Im annemarie green. New York City Police descended on Columbia University one day after propalestinian demonstrators stormed a campus building and took control. Officers entered through a secondstory window and cleared it out floor by floor. The universitys change of heart came after realizing the protests were coopted by professional outside agitators. Just look at the damage inside, though. Columbia releasing this video showing overturned stacked furniture and broken windows. Police department, you have been warned as per city college to leave the campus. Just blocks from that scene there was another violent confrontation between police and propalestinian protesters at the city college of new york. After order was restored, the mayor replaced the palestinian flag the protesters had put up with americas stars and stripes. Cbs jarred hill is joining us now from columbia with more on the wild turn of events. Good morning. Reporter good morning, annemarie. Within the past 30 minutes or s
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