york university alone. more than a 100 people were arrested at an overnight protest. the university said police were called asked for some protesters breached a barricade. another new york school columbia university is giving students the option of online instruction. after some students reported feeling unsafe on campus . and a protest gripping us college campuses are just the latest example of how the war and casa is inflaming public opinion and countries around the world. in the us, most divisions are being watched, especially closely in this election year. some pundits are even saying that presidential biden's position, which was unpopular among many democratic voters who would cost him the election in the united states, has historically been a strong supporter off as well. it was the 1st to recognize the stage when it was founded in 1948. however, the high number of civilian deaths in the war into his eyes, sparked a heated debates and fueled a shift in public opinion. i don't want people to even call it is real. i ran a call it netanyahu and his cronies. because i'm sure there are a lot of good people in is real. i'm on know team, but just for it. and i think the, it's the us as

some universities like columbia or n y u, new york university has taken that decision. schools are told to send communications if they want n y p d a new york police department to come in. that's what the major eric adams, the mayor of uh, new york said earlier today at a press conference, the stress that that's the procedure full private property. and that is different a, with a what and what to do does on the streets for those who are protesting outside of the universities. and that's something that we have been seeing because they're not just protest within the universities, but also supportive who gather outside of the gates of the university to support the students that are setting up. this encampments at columbia university, the students that protested it. and they said that they will keep the so called it guides us all the guardian compet until the university divest from companies with it ties to israel. last weekend on sunday, i was they are a covered to this and compliment theory. it's a small if timeframe that we've done, let's get to also get it to campus grounds and

week, students have occupied a campus building that houses the school president's office, which is under attack at columbia university in new york, the epicenter of the demonstrations. the school is now suspending students who refuse to abide by yesterday's deadline to vacate an encampment. it comes as secretary of state anthony blinken meets with arab leaders in the middle east calling a new cease fire proposal presented to hamas extraordinarily generous. >> the only thing standing between the people of gaza and a cease fire is hamas. they have to decide and they have to decide quickly. >> the proposal reportedly includes a 40 day truce, combined with the release of potentially thousands of palestinian prisoners. the new york times reports. israel dropped its previous demand for 40 hostages now willing to accept 33. blinken is also discussing a potential deal to normalize relations between saudi arabia and israel in return for defense and security commitments. arab states and washington are pushing for israel to agree to palestinian statehood, which prime minister netanyahu has rejected. back to those protesters inside the acad

and just over a week since students at columbia university, new york began demanding the school diverse from israel. students at columbia have a georgetown mit and george washington university, began demanding and the same protests have spread from the northeast to campuses in michigan, texas and california. while we have correspondents covering these protests, my kind of is that george washington university and the us capital. but 1st, we go to john henry and who's in new jersey at princeton university. john, tell us about what's been happening there. this is one of the newest encompass that's right, this is day 3 in princeton university and the students are walking a fine line. and you can see they have a sign over here saying that they've, there's 2 popular university for gaza. so they're walking a fine line in the sense that you may see a tent back there, but that's not one of the students have a record that's when the university has pulled up for an upcoming event. the students are not allowed to put up tens. that is the what the university is said based, and they're not allowed to

and the protests was just over a week since students at columbia university in new york began demanding their school diverse from israel. students at columbia, harvard georgetown, mit and george washington university began demanding the same protest spread from the northeast to campuses in michigan, texas in california. for we have a team of correspondents covering this story for us across the us in atlanta, austin, washington, dc. first, we go to john henry, who's in princeton at princeton university in new jersey. this is one of the us encampments, john, what's the scene like that? that's right, this is a 3. and if you look around, you can see that students are gathered around what looks like a very large chat. that 10 is not various. and that's an important irony because they're not allowed to have 10 seer. the police have been tearing them down and arresting people who use tens, including a couple of people here a couple of days ago on thursday when they opened this camp. and that jan is for a plan university event. so as you see, these students are, are laying on blankets. they're not supposed

for rest. columbia put out a call to action versus across the country to set up the captains at their schools . so more than 100 students were arrested last week at new york's columbia university for setting up what they called pro palestinian encampments. they were established just as the university's president faced law makers in the us congress . big realtor about claims of growing anti semitism on campus. the university has now closed it stores and shifted to online learning. but some lawmakers say this isn't enough. every single one of these college and university presidents will refuse to take action should immediately resign in this phrase. i have never seen a more disgraceful act than what we are seeing on college campuses right now. the confrontation between students and administrators comes as pass over one of the jewish religions, most important holidays that underway. well, some students will take their classes online, maybe at the campus, or staying put as they say for them. it's a matter of justice and free speech. well i asked dw, corresponded benjamin alvarez gruber, what the students watch from these projects. that's right. and more and more universities and c

[shouting] >> bill: more anti-israeli protest from last night in new york city columbia university. as the school'snt testified before congress on the same day. she refused to call the slogan from the river to the sea anti-semitic. "new york post" cover sea no evil. senator marco rubio with reaction. first to the news and reporting from washington and rich edson. good morning. >> columbia university president acknowledged her school was unprepared for the after math of the october 7th terrorist attacks on israel. some jewish students say anti-israel protests devolved into threats against them and accused their university of failing to address it. >> attacked for showing judaism and showing the dog tags and wearing stars of david. public safety gets called and reported but what happens when it gets reported? are there steps taken to prevent it in the future? so far no. >> columbia's president said calls for the genocide of jews violate her school's code of conduct. a major contrast to the december hearing when the then presidents of harvard, penn and mit refused to do so. columbia has updated its co

that is ongoing this morning at the city university of new york as well, very different school to columbia. columbia is considered an a lead ivy lead institution with a lot of history. the city university, a lot of 1st time families, students, university families, people who. 9 a the 1st ones in their family to ever get a college education go to the school. it's called the harvard of the common people . that's what it's been referred to in the past. and that there's a lot of sympathy there are among those students for the palestinian cause, and they have set up an encampment as well, even though it is technically their spring break at that college. so definitely seeing the movement continued as i said, but also some counter protests winding up as well. right? absolutely. you know, side of the basic, the, a new yorker christian sleeping many things. so we update all their whole saving protests at university college london. so when i get i got, it has disappeared from the british capital. the that has been undertaken by the coding for the university college london who know, just to arrange o

while it's just over a week since students at columbia university in new york began demanding their school diverse from israel students at columbia, harvard georgetown, mit and george washington university began demanding the same process right from the northeast to campuses in sugar in texas and california. and we have a team of correspondents covering this story for us on this new our, across the us in atlanta, austin, in washington, dc. as 1st we go to john henry, who's at princeton university in new jersey. john prestigious, the prestigious, princeton university. of course, this is one of the us encampments. what's the scene like where you are literally, this is day 3 of the encampment here at princeton. and as you can see, it's a fairly small one compared to some of the other ones that we've seen in new york city and elsewhere. but here, as all across the country, these students are committed to staying and occupying this phase. and so far it seems to be a fairly peaceful seeing if we can see those yellow jackets. those are the campus security officers who are standing by, not swoopin

the war in gaza, digging in on university campuses, forming encampments as they demand action from their schools. encampments at first formed at columbia university in new yorkll across the west. good evening. welcome to west coast rap. i'm alex savage in

perhaps the most high profile of these protests is unfolding across the country at columbia university in new york. the school has canceled in-person classes and police have arrested dozens of protesters there after they camped out in the heart of campus. we talked to students in the middle of it all. >> i consider myself a very brave person, but i won't deny that i've been physically intimidated and harassed. >> i've felt like this is not a welcoming environment. i think it's a very difficult time for a lot of jewish students. >> reporter: over the weekend the protests turned rowdy, disturbing video shows protesters harassing jewish students. amid all this a rabbi linked to the university urged jewish students to stay home, saying recent events at the university have, quote, made it clear that columbia university's public safety and the nypd cannot guarantee jewish student's safety. >> palestine is almost free. >> reporter: this is the center of columbia university, what they're calling the gaza solidarity encampment, and an occupation here at the school as they want certain demands to be met by the school i

ainsley: down the road, president biden will be in new york city, close to fox, not far from the anti-israel protest at columbia university among other schools in new york. >> brian: "new york times" is blasting joe biden for dodging questions about independent jou journalists. >> peter doocy is live at the courthouse with more. good morning. >> peter: president biden is waking up in the hotel this morning. if he decides to pick it up, he will see item about how inaccess i be ible he has become. for anyone that understands free press in a democracy, it should be troubling that president biden has avoided questions from independent journalists, granted fewer press conferences and interviews than all his predecessors. number of press conferences, biden 34, fewer than trump, 58, obama 71, bush 71 and clinton 121. and this is the president who talks about his involvement with marches as young man during civil rights movement. he could go to columbia or head downtown to i 92. we do not expect that to happen. his thoughts about campus protesters remain largely unknown along with his thought and every other hot topic. do you have a message for the

and university of the protests began at columbia university in new york, where students began demanding that school divest from israel land students at harvard georgetown, mit and george washington university. the mom did the same protest spread from no face to campuses in michigan, texas, in california. we have a team of correspondents covered the story for us in the us. john henry begins on coverage from princeton university in new jersey for students occupying college campuses across the united states. the price of protest can be high. there are the arrests, a 100 of them on saturday at northeastern university in boston, and more than 600 over the past week, including 2 here at princeton university. talk about guns and culture. i mean, this is a kansas shut down any discussion and really ranging discussion of his, i mean for many of these positions and history began on october 7th. is we didn't begin on october 7th. we actually let to october the 7th. and this is what students want to discuss. then there is the academic price at princeton were captured, protesters look on. many students were mas

so maybe she joins us from columbia university in new york. quite old again, christine, various universities and schools. obviously joining the protests of what was happening while you are on choose day access to the columbia universe and campus has been restricted today after the takeover of that building. hamilton hall now only students who live on campus and a central faculty are being allowed there. uh no media access and recent days there's unlimited access for media during certain times to get on the campus. but we're being told that no media will be allowed today due to safety conditions, unless safety conditions on campus change. that said, i've been speaking with one of the student organizers of the encampment and he says that the mood on campus is quite calm. in fact, he estimates that there's actually more people in the encampment today than there were yesterday. when the word came, that the students would be suspended as of 2 pm if they did not evacuate their and that just brought out hundreds of support or students and teachers surrounding the cabinet. protecting the a cabinet that continue

york city, columbia university increasing security. pro-palestinian demonstrators rallying against the israel-hamas war. the schoolwitching to remote classes. and tonight, protests spreading to campuses across the u.s. >>> in los angeles, the break-in at the home of the mayor, karen bass. authorities say the mayor was home when the intruder broke in and got to the second floor. they say the mayor was hiding in a safe room. >>> tonight, ukraine's president zelenskyy thanking the u.s. and thanking house speaker mike johnson, after the house passed, democrats and republicans, a massive aid package for ukraine, angering some republicans. >>> tonight, the marine killed during a training exercise. the sergeant was killed just weeks after being promoted. >>> the carnival cruise ship rescuing more than two dozen people stranded at sea. >>> on this earth day, ginger zee travels to navajo nation tonight, where 60,000 people live without power. tonight, the effort to bring clean solar energy there, and we're there, as one woman turns on the lights for the first time. >>> and the major news tonight involving cher. after being

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york. is there no, absolutely. not the city university of new york now also has a name kevin, on it's campus. this is a public university, columbia. of course, a private school ivy league, a lead university. it's referred to. people pay a lot of money to come here. and as opposed to city university, which is a, as i said, a public school, a lot of the students, there are the 1st and their families to get a college education is many immigrants who go there. it's been referred to as the common man. harvard university, lot of sympathy for the palestinian pause there as well. um and that's just choose the universities here in new york. we've also had new york, you know, new york university and the fashion institute of technology. believe it or not, where students stormed a building and set up signs intense insight there as well. so the demonstration does seem to be growing as efforts here at columbia are underway to com, things down and disperse and come to some resolution. they're getting support from outside chris and many things christmas to leave a lot for us the columbia university in let's take you to the french capsule, paris now, where french students ha

it's been a little over a week since students at columbia university in new york began demanding that their school divest from israel students at columbia, harvard georgetown, mit and george washington university. then followed suit and protest spread from the ne to campuses in michigan, texas and california. and now they've gone global at university college, london in paris at cl spell university and all the way to the university of sydney in australia where we're going to try and bring you voices from those campuses in the us. we are live in new york in los angeles in washington and in texas. let's start with houses here is kristen salumi at columbia university. the epicenter of this campus protest movement. kristen, you have been speaking with representatives of the student body. they are negotiating with the university leadership about their encampment about their demands, what's happening and that's right. it is a 10 of this demonstration. it's a beautiful friday afternoon here in new york. and you can see, i'm right along side of the and cabinet where all of the tents are set up. the negotia

york? will students and new york's columbia university have stage decision in support of palestinians. the protest came, as the school was president, appeared before congress to testify on allegations of anti semitism on campus presents really has the details from you. students flooded the main lawn of the columbia university campus before dawn, setting up dozens of tents in what they've described as a cause of solidarity and cabinet. they're calling on the university to completely divest from israel. their active protest coinciding with university president much of phoenix testimony before a congressional subcommittee in washington d. c. today. house republicans the university has faced accusations of anti semitism by some house republicans columbia, as leadership refuses to enforce their own policies and condemned jewish hatred on campus. creating a breeding ground for anti semitism and a hot bed of support for terrorism from radicalized faculty and students. university president said the vast majority of campus protests have been peaceful. anti semitism has no place on our campus and i am personally committed to d

tents across campus supporting palestinians at columbia university in new york, where the college protests started last week. students are asking the school to divest all ties with israel. university officials have threatened the protesters with expulsion if the encampment does not clear, and even set a deadline for today. and at the university of wisconsin, students called for a cease fire while linking arms in front of the campus library here at home, students at san francisco state have set up a so-called ceasefire encampment in support of the palestinians student organizers say they're showing solidarity for other campus protests, like those at cal and at stanford, and are making the exact same demands. here's nbc bay area sergio quintana in san francisco. free palestine. it's a chant heard before at city hall protests, marches and now here at san francisco state university's campus. it's happening now in solidarity with other campus protests that are springing up across the country. this movement started at columbia university and almost two weeks later has encompassed dozens of universities and communities across the world. at this

university's president. and in new york, negotiations between columbia university leaders and protesters have broken down. the university's president sent a letter to the school community saying that talks had ended without an agreement. president gave students until 2 p.m. today to leave or risk suspension. despite that threat, protests remained out in full force today, with estimates of 1000 additional students who created a perimeter around the encampment ahead of the afternoon deadline. over the weekend, we saw demonstrators on both sides at ucla. the police arrived after those dueling protesters clashed. several fights, several confrontations. jewish students say the campus atmosphere at ucla is so hostile they're afraid. pro-palestinian protesters said this is about protecting innocent civilians in gaza and at usc, activists are asking the university president to initiate a, quote, emergency campus student dialog in response to the ongoing protests. another demonstration was held today at the campus entrance. meantime, graduation arrangements continue to be impacted while the main ceremony has been canceled, two speakers who were set to address masters

also today in new york, columbia university started suspending students who refused to leave their encampment there. on campus, columbia university's president says the schoolill not divest funds from israel, which is a key demand from protesters. we will not be moved unless by force. >> the university has conducted itself with obstinacy and arrogance, refusing to be flexible on some of our most basic points. >> tonight, hundreds of columbia students remain in the encampment. the last day of classes was today. commencement is on may 15th, which is still scheduled to happen. >> for more on the demonstrations and the effectiveness of student activism earlier today on the four, we spoke with lisa mueller , a political science professor at macalester college in minnesota. she says it is no surprise students are rising up to protest at campuses are generally hotbeds of activism, and that's for mainly the obvious reason that it's really relatively easy to coordinate mass movements among a bunch of folks who live and study together, who are in close knit communities, where the social costs of not attending a protest can be really high. mueller is also the author o

heightened emotions on the campus of new york city's columbia university that's prompting the school to take extra safety measures today. tonight marks the first night of passover, and it follows days of protests by palestinian supporters. yesterday campus police broke up an encampment and have made more than 100 arrests. now, today all classes will be held virtually. the school leaders plan to meet to talk about how to de-escalate tensions. >>> back here in the bay area, five north bay security guards are facing criminal charges after they were arrested following what police are calling a violent altercation with a patron. it happened late saturday night at jamison's roaring donkey in petaluma. police say the victim went into the restroom where the fight started with a security guard. ultimately, five guards were removed from the bar -- removed him from the bar, and witnesses told police they saw the guards place the man in a chokehold and punch him repeatedly. paramedics treated him at the scene. the guards were arrested and face felony battery charges. >>> as soon as today, teams

columbia university in new york, which arrested more than 100 students. at the same time , dozens of students were arrested at new york university's stern business school andve already happened when i was studying at this university in 2020. to a decision we protested, the officials of columbia university ignored the opinions of the students . none of these things should happen. if columbia university had listened to the students and their opinions in 2020 , these incidents would not have happened. now the american authorities, people and everyone are panicking because the students are very strong and have a lot of power. columbia university, i say again that these things have happened in it. in colombia we have long ago. we saw that what politicians were doing was immoral their actions, we are now protesting the genocide in gaza. student activists came and protested. what is happening in the student dormitory is that the students are trying to establish justice in palestine, but we even have jewish groups that are for peace. . they are active and are against israel's attacks . it means that we are not the only ones. even the jews themselves are protesting

york university, which is very much a city university. unlike some of the demonstrations that you've seen at the ivy league schools like columbia and gale, where the campus has very enclosed and blocked off to the public. this one sits right in lower manhattan. so it's very much in the middle of the city while the scene is calm here, there's still much debate on going at new york university, and kansas is all around the united states. and here in new york as well, this demonstration pops up in solidarity with the columbia student protesters who are rested a 10th city, a little in cabin on their campus last week, and then were arrested over a 100 students. there were arrested as well. and they're, as here, we've seen faculty also coming out to sending students, right. so peaceful protests, those protests that colombia are continuing today. and we're hearing about new and stopping, not popping up around the country as well in pittsburgh, in boston, in the south. so it's certainly not an isolated incident here, and students vowing here and elsewhere to keep up their demonstrations and keep up the fight the, you know, the world news, at leas

police on the campus of columbia university in new york we have arrested more than 100 students at the same time dozens of students were arrested at new york university's stern schoolng me . i have to say that i graduated from columbia university in 2020 and none of these events are new, and these events have happened before when i was studying at this university in 2020. we protested a decision again. columbia university officials comment. if columbia university had listened to the students and listened to their opinions in 2020, these incidents would not have happened. now the american authorities are panicking because the students are very strong and have a lot of power. columbia university i say again again, one of these events happened in colombia. we have seen for a long time that what the politicians were doing was immoral. these are their actions. now that we have come to protest the genocide in gaza, student activists have come and are protesting what is happening in the student dormitory. they are trying for justice in palestine , but we even have jewish groups that are working for peace and are against israel's attacks . it means that we are not the only

york university to leave the area this evening. school officials say it started with 50 people, quickly grew as protesters pushed through barriers. meanwhile, at columbiaiversity president calling for a reset to de-escalate. 100 protesters were arrested on friday and the school says all classes at its main campus will be hybrid until semester ends because of the unrest. >>> here in the bay area, students also came together at uc berkeley they did set up tents, they plan to stay until the university divest from companies with a hand in the war. >>> and the jewish holiday, passover, has officially begun. but of course, this year, it comes at a difficult time. the war between israel and hamas continues and the number of anti-jewish hate crime investigations in the u.s. significantly spiking as nbc's jocelyn moran explains, synagogues and temples in the bay area have also ramped up their security. it is the first night of passover, a jewish holiday commemorated by many in the bay area, including here in san jose. >> we are here to celebrate like all jews across the globe. >> more people have come tonight than any other year. >> philip the chairs. >> here i

. >> and amid ongoing pro-palestinian protests at new york's columbia university, a rabbi associated with the school is warning jewish students the campus is not safe and they should quote, return home until it is the unrest follows and appearance by the university's president on capitol hill last week columbia's campus rabbi tells cnn, the center for jewish life will remain open and is welcoming students to the center. >> will take you live to the campus, coming up meantime, across the country as jewish communities are preparing for passover arising anti-semitism and growing threats of violence have many on high alert last week, fbi director christopher wray warned threats to the jewish community have increased threefold since the october 7 hamas attacks let's bring in cnn's camila bernal now camila, you sat down with two rabbis. >> how are they preparing for the holiday amid growing anti-jewish sentiments? hey, fred, there are definitely a lot of concern among the jewish community and they are concerned about their safety, but they're taking certain precautions to make sure that passover goes well

columbia university in new york city. classes now going hybrid might have cancelled the rest of the school year which only goes for about anotherparently at columbia university but the students are going to be at home which is not the college experience that they paid for or we had hoped for, they should have the right to be in their classrooms learning and experiencing all of that particular situation as easy. similar scenes at nyu. right now there's a walkout underway downtown in manhattan, uptake funder play travis is standing by but first let's check in with senior correspondence steve harrigan recording -- reporting live from new york. >> , martha, they're coined as a nationwide strike and it doesn't look like they're going anywhere soon. numbers about 1500 year hearing the chance. >> everyone: free, free palestine," and some questions now being raised about who's behind his organization and who is finding it especially after columbia university called employees, took away all the tents and then just days later a whole new hundred pence suddenly appeared. >> ask yourself this ques question, you need to ask yourself this qu

york university, which is very much a city university. unlike some of the demonstrations that you've seen at the ivy league schools like columbia and gale, where the campus is very enclosed and blocked off to the public. this one sits right in lower manhattan, so it's very much in the middle of the city wide. a the scene is calm here, there's still much debate on going at new york university, and kansas is all around the united states. and here in new york as well, this demonstration pops up in solidarity with the columbia student protesters who are record a 10 city, a little and cabinet on their campus last week. and then were arrested over a 100 students. there were arrested as well. and there, as here, we've seen faculty also coming out to sending students right to peaceful protest. those protests that colombia are continuing today, and we're hearing about new and stopping, popping up around the country as well in pittsburgh, in boston, in the south. so this is certainly not an isolated incident here, and students vowing here and elsewhere to keep up their demonstrations and keep up the fight. or at least 5 people, including a child o

york. we have to to ha palestinian john less than student at the columbia university graduate school of journalism in austin, texas. we'll be hearing from jeremy story, a story and, and professor for global leadership, history and public policy at the university of texas at austin and then washington political strategist. i'm full met, senior, congressional aid, rena shaw. thank you very much. all of you for being with us, jude. let's start with you. if you can give us an idea of the current situation that at columbia university on this friday morning, as we record the show, because this is where it all began, with deadlines to clear that come keep been extended us on thank you so much for having me absolutely, columbia is where the. ringback original encampment took place, i was there for the pitching of the original tense on the south, long before they decided to move to the opposite line after arrest. um, the situation inside the campus is quite different from the situation outside the campus. what we're seeing right now is students are settling in to the encampment. there are groups of people

now since students at columbia university in new york began demanding the school divest from israel. students at harvard's georgetown, m i t n. george washington university. have also began demanding to say the protests have sprayed from the northeast of campuses in michigan, texas, and california escalade to john henry and who was at princeton university in new jersey. this is one of the us encampments, john, tell us about what's happening. hopefully i'm going to be talking a little more quietly than i usually do. and that's because i have a microphone on, but linda, so sort of the palestinian activists who's speaking behind me does not. and that's because at princeton university, they don't allow the students to amplify their voices, they don't allow them to, we're at 10. so that's a university 10 back there behind me. and they don't allow them to sleep here. so what they've been doing is coming here in shifts and occupying this space consistently over the past 3 days. and the 1st day, a couple of students erected a tent and they were arrested and taken away. so that is the fine lin

columbia university in new york city. anti-israel student protesters. madison, we are hearing that the school has lost control of the situation. columbia faculty and teachers are linking arms to form a barrier around the encampment against police. what are you seeing? >> we have it right here behind us. students very much still camped out in the center with the backdrop of their iconic library right behind them there. the student still here despite being told that if they did not leave by 2:00 p.m., they would be faced with a suspension. you may be able to see some of those folks in the orange vest. those are faculty members. some faculty members within the encampment themselves. one of the entrances does have more faculty member standing in a line. by no means are they linking arms, by no means keeping anyone out physically, but they are standing there so their presence does create a barrier of sorts. there are no police on columbia 's campus at present. lapd outside of columbia's campus where there are about 150 protesters. you know we are here at columbia and you see the activity and you u

school's, quote, militarized response to an on-campus protest. >> to new york where house speaker mike johnson was booed by students when he visited columbia university, asking the school's president to step down. those are a few of the growing number of schools where protests are taking place. nbc's stephanie gosk joins us from new york's columbia university. hey, steph, good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning. you know, columbia university extended the deadline for the tent encampment here by 48 hours, but that deadline runs out tonight at midnight. and the students i've spoken with here say they aren't going anywhere. as you mentioned, tension around the country is growing, it's spreading, it's leading to dramatic confrontations with police and dozens of arrests. the temperature this morning on some college campuses, reaching a boiling point. a growing number of protests forming over the ongoing war in the middle east, at campuses across the country, some leading to standoffs, including the university of texas at austin. students and police clashing during protests wednesday. more than 30 were taken into custody. protesters gathered outside

today, house speaker mike johnson is set to visit one of those schools columbia university in new york city. he's going to meet with jewish students and will deliver remarks about anti-semitism on campus. he also plans to join a group of new york republicans in calling on the school's president to resign for failing to contain in this situation, columbia shifted to hybrid classes in response to the demonstrations in today, extended that plan through final exams, we have omar jimenez on the scene. we have meloni's no non capitol hill, o'mara, eu first, what are you seeing today yes. >> so we've seen a number of small protests that have been happening. some of them are most of the small protests outside of campus. but the main one that is continued is the on-campus encampment lead protests that is now in its eighth if day. the students that we've spoken to an organizer's that we've spoken to that have been running that camp say that they want columbia university to divest from corporations. they say are according israel. now, last night we had a very key deadline that the university pres

university officials, they're announced the school will close and go fully remote for the remainder of the semester. in new york city, the epicenter of the demonstrations protest organizers at columbia university say talks with school officials are at an impasse. they are demanding the university cut ties with israeli academic institutions and divest from any israel entities. demonstrators also want their schools to stand against what they believe and they say our acts of genocide being committed against the palestinian people in gaza. but some jewish students worried the protests are becoming anti-semitic, leading to harassment and that they fear for their safety on campuses. let's go straight to cnn's polo sandoval. he's live outside columbia university city in new york and polo that is really as we just mentioned, the epicenter columbia is where a lot of this started to really take shape. how is it today? >> it's where it all started. jessica, as you pointed out now, well over a week into this negotiations between members of this pro-palestinian student who and the university. it seems at those talks, if they have installed at least have slowed significantly, especially if you he

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new york city's columbia university will hold all classes virtually. school leaders will discuss how to bring an end to the heightened tensions on campus. >>> five north bay security guards are facing criminal charges after they were arrested following what police are calling a violent altercation with a patron. it happened late saturday night at jamison's roaring donkey. police say the victim went into the restroom where the fight started with a security guard. ultimately five guards removed him from the bar. a witness told police they saw them place him in a chokehold and punch him repeatedly. paramedics treated him at the scene. the guards were arrested and face felony battery charges. >>> today, a group of nurses plan to line the street outside of one san francisco hospital, working to draw attention to the use of artificial intelligence in health care. >> "today in the bay"'s kris sanchez joins us from our newsroom with more on how this might impact care today. >> reporter: we don't know what the impact might be on patient care or hospital staffing today