our correspondent kayla mouth and reports from the state of the interest. so we're here in front of new york city's public library on 5th avenue in manhattan. and as you can see, thousands of people are gathered to call out the as railey bombing of garza, and to express their support for the palestinian people. now the crowds here that have assembled are particularly noteworthy. as the local politicians have largely condemned these protests, they've labeled them anti semitic. they've labeled them in support of terrorism. there's been condemnation, even from last spring, figures like alexandria kazi, of course, has. but as you can see, that has not deterred the crowds vine me. thousands of thousands of people continue to come out to support the palestinians. we just had a conversation with some of them. here's what some of the protesters here had to say to us about why they are here. despite the local politicians calling on them not to march in the streets, we demand an immediate cease fire. we will not be complicit to collect the punishment in genocide atta