University after meeting with jewish students on campus, his target, the answer is or protests at tent and caymans and University Officials response to all of it as tensions continue to as great over. Im sandra smith in for neil cavuto, we will have a reaction from the students which is method Speaker Johnston moments ago. First two steve harry on the ground in columbia with more on what we just heard, hello steve. Waiting for Speaker Johnston to come out and face just a huge crowd of media waiting for him, we expect them to repeat has call for the resignation of the president of columbia, yes expect them to repeat his criticism of the high level of antisemitism at elite universities across the country. You can see behind me those tens is still there, about 50 of t them, in a north bay, more than a hundred, there was a midnight deadline set by the president to remove that encampment, that deadline came and went after more negotiation, it was extended for 48 hours. We will see whether n
Where the lead with jake tapper starts right now this is cnn breaking news welcome to the leading. Im jake tapper and we are following a breaking news coast to coast, large propalestinian protest underway right now across Us College Campuses and universities after weeks of tension over the israelhamas war or at the University Of Texas at austin reports today of quote, tense interactions and physical struggles. Texas state troopers and riot gear, some on horseback started breaking up a group group of propalestinian protests. Bruce, were going to begin today with cnns nick watt reporting live from a protest at the university of Southern California in los angeles. Nick, describe what youve been seeing. Have there been has there been any violence have there been any arrests yes. To both of those right now, jake, we are in a bit of a lull. There are dozens of lapd squad cars parked just offcampus waiting. Now, earlier this morning, this was pretty peaceful until College Security tried to mo
Hello. We begin in the us, where police have clashed with pro palestinian demonstrators as a wave of protests intensifies at University Campuses across the country. Skirmishes broke out between protestors and police at the university of Southern California in los angeles. Well hear with our reporter there in a moment. At the university of texas in austin, the governor sent in State Troopers in riot gear to confront demonstrators who waved Palestinian Flags and chanted free palestine. These demonstrations have spread since the arrest last week of more than a hundred protesters at columbia univerity in new york sparking debates about free speech and the right to protest. The us Speaker Of The House mikejohnson visited Columbia University on wednesday. He accused administrators of failing to protectjewish students from what he describes as virulent antisemitism. Much of his speech was drowned out with loud jeering from the students. To all those who gnash their teeth and demand to wipe
Yeah, larry, now, part of the reason why the governor says hes supporting this is because he wants to ensure that Abortion Access for californians isnt impacted. The idea behind it is by allowing Arizona Doctors to perform abortions for their patients here in this state, than any potential influx of new patients here wont take away appointments from california residents. Governor gavin newsom, surrounded by the california legislative womens caucus wednesday, the Group Gathering to announce a new proposal that would give Arizona Doctors the ability to perform abortions for their patients here in california, a direct response to a recent Arizona Supreme Court decision that effectively bans all abortions in the state. This arizona law is the first border state law that will directly impact the state of california. During the news conference, newsom stressed that california had an obligation to respond to the 1864 law that will soon dictate Abortion Access in arizona. However, given the cu
Tonight on the panel, former Us Ambassador to nato ivo daalder and philip rycroft, the uks former permanent secretary at the department for exiting the european union. Good evening. In the last hour, White House National security adviser Jake Sullivan says he wants a report on The Mass Graves in gaza, reports he calls disturbing. He added, we want answers from the israeli government. Thats as volker turk, the uns human rights chief, has called for an independent investigation into The Destruction at two of the main hospitals in gaza. Palestinian Officials Say they have exhumed the bodies of almost 300 people at the al shifa and nasser hospitals. Many of them buried in mass graves that were found within the medical complex. The Israel Defence forces described those reports as baseless and unfounded. The bbc s Fergal Keanes has been investigating these reports. And a warning you may find some of these scenes distressing. We are going to take you straight to Columbia University in new yor