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the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. we are covering breaking news this evening. at columbia university here in manhattan where protest against the israel-hamas war in gaza have been underway for several days, just after 9:00 p.m. eastern, the new york city police department breached hamilton hall using a truck with a ramp. that happened almost 24 hours after protesters broke into the building and occupied it. the nypd says hamilton hall is now cleared, and so is the tent encampment on the south lawn of the campus. an nypd spokesperson spoke to nbc news shortly after the officers went in. the buildings were blocked by soda machines, plywood, so there were lures the nypd used. we use a distraction device that makes a very loud bang. it s a distraction device. it makes a loud noise that allowed officers to get enough time to get through the barricades. columbia university formally requested law enforcement help earlier this evening. the weeks-long demonstr ....
been underway for several days. just after 9:00 p.m. eastern the new york city police department breached hamilton hall using a truck with a ramp. that happened almost 24 hours after protesters broke into the building and occupied it. the nypd says hamilton hall is now cleared and so is the tent encampment on the south lawn of the campus. an nypd spokesperson spoke to nbc news shortly after the officers went in. the building was very heavily fortified. doorways were blocked by soda machines, couches, plywood. so there were rumors that the nypd used tear gas. the nypd does not use tear gas. we use a distraction device. it is a device that is thrown and makes a loud bang. a stun grenade. it is a distraction device that makes a loud noise. that allowed officers time to get through the barricades. columbia university formally requested law enforcement help earlier this evening. the weeks long negotiation broke down. columbia released a statement saying the following ....
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The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. has gone through. you know, he worked for ronald reagan for years. he worked for bob dole. his firm worked for mccain. he worked for many, many people, many, many years. and i would say what he did, some of the charges they threw against him, every consultant, every lobbyist in washington probably does. we are a long way from drain the swamp, unless you are paul manafort and you do what everybody else also does. the president was asked about michael cohen, his longtime attorney, somebody who worked for him for more than a decade. he is trying to distance himself now from michael cohen, who has pleaded guilty to eight felony charges and implicated the president in the campaign finance violations to which he pled guilty. this comes, of course, as the specter of michael cohen and what he could possibly say to prosecuto ....