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jarred hill starts us off from columbia campus. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. you might be able to see behind me a small group of protesters still out of columbia's campus this morning. but beyond the gate, questions about the future of this pro-palestinian movement as that deadline to remove the encampment has come and gone. overnight dozens of tents on the lawn at columbia university as a midnight deadline to pack up passed with no action. the protests started with the students looking for the school looking to sever all ties with israel following the bombardment of gaza after -- after hamas' attack. now they're coast to coast. >> there are millions of palestinians in gaza sleeping out in the cold every night without access to food, without access to shelter. >> reporter: at new york university, plywood barricades were installed around a campus plaza yesterday after unruly protests monday night. more than 100 people were arrested. students at columbia say their main push is for more financial transparency a
jarred hill starts us off from columbia campus. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. you might be able to see behind me a small group of protesters still out of columbia's campus this morning. but beyond the gate, questions about the future of this pro-palestinian movement as that deadline to remove the encampment has come and gone. overnight dozens of tents on the lawn at columbia university as a midnight deadline to pack up passed with no action. the protests started...
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they return here to columbia, and it's expected to continue through the night. norah. >> lilia luciano, thank you very much. >>> speaker mike johnson's political future could be on the line this weekend. he's hoping to hold votes on a series of bills that include billions in military aid for israel and ukraine. johnson will likely need help from democrats to get the bills passed. cbs's scott macfarlane has been doing his reporting on capitol hill all day. what have you learned, scott? >> reporter: norah, a critical and fragile 48 hours ahead as mike johnson tries to put down a revolt inside his own party, but also get enough support for that $61 billion plan to help ukraine ahead of a key vote on saturday. and an appeal to some of his party's critics, who say the government spent enough on ukraine already, johnson tonight argues some of the money is in the form of a loan, and some of the money will help u.s. defense manufacturers. but that's not enough to satisfy trump ally and georgia republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene, who again today said she wou
they return here to columbia, and it's expected to continue through the night. norah. >> lilia luciano, thank you very much. >>> speaker mike johnson's political future could be on the line this weekend. he's hoping to hold votes on a series of bills that include billions in military aid for israel and ukraine. johnson will likely need help from democrats to get the bills passed. cbs's scott macfarlane has been doing his reporting on capitol hill all day. what have you learned,...
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israel's war in gaza and many jewish students expressing fear after incidents of anti-semitism. >> columbia university, some demonstrators chanted anti-semitic slogans. in one video, a protester can be seen holding a sign near jewish students that reads the next target. it is hamas's military arm. >> jewish students are petrified to go onto campus. >> many of the pro-palestinian demonstrators camped out at columbia and insist they reject anti-semitism and demand the school divest fromcompanies funding is real. >> many of the people you see here today are jewish. >> be issues that we are trying to address for jewish students and other students are not about speech, they are about conduct. >> adam lehman is the president and ceo of hello international, the largest jewish student organization in the world. >> those jewish students themselves, even though they are young, their family members in some cases, themselves, experienced aspects of the holocaust. when they see this, of course, they feel it deeply and they feel it in a posttraumatic sort of way that we are working so hard to eliminate.
israel's war in gaza and many jewish students expressing fear after incidents of anti-semitism. >> columbia university, some demonstrators chanted anti-semitic slogans. in one video, a protester can be seen holding a sign near jewish students that reads the next target. it is hamas's military arm. >> jewish students are petrified to go onto campus. >> many of the pro-palestinian demonstrators camped out at columbia and insist they reject anti-semitism and demand the school...
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. >>> columbia university's president said in a statement that an encampment of pro-palestinian protesters severely disrupts campus life and has created a harassing and intimidating environment. the statement followed the arrests of more than 100 protesters on thursday. >>> and your starbucks order will start looking a little different. the coffee chain says it's rolling out new cups this month that will use 10% to 20% less plastic. >>> for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm carissa lawson, cbs news, new york. >>> it's friday, april 19th, 2024. this is "cbs news mornings." breaking overnight, israel strikes back hitting iranian soil in retaliation for last weekend's unprecedented drone and missile attack. >>> good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. israel has been warning it would retaliate, and today cbs news has confirmed it did less than one week after iran launched hundreds of missiles and drones at the jewish state. tehran is downplaying the attack which happened in the city of isfahan, about 260 miles south of the capital of t
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the students at columbia university, according to the school, have made some promises regarding making those encampments more open and welcoming to other people, but they say they're not leaving until their demands on met as the momentum of this movement continues to spread. protests continued into the night at the university of southern california. a calm end to a tense day. pro-palestinian protesters clashed with campus police trying to remove their encampment. [ chants ] rhonda swise who says she's palestinian-american, one of hundreds calling on the school to cut ties with israel over the war in gaza. >> they're funding this genocide that's happening in palestine and to our people. and we're not standing for that. we're not going to be silenced any longer. >> reporter: at the university of texas austin, confrontations with police in riot gear. more than 20 arrested. [ chants ] on the east coast, students set up tents on harvard yard in solidarity with protests at columbia university. >> we're advocating for an end to massacre. >> reporter: during a visit, house speaker mike johnson
the students at columbia university, according to the school, have made some promises regarding making those encampments more open and welcoming to other people, but they say they're not leaving until their demands on met as the momentum of this movement continues to spread. protests continued into the night at the university of southern california. a calm end to a tense day. pro-palestinian protesters clashed with campus police trying to remove their encampment. [ chants ] rhonda swise who...
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they returned to columbia, and it is expected to continue to the night. norah? >> norah: lilia luciano, thank you very much good late today, the u.s. vetoed u.n. security council resolution which would clear the way for a palestinian state to be given full u.n. membership. the u.s. says it would only recognize palestine as part of a negotiated agreement with israel. meanwhile, the biden administration today responded to saturday's unprecedented attack on israel by slaping new sanctions on iran, targeting its drone production. israel is also considering military action against iran. house speaker mike johnson's political future could be on the line this weekend. he is hoping to hold votes on a series of bills that include billions in military aid for israel and ukraine. johnson will likely need help from democrats to get the bills passed. cbs's scott macfarlane has been doing his reporting on capitol hill all day. what have you learned, scott? >> reporter: norah, a critical and fragile 48 hours ahead as mike johnson tries to put down a revolt inside his own party
they returned to columbia, and it is expected to continue to the night. norah? >> norah: lilia luciano, thank you very much good late today, the u.s. vetoed u.n. security council resolution which would clear the way for a palestinian state to be given full u.n. membership. the u.s. says it would only recognize palestine as part of a negotiated agreement with israel. meanwhile, the biden administration today responded to saturday's unprecedented attack on israel by slaping new sanctions on...
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>> reporter: this is day eight of the protest at columbia university. the school said it is making important progress with protesters, but has given students a deadline to dismantle their tents. the protesters say they will not leave until the school agrees to cut its business ties to israel. >> we need the administrators of these universities to get control of the situation. and if they can't, then we need the national guard, law enforcement, or someone to come in here and take control. >> are you calling for the national guard to come here? >> desperate times call for desperate measures. >> reporter: for now, new york governor kathy hochul says she has no plans to send in the guard. columbia announced today because of the unrest, there will be a remote option for upcoming final exams. graduation is set to take place on campus in three weeks. norah? norah? >> nancy sometimes, the lows of bipolar depression feel darkest before dawn. with caplyta, there's a chance to let in the lyte™. caplyta is proven to deliver significant relief across bipolar depre
>> reporter: this is day eight of the protest at columbia university. the school said it is making important progress with protesters, but has given students a deadline to dismantle their tents. the protesters say they will not leave until the school agrees to cut its business ties to israel. >> we need the administrators of these universities to get control of the situation. and if they can't, then we need the national guard, law enforcement, or someone to come in here and take...
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cbs' nancy chen is at columbia university. >> reporter: dozens of tents remain here at columbia university. right outside it, israeli flags. and some jewish students we spoke to say they feel scared to be on campus. >> many of us knew people at the music festival or that live nearby -- i'm sorry, i'm getting emotional about that. the situation where people scream hateful speech, who have harassed and attacked us verbally and physically people is just making it impossible to be here. >> reporter: back in austin, student demonstrators are still to campus. police have stayed close by, but they have not made any moves to clear out this space the way they did before. in austin, jason allen, cbs news. >>> president biden joins 17 other world leaders demanding hamas release the hostages still being held in gaza. it is the latest attempt to ratchet up the pressure on the militant group which the white house blaes for blocking a diesel with israel. a delegation will arrive in israel to jump-start the talks. meanwhile, the u.s. began constructing a temporary pier off gaza to help deliver humanitaria
cbs' nancy chen is at columbia university. >> reporter: dozens of tents remain here at columbia university. right outside it, israeli flags. and some jewish students we spoke to say they feel scared to be on campus. >> many of us knew people at the music festival or that live nearby -- i'm sorry, i'm getting emotional about that. the situation where people scream hateful speech, who have harassed and attacked us verbally and physically people is just making it impossible to be here....
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. >> reporter: here at columbia university, where it all began, it is day 10 of protests and student protesters are saying we are going to keep the tents up until the university meets our demands. >> columbia needs to divest from any corporation that is profiting off of genocide, apartheid, or displacement of palestinians in israel. >> reporter: outside the school gates... >> israel should stop bombing civilian areas and killing the hostages. >> israel did not take the hostages. >> reporter: phd student ari kircher says he hasn't felt safe since the night the tents took over the west lawn. >> i worry about what's going to happen on campus next year, two years from now. as a member of the jewish people, i feel... my people being attacked. >> reporter: it's important to stress inside columbia university, on that lawn, those protesters have remained peaceful, and today, the university administrators and students announced that after 12 hours negotiating, they were not able to meet each other's demand and reached an impasse, meaning the protests, for now, margaret, will continue. >> marg
. >> reporter: here at columbia university, where it all began, it is day 10 of protests and student protesters are saying we are going to keep the tents up until the university meets our demands. >> columbia needs to divest from any corporation that is profiting off of genocide, apartheid, or displacement of palestinians in israel. >> reporter: outside the school gates... >> israel should stop bombing civilian areas and killing the hostages. >> israel did not take...
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cbs's meg oliver reports. >> tension and concerns about safety continue to embroil columbia university with classes remote only, some jewish students and faculty save the environment has only escalated. >> the jewish students are petrified to go to campus. >> reporter: for the past six days, hundreds of pro-palestinian demonstrators including jewish students have occupied the school squad demanding the school divest from companies funding israel. >> antisemitism is a huge problem in the united states, but anti-zionism and anti-semitism are two different things. >> reporter: late this afternoon president biden denounced antisemitism. >> i deny anti-stepanek protest, that's why i have set up a program to deal with that. and also understand those not understanding what is going on and the palestinians. >> reporter: it has spread to multiple universities including the university of michigan, mit, and why you and amber's in a ball stand. 60 people have been arrested at yale since the start of the protest. orthodox jew, the editor in chief of the yale free press says demonstrators surrounded
cbs's meg oliver reports. >> tension and concerns about safety continue to embroil columbia university with classes remote only, some jewish students and faculty save the environment has only escalated. >> the jewish students are petrified to go to campus. >> reporter: for the past six days, hundreds of pro-palestinian demonstrators including jewish students have occupied the school squad demanding the school divest from companies funding israel. >> antisemitism is a...
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. >> reporter: here at columbia university, the seventh day of protests. demonstrators want the school to divest from all business that supports israel. >> i think that it's time to divest from those weapons manufacturing and re-divest them into other important things. >> reporter: they're also demanding amnesty for all students who have been punished. as you can see behind me, demonstrators both on and off campus are still demanding to be heard. meanwhile, there are growing calls for the university's president to resign. maurice. >> and no real end in sight tonight. nancy chen at columbia university in new york, thank you. >>> at a campaign event today in florida, president biden blamed his opponent, former president trump, for a growing wave of restrictive abortion laws across the country. cbs's nancy cordes has more on what is shaping up to be a key issue in the polls in november. >> this isn't about states' rights. it's about women's rights. >> reporter: president biden traveled to tampa today, just eight days before florida's abortion crackdown is set
. >> reporter: here at columbia university, the seventh day of protests. demonstrators want the school to divest from all business that supports israel. >> i think that it's time to divest from those weapons manufacturing and re-divest them into other important things. >> reporter: they're also demanding amnesty for all students who have been punished. as you can see behind me, demonstrators both on and off campus are still demanding to be heard. meanwhile, there are growing...
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. >> reporter: 16 states in the district of columbia have laws that prohibit teachers from carrying a gun, but these protests come from the city a still reeling after a shooting last year at the columbia school. three students and three staff members were killed. it called for united reforms. opponents say not this law. >> you feel students are at risk with this bill. >> absolutely, absolutely. we're putting a job on a teacher that they should never have. >> reporter: but tennessee's republican lawmakers are sticking to their guns. >> some counties where they may only have two deputies on a shift, this bill tries to fix that problem and protect children. >> reporter: if the bill passes the republican super majority in the house, tennessee's governor seems poised to sign it. mark strassmann, cbs news, nashville. >>> well, coming up, a helicopter team swoops in to rescue a tree trimmer injured on the job in california. >>> and the police standoff that led to a shooting in a parking lot at a minnesota target. p thon a job in california. and a police standoff at a minnesota target. this i
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nancy chen at columbia university in new york, thank you. it is being called a monumental settlement for the survivors of sexual abuse by the disgraced former u.s. gymnastics dr. larry nassar. the justice department announcing today that it will pay more than $138 million for the fbi's mishandling of the investigation. olympic stars simone biles, mckayla maroney, and aly raisman, among the more than 100 people who sued the fbi for failing to respond to their complaints with urgency. the combined payouts to nassar's victims now top $1 billion. at a campaign event today in florida, president biden blamed his opponent, former president trump, for a growing wave of restrictive abortion laws across the country. cbs's nancy cordes has more on what is shaping up to be a key issue in the polls in november. >> this isn't about states' rights, it's women's rights. >> reporter: president biden traveled to tampa today, just eight days before florida's abortion crackdown is set to go into effect. the nation's third-most-populous state will ban abortions
nancy chen at columbia university in new york, thank you. it is being called a monumental settlement for the survivors of sexual abuse by the disgraced former u.s. gymnastics dr. larry nassar. the justice department announcing today that it will pay more than $138 million for the fbi's mishandling of the investigation. olympic stars simone biles, mckayla maroney, and aly raisman, among the more than 100 people who sued the fbi for failing to respond to their complaints with urgency. the...
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cbs's nancy chen is at columbia university. >> reporter: dozens of tents remain here at columbia university as we near a midnight deadline, school administrators have set to clear this lawn. right outside it, israeli flags, and some jewish students we spoke to say they feel scared to be on campus. >> many of us knew people or the music festival or that lived nearby -- i'm sorry. i'm getting very emotional about that. the situation where people scream hateful speech, who have harassed and attacked physically people is just making it impossible to be here. >> reporter: back here in austin, student demonstrators are still here. they are on campus tonight. police are close by, but they are not making any efforts to clear this space the way that they did yesterday. norah. >> jason allen, thank you. >>> president biden joins 17 other world leaders today, demanding that hamas release the hostages it took more than six months ago in its unprecedented attack on israel. this comes the day after hamas released a propaganda video showing one of the five israeli american hostages still believed to be al
cbs's nancy chen is at columbia university. >> reporter: dozens of tents remain here at columbia university as we near a midnight deadline, school administrators have set to clear this lawn. right outside it, israeli flags, and some jewish students we spoke to say they feel scared to be on campus. >> many of us knew people or the music festival or that lived nearby -- i'm sorry. i'm getting very emotional about that. the situation where people scream hateful speech, who have...
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cbs's nancy chen is at columbia university. >> reporter: dozens of tents remain here at columbia university as we near a midnight deadline, school administrators have set to clear this long. right outside it, israeli flags and some jewish students we spoke to say they feel scared to be on campus. >> many of us new people who were at the music festival, or that lived nearby. i'm sorry, i'm getting very emotional about that. and adding to that, the situation where people scream hateful speech, who have harassed and attacked us verbally and physically people, is just making it difficult to be here. >> reporter: back here in austin, student demonstrators are still here. they are on campus tonight. police are close by but they are not making any efforts to clear this space the way that they did yesterday. norah? >> norah: jason allen, thank you. president biden joined 17 other world leaders today demanding that hamas release the hostages it took more than six months ago. its unprecedented attack on israel. this comes the day after hamas released a propaganda video showing one of the five israeli
cbs's nancy chen is at columbia university. >> reporter: dozens of tents remain here at columbia university as we near a midnight deadline, school administrators have set to clear this long. right outside it, israeli flags and some jewish students we spoke to say they feel scared to be on campus. >> many of us new people who were at the music festival, or that lived nearby. i'm sorry, i'm getting very emotional about that. and adding to that, the situation where people scream...
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house of representatives mike johnson visited columbia university along with several of his republican colleagues. his mission though was met a lot of boos from the crowd. he sought to advocate for jewish students to feel safe on campus. in fact, at one point, johnson called for columbia's president to resign for failing to quickly dismantle those encamp. s on university. >> by ruderal and extreme ideologies and they place a target on the backs of jewish students. >> so jewish students across the united states reporting that they feel unsafe on many campuses. they hope for de-escalation and the release of more than 100 hostages still held by hamas this morning. columbia officials say they are making progress in negotiations with those demonstrators. >>> well, for the first time since the war in gaza began, the family of an israeli american hostage has a glimmer of hope. a video released by hamas appears to show berkeley born hostage hersh goldberg polin alive. this morning we're seeing him alive. he was taken hostage in the hamas attack at a music festival. in the video, his hair is sh
house of representatives mike johnson visited columbia university along with several of his republican colleagues. his mission though was met a lot of boos from the crowd. he sought to advocate for jewish students to feel safe on campus. in fact, at one point, johnson called for columbia's president to resign for failing to quickly dismantle those encamp. s on university. >> by ruderal and extreme ideologies and they place a target on the backs of jewish students. >> so jewish...
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at one point, johnson called for columbia's president to resign for failing to quickly dismantle those encampments on campus. listen. >> traditions of the university are being overtaken budget right now by radical and extreme ideologies and they place a target on the backs of jewish students. >> in fact, jewish students across the country reporting feeling unsafe on many campuses and hope for de-escalation. and the release of more than 100 hostages still held by hamas this morning. columbia officials say they are making progress in negotiating with their demonstrators. >>> reed, for the first time in the seven months since the war in gaza began, the bay area family of an israeli hostage has a glimmer of hope. a video released by hamas appears to show berkeley born hostage hirsch goldberg pollinia live. this morning we're hearing and seeing him alive. now he was taken hostage in the hamas attack at a music festival. in the video he's speaking in hebrew and his hair is shaved. it's unclear when the video was taken. for his parents, it brings a mix of worry and relief. >> seeing a video o
at one point, johnson called for columbia's president to resign for failing to quickly dismantle those encampments on campus. listen. >> traditions of the university are being overtaken budget right now by radical and extreme ideologies and they place a target on the backs of jewish students. >> in fact, jewish students across the country reporting feeling unsafe on many campuses and hope for de-escalation. and the release of more than 100 hostages still held by hamas this morning....
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. >> reporter: here at columbia university, the seventh day of protests, demonstrators want school to divest from all business that supports israel. >> i think it's time to devised from those weapons manufacturint them into other important thing. >> reporter: they are also demanding amnesty for all students who have been punished. is the goal to stay here until those demands are met? >> yes. >> reporter: and as you can see behind me, demonstrators both on and off campus are still demanding to be heard. meanwhile, there are growing calls for the university's president to resign peered maurice? >> maurice: and no real end in sight tonight. nancy chen at colombia university in new york, thank you. it is being called a monumental settlement for the survivors of sexual abuse by the disgraced former u.s. gymnastics dr. larry nassar. the justice department announcing today that it will pay more than $138 million for the fbi's mishandling of the investigation. olympic stars simone biles, mckayla maroney, and aly raisman, among the more than 100 people who sued the fbi for failing to respond t
. >> reporter: here at columbia university, the seventh day of protests, demonstrators want school to divest from all business that supports israel. >> i think it's time to devised from those weapons manufacturint them into other important thing. >> reporter: they are also demanding amnesty for all students who have been punished. is the goal to stay here until those demands are met? >> yes. >> reporter: and as you can see behind me, demonstrators both on and off...
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. >> reporter: back at columbia university, the epicenter of the protests, tents still cover the lawn as negotiations and graduation preps continue. >>> yesterday, echoed id live protester encampments in berkeley this morning looking live at a student encampment at stanford. these students also say the university has ties to israel via its investments. the encampment at stanford first showed up last night with tenths and signs saying divest now and hands off rafah an area in palestine. this is the second pro palestinian demonstration by students at stanford. the first encampment lasted 120 days disbanded in february. in exchange for meetings with university leadership where the students expressed concerns at this point. berkeley too the site of the protest. more than 100 people in the tents this morning at sproul plaza. students there demanding the university take an official position against the war in gaza. listen. >> it is absolutely ridiculous that the university that prides itself on diversity, equity and inclusion berkeley specifically on having a very radical history of student
. >> reporter: back at columbia university, the epicenter of the protests, tents still cover the lawn as negotiations and graduation preps continue. >>> yesterday, echoed id live protester encampments in berkeley this morning looking live at a student encampment at stanford. these students also say the university has ties to israel via its investments. the encampment at stanford first showed up last night with tenths and signs saying divest now and hands off rafah an area in...
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. >> reporter: back at columbia university, the epicenter of the protests, tents still cover the lawn as negotiations and graduation preps continue. >> so yesterday, we showed you live protests encampments in berkeley and this morning looking live at a student encampment at stanford university. these students also say their university has ties to israel via investments and they want total divestiture. the encampment at stanford first showed up last night with more than 100 students setting up tents and signs saying divest now and hand off rafah. rafah of course is in gaza or near gaza and it's where more than a million people are in shelter this morning. it's also where israel has said they plan a ground invasion. so they want hands off rafah. but this is the second pro palestinian demonstration by students at stanford. first one lasted 120 days and disbanded in february. that was in exchange for meetings with university leadership where students say they were able to express their concerns. now berkeley too is the site of an encampment. protests with more than 100 people in tents at
. >> reporter: back at columbia university, the epicenter of the protests, tents still cover the lawn as negotiations and graduation preps continue. >> so yesterday, we showed you live protests encampments in berkeley and this morning looking live at a student encampment at stanford university. these students also say their university has ties to israel via investments and they want total divestiture. the encampment at stanford first showed up last night with more than 100 students...