Late news, fox news at night. Breaking tonight, anti israel protest continuing on campuses across the country. We have a life look for you here at George Washington university here in the Nations Capital were a very large crowd has gathered this friday night. Several students have reportedly been suspended and even charged with misconduct. We will keep an eye on that story. In the meantime, an update from Columbia University where one of the leaders of the anti israel protests has now been banned from campus, Officials Say more information is coming out about a student who is now facing disciplinary action after video surfaced of him discussing murdering, quote, zionists and saying they should not even exist. Were also keeping a very close eye on Severe Weather in the midwest including a very strong set of destructive tornadoes that apparently touched down in nebraska and iowa. The threat to that region is expected to continue through the weekend, more on that coming up but first, to the senior correspondent, steve live at Columbia University with the latest on negotiations there. Are protesters to remove their tents . Reporter good evening. Thats right, Columbia University wants to get these tents off campus in time for Graduation Ceremonies on may 15th. They are negotiating back and forth but really, we have not seen much progress yet. University officials have said they will not call the police and a second time. You mentioned that student, one of the protest leaders, the 20yearold junior. He has been barred from campus this after some of his social media post came to light in which he said at one point, people should be grateful that he is not out murdering zionists and also zionists should die. As far as columbia goes, their hope is to get this graduation often time. Other schools like the university of Southern California have already canceled their graduations due to security concerns. And for many of those seniors there, this will be the Second Time Around they had their graduations canceled, many of them four years ago, their High School Graduations due to covid. And we are seeing a very different message to students coming out of other universities like the University Of Florida where they have been given a very clear message to students who try to set up tents on the campus were basically told if you put a tent on this campus, you could face suspension for three years. Back to you kevin. Kevin that is Steven Forrest night over at columbia keeping an eye on things, think he was always. Lets now talk about these ongoing campus anti israel protests with a former navy seal who trained with Israels Defense Forces here in hamilton. Cameron, i wanted to share this with jake sullivan, this was on msnbc. It is an interesting viewpoint and this is one of the real challenges for this administration, again trying to unpack what is happening will at the same time trying to play to crowds on both ends of the storyline. Listen to this and allocate your get your reaction on the other side. The hateful rhetoric, the antisemitism that we have seen that should be condemned that has been condemned by our president , by everyone in our administration. At the same time, we have to continue to protect and defend the rights of people to peacefully protest and make their voices heard. Resident biden has made clear that he understands the depth of feeling on this issue, he himself feels deeply on this issue. Kevin understanding the depth of emotion and feeling on this issue. Do they have this right, is this the right tone to strike . I dont think it is. I think he can assume a much stronger tone here. We have to call at this behavior for what it is, this is cultural marxism coming home to roost. Not only that, has always been rooted in profound antisemitism. It is really unfortunate, i think we know stronger tone because behavior like this being pacified will only become further emboldened. Kevin i want to get your reaction to what one of the spokespersons for the columbia and cam is saying as they continue the protest, you so we have steve out there, of course, keeping an eye on things. Listen to this and begin to your reaction on the other side. Once again, our movement here, when they tried to clear it last week, we rebelled. If they want to once again bring an nypd or law enforcement, we will prevail. Our movement is not only this encampment, it was not that encampment, our movement is a very large and we will have our own ways in order to make sure that our voices are heard. Kevin making sure their voices are heard. Your reaction . Theres a big difference between having legitimate concern over civilians caught up in The Fog Of War versus those that are calling for murderous rage and retaliation against the israeli state as well as others who sympathize with the israeli state. It is a really important set of behavior. They believe they will prevail because i dont think they have been challenged the way that they should be. Kevin i want to get your reaction to this. Im curious why this is happening now and why this is seemingly spreading. We have talked, you and i, about what this means broadly. But you sort of look at it as an expert, someone who has spent time with israelis themselves. Why do you think this is happening in this country at this moment in time . Again, we have been fast and loose with ethics on University Campuses. We found for a great degree of time, a lack of real coherent and rational thought and debate over a variety of different topics. You can disagree with individuals but do so with respect and dignity. That does not really exist on University Campuses and we have seen that going back to 2012, 2014. I think this is years in the making, unfortunately. Kevin interesting. Lastly i want to share this from an oped at newsweek in recent part, the only conclusion that can be drawn from these demonstrators, silence concerning thomas atrocities and their antisemitic chanting is that they are not concerned with protecting palestinians, they are out in tents because of hatred of jews and israelis. And so 15 seconds, your reaction to that. I think its right. Unfortunately we are seeing the language and rhetoric they are using, we should take it at face value. Cam, is always, a real pleasure, thank you. Thank you for having me. Kevin a high school here in the Nations Capital finding itself in the midst of a very interesting legal battle after the aclu filed a lawsuit alleging the school violated their arab Student Unions freespeech rights. We have those details for us tonight r. Reporter hello kevin. The lawsuit claims that the School Administrators high school are violating the Student GroupsFirst Amendment rights. And that last lawsuit writing their speech has been repressed because the school does not want their viewpoint, which concerns the ongoing war in gaza and its effect on the palestinian people. They claim the school board the group from handing out free palestine stickers, from Showing A Documentary Critical To Israel and even censored their palestinian literature. To say the students cant speak because some people might find what they say offensive or disturbing, that is just not a permissible reason. Reporter School Administrators and the chancellor for the dc Public Schools have not commented on the allegations as they file an official response to the lawsuit. We also ask the court to treat them, going forward, the same as it treats other student clubs. The same rules, same procedures. That is what they are entitled to. Reporter a Student Leader from the High School Group full the Washington Post that it is anti education, we are being silenced and censored. We want to Dehumanize Palestinians and show our generation that we are not just terrorist, we are rooted in violence. We wanted to show the beautiful history of palestine. They are asking the case to be heard in early may so that the judge can agree, if the judge wants and then the students may participate in these events before the end of the school year. Kevin . Kevin thank you, i appreciate your time tonight. Time for some legal insight from this evenings experts. A candidate for a Superior Court Judge in georgia, a menu have seen before in this program, the civil rights attorney. The Washington Times legal roof Affairs Reporter alex and legal analyst robin non. I love this storyline because i think it is an interesting one that sort of seems to encapsulate a lot that has been happening in the conversation as we have seen it in and around our country. Let me share this before you to weigh in. This is the dc spokesperson talking about what the school has been facing broadly and why this is happening now. The only reasons why a school should be able to prohibit student speech, as long as it is peaceful and not disruptive, is if it will cause substantial disruption of the school or if it is going to infringe the rights of others. And jackson read has never even suggested that there would be any disruption from these kinds of activities. Kevin the old saying goes, Offensive Speech does not necessarily mean prohibited speech. They are making a very strong argument, your take . I think that they are, actually. I think this is tension between administrators and students that is beginning to grow and this is just yet another example here, locally in bc with a High School StudentGroup Feeling like theyre First Amendment rights to free speech are being suppressed by the Student Administrators who are asking them to not hold events that are pro palestinian, to not circulate leaflets and pamphlets that propagate pro palestinian ideas and they are concerned. Kevin if you are an administrator, you have to feel for them because on the one hand they are trying to adhere to all of the Constitutional Rights of their students but on the other hand you have to say, i am worried for my community, your thoughts . I do. I think they are in a tough situation. The problem for them, looking at the complaint, was that they have allowed the jewish group to pass out blue ribbons, they have allowed other groups to play videos during their Lunch Meetings without any sort of prior approval and under the First Amendment you cannot have viewpoint discrimination. So if they are going to treat those groups one way, they cannot treat this one any differently. Kevin i think that is a good point. On one hand you want to be brought in your support for your student community, on the other hand you cannot favor one and not be evenhanded with the other absolutely, i think thats the biggest point to come out of this, it has to be all or none. You allow certain groups to present information, to present their viewpoint and have these robust discussions, you have to allow all Student Groups to do the same because the entire civilization around this to bring prudence is that these conversations are important, we want students to have these discussions, we want them learning about different cultures. We want them to be the leaders of the future and finally end these conflicts but that only happens if each group is able to present their information and everyone has an equal opportunity to present their viewpoints so we can have these discussions. Kevin this is an interesting story and you brought this to my attention several days ago. On the one hand i thought why is this happening right now . And now that we sort of Unpack Everything as we watch more carefully, it really is something that is not just playing out here in a dc high school, it is happening at College Campuses all over the country. There is a Growing Drumbeat right now for this type of discussion that is happening all over the country and on campus is not just in bc and high schools but also on College Campuses. And people are really having to grapple with what is appropriate speech in schools and what is the appropriate way to protest and how to deal with the other side which is people that feel that their lives are in danger where that violence could erupt if there is a documentary shown such as the one that the students would like to show here or pamphlets are passed out with certain images. Kevin i have to admit, i do not remember much about graduating from school but i remember the day and it would have made me very angry if they canceled our graduation in some places around the country. And classes, what you pay for. Kevin you pay thousands of dollars to take these classes and you would expect that that will have privacy about whether or not we can have free speech or have these things discussed. Definitely unfortunate and i think a lot of people think that theyre First Amendment rights are absolute. The truth is that there is a time, place and manner restrictions. Even on campus is khaki usually have an area where you can protest. When it gets out of hand or disrupting, you said graduation or classes daily, it becomes problematic. Especially when there is threats or violence happening as we have seen. Kevin i want to get your thoughts, 15 seconds each. This is from the Washington Post. Very interesting, they are talking about how a new york court tossed Harvey Weinsteins conviction into question and could that help trump . The weinstein decision could offer a potential avenue of appeal to the former president s attorneys or prompt new York Supreme Court justice to adjust their rulings in the trump case in realtime, reflecting this newfound direction from new yorks highest court, experts said. Robert, to you first, 15 seconds, does that help former President Trump at all . I think President Trump should ask for all his Constitutional Rights khaki should have every right to defend himself. We cannot have anybody above the law or anyone below the law, we have to apply equally to all individuals and i hope President Trump can avail himself of everything that guilts him. Kevin robert obviously very evenhanded, he wants everything to be equal. But we all know that equal does not equal equal if youll pardon me for saying so. Does this help former President Trump are not so much . I think it does. I think this was a close decision, as we saw it was 43 by new yorks highest court. And they found that there were egregious errors that prevented mr weinstein from having a fair trial. I think that if anything, overturning a decision that clearly a number of folks thought was the right decision, boats in the favor of any criminal defender. Leslie to you. You dont want to put anything president ial out there for a defendant. You want to make sure there is a fair trial. We have seen with a gag order being onesided for trump, that could be something they look at on appeal. A lot of experts say that the underlying crime being this potential federal Campaign Finance violation that the office does not have the authority to bring that, its usually a federal crime so it is an interesting take. And it is very unique for a State Conviction to be overturned. I think only 5 percent of it happening. Kevin and you are right which is why i dont know why this is even being held in a New York State circumstances, this is a beastly a federal case. Alex, robin and robert, thank you for joining us tonight, we appreciate your time. Another busy day of testimonies, speaking of. And the new york versus donald trump criminal trial, is the former President Defense Team got a chance to crossexamine the former National Inquiry republic publisher, this on a day that also saw mr trumps former assistant take the stand. 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