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shafik speaking before congress suggesting she's looking to punish maybe some pro-palestinian protected speech. then we see what's happening on campuses like ut austin where it's a public campus protest is has an extra layer of protection from state law and we've got the governor preempting preemptively shutting down and sending in authorities to shut down peaceful protests. so definitely a bit of a mixed bag here. and obviously, as we do with fire, we want administrators people in charge, even the governor in every situation to be looking at the facts and protecting peaceful protest whenever possible, where is the line? >> and let me ask a question from the what richard nixon, my call the silent majority. what about the right of students who just want to go to college and enjoy commencement without thinking about the horrible activity, is going on in any part of the world well, you know, they've got the right to go to class. >> i wouldn't necessarily agree that they have the right to be totally free from to go to school in a bubble, right? especially on public college campuses, are cam
shafik speaking before congress suggesting she's looking to punish maybe some pro-palestinian protected speech. then we see what's happening on campuses like ut austin where it's a public campus protest is has an extra layer of protection from state law and we've got the governor preempting preemptively shutting down and sending in authorities to shut down peaceful protests. so definitely a bit of a mixed bag here. and obviously, as we do with fire, we want administrators people in charge, even...
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. >> reporter: egyptian-born university president minouche shafik was the fourth college chief called before the panel. >> does calling for the genocide of jews violate columbia's code of conduct? >> yes, it does. >> reporter: facing the same questions that led to the resignations of the presidents of harvard and the university of pennsylvania. >> does calling for the genocide of jews violate penn's rules or code of conduct? yes or no. >> it is a context-dependent decision, congresswoman. >> it's a context dependent decision? that's your testimony today? >> new york congresswoman elise stefanik chastised shafik over the university's response to several professionals who used anti-israel rhetoric, including professor joseph massad, who described the attack as awesome, astonishing and incredible. >> i know you can confirm he is under investigation. >> yes, i can confirm that. >> will you make the commitment to remove him as chair? >> um, i think that would be -- i think -- yes. >> reporter: students attending the hearing stopped short of calling on the school's president to resign. >> i
. >> reporter: egyptian-born university president minouche shafik was the fourth college chief called before the panel. >> does calling for the genocide of jews violate columbia's code of conduct? >> yes, it does. >> reporter: facing the same questions that led to the resignations of the presidents of harvard and the university of pennsylvania. >> does calling for the genocide of jews violate penn's rules or code of conduct? yes or no. >> it is a...
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shafik was in washington testifying before lawmakers responding to reports of antisemitism on campus this is currently there was also a presence of not just students, but also faculty setting up tents and signs here on the campus itself. but the organizers of this event, making their message is quite clear, saying that their hope is that they will pressure columbia university to divest funds from companies connected to israel cnn has reached out to the university to address for more on not just heari investments, but also to address the allegations that have been puforwd by these organizers. >> but eventually this evolved into any cabinet, a large one at the university president declared a disturbance. so turn to the nypd he's sending them a letter asking for police offirs essentially interject and forcefully remove some of thstudts are particiting in it. the rult was well over a hundred ople that were detained will be issued courts zones. but really what this is now is the presence. it's still mains here on the campus of peaceful presence of a mix of here hoping to continue withs th
shafik was in washington testifying before lawmakers responding to reports of antisemitism on campus this is currently there was also a presence of not just students, but also faculty setting up tents and signs here on the campus itself. but the organizers of this event, making their message is quite clear, saying that their hope is that they will pressure columbia university to divest funds from companies connected to israel cnn has reached out to the university to address for more on not just...
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shafik. i urge him that if he's calling for president shift each resignation, he understands that it's going to create a lot of turmoil within our university the as well. we've seen numerous university presidents like that. if you pan and harbored all being forced to resign. and i think there is this demand. i think if we continue to have university president's resigned and having to put a new person in this position, you have to catch them up over everything that's happening in the past six months. and that requires significant amount of change. we only had three weeks left in the the and so i think rather than asking for university presidents to resign, we have to do one thing, request more accountability from our university's request, more transparency parker, dekker. >> we very much appreciate you sharing your perspective with us. thanks for coming on. >> thank you so much for having me. >> we want to give you a look at the situation at brown university where there has also been attention
shafik. i urge him that if he's calling for president shift each resignation, he understands that it's going to create a lot of turmoil within our university the as well. we've seen numerous university presidents like that. if you pan and harbored all being forced to resign. and i think there is this demand. i think if we continue to have university president's resigned and having to put a new person in this position, you have to catch them up over everything that's happening in the past six...
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but of course, all of this is coming hours after the university president minouche shafik announced this morning that negotiations between the student protesters and the university had failed to come to a resolution after after days, really since last week of good faith negotiations as university describe them, that means that the university will not divest from israel, which of course is one of the central points of why this encampment began in the first-place, almost two weeks ago to this point. now, moving forward, we're almost two weeks more, a little more than two weeks to graduation. and the university has said, they will have commencement here. now, how they deal with the encampment are resolved. the encampment as they describe, we will have to see, but clearly they intend and to have that commencement a little over two weeks time all right. >> i know mar standby for us because we'll be back to you within the hour. is this deadline approaches here? let's go to gabe cohen gave me you're there at george washington university here in washington, where some student protesters actually
but of course, all of this is coming hours after the university president minouche shafik announced this morning that negotiations between the student protesters and the university had failed to come to a resolution after after days, really since last week of good faith negotiations as university describe them, that means that the university will not divest from israel, which of course is one of the central points of why this encampment began in the first-place, almost two weeks ago to this...
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now i want to read part of the statement released by university president minouche shafik, which says in part both sides in these discussions put forward robust and thoughtful offers and worked in good faith to reach common ground. we thank them all for their diligent work, long hours, a careful effort, and wish they had reached a different outcome. of course, no agreement here it goes on to say we urge those in the encampment to voluntarily dispersed. we're consulting with a broader group in our community to explore alternative internal options to end this crisis. as soon as possible. and that falls along similar lines. what we're hearing from over 20 house democrats now essentially urging the university to disband this encampment or essentially resign. now, some key points here, because while columbia has said they will not divest in israel, they did offer an expedited timeline for new proposals in front of their body that does consider divestments. they also offered to him vest in health and education in gaza. they also said that while they've worked hard to offer a constructive en
now i want to read part of the statement released by university president minouche shafik, which says in part both sides in these discussions put forward robust and thoughtful offers and worked in good faith to reach common ground. we thank them all for their diligent work, long hours, a careful effort, and wish they had reached a different outcome. of course, no agreement here it goes on to say we urge those in the encampment to voluntarily dispersed. we're consulting with a broader group in...
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shafik extended the deadline for negotiations 48 hours, which student organizers over dismantling the encampment's pretty disheartening to see all this on canvas, i will say, i think a lot of people are misguided pro-palestinian demonstrators demanding columbia cut all financial ties with israel. our plan is to be hearing till the university divest, disclose provides amnesty for all you can see there are at least 50 to 75 tenths that remain here. many of the students who are part of this movement have been sleeping in the he's tense, have been eating here, adding pressure to the situation. house speaker mike johnson visited campus on wednesday, meeting with jewish students and calling on the university president to resign. >> i am here today joining my colleagues and calling on president trophy to resign if she could not immediately bring order to this chaos enjoy your free speech for months republican lawmakers have called on numerous university leaders to resign as they held congressional hearings on the handling of antisemitism on college campuses while most protests have been non-
shafik extended the deadline for negotiations 48 hours, which student organizers over dismantling the encampment's pretty disheartening to see all this on canvas, i will say, i think a lot of people are misguided pro-palestinian demonstrators demanding columbia cut all financial ties with israel. our plan is to be hearing till the university divest, disclose provides amnesty for all you can see there are at least 50 to 75 tenths that remain here. many of the students who are part of this...
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now, last night we had a very key deadline that the university president minouche shafik said for midnights saying that if the students did not reach an agreement agreement for dismantling these camps by then, they would find alternative ways to clear these in canvas midnight came and went then hours later, a university first the spokesperson said that they actually made some significant progress with students so much so that they push that deadline back by 48 hours. but one of the interesting portions of the statement that the president made was that last week in the initial stages of last week and the initial stages of the encampment actually happening, there was the president made the decision to send in the new york police department to actually clear out some of these protesters that led to arrest of students, suspensions. there was a decision that was criticized by many faculty and students here for bringing in an hour inside four. so it's unclear if that's what's assumed in the alternative ways of dismantling this encampment of what was said in that initial statement, we will see and
now, last night we had a very key deadline that the university president minouche shafik said for midnights saying that if the students did not reach an agreement agreement for dismantling these camps by then, they would find alternative ways to clear these in canvas midnight came and went then hours later, a university first the spokesperson said that they actually made some significant progress with students so much so that they push that deadline back by 48 hours. but one of the interesting...
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pressure for columbia university president minouche shafik. as she works to try to negotiate with student organizers on campus. >> she extended the deadline for negotiations by 48 hours, working to dismantle the encampment that has taken over much of campus it's pretty disheartening to see all this on canvas. i will say i think a lot of people are misguided pro-palestinian protesters are demanding columbia cut all financial ties with israel, our plan is to be hearing till the university divest disclose, and provides amnesty for all you can see there are at least 50 to 75 tenths that remain here. many of the students who are part of this movement have been sleeping in these tents have been eating here, adding pressure to the situation. house speaker mike johnson visited campus today, meeting with jewish students and calling on the university president to resign. >> i am here today joining my colleagues and calling on president trophy to resign. if she can not immediately bring order to this chaos enjoy your free speech for months. republican la
pressure for columbia university president minouche shafik. as she works to try to negotiate with student organizers on campus. >> she extended the deadline for negotiations by 48 hours, working to dismantle the encampment that has taken over much of campus it's pretty disheartening to see all this on canvas. i will say i think a lot of people are misguided pro-palestinian protesters are demanding columbia cut all financial ties with israel, our plan is to be hearing till the university...
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shafik to resign over how she has handled this situation here. so obviously, we'll see what comes of his visit. he will likely see the encampment for himself. hear from some of those jewish students, but not all of whom have felt on flexible with what has happened. but clearly a good number of them all right. >> are omar jimenez for us at columbia university. omar. thank you very much for that. the panel is back here should care. let me let me bring you in here because this of course, has become such an emotional at flashpoint and it was part for the debate that we saw play out on the senate floor last night as well senator bernie sanders, who you've worked for for quite some time. i had this to say in the course of that debate, watch this war stopped being about defending israel a long time ago what is going on now is the destruction of the very fabric of palestinian life it is impossible to look at these facts and not conclude that the israeli government's policy has been quite deliberately to make gaza uninhabitable for palestinians. mr. presi
shafik to resign over how she has handled this situation here. so obviously, we'll see what comes of his visit. he will likely see the encampment for himself. hear from some of those jewish students, but not all of whom have felt on flexible with what has happened. but clearly a good number of them all right. >> are omar jimenez for us at columbia university. omar. thank you very much for that. the panel is back here should care. let me let me bring you in here because this of course, has...
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shafik put out a statement to the protesters and the encampment saying they had until 2:00 p.m. to disband. and like i said, there are dozens of students define the university presence orders and still out on the lawns what's interesting to know is that this morning minutiae feeds sent an email to the columbia community at about 8:00 a.m. notifying people that negotiations between the students and the administrators had indeed ended. however, what was not said in the email was that at about 10:00 a.m. the university administration began to drop pamphlets in the encampment, notifying students of this 2:00 p.m. deadline. as you can imagine, that drew a lot of people to campus to protect the students from potential eviction by the administration so that actually drew more people to the encampment. >> so at this point, you said, how large is the hammond right now to roughly do you know? >> yeah. so since the encampment has been on the university grounds since wednesday, april 17, there have been roughly 200 students coming going, sleeping overnight in the encampment. the number is h
shafik put out a statement to the protesters and the encampment saying they had until 2:00 p.m. to disband. and like i said, there are dozens of students define the university presence orders and still out on the lawns what's interesting to know is that this morning minutiae feeds sent an email to the columbia community at about 8:00 a.m. notifying people that negotiations between the students and the administrators had indeed ended. however, what was not said in the email was that at about...
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minouche shafik and other school leaders had a chance to answer that very same question here's what they said does calling for the genocide of jews violate colombia's code of conduct, mr. greenwald yes, it does ms shipman? yes, it does. >> dr. sheffield? >> yes, it does. >> and professor schizer? >> yes, it does i guess they wanted their lesson our panel is here. >> margaret, do you think? those answers would have been so clear, quick, and definitive had they not been proceed by what happened? >> lab and for the questions that i knew that, you know, yeah. but if you fed her prepared testimony before she was there in front of the cameras and stuff. there was a passage that really stood out to me and it said something like, please remember university of presence are not politicians, which i knew was sort of wishful thinking like that, other people get to decide if you're a politician or not. but i think the reason that was sort of baked into the statement was that that has been the real problem you become a university president by virtue of a number of things may or b, or academic experien
minouche shafik and other school leaders had a chance to answer that very same question here's what they said does calling for the genocide of jews violate colombia's code of conduct, mr. greenwald yes, it does ms shipman? yes, it does. >> dr. sheffield? >> yes, it does. >> and professor schizer? >> yes, it does i guess they wanted their lesson our panel is here. >> margaret, do you think? those answers would have been so clear, quick, and definitive had they not...
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the move stirred more tension on campus and by monday morning, colombia's president minouche shafik declare that all classes would be virtual for the day, and that a reset was needed. >> i am deeply saddened by what is happening on our campus she wrote in a statement, these tensions have been exploited and amplified by individuals who are not affiliated with columbia, who have come to campus to pursue their own agendas. many of the students here are saying who are graduating are saying they're not sure what graduation is going to look like. this here are those who are part of the encampment are saying that they intend to be here for graduation, that they're not leaving jake. >> i just want to now show you the scene outside. we're outside of school. we've spent a couple of hours on school grounds yesterday, but this is the sayyed and sort of the area where there has been some of the most confrontation and drop ahmad because what happens is people outside here, for the most part that are not students, they stand out here and they chant and they say some very hurtful things towards the towards
the move stirred more tension on campus and by monday morning, colombia's president minouche shafik declare that all classes would be virtual for the day, and that a reset was needed. >> i am deeply saddened by what is happening on our campus she wrote in a statement, these tensions have been exploited and amplified by individuals who are not affiliated with columbia, who have come to campus to pursue their own agendas. many of the students here are saying who are graduating are saying...
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shafik set a midnight deadline for an agreement to be reached on clearing using cabinets. that midnight deadline came and went. and then hours later, we got an update from universities looks person that actually conversations are now progressing and based on those constructive talks, they are extending talks for another 48 hours now, some of those tentpoles of negotiation that they say hey, they've made progress on dismantling and removing a significant number of tents ensuring that those not affiliated with columbia university leave the encampment and taking steps to make sure the encampment is welcome to all and prohibiting discriminatory or harassing land in which obviously you a lot of detention that has been there at the core of this protests, who they say they are four, solely pushing columbia university to debit to divest from corporations. they say support is israeli apartheid, and genocide. but of course it is created an atmosphere of tension for some campus. it prompted the school to move to hybrid learning because as they said, it was out an abundance of caution
shafik set a midnight deadline for an agreement to be reached on clearing using cabinets. that midnight deadline came and went. and then hours later, we got an update from universities looks person that actually conversations are now progressing and based on those constructive talks, they are extending talks for another 48 hours now, some of those tentpoles of negotiation that they say hey, they've made progress on dismantling and removing a significant number of tents ensuring that those not...
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shafik testifies buying on capitol hill about rising antisemitism on college campuses, then not long after that, a university at the direction of the university president called him the new york police department to clear out this encampment. it drew a lot of criticism from not doing but faculty as well who believe that's what raise the temperature, not just at this campus four other places as well. so then the camp came back day after day. we sought their with tension's going back and forth. we had a student organizer for it, kicked off of campus for comments and cosmetic comments. he had made in the past. and then there were negotiations between the university and the student protesters were trying to voluntarily get this encampment off the off of the campus or at the very least, come to some sort of resolution. this seems to be the first step by the university to test whether they will do so voluntarily. what remains to be seen as what happens after this? because clearly there are those that have defied that first deadline yeah, it doesn't look like that's gonna happen anytime soo
shafik testifies buying on capitol hill about rising antisemitism on college campuses, then not long after that, a university at the direction of the university president called him the new york police department to clear out this encampment. it drew a lot of criticism from not doing but faculty as well who believe that's what raise the temperature, not just at this campus four other places as well. so then the camp came back day after day. we sought their with tension's going back and forth....
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. >> and by monday morning, colombia's president minouche shafik declare that all classes would be virtual for the day, and that a reset was needed. i am deeply saddened by what is happening on our campus. she wrote in a statement, these tensions have been exploited and amplified by individuals who are not a fish ciliated with columbia, who have come to campus to pursue their own agendas many of the students here are saying who are graduating are saying they're not sure what graduation is going to look like this here and those who are part of the encampment are saying that they intend to be here for graduation, that they're not leaving additional pro-palestinian protests are taking place at universities across the country, including yale, nyu, and mit and today, anderson, a number of faculty members and employees of the school actually walked out to stand in solidarity. already with the students who are protesting in the middle of the campus, but also they're protesting what the school did here in ordering the arrest of those students last week, anderson chemali program there's thanks very
. >> and by monday morning, colombia's president minouche shafik declare that all classes would be virtual for the day, and that a reset was needed. i am deeply saddened by what is happening on our campus. she wrote in a statement, these tensions have been exploited and amplified by individuals who are not a fish ciliated with columbia, who have come to campus to pursue their own agendas many of the students here are saying who are graduating are saying they're not sure what graduation is...
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at columbia, president minouche shafik had to close classes. classes are over at columbia. they all went remote because the administration was so afraid of these people. i see these videos, i see the images of mass protesters breaking into buildings, barricading with furniture. i am reminded of january 6th. that's what this looks like to me. we talk at adl about right-ring extremists, masked proud boys showing up at school board meetings, oath keepers wearing masks. i look at this and this is what i see. let's be clear about one thing. the students doing this, the groups behind it, sjp, palestinian youth movement, their response to president minouche shafik's movement last night, was columbia will burn. we shouldn't treat the students like children when they are hardened activists. >> these authorities and the lack of them, why are these school administrators, why are they abdicating their responsibility to this degree? and this affects students. it affects outsiders. tenure is supposed to give you intellectual protection so you can say things in classrooms. it doesn't give
at columbia, president minouche shafik had to close classes. classes are over at columbia. they all went remote because the administration was so afraid of these people. i see these videos, i see the images of mass protesters breaking into buildings, barricading with furniture. i am reminded of january 6th. that's what this looks like to me. we talk at adl about right-ring extremists, masked proud boys showing up at school board meetings, oath keepers wearing masks. i look at this and this is...
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. >> reporter: university president minouche shafik defended her actions in an e-mail to students writing, i took this extraordinary step because these are extraordinary circumstances. adding, the encampment which occupied campus for more than 30 hours creates a harassing and intimidating environment. >> as a jewish student, i feel unsafe on campus. >> i was walking to class, cursed at, yelled at. it is not a safe or welcoming environment. i dread coming to school. >> reporter: tensions on campus have ratcheted up this week. >> anti-semitism has no place on our campus, and i am personally committed to doing everything i. >> reporter: many of the student protesters say the demonstrations are the only way they can make thei can to confront it directly. >> reporter: many of the student protesters say the demonstrations are the only way they can make their voices heard. >> you can't be upset when we exercise our first amendment rights. we're trying to say there is a genocide, and they are just completely shutting us down. >> columbia student newspaper reported that yesterday's crackdown by of
. >> reporter: university president minouche shafik defended her actions in an e-mail to students writing, i took this extraordinary step because these are extraordinary circumstances. adding, the encampment which occupied campus for more than 30 hours creates a harassing and intimidating environment. >> as a jewish student, i feel unsafe on campus. >> i was walking to class, cursed at, yelled at. it is not a safe or welcoming environment. i dread coming to school. >>...