this anti-israeli encampment. this time at ucla in california after protestors defied the orders to leave prior. so good morning, it continues. i m bill hemmer live in new york city. good morning to my partner here. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. we ve been watching this since the early before the sun rose. police ordered protestors to leave or face arrest. after standing by on the periphery of the tents for hours the protestors hunkered down and police responded. they tore down barricades and tore down boards. how that was allowed to happen not sure. bill melugin was on the scene as the pre-dawn crackdown unfolded. oh. did you hear that flash bang? bill: okay. numerous angles to cover over the next two hours. there was a lot of that that you just saw. sun is rising where the action is, william la jeunesse is still there live at ucla. let s begin a new hour with you, william. good morning, bill. this is what remains of the tent encampment. i
officers climbing through a window to remove protesters occupying hamilton hall. going room to room. violent clashes breaking out among protest groups at ucla and officers clashing with demonstrators at the university of wisconsin. also tonight, hamas could answer at any moment whether this high-stakes cease-fire and hostage deal between israel and hamas will, in fact, move forward. secretary of state antony blinken in the region right now. will there be a cease-fire? we have late reporting. in the u.s., reports of an active shooter outside a middle school, reports of a 14-year-old possibly armed with a rifle. the school locked down. tonight, what police are now saying about that teen. we re tracking the new tornado threat and severe storms at this hour across multiple states. ginger zee is here tonight. this evening, florida s six-week abortion ban now in effect, starting today. donald trump tonight defending states taking action on abortion. vice president kamala ha
good evening. i m james brown in for norah, and we begin tonight with the most intense crackdown yet on the pro-palestinian protests on college campuses in the u.s. nypd video released today shows officers in riot gear moving in to arrest people who were barricaded inside a building at columbia university. new york city mayor eric adams is blaming people not affiliated with the ivy league for the mayhem. in manhattan tonight, police are arresting protesters at fordham university s lincoln center campus. students set up an encampment calling on the school to disclose and divest their investments relating to israel. at ucla this afternoon, a more peaceful scene than the brawls that took place overnight between protesters and counterprotesters. a spokesperson for california governor gavin newsom calling the campus police response to the violence delayed, limited, and unacceptable. we have a team of correspondents covering the protests coast-to-coast, beginning with cbs s lilia l
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 demonstration
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