After officers began tearing down encampment on the campus of George Washington university. Todd demonstrators can be heard calling police pigs, shoving into them as d. C. Metro force tries to keep the situation calm. Police had to use pepper spray. Things started to spiral. Carley pepper spray there. Dozens of protesters caught in chaos throughout the night. Lucas tomlinson joins us with all the details. Lucas. Lucas good morning, carley and todd, this began about 3 30 this morning after weeks of this encampment on the campus of George Washington university. Police rolled in to clear the encampment. Spray was deployed and tents cleared out. Protesters have moved from the gw campus, one block away at western mark on the corner of opinion pen and 20th street, five blocks from the nations capitol. This is ahead of congressional testimony today. George Washington University president , mayor bowser are supposed to appear before james comer this afternoon. Before they go to capitol hill, t
Its 6 00 a. M. On the east coast. May 8th, 2024. Our lead story this morning is a fox news alert. Cops in d. C. Clashing with protesters, arresting at least close to 3 dozen as they clear the encampment at George Washington university. [bleep] [bleep] [shouting] [bleep] [bleep] of course, all this happened just hours before d. C. s mayor and police chief head to capitol hill to testify about why they didnt clean things up. Steve, its just a coincidence. Probably right. Plus, a fox weather alert, tornadoes causing all kinds of chaos for our friends in the midwest, for a second day in a row. Even trapping 50 people inside a fedex facility and in a bit of a segue stretch. Stormy on the stand. The judge denying a mistrial but warning prosecutors during her prejudicial testimony and that the view by the way is giddy over the thought of donald trump going behind bars. I dont want this to sound like im doing wishful thinking. Yes. But, which prison would be best . What about Guantanamo Bay .
Week three of Donald Trumps Hush Money Criminal Trial. I, wolf blitzer in washington, Kaitlan Collins is outside the courthouse in new york, right . Now, the prosecution is questioning Keith Davidson, the former attorney for Stormy Daniels, and Karen Mcdougal to women who say they had affairs with trump anywhere paid to keep quiet. Jurors also heard from the banker who processed the Stormy Daniels payment. He said he was misled about that transaction caitlin yeah. Wolf, its been fascinating inside that courtroom because also remember at the start of today, the judge ruled that trump violated his gag order in this case nine times. He find trump the max its a mum of 1,000 per violation and even floated the possibility of jail time for future ones. Cnns paula reid and Phil Mattingly are here covering all of this with me. I should note that the court has just taken a break for lunch, which means Keith Davidson is off the witness stand. Donald trump is leaving the courtroom, so as the judge