back to you. >> bret: c.b. cotton in new york. c.b., thanks. again, we are waiting and monitoring that press conference from the new york city mayor eric adams about what is coming next. and tap into that if we get it. on wall street today, stocks were mixed amid rising bond yield. the dow gained 22. the s&p 500 fell 11, the nasdaq was off 82. up next, the house stages a key vote regarding israel while the biden administration announces its next move against iran. ♪ switch to shopify so you can build it better, scale it faster and sell more. much more. take your business to the next stage when you switch to shopify. dupixent helps you du more with less asthma. and can help you breathe better in as little as two weeks. dupixent is an add-on treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma that's not for sudden breathing problems. dupixent can cause allergic reactions that can be severe. get help right away if you have rash, chest pain, worsening shortness of breath, tingling or numbness in your limbs. tell your doctor about new or worse

c.b. cotton joins us now from columbia university with the latest. c.b.? >> hi, good evening, pete.been protests happening both on and off campus today. we have watched droves of people make their way here to columbia university protests right outside the main gates to encourage the students behind me who are calling on the university to divest from companies connected to israel. and sever ties with israeli universities. we have heard songs, chanting, march from the students behind me. right now we are going to try to go in and see if we can hear more about these student demands, stay with me. >> wondering, can we talk to you about your demands for the university? >> um, we have -- do you mind we have like a media team here talking to people. >> speak with media team? do you mind? >> well, i see there are other cameras here. >> i know, if you would mind stopping recording we can connect you with our media team. >> we just want to talk to you about your demands for the university. >> and we understand. >> we're with fox news. >> fox news? >> okay. yeah, we do have a press team. >> if

we'll take the it back here, c.b. cotton. thank you, c.b.contributor and civil rights attorney. leo, thank you for being here on a saturday. i want to, first, pick your brain here about being the trump whisperer. you have a relationship with the former president. how is he feeling after nine days in court in and if you would help tell us this maybe, if you canty can absolutely this, what advice could you give him about what he should change about his composure in court, what east saying after, if anything? >> thanks for having me, bryan. yeah, spoke to the president direct arely within the last 24 hours. he's in good spirits. ask and i'll tell you, or bryan, as a lawyer for 30 plus years, i heard no evidence of a crime committed by president trump in the first week. if the prosecution's obligation is to put on a strong witness to tell the jury what evidence of a crime trump committed. david pecker has no information about a crime against trump. you heard tabloid goes -- gossip, soap opera drama, and i'm going to be honest with you, the presi

c.b. cotton has been there all day. palestinian student demonstrators who camped out on the campus for more than 24 hours have finally been removed by the police but the chanting and rallies are far from over. i will have those details after the break. about dupixent. lowe's knows every color is the right color if it's from the brands you trust. whether you need paint or stain get our best deals of the season, like buy two get one free. from projects big to small, we've got it all so you can paint it all. hurry in and shop paint deals now at lowe's. sometimes your work shirt needs to be for more than just work. like when it needs to be a big, soft shoulder to cry on. which is why downy does more to make clothes softer, fresher, and better. downy. breathe life into your laundry. before you consider drastic weight loss measures with dangerous side effects, try golo. (kevin) my doctor prescribed a weight loss drug, but as soon as i stopped taking it, i gained all that weight back. (joann) i lost 210 pounds with gastric bypa

c.b. cotton is live outside trump tower with a recap for us. c.b. >> reporter: hi, jon. york state is trying to convince a jury that former president donald trump was part of a scheme to catch negative stories and kill them before or they were made public. as you said, a key witness, tabloid boss david pecker, testified. his publishing company was part of the catch and kill scheme and agreed to buy potentially damaging stories with no intention of ever running them. but trump's attorneys took aim at pecker's credibility and exposed while pecker said under oath trump had thanked him for killing stories, pecker had told the fbi, trump didn't thank him. one legal expert tells fox pecker's testimony shows how weak manhattan d.a. a alvin bragg's case is. >> david pecker helped trump more than hurt him. testifying his national inquirer buried stories all the time for a whole host of celebrities. so this wasn't just donald trump. and, you know, killing a story, that's not a crime. >> reporter: trump has pleaded not guilty to the 34 felony charges against him. prosecutors allege

c.b. cotton is live with the latest. hey, c.b. >> reporter: hi, griff.been reported following this magnitude 4.if 8 earthquake, and the united states geological survey says there's more than a 70% chance for magnitude 3 and greater aftershocks to continue within the week. ing so while we're all on standby to possibly get shaken up a bit more, some places have taken the chance to find a bit of levity with this situation. the empire state building behind me posting on x shortly after the earthquake, quote: i'm fine. and then the after an aftershock yesterday evening posting, quote: i am still fine. so a bit of humor there. friday morning 4.8 magnitude tuesday earthquake was knelt 14 states from maine to north carolina with more than 52,000 americans -- 152,000 americans reporting tremors which say because the crust on the east coast is about 200 million years older than the west coast, an earthquake will indeed be felt across a broader area. people in new england telling us they were shocked when they saw picture frames and books rattling during the quake.

our own c.b. cottonone and camera, she's allowed to be there, walked into the liberation zone, and here's the response she got. >> reporter: wondering, can we talk to you guys about your demands for the university? >> we have -- do you mind, we have, like, a media team if you're interested in talking to people -- >> reporter: can we speak with that media team? >> could you stop recording for a second? would that be okay? >> reporter: well, i see there are other cameras here. >> if you would mind stopping record, we could connect you -- >> >> reporter: we just want to talk to you all about your demands for the university. we're with fox news. >> fox news? >> reporter: yes, that's correct. >> okay. yeah, we do have a press team. >> if you wouldn't with mind stopping recording, i can direct you to them, but you have to stop the -- >> reporter: well, pete, we tried to speak with some of the students, but they don't want to speak with us, and they're very selective about who they allow into this liberated zon

c.b. cotton is outside trump tower following this case very closely. c.b. with, what's the latest?porter: hi, david. well, friday was another day of witness testimony, and we watched as trump's defense team tried the paint this picture to the jury that trump was not a part of a scheme to protect his 2016 presidential campaign from bad press. now, again, the defense team tried to poke holes in the kid about of ex-media mogul david pecker. pecker, one of the the prosecution's key witnesses, wrapped up four days of testimony this week. pecker said his company paid $150,000 to silence former or playboy playmate karen mcdougal to keep her if saying she had an affair with trump, something trump denies. trump's longtime executive assistant also took the stand on friday as the state tries to prove trump was behind another scheme, this one to silence adult film star stormy daniels who claim claims she also had a tex yule -- sexual encounter with trump. graph said she vaguely remembers seeing daniels at trump tower long before the 2016 election. trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony char

. >> charlie: c.b. cotton is live at columbia university with more. c.b.? >> good morning, guys.-palestinian student demonstrators claim the university threatened to call in the national guard to clear out the lawn. as you mentioned, now we are gearing up to thee these protesters camped out for at least two more days. the university tells us the students have agreed to a series of concessions including removing a significant number of tents and people not afill added with columbia university from the encampment and making the encampment welcome to all by prohibiting discriminatory or harassing language. new york house republicans say too many jewish students have already been harassed. now they are calling on president shah fechuch to resign. one of those jewish students sharing this video with fox this is what she encountered when she tried to approach the encampment. >> so that we can. [chanting: start to push them. >> push them. >> out of the camp. >> out of the camp. calling on the biden administration to revoke federal funding for columbia and student visas for any internati

. >> ainsley: c.b. cotton is live now at columbia university. she has been there all week. latest? >> hi, good morning, guys. we are getting closer to that demonstration which will happen here right outside the gates of columbia university. this demonstration should remind the entire community there are still hostages remaining in gaza. take a look at this. the flier was placed up here moments ago. this precious baby boy taken back on october 7th by hamas terrorists. jewish students tell us they feel like these -- feel like these lives are being forgotten, especially when they hear chants like this. [chanting we want all of this] >> now columbia university says there are no plans to bring in the nypd to clear out the pro-palestinian anti-israel encampment. but a university spokesperson says there are still ongoing discussions with the student demonstrators who have been protesting the ongoing conflict for more than a week now. and this comes as the clock winds down to commencement. and, again, these protesters have said they are not going to leave until their demands are me

c.b. cotton is with us. do we know if there's any damage caused by this quake?er: hi, stu, good morning x. that moment of you on air during this earthquake was just remarkable. [laughter] and good proper british fashion, you stayed unfazed. [laughter] i was very impressed. people down here in our newsroom, i'm told, were look at each other in shock and disbelief that an earthquake had a just happened. i was told it was 20-30 seconds of really steady shaking right here in the newsroom. the good news, stu, is that right now -- this is from the mayor's office a -- they say their preliminary if assessment shows no signs of major damage, but they are still assessing the aftermath of this earthquake. i can tell you it's starting to look like there may be some traffic impacts. of course, this was felt across the northeast. right now we are hearing, right now no major traffic impacts here in the city, but we are told -- let me look to my if producer right now. where did we just hear those impacts? new jersey transit is saying there are delays of up to 20 minutes in both

c.b. cotton is at columbia with the latest there. >> nice to see you. the crowd just started dispersing moments ago. 500 people, pro-israel supporters, family members of some of the israeli hostages who gathered together to show solidarity with israel as pro-palestinian demonstrations continue to spread across college campuses across the country. the people here say it is important for them to let the community know calls for a cease-fire should also include calls for hostages to be released. now in the meantime as you mentioned, julie, columbia university is trying to figure out how to clear out the pro-palestinian encampment in time for the undergraduate commencement on may 15th. university spokesperson says there is progress as discussions continue with student demonstrators and those demonstrators have pledged to stay camped out until the university meets their demands. listen. >> we are calling upon columbia university to divest, disclose and provide amnesty for all students and faculty disciplined in the movement for palestinian liberation. those

c.b. cotton has a student with her up at columbia. c.b.? >> reporter: hello martha thank you.here right now with katie who is a senior at columbia university and also probably jewish. we've been chatting and staying in touch. i want to ask you katie will have the past 24 hours being like for you and some of your peers? >> absolutely crazy. honestly just disturbing and disgusting. the fact that not only we go to school with people who are so ignorant and uneducated, but on top of that the administration really has allowed this to go on. it's been an issue for months and should have been stopped out of her eighth. the fact it's still going on is deplorable. >> you saw the income and on campus yesterday finally shut down today, what was it like for you walking past that every day? >> it just makes jewish students feel hated and disgusted. you're walking by your fellow students and all of us recognize people we go to class with every day who are calling for our genocide. there all conference and their family members to be murdered per and raped and beheaded and butchered. i mean i

c.b. cotton's report. the fact they are saying we are negotiating with the students. excuse me?> brian: get them off. >> lawrence: you have to negotiate? >> ainsley: that's like -- lawrence, isn't that like a parent who punishes their child and still allows them to go out with their friends? it's like we told you you have to leave at midnight. if you don't, you're arrested. oh, never mind, can you stay for two more days. >> lawrence: yeah. we told you that but, excuse me, maybe we should just give you more time i mean, i hope this negotiation goes better than the negotiation between israel and hamas. i mean, they are holding everyone hostage right now and shame on chuck schumer. >> brian: he has done nothing. >> lawrence: highest ranking jewish american in this country to stand firm and say i'm not going to capitulate to what these activists are saying on the ground. he did everything they commanded them to. he went after netanyahu. he said, you know what? there should be a cease-fire right now. after doing all of that, they go straight to brooklyn and they stick it to him and s

c.b. cotton is arrive in front of trump tower in new york with more. c.b., to you. enter hi, molly.k state is trying to convince a jury that former president donald trump was part of a scheme to catch negative stories and kill them before they were ever made public. a key witness for the prosecution, former tabloid boss david pecker, testified his publishing company was part of the catch and kill scheme and agreed to buy potentially damaging stories with ono intention of ever -- with no intention of ever running them. but trump's attorneys took aim at pecker's credibility, exposing while he said under oath trump had thanked him for killing stories, pecker had told the fbi that trump didn't thank him. one legal expert tells fox pecker 's testimony shows how weak manhattan d.a. alvin bragg's case is. >> -- pecker helped trump more than hurt him, testifying his "national enquirer" buried stories all the time for a whole host of celebrities, so this wasn't just donald trump. and, you know, killing a story, that's not a crime. finish. >> reporter: trump has pleaded not guilty to the 34 f

i think c.b. cottons live there this morning. >> ainsley: hey, c.b., tell us what's happening. >> hi, ainsley, charlie, brian, good morning to you three. yes, you know, some jewish students here on the campus of columbia university say for more than a week they have heard nonstop chants calling for israel to be wiped off the map. as this campus remains divided and tensions are high, these students are planning to hold a rally this evening called united for israel. jewish students tell us they plan to begin placing flags on one of the campus lawns this morning. it's still not clear how columbia university will clear another campus lawn where some pro-palestinian student protesters have been camped out now for more than a week. those students said on social media they have been threatened with the national guard. but the university tells fox that is not true. house speaker mike johnson came here to columbia yesterday and warned, amid a crowd of boos that calling in military force was a real possibility. [w

. >> c.b. cotton joins us live coming up and eric shawn is live from the new york supreme court. eric, good morning. >> eric: good morning, guys from new york state supreme court where the defense will continue to resume its cross-examination this morning of david pecker. it turns out that the former national inquirer tabloid publisher said he cut a lot of so-called catch and kill deals with a lot of famous people through the years. not just former president trump. the definition will continue in about two and a half hours or so with president trump's lawyer cross-examining pecker trying to bring out the weaknesses in this case against the former president. pecker, still considers himself a friend of former president trump's. he testified yesterday about the catch and kill deal to protect the president when he was running back in 2016. he called trump his mentor who offered help when an inquirer photo editor died anthrax letter mailed to the company headquarters in 2019. >> today was breathtaking what went on in this room it was breathtaking. and amazing testimony this is a trial

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c.b. cot cotton is there. two the deadlines to remove the tents came and went. are they talking about this? >> reporter: hi, stu. well, this is a perplexing situation to say the least. protesters say during those ongoing negotiations at one point the university threatened to bring in the national guard to sweep the encampment. columbia university appears to be backing down for now and says it will continue negotiating with these students for at least two more days. now the students have agreed to a series of concessions to include prohibiting discriminatory or harassing language. aerial footage from this morning shows many tents still remain there, and jewish students say this is where hateful rhetoric is happening. >> we hear slogans like from the river to the sea, palestine will be free, there's a lot of questions about, well,ing where does israel fit in there? or calling people nazis or saying go back to poland, it's genocidal rhetoric, and it's very aggressive. there is a lot more fear on campus within the last week, certainly. >> reporter: many are question