pro-palestinian protesters from the campus of columbia university in new york. dozens were arrested after ivy league school decided it was finally time to call in the reinforcements. hello, i m jonathan hunt, live in los angeles with continuing coverage of the campus. chaos across country. the situation at columbia escalated about 24 hours ago when the protesters broke into historic hamilton hall building. and just a few hours, officers in riot gear entered that building and swiftly made arrests. columbia university has, of course, been the epicenter for pro-palestinian protests that have now spread to campuses around the country. hundreds of students have been arrested nationwide and upcoming commencements are in danger being canceled. let s get straight to fox news correspondent richardson for the latest on how it all unfolded at columbia. good evening, rick. good evening, jonathan. columbia university is given the all clear after school officials told students to shelt
across this country. you are looking live right now at the scene on the campus, ucla, one of the jewels in the crown of uc system. and tonight, it is the scene of ,outright lawlessness. pro-palestinian protest is have been camped out there in the center of the ucla campus for several days now. and this evening, l.a. time, a group of counter protesters showed up and those two groups have clashed to repeatedly. we have seen firecrackers thrown into crowds of people. we have seen people attacking each other with large paw poles. we have seen fistfights. what we have not seen for the last hour or more that this has been going is one single officer from the los angeles police department. this lawlessness is playing out on the campus of a public university and not a sign of los angeles law intervening. we have seen people hurt. we have seen at least one person taken away by ambulance. we seen other people on the ground. we ve seen people pepper sprayed. we have seen people clearl
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the college football playoffs live up to the hype with a double overtime thriller. so who will play in the championship as tickets for that approach super bowl prices. a good tuesday morning to you all. we begin with the bitter cold weather gripping most of the country even the south. yeah, the overnight low in tampa, florida, is 37 degrees where cold weather shelters are now open for the homeless and anyone who lives in a home without adequate heat. chicago called off the polar bear plunge due to too much ice on lake michigan and officials worried the cold might be downright dangerous. stephanie ramos has more. reporter: so far 2018 is off to a bitterly cold start with record-setting low temperatures and dangerous winds. the high temperature in chicago on new year s day, just 1. in new york city 9 degrees at midnight for the ball drop. hundreds of manatees popping up in the wears new blue springs state park in florida trying to escape the cold. the water temperat
baptist church westboro baptist church. now in washington d.c. police are investigating a stabbing in broad daylight right outside the convention center. around 3 p.m. this afternoon metropolitan police responded to mount vernon and seventh street northwest for reports of an assault and when they got there, they found a man who had been stabbed. d.c. fire and ems say he has severe life threatening injuries and so far police have blocked off two areas outside the convention center while they handle this investigation. right now police say they do not know why this happened and they don t know who did it. they re on the lookout for that suspect right now. a man is sentenced today to 50 years in prison after he beat a toddler to death. 2-year-old jamirs and shipe died from head trauma back in 2013. ileana diaz was in the courtroom when that sentencing came down and she joins us now live with the details. reporter: it s been an emotional day for many people. first of all,