cb cotton is live on the campus of nyu, what is the latest? >> hi, john, this is the open air gaza solidarity and encasement that has been up at nyu for more than a week. they are hoping to obstructed the view of cameras with umbrellas we will try to see if anyone will speak with us. hi, can we ask you about your demands for the university? high matt, can we speak with you about the demands for the university? >> hang on. >> okay. i am not clear yet on whether someone will speak with us, but we don't know yet either whether the nypd will be called into it clear up this encampment and we have an up-close look of what officers have to contend with over at columbia university. they have some high powered electric saws to get through chain-link doors and once they were in they had to deploy flash bangs, watch. [booming] >> there were more barricades they have to fight through over turn the soda machines, tables and chairs again when they got through the building. all the while students inside kept chanting, watch this. columbia university says ham

cb cotton at columbia. i want to correct chuck schumer made a comment yesterday. netanyahu removed but schumer said this smashing windows with hammers, taking over university buildings is not free speech it is lawlessness, those who did it should face the consequences that are not nearly a slap on the wrist. he said it's unacceptable when the jewish students are targeted for being jewish. in verbal abuse as intimidation and justification of the murder and with the violence of octobe. as i said on my speech last november that is the anti-semitism it is lawful and unacceptable said chuck schumer yesterday. your reaction. >> there's big donors that doctors chuck schumer he's done such a big flip-flop this is not enough restatements congress needs to act. maria: is not enough. >> congress has given $5 billion to the university's the elitist universities and private institutions, our taxpayer dollars are paying for the protest on the street this is unacceptable chuck needs to put his money where his mouth is and produce divisive action and make sure this never happens

dana. >> dana: cb cotton thank you. >> bill: bring in paul mauro. you've been up all night and you just told us that you have never seen anything like this. to me it looks a lot like the summer of 2020. how do you characterize it? >> i was talking about primarily l.a. watching l.a. pop off i was astounded that for upwards of three hours there was no police response. the difference between new york and l.a., ucla is a public school and they're trying to float this meme that ucla's public safety had to invite lapd in. nonsense. if that's the protocol and you are the governor or mayor break it. there is a riot going on an peopled injured. that is not statutory. it is happening on public streets. those cops -- one thing i know about cops in a situation to go in. you tell them to go in, they will go in and do what they have to do. they have the disorder control units and know how to handle this kind of stuff. in l.a. it was a failure of leadership and we're very lucky. somebody needs to resign. very, very lucky that tent city didn't ignite. you have all

i believe cb cotton, our correspondent, is on the ground not far from where you are. cb, i see broken glass behind you. >> cb: >>hi, steve, a lot of damage in the area after last night's chaos. i have two paper fliers, this know wo disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest. you can see the glass panelling at this bus stop has been smashed. the city will have to foot the bill for this and columbia has damage, too. minouche shafik authorized the police to come in lasts last night. university released a statement, we'll monitor and be back to you. >> brian: right in the eye of the storm from day one. you will need ptsd therapy after this. lawrence, you are back with a special guest. >> steve: two. >> lawrence: we have students here that have been in the epicenter of this, alesha, and drake, an army student and student, as well. as a veteran and student seeing what is taking place on campus, what goes through your mind? >> i'm pretty concerned. the response last night is lodge o overdue. there is no plan for veterans. i sent multiple e-mails and students feel u

cb cotton, live, thank you.riff: a national vice president of the fraternal order of police, thank you for being a here, this rise in assaults and the rise of attacks on law enforcement officers. what do you think? >> and i will the war on cops continues to rage. the fbi released a report that it was a 10 year high, the nypd had their most assaults on officers in recorded history. 378 police officers shot last year. a record number since we started tracking the data. 24 is not shaping up any better, we are outpacing those historic numbers to the tune of one police officer shot every 20 one hours in this country and we still had house democrats, one hundred 68 of them had the audacity to vote against the bill that would have deported illegal migrants who assault police officers, 60 of them in that group voted against condemning violence against police officers. it is completely disgusting, those house democrats gave a big middle finger to america's law enforcement. griff: we can show viewers the stats with assaul

cb cotton is live in rockaway beach new york at the latest. >> hi, mike.n example of one of those changing requirements getting assigned to shallow pools. no longer times while doing the 300-yard swim. they just have to be able to swim it. that is just one example right there. this life guard shortage is a conversation happening all across the country here in the big apple. all eight are opening this weekend. the numbers are still too low. access will be limited. listen to this. >> we will be opening up our beaches on memorial day. there will still be some segments that will be closed for one reason. ideally we want over thousand lifeguards. we don't anticipate getting to quite those automated levels. >> right now the city has 230 lifeguards spanning the beaches which is less than half of the 300 required to fully staff the city's shoreline. more than 500 recruits are in the training program so parks and bruckel officials believe by july they will be fully staff. in the meantime remote-controlled drones are being used this summer to drop flotation devices

cb cotton reporting for us at nyu. cb. >> hi, harris.e we can see about 15 to 20 tents and several signs all calling for nyu to divest from israel. all of these students here in this open air encampment have been threatened with suspension but they are still here. presumably trying to make this open air encampment as comfortable as possible. food, water, plenty of blankets and pillows. no word yet whether the nypd will be called in to clear it out. an up-close look at what officers dealt with at columbia university. they had to use a high-powered electric saw. once they were in this is what happened next. [shouting] >> based on the facts and the law. that will -- some of you camera footage and interviews with witnesses. >> okay, there you just heard from manhattan d.a. alvin] talking about how he is going to review all of the cases, all the students and others non-affiliates arrested over at columbia university. it will be interesting to see, as we watch these cases play out in the courts. again, harris, back here at nyu there has been a

rock away beach on this memorial day weekend cb cotton, thanks cb. the unofficial beginning of summer but it looks like it could be a wet welcome for many americans. fox weather meteorologist adam klotz here now with the forecast. adam. adam: wet welcome especially along the east coast and severe storms are tracking over the last several days are going to be the main concern. they're going to continue to shift towards the east. but beginning with where they are this big line of severe thunderstorms this is leading edge moving over the appalachian mountains and all of the mississippi valley you're looking at several -- the severe thunderstorms, tornado warnings and a couple of confirmed tornadoes currently on the ground eep of these purple boxes is that but we're seeing tornado that's currently on the ground making its move. i expect many more of these in hours to come we've got a setup here with a four on scale of five that's exactly what we saw yesterday. we saw a bunch of big tornadoes overnight. we're in position where we could see something simil

cb cotton here now with more on that. >> hi jon.he judge just positioning alec baldwin's case is on track for a trial this summer or on friday in new mexico judge ruled prosecutors had not acted in bad faith when securing a grand jury indictment as alleged by the defense to get the toss may 17 hearing baldwin's defense team argued the odds had been unfairly stacked against baldwin. the prosecution kept jurors from hearing key testament which could've been helpful to baldwin's case but lead a special prosecutor pushed back saying those claims were a misrepresentation arguing nothing was hidden from the grand jury. the judge ultimately ruled the indictment against the actor will stand. baldwin's team reacted to the ruling writing to fox digital quote we look forward to our day in court. criminal defense attorney quick spouse representing alec baldwin i would try to throughout these charges on a different basis not try to throw a grand jury indictment you're never going to do that. but the lawyer should have argued is there's already b

versus go to cb cotton on those projects she is a life outside of barclays center in brooklyn where nypd is out in full force. >> hi that is right a small crowd of demonstrators are and started to gather here behind me for today's rally today's demonstration would likely be one of dozens to take place across the country today. calling for a permanent cease-fire in the israel/hamas war. also for organizers the events happening across the nation. they are to commemorate what is called referring to the 1948 arab-israeli war and the mass exodus of palestinians from the middle east region. this amount is also in israel declared its independence a time signifies a joy and strength for many jews and israelis. the contrasting of the time. as a quick summary of some of the division we may witness over the weekend for the demonstrations across the country today could respond to weekly protests for the summer months. this would be similar to what we saw at the start of the israel/hamas war there was a lot of additional momentum behind the pulsating movement. activists have been reinvigorated by cam

cb cotton is live in new york city with the latest. height cb. >> that is right.e is coming to an end. the prosecution final witness, michael cohen will face further cross-examination come tomorrow. that is when after that is done former president donald trump team will have a chance to present a defense of its own. we wait to see how or if his lawyers do that the former president is not wasted the chance to remind the crowd at the nra convention this weekend of the gag order he is under. >> i am able to talk about things although i do have a gag order. [laughter] i can't talk about the things i want to talk about because, what i talk about is just on the surface because if i go in they want me too put me in jail can you believe they want to put me in jail if i say the truth so i cannot talk about certain things you can't talk about this. you can't talk about that. but those of the best things. >> the judge overseeing the month long criminal trial has told lawyers to be ready for closing arguments as soon this tuesday by the prosecution's star witness, michael coh

. >> sandra: you know what, cb cotton tried earlier and they would not. alexis thank you for that we appreciated, thank you. john? >> john: and the pride of the umbrellas in the trump trial in new york we saw the former president and to the courthouse after the lunch break. stormy daniels former attorney is back on the stand for cross-examination. alina habba up next with her thoughts on next stay tuned. >> these were all timed by democrat prosecutors they were elected or appointed that could essentially know how long these cases would take and time them to hit right in the middle of campaign season of 2024. i'd go to america's best! why? for a comprehensive, quality eye exam! from a doctor? yeah! and it may cost less than your regular doc! plus, america's best has one of the nation's largest groups of optometrists! sounds good! it is! i'll go! good call! play ball! not your line... get 40% off a single pair right now at america best. because eye care is healthcare and you deserve the best. i couldn't get my hair done. then psoriatic arthritis. cosentyx w

. >> a trial date is looming cb cotton is light in her new york city newsroom. the judge has now ruled this case was properly presented to a grand jury. the likelihood alec baldwin will sent thstand throughout the sums defense lawyers filed a motion to get the case dismissed. arguing the prosecution had not sufficiently shown evidence to grand jurors that could have supported baldwin's case. during a tense may 17 hearing special prosecutor carol morrissey defended her handling of the grand jury. saying jurors were alerted to the existence of witnesses and evidence from the defense. she said jurors never asked to examine the items closer but ultimately the judge upheld the criminal indictment. riding in her friday ruling new mexico law does not require prosecutors to present exculpatory evidence or require grand jurors to even consider it after being alerted to its existence. baldwin faces one count of involuntary manslaughter to which he has pleaded not guilty. nearly three years ago's as you mentioned during a rehearsal on the set of the movie, rest a gun baldw

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>> a protest outside e graduation ceremony with cb cotton live outside yankee stadium in new york cityor us. hi, cb. >> yes, the commencement ceremony is ongoing for yankee stadium as you can see behind me a small group of student protesters has decided to walk out and demand nyu to vest and sever ties with israel. i want to step out of the way and give you a better view so we can listen to the chants from these protesters. >> say the word palestine! >> read are you you hear student protesters calling on nyu's president to do more and support of his ongoing protests and this comes as many try to bring achievement today but as the student protesters a small group of nyu faculty say today's commencement is a distraction and this group took to social media to urge people to tag nyu and say "nyu's graduation ceremonies are a distraction. you cannot ignore palestine activism when so many of been killed" this is a tight screening today, no one was allowed in with large bags, flags, banners, or science but student protesters have used new tactics over at columbia university students protested

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cb cotton breaks it down for us. the jury is there to hear instructions first.r two things. want to hear instructions and testimony of pecker and cohen. but the instructions are going to come first. that's the first order of business. cb cotton, are you there? >> i'm here. there is a lot of minutia in this case. donald trump would have 30 days to file an appeal. legal experts tell us his team would likely waste no time in filing one. the appeal would go first to new york's appellate division where trump's legal team likely request a stay of any sentence such as jail time until the appeals process plays out. it would be entirely up to an appellate judge to decide whether that request is granted. now as for the grounds which trump's team could appeal to have a possible conviction overturned, one of the theories that has been discussed at length by fox legal experts is for trump's lawyers to argue that testimony from adult film star stormy daniel was prejudicial. they said her talking about -- during daniels testimony the lawyers called twice for a mistrial but den

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fox's cb cotton has more now from new york.n behind bars in new york while authorities consider a request to extradite him to california, where he is facing additional time on sex abuse charges. >> the 72 year old denied consent for extradition to california at the brief hearing on thursday, showing up at queens criminal court in a wheelchair days after being released from the hospital. his legal team citing his health and trial preparation as a reason to stay in new york. >> mr. weinstein is here in new york so that we can prepare for trial and that he and that he get the medical care he needs and just concerned that travel and a lot would how that would impact his his health issues. >> weinstein's attorneys also argue the prosecution needs to produce the appropriate documentation for an extradition. >> they are not in a position to extradite mr. weinstein right now because they have not done what they need to do. >> the court now weighing whether he should stay to await a retrial or be sent to the west coast to serve his 16 y

cb cotton outside nyu now to bring us the latest developments . >> flash bangs heard across ucla's campusday morning as police tore down an encampment after a tense standoff overnight, officers in riot gear removed barricades made of plywood and metal fences to begin making arrests. >> civil disobedience is not constitutionally protected free speech and obviously uncivil disobedience, committing crimes, trespass, violence, destruction represents a criminal violations. >> police had been building up their presence on campus after dueling groups erupted into violent protests on tuesday. hundreds of protesters inside the encampment refused police orders to leave while just outside another crowd gathered and joined in on the pro-palestinian chants. some say they believe a number of the protesters are not students. >> i saw three busses on the first day of the encampment. i don't know where they came from. some of them looked like they were in their 40s or 30s. >> here in new york, students at nyu have been threatened with suspension after setting up another encampment on thursday morning. a n

fox's cb cotton has more from new york . >> the summer travel season kicking off with a bang.eporting it screened nearly 3 million airline passengers on friday alone. that's a new record for a single day. >> but they're being efficient and they're well prepared, so i like that so i can make my flight. >> i'm kind of shocked that we just went through pretty quickly. even checking in with a car seat took no more than, what, five minutes? >> it comes just after thursday marked the third busiest day on record, just under 2.9 million travelers passing through u.s. airports. and it's not just the skies that are packed. 38 million americans will hit the road. that's also a record. >> we haven't seen numbers like this for memorial day in nearly 20 years. we're not just talking about pre-pandemic numbers. we are surpassing pre-pandemic numbers. >> the surge in getaways comes even as americans are concerned about rising prices. the cost of a vacation is up about 3.5% since 2019. >> everything is up, up price. the rental car is up. like i said, hotel accommodations made me use my miles t

cb cotton has the latest developments.a the antifa, la. >> hundreds of new york city police officers sweeping columbia university's campus tuesday night, arresting dozens of protesters who took over an academic building. the nypd and the people of the city of new york will never be locked out, and we will always work together to keep our city safe. the nearly two hour long operation began around 9:30 p.m. local time, when officers moved past makeshift barricades and used a ladder to climb into the building. protesters were then let out to correctional busses. the nypd says no one was injured during the arrest, but on social media, protesters claimed several students had been hurt. >> the nypd is precision policing ensured that the operation was organized, calm and that there were no injuries. >> the nypd also clearing out a pro-palestinian encampment at city college of new york last night and arresting dozens more people, though protesters are taken into custody, say they're not concerned. >> we'll do what we always done.

fox news cb cotton has the latest now on that trial from new york, as it wraps up after five weeks. >ts end. monday is expected to wrap up testimony by trump's attorney, michael cohen, one of the final witnesses called by the prosecution as trump's defense team completes cross examination. >> the prosecution's case is so weak that it's very hard to imagine that anyone can look at this and think that president trump is truly guilty of a crime, because he is not. >> once cohen is done testifying , prosecutors appear poised to rest their case. still, trump's lead lawyer, todd blanch, left open the possibility that trump could take the witness stand himself, telling the judge last week he planned to discuss the possibility with the former president over the weekend. throughout the case, trump has been barred from publicly commenting on witnesses and jurors due to an ongoing gag order. but thursday, nearly a dozen house republicans flocked to the manhattan courthouse, lending their support to trump and speaking out on his behalf. >> they want to be in his cabinet. they want to curry favor

our white cb cotton outside the barclays center in brooklyn, new york keeping an eye on the protest.b, thank you. a new impeachment effort is underway in the house of representatives after president biden threatened to deny weapons to israel if it should continue to invade rafah republican lawmakers say this is an abuse of power. lucas and tlucas tomlinson his e white house with more. >> seriously republican congressman from l orta corporae mills brought the impeachment resolution forward. >> there's really no different if you go back to a president what presidentbiden had tweetedt previously. he said withholding congressionally appropriated aid for a return of a political gain is in some way a quid pro quo he wants to win michigan. he wants to pander to the radical left. >> here's more from that impeachment resolution quote is the powers of high office president biden solicited a quid pro quo with the foreign government of israel by withholding precision guided weapons shipments in order to try to extract military policy changes for the top democrat on the house armed services commi

cb cotton thank you. latest hot hotspot for illegal border crossing southern california's are not waiting for border patrol fox team spotted a group of colombian migrants who got tired of waiting till the order date rideshare car and took off. it is not clear if they knew they crossed illegally let's bring arizona congresswoman debbie lesko member of the house of border security caucus. congresswoman thank you for joining us this afternoon. what do you make of a rideshare at the border? >> just when you think it cannot get worse, it gets worse. they know, that legal snow biden is not going to enforce the immigration laws. and so they feel comfortable doing whatever they want. this is a dangerous. it is preventable. we just need a new president so that we can secure the border. rich: do you think it demonstrates a border patrol is so overwhelmed they cannot get to these areas and that people can actually cross the border, order a rideshare, wait for the car in the middle of may beat nowhere, i don't know a

. >> cb cotton had the update from new york. >> the judge has ruled this case was properly presenteding the likelihood alec baldwin will stand trial this summer. his defense lawyers filed a motion to get the case dismissed arguing the prosecution had not sufficiently stone evidence to grant jurors that could have supported his case but during tent hearing, special prosecutor carrie morrissey defendant are handling of the grand jury sank jurors were alerted to the existence of witnesses and evidence from the defense but she said jurors never asked to examine the items closer and ultimately the judge upheld the criminal indictment writing in her ruling that the law does not require prosecutors to present exculpatory evidence or require grant jurors to even consider it after being alerted to addict existence. he faces one count of involuntary manslaughter to which he pleaded not guilty. three years ago during a rehearsal on the set, a gun he was holding fired, killing halyna hutchins the defense filed two motions to dismiss the indictment that the judge has yet to consider. if convicted

neil: cb cotton has seen her in the scores are on the protests we were seeing across college campuseso see the good stuff, when graduates have a chance to graduate. with going on at yankee stadium at new york university. >> the commencement is underway and the speaker at the podium is using this opportunity to get political instilling the student body not to demonize one another and praising peaceful protests, also watching to see how many students will lose the graduation stage is a chance for them to protest the ongoing war in gaza. a lot of families will see celebration. a group of nyu faculty says the commencement is a distraction keeping and why you from meeting demands, the faculty talk to social media, to tag and why you and right, quote, nyu's graduation celebrations are distraction from its complicity in genocide. you cannot suppress palestine activism while 40,000 have been murdered, end quote. no one was allowed into yankee stadium today with large bev, flags, banners or signs with student protesters may use similar tactics columbia university students on sunday. one studen

fox news correspondent cb cotton is at columbia university. cb. >> hi, new york city mayor eric adams using some of the harshest language yet to describe the ongoing protests which have erupted across the country in response to those who say hey, these were just students protesting at columbia. he says there were outside agitators who influenced and co-oped the entire operation. columbia issued a shelter in place at 8:30 local time last night and the mass arrests occurred. droves of officers moved makeshift barricades created by the student protestors and they were taken into custody with zip ties and led to correctional buses. nypd says in the days leading up to the overnight chaos even as columbia locked down access people got onto campus who should not have been. >> last week there was the wife of somebody who had been convicted for material support to terrorism on campus. we have no evidence of any criminal wrongdoing on her part. but that's not somebody who i would want necessarily influencing my child if i were a parent of somebody at col

fox news correspondent cb cotton has the update. >> hi guys man accusedded of believing him bloody andecond degree assault charge. he was given a $50,000 cash bail, and this comes after he was taken into custody on friday with nothing to say about the crime. >> that's 50-year-old clifton williams taken by detectives out of the police precinct he was treated at hospital after the may 8th attack photos later showed him on a film set here in the city with a black eye. hidden behind sun glass his publicist released a statement saying actor was okay. but added that he felt, quote, incredibly sad for everyone that this has happened to also walking the streets of new york. bushmy is known in boardwalk empire and born in brooklyn served with the fdny four years before leaving to dive deeper into his acting career. after 9/11 he returned to his fire station to dig through the rubble and look for survivors get this boardwalk empire costar michael was also randomly assaulted here in the big apple. back in march he was walking in central park when a man threw a rock at his neck and chased after th

cb cotton is light outside of new york state supreme court with more of what we can expect in the daysjon. more than seven hours of cross-examination across two days. former preside president donaldx lawyer michael cohen faces more intense questions when he returns to the stand tomorrow. so far trumps defense team has tried to paint: as someone who is a habitual liar and wants to see his former boss behind bars. trumps lawyers have tried to highlight lies cohen has told under oath in the past. todd and blanche the defense attorney has also attacked testimony company it gave earlier in the trial when cohen claims he spoke on the phone with then candidate trump about the stormy daniels payment. blanchet pointed to text argument: instead talk to trumps a bodyguard about harassing phone calls cohen had been receiving for it to that point cohen maintained he spoke to both the bodyguard and trump in the same call. trumps defense team is also tried to paint a picture cohen wants revenge after not getting a job in the white house. during cross-examination on thursday cohen insisted he never on

cb cotton at yankee stadium. they are holding their graduation ceremony right now. cb. >> as you said, some nyu students may choose to end four years of hard work in protest. there is always tight security here at the stadium but just behind me people are being screened to make sure no one brings in large bags, air horns, banners, things like that. we're watching to see whether students decide to write anti-israel messages on caps or secure pro-palestinian signs to their gowns. faculty members urging protestors to disrupt the social media with protest posts writing in a post on x, quote. no graduation distractions when nyu hosts genocide. they are complicit in the ongoing murder and he razorback you are of the palestinian people police were called there twice. the first time more than 100 people were arrested. nyu president said fewer than half were students. during the columbia graduation on sunday one wore zip tie handcuffs and once handed her diploma, turned to the audience and ripped it to pieces. others carried the palestinian flag. other schools like george was

dark shadow casting over some beaches where there's a life guard shortage fox news correspondent cb cotton new york, tonight. >> hi joey yeah life guard shortage is a conversation happening across the entire country here in new york city, all eight beaches opened this weekend. but to keep everyone safe, city officials did limit access. >> will be opening up our beaches on memorial day there will be some segments of the beach that are closed for two reasons one because of life guard shortage we want over a thousand and we don't anticipate getting to quite those optimal levels. reporter: right now city has 230 life guardsmanning beaches. which is less than half of the roughly 600 required to fully staff the shoreline. this city has said more than 500 recruits are in training program so parks and rec officials think by july fully staffed in the meantime remote control drones use on city beaches this summer to drop nation devices to swimmers in distress and to alert that help is on the way. and just a highlight how difficult it can be to staff life guards, new york city like many other communi

aishah: cb cotton live for us in new york. thank you.ff: multiple anti-israel protesters were arrested last night at the university of pennsylvania, after they attempted to occupy a campus building. this comes one week after the encampmentment on the campus was taken down and it's unclear how many were arrested last night. and in the windy city, in chicago, protesters took over the university of chicago's institute of politics building friday afternoon and raised a palestinian flag. the campus newspaper reporting that students brought chairs inside the building, locked doors, and spray painted security cameras. campus law enforcement were able to clear the building. now, for more on this, let's bring in the author of "the parent revolution, rescuing your kids from radicals ruining our schools" cory deangeles. thank you for being here. i want to scroll on the screen and our producer did a great job to show this, the number of institutions, schools that you are seeing an acquiescence, i call it, u-cal berkeley, occidental, brown, harvard,

cb cotton is live outside the courthouse in new york city. where are we now, cb?ng. moments ago senator bob menendez arrived here to manhattan federal court where cross examination will continue of the prosecution's first witness. f.b.i. agent who testified that during a raid of the couple's home back in june 2022, he found wads of cash stuffed inside jacket pockets and gold bars inside a safe and locked closet. these items again to include a mercedes benz convertible are ones prosecutors allege to be the fruits of a years' long bribery scheme between the senator, his wife and businessmen with ties to qatar and egypt. the senator's could last up to two months and nadine's trial has been postponed to july. she has pleaded not guilty to the charges she faces in this case. bill. >> bill: more coming up throughout the day. >> dana reads sports. >> dana: coming through when it counted the most. watch here. >> gets it up. the pass is close. they score! the rangers take a 4-three lead with 4:19 remaining. >> dana: the new york rangers delivering a hat-trick it is called,

cb cotton is live from nyu in new york city as well. hi, cb. >> hi, dana. from this open air encampment. students have been threatened with suspension. still there are about ten to 20 tents and plenty of supplies here, too, food, water, blankets and pillows. students are waking up to another day demanding nyu divest from israel. yesterday we watched as hundreds of anti-israel protestors marched through the city before arriving to nyu's encampment by the evening. nyu placed an academic and commons building on lockdown as the crowd grew. a scuffle broke out as a small crowd of counter pro-israel protestors. city college hundreds of anti-israel protestors denounced the mass arrest tuesday night where officers cleared out an occupied hamilton hall. tables, chairs and desks students used to barricade themselves inside the building. columbia says it is now an active crime scene and according to one local report of the nearly 300 people arrested tuesday night on new york campuses, more than 10% have been arrested before. no word yet, dana, on whether the nypd will

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arthel: let's go live to s cb cotton in new york city. cocci arthel but former president donald trump is facing what could be the most crucial day of the trial yet with testimony expected from his for hisformer attorney michael n former president trump is on her gag order barred from speaking about any witnesses in this case. as a beachfront rally yesterday instead of going after cohen, trump attacked the case itself and accused president joe biden of driving it. even though the charges were filed by prosecutors here in manhattan. >> i have come hear from new york where i am being forced to endure a biden show trial. all done by biden. carried out -- make all being done by hand. carried out by radical district attorney, you know who he is. fat alvin. [laughter] cooks those remarks come as cohen is expected to testify tomorrow that he paid it daniels hush money on trump's behalf leading up to 2016 presidential election. in an effort to keep her quiet about an alleged sexual encounter with the former president. prosecutors say it went trump

but first cb cotton's life outside of trump tower in new york city. >> hi jon.el cohen has been billed as the prosecution's star witness has to convince a jury he is a credible one because he is disbarred a lawyer and a convicted felon these are high-stakes. cohen again trumps exit lawyer is expected to testify about how he negotiated hush money payment to adult film star stormy daniels and about how he secured reimbursement cohen has said it was trump who directed them to pay daniels leading up to the 2016 presidential election. in an effort to keep her quiet about alleged sexual encounter with trump. prosecutors say when trump repaid: the payments were unlawfully marked as legal expenses to conceal their true nature. former president trump says he never had sex with daniels and he denies he had any role in falsifying records. here is trump this past friday outside the courtroom. >> it was eight legal expense that somebody happened to be being i did not do the bookkeeping i did not know about a very good bookkeeper marked eight legal expense down as a legal exp

our correspondent cb cotton joins us with the back story. hello cd metro vancouver hello. for the first time the explosive video showed her ex beating her back in 2016. the singer took to instagram to route -- right in part domestic violence is the issue. it broke me down to some 1 i never thought i would become. last fall they settled a lawsuit where she alleged he subjected her to a years long abusive relationship. video again showing them attacking her was obtained by cnn and released friday. in response he has released a 1 minute apology video. >> i hit rock bottom. and make no excuses. my behaviour on that video is inexcusable. i take full responsibility. >> reporter: now former model crystal mckinney claims she too was a victim. she said she had dinner with them into thousand 3 and was later invited to his recording studio where she said he -- she felt pressure to drink and smoke. she was then forced to perform a sex act on the wrapper before becoming unconscious and waking up in the backseat of the taxicab. she alleges he later had her "blackballed in the industry.

fox news correspondent cb cotton is in new york city tonight. >> hi griff well as the trial winds downm will put up a defense. trump lawyers certainly don't have to. burden is on the prosecution to prove to a jury that trump is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt so they have to decide whether they were the prosecution key witness and former president trump's ex-lawyer michael cohen who testified that it was trump who approved plans to suppress negative stories and an effort to protect trump's 2016 presidential campaign. cohen testified, quote, everything required mr. trump's signoff. end quote, the defense, though, has argued trump was trying to protect his family and not his campaign. during cross-examination, trump's attorney todd blanche worked to undermine cohen credibility. blanche highlighted lies cohen has told under oath in the past. he also tried to accuse cohen of lying again during his witness testimony for this trial. arguing that cohen lied about having a phone call with trump over the stormy daniels payment. blanche pointed to text challenging cohen that phone call was inst

protesters are planning what they call a day of action and brooklyn, new york that is were refined cb cotton is joining us live at that rally but what do you seeing out there so far? >> hi bill, the crowd swelled to about 300 pro- palestinian demonstrators and then they rallied there for about an hour and a half they've been on the move ever since we've been trying to keep up with them. as you know live tv things change at a moments notice the crowd has gotten considerable way ahead of us. it seems that the group that's now coming onto the block may begin chanting going to let us listen and really quickly. free, free palestine. free, free, free palestine but you have the chance they are to give you some context this is a street hollywood a powerhouse american film director spike lee lives on these protesters are really on the move we are at least a couple of miles away from barkley center. i want to paint the picture for help coordinated organize somebody's rallies are. pamphlets are being held at with chance for people to yell during the protest i would say there are about 200 nypd officers

cb cotton' is live outside the new york state supreme court with a much more on what we can expect in the days ahead. >> hi arthel. the trial at winds at down the question now is whether former president donald trump's team will put up a defense for trump's lawyers certainly do not have to the burden is on the prosecution to prove to a jury trump is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt so jurors will have to decide whether they believe the prosecution's key witness and again trumps ex lawyer michael cohen who testified it was the former president who approved plans to suppress negative stories in an effort to protect 22016 presidential campaign. cohen testified quote everything required mr. trump's sign-up." the defense though has argued trump was trying to protect his family and not his campaign. during cross-examination trumps attorney todd blanche has worked to undermine cohen's credibility. blanche highlighted lies cohen has told under oath in the past. he also tried to accuse cohen of lying again during his witness testimony with this trial. arguing cohen lied about having a phone ca

fox news correspondent cb cotton is in new york city tonight. hi, griff. well, as the trial winds down, the question now is whether former president donald trump's team will put up a defense. trump's lawyers certainly don't have to. the burden is on the prosecution to prove to a jury that trump is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. so jurors will have to decide whether they believe the prosecution's key witness and former president trump's ex-lawyer michael cohen, who testified that it was trump who approved plans to suppress negative stories in an effort to protect trump's 2016 presidential campaign. cohen testified, quote, everything required mr. trump's sign off, end quote. the defense, though, has argued trump was trying to protect his family and not his campaign. during cross cross-examination, transferring tartlets, has worked, doing it right cohen's credibility and blanche highlighted license cohen is told under open the past any also trying to accuse cohen of like again during his wi for this trial, arguing that cohen lied about having a phone call

president is asking the police to remain on campus through graduation in about two weeks in new york, cb cotton, ktvu, fox two news, and just into the newsroom, we do want to note that classes have been canceled at ucla's campus. >> this morning. they put out a press release saying due to the distress caused by the violence that took place on royce quad late last night and early this morning, all classes are canceled today. please avoid the royce quad area. we'll keep you updated on this side of the story. >> new this morning. secretary of state antony blinken is in israel meeting with israeli leaders pushing for a cease fire deal between israel and hamas. secretary blinken met with israeli president isaac herzog, telling him the us is pushing hamas to accept the cease fire proposal that calls for the release of more hostages and provides humanitarian aid for gaza. secretary of state blinken also talked to the families of some hostages. bringing your loved ones home is at the heart of everything we're trying to do, and we will not rest until everyone man, woman, soldier, civilian, young, old is

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