Good morning, it is 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific, im jose diazbalart. We begin this busy hour with escalating tensions across College Campuses nationwide. Hundreds of demonstrators have been arrested as students across the country protest israels war against hamas in gaza. Local police moved in on some of the Student Encampments as some universities urged protesters to disperse. The University Of Georgia confirmed Police Arrested protesters who had set up tents on that campus. Theres no sign these demonstrations are slowing down. Just this morning, the president of Columbia University in new york said the school will not divest from israel. She added, quote, one groups rights to express their views cannot come at the expense of another groups right to speak, teach, and learn. Joining us now, nbcs Antonia Hylton live from columbias campus. Good morning, whats it like on campus to today . Reporter good morning, jose. Well, theres a standoff really happening here at columbia to
the changes on trade and high paying jobs. i don t see that coming out of this trip. is there a win? the win is he s calm, he s statesman like, sticks to his scripts. but that doesn t deliver the campaign promises he made. david, thank you. samantha, thank you as well. appreciate it. when we come back, last night wasn t just big for democrats, women, people of color, lgbtq are winning races, and will it last. hi, i m the internet! you know what s difficult? armless bowling. you got this, jimmy! you know what s easy? building your website with godaddy. pick a domain name. choose a design.
beginning of president trump s trip, they called him a lunatic old man ready to start a nuclear war. get ready. back to you. sandra: greg palkot live in london. bill: let s get analysis with lieutenant ralph peters. quick sound from the last speech. listen here, colonel. president trump: today i hope i speak not only for our countries, but for all civilized nations when i say to the north, do not underestimate us and do not try us. bill: very measured tone. statesman like. i have to get the president credit. he behaved himself and more statesman like and restrained his impulses and stuck to the script. the speech to the south korean parliament was only superficially aimed at kim jong-un and north korea. it was really aimed at south
fund-raising efforts. under the old rules of politics, roy moore would make a lot of the sense as a house candidate from a state. but the senate at least used to be something really different. and a senate represents the entire state, not just agee graphic district and says something about the party. sort of more statesman like, less lightning bolt throwing and more reason compromised based body. more institution. and this just really does change that dynamic. this gives mitch mcconnell a whole lot more of a challenge to deal with and gives democrats in theory if they can figure out what to do with it a real opportunity. yet the president a deleted a couple of tweets backing luther strange. we keep those too and tweeted out he spoke to roy moore last night for the first time and said he sounds like a great guy. that s fine. he s the republican candidate. the question is what happens in the future. we will see. thanks for joining us today on inside politics.
here with the fbi director s firing? with some of the investigation involving the russian s interference in our election? short term, yes, long term, no. one of his advisors said this is exactly what he needs at the moment and we re seeing the evidence of it now, which is your television, the screens on msnbc are not focussed on the rolling russia crisis. it gives donald trump an opportunity to appear statesman like, to be dignified, to make speeches that appear diplomatic. this is stuff that will probably fuel his confidence. he s going to come back home and comey will testify at some point. we ve got a special counsel. this story s going on for a long, long time. and i can tell you the view from donald trump s close advisors is