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From CNN, I'm Fez Jamil with the five things you need to know for Friday, May 3rd.

More than 2,000 people have been arrested across the country in connection with pro-Palestinian

campus protests.

That's according to a CNN review, with arrests happening on more than 40 campuses across at least 25 states.

And overnight at least 30 people arrested at Portland University,

as police cleared a library that's been occupied by pro-Palestinian

protesters since Monday. A movement has led to polarized debates over the right to

protest, the limits of free speech, and accusations of anti-Semitism.

Here's what President Joe Biden said yesterday.

The Senate is essential to democracy, but dissent must never lead to disorder or to deny the rights of others so students

can finish the semester and their college education.

Meanwhile protests in support of the Palestinian people is spreading to campuses

around the world.

From Australia to France, India to the UK, protest camps have popped up with students asking

their universities to cut ties with companies or institutions linked with Israel.

Donald Trump's attorneys are painting one of the witnesses at the heart of the Hush

money trial as someone with a long history of extracting money from celebrities.

Defense lawyers at the trial in Manhattan yesterday accused Stormy Daniels attorney Keith Davidson

of going quote up to the line without committing extortion

citing a host of celebrities he's worked with while trying to cut his credibility

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