After classrooms were ransacked. We are live in california and new york. George donald trump in contempt, ordered to pay a fine for violating his gag order, as a lawyer for Stormy Daniels takes the stands. What he said motivated the hush money payment to the porn star. Robin Brittney Griner on her life behind bars in russia and the moment she thought her life was over. I did, too. Robin known as one of the worst prisons in russia. Yeah. Robin what were the conditions like there . The guilt she still feels. Its my fault. I let everybody down. Robin and how brittney got through her time at a notorious labor camp. Gotta do what you gotta do to survive. Robin only on gma this morning. George tornado outbreak strikes again as 13 reported twisters in three states. Ginger is tracking the threats right now. George abortion rights fight as floridas six week ban takes effect. President biden puts the issue front and center in the fight for the white house. Marijuanas move. The drug set to be reclassified as less dangerous. What it means and the next steps. Gio the search for the boaters caught on camera dumping garbage into the atlantic. Robin new age. The Game Changing guidance for Breast Cancer screening. When women should start. Dr. Ashton is here. Queen and king of the charts, shibuzi stealing beyonce debut on the charts making his megahit that we cant get out of our head. Its a party this morning. Ashan and a hot springs. And this doesnt get any better. Gio exploring the land of fire and ice so you can make this vacation dream a reality. Announcer live in times square, this is gma. George the blue lagoon. It is the place to be. Were gonna learn about iceland in a little bit. Good morning. Hope youre doing well this morning. Gio good morning. How lucky is he right now . We are live in iceland, checking one destination off that bucket list. Showing you how to travel on a budget. Were very excited about that. Thats coming up. Robin were going to begin with our top story. The protests escalating at College Campuses nationwide. Overnight violent clashes unfolded at ucla between two protest groups. And then Police Stepping in. At columbia, the nypd clearing the building and encampment occupied by pro palestinian protesters. This all comes with College Decision day on the line for High School Seniors this morning. Yes, may 1st. Stephanie ramos is standing by at Columbia University in new york. But first, trevor ault is standing by there at ucla. Good morning, trevor. Reporter thats right, robin. Good morning. It took a seriously aggressive turn overnight. That is the pro palestinian encampment just down the way. There were hundreds of officers called in overnight. We watched them set up barricades. We saw several violent clashes between pro palestinian demonstrators and pro israeli counter protesters. At one point the encampment was surrounded. There were fireworks tossed into the encampment. We saw others attacking people with plywood boards. It took a couple hours after there was Law Enforcement intervention. Weve heard from officials saying this was a horrific act of violence. It happened after we saw a major pro palestinian demonstration this weekend. There were some violent interactions. But absolutely, this has been a significant escalation in terms of the tense violent interaction that we are seeing on uclas campus. Robin . Robin trevor, thank you. Now to Stephanie Ramos on the scene at columbia. You were there last night and you are there again this morning. Good morning. Reporter thats right, robin. Good morning. We were standing right here as more than 100 Police Officers descended on Columbia University. Police clearing hamilton hall, a building with a history of student takeovers. Overnight hundreds of new york city Police Officers in riot gear moving into Columbia University. Swat teams rolling in. One by one Police Officers seen filing in an a ramp into the second floor of hamilton hall. In the late night hours, police forming a line around the perimeter clearing protesters blocking the entrance. Once inside going floor by floor, room by room. Nypd using flash pains. At least 100 people arrested, led away hands tied behind their backs with zip ties and loaded onto a police bus. The University President allowing the nypd to move in, saying the group who broke into the building includes students but led by individuals who are not affiliated with the university and the university was left with no choice. Theyre not here to promote peace or unity or allow a peaceful displaying of ones voice. But theyre here to create discord and divisiveness. Reporter almost 24 hours earlier, protesters marching to hamilton hall, smashing through doors, throwing furniture. Zip tying doors shut and barricading themselves inside, putting up a banner renaming the building hand hall in honor of a palestinian girl killed in the war in gaza earlier this year. This morning columbia sharing these videos with us, showing classrooms ransacked, the encampment cleared. What were your thoughts as students pitched tents demanding the university divest in companies profiting from israel . What are your thoughts on that . The students believe passionately in this cause and theyre willing to break the rules and risk sanctions to draw attention to the genocide in gaza. They are willing to come out here even though the university is punishing them for doing so. Reporter as for those individuals taken into custody last night, many are still being processed this morning. Columbia university sending out a notice overnight saying only students who live on campus and those who provide essential services will be allowed in at this time, robin. Robin that is so important. Stephanie, thank you very much for your reporting. George latest on Donald Trumps criminal trial in manhattan. As an attorney for Stormy Daniels took the stand. Aaron katerskys at the courthouse. Reporter good morning. The trial does not sit on wednesdays. Prosecutors will be listening because trumps statements outside court have already convinced the judge to hold trump in contempt. Donald trump has until friday to pay a 9,000 fine for repeated violations of the gag order. The judge said trumps social media posts at tacked the credibility of two of the more high profile witnesses in the case. Trumps former fixer, michael cohen, and Stormy Daniels. 130,000 hush payment to daniels at the heart of the criminal case was so secretive her lawyer keith davidson, testified he used pseudo names. Davidson testified it was my understanding that trump was the beneficiary of this contract. Trump denies it but daniels claims the two had a sexual encounteder. He told the jury what he said in 2019. Trump sought to violence daniels weeks before the election. When youre a star they let you do it. Reporter when trump was heard on a tape boasting of grabbing women. The access Hollywood Tape was the motivating factor in this case actually resolving. It defeats the argument that this was done for purely personal reasons to protect mr. Trump or his family. And that this was, in fact, done for political reasons. Reporter so far as im aware, it had tremendous influence, davidson testified. It wasnt until access hollywood that interest reached a crescendo. Prosecutor showed the jury clips of trump talking about allegations made against him by women and their effect on his campaign. Every woman lied when they came forward to hurt my campaign. 5 of the people think its true and maybe 10 think, we dont win. Reporter trumps fixer, michael cohen, arranged the hush payment with davidson, who called cohen a jerk and sort of a pants on fire sort of guy. He said cohen kept failing to wire the money. I thought he was trying to kick the can down the road until after the election, davidson testified. Eventually cohen paid. When trump reimbursed him, prosecutors said trump falsified Business Records to disguise it so voters wouldnt find out. Theres another hearing tomorrow. About additional gag order violations, george. The judge made it clear hed throw trump in jail if necessary. George . George aaron katersky, thank you. Now the latest on abortion rights as a six week ban takes effect in florida. Biden administration is blaming awed. Kamala harris heading to florida. Mary bruce has the story. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning. The Biden Campaign is eager to put the issue of abortion front and center in this campaign, and this morning sending Kamala Harris down to florida to mark the states new six week ban going into effect. Thats before many people even know they are pregnant. She will blame donald trump directly for this as he brags about overturning roe. She will also call him out for recent comments. Trump telling Time Magazine he would not stay in the way if states wanted to monitor womens pregnanies or punishing those who violate abortion bans. President biden calling that shocking saying in a video, quote, there seems to be no limit as to how invasive trump would let the state be. All eyes will be on arizona, set to repeal the set. They are expected to repeal that civil war era ban on abortion, returning the state to a 15 week ban. Overall, donald trump avoided taking specific positions on the issue of abortion, deferring instead to the states which he says are handling this issue brilliantly. Gio . Gio a major issue to be sure. All right. Mary, thank you very much. The Biden Administration has taken the first step to reclassify marijuana as less dangerous, moving it from schedule 1 drug. Elizabeth schulze joins us with more on this. Elizabeth, this would mark a historic shift. Reporter it would, gio. Good morning. This is significantly eased federal restrictions on marijuana. Biden administration is planning to reclassify it as a less dangerous drug. Since 1970 marijuana has been a schedule 1 drug along lsd, heroin. Now the Justice Department is proposing moving it to schedule 3. Thats the same as ketamine, steroids or tylenol with codeine. It would not legalize marijuana nationally, but would drastically broaden access to the drug for medical and research purposes. 38 states have already legalized medical marijuana, while 24 states allow it for recreational use. President biden first called for this review in 2022. He has pardoned thousands of people convicted of federal offenses for simple marijuana possession. The white house knows this is an issue that could help win over the support of americans, especially younger voter, ahead of the election. George . George now the drama on capitol hill. House Speaker Mike Johnson faces a possible attempt to oust him. Democrats are prepared to save his job. Senior Congressional Correspondent rachel scott has the latest. Good morning, rachel. Reporter hey, george. Good morning. Yeah, this is a striking move. Democratic leadership announcing they would save the republican speaker of the house if it comes down to it. House Speaker Mike Johnson has been under threat from only a handful of far right members of his own party for weeks now. They are being led by Congress WomanMarjorie Taylor green. She is outraged that johnson reached across the aisle and worked with democrats to keep the government funding to pass much needed aid to ukraine calling it all a betrayal. Any single lawmaker can try to force a vote to oust the speaker of the house. To be clear, the vast majority of republicans do not agree with this push. They call it a distraction and side show. Even former President Trump acknowledging support for house Speaker Mike Johnson, saying he is a good person. Acknowledging that he has a razor thin majority. The bottom line is green can move forward at any point. She is expected to speak on capitol hill in just a few hours. That support from democrats all but ensures johnsons job is safe for now, gio. Gio rachel, thank you for your reporting on the hill. Now the investigation after boaters were caught on camera dumping trash into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of florida. You gotta see this video. Victor oquendo is in miami with that story. Good morning, victor. Reporter good morning, gio. This video making the rounds on social media is infuriating. But florida fish and wild life tells us theyve already identified those involved and are sorting out charges. This morning the video sparking outrage and prompting an investigation by state Law Enforcement. Florida fish and wild life officials telling abc news theyve identified this group of young boaters. Watch as they dump trash right into south florida waters. We know where the violation occurred. Its just a matter of following through and applying the appropriate charges. Reporter this happened off the coast of boca raton. The video showing the group boating in large swells dumping two garbage cans full of trash in the ocean. Even appearing to celebrate. Drone video capturing the debris floating on top of the water. Were upsetted. Our job is to protect floridas resources. Reporter the owner of the company that shot the video and recorded the illegal act telling abc news they spotted the boat leaving an event called boca bash. They filmed this boat full of minors engaged in under age drinking and eventually dumping all their trash into the ocean. The police were notified immediately. Then allegedly rejoining the party. Florida fish and wild life telling us actions like these harm not only the environment but the livelihood of the local community. Its littering. Its polluting the environment. It can cause significant damage to our marine resources. Theres several levels of violations here. Reporter no arrests have been made. Depending on the charges they could be facing civil penalties, fines, even jail time. Robin . Robin that video was something else, victor. Thank you. Now game changer when it comes to screening for Breast Cancer with newly released guidance. Our chief medical correspondent dr. Jennifer ashton is here with the details. So the big guidance, theyre dropping the age. Yeah. Of course, sure to get a lot of attention on this. Let me take you through the newest recommendations. Age is the big one. This is for average risk women. They recommend starting at 40, to screen every two years until 74. Very important to note screening for high risk women is different. These recommendations pertain to the average risk woman. That key word average is the issue because majority of women are, in fact, considered average until the day they get their diagnosis. Robin and theres a reason why this is the right time. Right. In order to appreciate that you need some historical perspective. Back in 2009, the u. S. Preventive service Task Force Made big news with a lot of controversy because they died the age up. From 40 to 50. Now they are seeing women in their 40s. Thats part of the reason theyre moving that age back down to 40. But oncologists, raidologist, ob gyns still weighing in on the issue of every two years and that frequency. We havent heard the end of controversy. Robin this is in your wheel house once again. I know theres so much more to discuss on this. Were gonna bring you back 8 00 hour. See you again in the 8 oclock hour. Robin okay. Theres conflicting things here. Thank you, jen. Gio such important information. Coming up Prince William is opening up about how his wife, princess kate, is doing after her cancer diagnosis. George plus a new alert about grandparent scams. Some seniors are losing their life saves. Robin and more of my interview with britney griner. What she said that made her feel less than human. But first we go to ginger. Good morning, ginger. Ginger good morning, robin. Its been more than a decade since weve seen as many tornados as we have in april. This april. April ended with another deadly tornado. This one in westmoreland, kansas. You can see the debris flying, where it ropes out and matures. Unfortunately, considerable damage there. That was one of 13 reported as we ended the month of april. We will do it again today. The area is larger. There are plenty of populations in there. Youve got Oklahoma City down to dallas ft. Worth. Theyll get it late after midnight to 2 a. M. The earlier stuff happens west. Woodward oklahoma, dodge city, kansas, youre in that elevated risk. It is not just for the tornados but also the giant hail which we also saw plenty of, baseball to softball size yesterday. Just to place it all, we are now second most tornados on record as of april. All right. Thats the big picture. Lets get your local weather in 30 seconds. Gio and our team in iceland with a dream assignment. Well be right back. Dupixent helps people with asthma breathe better in as little as 2 weeks. And when you can breathe better, what isnt better . This is better. This is better. Thats better. And that. Even this. Dupixent is an addon treatment for specific types of moderatetosevere asthma. It works with your asthma medicine to help improve lung function. Thats pretty good dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems. Its proven to help prevent asthma attacks. It can reduce or even eliminate oral steroids. And doesnt that make things better . Dupixent can cause allergic reactions that can be severe. 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