Of the unrest. Also, Secretary Of State blinken is in the middle east pressing ahead on a peace deal for gaza. Amid new concerns within the Israeli Government that the International Criminal court might issue an Arrest Warrant for Prime Minister netanyahu. Former President Trump sits down with a former gop rival to allegedly bury the hatchet. What came out of the meeting with Florida Governor desantis . In just a moment. And andreas interview with Sheryl Sandberg on a new documentary detailing the poor Israeli Women experience at the hands of hamas On October 7th. Most of the victims of the Sexual Assault are dead. They were killed On October 7th and this documentary and brave people like amid, their brave voices are all we have to remember these victims and make sure this never happens again. Good to be with you. Andrea is traveling today with Secretary Of State blinken in the middle east as he works to calm tensions in the region. Meeting with saudi arabia today on normalization with israel, urging netanyahu, who could face a criminal warrant from the icc, to be clearer about how the idf will protect civilians in gaza. And working to convince hamas to accept what he calls israels Quote Extraordinarily Generous Hostage for a Cease Fire Deal. Including a sustained period of calm that would spare rafah and more than a million displaced gazans there from an imminent offensive. Demands for peace get louder every day, especially here in the United States where pro palestinian protests have spread to dozens of campuses. Some of which turned violent this weekend. More than 200 students were arrested. Many jewish students now saying they no longer feel safe. Lets start with antonia hilton. Shes Near Columbia University here in New York City where students have two hours to abandon the encampment or face suspension. So, antonia, give us the details of this deadline. Reporter hey, katy. Theres essentially a standoff happening behind these gates here. Administration announced earlier this morning that negotiations while amicable, had essentially fallen apart. The school is still committed to maintaining its relationship with israel and the students are continuing to be part of this encampment. They were upset by this notice, by the 2 00 p. M. Deadline, and theyre organizing themselves into groups now. A group thats willing to risk arrest, suspension, and the group that may observe, and another group that is willing to pack up and flee because they want to be part of commencement. This is what the note that came out to the students looked like. They sent delegates into the encampment to hand this out. It reads notice to encampment and among many, many things, it says please promptly gather your belongings and leave the encampment. If you voluntarily leave by 2 00 p. M. , identify yourself to a University Official and sign the provided form here. Then youll be eligible to complete the semester in good standing. Then it spells out if you are not one of those people, you will be looking at a series of possible consequences. Back of the form has a Signature Line here for students and this has angered a number of them. What we expect to see from the students im talking to this morning is a core group stay there surrounded by faculty were starting to arrive to put on these bright yellow vests to support kids who are still part of this protest and then to see some other students get packed up and get out of the way before that 2 00 p. M. Deadline arrives. Sounds like the university wants to protect its commencement. They dont want to go the route of usc and cancel things. Reporter absolutely, the president made sure commencement is Going Forward and she mentioned briefly they could provide an alternate location for students to protest at this time, but they want to have their commencement as planned. Over the last several days, every reporter whos gone inside and visited usually around 2 00 p. M. Every afternoon, they allow us onsite. You can see theyre starting preparations and they have gear and all kinds of tractors and chairs ready to go. Then like a split screen, you can see the images of the encampment that you see there. And that has really been the tension thats built up here, but it seems like the administration is fed up. Theyre done talking to the students about this. They want them out of the way and they want to make sure there is a quieter end to this semester for everyone. The president really also mentioned that part of the motivation here is this is a community. A group of students. Most of whom graduated virtually when they were in high school, their senior year of high school. So thats added another layer of importance. Its meant the administration has heard from concerned parents. They want that symbolism, those photographs, that moment. Yeah, this is the class of 2020 in high school. The class that didnt have a graduation because of the pandemic. They dont want to have another instance where theyre not able to have a graduation. One thing ive been curious about. Weve seen these protests across the country at multiple schools. In the scheme of they thinks, in reference and relation to how many students there are at columbus, how big is the protest . Reporter it varies day by day, actually. What i understand is that there are hundreds of students involved in the protest but that doesnt mean that any time you walk by the encampment, theyre there. They go to class. Sometimes they go home. They have different sports or activities theyre a part of then they return. Sometimes theyre almost switching shifts. Whos going to be there at this time and who might come back tomorrow. That kind of thing. But at one point that night when the president initially had a 12 00 a. M. Deadline for students and there were helicopters and drones flying overhead and students were nervous, that night, Student Reporters here with the columbia spectator estimated there were about 1,000 students who were on that lawn either actively part of the protest or observing and in many cases, very concerned about their classmates who they thought were at risk of imminent arrest. That gives you a sense of the fluctuating numbers here. Antonia, thank you very much. And Donald Trumps trials, the former president gears up for another week of court after spending his Weekend Lashing out at his political opponents while also taking some jabs from President Biden at the white house Correspondents Dinner saturday night. That is next when Andrea Mitchell reports is back in 60 seconds only on msnbc. Mitchell seconds only on msnbc. Oure livg with mod symptoms can sometimes take you out of the moment. Now theres skyrizi, so you can show up with clearer skin. And show it off. 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I had a great stretch at the state of the union. But donald has had a few tough days lately. You might call it stormy weather. Stormy daniels pun there. Outside of the beltway and in his weekend off from the courtroom, donald trump met with former rival ron desantis in florida to apparently bury the hatchet before november. Joining us now, phil rucker, boston globe cohost of the sisters in law podcast, Kimberly Atkins store and former Florida Republican congressman, david jolly. Welcome. Phil, quite a contrast. The dinner, President Biden making fun of donald trump. Always standard to make fun of your political rival at these things. Donald trump though in florida trying to as we said, bury the hatchet with ron desantis. What was going on there . Yeah, you know, trump was down in florida with desantis. Of course, they had a pretty bitter rivalry down in the primaries until a couple of months ago and trump clearly needs Desantis On Board as he is about to become the republican nominee at the convention and move forward in the general election. Trump wants to win florida and win florida by a big, healthy margin. So he needs Desantis On Board to help do that, but i think more than that, hes looking for desantis to be a surrogate, a backer of his campaign. Somebody who can help you know, further solidify the Republican Coalition in a lot of the states where the election in november is going to be decided by a very, very slim margin. The campaign was ugly between the two of them. But then again, it was also ugly between donald trump and ted cruz, marco rubio and both those guys speak glowingly of former President Trump. What does it mean for florida . Look, i think phils exactly right. They both need each other. Donald trump goes in in a strong position in the state of florida, but he needs desantis support. He needs his Donor Network and Desantis Needs donald trump. If he has a future in politics, what he learned this president ial race is that you have to have donald trump with you or you cant win. I got another theory. I think desantis is still a dark horse for a vp pick. Even though he has said hes not and it would seem odd. Desantis is a lame duck governor right now with nowhere to go and the one thing that donald trump looks at all these vp picks, those who steal the spotlight, desantis doesnt steal the spotlight. Hes a very quiet kind of awkward mike pence. He might be just the right fit for donald trump. Kimberly, youre not allowed to have a president and vp from the state state on the same ticket, right . I think all those conventional rules that we used to go by have gone by the wayside. I think and my dog also thinks that definitely ron Desantis Needs donald trump. This is Donald Trumps party. Whether hes looking for a nod as a vp or he is wanting to get a spot in the next trump administration, this is where hes going right now. And lets not forget that donald trump needs all the money he can get since all of his campaign cash, or a good chunk of it, is going to pay his lawyers with all these trials. So theres a lot of fund raising to be had down in florida. So this is a symbiotic relationship. So i know were talking about vp and i hate to do this because i dont want to use your happy dog as a segue to this, but theres another story in the news about a possible vp contender and her dog. The governor of north dakota. South dakota, kristi noem, actually choosing to write about a moment where she shot and killed her puppy. She said her 14 month old puppy was not easily trained and was acting out and biting and she took the puppy to a gravel pit on her property and shot and killed the dog. Its a pretty remarkable and gruesome tale and im sure it will offend dog owners all across america. I found it chilling reading about it. And it seems like one of those third rails in American Politics that you just dont cross. I remember back in 2012 when mitt romney got so much flak for the family anecdote about their dog sheamus that was having diarrhea during a road trip and they put sheamus in a crate on the roof of the car or Something Like that. Anyhow. This is one of those stories that i think will stick with her and haunt her politically for a long time to come. Thats whats so confusing, david. Why would she choose to write about it . Was there nobody around her reading drafts saying this shouldnt go in . Its very confusing. First, that weird ad for the cosmetic dentist in texas. And this is just like, this is so far out there. Im at a loss to figure out who thought this was a good idea. Explain, you served in congress. Why would she do this . This was ten years ago so everybody was a little different in the Republican Party. Shes a pretty steady hand, accolite of paul ryan. The two senate seats are taken. She wants to be considered for vp but to your point, she didnt have to tell this story. She could have just kept it to herself. As toxic as our politics are, we distrust each other, parties, institutions, the press. Dogs still rate pretty high. Puppies still have a high favorable rating and she just stepped right in it. The question is though does this actually work for her in the veepstakes in what donald trump does like in somebody is somebody who can punch the media in the face, Punch Pop Culture in the face and take a punch back. I think its a terrible choice, an unfortunate moment for the governor. More unfortunate for her dog. Who knows why she did this. Very odd. Lets talk about donald trump back in the courtroom. Hes going to be there tomorrow. Legally speaking, how do you see this playing so far . I know its only been a few days. I think its troubling. I think its bringing to the floor donald trump not only what he is alleged to have done with falsifying Business Records to try to keep quiet what could have been an explosive story during the 2016 election season, but other misdeeds that we know hes been found liable for. Whether its the work at the fraud at the Trump Organization and the e. Jean carroll case. All of that can be brought in as sort of to present his pattern of practice if he chooses to testify, which he promises to do. So it cannot be helpful at this time and he is off the Campaign Trial. Although im not sure how much that matters. When he does his rallies, hes playing to the choir. Hes basically campaigned on twitter and social media before but i think that split screen cant be helpful to his campaign. Phil, i know we do a lot of talking about him not being on the Campaign Trial but whenever he was on the trail in 2016 and 2020 even, that was a truncated campaign trail, they were national events. They got covered a lot. Either first in the Mainstream Press and then on social media or in the more localized or trump maga press. Same things happening with these court cases. Does the campaign really see it as a loss for him not to be on the trail . Well, look. Hes getting a lot of the attention and in many cases, drowning out the current President Biden with his appearances in court in terms of the National News story. The problem for trump though is the narrative is about criminal allegations against him. About criminal indictments about his you know, difficult defense in the court of law in front of a jury of his peers over the Hush Money Payment to an Adult Film Actress to try to quiet her before the 2016 election. Like these are not good elements to be talking about the future of america and framing the way youre going to run for president. So thats the challenge for trump and for his team. But you know, trump has always as you know been of the mind that just being in the spotlight and getting the attention is it a win and so by that standard, you know, this has been a good couple of weeks for him. David, theyve been leaning in to whatever you know, legal troubles he has. Tried to use it to his advantage and now the Republican Party it seems to be leaning in as well. The Arizona Republican selected a fake elector, somebody indicted last week as their National Committee man for the rnc. Does that surprise you . It does not. And i think all of this is a net negative for donald trump. I think theyre making a big mistake here. Donald trump and the Republican Partys grievance around the traditional trumpist white economic anxiety actually i think still sells in 2024. Particularly in this race where there are economic challenges. Not with standing the focus on White Nationalism and white rural america. But the grievance around his legal jeopardy does not work the same. If anything, it reminds those voters who might be sympathetic to suburban women voters, if youre talking about a state saying we want to promote election deniers, its not working. David, kimberly, and phil. Everybody, thank you very much. Under pressure, n