Daily news who say officers announce they would arrest and suspend anyone who cannot leave campus after an antiisrael protest. There are also reports of arrests at Unc Chapel Hill and at Columbia University, Public Safety officers say only students who live on campus and essential workers are allowed on the School Grounds this after protesters took over Academic Building called Hamilton Hall, smashing the windows and bare cationd themselves inside. Lawrence according to reports, about a dozen protesters made it into the building with at least 200 blocking the entrance. Some hanging banners. Including one calling for intifada. Student protest group says they will continue investigating and occupy that building until the school meets their demands, which they already said they wont, which includes divesting Financial Holdings linked to israel. The president says no we are not going to do it. Brian thats not going to happen. What will happen. Bryan llenas joins us outside of columbias campus right now. Hey, brian. Bryan we are about 6 and a half hours, seven hours into this occupation of the Academic Building. Hamilton hall here at columbia. You mentioned the university has now restricted access to this main campus to only students who live on this particular campus and dormitories. And Essential Personnel needed. That is the only people allowed that is a thats a change. Thats different. Usually the media was allowed in, at least for a couple hours in the middle of the afternoon it. Doesnt look like thats going to happen today. A lockdown of the university to only those who live on campus and Essential Personnel. We will show you over here this is Hamilton Hall. This the is building right here on this corner occupied beginning at about 12 30 this morning. Dozens of students are inside. They broke windows. They reportedly put black bags over the Security Cameras and they are inside there with Sleeping Bags and backpacks and they say they are going to stay there unless their demands are met. Divestment from israel. Transparency over how columbia is divesting their money. They want universal amnesty. They dont want to face any discipline at all for what the last couple of weeks of protests in particular, obviously now, which has escalated with this occupation of Hamilton Hall, which is home to the deans office and undergraduate admissions. We have not heard anything yet from the University Officially here. But they have signaled, obviously, a new phase in this. Not only with issuing suspensions yesterday to Student Protesters at the Inability Encr 2 00. Word here only allowing a limited number of people on this campus, we will see what happens. Yesterday at about 8 00, we received an update from the university 8 30. We will see if we get that the nypd has not chinged their stance from as far as we can tell. We have not seen a number of forces or officers getting ready to move in or anything like that. It has been fairly quiet on that end. We have been told the nypd will only go in with f. Columbia university gives them the go to do so. One more significant thing here with the timing, this is happening not only after the university began issuing suspensions and saying that commencement will happen, but, Hamilton Hall, which you see right here, and can you see the sign free palestine, one of the signs that the occupiers have unfurled here, this was the site of the 1968 protest here at Columbia University in which hundreds of people were arrested, in fact, 86 protesters were arrested in 1968 for occupying this building for a week. Will the university allow these folks to occupy this building for a week are they going to play deadline game they have been playing the last couple of weeks . Negotiations . We dont know. We will see if this has now gotten to pint where the university is going to ratchet this up to the next level, guys. Steve well, bryan, the next level would be yesterday the president said anybody there after 2 00, were going to suspend you. So, a couple of questions. Why suspend . Now that they have crossed the line. They have crossed the ruby con, they have vandalized a building, they held hostage some of the janitorial staff who say we were held hostage in there. Why dont they start expelling people . The bigger question of course, that takes you got to go through a course, its got to be adjudicated. Ultimately of the people who got suspended since 2 00 yesterday, will they be allowed to graduate in two weeks . Because the people inside the building say they are going to stay there until graduation. We have been told from the university those suspended will not be able to complete the Spring Semester and will not be able to graduate. I think its important though you are hitting on this. Because, frankly, something thats been under reported is the fact that so much faculty here at columbia has been supporting this effort. That has played a huge role in how this administration is handling. This we have had faculty wearing orange Construction Vests that are here even last night while these students stormed Hamilton Hall and occupied it were outside here. I mean, essentially supporting these students. Offering them protection. You know, the Faculty Members have done this by way of the universitys senate as well, which is a majority of facultyrun body and they have come out against University President and for these protesters not just students and. That has added another layer here. Brian thanks, bryan. We will talk to you again. If anything happens, we will break in. Ainsley any Press Conferences scheduled for today . Brian no. Ainsley the president should be speaking at some point. Brian he said he got an update from the university at 8 00 a. M. Yesterday. Thats when we found out about the 2 00 p. M. Deadline. The 2 00 p. M. Deadline is going in. I watched the professor on sunday he came out and said not only is he not against the protesters, is he in full support of the protesters. And he says theyre doing the right thing. And the biggest mistake and the agreement among faculty of columbia. The biggest mistake the president made, number one, was selling them out in front of congress that day second biggest mistake was calling the cops. Think about this. Were thinking that they understand that they should have cracked down earlier. Is he thinking how dare you call the nypd. Thats why the president got censured. Lawrence that was part of the negotiation, brian. People keep saying what are they going to do when this escalate. They held three people hostage we were talking off air at ucla six masked protesters in keffiyehs blocked a jewish student from going to the class. Its on video. Lawrence is this the video right here of the masks . Steve no, thats columbia. Brian toss to it, lawrence. Lawrence lets play it . Lets go this way. You closed the entrance. We are ucla students. I have my i. D. Right here. Im being blocked off not by the Security Guard but by you two, you three. They are making a barrier wall. Im going this way. This is what they do. Everybody, look at this. Im a ucla student. I deserve to go here. We paid tuition. This is our school. And they are not letting me walk in. Lawrence obviously we are talking about columbia this morning. But this is happening all across the country. He. Brian is he wearing the star of david. Lawrence star of david. Im asking if the roles were reversed. Say its a black student trying to get in the classroom. Brian joe biden would be on the tv 24 hours. Lawrence every republican would be asked. Every politician would be asked where is the moral clarity . Where do you stand on this issue . Why is it for the Jewish Population were holding this into a different standard . Ainsley i saw a different video on social media this morning of a ucla student who was being attacked by a woman. She started flipping off the cameras. The Campus Security goes up to her. And they dont do anything. They are just circle her and talking to her. Keep in mind we dont know if all of these are students. We interviewed two students. Steve you can tell they are wearing masks. Ainsley they say they have seen people give their student ids who were in favor of this to people off campus who are not students in order to allow them to get the green light to go on. And we interviewed paul mauro earlier, brian. You did. And he said the police will not go in until they are asked to go in. Buns they get the call they have to go in. You get the call and go in. Its disorder control. They have a group that handles riots like this. And he also said they could track their phones with geo fencing. They could track the phones of everybody who is inside Hamilton Hall right there. Find out who is there. Steve turn on a thing called the stingray. They are not gonna. Remember, its private property. The administration has got to call them in. Look, they have crossed a line. Over the last couple of weeks, we have seen people say look, im just simply exercising my First Amendment rights. And the First Amendment rights guarantee free speech and assembly but does not allow you the freedom to harass and intimidate. Now they have crossed the. Ainsley brearg. Held people against their will. They have vandalized. It is incumbent on the administration of Columbia University to get out there as soon as they can and say okay, this is not acceptable. And if you are a parent of Somebody Just imagine you are a parent and you sent your kid to columbia. You saved for 20 years to put them at one of these great ivy league schools. Would you be proud of what you are looking at right there . Its one thing to assemble and one thing for free speech. But its Something Else to cross line and break the law. Paul mauro and Jonathan Turley both outlined how those demonstrators inside Hamilton Hall have broken the law repeatedly. Brian here is two students you talked to, ainsley, talked about what it is like at columbia moments ago. They are at 160th street. They came down to midtown to talk to you guys. Moist remarkable scene i saw was someone smashing the windows of the doorway from of Hamilton Hall in with a hammer. Almost like a scene from the shining. And i also saw a student who was trying to prevent them from barricading, continuing to barricade the doors, then he was essentially corralled by another human chain of propalestinian protesters and basically lifted up and shoved out. And called a zionist. And he was physically assaulted. And, again, there is utter silence from Public Safety, from nypd, so we feel alone on this campus. Yeah. It was very surreal scene getting ready for finals finishing up an assignment. I walk out, the encampment is alive. Everybody is marching around and everyone is saying they are going to occupy Hamilton Hall. Instantly i knew this was an escalation because back in 1968, this was the big event that put columbia on the map in terms of being a very like activist school. It really did very a lot of harm to the universitys reputation. They occupied Hamilton Hall back in 1968 to protest the vietnam war. And now they are doing the same thing because they see this as a continuation of the same movement. This is a very important building for Columbia University and Columbia College. This is where the dean of Columbia College is. Its where the center where the Core Curriculum and centerpiece of every students academic experience. I dont feel safe anymore. And, like i was saying, there is Security Presence on campus and, in fact, they installed like a new Security Check point outside of Butler Library; meanwhile, when you walk into Butler Library, there is already a security desk. Again, i dont feel safe because there is so many reports and i have had i have talked to people who have confessed on camera that they are getting ids from students. And they are not a student. And then they just swipe in and they even say how Public Safety doesnt look at the face, the picture of the i. D. , they just see that its a green light and they let you through. And so, there was certainly many people on campus today. There was professional burglars who helped break into Hamilton Hall. And, again, there is no response from Public Safety. They were truly nowhere to be found tonight. The university has decided that they are going to put the interest of the protesters i cant even say the rights of the protesters, because its not even a right. They are putting the interest of the protesters over the interest and rights of all the other students, including those who want nothing to do with this. And what i mean by that is that all around Hamilton Hall are freshman dorms people trying to sleep. They were yelling things 3 00 a. M. Into the night. The Butler Library is right there. Thats where people are trying to study for finals. It also means that classes have gone hybrid. Finals have gone hybrid. Right . They are prioritizing what the protesters want, which is disruption over the interest of other students and thats the policy of the administration. And i dont think its going to hold up very well in the public eye. Im part of a larger jewish community. Some kids who havent been on campus in the last two weeks because of the fear and there was a jewish professor and he put his his i. D. Card was deactivated because the university couldnt guarantee his safety. Yet, they let other professors who Minute Nourish Shafik said would be fired and wouldnt be allowed on campus. And and students suspended still on campus leading the chants system is clearly broken on campus. One thing i have consistently found when you talk to people who disagree with you end up finding you have so much in common and you have a path forward. Whereas what we are seeing now its an echo chamber. They are living together in the encampment. They are going to the protests together. Its almost like cult like. A people would describe it as such, because you have leaders saying, you know, from the river to the sea, and then they just mindlessly repeat it. A lot of them probably dont know what river and what sea. Because of the echo chamber, we have seen a lot of our what once were good friends get sort of dragged into this movement and its very heart breaking. Brian two students you just said, one is jewish, one is not jewish. And they just want to go to school. Lawrence jessica said she confronted one of her Close Friends who they had some agreement at first. But afterwards, she says she became radicalized. That is what is happening to these kids, also. Steve take it to chapel hill, North Carolina. At 5 30 this morning, the administration warned the protesters there to vacate by 6 00 a. M. Or we will remove you. Well, apparently, the cops have been there. They have zip tied people. They have carted them off. Although as you can hear in the background, lets listen to what they are lets hear what they are yelling at the cops. [chanting] say it loud and stay clear. We dont want the police here] [we want liberation here] steve they are also saying we will not stop. We will not rest. Brian yeah, whatever. This is what they are doing. They were supposed to be out by 6 00 a. M. They look like they are ready to go in there and take them out and take them out right now. And undo that whole encampment like they did at texas, austin. Steve apparently they did start taking down the tents and they started throwing stuff away. These are people who are out on the sidewalk. I believe the action and s. Behind the officers who are ready for anything as you can see right there. Lawrence they are saying they dont want the police here. They are acting as if this is gaza or some type of foreign government. They have to realize that this is america. And there is law and order there. And the police have a right to establish within the street. Apparently the radicalization is just not at columbia but happening all across the country. Ainsley some of these are public universities. Columbia is a private school. Lawrence exactly. Ainsley they are not calling for nypd to come in and help yet. Brian 20 states. They are 20 campuses, 16 states minimum. They have seen some type of unrest. Lets think about what the difference about this. Protesting everyone keeps saying part of the american experience. Usually an american experience. When you look at vietnam war. Okay, thats a polarizing war. Americans are fighting in it. We understand it. You dont like it. Do you like it. You talk about civil unrest. Civil rights. You see people they were pushing back. Saying segregation. Most americans were not on that same page. People speaking out. Standing out.