three dozen according to local then at fordham university here in new york city earlier this evening police wearing helmets andce carrying batons arrested pro-palestinian demonstrators placing them in zip ties as they took down an encampment inside a campus building. this is all, of course, part of a larger protest movement spreading across dozens of colleges. and while the demands of each individual protest vary, they re primarily focused on drawing attention to the tens of thousands of palestinian civiliansni killed in gaza and calling for their colleges to financially divest from investments connected to israel. protesters have been followed by dozens of counterprotests primarily in support of israel and against what supporters call rising anti-semitism. overall more than 1,500 protesters have been arrested in just the past two weeks. many of those arrests have been brutal withar protesters forcedo the ground and forcibly removed. with a story this big it s important not t
everybody wanted for over 50 years and we got it done. that s donald trump once again taking credit for the end of roe v. wade. the former president made several false claims about the issue during both of his campaign rallies yesterday. we ll have more on that in just a moment. also ahead we ll go through the chaos overnight on the campus of ucla after a group of counterprotesters attacked a pro-palestinian encampment. and meanwhile secretary of state antony blinken is pressing hamas to accept a gaza cease-fire deal. we ll bring you the latest on those negotiations. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, may 2nd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin this morning with the unrest on the campus of ucla there in southern california. police officers are on campus at this moment and have ordered the crowd of over 1,000 people to disperse. but a large group still remains protesting the war in gaza. as of now there h
Respond to. that s really our hope here. trump s going to continue to use this to speak to his base, divide the country to play into those phony populism that is, you know, i mean, real populism isn t anti-semitic, it isn t racist, you don t push people down to lift others up. that s the game trump s going to continue to play. that s why the senate, mitch mcconnell needs to act like a grown-up and do that this week. senator sherrod brown. will you stay right there? another matter i need to ask you about. we ll be right back. you about. we ll be right back.
Catastrophic and right now on soybeans and corn in my state it is catastrophic with the dramatic drops in prices we ve had. this is a high-stakes game trump is playing. and we ve seen the trump tweet this morning and a number of times heess broug s brought up farmers. he s acutely aware of the risk with his base when it comes to farmers. to tie it back to your first point, the trump administration is looking to congress to mitigate some of the issues with farmers when it comes to the pain of dealing with trade. we re seeing them try to rein in trump s actions on trade. so, you know, this is very much on trump s mind for a very good reason. it s very similar to the nato issue where jump is up against a bipartisan consensus and an expert consensus, and he simply believes in an alternate theory of the case. and you know, he and the very small percentage of economists who agree with him, which is overwhelmingly they don t, but he really does believe that,
Get serious concessions and we need to remember what he promised which is late april the way to judge the summit is north korea going to denuclearize? don t let him twist the words. don t let him set a new standard. hold him to what he said. are they going to denuclearization. the secretary of said the same thing. our goal is nothing short of co. the g 7 summit. two theories. one is he went up to intentionally blow it up. to show nobody is safe. and he ll make the deals hepts to make. and ally is whoever he says is an ally. and so kim would know i make on. the other theory is he got upset because the played the same game trump does. came out of a meeting with one disposition and said what was self-serving in front of the camera and he got upset and