stephen mintz is at the university of austin and angus is historian at american universities. stewart what the protestors are calling for here? what do they want as a result of these demonstrations? >> it varies campus by campus. what we're looking at is they're looking for a divestment of the university's financial relationships with israeli companies, a disentanglement of the universities from relationships with the israeli government or military and transparency as to the nature of those relationships where they currently exist. >> profess or, what do you make of the demands as profess or johnston have laid out? do you think they can be achieveed? >> i think they're very likely to be achieved. the protest of the 1960's. it was possible to achieve some kind of accommodation. first of all, one of the demands, an tend to the military draft received widespread support throughout society and richard next knicks -- nixon's administration would make that happen. there were some practical goals like study programs, women study programs, co-education at the university and regulation

amna: what do you make of that, professor mintz?ld these protests start what could be a long chain of changing people's minds when it comes to how they see these issues? >> the context today is very different than the 1960's and 1970's when higher education was growing and the federal and state investments in higher education were increasing. today, the situation of american higher education is extremely precarious. public support has diminished. funding is hotly debated in many of the states. there are threats and some state legislators -- in some state legislatures to tax endowments, university property, university income. donations to many of the leading universities have declined. this is a very treacherous moment, especially for the most well endowed and highly selective institutions. amna: professor johnston, do you agree with that? is there a chance the protesters run the risk of losing support the longer these protests go on because of this scenario? >> i think it is important to note that the protests themselves so far have

we're talking about the circle mintz agreements that preceded the beginning of the really all war in 2022 proxy war and ukraine. you know, the newspaper this week is as nature plans, a $100000000.00 fund to shield give aid from the winds of political change and goes on to say in case donald trump is elected due by blinking sullivan. newton's gone, now, think of russia is a kind of developing countries, so it's a bit like afghanistan war and this kind of will, they can keep pouring in the weapons and eventually russia will just a table or the region will become a, a so on stable will will come to some kinds of and that will benefit the united states. what is the strategy? well, i think that almost everybody in the west now understands that the ukrainians are in deep trouble. and that the russians, given the way the events are moving or likely to win this war and what the, by the administration naturally wants to do is everything possible to prevent that from happening. so i think at this point in time, what the administration, the by the administration is focusing on and what nato is

we're now joined by rabbi haim mintz from the chabad of bel air here in l.a.or being with us. i wonder what you make of that. iran's renewed threats both against israel. if you retaliate, we'll hit you even harder. and if you, the us back israel in retaliation will hit you too. well, they have to say something and they're trying to , you know, use their muscle. they already attacked many of the bases of americans. we didn't really do anything. so they already recognize that many of our bases are open target. so that is the threat. and it won't look good for our president, who is right now having an election. but you got to realize something. you can't allow a thug to run the message. what you need to do is, is recognize is that we are america. we're it. and we cannot allow the world to bully us around. if we do, then there's going to be a lot of casualties around the world. israel is very, very. very, very proud of the entire world that is standing with them, especially the people that helped them defend their beautiful country today. thank god nothing got thr

we start another week, singing camp mintz of tents and protest signs. now this is a scene at stanford made while up north protesters setting up barricades around cow polly. humble protesters rally for an end to the war in gaza. they give a glimpse of life behind the barricades. ><<>very different than regular life. just it's safe lot of community we hangout talk, um, eat together. it's very comfortable space to be in >nicole>taking a live look at sonoma state protestors have pitched dozens of tents here at person lawn, also calling for an end to the violence in gaza. at 1st, some students set up their encampment on friday and then additional demonstrators joined in over the weekend. take a listen to what 1 of the students said about their experience protesting. ><<>a lot of us here are working class students and we're realizing that this is a time for using institutional power to help those who can't you don't have a voice. most of us at this camp. we didn't even know each other until we came together. and now like we're so close, it's beautiful. >nicol

i mean we were talking about the circle mintz agreements that preceded the beginning of the really all war in 2022 proxy war and ukraine. you know, the newspaper this week is as nature plans, a $100000000.00 fund to shield give aid from the winds of political change and goes on to say in case donald trump is elected due by blinking sullivan. newton's gone, now, think of russia is a kind of developing countries, though it's a bit like afghanistan war and this kind of will. they can keep pouring in the weapons and eventually russia will just a cave or the region will become a, a so on stable will, will come to some kinds of uh, and that will benefit the united states. what is the strategy? well i think that almost everybody in the west now understands that the ukrainians are in deep trouble and that the russians, given the way uh vents, are moving or likely to win this war. and what the by didn't ministration naturally wants to do is everything possible to prevent that from happening. so i think at this point in time, what the administration, the by the administration is focusing on and

of the biggest challenges the world is currently facing, addressing and international security for mintz and petersburg, he's cited last month's deadly attack. what i'm most of the concert whole as a salient example of the international terrorism is undoubtedly one of the most serious threats of the 21st century. the purpose of the terrorist attacks in various regions of the world carried out not only by radical groups, but also by the intelligent services. some countries is to undermine constitutional foundations, just stabilize southern states, and insight into an inter religious patriot. at the same time, the methods of criminals are becoming more and more sophisticated and brought back . this was once again demonstrated by the bloody terrorist attack that took place on march 22nd. in the moscow region. the special services and law enforcement agencies of russia continued to investigate all the details of this despicable crime to identify its participants, including those who ordered sponsored and organized. none of them can escape just $145.00 people were killed in that terra act and

. >> hundreds of homeless people in grants pass began setting up in camp mintz in public parks in 2013ed up its enforcement of anti camping laws, banning anyone from sleeping outside with any kind of bedding, including a blanket, pillow, or even a cardboard box, penalties included find starting at $295 or 30 days in prison for repeat offenders, i have a lot of tickets from grants pass. i was almost $5,000 worth, but with extremely limited public shelter space and grants pass, the people affected by the fines sued, saying the tickets violated their eighth amendment rights against cruel and unusual punishment. >> we are human beings and we belong there too. just because we don't have everything that they had doesn't mean that we don't belong. >> people living outside like all americans have the protection of the bill of rights and the protection not to be criminalized and punished for your status is one of the most fundamental long state standing rights that we all have. >> the lower courts agreed blocking the city from enforcing the law. >> the eighth amendment prohibits cruel methods o