Out protesters from its campus. Well show you how it happened and bring you the latest on demonstrations across the nation. Plus, israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has more defiant comments on a possible invasion of Southern Gaza ahead of his meeting today with americas topay diplomat. Plus well get expert legal analysis on everything that happened in court yesterday in Donald Trumps ongoing hush money trial. Good morning and welcome to way too early on thisgo wednesday, may 1st. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this morning with the nypd clearing a Columbia University building that wasng seized by protesters. Dozens of officers arrived on campus late last nightwearing riot gear. They used a ramp to get inside hamilton hall, the main Academic Building which was occupied by protesters overnight on monday. Video shows special police units entering the building through a second story window. Officers say about 40 people were arrested inside. The university released these images about damage and vandalism inside hamilton hall. You can see overturned chairs and furniture, Broken Windows and smashed paint and glass. In a statement they made the decision to call police after consulting with Security Experts and Board Of Trustees. The Statement Reads in part this way, the decision to reach out to the nypd wasio in response t the actions of the protesters, not the cause theyre championing. Weve made it clear the life of campus cannot be endlessly interrupted by protesters who violate the rules and the law. The University Says they believe thee group that broke into the building was led by individuals who are not affiliated with columbia. In total Police Last Night arrested nearly 100 people. They also cleared out the encampment that had been up for about twot weeks there on camp. Now, the university is asking the nypd to stay at the school, to stay on campus until may 17th, which is two days after columbias upcoming commencement ceremonies. Additionally, police also cleared an encampment at the city college of new york, which is just a few blocks north from columbia. Officers say they helped the school, quote, restore order on campus. 25 protesters were arrested there. Meanwhile, out west at ucla, propalestinian protesters continued to clashle overnight with israel supporters. Because of the violence, the university has declared the propalestinian encampment illegal. The lapd have now been called to help stop the unrest. Overall, according to a tally compiled by nbc news, more than 1,200 people have been arrested for protests in the war in gaza at colleges across the country. Meanwhile, at Brown University students have agreed to end their encampment. In exchange the school is allowing the group to present their case on divestment to the Board Of Trustees in a meeting scheduled for the fall. Yale protesters also ended peacefully after College Administrators told them it violated school policy. Well have more on these campusc protests and the possible political fallout a little later in the show. But now we turn to Donald Trumps hush money criminal trial, which will resume tomorrow following a pivotal day of ruling and testimony from multiple witnesses yesterday. The day began with judge Juan Merchan Ruling that trump had violated his gag order on nine separate occasions, fining him a total of 9,000 and warning the former president future violations will even land him in jail. The judge also granted trumps request to attend his son barons High School Graduation upcominggh on may 17th. Testimony then resumed with a total ofh four witnesses takin the stand for the prosecution throughout the day. First up more testimony from the former banker for Michael Cohen. Her testified about the creati of a Company Prosecutors say wassed to pay Stormy Daniels, the 130,000 Hush Money Payment to keep her quiet about her alleged affair with trump. The days most significant win was likely Keith Davidson who said he was subpoenaed to testify in the case and then secured immunity. Davidson is the former attorney for both Stormy Daniels and former playboy model karen mcdougal, who also alleged an affair with trump. Trump, again, has denied any sexual encounters with the two women. Davidson represented both as they brokered hush money agreements. He testified he believed the money given to his clients was ultimately coming from trump, but he could not recall cohen specifically saying that he was negotiating on trumps behalf. Prosecutors will continue Questioning Davidson tomorrow with the court on recess today. Also tomorrow a second hearing regarding trumps potential gag order violations. Its also scheduled to take place. This stems from prosecutors allegations last week that the former president violated the order fourth more times. Joining us now msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. Danny, great to see you this morning. Thanks for being here with us at 30 rock. So lets talk about Keith Davidson and what he had to say on the witness stand yesterday. What do you believe the prosecution is trying to establish with his testimony, and whybl do you think he could potentially be key to the case . Couple things. One thing he establishes is theh transaction. The transactions between mcdougal and daniels and cohen and or pecker. In other words, he lays down hes book ending the hush money transaction. They begin with pecker or cohen and they end at davidson. Literally you had testimony thats where the wire transfers ended up. You might argue on the elements the people induced elements of the transactions. One they couldnt testify too much about is the transactions of donald trump. Hes the receiver of the money on behalf of people like daniels, so he wasnt going to have that much information about that, but still a critical witness. I think hes also helpful to educate the jury on this kind of seedy underworld of Hush Money Payment business, which who even knew that was a business or area of practice. Keith davidson appeared to have had at least a few clients thats the kind of deal he brokered. So its interesting testimony, maybe not as interesting as peckers testimony. And it also really now you could say the people have laid down all the pieces they need for thatie underlying transacti, butnd theyre not done yet. They need more on Donald Trumps the intent. So more on that. How could davidsons testimony potentially setup what we might here in the coming days or weeks from Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels if they were to take the stand . Michael cohen is probably the prosecutions most important witness. What you do is lay down data points that will corroborate whatin Michael Cohen says, becae the people know when Michael Cohen takes the stands hes going to get skewered on crossexamination for his credibility issues. Not just his credibility issues, separately his motive issues. He has a motive to come up here and get revenge on the defendant sitting of that table. He might even admit it. Hes going to admit his animosity, i think his testimony is going to be really colorful, and so the prosecution needs to counter that on the front end by laying down all this documentary and Testimonial Evidence that corroborates so when the defense calls cohen liar liar, they can say okay even if you dont believe him heres all this evidence to corroborate his testimony. 9,000 obviously not a lot of money for a man that donald trump says hes aa billionaire. Tell me if im wrong it seems like it sets down a marker, were going to treat you like any other defendant and theres a real warning in terms of escalation of penalties. What was your read what happened yesterday, and what might lie in the uch fooer for potential Violations Including here and tomorrow and beyond . Its exactly what need today be done because all gag order violations, all contemp violations need to follow a continuum. Yes, the statutory maximum for monetary fines here in new york is not very much. 9,000 is not very much to donald trump. To a normal person in court 9,000 would be significant. But that doesnt really matter. The point theyve established a floor, a foundation, a baseline so that going a forward no one n say donald trump wasnt warned when and if he gets to the point where the incarceration has to be considered. I dont think any judge in any trump Criminal Case wants to try and incarcerate donald trump. So its a kind of game of chicken here where donald trump i dont think he really wants to go to jail, but hes willing to dare judges to send him, and judges dont want to go to through the administrative nightmare of havingth to send a former president and a falynx of secret security personnel into some kind of custody. Msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos, thank you for being here today. Were going to have a look at the biggest takeaways of Donald Trumps lengthy and frankly chilling interview with including what tluchl had to say about the possibility of violence were he to lose the 2024 election. Plus House Democrats come to Speaker Johnsons defense amid threats of a possible ouster. Those p stories and a check on sports and weather when we come right back. A check on sports and weather when we come right back its a beautiful. Day to fly. Wooooo a year after a heart attack, mikes feeling like himself again. But even though time has passed, his risk of a Second Attack hasnt. 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Of course multiple Security Agencies have called the 2020 election the most secure in u. S. History. But donald trump is not ruling out violence una separate part of Interview Trump said he would consider pardoning every Single Person convicted the last time there was election related violence, meaning those convicted of january 6th related crimes. Adding its a Two Tiered System Of justice and nobody died other than ashli. That ashli is ashli babbitt, the woman shot by police who stormed the capitol and later died from her injuries. But of course five Police Officers also died from injuries or trauma inflicted on that day. Chilling comments on abortion which well get into later in the show. Meanwhile, the former president will travel to two swing states today. Hes finally back on the trail. First trump will take the stage in wisconsin where hell hold a rally at an expo centered in milwaukee. Then the former president will head to michigan to host his second rally at the international airport. He did capture those states in 2016. Still ahead well take a break and turn to sports with the latest Playoff Action in the nhl and nba including an Overtime Thriller between the knicks and sixers. Plus, well explain why a bee keeper threw out the first pitch in the game between the dodgers and diamondbacks. Those stories and a check on the forecast when way too early returns. The forecast when way too early returns. In here, you can expect to find Crystal Clear audio, expansive display space, endless entertainment, and more comfort for everyone. But even with all that. We still left room for all the unpredictability, spontaneity and unexpected things youll find out here. The new 2024 Grand Cherokee lineup. Jeep. Theres only one. When you have chronic kidney disease, there are places youd like to be. Like here. And here. Not so much here. 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Tyrese maxey, a rising star saved the 76ers from elimination last night with 7 points scored in just the final 20 seconds of regulation including that tying threepointer from the localo, which sent the game to overtime. He finished with a career lie 46 points in the context as the sixers outlast the new york knicks. They win game five 112106. First round series now shifts back to philly for game six tomorrow night. All the pressure on new york. Meanwhile elsewhere in the Eastern Conference the Cleveland Cavaliers picked up a Big Win Last Night Beating the magic 104103 after a clutch block right there by evan mobley preserved their lead in the final seconds of regulation. The cavs will try to finish. The pacers still lead the series three games to two heading into game six tomorrow night in indianapolis. Turning now to the stanley cup playoffs, and well start in the western conference. Up in winnipeg the Colorado Avalanche clenched against the jets beating winnipeg 63 in game five. Theyll now face either the dallas stars or the las Vegas Golden Knights in round 2. To vancouver. The National Predators kept their season alive with a 2win victory over the kanucks. The Carolina Hurricanes clench the season. Theyll face the New York Rangers in round 2. And deep sigh in boston the bruins could not get the job done on home ice last night, falling to the toronto maple leaves 21 in overtime. The bruins who have had a real lack of Killer Instinct the last couple of playoffs still lead the series three games to two but now have to go back to toronto for game six tomorrow night. Consider me worried. We turn now to Major League Baseball and a Melee Last Night in milwaukee. They came to blows that erupted. The two as you see here exchanged words near first base before the situation quickly escalating. He threw a punch who then took a wild swing at the reliever before both bull pens poured out onto the field. Both players were ejected as you might imagine along with another Brewers Player and the teams manager. Rarely seen punches like that thrown in baseball. Now to phoenix where a swarm of bees, look at