cornel west and dr. robert george. - thank you. - thank you, and we salute you for your show, building on the great legacy of this historic "firing line" show. - well, i am honored because you are both celebrated scholars and public intellectuals who come from remarkably different worldviews and profess different perspectives. dr. west, you are a professed non-marxist socialist, and dr. george, you are a leader in the theoconservative movement. - not sure i'd say that, but at least i'm not a marxist. i'm like cornel in that respect. [cornel and robert laugh] - and we're both christians though, we're bo christians. - you're both christians and you respect each other enough to disagree and to engage in serious and rigorous contest of ideas in a civil and respectful way. and you also have in common that you were both guests on the original "firing line with william f. buckley jr." - it's a very great honor, very great honor. - well, what's clear is as you nod when you speak, you're nodding and vice versa. y

it is not unique to cornell. so, this is definitely a trend that we are seeing. >> we are also hearing that -- christopher wray, the fbi director, spoke about the increase by hundreds of percentage points of incidents of antisemitism, also increases in islamophobia as well, and thinking about this more broadly, as there -- you heard about the pure newspapers, the rabbi, are you having coordinated conversations with other pastoral entities at different universities and college settings, because i would assume that there needs to be, in some respect, a police print or lessons that could be learned, as unfortunate as that sounds. >> so, we are very fortunate that we are an affiliate of -- international, and we are part of a network of hundreds of -- around the country and the world. we are and regular contact with them to share and support each other. >> sophia rubensson, rabbi ari weiss, thank you so much for bringing us this information, hopefully things will get better. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thank you

he learned them at cornell. program, our resident theologian told us that he was trying to be the provost -- no, he wanted to be the chaplain at an ivy league university. in his interview, the interviewers spent the entire time finding out his position on palestine. this is extraordinary. this was ten years ago, and all they wanted to know about was how do you stand on palestine. he's a preacher, he wanted to be the chaplain. is it like that all over the place? >> it pretty much is. if you are pro-israel, you going to have a very hard time getting hired at any university, certainly any elite university. you see this in academic associations, multiple academic associations have adopted the boycott of israel. you know, american anthropological association just voted to boycott israel. what -- something has gone so fundamentally wrong particularly in the humanities. these groups like american anthropological association are tax-exempt group. heir supposed to be educational groups. i believe that they're violating t

new information about the antisemetic threats at jewish students rat cornel cornel is one example what jews face in the u.s. and around the world. bill is live with more on what is being done about threats. bill? >> good evening we learned today the fbi arrested a suspect behind graphic online threats to kill jouish students at cornel. according to department of justice a journalal cornel was charged with posting threats to kill using communications. this was after he postd that he would slit the athlete of a jewish male, rape and throw off cliff families behead jewish baby and use a rifle to mass shooting pig jewologist campus a professor says antisemitism is out of control. we have a to beingic atmosphere and cornel and other schoolings need to considering weather this obsession with race is actually making matters worse. i know corn teleis making matters a lot worse for jewish students. >> in the money thyme in paris antisemetic graf feetee worrying leaders there around 60 stars of david paint theed on wallos monday night. happens france is seeing up tick in antisemetic incidents wi

we will not tolerate anti-semitism at cornell.t, the justice department releasing a statement saying cornell junior patrick dye has been charged with making threats to jewish students on campus. dye is expected to make an initial court appearance tomorrow. >> there is really ways to oppose the israeli government, to comment on things that they've done wrong and to go forward from there. i think what's been happening at cornell and across the world, though, is that it's actually targeting jews. and that's where the problem arises. >> when anti-semitism increases, all forms of hate increase. we know that in order to fight anti-semitism, you have to fight anti-muslim bigotry. >> reporter: anan shahim knows full well the effects of bigotry. she and her 6-year-old son were stabbed by their landlord at their home in the suburbs of chicago. the 71-year-old suspect accused of attacking them because they were muslim and palestinian pleading not guilty to all charges, including two counts of committing a hate crime. her son stabbed 26 times

and we've got patrick dye, a student arrested, he was a student at cornell.re, actually. he's arrested for threatening a mass shooting of jewish students at cornell. jewish students now moving to sue colleges like harvard over anti-semitism violating their civil rights. we've got cornell student here, he says it's terrifying to be on campus right now. he's with us next. ♪ ♪ it's beyond me. it is really beyond me. the propaganda has become so insidious. this is what happens when you get your education and your information on instagram and on tiktok and on other forms of social media. ♪ ♪ hi, i'm ben and i've lost 60 pounds on golo. (guitar music) with other programs i've tried in the past they were unsustainable, just too restrictive. with golo i can enjoy my food and the fear and guilt of eating is gone. elizabeth: joining us now, netanel, a student at cornell university. it's great to have you on. we've been warning about this for more than a month. what was your reaction when you found out a 21-year-old junior at cornell, patrick dye, arrested on federal cr

i will say at least in cornell, at least in some of the campuses that i've seen, especially cornell beingt the forefront of this, there's been a substantial amount of like outpouring of support and warmth not just from the faculty but also from students. myself, my friends. we've experienced people offering us places to sleep, food to eat. we've experienced the warmth. we're hoping it continues and continues to be like this like i said before, for as long as it takes. >> martha: okay. we wish you both well. thanks very much, tamar and ori. good to have you with us from fordham and cornell today as we cover this story that i never imagined would exist on american campuses. that's where we are right now. thanks, guys. >> thank you. >> martha: the pentagon confirming that iranian backed forces have now launched 28 attacks at u.s. bases in the region in the last two weeks. president biden now really a war-time leader because the united states is the lead supporter of two wars, one in ukraine and another in israel. he's trying to contain this new axis of evil from spiralling into a massive glo

. >>> a student at cornell university has been arrested for posting violent threats online against jewish students. 21-year-old patrick dai faces up to five years in prison if found guilty. the school said that campus police will maintain heightened security. >>> and new york city just held its 50th annual village halloween parade tuesday night. fun fact, this is the largest halloween parade in the world. >>> for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm jarred hill, cbs news, new york. >>> it's wednesday, november 1st, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." israel on the defensive. the deadly attack on a refugee camp in gaza. the devastating damages and civilian deaths. why israel is calling the strike a success. >>> sounding an alarm. the head of the fbi warning hamas could inspire terror attacks here at home. >>> and arrested. a cornell university student facing federal charges accused of making violent online threats toward his jewish classmates. >>> good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. israel keeping up its barrage attacks on gaza

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silverstein is the student cornell university serves on the student board of the center at cornell theeadership of the alpha kappa psi professional business fraternity and the director of marketing and communications of the cornell base started. thank you for being here today. mr. marcus is the founder and chairman of the center for human rights under the law he previously served as the assistant secretary of education for civil rights staff directorr the u.s. commission on civil rights and his deputy assistant epsecretary of housing and urban development for fair housing and equal opportunity. we appreciate your work and thank you for being with us. professor pamela i doubt we'll see patrick share at women's and gender history is a director of the jewish studies program at american university she is taught of writing courses in judaism and jewish women's history has published several related books we appreciate you being your doctor ms. stacy burdette is a public policy strategist and consultant she's proved to serve as the vice president for government relations advocacy and communit

jewish students were posted online, allegedly by cornell. de was arrested and charged for posting threats to kill or injure another using interstate commutations. but not before he terrorized his classmates. the president of cornell student assembly patrick kiel joins me now. patrick, first, could you just give us a sense of how students are feeling, how are folks doing right now? >> yes, thanks for having me on, simon. i think there is a lot of stress on campus. there is a lot of students who are struggling with the events of the last couple of weeks. there are a lot of students still have a lot of fear even after a stormy day yesterday. >> patrick, i don't know if you can still hear me, but can you hear me? >> yeah, i can hear you. >> >> thank you, i want to take a step back. because i notably did not show the comments that some of the most inflammatory comments that were posted online and the threats. but can you just talk a little bit about why things are tense, why people feel the way they feel? just the kinds of things that have been f

against cornell's jewish student thes.nt stephanie gosk has latest. >> reporter: the fbi director says hamas's attack on israel is inspiring the most significant terror threat to the u.s. since the rise of isis nearly a decade ago. while also urging all americans to remain vigilant. it comes as the fbi says it has a suspect in connection with the violent threats made online against jews at cornell university. >> reporter: as israel's war against hamas rages on, a dire warning from fbi director christopher wray. >> the ongoing war in the middle east has raised the threat of an attack against americans in the united states to a whole 'nother level. >> reporter: wray telling the homeland security committee the fbi is concerned violent extremists will be inspired by hamas and other foreign terrorist groups to attack americans. we zbl we assess that the actions of hamas and its allies will serve as an inspiration the likes of which we haven't seen since isis launched its so-called caliphate several years ago. >> reporter: it co

i went to cornell. i earned three masters degrees in for use cornell. i went to johnson, school, masters in public and meditation. i graduated in 2015. i didn't see any of this when i was there. i cannot believe what is happened over the course of the past year. the threats to you are pretty disgusting. it's not just happening at cornell. happening all over the country. the attacks are not just coming with students. a week after the horrendous hamas attacks in israel on october 7, cornell professor russell bickford said at a rally, challenge of monopoly of violence, and that terror attacks against jews were exhilarating and energizing. i have a motion dismissed the record addressing that issue. according to his letter professors punishment is that it was on a lead of absence for academic year while the university is considering rather or not his personal opinions demonstrate and unfitness to serve, and unfitness to serve. that's it. this man was praising hamas attacks on jews and need to be an investigation as to whether not the guy displayed a fitness

on friday, cornell university _ making. on friday, cornell university here _ making.the us i university here in the us cancelled classes after each student was charged with making anti—semitic threats, you have anti—semitic threats, you have a experience as a professor at nyu, how should american universities be responding to these increase attention and uptick of potential hate on campuses? i uptick of potential hate on campuses?— uptick of potential hate on campuses? uptick of potential hate on cam - uses? , campuses? i definitely feel let down by the — campuses? i definitely feel let down by the administration . campuses? i definitely feel let down by the administration at| down by the administration at these places, by the leadership of the spaces, and by the faculty, who should be teaching their students to think and engage with uncomfortable thoughts on a daily basis and notjust pure advocacy advocacy, which seems to happen on many american campuses. i saw blatant anti—semitism when i was part of the us system, it is a given in western society that there is late

an engineering student at cornell university is under arrest, accused of thratening to kill jewish students-semitic threats right here in the u.s. >> despite interest having been made over the violent threats, students are still concerned about their safety and speech. >> norah: donald trump jr. testifies in that new york fraud trial. what the former president's oldest son set on the stand. the scary details after a delta copilot is accused of threatening the pilot with a gun that he had in the cockpit. why he was allowed to have the weapon on the plane. >> welcome to november. >> norah: it is starting to feel like winter a bit too early. we have the frigid forecast. schools out for tens of thousands of students in portland as teachers go on strike. what they are demanding. >> for the public schools, we can do better and we must do better. >> selling your home could soon get a little cheaper thanks to a new court ruling that could reduce the commission fees paid to real estate agents and radically change the way homes are bought and sold in this country. >> norah: some good news as you star

bernard abc seven news. >> okay cornell thanks very much. a live look now at the north bay through our traffic camera in san rafael. conditions are looking a little clearer there this evening. abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the forecast. sandhya. yeah >> and dan and karina, let's take a look at a live picture from our mount tam cam because we are looking at some smoke that is just kind of hovering right here. okay. so there's that layer as cornell mentioned, air district is not concerned about the air quality because down near the surface is not where that smoke is. it's in the upper parts of the atmosphere. but the wind direction has been transporting that smoke into parts of the bay area. good news is air quality has not been impacted down near the surface. we're looking at pm 2.5 levels and the good to moderate range 37, san francisco 43. san rafael , you will notice livermore 44 and as we look at a live picture from our emeryville camera, some high clouds going through good to moderate air quality is expected for

the series of threats against jewish students at cornell.s comes as the fbi director, christopher wray, is warning of attacks from individuals inspired by hamas. before this, he appeared to be, this college student, he appeared to be a normal college student at cornell. does that make this incident even more disturbing? >> yeah, look, this incident is terrifying. the idea that someone would post to a message board at an ivy league university that he wants to "slit the throats of jews," that he wants to rape jewish women for what's happening in gaza, i mean, look, jews are no more collectively responsible for what's happening in israel than asian americans would be for what's happening in china or any ethnicity for what's happening in another part of the world. anti-zionism is anti-semitism, wolf, and it creates the conditions in which these kind of things happen, which jewish people and the israelis are dehumanized and demonized so people think they can say these kind of things with impunity. >> the fbi director, christopher wray, is also wa

alexis mcadams is live outsued the jewish student center at cornell with more. good morning. >> good morning. you can see over my shoulder a police presence in front of one of those buildings. the student suspect in the case reportedly threatened according to law enforcement. this junior at cornell university is facing federal charges after he posted several online threats saying he would kill jewish students on this campus here. police have been on alert here, we've been talking with jewish students who are happy someone is in custody and hope it sends a strong message. >> since they caught them so quick people will not be emboldened and not do something like this in the future. >> cornell university in ithaca has been on high alert since investigators say a junior at the school posted online threats to shoot up the kosher dining hall. that was just one. he also wrote he would slit the throats of jewish students on cornell's campus. the f.b.i. and state police stepped in immediately. they used his i.p. address to track it down matching it to a dozen posts. one

cornell has a chapter as well. they have formed a coalition along with other student groups on our campus who have made demands to the university including demands to divest from all israel-related expenditures on campus. however one of their demands were particularly interesting. it was to reduce all police presence on campus. two weeks after the jewish community received death threats. they wanted to reduce all police presence on campus. that's what they asked from the university. so i absolutely second the statement of everyone made on this panel and appreciate it. mr. smith: thank you. doctor, we know the hateful attacks we're seeing on jewish students at college campuses is not occurring in a vacuum. can you help us take a step back and explain the financing, including the role of 501-c-3's an 501-c-4's, here in the u.s. that generate resources that are used in some cases to support outright terrorist groups like hamas from within the u.s.? >> thank you, mr. chairman. the cases i discussed in my testimony both

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and the department of education is now investigating alleged harassment complaints at cornell and other schools. >> i've noticed a lot more stares, a lot more unease just around me being around >> it's been really, really challenging for people on this campus, when i'm seeing my peers march down the streets chanting things like "from the river to the sea", which we see as ethnic cleansing of jewish people >> reporter: many see that slogan as a call for violence. many muslim students say it's a call for equal right >> it says from the river to the sea, palestine will be free. where is it from river to the sea palestinians shouldn't feel safe let's look at the map and say i want palestinians to be free, i want jewish forecasts to be free >> my problem is with that sl slogan in specific, not whatever message they think they're sharing with it. hamas has used it. it's been appropriated by a terrorist organization >> reporter: cornell tells nbc news they condemn all forms of discriminatory bias. >> our coalition, our individual organizations all came together and condemned anti-semitism. >>

penn is doing really well against cornell. there is happiness because it is homecoming weekend here, but there is that layer of concern, fear, in some cases, because of this ongoing conflict happening overseas, and then the debate over it spilling over into college campuses. and then, like is that, the university of pennsylvania, cornell, they're certainly not immune. cornell canceled classes on friday because of that student making those anti-semitic threats. he was ultimately arrested. and then here, as you said, the university of pennsylvania leaders here have been facing a backlash for not doing enough to fight back against anti- semitism. we spoke to some students and alums. i wanted to take a listen to what they said about the overall temperature right now in these campuses. >> do a lot of students feel safe? >> i want to tell you they don't. right now, i think people are unsafe, emotionally, at the pain of other people watching it, feeling, and seeing it is absolute trauma. >> luckily, penn has not seen some of the viol

center for jewish living after authorities say patrick dai, a junior engineering student at cornell, threatened to kill jewish students including those who eat at this kosher dining hall. >> very tense on campus. a lot of students have anxiety. >> reporter: the 21-year-old was in federal court after his arrest tuesday and charged with making a string of anti-semitic threats on line which included threatening to stab and slit the throats of jewish students. police say they tracked him using his ip address and that he confessed. >> as this arrest shows, we are focusing our efforts on confronting and disrupting illegal threats. >> reporter: dai's father says his son is innocent and is suffering from depression, saying the family feared he was suicidal. vigorous debates and protests have erupted on college campuses since the israel-hamas war began with some leading to violence and intimidation. fbi director christopher wray -- >> the ongoing war in the middle east has raised the threat of an attack against americans in the united states to a whole other lvel. >> reporter: back on campus

you mentioned the incident at cornell. almost immediately the cornell police were involved, new york state police were involved, f.b.i. was involved. our security personnel were in direct coordination with them. but the somewhat feckless comments we're seeing from academic institutions. there is no proportionality in the beheading of the children and raping of innocent civilians in israel. just in the individual that was arrested for those cornell threats, what was he saying? he was using the language of hamas. he was saying that we were going to victimize women, rape jewish women and behead jews. we're seeing that interplay around the country. >> harris: behead particularly jewish babies which is what hamas terrorists did to israeli citizens living in the kibbutz communities. you said 220 and i took that to mean criminal events on campuses. what period of time are you talking about? that's a lot of incidents. >> those are just protests and acts of civil unrest we're monitoring in our command center in order to help protec

cheryl: a cornell professor announced he was energized by the hamas attacks, on october 25th cornellp to a campus vandalized with graffiti. >>> that was cornell student talia drawer speaking out about anti-semitism at her college before the house ways and means committee last week. the department of education is investigating seven schools over allegations of anti-semitism and islamaphobia. they will be looking at five anti-semitism cases and two islamaphobia cases, some of the schools facing investigations including cornell, columbia, and the university of pennsylvania. and that's just to name a short few. since october 7th, the anti-defamation league has tracked 832 anti-jewish a acts in the united states. joining me is texas congresswoman, beth van duyne, a member of the house ways and means and small business committees. congresswoman, good morning. your reaction to this, it's almost a cancer that has overtaken colleges and universuniversities you across s country. can you believe what we've witnessed. >> no, i really can't. i was right there when she gave her testimony, i was fr

i'm not saying cornell west will be the president. i'm saying he could chip off votes. >> there's a few factors at play too. when you look at latino voters, we're not a monolith. you have to segment it by age. young people have tiktok addled brains. cornell west was targeting young people and anti-israel animous right now. he's looking at the younger vote, the younger black americans, younger hispanic americans. older latino americans are more conservative, the traditional value, et cetera. those guys are going more to trump and cornell could pick up voters biden is hemorrhaging because of the next generation of citizens being out of their minds when it comes to digital platform they're getting news from like tiktok. >> i understand the concept of divide and conquer, the oldest strategy there is. i'm so tired of this being applied to politics where we're going to segment this group and segment that group and then play them off against one another. it feels inherent ily unamerican to me and it upsets me. i don't know how we get out of

we have friends who have kids in cornell jewish kids in cornell. >> they were locked down, it was sofying. >> i think that i worry that that you go from verbal, as this rhetoric. >> it's incredibly disturbing, and what we're seeing all over the country. you mentioned the rhetoric here, look people feel really strongly about this issue. the conflict between the israelis and the palestinians have been going on for 75 years. we are also seeing some examples here, some rhetoric. this is from congresswoman cori bush. she called israel's actions in a tweet, an ethnic cleansing campaign. >> she is not alone in that many on the left, are calling it that. accusing israel of genocide. >> do you think that kind of rhetoric, is justified in this kind of environment? >> first of all, we have to acknowledge that what happened on the 7th of october was, something no hyperbole can possibly match. babies and pregnant women, and belize cut open. people killed in front of their children. their hands amputated. before they were murdered. the horrible crimes committed. then you have this attack on the ju

we'll take you there live in just a moment. >>> happening now, that cornell student accused of making anti-semitic threats against the school's jewish community, necessary court today. prosecutors say 21-year-old patrick dai made multiple social media posts threatening to kill jews on campus, including threatening to shoot up cornell's kosher dining hall. cnn's athena jones is in new york with the latest. what more do we know about what's happening in court? >> reporter: hi, boris. we know that this hearing was set to begin about 20 minutes ago for patrick dai, a 21-year-old junior at cornell from pits ford, new york, outside of rochester. he was set to have the initial appearance where we hope to learn something about his representation, whether he has a lawyer or not. he is not expected to need to enter a plea at this very first appearance of his, but we should at least learn whether he has received any sort of representation. in the meantime we're trying to learn as much as we can about patrick dai. his parents gave an interview to the new york post in which they talked about his m

john. >> john: alexis mcadams for us at cornell. thank you so much. appreciate it.x news contributor and editor of townhall.com. parents initially said he would never do anything like that, news flash, he confessed. take responsibility here. >> the parents are probably thinking of this in terms of not understanding what their son has been learning at the university. this is something that has been put into the blood stream at our universities. they have always been anti-israel, but what we are seeing now is that the difference is these are pro hamas rallies, pro hamas celebrations, professors have been saying inside these school classrooms, these college classrooms for decades this kind of violence against israel and against jewish students is justified as a result of some kind of resistance, and this is not just about anti-israel, pro-palestinian. we have seen it with the black lives matter on campus, and 1960s and 1970s, bombing the pentagon for the sake of social justice and getting the agenda through, the intersectional idea on the left what is justified and vio

as you said, penn and cornell have been at the center of a lot of it. cornell cancelled classes on friday after a student was arrested for making anti-semitic threats toward other students. here at penn, there's been a backlash from donors over an argument that the school has not done enough to fight back against anti-semitism. both schools are here in philadelphia. they're on the football field today because it's university of pennsylvania's homecoming weekend. there's clearly an effort to make a cheerful atmosphere. but this conflict and tense is still very much on people's mind. take a listen to one student we spoke with and also one alum just moments ago. >> do students feel safe? >> i want to tell you they don't. right now i think people are unsafe emotionally at the pain of other people, watching it, feeling it and seeing it is absolute trauma. >> i'm very uncomfortable with the anti-semitism and basically racism in any way is horrible. it's based on ignorance. people are very uncomfortable. >> reporter: here at penn just few days ago the presiden

there is a lot of stress at cornell. but the response that has to come is some moral clarity on campuses, and the recognition that what we are seeing now is related to hamas's attack. it is an unwillingness to simply call out that terror. >> cornell's president says the school is no -- combat antisemitism, but it is one of several universities in america struggling tonight to deal with an inundation of protest anger and fear prompted by the israel-hamas war. those emotions are sometimes lead to threats, and outright violence. >> for the events in israel and gaza have always been a touch point for individuals in the u.s.. there is a lot of passion there. sometimes that translates into violence. >> at columbia university in new york, dozens of students staged a walkout on wednesday, over a class in which hillary clinton was lecturing. their protest over the fact that some columbia students were publicly labeled antisemites, after they had signed an anti israel statement. colombia's president has now announced a task force

my sister attended cornell about ten years ago. the jewish community was very small, not as unified as it is today. and it has really, really grown a tremendous amount. it's something that all of the jews on campus are truly proud of. the fact that we are all putting up a unified front is really something that we are proud of. this is a very, very difficult time for our community. we are scared to walk outside. we are scared to go to -- on shabbat. we are scared to be ourselves. and speak up in a class. it's truly a terrifying time. but i think that having fewer jews on these campuses is giving in, and allowing them to win. i think that the story of the jewish people is one of the constantly persecuted, and having propaganda being propagated all over the place, and just having pervasive antisemitism really consumed the world. in the face of it, all we have to remain strong. we've proved before that we are resilient. a lot of what is happening on my campus is evoking a really visceral reaction. within me, to what my grandfather expe

those protested not occur in new york city or cornell by accident. they targeted the areas because they are home to many americans who happen to be jewish. and that is just a fact. once home to the largest jewish population outside of israel. and too late and my state the first university in the south has a student body to roughly 40% jewish it was no accident. when confused activists twist themselves and not trying to justify the torture the killing of jews in the middle east they are feeding the fires of anti-semitism here at home as well. and unfortunately we have seen that over the past few weeks. let's not forget it is hamas who is using civilians as human shields. some loss is thels group with pulsating civilian starve. hamas is the group that dug up the water pipes to turn them into rocket launchers. the truth is the palestinian people, the people of gaza and the israeli people all suffer because of hamas. an israel suggestion it plays into the hands of the terrorists. when louisiana we concede to the intellectual hand wringing. of israel's cr

cornell, i want to start with you.our reaction to the polling we just saw which shows that former president trump still has the strong lead in iowa, but now desantis is getting this key endorsement as dasha just reported. >> we'll see if this endorsement bumps him, but they need a bump, right? when they look at this polling in iowa and i was looking to see if anyone had any momentum, and you can see if someone was beginning to challenge him, it's tough to look at these internals, right? his favorability is still higher and also more intense. his vote is less fluid than the other voters. he's sitting at 43%, 42% right now, and then there's this argument that if the filed shrinks, does it help someone else, and the field shrinks right now. 12% of voters in iowa right now say that he is their second choice. so they're literally running out of vote right now to get to him. >> sarah? >> i think these candidates have to hold on to the fact that the number basically is 75% who are willing to look at somebody else. >> do you t

they didn't occur at cornell or tulane by accident. they targeted these areas because they are home to many americans who happen to be jewish and that is just a fact. new york is home to the largest jewish proclamation outside of israel. in tulane in my state, which was the first university in the south to welcome jewish students has a student body today that is roughly 40% jewish. it was no accident. when confused activists twist themselves into knots trying to justify the torture and of the raid into the killing of jews in the middle east they are feeding the anti-semitism here at home and we've seen that the past few weeks and let's not forget it's hamas who was using civilians as human shields. g the group that dug up the water pipes to turn them into rocket launchers. the truth is they all suffered because of hamas get any suggested that they are culpable for the suffering plays into the hands of the terrorists. in louisiana, mr. president, we can see through the pseudo- intellectual handwringing of the critics. the truth is that

. >> reporter: the campus of cornell may look the same as always, but it feels different here. students are on edge and have been since the war began. and a student was arrested for making violent antisemitic threats. how would you describe the climate right now? >> we're getting threats on campus. how can you mourn? >> i'm numb. i feel like i'm desensitized. >> reporter: we asked students from the jewish organization hillel and students for justice in palestine to meet together. both declined. >> i don't think it's the right time. >> if you have family and friends in the region, it's not an intellectual exercise to debate and discuss. >> reporter: jewish students zoe and simone are the descendants of holocaust and pog gram survivors. >> my cousin is 20 years old and was in the first day of the war. 20 of his friends were killed or taken hostage. >> reporter: milak is palestinian and has family in gaza. she says her grandparents were forced out of their homes in 1948. >> i grew up hearing the stories of like what israeli militia did to them. >> reporter: at one point, the tensi

. >> abc7 news reporter cornell bernard is in the newsroom with the story tonight. cornell. yeah >> dan karina, activist utility customers are sending a very loud message to california public utilities commission. not to approve a proposed rate hike for pga. they say they want more accountable from the power company. what do we want? >> fair rates. >> when do we want it? >> advocates demanding fair rates on the steps of california's public utilities headquarters, where regulators will soon decide if p-g-and-e's will be granted a steep rate hike which could raise the average monthly gas and power bill between 25 and $31, depending how they vote. >> and at a time when families have been struggling to pay the monthly bills, food, rent, healthcare, transportation in p-g-and-e's, executives seek to reward themselves with large bonuses. the cost of greening the grid should not be cutting off low income children of color because the bills are too doggone high at a time when many families are struggling to cut costs to make ends meet. >> officials say the utilities should be to p-g-

cornell bernard, abc seven news. >> thank you, cornell.after the break, guilty verdicts for the man who attacked nancy pelosi's husband in their home last year. how the pelosis are responding. and even president biden's reaction to the news. inside the courtroom as that verdict was read and joins us live with the latest jeff. >> yes, well, david depape was found guilty on both federal charges of assault and attempted kidnaping. and i'll tell you, he showed no emotion in that courtroom. the man charged with the attack on paul pelosi found guilty on all counts. us attorney ismael ramsey says this verdict sends a strong message to the country. >> in america, one's free to believe whatever they want and to engage in impassioned political debate. what this guilty verdict on all counts sends a clear message that regardless of what your beliefs are, what you cannot do is physically attack a member of congress or their immediate family for their performance in their job. >> moments after the guilty verdict came down, speaker emerita nancy pelosi r

this is the first broadcast interview from cornell in march.ot brought up the backlash from the pride merchandise. >> becky, what i saw in may is store members saying it is not safe to come to work. >> what was happening? >> aggressive store behavior. lots of product destroyed. point of sale disrupted. when we started to hear that, we knew we had to take action. we had to prioritize the safety of our teams. i knew this was not going to be well received. we had to prioritize the safety of the team. >> we will have more of the interview with brian cornell at 7:30 a.m. eastern time. >>> when we come back, more on "squawk box," it is a crisp morning in new york, but warmer for the sunday's anmarathon. next, brooks running ceo jim weber will join us when "squawk box" returns after this. constant contact's advanced automation lets you send the right message at the right time, every time. ( ♪♪ ) constant contact. helping the small stand tall. with cirkul, your water is deliciously flavored at the turn of a dial, with zero sugar and zero calories. and

university of pennsylvania, drexel and cornell where one student had been arrested for making threat this we're about the boiling tensions on campuses. [ chanting ] >> from the river to the sea, palestine will be free! >> i'm palestinian. i have family and an issue affected me my entire life. i'm calling them, bombs in the background. they need to go somewhere safe. >> i have a lot of family and friends in israel. having so much hate thrown and so much misinformation about what's going on shared on campus and on social media is challenging. >> tension at hundreds of colleges across the u.s. a fight broke out at tulane after someone tried to burn a flag. and showed up on campus 234name students who released anti-israel statements. >> i'm shocked at the temperature on campus. i could never have imagined it would be like this. there's a level of, i don't want to say hatred -- but -- anger and fear. >> the jewish fraternity hit way graffiti attack of the jews are nazis earlier this weekend. >> reporter: cnn visited three campuses the response to the war had major consequences. university

started with the usual, chants and the terrorist sympathies, i'm a student at cornell, cornell is prevalentnews, you guys have seen what's going on. it went into death threats and jewish students were truly afraid to go on campus. students began using pepper spray to defend themselves, not being able to go to classes, people started to go classes from zoom, i mean -- it's absurd that jewish students right now feel like they can't be part of the campus community. >> sandra: gabriel the piece starts out by detailing since the hamas terrorist attack of october 7th, campus life in the u.s. has imploded into a daily trial of intimidation and insult for jewish students. you detail what has become a hostile environment on our american university campuses. >> yeah, it has become hostile, and we see when students are going to classes, they have to walk through chalk that is graffiti on to the walkways, they have to see everywhere on campus there are signs that say israel is committing genocide and says from the river to the sea, palestine will be free, calling for elimination of the jewish state. th

cornell student who was just arrested for making not only anti-semitic threats but dangerous ones.e is where those threats were made, the kosher dining hall, this junior at cornell threatened to shoot up. that's one of the threats he made. he is now facing 5 years behind bars, just checked in with the local county sheriff in new york who has him in his custody today, they are going to transport him to that jail was that his mug shot you are looking at, he's facing federal charges after investigators found he posted online threats saying he was going to shut up that kosher dining hall and going to slit the throats of jewish students on this campus. cornell university in the guy has been on high alert since those threats were posted over the weekend, the fbi and state police used his ip address to track him down. one student told me many jewish students are concerned and worried for their long-term safety. >> they want new security measures on windows. we are installing here a new security system and locks on our doors. >> reporter: it is not just cornell dealing with anti-semitic th

cnn traveled to cornell to speak with students ask faculty there. >> i'm palestinian. i have family in gaza. this has affected me my entire life. there's bombs in the background. they need to go somewhere safe. >> i have a lot of family and friends in israel. just having so much hate and misinformation. that's what's going on. and on social media has been chalking. >> at tulane, a fight broke out after someone tryied to burn an israeli flag. a truck showed up on campus naming students who belonged to organizations that released an anti-israel statement. >> i'm shocked at the temperature on campus. >> there's a level of i don't want to see hatred, but anger and fear. >> the jewish fraternity was hit with a graffiti attack of the jews are nazis earlier this weekend. >> cnn visited three campuses where the response to the war has had major consequences. university of pennsylvania and drexel, where students were part of a walkout in support of palestine. cornell, this weekend they faced anti-semitic threats. >> i was on my way to the kosher dining hall and looked down and