>> until pomona college? divests so even if that means commencement this sunday, you'll be here.e will not rest. >> pomona college releasing this statement to eyewitness news, quote, our students, faculty, staff and alumni hold a range of viewpoints throughout the year. college leaders have offered to meet with student protesters and will continue to do so. we will promote safety for all members of our community and pursue our educational mission. considering the full range of viewpoints, pomona college has been front and center for pro-palestinian protests, with one of the first encampments to form nationwide. more than a month ago. nearly two dozen students were arrested after storming the administration building and occupying the president's office. >> it's really unfortunate that the students and staff are not able to, you know, sort of have meaningful dialog. >> adil mohammed is opposed to the encampment, possibly disrupting commencement this weekend. >> i can understand where they're coming from. but again, you know, this class didn't have a 2020 graduation. and, you know,

. >> all right, kevin lived jack, paula hancocks, thanks to both of you southern california's pomona college, moved today's graduation ceremony 30 miles away the los angeles. the change was made in response to this pro-palestinian encampment set-up on the stage where the college's graduation was supposed to take place. officials at pomona college apologize for the last-minute change and reassured graduate what's additional safety measures will be in place for the ceremony in la let's bring in cnn national correspondent camila bernal who is joining us with more on so several of these students they already didn't have a traditional graduation ceremony four years ago because of covid restrictions. >> and now they're college graduations were impacted in a very different way. >> tell us more about the reaction hey, friday, just a lot of frustration from students and from parents in this case, it means having to drive 30 miles, changing plans, because as you mentioned in that specific area but where they were supposed to graduate, there is now a pro-palestinian encampment. >> so instead of

pomona college's commencement was originally supposed to be on the claremont campus, but was moved 30 miles away due to a pro-palestinian encampment at the university. today's protests sparking frustration. for many, while others say they support the demonstrators. >> i drive all the way downtown los angeles, in the middle of the rush hour traffic, face these characters, which we could have faced up at the other location. it makes no sense. >> these kids work so hard to make it, and to be here and have this special moment, taking that away from people that work so hard to be here is just not right. >> we have an encampment in milwaukee, and i have participated and definitely see the importance of raising the justice issues. >> lapd was called to break up the protest. officers say it was growing larger and becoming a volatile situation. still unclear tonight if any arrests were made. >> israel is ordering civilian evacuations from rafah as it expands its military offensive. more than a million palestinians are currently sheltering in rafah. the evacuation order defies pressure from the

and elwyn, you are at pomona college in california. they have moved their commencement off campus, as you just reported. what is this scene like? there now, christian, we've seen the loved ones gathering with the soon to be graduates all across campus, but the college here says that it decided to move the ceremony off campus, in part for safety reasons. christian elwyn lopez, thank you. to ukraine now, where russia's new offensive is intensifying today with fierce battles for control of several ukrainian villages near the country's eastern border with russia. the fighting has centered near the city of kharkiv. russia says it took five border villages, but the region's ukrainian governor says the fight for control is still ongoing, and brazil is bracing for more heavy rain tonight after 136 people were killed in more than 700. others were injured by the worst floods southern brazil has seen in 80 years. those record breaking floods have devastated cities and forced thousands to leave their homes. but among so much tragedy, a sign of hop

>> until pomona college? divests. >> so even if that means commencement this sunday, you'll be here. yeah >> we will not rest. >> i can understand where they're coming from, but again, you know, this class didn't have a 2020 graduation. and, you know, now they might not even have a 2024 graduation. >> commencement events start on friday and end sunday morning. the school says it has offered to meet with the protesters. stay with us for continuing coverage of the college campus protest across the bay area and the nation. you can get the latest anytime over on our website, abc seven news.com. >> the berkeley unified superintenden out will go before congress this morning to talk about anti-semitic incidents in k through 12 schools and afford morthal and leaders from school districts in new york city and montgomery county, maryland, will all testify during a house committee on education and the workforce hearing in march, the anti-defamation league and brandeis center filed a civil rights complaint against berkel

think it's it's a really bad wade and your college career and i think it's showing exactly where pomona is headed and some universities like columbia and usc canceling altogether this big traditional commencement ceremony. >> and instead of making other plans citing safety reasons and wanting to avoid protests, we saw students at duke university walking out, right as the commencement speaker was is introduced. that was jerry seinfeld's. >> he was able to give his address as planned with no apparent interruptions. >> and this weekend at different universities we saw students at uc berkeley age chanting and protesting and briefly pausing the commencement ceremony. they then walked out of that event and also add virginia commonwealth university at least a dozen students also walking out when the governor was beginning to give his commencement address. so again, that's what a lot of universities are trying to avoid this weekend. and others who have events later on. and of course, this is also caused us a lot of frustration amongst students who had to deal with graduating from high school in

pomona was one of the first places where pro-palestinian encampments started, and some students were arrested there after entering an administration building. >> how long are you going to stay here until pomona college? >> divests. >> so even if that means commencement this sunday, you'll be here. yeah >> we will not rest. >> i can understand where they're coming from. but again, you know, this class didn't have a 2020 graduation. and, you know, now they might not even have a 2024 graduation. >> commencement events start on friday and conclude sunday morning. the school says it has offered to meet with the protesters. stay with us for continuing coverage of the college campus protests here in the bay area and across the nation. you can get the very latest anytime over on abc7 news.com, the berkeley unified superintendent will go before congress this morning to talk about anti-semitic incidents in k through 12 schools. >> annika ford, morthal, and leaders from school districts in new york city and montgomery county, maryland, will all testify during a house committee on education and

and it is worth the sacrifice of an occasional discomfort to have some laughs well, meanwhile, pomonalege in southern california moved it's so many more than 30 miles away due to de is of pro-palestinian protests on campus. >> cnn's camila bernal has details many students and parents frustrated in this case because they have to drive 30 miles and change their plans just to make sure that since meant goes on as planned. >> so instead of it being and pomona college, it's going to be here in la at the shrine auditorium. you can see it here behind me. there are security measures already in place. there is a barrier or metal barrier and already security guards, you are not allowed inside the auditorium. if you do not have a ticket, the school of policy plagiarizing and saying not only that this was an inconvenience, but also saying that they would provide transportation for the students to get here to los angeles. nonetheless, students let's just disappointed and say they're not happy about this whole change. take a listen to what one student said. >> i think it's sad and i think it's it's

pomona's college's commencement was originally supposed to be on the claremont campus. it was moved 30 miles away because of a pro-palestinian encampment at the university. the protest sparked frustration, but there is also some support for the demonstrators. >> drive all the way down downtown los angeles in the middle of the rush hour traffic. face these characters, which we could have faced up at the other location. it makes no sense. >> these kids worked so hard to make it, and to be here and have this special moment, taking that away from people that worked so hard to be here is just not right. >> we have an encampment in milwaukee, and i have participated and definitely we see the importance of raising the justice issues. >> lapd called in to break up the protest. officers say it was growing larger and becoming a more volatile situation. it's still unclear if any arrests were made. >> our time is 406. in tel aviv, israel, relatives of hostages lit candles and they stood in silence as israel marked its memorial day for fallen soldiers and victims of the attack by ha

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>> until pomona college divests. >> so even if that means commencement this sunday, you'll be here. >> yeah. we will not rest. >> i can understand where they're coming from, but again, you know, this class didn't have a 2020 graduation. and, you know, now they might not even have a 2024 graduation. >> commencement events start on friday and conclude sunday morning. the school says it has offered to meet with the protesters. there's now an investigation into the violence between protesters and counter-protesters that erupted a week ago on the campus of ucla . it will use some of that technology that i helped identify the january 6th rioters at the us capitol. reporter josh haskell, from our sister station in los angeles, explains. >> ucla announcing tuesday they're launching an investigation into the violence that occurred one week ago on the night of april 30th, when counter-protesters arrived at the gaza solidarity encampment and started attacking those living in royce quad. the investigation is being led by the newly created position of chief safety officer, filled by rick braziel.

and i think it's showing exactly where pomona is headed. as our university celebrate, we should also be extremely critical of their involvement that has led to the decimation of entire educational infrastructure in palestine. >> school officials say despite delays, they were able to honor nearly 400 graduates. than two dozen graduates walked out of duke university's graduation ceremony in north carolina over the weekend, just as comedian jerry seinfeld began his commencement speech. some were waving palestinian flags. seinfeld has publicly expressed his support for israel since the deadly attack on october 7th. >> back here in the bay area, uc berkeley's big commencement ceremony was disrupted by protesters who wanted to send a message to the crowd. cal's campus wide commencement, honoring nearly 7000 undergraduates, started as planned inside memorial stadium on saturday. minutes later, things change when pro-palestinian protesters interrupted the program, forcing it to stop for a bit before things got back on track. >> as a berkeley studen

and i think it's showing exactly where pomona is headed as our university celebrate, we should also be extremely critical of their involvement that that has led to the decimation of entire educational infrastructure in palestine. >> school officials say despite delays, they were able to honor nearly 400 graduates. than two dozen graduates walked out of duke university's graduation ceremony in north carolina over the weekend, just as comedian jerry seinfeld began his commencement speech. some were waving palestinian flags. seinfeld has publicly expressed his support for israel since the deadly attack on october 7th by hamas. >> back here in the bay area, uc berkeley's big commencement ceremony got interrupted by protesters who wanted to send a message to the crowd. the graduating students are the same students whose high school graduations were impacted, or even canceled because of covid 19. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard spoke with them and some of their parents, who were upset by the interruptions >> cal's commencement, honoring nearly 7000 undergraduates began peacefully ins

por su parte, la universidad de pomona trasladó su ceremonia de graduación a 30 millas de distancia.ron también la seguridad para dicho evento. hacemos nuestra primera pausa, pero en breve, un grupo de maestras y estudiantes de ballet se unen en sacramento para recaudar fondos y asistir a un evento en el condado de santa clara le contamos esta historia. además, entérese de las razones por las que ya no llevarán a cabo un festival de arte en el área de la bahía y con la llegada del calor se elevan las estadísticas de accidentes en los ríos y los lagos co le contamos ahora de un grupo de ballet folclórico, los jaguares de sacramento, que están recaudando fondos para poder asistir a un evento este verano en santa clara. lupita baltazar conversó con la maestra y fundadora de este grupo y nos cuenta más sobre lo que quieren lograr. es aquí en este establecimiento, oak park community center, en donde este grupo de estudiantes de todas edades vienen a ensayar ballet folclórico y quienes están recaudando fondos para poder asistir a un evento este verano. los aguaditos es un grupo de unos 30

. >> and last night, protesters clashed with police outside graduation for students at pomona collegelos angeles. the ceremony had already been relocated due to security concerns. and while there are no signs of any ceasefire, hostage deal between israel and hamas is close. some talks have resumed. andrew. >> all right, perry, thank you. we're getting an exclusive look at the most secure location in the white house for the first time since its $50 million renovation, our george stephanopoulos went inside the situation room, the 5000 square foot complex in the west wing, where sensitive information is discussed. upgrades include sophisticated communications equipment for the president. this is where he did a lot of the coordination. >> when russia invaded ukraine in 2022, he would get up on these screens. the leader that's actually a screen, that's a screen, that's a screen. and there's a screen over here. so he uses this room not just to make decisions, but also really do diplomacy to do diplomacy. >> john f kennedy had the situation room built after the bay of pigs. it was famously p

at the university of texas austin small display, of solidarity with palestinians at columbia and pomona encampments and protest overrun the stage is set for commencement ceremonies. locations, and dates. hastily rearranged. >> i think it's sad and i think it's it's a really bad wade and your college career? >> anxiety, remains with more commencements on the horizon, including at protests, hotspots like columbia, george washington university, and nyu. later this week. and president joe biden's plan to dress at morehouse camila bernal, cnn, los angeles and our thanks to camila bernal for that report, russia is out with slick new video reportedly showing off its fighter jets on the front lines in ukraine. that's the public show. behind the scenes, there's drama of vladimir putin just kicked his defense minister to the curb and he put it in a surprising replacement. the inside story on that next this is a secret. >> war, secrets and spies premier sunday, june 2, attempt bomb freeze, dryness, breakage, new dove ten and one serum hair mask with peptide complex before defies hair bonds at a mo

and i think it's showing exactly where pomona is headed and part of that frustration was because wherehey were supposed to graduate that area of the essentially the stage this covered in tents and posters and signs from the pro-palestinian protesters. >> so in this case, they had to move the location. in other cases, like a colombia and usc, they canceled the traditional commencement ceremony altogether, and there have been some disruptions you mentioned duke earlier and there was also over for the weekend at uc berkeley protesters and at virginia commonwealth university where a lot of the students are some of the students walked out of those commencement ceremonies, some just briefly disrupted, but really, a lot of them went on as planned. and so again, there's just this feeling of sadness from a lot of the students that i've spoken to say they had a difficult time back in high school during the pandemic. and in that graduation and they also feel that this graduation is also not normal. jessica all right. >> camila bernal thanks so much for that reporting and los angeles. so become th

. >> la universidad de pomona tendra su ceremonia este domingo a 30 millas del plantel luego que manifestantesamentos en su escenario principal. >> en los angeles, erika flores, noticias telemundo. >> video se volvio viral. >> kashan parks, de 39 anos, fue detenido esta manana en el bronx y en cargos de violacion, asalto sexual y estrangulacion, entre otros. >> una camara de seguridad capto el momento cuando la la madrugada del 1 de mayo, la victima de 45 anos quedo inconsciente luego que el hombre con un cinturon la estrangulo y la arrastro entre dos autos donde la agredio sexualmente. >> y pasamos a otro tema. >> la administracion va a ir en impulso a una nueva regla con la que terminaria el acuerdo flores, que durante 27 anos ha protegido a menores los cambios preocupan a activistas y a menores tejido a menores migrantes bajo custodia federal. >> a organizaciones que advierten de una menor supervision a los ninos y adolescentes no acompanados bajo este nuevo esquema. >> javier vega nos tiene el reporte un acuerdo legal que protegio a ninos migrantes durante casi 30 anos estaria por terminar

john: at pomona and yale, students won't talk. what are their motivation?a sense that, some have criticized the students saying if you want to meet your ultimate goal, you have to come to the table and come to the table to discuss. the students say until the universities are taking action toward that, they don't see your point in meeting. i think it gets at the broader tension. experts point out this generation of student activists have grown up in an era full of social justice movements from black lives matter in 2020, march for our lives, climate change. they've been instilled with a lack of trust and public officials that they see as motivating students to not necessarily come to the table or be placated and that some of the major criticism in this moment that these agreements are placating students to basically step back, take down the encampments before ultimate goals are met. john: the schools that want to negotiate, are they in any way pressuring the schools that are not doing that? >> it's a good question. it's hard to say how many schools will fall

demonstrators still camped out on the stage where commencement usually takes place at pomona college near los angeles. the school announcing it's moving the ceremony off campus. at columbia there will be no universitywide celebration this year, but smaller events got under way today away from the main campus. >> i wish we were celebrating on morningside campus today, but, alas, we are not. >> reporter: meanwhile at the university of southern california -- [ cheers ] >> asna tabassum. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: -- the school's pro-palestinian valedictorian, asna tabassum, receiving her diploma at a smaller department ceremony today. usc canceled tabassum's speech and ultimately their entire main commencement ceremony citing security concerns. some jewish groups had voiced concerns over tabassum's instagram, which included a link to a website that calls for the abolishment of israel. >> to be here and not speak, honestly, i'd love to hear her. >> asna tabassum. >> reporter: at an event yesterday, tabassum getting an ovation from her classmates. today tabassum shared what woul

at pomona college in the city of claremont, several dozen protesters still have a visible presence onund the main commencement stage. they vowed to remain in place and block graduation activities unless the college commits to divestment from israeli tied companies. commencement ceremonies are scheduled to get underway tomorrow. >> and in oregon tonight, homeless people in the city of portland who camp on public property and reject offers of shelter could be fined up to $100 or even serve jail time. the city council approved the new policy this week and it went into effect immediately. those who accept shelter will not be cited. the measure comes as portland and other cities across the u.s. struggle to address a growing number of homeless encampments, and you can hear about the west coast top stories every weekday right here on ktvu . west coast rap with alex savage airs at 7:00 monday through friday, or you can find around the clock coverage at west coast rap.com. >> new at 11 a new study ranking california among the top three states where most homes will cost at least $1 million by t

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in southern california pomona chose a new location for graduation.ers blocked the entrances. campuses have been dealing with scenes like this since october 7th. >> we deserve to know what our university's invested in. >> for many jewish students on campus we feel unsafe including myself. >> reporter: in a new survey 67% of students at the country's top schools say antisemitism is a problem and 38% say they feel unsafe. now graduation ceremonies are flashpoints. >> with the school year ending it's probably the last big audience for the student movement to express its opposition to the war in gaza. >> reporter: nyu professor robert cohen studies student activism. >> what is the challenge for universities going into a new school year next fall? >> if there is a cease-fire, then i think obviously this will dissipate. if it continues, i think the university needs to find a way to be able to engage the students rather than kind of exile them. >> reporter: until then at some schools a difficult year is coming to a difficult close. stephanie gosk, nbc news.

interrupted pomona college is commencement at the shrine. auditorium. this after the college paid $100,000 to relocate their ceremonies when demonstrators refused to leave the encampment at the main campus. san francisco now we're prosecutors want the maximum sentence for the man convicted of attacking former house speakers. nancy pelosi's husband, paul, with a hammer in their san francisco home. his name is david deep app. you might remember last year, a federal jury found impact guilty of attempted kidnapping of a federal official. the justice department of as filed a sentencing memorandum saying the paps should be held in prison for 40 years for his crimes. federal prosecutors argue that the crimes constitute an act of terrorism. under us law. well, congratulations. in order for san francisco's why amc a just got a 50,000. donation to its swim safety program and bayview hunters point the initiative brings free swim lessons. to local children. it. arms kids with life saving swim skills, allowing them to be confident and safe in the water. the goal rea

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demonstrators are even camping out on the commencement stage at pomona college near los angeles. and due to protests at columbia university, the university wide celebration was canceled. while there's no planned protests for tomorrow at uc berkeley, pro-palestinian demonstrators did interrupt today's law school graduation ceremony. and now it's something graduates will have to take into consideration. i really only thought about that today. for the first time. i'm a little bit like i was like, oh, i didn't even think about that. but i mean, i'm sure it'll be fine either way. a uc berkeley spokesperson says they do not discuss security protocols, but at this time, the commencement will go as planned, also adding that berkeley graduation ceremonies have been venues for all sorts of protests for many years. this year, like every year in the past, our efforts will focus on ensuring the ceremony can be successfully held and on supporting the ability of graduating students, their friends and families to safely enjoy and take part in an incredibly meaningful day. and if protests do take

. >> ongoing protests at pomona college in los angeles county prompted school leaders to make a last minute decision to postpone and relocate today's graduation ceremony. an encampment on the school's graduation stage has been growing all week. today, school officials announced that the main commencement will be held off campus now and will happen this sunday. the ceremony will not be open to the public, and the university says additional safety measures will be taken. the pro-palestinian protesters are calling for total divestment from israel and say they will not move until their demands are met. nationwide more arrests today at college campuses amid pro-palestinian protests today at the university of pennsylvania, police encircled an encampment of demonstrators after warning people to leave. officers in riot gear arrested more than two dozen people, including students and teachers, charging them with trespassing. a similar scene played out at the massachusetts institute of technology. nearly a dozen students were arrested there. >> they had hundreds of riot gear, officers state tr

meanwhile, faculty at pomona college have voted in favor of divesting from companies they said are fundingisrael's war in gaza. the vote is not binding, but seeks to encourage dialog with the college's board and other universities have also reached deals with protesters. brown, northwestern and rutgers are among the schools that have reached peaceful agreements that have included further discussions on divestment, encampment on those campuses are cleared, were cleared earlier this week, columbia university's president said today. >> the school did try to make a deal with the protesting student body ahead of the building occupation that prompted police presence and led to several arrests. >> academic leaders talked with students for eight days and nights. the university made a sincere and good offer, but it was not accepted by the manhattan district attorney's office is investigating the occupation in new york city. >> officials say 32 of the 112 protesters arrested at columbia were not affiliated with the school. today in new york, police officers raided and dismantled pro-palestinian enca

pro palestinian demonstrators blocked entryways ahead of a ceremony for pomona college.he school had moved the event after protesters set up an encampment on the stage. at uc berkeley, home of the free speech movement, dozens of students interrupted graduation waving propalestinian flags and banners. the demonstration later moving behind the main stage where hundreds of others joined in. dozens of vcu graduates silently walked out during virginia governor glenn youngkin's speech. this comes after police in riot gear arrested 25 protesters at the university of virginia last week. according to an nbc news tally, nearly 3,000 arrests have been made on campuses nationwide in weeks of protests. u.s. news and world report is out with a new survey today that says 60% of students say anti-semitism is a problem on campus. 38% say they feel unsafe. as for duke, jerry seinfeld, his daughter graduated from the school, his son goes to the school. we reached out to his team for comment. they have not returned our request for comment. guys, back to you. >> stephanie, thank you very muc

pomona college is moving its commencement off campus because demonstrators are camping out on the stage in protest of israel's actions. other groups have been removed by force. police in riot gear physically clearing out demonstrators at the university of pennsylvania this week, according to the school. out of more than 30 arrests, only nine were students. officials say they found chains that could be used as weapons. and even with that encampment taken down, protests continued. you can see this time marchers making their way to the outside of the interim university president's residence that happened overnight and at the university of arizona, authorities used tear gas and rubber bullets on a group that rebuilt an encampment which had previously been cleared out. police say officers were hit by rocks and water bottles. there meanwhile, the university of wisconsin-madison reached a deal with demonstrators there on friday, the school promising to address their concerns and in exchange, protesters must not cause any, quote, organized disruption of graduation ceremonies this weekend. and t

pomona college moved the main commencement off campus as protesters camped near the graduation stage. school officials say. graduation ceremonies will not be open to the public and proper safety measures will be taken. pro-palestinian protesters are calling for total divestment from israel. they say they won't move until the demands are met and protests are happening on college campuses nationwide. at the university of pennsylvania, officers in riot gear arrested more than two dozen people. police charge students and teachers with trespassing after warning people to leave. and at the massachusetts institute of technology, mit, nearly a dozen students all arrested as a similar scene played out there. they had hundreds of riot gear officers, state troopers, all to come down for a student encampment that was peaceful throughout its time here. this comes just a day after a tense standoff at the university of arizona. police had to use tear gas to clear a pro-palestine encampment before the school's commencement ceremony took place. >> firefighters are investigating a fire that burned thro

in los angeles, dozens of pro-palestinian protesters gathered outside the pomona college commencement ceremony. demonstrators chanted waved signs as guests arrived. now, last week, the college moved its graduation to shrine auditorium. that's nearly 40 miles away from its campus in claremont. the college made that move after protesters refused to take down their encampment as tensions remain high here in the u.s, israel has issued an urgent warning to palestinians to evacuate parts of rafah in southern gaza. battles are continuing across gaza, with the health ministry saying the death toll has now topped 35,000 people. the israeli military says it was continuing what it calls precise operations in eastern rafah, ahead of a full scale invasion. u.s. officials have repeatedly warned against the move. secretary of state antony blinken was on nbc's meet the press this morning. is it fair to say that president biden and prime minister netanyahu are not seeing eye to eye right now? there are two things. one is that, as the president said and as we said in many conversations over the last co

meanwhile pomona college moved today's commencement to almost 30 miles away to shrine auditorium in los angeles because protesters set up an encampment on the ceremony stage, the college says it's also adding security measures for today's ceremony. overseas israel has issued an urgent warning to palestinians in parts of rafah to evacuate the new orders, advise palestinians to head to shelters in a designated humanitarian zone. israel has already sent some tanks into rafah now for months. it has warned it will launch a ground assault there to destroy what it says is left of hamas. this is in retaliation for the october 7th attacks in israel. the invasion is raising international condemnations because of israel's refusal to outline detailed protections for civilians happening today here at home, glide memorial church will be packed to celebrate the life and legacy of the late reverend cecil williams, the longtime leader of san francisco's glide memorial church, died last month at the age of 94. a champion of racial equality, lgbtq rights and the poor, reverend amos brown is among those sp

pro-palestinian chants broke out during several commencement ceremonies at uc berkeley, and pomona college's graduation ceremony to be moved off campus after pro-palestinian protesters set up an encampment on the ceremony stage. >>> one of the star witnesses in the criminal hush money trial of former president trump is expected to take the stand tomorrow. trump's one-time fixer and lawyer michael cohen is at the center of the prosecution's case. the former president spending his weekends on the campaign trail rallying saturday on the jersey shore in a state that hasn't gone republican since 1988. nbc's dasha burns was there for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. today the former president is preparing for a courtroom face-off with michael cohen. but saturday on the campaign trail, he was focused on november's election, telling rally goers he believes he can win the garden state while dropping hints about the stakes. former president trump holding a rally in wildwood, new jersey, saturday. a blue state that he's bullish on turning red. >> we're expanding the electoral map, be

interruption, according to the new york times, at least one person was arrested over a skirmish outside of pomona college's graduation. they had to move their graduation 30 miles away. wave from their canvas. and at duke university, we saw what happened there in the intro. comedian jerry seinfeld, who's been a very vocal supporter of israel since the hamas terrorist attacks on october 7, he was protested by a few dozen pro-palestinian demonstrators who chose to walk out and have their own commencement ceremony across the country in california at uc berkeley, the dean of students had to take the microphone. there was a pause in ceremony there and listen to what the dean of students had to say to try to get control again of that graduation ceremony student if you're open to it i invite you to speak with me after the event and its that's more appropriate? >> but in the meanwhile i ask that you allow the program to continue okay because otherwise we're going to have to continue to have you leave and that breaks my heart so the ceremony did continue. >> no one was arrested and those demonstrators we u

who at pomona university. he was one of the students who was arrested for storming the president's office, which the school says, look, that was not civil disobedience, so that was not a peaceful protests here's how he justified it. and i think it's good to hear in the context of these protests, not just what we're seeing, the most violent visuals on air i think that's a bit of a ridiculous claim, frankly, given the history of student organizing on campuses from the 1960s, civil rights movement, anti-vietnam organizing in the late 60s and 70s, anti south african apartheid organizing in the 80s. these were all campaigns where students violated camp this policies, occupied buildings constructed, mock apartheid walls, or tent cities, or shanty towns. >> but then when we look at the present day we're suddenly so quick to condemn student organizers for these exact same strategies. >> so i think it was just a moment to also talk to them about the divestment movement because they're not just talking about the end to

this country was one of the main themes seemed to contain as the main opposition party form or the pomona is opposing bulgarian request for constitutional changes, so did vote. gary on minority can be official area codes. nice. this is one of the european condition for this country to start opening negotiation chapters. north macedonia, east candidate to join you since 2005. it was beloved for years from neighboring greece over the name dispute. after the press 5 agreement country change its name and become natal member. but you wrote, the on said was look 1st from france insisting to the changes of the methodology, often larger and process. and lately from bulgaria, citizens that frustrated from the slow process and public supports for you has dropped sharply european commission and state department of are criticizing towards macedonia for the corruption. so this problem will be one of the most important for the new government parliamentary election starts to to be more important as the president of the country. she has more ceremonial adults to the us now and a judge in florida hospital

critically important, the nonprofit tax compliance, nonprofit agency i've seen in my own home city pomonax abuse of its tax-exempt status, the report by the california state auditor revealed the executive director for the three top executives making over $10 million a year, at that time i requested an audit on the irs to do your due diligence instead of giving them a large fine you force them to make some changes, how are we making sure now that nonprofit agencies are exercising good models and how they pay and their executive team versus the services that they are providing in the community. >> obviously without commenting on any specific case we take our review of exempt organizations very seriously over the last 15 years i would say getting back to the last ten or 11 years there have been significant efforts to increase the robust transparency of our approach, we had inspector general review our approach in the organizations and for the most part we have gotten good and passing grades and that does not mean the work is done we have the ability to continue to understand from congresspeo

. >> i've seen in my own city, pomona, the abuse of tax exempt status. report by the california state auditors revealed that the executive director or the three top executives making over $10 million a year, at that time i had requested an audit from the irs. you do your due diligence instead of giving them, you know, a large fine, you force them to make some changes. how are we making sure now that nonprofit agencies are exercising some, you know, some good models in how they pay their executive team, versus the services that they're providing in the community? >> yeah, and obviously, without commenting on any specific case, we take our review of exempt organizations very seriously. over the last 15 years, i would say, dating back to, well, the last 10 or 11 years, there have been significant efforts to increase the robustness, the transparency of our approach. we've had our inspector general review our approach on review of exempt organizations and for the most part we've gotten good and passing grades from them. that doesn't mean the work is done. we

ceremonies, including one at uc berkeley in los angeles, protesters clashed with police outside of p pomona college ken griffin said this was the product of the culture revolution in u.s. education griffin is a harvard alum and has given more than $500 million to the university. he said, the narrative on some of the college campuses has deinvolv devolved that the system is unfair in january, griffin called harvard students whiney snowflakes and he was pausing donations over the anti-semitic comments on campus which he blamed on the dei agenda >> it did not all start on october 7th. he is right. here's a novel idea for harvard. embrace western values. >>> coming up, key inflation data due this week we will get you ready after the break. later, eric rosengren will tell you what he expect from the cpi. "squawk box" will be right back. ice works fast. ♪♪ heat makes it last. feel the power of contrast therapy. ♪♪ so you can rise from pain. icy hot. i can't believe you corporate types are still at it. just stop calling each other rock stars. and using workday to put finance and h.r. on one platfo