Storming in. Demonstrators seize a building at Columbia University. Faculty warning students not to come to campus as protests escalate at other schools coast to coast. Struggling with how to deal with the growing protest. Were live with the very latest. Deadly attack. Four Law Enforcement officers shot and killed while serving a warrant in North Carolina. They lost their lives after their gave us the opportunity to be in a safe place. Just ahead, what were learning about the victims and the violence that unfolded as the city of charlotte now grieves. Round two. Millions bracing for even more Severe Weather, many in areas left picking up pieces from the weekend outbreak of tornadoes. Frightening new video showing the moment one of those twisters swallowed a Freight Train. The dramatic images and als full forecast straight ahead. Ozempic personality . A new concern being raised by people on those popular weight loss drugs claiming theyre impacting their behavior in troubling ways. This morning what you need to know. Those stories, plus not sounding the alarm. Ive noticed for the past week or so my alarm wasnt waking me up. Inside the issue many iphone users are having and the setting you need to fix to get that wakeup call. And moving on. Murray to try to break the tie. The Denver Nuggets knock out lebron james and the lakers. No, 0s on the clock, the nuggets advance while the thunder rolls into the next round. One to shoot. Williams will, got it. All the highlights on the road to the nba finals, today, tuesday, april 30th, 2024. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. From studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Good to see you. Welcome to today. Thank you for joining us on this tuesday morning. Nice to have you along and its a busy one. We have two major stories breaking overnight. The dramatic escalation on the campus of Columbia University and the death of a fourth officer following one of the deadly attacks on Law Enforcement in years. Yeah, four officers are now dead in charlotte, North Carolina. One a deputy u. S. Marshall. The others local officers. They were serving a warrant when a suspect opened fire. More on that in a moment. But here in new york, overnight protesters taking over a building at Columbia University after the school began suending students who refused to leave a pro tu tensions are running high there and other universities nationwide. W palestinian encampment on campus. Tensions are running high there and at other universities nationwide. We have it all covered this morning. We will start with nbcs george solis, hes at columbia. Hey, george, good morning. Hey, hoda, good morning. Tensions here reaching a fever pitch. Columbia Public Safety officials issuing that public advisory to most students and faculty after urging them to avoid campus today after the demonstrators took over the building on campus. It comes as the deadline for the voluntary dispersement of the encampment on campus came and went. All this as those campus clashes continue nationwide. Overnight campus protests escalating. Demonstrators occupying a building at Columbia University, smashing windows, doors, rolling down banners, including one. After protesters circled the campus overnight. The unrest coming hours after the university started suspending students who refused to leave an encampment after a deadline passed. These repulsive scare tactics mean nothing compared to the deaths of 34,000 palestinians. Reporter some faculty also on sight linking arms in front of the demonstrators. A growing number of universities are cracking down on protests spreading across College Campuses. Overnight at Virginia Commonwealth University in richmond, clashes between police and protesters on campus, leading to arrests. At ucla in the early hours of the morning, authorities in Tactical Gear moving in between confrontations between duelling demonstrators. [ usa, usa ] reporter earlier from the day, students storming through a building and waving the palestinian flag. Some jewish students frustrated. I have wholeheartedly always supported the right to freedom of protest and the freedom of speech. But when that starts to impede upon like our right to education, to be able to freely walk on campus, thats where i have an issue. Reporter state troopers in riot gear also at the university of texas, austin, detaining demonstrators. Youre choking me. Reporter carrying this person out by their hands and at one point, students surrounding police who say they used pepper spray to disperse the crowd. The University Says they believe majority of the protesters are not affiliated with the school. And as the protests continue to spread, the university of florida taking a firm stance this morning. In a statement following arrests, the school saying, the university of florida is not a day care. And we do not treat protesters like children. They knew the rules. They broke the rules. And theyll face the consequences. As schools across the country struggle to deal with protests overtaking campuses. And back here at columbia, university telling students and faculty that access to other buildings here on campus may be restricted today. While negotiations here for the moment between organizers and students may have failed. Over at northwestern and illinois, University Officials and their organizers say they have come to some agreement. Some of those inclusions include limiting the scope of protest in exchange for more funding for palestinian students and their faculty as well as transparency over specific investments. George, thank you. Also this morning, there are many Unanswered Questions in North Carolina following one of the deadliest attacks on Law Enforcement in years. It happened at a home in charlotte. Four officers were shot and killed. Others were wounded. A task force had been attempting to serve a warrant. Nbcs sam brock is there for us this morning. Sam, good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning to you. The police chief here saying this is a vivid reminder that when members of Law Enforcement put on their uniforms, there is no guarantee theyll be returning at the end of the day. This consists of multiple agencies. 8 members were shot. Four were killed just trying to serve a warrant and retrieve a weapon from someone who should have never had it in the first place. [ sirens ] reporter in charlotte this morning, a deep sense of loss, following one of the worst attacks on Law Enforcement in recent memory. We got shots fired. Reporter a shootout taking the lives of four Law Enforcement officers and leaving four others wounded. Overnight, charlottes police chief announcing one of his own officers joshua ire died as a result ofz that attack, leaving behind a wife and 3yearold son. Well always be indebted to officer ire for his bravery and his sacrifice for this profession. Reporter police say the shooting erupted outside of this home, captured in chilling detail on a live stream. Members of the u. S. Marshals fugitive Task Force Attempting to serve a warrant on a convicted felon wanted for firearms possession. Quickly found themselves taking on heavy gunfire. Officers returned gunfire and struck the victim who was later pronounced deceased in the front yard of the residence. Reporter the chief says a second person then fired on the officers from inside the home. Target down. Additional shots from inside the house. Reporter video taken by a neighbor shows Law Enforcement, including s. W. A. T. Teams descending on the scene as residents looked on in shock. I heard like gunshots. And thats when the police told everybody to stay in their house. Reporter after a threehour standoff, police cleared the home finding a woman and 17yearold inside. They were both brought to the Police Station as persons of interest. Reporter Authorities Say the other victims include a deputy with the u. S. Marshals and two members of the States Department of correction, identified overnight at sam poloche and aldon elliott, both 14year veterans of the department. We lost some heroes that are out simply trying to keep our community safe. Reporter charlottes mayor fighting back tears. The most i can ask of our community is that we honor and respect them. Reporter as far as what we know, guys, about the suspect, police say he had a highpowered rifle, but they have not specified what kind. President biden weighing in overnight saying we have to do more to protect our Law Enforcement community and quote, leaders in Congress Need to step up so we ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines, require safe storage of guns and National Red Flag law and universal background check. Enough, he says, is enough. Sam, thank you very much lets move to the middle east where there is new hope this morning that a potential ceasefire in gaza could be reached. But the u. S. Is expressing concern that time is running out on the newly revived talks. Nbcs raf sanchez is in tel aviv. Hes got the latest for us. Hey, raf, good morning. Reporter hoda, good morning. There is a real sense of urgency about getting a ceasefire deal over the line right now. A feeling that this may be the last chance for an agreement. And thats why this morning we are seeing a major diplomatic push from the biden administration. This morning u. S. Leaders racing against time. Secretary blinken just arriving in jordan while overnight, President Biden calling the rulers of both egypt and qatar. The goal, a deal to free the hostages after more than 200 days in captivity. And to stop the fighting before israel launche israel launches its ground s it offensive in rafah, where more than a million palestinian offensive in rafah where more civilians are than a million palestinian shel. Air stri civilians are sheltering and aid strikes are already raining down. Y raining down. The current propos the current proposal would see hamas free 33 hostages, is hamas free 33 hostages, israeli and arab officials tell nbc and arab officials tell nbc news. News. In exchange, israel woul in exchange, israel would agree to a 40day ceasefire. Th to a 40day ceasefire and the y release of potentially thousand thousands of palestinian prisoners. Of palestinian prisoners. In this moment, the o in this moment the only thin thing standing between the people of gaza and a ceasefire is hamas standing between the people of gaza and a ceasefire is hamas. They have to decide. They have to decide. They have to decide quickly. And they have to decide quickly. Reporter hamas reporter hamas leaders say they are studying the proposal theyre studying the proposal. In tel aviv, protesters demanding while in tel aviv, protesters i make a deal. Demanding israels government make a deal. The intensifie the intensified protests sparked by this hostage video showing by this hostage video showing t 64yearol 46yearold miran and d man who american. His wife, who was held 64yearold american keith siegel. Captive for 51 days, tells us, she c keiths wife aviva herself was t bring herself to watch it. It take held captive for 51 days tells s her she cant bring herself to watch it. E moments with hamas it takes me to the moment t us. Rep with hamas that they threatened us. Orter reporter you and keith were in gaza together and t in gaza together and you came out. He he stayed behind. N you came out, he stayed behind what was the last thing you sai. What was the last thing you said to each other in gaza . To each o . That he must be strong for me and i will be that he must be strong for mm and ill be strong for him. And we hugged. And we hugged. Then i left him. And then i left him. Its very difficult for me and its very difficult for me think about keith being alone without me to think about keith being alon. Reporter hope this deal coul reporter hopes a deal that could end the agony for this d. So many families in israel and so many families in both israel gaza hoping for a deal right and gaza hoping for a deal right now. Now. The u. S. Says the curren now the u. S. Says the current t to hamas is incredibly offer to hamas is incredibly generous. Generous. Hamas negotiators were i hamas negotiators were in cairo yesterday studying it. Yesterday studying it, but this this morning morning, Prime Minister benjami Benjamin Netanyahu is taking a hard line israel will move ahead with an attack on rafa ahead with an attack on rafah with or without a hostage deal. Hoda. Raf, thank you very much. Turning to Donald Trumps criminal hush money trial here in new york, week two of testimony getting under way this morning after opening last week with the key the former publisher of the National Inquirer who told jurors he helped kill stories potentially harmful to trumps election chances in 2016. Nbc senior Legal CorrespondentLaura Jarrett is here. Laura, good morning. This is the first part of the case. We didnt have court friday, we didnt have it yesterday. Where are we . Where do things stand. There are some witnesses that are here to tell a story for the prosecution and some witnesses that are just there because you have to get the documents in. Theres no other way to get the in evidence. Well hear from gary farrow at the bank that Michael Cohen used when we talk about the hush money payment that gets made. Its a payment that Michael Cohen makes to Stormy Daniels prosecutors say to try to keep her quiet. We have to hear from the banker who processed that payment. Youll sort of see this happen throughout the trial where it seems like why do they have to bring this guy in. They dont get the evidence in any other way. Prosecutors want to start and end strong. Theres a lot of these people the middle. Building blocks they hope to wrap together by the end. The gag order, the judge held a hearing on it for violations of the gag order by the former president. But has yet to issue a ruling. Yeah. Its really curious. I think its safe to at least see it in the context of that he understands this is somebody who is running for president. This has never happened before. I think hes trying to be careful. He doesnt want to do anything to go too far, get overruled on appeal. He also sees that the former president is using all of this, right . Hes fundraising off of it. Hes attacking the judge left and right. The judge is trying to be careful but also comes to a certain point if hes not going to enforce the rules, why does he have these orders . The prosecution said in Court Last Week they the former president is angling to be incarcerated, try to goat the judge to put him in jail. The judge doesnt want to take the bait. If he doesnt enforce the rules, then it looks like hes powerless and will hold another hearing on it. And guys, this is why this case is also taking so long. Right . He has to take time out of what would be a witness day to hold a twohour hearing on a gag order. All right, laura, youre going to court today. Well talk to you tomorrow. Yep. Thank you. 7 14. Another big story were watching. The weather. Craig. Yes, indeed. Hoda, savannah good morning. Good morning to you as well. Some of the same areas across the midwest and south hit hard by the devastating tornado outbreak over the weekend are back on alert this morning for even more severe storms. Well get to mr. Rokers full forecast in just a moment, but we start with nbcs jesse kirsch in sulfur, oklahoma, where residents are coping with catastrophic damage as we see behind you. Jesse, good morning. Reporter yeah, craig. Good morning. Were getting yet another look at how strong these storms were. Take a look at this. This is whats left of a truck. The windshield busted in here. We have shattered glass and bricks laying here. This is whats left of one of the building in the downtown area of this small city. Mangled metal, wires and cables dangling here. Planks of wood, piles of bricks all of this as were also getting a new look at one of the storms as it was unfolding. Get away from the windows. Reporter this morning, a jawdropping look at the raw power of a tornado captured from the engine of a Freight Train in nebraska over the weekend. The conductor and engineer ducking for cover as a twister tore in front of their locomotive. It was just one of more than 130 tornadoes reported in recent days across multiple states, including a devastating ef4 twister that touched down in oklahoma. And this morning, were learning more about one of the victims from elsewhere in the state. We lost a hometown girl on saturday night. Reporter in hardhit sulfur, oklahoma, the fire chief says he knew the person who died here. Very, very big part of this community. Shes just a blessing to everyone and were going to miss her. Reporter others narrowly escaping the storm. Shea patrick says her cousin was trapped with her 2yearold son in this home but eventually made it to safety. It was my whole life and its gone. It happened just like that. Reporter in the citys nearby downtown, some Business Owners picking up whats left of their livelihoods. That door is supposed to come out, not in. Its a steel door. A steel door. Reporter with uprooted trees, shattered glass and mangled buildings still dotting the landscape, sulfurs cleanup continues. They will rebuild even stronger. Theyll be stronger than they were before. Reporter and back here in sulfur, oklahoma, there