noon, and a few minutes after that, the party national secretary confirmed that there was only one nominee who had reached the threshold of 100 backers across 20 local branches of the party, and that was john swinney. 0f local branches of the party, and that wasjohn swinney. of course, that wasjohn swinney. of course, that followed the decision last week of our potential rival, kate forbes, to declare that she was not going to contest this leadership challenge with mr swinney. now it isjohn swinney who will be taking over. he has led the party before, from 2000-2004. he has led the party before, from 2000 2004. he resigned after poor election results, but since then, he is a different man, a lot more experienced, 16 years in the cabinet. he says he will govern from the moderate centre left. we expect him to set out more details here at glasgow university in a speech this afternoon of how he might do that. of course, he does need to be elected as first minister. he is not auto
[inaudible] free, free palestine. free, free palestine. [inaudible] jon: even more anti- israel protests on campuses across america today. city colleges workaround to support spring events like final exams and graduation ceremonies. good evening i am jon scott and this is the fox report. take a look at this wild scene battling it out in chicago and a protest encampment is still up at mit as of today. team coverage for you lucas of tomlinson s live at the white house with more imprison a bidens highly criticized response to the protest. florida gop congresswoman maria is here with her reaction to the chaos. firspersons go to matt finn livn new york city to recap this weekend s protest. as at nyu all day yesterday and again this morning. after weeks of chaos and unrest here in new york we can report calm at nyu and club at university this evening but however across the country they are pro- palestinian encampments of popping up all over at the university of texas austin ant
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into high gear. the former president met with many of the biggest names up for the number two spot this weekend. welcome to fox news live, i m mike emanuel. following the donor retreat, the trump campaign says it raised more than $75 million in april, up from the if amount the campaign took back in march. madeleine rivera is live in our nation s capital with the very latest on the veep stakes. reporter: hey, mike. the rnc spring donor retreat allowed former president trump to squeeze some of his potential running mates, but some of the candidates aren t sharing too many details. listen here. i don t want to speculate on the vp thing. here s the good news, and i saw it this weekend, the amount of talent that we have in the republican party is extraordinary. he doesn t just have a one of of voices choices for vp, he has a bunch of choice toes for the cabinet. i m honored to have my name in the mix, but it s a true testament to the strength of the republican party. r
eric: dozens of protesters being arrested as police empty another israeli encampment this is at the art institute of chicago. these loud rallies and disruptions are showing no sign of slowing down colleges and universities working to try to fortify security measures because it is time for graduation ceremonies as these disruptors that some say are pro- hamas threaten to disrupt even more events. take a look. this is yesterday protesters interrupting the commencement ceremony at the university of michigan. they chanted anti- israeli slogans and paraded palestinian flags. guess what the students and the parents did? they cheered. the demos are hauled off after interrupting commencement but welcome to a brand-new hour of f fox news live i am eric shaw. hi arthel. arthel: hello everyone i am arthel neville. aziz rallies container from coast-to-coast to more schools are cracking down for the university of southern california protesters finally going along with administrators and