hes building at Columbia University a couple of hundred arrests there and city college. And when you look at whats happe
Windows within really a shock in oh to try to get to the protesters who had broken in and occupied the building. They occupied the building, throwing out band and ours that read things like intifada and free palestine. They have been on campus for the propalestinian movement for two weeks. Now. Two weeks would be today they were removed dozens of people arrested. We are hearing now that they have some of them have already been released from jail, but youre listening there to mayor eric adams of New York City and he says that he, that this was a protest that had been, and this is his words coopted by outside influences. And he says that they were going to stay been sounding the alarm that these protests were supposed to be peaceful. He said, but that they had been coopted by outside influences. And that he was going to show evidence that there were people who were not affiliated with Columbia University who were part of this protests on campus. You will remember this has been going on f
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 building was very heavily fortified. Doorways were blocked by Soda Machines, couches, plywood. So there were rumors that the nypd used tear gas. The nypd does not use tear gas. We use a Distraction Device. It is a device that is thrown and makes a loud bang. A stun grenade. It is a Distraction Device that makes a loud noise. That allowed officers time to get through the barricades. Columbia university formally requested Law Enforcement help earlier this evening. The weeks long negotiation broke down. Columbia released a statement saying the following. Quote, the decision t
So many republicans have down this . Do you think hes guilty . The lead with jake tapper weekdays it for on cnn this is cnn Breaking News all . Right 5 00 a. M. Here on the east coast. Welcome to cnn this morning, im kasie hunt. Were Breaking News, violent clashes ongoing at ucla between proisrael and proPalestinian Protesters. This after School Officials declared the protest encampment, their illegal and has increased security on campus video from the scene. You can see protesters throwing a wooden pallet, fireworks parking cones, even a scooter is clashes have been ongoing for hours with minimal police intervention, but the chancellor of ucla has now asked for the lapd assistance, a spokesman for the la mayor tweeting a short time ago, quote, lapd is responding immediately to chancellor blocks request for support on campus during me now to discuss cnn, Senior National security analyst, juliet. Juliet. Good morning from what we can tell from the pictures coming out of ucla we dont kno
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