this is at columbia university in new york, a. what of protestors they have been telling you well, you certainly can see it right now david, but this was a much, much for campus this morning that maybe you can hear some of the workers behind the dismantling. some of the parent barricades at the university has put up to make sure that the 2 groups of protesters were at a safe distance from each other. i had a chance to speak to both the pro palestinian students here on campus. and also those were commemorating the october 7th attack on israel. on the palestinian side, i would say there was a lot of fear among the students also fear from the media. it was actually quite a challenge to get somebody to speak to us on the record and give us their name because there is that impression that their narrative and their story is twisted in mainstream media. they also had a lot of severe from docs and from being identified. and then uh, you know, being either disappoint leader by the university. or you know, that this could affect their caree

my name is amber on guard, and i'm a student activist at columbia university. my family moved to the west bank. when i was 13 years old, there was a very different environment in california. my process for reevaluating my own movies was a gradual one, but truly i would say the marks for turn when trump moved the end to see fatality tourism was the berries pivotal turning point for me. as i was able to see what was effectively a peaceful protest met with a tremendous amount of violet. prob, it's rarely, if you're ready for it, i was unwilling, we dropped it into the idea in 2020, i contacted the objected. so we'd up to the 2021 is our gaza war. i spent 4 months over the course of uh, a for marshals and 6 imprisonment in military detention in the wake of october 7th, i honestly remember very little. i was pulling my family every day and i was trying to live in my re also realized their fuel, like a place for me. i've been to the organize on campus with the language that i want the message that i wanted to, but i participate in the cabinet last spring. despite not

the weekend show and basil michael, political analyst and professor of political studies at columbia universityou right now, michael. former president donald trump is participating in a townhall in lancaster, pennsylvania. earlier today, he visited a mcdonald's to work the fry machine. this is after trump made unfounded claims that the vice president didn't really work there as a student. and, of course, last night, you trump's bizarre rally in latrobe, pennsylvania, where he spoke for over 10 minutes about the late golfer, arnold palmer, and his anatomy. michael, is this the behavior of a serious candidate with just 2.5 weeks until an election? >> no, it's not. in fact, the vice president has made it very clear that she's running against an unserious opponent. donald trump is about the show, the entertainment. this has been a reality tv campaign, a reality tv presidency for 4 years, and we are all bit players and it. what is sad for me, reverend, is that watching that event last night in which donald trump spends text minutes talking about arnold palmer's private parts, the people behind him c

with more from there. >> columbia university says the professor is harassingother university staff. at the center of the controversy are videos that he posted stemming from the memorial that marked the one-year when hamas attacked israel. he says these videos speak for themselves. take a look. he took them during the october 7th memorial and he says that other students that are show pro-palestinian support attended and there were also carrying signs and shouting remarks demonstrating support for hamas. the professor said he encountered administration officials at the memorial and in this video approached them why he says they are tolerating the hate when he published this video and staff email addresses on social media as well. now he tells me even with this temporary ban in place he is not going to stop calling it out. listen to this. >> i think when every person on campus, jewish or not jewish, can be -- can feel safe being who they are, without having to hide any part of their identity, i know that my work is done because students are afraid to show their j

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my name is avalon garter, and i'm a student activist at columbia university. my family moved to the west bank when i was 13 years old. it was a very different environment. california. my process for re evaluating my own movies with a gradual one, but truly i would say the marks for turn when from move the end, the seafront ality tourism was the berries pivotal turning point for me. as i was able to see what was effectively of people protests that with a tremendous amount of violence from is really if you're ready for it, i was unwillingly drafted into the idea in 2020. i contacted the objected. so read off to the 2021 is our gaza work. i spend 4 months over the course of, uh, a for marshals and 6 imprisonment in military detention in the wake of october 7th, i honestly remember very little. i was pulling my family every day and i was trying to live in my grief also realized that their feel like a place for me authentically organized on campus is the language that i want the message that i wanted to look forward. i participated in the cabinet last spring, despi

he's been an outspoken critic of the university's handling of anti-semitism here at columbia and he saystemporary ban is an effort to sounds in. >> they decided that it won't man campus. this is the first time. and they are trying to push me out. >> reporter: the university says that's not true. they respect his first amendment right and stanstead this temporary ban is a consequence after he allegedly harassed and intimidated other employees here just last week when jewish students gathered to mark the one-year since hamas attacked israel. according to devitt i other students were tested the memorial with signs that he says supported hamas and in this video you can see here he says he's asking an administration official that he encountered why they tolerate anti-semitism. he publishes video on staff email addresses on his social media feed. lesson. >> martha: and fighting for columbia. and fighting for columbia's mission statement which is education which is the truth. i'm fighting against the administration because the administration is trying to run columbia to the ground. i'm fighting

as israel marked the one year anniversary of the october 7th attacks students at columbia university in new york stage demonstrations solomon support of israel, others backing the palestinian calls and protesting the war and gossip. columbia was the site of mass protests against the war earlier this year. and touched off a wave of campus demonstrations across the united states. the use abraham reports from new york police barricades lines an id scanners. these are unusual measures for columbia se campus, otherwise known for its openness to the public. but in the lead up to october 7th, university leadership team, the necessary for student safety side protests, encounter protests on one side of the divide. a pro israel demonstration today is not about is about us here. it's really not. it's about our friends and family in israel, and it's about commemorate october 7th. we just wanted to find a way to honor the hostages. to remember the people that you know that were killed and to raise awareness separated by metal and public safety officers, others protest the war. and guys of those at

i saw that when things are quiet, nothing on the founder and lead organizer in columbia university. these were ceasefire. we are an organization that is fighting for a collective of race and of all people, especially is rarely how city and who are suffering under the current is really government and under israeli occupation of the west bank and gaza. and i believe in the jewish community is ability to recognize that this is authentically better way forward for everyone. because piece and and in a strong waiver are things that are better for within war so it has had on the houses. there's thousands on the move as israel late fees to know of in terms of forcing palestinians to leave as the minute treat, moved in and another explosion has had environments as, as well, pounds and 11 is capital for nothing like the how i we got some for up old, some weather now rattling this way, pattering his way across much of western europe. lots of cloud rolling in from the atlantic. here we have the remnants of what was how we can cut tightly pack types of policy. some very strong winds gale force w

we have one of america's foremost linguists, john mcwhorter from columbia university. ersity an agree from stanford. the power of babble. nine nasty words, language in the gutter, which is frickin' great and most recently woke racism how a new religion has betrayed black america. he's published widely, a regular guest on the glen show with glen lawrie and a weekly newsletter in the new york times he discusses race, language, politics, and even music and musical theater. i especially recommend his piece if from last year about steely dan. dr. mcwhorter will speak for 25 minutes and after way engage in a discussion with aei's only dr. joshua katz. john and joshua will converse for about 20 minutes and then we'll turn to audience questions. afterwards, i hope you'll join us for deep conversation and light refreshments in the adjoining gallery. but first, please welcome-- join me in welcoming john mcwharton discussing language and the left. [applause] >> thank you aei for inviting me. thank you. especially to chris scalia and joshua katz for wanting my company tonight, and

footage columbia university and other campuses on october 7th.. the democratic party has decided that they want to essentially indulge that faction instead of outvariety rejectioning it. that's why you see this very awkward balance. now, i will say like you listen to the president and the vice president today they offered heart felt sympathy of the victims. supportive of israel wants right to defend itself. there is this caution against the escalation. pandering campus protesters. the anti-israel activists within the party. and that's really created a huge political dilemma. and it could make a difference in a close race. >> bret: even as netanyahu is having these military wins that have increased his popularity back in his country. meantime here in this country, dealing with the aftermath of helene and north carolina, those images are still really tough to look at for some of those communities that haven't been reached. and we are getting ready for hurricane milton in florida. here is peter doocy in the briefing room about funding and fema and q

he received a joint masters and gd from columbia university.s a member of the council on foreign relations as well as a national election crisis. he also sits on the board of the election reform network. without further ado i'm going to give the floor to professor garber and again professor garber thanks so much for coming here and telling us all we ever wanted to know about the u.s. elections. thank you very much chantelle. it's good to be here. let me give a little bit more background on how i got into this area. i've been working for close to 40 years on issues related to international development. mostly relating to elections observing elections overseas providing technical assistance to different countries and different organizations and that's what i was doing and obviously a citizen and a voter of the united states and didn't pay all that much attention to our elections in terms of details. then about seven years ago several colleagues of mine who had worked in the international development sphere decided to form a new organization which

i come from architecture and finance, i completed my studies at georgia tech, in paris and columbia university in new york, concentrating in urban design, real estate and investment. after school, i built development company focused on creating small walkable urban towns. later i was in saudi arabian with i managed a district of 3 kilometers. last three years i was in spain where i founded a finance company, we built over 1,000 units of housing including ground up and construction and finishing works in progress. it's vital that san francisco remains livable for people of all social i don't economic back grounds. i know how to build 8 2000 housing units without them being noticeable and without resorting to building towers along the water front, housing done right. at this pivotal moment san francisco must shine bright more than ever. you can learn about my cam cane at nevaro. vote. i look forward to your vote in november. thank you very much. >> hello every one i'm matt and i'm running for the board of supervisor because the san francisco deserves government being ability. i'm not a career po

and then i started to talk with a few friends, and one of them suggested i should approach columbia university because with this it is open for anyone to present. i was so lucky that the time was so right that the space was available. and when they read the proposal they loved it. so, i got a space for the -- for free last year. and then i had to think about what kind of exhibition and i had no one to help me back then. and i start why don't -- and i thought why don't i just start about the things that i want to. it is easier to do. i interviewed 25 -- i did a mix of high profile and low private -- low-profile people. i thought that low-profile equally as important. people we do not know and yet get arrested and charged, so they would be important. when we tend to do campaigns for well-known people, and this is not an exhibition that shows the problem. as it was said earlier that criticizing the monarchy in thailand is illegal and you could be imprisoned up to 15 years, right? now, criticism of the monarchy is subject to different types of interpretation. if they want to prosecute you, right,

he was not proslavery enough to teach in south carolina and he was forced out and went to columbia university. when the war begins he will be asked to be a consultant, a helper to the general who was the senior officer in the u.s. army. in addition to his west point training he had been a lawyer after he left the army in the 1850s. he is brought into the war department to write what will become general order 100 which is known mostly today as the labor code. that is the first carefully thought out expansive deeply thoughtful set of rules that creates the modern law for. today it is recognized as that even though in many ways we are beyond that. oddly enough a year after, you get the first geneva convention on the treatment of prisoners during that time. he is setting the stage for what is today the modern law of war. somebody asked me, is there a law of war? the answer is, of course. much of what jonathan was talking about is how it was enforced or not enforced. the guy stealing cherries under the lieber code, it was permissible for him to take cherries to eat because it's permissible to fora

he went to columbia university. when the war begins, he will be asked to be a consultant, henry hallock. who is the senior officer in the united states army. in addition to his west point training, have been a lawyer after he left the army in the 1850s. francis lieber is brought into the war department to write what will become general order 100, which is known mostly today as the francis lieber code. the francis lieber code is the most carefully thought out, expensive, deeply thoughtful set of rules, that creates the modern law of war. today, the francis lieber code is recognized today. oddly enough, one year after the francis lieber code, you get the first geneva convention on the treatment of prisoners during wartime. francis lieber is setting the stage for what is today the modern law of war. somebody asked me, is there a law of war? of course there is a law of war. much of what jonathan was talking about, was how the law of war was enforced or not enforced the guy stealing cherries, under the francis lieber cod

well, columbia university he at that time was believe it or it was afflicted students and even members of the faculty who were watching and waiting for an opportunity to raise hell do no good. to ken. i wonder if you been thinking as i have. things haven't changed. worth a --. but it was an interesting place. and it was the beginning of the opportunity that you would have to then bring to the real world a lesson at. the ken khachigian school of reality and the benefit of those. in attendance. ken is. i think, the most. of advisors to more chief executives at the federal and state level than it then even seems imaginable. look at this. he served as an advisor here on nine presidential campaigns and many, many gubernatorial campaigns, including, fortunately mine and if you've been fan of politics or if you've even been casually interested in it, you probably wouldn't have missed the david frost interview. the deep and personal with richard nixon and to be to president reagan's inaugural, an inaugural address. ken has been in the room, not just in the room. he has been a very important pa

well, columbia university he at that time was believe it or it was afflicted students and even members of the faculty who were watching and waiting for an opportunity to raise hell do no good. to ken. i wonder if you been thinking as i have. things haven't changed. worth a --. but it was an interesting place. and it was the beginning of the opportunity that you would have to then bring to the real world a lesson at. the ken khachigian school of reality and the benefit of those. in attendance. ken is. i think, the most. of advisors to more chief executives at the federal and state level than it then even seems imaginable. look at this. he served as an advisor here on nine presidential campaigns and many, many gubernatorial campaigns, including, fortunately mine and if you've been fan of politics or if you've even been casually interested in it, you probably wouldn't have missed the david frost interview. the deep and personal with richard nixon and to be to president reagan's inaugural, an inaugural address. ken has been in the room, not just in the room. he has been a very important pa

lieber is given a position at columbia university that he was not even considered for when first came to the united states. and then the war begins. lieber has spent. almost 25 years in the heart of the confederacy. the heart of the american slave ocracy. his oldest son enlists the confederate army and his two younger sons fight for the united states. when one talks about, you know, one one brother wore blue, one brother wore gray. this is a family where that happens. his oldest is killed at the battle williamsburg. one of his other sons, hamilton, loses an arm. note, by the way that he names his son hamilton. i mean that tells you a lot about where lieber's at. as a german who has become a naturalized american citizen, hamilton loses an. his other son survives the war unscathed. norman and he ends the war as a lieutenant so for labor the of war is personal because it involves own children. the war has traditionally been known to have killed. 620,000 soldiers. a few years ago, a historian who counts things say claimed that was really more like 750,000. but it's a weird kind of countin

literature where he stayed until his desk in 2003. columbia is one of the top 8 i v lead universities in the us were many leading politicians, economists and public figures have graduated. columbia also helped to loan shed woodside into the refined world of academia and literary criticism. no, not yet as a middling specialist in the west or public support of the comma standing in the midst of a place where i'm sitting right now used to be um, edward sites office. his secretary used to sit in one of the rooms. um, you know, down this down this hall and the room that you see here, almost everything is as it was when, when he was here, the end of the, the book, the this book, this gloss bookcase. this desk was so edwards or that chair was um, edwards. and um, this was um, there's a, an office with a lot of history. so he's in devon. might have remained purely literally. and his connection with the outer world simply a family didn't know to be for events in the middle east. in 1967, between the 5th and the 10th of june, is moving forward and defeated the combined on of egypt, syria and jo

[laughing] well, columbia university at that time wise, believe it or not, it was afflicted by students and even members of the faculty whoho were watching and waiting for an opportunity to raise hell and do no good. ken, , i wonder if you've been thinking as i have, things have changed worth a damn. that it was an interesting place, and it was the beginning of the opportunity that you would have to bring to the real world of lesson at the ken khachigian school of reality. and for the benefit of those in attendance, ken is arguably i think the most influential of advisors to more chief executives at the federal and state level than even seems imaginable. look at this. he served as an advisor on nine presidential campaigns. , meaning many gubernatorialal campaigns, including fortunatelyfo mine. and if you've been a fan of politics or if you have even been casually interested in it, you probably wouldn't have missed the david frost interviews, the deep and personal relationship with richard nixon, and to president reagan's first inaugural address. ken has been in the room. not just in the

and basil's michael, political analyst and professor of professional studies at columbia university. michael, you just heard from the vice president. first, what are your thoughts? >> you know, it's amazing to me at this point, reverend, that folks don't know who this vice president is. i don't know how many different ways she can tell her narrative. share not just her journeys story, but what she intends to do. you know, from the opportunity economy to dealing with issues in the middle east, and of course, as you could tell even on that first question, about what is happening on the ground, there is a delicate line for her to walk, because the administration that she is a part of is, at the moment, executing a particular case, in which she may or may not agree with all of it. and so, you know, she understands her role currently, but she also sees the role she will play in the future. and i think that she is -- you know, threading these needles very carefully. they give us some insights into who she is, how she thinks about some of these things, and is still, you know, basically this

at columbia university in new york city, pro-palestinian protesters called for an end to the year-long war. and, outsides university gates, pro-israel demonstrators waved flags and prayed for the israeli hostages. universities nationwide have been bracing for renewed protests and clashes that shook campuses last school year. the presidents of penn, harvard and columbia all resigned after contentious testimony on capitol hill. >>> new overnight, the largest water utility company in the country said it was the target of a cyber attack. american water provides services to more than 14 million customers across 14 states. the company became aware of unauthorized activity on thursday and immediately shut down certain systems and paused billing. american water does not believe its operations were impacted, and they're working with law enforcement. >>> the historic heat isn't letting up on the west coast. meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking those temperatures for us, among many other things more seriously like milton that you're watching. good morning michelle. >> good morning. still w

also a professor of practice at the school of professional studies at columbia university. the one on the right. and jennifer rubin, opinion writer for the washington post and author of "resistance: how women save democracy from donald trump." thank you for being here. jen, i'm going to start with you. you had a column this week about the vice president and you say, the final and most effective critique against the oldest presidential nominee of a major party is being delivered by vice president harris. talk about that. >> she is actually running clips of him at her rallies, something i have never seen a presidential candidate do. that is because the reality of donald trump is very disturbing. unfortunately, he has been sanitized. he has been saying washed, which is now an expression. i do not think the average person truly appreciates how unraveled, how insane, how tired he is, and she is willing to show and take time out of her own rally. she is now making this an issue. i think it is beginning to finally break through in the mainstream media because it is unavoidable. >>

new york public library at times. square earlier hundreds of protesters staged to walkout at columbia university and hundreds more gathered for vigil at central park with attendees including new york's mayor and governor. meanwile pro-palestine rallies were also held in some latin american countries with argentinians demanding an arrest warrant for israeli officials. and that does for this additional world news. thanks for being with us. it's bye-bye for now. مكان لاجه يعني واحنا مريحين الشهد ورانا الشهده ورانا بيرتموا هذاك يوم اسود والله يوم اسود والنار صعبه صعبه يعني قد ما تتصور وضع الناس كلنا زي بعضنا فيش حدا احسن من الثاني وجبه واحده ناكل في اليوم لو الحرب ان شاء الله بنطلع من الحرب اصلهم مستقبل. hello and welcome to new episode of the cradle news round up one stop shop for all news west asia, my name is estevan carrillo, i am the head of news for the cradle, as usual i'm joined by my colleagues, content creator and social media manager for the credle sim and columnist and editor for the cradle. we are three days removed from the assassination of hezbolah chief hassan nazralla in a brutal at

. >> joining me now, msnbc political analyst basil's michael junior, columbia university. is the one on the right. and jennifer rubin, opinion writer for the washington post, msnbc political analyst and author of resistance how women saved democracy from donald trump. thank you both very much for being here. i'm going to start with you, jen . you say the final and most effective critique against the oldest residential nominee of a major party is being delivered by vice president harris. talk about that. >> he is actually running clips the reality of donald trump is very disturbing, and unfortunately he has been sanitized, he's been sane washed, which is now a term. how insane, how tired he is, and she's willing to take time out of her own rally to make this an issue. i think it's breaking through in mainstream media, because it is unavoidable. >> what jennifer just said i think it is a really amazing breakthrough in the strategy to say number one, donald trump is unhinged, and being able to say that in real time and to do that side-by-side in the rallies with video of him,

at columbia university, pro-palestinian protesters called to an end to the year-long war. and outside the university gates, pro-israel demonstrators waved flags and prayed for the israeli hostages. universities nationwide have been bracing for renewed protests and clashes of the kind that shook kpcampuses last year. >>> new england patriots captain jabrill peppers has been arrested for alleged assault and drug possession. he appeared in a massachusetts court monday to face charges of battery with a weapon, strangulation and possession of cocaine. authorities say they arrested the patriots' safety on saturday after his girlfriend called police and told them that he choked her, smashed her head into the wall and pushed her down the stairs. peppers pleaded not guilty on all counts and posted bail. in a statement, the patriots said they are aware of the intein incident and have no further comment at this time. >>> the largest water utility in the country says it was the victim of a cyber attack. it provides services to 14 million customers. it became aware of the activity on t

have had 16 or so years of students here, for 13 of those years, students at the university of columbia university that were my guinea pigs, and where i tested out materials and frameworks and ways of thinking about being a pollster and how to organize it. ultimately that is what the book is. the book is memorializing my own journey. it was a journey as a young pollster to understand the profession. the professionalized profession. ultimately it is not just for the pollster. at the end of the book i say it is for the non-pollster, for the mom like you want to analyze public opinion data but we tell the story through the eyes and the lens of the pollster. mr. marckwardt: thank you for that. as i was reading the book, when i first started stinking about polling, i think of it more as just the science. numbers, statistics. i think what you laid out really well, you talk about in the beginning, you had your first client and you looked at your data sets and your biases and looked at how the interpretation was made and you presented it. what i found was in this book at least there is a whole other side

the director for the national center for disaster preparedness at columbia university says the insurance market is under pressure due to climate change. >> we're seeing hurricanes intensifying more quickly, carrying more rainfall. and, unless we get ahead of that, there's really no possibility of creating an insurance market, when you're constantly being battered and having to have record payouts. >> reporter: it includes changing where and how houses are built. but that's not going t goithe doctor now. >>> hurricanes helene and milton are causing a short supply of iv fluids after catastrophic flooding from helene forced the closure of a north carolina baxter international facility. baxter is the country's largest iv fluid manufacturer. and then on tuesday, b-braun medical announced they were temporarily closing two facilities in daytona beach ahead of milton. the limited supply is forcing some hospitals across the u.s. to postpone elective and non-emergency surgery. >>> besides milton, let's get an early check of your weekend forecast for the rest of the country, with nbc meteorologist

doctor mcwhorter is a professor of of columbia university.e received his phd in linguistics from stanford is the author of several books nine nasty words, english in the gutter which is freaking great and most recently woke racism. in the atlantic.c. regular weekly newsletter for the "new york times" in which she discusses race, language, politics, and even music and musical theater. i especially recommend his fees from last year about steely dan. twenty-five minutesye after whih she will participate in a discussion ai's own doctor joshua capps. john and joshua will converse i hope you'll join us for deep conversations in light refreshments and the joint in tt gallery. join me in welcoming language and the left? [applause] cooks thank youhn for inviting . thank you to chris scalia in joshua are wanting my company. and i want to talk a little bit about what you could call and effort coming mostly from the left to create change through language. but also of course has pitfalls and probably a lot of us. thesee days over the past four maybe five

school, columbia university. barnard college, rollins college, and now at chapman university. you know, i have one sort of but you've also taught somewhere else. well, i've taught it since saying penitentiaries. all right. yeah, 12 years. not as an inmate, but as a as a teacher. and as a volunteer. and that was an incredible my wife and i were very much involved with inmates who were in a maximum security prison, state prison, or something quite infamous and about. it was great to see their lives changed and. so it's not just about, you know, it's about changing their lives. so that when they get out, they're not going back to the same crimes and the recidivism rate with our program of education. is a 3% versus 60, 70%. traditionally. so it's been a very successful program at sentencing. we were glad we were part of it. mark scales and as we mentioned, you're the author of 25 plus books, mostly politics or economics, things like before economics and politics. your latest book, there were giants in the land. yeah.