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>> neil: one of the most expensive universities in the country elite as they come and right now a source of great controversy because of a good many of those students and not just students there there seems to be a lot of protests going on but they continue to protest israel and in some cases outright praising hamas we have been following all of this, how do things look today? >> there are protest happening both on and off campus in fact large groups of pro- palestine demonstrators are coming here in support of the students behind me i will step out the way to give you a better view take a look this is what is being called a liberated zone by the students, we have been told that these students will be allowed to continue this process on campus as long as no tents are pitched but as you can see there are still put the of sleeping bags and blankets and people bringing food back and forth we have seen some students who are
democratic help if there is a motion to vacate marjorie taylor greene would not say she is going to do that tomorrow she certainly did not do today he probably prevails. >> neil: got it, thank you very much, and on that father cusick the hill editor-in-chief, that was my interpretation i could be very wrong, was not too off the math though chad did not dismiss it out of hand but what do you make of that that maybe this was the week that mike johnson said all right i have to get this aid package through i know i'm risking a lot with a couple of these members but i have to do it, end of story? >> and it johnson has always indicated that he would support aid for ukraine as long as he was getting something and it was on the house terms not the senate terms because the house did not act on the senate passed bill on senate aide and they did their own thing even though there's a lot of similarities, neil listen i tell you that i think the speaker, one of the
muslim praying we have her chanting and singing from the area of the students do not want to speak with us and this continues after the nypd droves of the nypd officers in the right gear arrested more than 100 students yesterday students who spend more than a day and they have camped out in tents on the lawn on the lawn protesting the conflict in the middle east and demanding the university divest from companies connected to israel the nypd moved in at the university's request after students were given repeated warnings but would not leave most were issued summons for trespassing but according to nypd presented a ilhan omar daughter among those arrested and suspended from school as you can see neil the protests are far from over out here on campus back to you. >> neil: when you don'ts bump into the students there you hear these reports about outsiders coming in and talk to tell i understand but what are you hearing on that front?
situation that the region remains on edge we will see how this happens next time around. >> neil: if i am iran mander i am the thinking without any help or assistance or without anything that we would call a joint common wide based attack israel by itself managed to penetrate iran and show how easy it would be for them to do so they never want to escalate that's a pretty impactful statement to iran is it not? >> i think it is very impactful statement to iran and i think as jennifer highlighted a few moments ago the selection of targets in the area is very deliberate they are clearly not going after the nuclear facilities but by going after air defence systems in the area they demonstrated that they have the capability to go there and take out systems that would normally protect them and do what they need to do so i think it's very clear and deliberate message by israel to iran. >> neil: let me get your
>> neil: indeed i didn't mean to be doing full about that but it does affect some of the strategy that hamas has been using and you want to ask about these protests that are cropping up all over the world, right here not too far from where i sit in midtown manhattan, anti- israel, strongly anti- israel and pro- palestine and more to the point often times not afraid to show it and brag about it, pro hamas what do you make of that? >> i think that is the least of it there anti- american, there anti- west they're talking about not just liberating palestine but liberating the cities in which these protests are taking place, liberating chicago or pittsburgh and protesting now at columbia university about liberating new york and burning american flags and cursing police officers these are profoundly anti- american demonstrations not just anti- israel and i think that is very revealing that israel's war
recalled when david was pursued by king saul, and one night while encampment, all of the soldiers were asleep, david snuck into the center where saul was asleep. he grabbed saul's spear and his water jug and then snuck out of camp, stood on a high hill, and then yelled down to the army. he said to abner, the general, you failed to protect your leader, and saul recognized that he could have been dead as a result, and so the message is that your army can't defend you in spite of this. now what the israelis did here in this situation, neil, is they went after isfahan, which is the jewel of all iranian cities, a tourist area, a big mosque and also has a center of its nuclear program, as well as an air force base, and a lot of air defense systems, and so when they went in there and just did a pin
>> neil: we will watch it closely always good to see you bob and we are getting word right now that donald trump has left the new york supreme court today that wrapped up everything including the selection of those 12 jurors and six alternate jurors on monday there will be opening arguments sometimes he makes statements when he leaves but he did not today. meanwhile back here we are talking about this battle back and forth as to weather the speaker can stay in his job at one of those congressmen who is joining this push it to maybe oust the speaker will be joining me the congress man from kentucky will be joining me tomorrow on the weekend's show about why he thinks it's still a good idea that republicans have to be more in your face and not fold on issues like aided that he says are reprehensible that's tomorrow into the meantime looking at these protests that are igniting yet again [ chanting ]
of kids that feel they need to make a difference but are pretty ineffective at actually doing so i was shocked to see people with lesbians for liberation and queers for palestine posters demonstrating just how little these kids know about how lgbtq people are treated in this area of the world and how these are really misinformed and radical fellow students at unfortunately one of the most elite universities in the countries. >> neil: reminding them what it's like in that part of the world, great reporting make you very much. >> thank you. >> neil: in the meantime we are looking at this how israel itself deals with pr amid what is going on with iran and what can be a very nerve-racking weekend we are on it after this e are deciding it's time for a fresh approach to pet food. developed with vets.
intercepting small drones the current reporting points to iran trying to downplay the incident that likely involved israeli missiles fired into iran reports indicate that the united states was informed ahead of the strikes the event appears to be over and does give iran the ability to de-escalate rising tension with israel with iran saving face and israel sending a message that it is unlikely that iran retaliates directly or further activates one of the proxies like hezbollah or the houthi to respond. >> voice of interpreter: a sound heard earlier today was not an explosion it was our powerful air defence firing at suspicious objects causing no damage or incident at all. >> or member the israeli response came after a drone and missile attack against israel last weekend very dangerous and unpredictable times in the middle east neil. >> neil: thank you, we go to peter do see at the white house and how they reacted to all of those they are saying very little about this specific threat.
>> i can tell you that the university has capped the premise pretty locked down to everyone except those with a student id and they have tightened security even more today so from what i can tell these are mostly student protesters but certainly again that they feel supported strongly supported by people coming and remaining just outside of the campus chanting and encouraging them to continue what is going on here on this lawn. >> neil: crazier by the minute thank you very much from columbia university we are also joined by a new york post columnist and a part-time student of columbia witnessing this first hand you saw quite a bit didn't you? >> i certainly did that columbia id came in handy i was able to get access to campus when itu ad to go what was effectively and nypd checkpoint in order to get on campus i am taking a night class this semester, my first semester and i had no idea that