Praising the police in new york for getting those protesters because out of that building. So we will continue to watch that speech or the former president , the lead with jake tapper starts right now Campus Protests are recruiting in violence. The lead starts right now from new york to california and points inbetween protests going beyond just protests, students barricading themselves in buildings confrontations between students and police in some places Vigilante Group showing up, coming up a detailed look at all the chaos plus Secretary Of StateAntony Blinken is in israel, he trying to push a ceasefire as Prime Minister netanyahu i who pledges to attack raffa in gaza regardless of what the us wants. Were going to take you to the situation on the ground in gaza. Plus from the trial so the trail donald trump hitting two battleground states today. Can he avoid yet another Gag Order Violation as the hush money cover up case takes a day off before resuming tomorrow morning. Welcome to the lean. Im jake tapper. Were going to start today with our National Lead and this new round of protest as flaring up on College Campuses. Today, some of which have turned incredibly violent. More than 30 people were arrested at the University Of Wisconsin Madison this morning, police, at least for Police Officers were injured, including a State Trooper who was hit in the head with a skateboard, were told classes have been canceled at ucla today after violence erupted between antiisrael protesters in an encampment and counter protesters overnight. One antiwar protester told cnn that bricks mason, paper, pepper spray, were involved those cnn has not been able to confirm those details. The new york police department, meanwhile says theyre officers will be positioned around the campus of Columbia University for at least the next two weeks. After an estimated 300 people were arrested last night at columbia in the nearby city college in new york officers were forced to climb through a second story window. They say to clear out protesters who had occupied the schools Hamilton Hall, some of the occupiers Having Vandalize The Building new york city leaders now say this particular building occupation was led by individuals who are not affiliated with Columbia University cnns nick watt starts off our coverage from the ucla campus with a closer look at what exactly is happening on colleges across the United States. Already this morning, Campus Police arrested dozens clearing an encampment of the university of wisconsin, madison they started pushing them. They started shoving them students were held down with pitons. Most were released without citations. College Officials Say its unclear how many were affiliated with the school they say some resisted arrest, report for Law Enforcement officers were injured and say peaceful protests that abide by campus rules are still alive. Just no tents. We are grateful that are protesters are still here and they are exercising their First Amendment right last night in new york, police dressed in riot gear, arrested around 300 as they cleared Columbia Universitys Hamilton Hall, which had been occupied by protesters palestinian protesters. Here on the campus that largely kicked off this. Now nationwide movement. There are individuals and organizations that are not students we see a shift in tactics that are being used, destruction of property, destruction of cameras columbias president said the quote, drastic escalation of the protests, push the university to the brink overnight at ucla counter protesters pro israel protesters among them, breached the barricades around the probe who palestinian and cabinet which also breaches ucla campus rules a firecracker thrown in cones and more flying through the darkness, pepper spray from inside that tamp. The College Newspaper photograph to counter Protester Spraying from an aerosol can daily bruin reporters on the scene were slapped an indirectly sprayed with irritants. We are sickened by this senseless violence and it must end, so the college spokesperson, ever since this encampment sprang up thursday morning, tension has been mounting. The first scuffles thursday afternoon more over the weekend, hence, the barriers and the Bottom Buffer Zone that was breached last night, the university has allowed the protesters to control who enters the camp monday, a jewish student posted this protesters wealth outside of their encampment. He says blocking his way. Theyre not letting me walk in. My class is over there. I want to use that entrance ucla called this a parent and remove those theres barriers then last night, this a lot to what happened last night was an attack on our encampment by a zionist thugs that the university did nothing to stop. Ucla has until now kept security light. The lapd out of sight until late last night. But after what happened today, Law Enforcement is onsite and all classes are canceled so. This is where all went down late last night and into this morning. The protesters say they are undeterred, theyre reinforcing their barricade. We can hear the power drill there. We go. But the other thing the college has done now that Exclusion Zone extends way 50 or 60 yards back over there. So counter protesters will not be allowed as close as they were last night, governor of california, gavin newsom put out a statement the limited and delayed campus Law Enforcement response at Ucla Last Night was unacceptable and it demands answers. Weve asked for answers and were still waiting for them. Whens its going to end . Who knows the manger commencement here, ucla isnt till the middle of june jake. All right. Nick watt, thanks so much appreciate it. Lets go live to Columbia University now cnns Polo Sandoval is right off campus for as polo have any protests lets return to columbia today its quite a distinction here. Jake was just 24 hours ago that i was witnessing one of the occupiers of the Hamilton Hall building you see over my right shoulder on top of the roof waving a palestinian flag it really is a nine day difference as there is a relative calm that weve now seen that on here offcampus, but also on campus as well in today for the first time in pretty much two weeks, any member of the Columbia University who wishes to participate in these sort of gathering . For protests if they want to do that, they have to do it on those sidewalks around the space here. And that is really what weve seen most of today. The sidewalk for now has gone john silent, but earlier today we did see propalestinian Demonstration Pop Up at the only gate thats been used. Its also where we met earlier today, a young man named solomon up bad. He is expected to graduate this coming may. And he also represents an additional voice and all this. And that is a majority of the columbia students who have not been actively participating in any demonstrations. And those who would like more normalcy on campus by feel worse all the way around given the events that have transpired. But i really really hope that there can be some sort of returning in a see without a Police Presence because i think thats what i would like when i grabbed you see up might already wearing his cap and gown. And again, he hopes to do that in a matter of weeks in terms of nypd, however, they will maintain a presence here that space based on the request that came in from the Columbia University president minouche sfia. We also heard from mayor eric adams early today, which you heard some of his remarks a short while ago. Next piece he added that he believes are based on the intelligence from the nypd that outside agitators, as he described them, likely influence some of these demonstrations has started two weeks ago leading to some of that chaos unfolded. Get last night. All Polo Sandoval, thanks so much. Lets bring in cnn, chief Law Enforcement and intelligence analyst, john miller. John previously served as a Deputy Commissioner of the new york police department. So john, the chief of the nypd, says that theyve been theyve been having ongoing discussions with universities in new york city right now. How are police preparing behind the scenes to stop violence . And how are they also preparing to allow peaceful protests . So the dialogue with the University Universities is basically, lets establish the rules of engagement. Do we want to, when you have an encampment going or if a building has taken over do you want to move in early nip this in the bud while its small or do you want to let it play out at which point it can grow bigger and require a much bigger response and frankly, a lot more drama attached to it Columbia University asked the police to clear out the west lawn a couple of weeks ago and they did that. But then they didnt post that with any barricades are officers and of course, that Protest Group back and then took the hard turn of taking over a University Building and doing a lot of damage inside. So what theyre what theyre Learning Curve that universities and police in new york are in this reflects a little bit on the rest of the country is when do you move . How long do you let these things go and how assertive a position do you take with you . Your students. So theres some back and forth about whether or not there are elements that are not Student Elements in these protests new york city mayor eric adams said today that the nypd has been able to gather intelligence that some of the people on columbias campus in hamilton building, for example, were not students but actually professional agitators. Now, there has been some pushback by Student Journalists at columbia that no, no, no, its all students what can you tell us about that and what kinds of tools are officials using to get that kind of intelligence . Well, in the nypd, the only people who are allowed by Consent Decree to investigate political activity or things like protest constitutionally protected activities is the Intelligence Division of the nypd. And to do so they, have to establish that there is the possibility, possibility of criminal activity in this case not complicated when when youve got a College Building taken over, how do they collect that intelligence from Human Sources they are allowed under the and to Agreement Guidelines to attend any public events. So for much of it, they can be there. And of course, monitoring social media, which is the Communications Arm that brings people together in these things. But its its, its one of those things that they do every day. And john, a woman who was once called, quote, the nations best known protest consultant, confirmed to cnn that she was on the campus of Columbia University advising protein gestures earlier this week. What what do we know about her . So when you hear the mayor and when you hear Police Officials talk about outsiders coming in and changing the atmosphere thats who theyre referring to. The woman who is in the behind this woman with the kafala there. She is. Lisa fithian as a nationally known protest organizer. She has been in the george floyd anti police protests. She has been in the anti iraq war protests. Shes been in the occupied City Hall Protests in new york, occupy wall street. So shes got a lot of experience and what she brings to the table with protesters is training about how to be more effective and what that translates to is how to create more disruption that will get the attention of institutions that arent responding to their demands. I think if you look at her arrival on the campus, not a student who managed to get onto campus and you watch whats going on in these videos where they are tying with zip ties, a metal table to barricade the doors and the fact that after she arrived in entire building was taken over you could you could assert or assume that she had something to do with it. She says she was not behind taking over the bill holding she was just giving them training on better protest tactics. Yeah. I dont know that theyre getting any of their demands met the protesters, but certainly a lot of them are getting suspended and expelled. John miller, thanks so much. Appreciate it. Lets go to Fordham University in new york city now where we find cnns shimon prokupecz, shaima, and tell us whats happening there this is a protest here that started this morning. Jake, i want to show you down the street. There are a number of students and other protesters people just from the community who have gathered. I here i am. Were hearing the chance whats driving this is jake, let me show you here inside the school. This is inside four university. Im hoping you can see here through the window, there are a number of students and there are some alumni that have taken over this lobby be inside the school. Its about a dozen or so. The students that are inside tell us the de has been suspended, the alumni there. Now, there are access to the campus has been deactivated. We are now waiting on words from the store whether or not theyre going to ask the nypd to come in and remove the protesters that are inside. So thats whats taking place right now. Weve seen a professor here at the school here in the Lobby Negotiating with them. The next step zero are unclear. The end why pd, as youve just been talking with john miller, has been communicated with the school to see what they want them to do for now, everyone is just standing by, but there is a high chance but the nypd will come here and potentially remove these protesters. Interesting, interesting. All right, sharon, thank you so much. Some members of congress are taking i hand at trying to call tensions. Im going to speak next with a democrat and a republican pushing an antisemitism bill. What exactly would it do . Thats the big question. Plus y, the Campus Protests now have so many similarities. True dramatic studentled demonstrations, 56 years ago in 1968 chasing my dr. Sanjay gupta, listen wherever you get your podcasts. Today. At americas Beverage Companies are models might still look the same, but they can be remade in a whole new way. Thanks to you. 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