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florida's new ban on abortions after six weeks takes effect today. the ban was signed by governor ron desantis last year. vice president kamala harris will be in jacksonville today, holding an event on abortion rights. and crowds lined up to see formula 1 star lewis hamilton do donuts on new york's fifth avenue tuesday. the miami grand prix will be held sunday. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new it's wednesday, may 1st, 2024. this is "cbs news mornings." breaking overnight -- moving in and clearing out. police in riot gear take back control of new york's columbia university from pro-palestinian protesters, ending their campus siege in dramatic fashion. good morning, and good to be with you.
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i'm anne-marie green. new york city police descended on columbia university one day after pro-palestinian demonstrators stormed a campus building and took control. officers entered through a second-story window and cleared it out floor by floor. the university's change of heart came after realizing the protests were co-opted by professional outside agitators. just look at the damage inside, though. columbia releasing this video showing overturned stacked furniture and broken windows. >> police department, you have been warned as per city college to leave the campus. >> just blocks from that scene there was another violent confrontation between police and pro-palestinian protesters at the city college of new york. after order was restored, the mayor replaced the palestinian flag the protesters had put up with america's stars and stripes. cbs' jarred hill is joining us now from columbia with more on the wild turn of events. good morning.
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>> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. within the past 30 minutes or so police expanded the barricaded perimeter around columbia saying that only now students who live on campus as well as essential staff can go on that campus. that's the only people allowed after that dramatic scene last night where we saw those protesters brought out. confrontations overnight as nypd officers moved in on columbia university's main campus, climbing through a window to get protesters out of hamilton hall. inside police cleared chairs used as barricades, searching for the pro-palestinian demonstrators who have occupied the academic building since early tuesday. >> we are part of a movement. >> reporter: columbia university's president asked the nypd to come in and clear out the protesters saying occupying the building and the encampment pose a clear and present danger. school officials as well as local officials are blaming outside agitators for the rise in tensions. >> these people are not columbia
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students. they're not affiliated with the university, and they are working to escalate the situation. >> reporter: police say they arrested dozens of protesters. in what's become a national movement, demonstrators are calling on universities to cut business ties with israel, critical of its war on hamas in gaza. earlier tuesday, police and protesters also clashed at the university of north carolina chapel hill and at the university of southern florida. [ chants ] back at columbia, police say students still at the camp could be charged with trespassing or disorderly conduct. for those who broke into hamilton hall, more serious charges like burglary. now meanwhile, at brown university in rhode island there's an apparent agreement there. the student protesters have agreed to remove their encampment with the administrators saying they would haute a vote in october considering divesting from israel. back to you. >> as you know, this sort of hing is happening across the
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country. there's growing violence happening on the ucla campus now. what's going on there? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. so this is a scene that is significantly different from what we are seeing here at columbia university right now. there are literal fights that were happening around the campus of ucla yesterday. these protesters and counterprotesters really fighting apparently each other in this situation. our station out in california and los angeles is reporting that at least one person was taken away in an ambulance. we don't have any information now on the extent of their injuries, but that also really showcased how much. a powder keg this is become -- becoming among people sitting on all sides of this very emotional issue. >> yeah, definitely. jarred hill at columbia university, thank you. this morning secretary of state antony blinken is in israel for talks as the biden administration presses hamas to accept a deal to release some hostages in return for a temporary cease-fire. blinken met with president
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herzog and prime minister benjamin netanyahu before he heads south to inspect the aid flowing into gaza and meeting with the families of american hostages. before his meeting with blinken, netanyahu said he intends to go ahead with a ground invasion of rafah, hamas' last stronghold, whether there's a deal or not. hamas is weighing the hostage proposal. cbs news has learned the u.s. may soon welcome some palestinians from gaza as refugees. senior biden administration officials have discussed several options for resettling a small number of gazans. it would include those with immediate family members who are american citizens or permanent residents. severe weather has again struck america's heartland. a tornado touched town yesterday in cordell, oklahoma, damaging homes and businesses. in kansas, at least one person was killed when a tornado ripped through the city of westmoreland. it destroyed or damaged more than 30 homes. yesterday's storm comes just days after dozens of tornadoes tore through the central u.s.
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killing at least five people. and another round of severe storms will likely develop today over the central and southern plains. large hail will be the main threat from southern nebraska to west texas. there could be isolated tornadoes and damaging winds. donald trump is using his one-day break for his criminal trial to hit the campaign trail. he has two rallies scheduled in the battleground states of wisconsin and michigan. the stops come after the judge held the former president in contempt of court and threatened him with jail time for violating a gag order in the so-called hush-money case. cbs' jericka duncan reports. not only unique, it's totally unconstitutional. >> reporter: the $9,000 in fines are the result of nine instances where the court found donald trump disparaged witnesses on line against the judge's orders. judge juan merchan acknowledged the fines might not be enough to deter trump and warned more violations could result in jail tie.
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>> judge merchan did exactly what should be done and probably what was expected to be done. >> reporter: as court began for the first time, one of trump's children, eric trump, joined the former president. prosecutors played videos of trump weeks before the 2016 election responding to allegations he sexually harassed women, concerned about how it could impact his chances of becoming president. >> i have no idea who these women are. if 5% of the people think it's true and maybe 10% think -- we don't win. >> reporter: the focus then turned to keith davidson, an attorney who represented stormy daniels and karen mcdougal. both claimed they had sex with trump which he denies. davidson first described bringing mcdoug's tale and bringing the story to the "national enquirer." davidson said it was the "access hollywood" tape where trump was
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caught saying he could grab women by private areas that had a, quote, tremendous influence and interest on stormy daniels' story. davidson believed he had reached a deal with trump's attorney, michael cohen, in early october of 2016 but said it took longer than expected to finalize. when the prosecution asked why, davidson said, quote, i thought he was trying to kick the can down the road until after the election. the gag order doesn't prevent trump from speaking to the press, but it does prevent him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors, or other people connected to this criminal case. on thursday, the judge is expected to hold another hearing to look at four other potential gag order violations. jericka duncan, cbs news, new york. in an interview with "time" magazine, donald trump provided a preview of what has presidency might look like if he's elected to a second term. the presumptive republican nominee was asked about the possibility of political violence around the election.
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he said, "i don't think we're going to have that. i think we're going to win, and if we don't win, you know, it depends. it always depends on the fairness of an election." trump also said that he's willing to build migrant detention camps and deploy the national guard and the u.s. military to round up and remove undocumented migrants throughout the country. and trump reiterated that he'd leave it up to the states to decide if they want to prosecute women for getting abortions or whether to monitor their pregnancies. florida's new ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy takes effect today. the measure, signed into law by governor ron desantis last year, makes it a crime to perform or participate in an abortion after six weeks. there are exceptions for rape, incest, human trafficking, and if there's a risk to the health of a mother. vice president kamala harris will be in jacksonville today for a campaign event focused on abortion rights. and we are learning new details about the fallen officers killed in that deadly shootout in charlotte, north
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carolina. deputy u.s. marshal thomas weeks leaves behind a wife and four kids. charlotte-mecklenburg officer joshua eyer was just named april's officer of the month. sam poloche and william alden elliott were both 14-year veterans of the state department of corrections. [ gunfire ] new cellphone video shows officers coming under fire. investigators say it started when the task force tried to serve a warrant to a convicted felon who opened fire with an ar-15 rifle and a handgun from an upstairs window. the suspect was killed. investigators had initially said there was a second shooter, but now they're not sure. four other officers were wounded. coming up, bounce house tragedy. a strong gust of wind sends an inflatable house flying. and reclassifying marijuana. a historic shift in drug policy. . a historic shift in drug policy.
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biofreeze. green means go. at least 55 people were hurt when a metro train and a bus collided in downtown los angeles. authorities say yesterday's accident involved a university of southern california shuttle bus and a light rail train with more than 150 passengers board. a spokesman for l.a. metro says the bus crossed into the path of the train. a bounce house tragedy, and a deadly sword attack in london. those are some of the headlines on the "morning newsstand." the bbc reports a 14-year-old boy was killed when a man armed with a sword went on a rampage in london. police say a 36-year-old man drove a car into a house yesterday and began stabbing people. four people were hurt including two officers. police used a taser to subdue the suspect and arrest him. investigators do not believe it was terror related, and it was not a targeted attack.
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"the arizona republic" says a bounce house accident killed one toddler when a gust of wind hit a bounce house with several children inside blowing it into a nearby lot. a 2-year-old died. another child suffered non-life-threatening injuries. the sheriff's department called it a tragic accident. "the daily advertiser" says a panel of federal judges threw out louisiana's new congressional map that created a second majority black house district. the judges sided with the opponents who said the map was based solely on race, was unconstitutional, and discriminated against white voters. it leaves the state's political boundaries in question ahead of this year's congressional elections. the ruling is likely to be appealed to the u.s. supreme court. still to come, important health news for women. the new age that women should start getting screened for breast cancer. we're still going for that nice catch. we're still going for that perfect pizza. and with higher stroke risk from afib not caused by a heart valve problem,...
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