u. c. l i have comes here. it's on it's our and see with palestinians. formerly the valley and cold have at least 30 universities across the us. they was that ad. so the world garza and for the school to divest from israel. where does the law enforcement supported students? and the professors who support the to this found the peaceful protest. all face the rest, so we can try to communicate with administration as best we can, but we're getting many of the same patronize in lines that students are getting, which is that, you know, militarized. police invasion is in the name of the student safety. and i think like this is like presentation just before told office is closed it a voice, whole clarity, the courtyard arresting, old who refused to leave. after a 5 hour started off. this is what is left of the solidarity camp. it's not going to be the end of the genocide ends in the funding genocide. now students of other campuses are left. what drink if they all next? and so as these protests is leveled to the bus, th

u. c. l. i kristen salumi is a columbia university in new york. we have students occupying a building were removed and arrested, and i presume the mirror of new york has spoken out today about what happened at columbia university. what did he have to say? that's right there. eric adams did speak about the arrest that only here at columbia. university, but i have another school in the city city college of new york uh, between the 2 campuses, nearly 300 demonstrators were arrested and processed overnight. the mirror challenge, the notion that this was a student led demonstration. uh, in fact he said that it was in his view, a global movement to radicalize our children that was happening on campus, although he didn't say who was attempting to radicalize them. and he said that he wasn't going to let that happen. he did say he worked closely with the administration here at columbia, and he said that there was concern that outside agitators were infiltrating the protest movement at campuses here in new york and around the country. and he said that there

u. c. l i. l i p. d offices defended only in cameron's, on wednesday night since tuesday morning. we've all seen the images and they put the test to 2 fundamental american principles, excuse me. the 1st is the right to free speech for people to peacefully assemble and make their voices her. second is the rule of law. both must be upheld. we are not in a far terry nation where we silence people are squashed to send the american people are heard. in fact, peaceful protest isn't the best tradition of how americans respond to the consequential issues. but, but neither are we a lawless country. before the us president donald trump has also spoken out about the protest and white house correspondent, kimberly healthcare has more. the pressure on the president has been intensified. and so finally the president took to the roosevelt room to speak out, but the reaction has been mixed. and best uh, in many cases, disappointing this, the president, not only in many cases did not change his policy, but also many were looking for him to be more. 2 responsive, in terms of acting to, well, the pr

u. c. l. i enrolled after the for the child at nights the can you just give us an idea of what it is like the today and the police presence that is on campus right now? behind me you can see the of the gaza solidarity encampment. the students are still there, they're still holding on and they have been fortifying and reinforcing the walls and barriers that would separate them from attacks by pro israel a counter protesters if we call them that as happened last night in expectation that that may happen again. however, there are more police on campus now than there were yesterday. you can see policemen from and women from a number of different jurisdictions dotted around here, a sort of standing by uh there are also some of those. uh, pro site is pro israel uh counter protestors off in the distance they are behind another barrier, but they're waving their flags, seeing their songs, making their presence notes in terms of fall out tom, the university's faculty took a stand today with a group of fac

u. c. l i have comes here. it's on it's our and see with palestinians. formerly the valley and cold have at least 30 universities across the us. they was that ad. so the world garza and for the school to divest from israel. 2 where does the law enforcement supported students and the professors who support the to this found the peaceful protest all face the rest. so we can try to communicate with administration as best we can. but we're getting many of the same patronize in lines that students are getting, which is that, you know, militarized invasion is in the name of the student safety. and i think like this is like presentation just at certain before to the office is closed it a voice, whole clarity. the courtyard arresting, old who refused to leave after a 5 hour stabbed gulf. this is what is left of the solidarity count. it's not going to be the end of the genocide ends in the funding aside. now students of other campuses are left. what drink is they all next? and so as these protests is leveled to the bus,

u. c. l, a. lease, i pull most dismantled barricades that are pro palestinian comp at the university of california. at los angeles offices have been not saying the following classes between protesters and council protest is also coming out on the program and deals 11 on european commission president of left on the line off as a 1000000000 euro aid package that talks of, of the syrian refugee crisis 11 on has more than 2000000 syrians. many of them want to get your feeling. the heat voters across india brave, scorching temperatures as they votes in the countries of the general election. that will the heat put some people off costing that balance. the money keeps mckinnon. welcome. protests. all heating off universities across the u . s, causing more confrontations with authorities at the university of california. at los angeles police have moved in and largely dismantled barricades following classes between pro testers and counts of protest as the violence at this university broke house on wednesday off for a group of people, some of whom were carrying is really flags attacks, a pro palestinian cam

i am professor in marissa at u. c. l a. and i have been an activist against boar and for social justice, since at least 1968 when i was a graduate student at columbia university. i've been involved in protests against the war in vietnam. and then i transferred to princeton university. and i remember i used to take time out from reading my dissertation and going and joining the marches outside nasa whole against apartheid. i've been involved in protest against invading iraq, the 1st time with the 1st george bush and then totally outraged in protesting against the 2nd invasion of iraq, which was the one that was such a complete disaster. and i remember at columbia when i was so outraged at the police action against the students, i didn't believe the police would act like that. i didn't believe that the university would act like that. and i think students today at you see a way or some of them are shocked at the brutality of the police. and just it's got to be very traumatizing. it reminded me of columbia completely. that it wa

then it's truly organized that was one of the 1st thing that i picked up on once i got here in the afternoon, um for the u. c. l, a and cabinet. um, i, you know, i could see them, i could see a donation clearly going in through one through one entrance and people going in through another side. and they kept the flow of movement going. the organizers, i mean the protests is clearly showing great deal to solidarity, very determined that all they ready for this to get out of control. are they ready to face out to the vitamins that that might actually happen if, if things do spiral, and i don't get that sense from them. i think that they are will take a defensive approach to their encampment, but i, i do not the uh them, you know, getting attacking or getting violent. uh i only see them uh, defending. so it, and even with the earlier, when lapd was in, was in here, all they did was just walk towards them and push them back. you know, there weren't, i didn't see any types of attacks or anything like that. it's just, you know, you push them back and that, that they walk back. all right, so that will leave with that m

i believe, but you have been obviously at the incompetence of the demonstrations across at u. c. l. a. i did. if you had the president's speech in full, it was all your short press conferences a short time ago. but how do you describe the incumbents? you c, l, a and the people with right actually that it down that or what, but to down that of the thing cabinets, there was an extraordinary space. so it was a space for learning for a cultural experimentation for art, for creative, a. d for studying for thinking together for, for mixing different kinds of people. first thing decided to be said about the cabinet is it brought together a whole range of different sorts of people. there was some arab students there of course, but there were jewish students, there were black students that, that next students, asian students, all kinds of students mix together, different genders. people all makes together, people learning from each other. people of course focused very much on the, on, on the catastrophe unfolds. you guys are right now, but also trying to think how the palestinian cause is rel

i mean is it for the post to protest as a u. c. l a as well. i mean for this particular incumbent. yeah. obviously cuz they will come thoughts. so they protests in general. i would say no from what i've seen. you know, these protesters of very, very determined phase comes out here for ties. echoes what we see that universities across the country. i mean, ah, speeds of several of these over the last week. while i saw a few of them was protest is all taken away. pay all booked at the box. they might not be tempting, elsie 8, but they all packed because for that this is something that will continue. i will consider you, as most of the shots have protests, they have very clear colors. they want the universities to tie best companies that have anything to do with israel. they want transparency about records show what's uh, what companies they're working with. and of course they want a ceasefire on it, so like that's each class obviously, but anyway, there, that's at least price as well because it's, it's becoming more of a move, but that a few protests for these people for level ad. so

whatever you want to call it, and the most of the people i've talked to and, you know, i friend to go to u. c l a and i a friend to join the boat. that's the uh so i know a lot of these people and i know that they either are current students or former students, mostly, least people i'm, you know, personally familiar with it. and the other people i've spoken to are definitely supportive of, of the cause. and i've seen other interviews with folks where you know that there was going to be, i watched with an elderly women from the west bank who took a bus here that was, that was done by the public press reporter. so i, i think for the most part i ever, and i've spoken to it is very politically aligned with what, what is the main message of the protesters? what would it take for the protesters to be prepared to pull down? graham and cotton enjoyed the very least if they knew the encampment at at least move away from the area and a lot of the area to be cleared. and um i, i believe up there, you know, i, i, i don't want to speak for everyone, but i believe that the, the, the message i've received so

i am professor in marietta at u. c. l a. and i have been an activist against boar and for social justice, since at least 1968 when i was a graduate student at columbia university. i've been involved in protests against the war in vietnam, and then i transferred to princeton university. and i remember i used to take time out from reading my dissertation and going and joining the marches outside nasa whole against apartheid. i've been involved in protest against invading iraq, the 1st time with the 1st george bush and then totally outraged in protesting against the 2nd invasion of iraq, which was the one that was such a complete disaster. and i remember at columbia when i was so outraged at the police action against the students, i didn't believe the police would act like that. i didn't believe that the university would act like that. and i think students today at you see a way or some of them are shocked at the brutality of the police. and just it's got to be very traumatizing. it reminded me of columbia completely, that it wa

i met, you know, a alumni from u. c. l, a. faculty members. people who live in the city who wanted to join to, to show their support. and of course they were, it was a much smaller number last evening, but they're also counter protestors who were there to show their support for is real and for israel's war and gaza. you with that? as you see, i lied. you're in the south africa. i'd be anti apartheid to protest against south africa a back in the 19 the 8th is. how do you think these demonstrations compared to those? i was just to show my age. i was was indeed there. i must say these demonstration seeing much more intense and they were much more about yes, the issue at hand, the word goes in israel's actions. but they seem to further further into a whole host of other issues and time imperialism as i colonialism. so social justice issues more widely of those protest back of 19 eighties against uh, very similar issues you know, to withdraw university of california money from corporations doing business in south africa. in that case, those protest

i was on the campus of u. c. l a and what happened? there was a disgrace. they were the very because the pro palestinian protestors were peaceful . they set up an encampment and a lot of the students were peacefully protesting. and i mean, they have a right, you can debate the issue, but they do have a right to express their views. they were peaceful and they were attacked and the police did not defend them. and the university present really didn't side of those students who were attacked. he said that they were managed to safety, and the police came in and broke up the in cabin. and a lot of the power steering were arrested pro palestinian protest. and also russia had highlighted before that ukraine was using these agents, but that's when i noticed of the storage unit on june 15, 2023, a drone with a plastic container containing a mixture of core as a toughen on. and clark pickering was used, clara pickering was included in the list 3 of the c, w. c, and prohibited from use even for law enforcement purposes. on december 28th, 2023 american made gas grenades

c as a result of that little. in fact, we even sold foreign ministers from e u countries in attendance, l. c. and miscellaneous and eastern. yeah. like, i mean, there's no foss stretched to say the sizes for an interference in itself, but you can get a sense of how important this is for the new opinion. and as a result of that, you know, we've now got this huge claim from the georgia prime minister. essentially, it has been a threat to his life and it is big because what, what state. so this is the vacuum prime minister who was shot at a blank point range just a few weeks ago to have emergency surgery. he's now recovering from that surgery. but you know, this is a major issue to me just write it. it's funny, blake, don't even think it's blackmail. it's a blatant right. and what we also then heard from the georgia, him prime minister, is that he went on to say that the attack against will but fits so had these traces of special services from one country, but he says a link to the global group policy. yeah, i wanted to ask you about that mr. cobra kids, the mentions the global war party and a statement. can you elaborate on why that's imp

the one of the protest organizes r u c l a alum this wrong got you. i think took us through how the police crushed down on what had been originally a peaceful demonstration. here in los angeles at the university of southern california usc about 93 students were arrested on the 1st day of the student protests this morning early this morning. more than 100 students were arrested at u . c. l. a. where the police came in in violently attacking the students pepper the pepper spray the students in arresting them. they were not being violent. they were simply indian counting in terms of defending kent meant to continue to demand that you see how they stopped investing in dead stop giving their money to support the genocide being committed by israel. the students are steadfast, the students are not getting up, and they have community support. you know, i'm an alumni, i'm a proud alumni, b, c l a. we've been going out there to see it to support the students. the process will continue at u. c. l a and many universities throughout the country just yesterday or may

i was on the campus of u. c. l a. and what happened? there was a disgrace. they were the very busy pro palestinian protesters were peaceful. they set up an encampment, and a lot of the students were peacefully protesting. and i mean, they have a right, you can debate the issue, but they do have a right to express their views. they were peaceful and they were attacked and the police did not defend them. and university president really didn't sign of those students who were attacked. he said that they were managed to safety, and the police came in and broke up the in cabin. and a lot of the palestinian were arrested for palestinian protest. also, russia had highlighted before that ukraine was using these agents. but that's when to and noticed of the storage unit on june 15, 2023. a drone with a plastic container containing a mixture of carr asset toughened on in, clark pickering was used clara pico and was included in the list 3 of the c, w. c, and prohibited from use even for law enforcement purposes. on december 28, 2023 american made gas grenades loaded with

i was on the campus of u. c. l a and what happened? there was a disgrace. they were the very because the pro palestinian protestors were peaceful . they set up an encampment and a lot of the students were peacefully protesting. and i mean, they have a right, you can debate the issue, but they do have a right to express their view. they were peaceful and they were attacked and the police did not defend them. and the university president really didn't side of those students who were attacked. he said that they weren't managed to safety. and the police came in and broke up the in cabin. and a lot of the power steering were arrested for palestinian protest. also, russia had highlighted before that ukraine was using these agents but that went and noticed.

i was on the campus of u. c. l a. and what happened? there was a disgrace. they were the very because the pro palestinian protestors were peaceful . they set up an encampment and a lot of the students were peacefully protesting. and i mean, they have a right, you can debate the issue, but they do have a right to express their view. they were peaceful and they were attacked and the police did not defend them. and the university president really didn't side of those students who were attacked. he said that they weren't managed to safety. and the police came in and broke up the in cabin and a lot of the palestinian were arrest pro palestinian protest. do mean that we've seen the narrative, the media narrative is that basically saying that these demonstrations are anti semitic and yet loads of jewish people have been joining in these protests. and now the by the white house wants to pass the so called anti semitism awareness build is going to stump out of the ability of protests to apparently say bad things about israel. i mean, where all we could a chair and the

yeah, i am sure there are people watching what's happening in that u. c. l. a right now and kind of taking inspiration from the theme, how much they can get away with. i mean this evening, they've been able to do this for the past 4 hours, right. police have just arrive, i would say about 30 minutes ago. so if they are trying to quell any future in san diego, anti violence, they have done a terrible job of that tonight because it seems to be fully endorsed. you know, by the school at this point for taking so long to even crank up the violence here. joey, scott. so now thank you very much, i and so as you were just saying, we've seen some dramatic scenes coming out in new york when police rate that a building at columbia university occupied by students protesting and solidarity with the palestinians. hey, all succeeds. when officers entered hamilton, building hamilton hall, where a number of students had barricaded themselves, hours earlier, thousands of protest as were arrested to raise a bows following the story from new york city. to disperse police around i

i do think that ins chase is like a u. c. l. a and columbia where we've seen more confrontation with the police probably hasn't been handled that well, obviously i'm not privy to all of the details and certainly a challenging situation. but i think a lot of it stands from an inability to enforce some of these rules and regulations from the very outset, to be clear about what students can and cannot do as they choose to violate the rules and regulations. and they know that they are going to be dealt with appropriately. i think any professor or any academic doesn't like to see students in a situation where they are confronted police. it can be dangerous and want to encourage students to be able to express their views and open uh open contacts. but at the same time, you know, when students do engage in civil disobedience and they have, they have to understand that they're going to be consequences to that. are the alternative courses to leave the process and comments in place. but that in itself encourages counts of probably just as

u countries in attendance, l. c, and miscellaneous, and estonia. and i mean, it's not a foss stretched to say that that is for an interference in itself, but you can get a sense of how important this is for the you opinion. and as a result of that, you know, we've now got this sewage claim from the georgia in prime minister that essentially there's been a, a threat to his life. and it is big because what, but feet. so this is a vacuum prime minister who was shot at a blank point range just a few weeks ago. have to have emergency surgery. he's now recovering from that surgery. but you know, this is a major issue to me just write it. it's funny, blake, don't even think it's blackmail. it's a blatant right. and what we also then heard from the georgia, me prime minister, is that he went on to say that be a tactic gains will, but fit so have these traces of special services from one country that he says a link to the global roof policy. yeah, i wanted to ask you about that mr. cobra kids a mentions the global war party and his statement. can you elaborate on

i was on the campus of u. c. l. a and what happened there was a disgrace. they were very to the pro palestinian protestors were peaceful. they set up an encampment. uh and then these right wing mobs at 1 o'clock in the morning a couple of days ago these right wing mobs. they were wearing mass, hundreds of them warmly in canton, and instead of beating, they tore down the barricade that was set up, and they had weapons and bare mace. and they were sprang students and attacking them physically one got staples in his head and the p. d. was on the scene, but they did nothing for several hours. and a lot of the students were peacefully protesting. and i mean, they haven't raised in debate the issue, but they do have a right to express their view. they were peaceful and they were attacked and the police did not defend them. and university president really didn't side of those students who were attacked. he said that they were managed to safety. then the police came in and broke up the encampment. and a lot of the palestinian were arrest the pro palestinian protest

i became so frustrated that i went to the a c l u and got a pro bono lawyer. the case went all the way to the supreme court and, and we, we failed at the supreme court, but people have to understand that the office of the publications review board, i have to say is really an office of censorship. you know, if someone writes a book that praises the c, i a in any way or as a high ranking luminary, those books are reviewed and a matter of day. oh yeah, a couple of weeks. oh yeah. is not months. so what i've done is i don't submit any, but again, it just, i'm not going to acknowledge their ability to censor a legitimate criticism. they know damn well, but i'm not going to expose a sensitive matter a source or a method. but there's information that needs to get out there, that frankly isn't that sensitive because a lot of what the c i classified is to protect the viruses. and there's a lot of the c, i is done that they should be embarrassed about. so they use the p r b, the publications review board as a censorship tool, and no one will speak to this. you're absolu

standing by on. failing to protect the students that's bringing on corresponded rubber, i don't think joins us now from u. c. l, a. in los angeles and brought the protests as the a defying police order is now to disperse, how tens is the situation of the well, it is quite since it's, it seems quite fancy. the reports from inside the cause of solidarity cancer that the people are trying to keep their spirits up. they're talking to one another about what, what happens if they get arrested. but what is happening right around be right now . it just, it fill you in a little bit, i know its dark, but where we are now is outside of the area where the police are not doing the can . and the most news people of these people are from apparently many of them from the university, from elsewhere, from the community as a whole. and they are all supporting the cause of solidarity campus. protests is inside and camp. so you can hear the chanting of the pre pre palestine, people are meeting rooms and so forth. meanwhile, the police on like yesterday went up by a little small pack the cameras out of the blue rigs nowhere to be s

u. c, l, a and least suppression elsewhere. students were mobilized in protests against israel's war on guns, a show no signs of backing down. rob reynolds, l g 0, los angeles. i saw him back in a mechanical is a videographer underwriter, who is joining his life on you see, any account is good to happy with us and i'll just see what is it that you have seen during the protests. a thank you, rob. so late at night, the previous night, a group of about a $100.00 protesters. the guys are so they're already at university of california los angeles. i began to grow fireworks, began to grow a space. i saw you very large desk the round up and they began to yell things is work is real. that also i heard racial epithets towards black people. i heard a quite a bit. 1 of a language which implies extra violence as well as the rest of the bible. after that it went on for about 2 hours. there was no response from university of california los angeles police, nor was there any response from los angeles police department for the california highway patrol. after about 2 hours they did arrive, our protesters essentially well be pro is real uh side i saw directly. 3 used spray agai

i probably can't remember john, we'll let you get away now. and thanks for that. thanks very much. the deepest because the 0. what's going on here at the u. c. l, a campus with 400 also, protest is on now surrounded by los angeles police and we awaits the next move. let's bring in stevens there now. she's a professor of politics and international studies. specializes in middle east in politics at the university of san francisco, joins us live now from golf and back in sweden as a professor. as soon as 1st off, what's your, i've an impression of, of what you're seeing here at, you've lost experience in the political field. what, what do you think about what's happening? and it's quite disturbing, actually. um, these kinds of peaceful encampments are not new. back in the 1980s, there were a large, similar protest on campuses calling for divestment of university holdings and corporations doing business and apartheid south africa. i was part of that movement myself. and while students were arrested, if we, for example, set in an administration building or tried to block traffic, usually the encampments were allowed to stay as long as they didn't i