there are we're joined now by hagar chemali, who has an adjunct professor at the university thank, you so much for being with us regard this deadline has passed just several minutes ago. the university has said students are subject to suspension if they do not leave this encampment one student groups said, we have informed the university that we're prepared to escalate are direct actions that they do not adopt basic standards of conduct for negotiations. that's sort of an umbrella group of a number of student organizations what steps do you think administrators should take to de-escalate the situation? >> oh, just tough question. less i can tell you, having seen from the from the inside that the dialogue that the administration is pursuing, the students particularly since the last arrests that took place about ten days ago that they've been in very good faith and we i know we as faculty, we've been we've been kept informed multiple times a day, sometimes at 2am and before am and i mean, these are they are working around the clock to do these, to pursue these dialogues. and they were re

joining us now nbc's erin mclaughlin at columbia university and hagar chemali.is happening right now? the university president said midnight was the deadline to disperse. they're still there. what's going on? >> reporter: we understand from the university spokesperson, talks with the students lasted throughout the night. and that, important progress was made that students have agreed to a number of issues including removing a, quote, significant number of tents from the student protest encampment, but not all. they also agreed that any nonstudent protesters on campus would leave the campus, and then also, they agreed that student protesters would, quote, prohibit discriminatory or harassing language. now, we have yet to hear from the student groups themselves. last we heard was in the form of a tweet from one group saying that they believe the university was not negotiating in good faith. student protesters we spoke to yesterday are adamant they're going to continue their protests. take a listen. >> we will not rest until columbia -- we will remain out here, we

. >> reporter: associate professor hagar chemali says the university needs to do more for jewish students to feel safe. >> it shouldn't be that we have to shut down classes and go virtual and force us to stay home and encourage jewish students to stay home, because the protesters have created an unsafe environment. it should be the other way around. >> reporter: meanwhile, u.s. house republicans demanding columbia's president resign immediately for failing to crack down. >> and erin joining us now live from new york, where demonstrations are taking place. erin, the house speaker will visit nearby columbia university tomorrow. >> reporter: that's right, lester. according to his office, house speaker mike johnson will meet with jewish students on the columbia university campus tomorrow. he is expected to hold a press conference after. lester? >> erin mclaughlin in new york, thank you. >>> today, the justice department formally announced it will pay almost $139 million to settle claims by 139 prominent athletes and other women abused by larry nassar, the former usa gymnastics team doctor. th

joining me now is hagar chemali, who is an adjunct associate professor of international and public affairsod to have you on the programme. i know you were there over the weekend, i think. did you feel intimidated?— feel intimidated? well, i was horrified by _ feel intimidated? well, i was horrified by what _ feel intimidated? well, i was horrified by what i _ feel intimidated? well, i was horrified by what i saw. - feel intimidated? well, i was horrified by what i saw. i - feel intimidated? well, i was i horrified by what i saw. i didn't feel unsafe for my physical safety, but that's because i wasn't walking by the protests that were outside the gate. the protests inside the campus are all students and they're a bit different. i at no point felt a bit different. i at no point felt a physical threat to myself. they were mortifying, to be honest, because they incited violence and hate. the protest outside of the campus, i would hate. the protest outside of the campus, iwould not hate. the protest outside of the campus, i would not have walked by because i would have been actually afraid for

mission to the united nations, hagar chemali. security council and u.s. treasury department. great to see you this morning. let's talk about gaza to start and the latest in terms of israel's thinking to the invasion there. the white house has made it very clear they do not want to see a full on ground invasion of that southern city, home to about a million people seeking refuge after their homes were destroyed elsewhere in gaza. and as much as the u.s. is supporting israel in its response to iran, they're saying, look, gaza is separate track, we haven't changed our guidance there. how do you think this plays out? >> you're right here, the u.s. hasn't changed its position on that most importantly. they don't want to ground invasion, no troops going into rauf for some kind of massive ground operation. what we've seen so far are airplanes, are air strikes against rafah. and normally and typically that's only going to escalate. the thing that surprised me this morning when i saw this news is you had these air strikes, but the plans t

hagar chemali is former spokesperson for the u.s. mission to the u.n. and former syria and lebanon director at the white house. it's good to have all of you here. raf, they have done a preliminary investigation into what went wrong. what do we know, and what questions are still unanswered? >> reporter: a lot of questions still unanswered, chris. here's where things stand right now. the head of the israeli military, the chief of staff of the idf says that this preliminary investigation niends what happened here was a case of misidentification, that israeli aircraft believed that these humanitarian vehicles posed some kind of threat. he said this mistake, repeating that word mistake, happens at night in a complex wartime environment. he says he is committed to a transparent investigation, and that the israeli military will publish its full findings once that probe is completed. the big question, though, still outstanding, how can it be that world central commission communicated the movements of that convoy to the israeli military ahead of time and yet was

also here at columbia university professor and former nsc director hagar chemali. u both for being here. we begin with you, hagar what is the mood like on campus with this impending midnight deadline? now, just really a few moments away well, it's increasingly tense. laura, it's all of us are sitting on edge a little bit as a professor, we had virtually, we're all virtual classes on monday and now we're supposed to be in a house i've read mode through the end of the year, which means that we're supposed to offer virtual opportunities for students who feel unsafe. >> and it's not fair. and that is the feeling among a lot of people that it's not fair for if you have group of protesters creating an unsafe environment for the rest of us to stay home and for them to be allowed to create that hostile environment that wouldn't be allowed in a workplace. and it shouldn't be allowed in a private institution or private campus. so things are very tense and especially with the fact that we're nearing commencement, and that is why you've got this midnight deadline tonight becaus

i want to bring in hagar chemali, who is a former spokes person for the us mission to the united nations hagar. thank you so much for joining us >> right now. we know that president biden has been meeting with top national security advisers in the situation room. >> could you >> take us inside that meeting obviously, the us has a role a significant role in this. so what would the president and his advisors be doing in this moment as we await really, these drones and missiles to get closer to israel sure. >> willing times of crisis like this, you're going to have all the policy people all hands on deck trying to look at the array of options. they have and looking at the pros and cons of those options, meaning, what are the military responses? what are the contingency plans? what are the red lines that if this happens, what would what would go the united states? into responding itself? and that is gonna be the biggest question here, because israel is an ally of the united states, it is a non-nato ally since 1987 it is not written down exactly what would need to happen for the united states