A Columbia Lawsuit & a Starbucks Spill 05/01/24

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🗓️ 1 May 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Overnight, NYPD officers entered Columbia University’s campus and made roughly 100 arrests of protesters. Lawyer Jay Edelson filed a lawsuit against the school on behalf of a Jewish student who argues that the university failed to provide a safe learning environment. Edelson discusses the case and the stakes for schools across the country. Axios and Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei looks ahead to the 2024 election and former President Donald Trump’s plans for the country, should he win another term. Plus, Starbucks stock took a spill after its latest quarterly report, and cannabis is headed for a downgrade from the FDA. Jay Edelson - 13:52 Jim VandeHei - 26:05 In this episode: Jim VandeHei, @JimVandeHei Jay Edelson, @jayedelson Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Cameron Costa, @CameronCostaNY

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0:00.0	Bring in show music please.
0:03.0	This is Squawk Pod and I'm C and Vee producer Cameron Costa.
0:09.0	On today's episode, protests at Columbia have boiled over. The NYPD entered campus making 100 arrests.
0:20.0	Lawyer J Edelson has filed a lawsuit against the school on behalf of a Jewish student who says
0:25.1	the learning environment is unsafe.
0:27.8	A kids who work their whole life to get into one of the most prestigious universities in the world and they can't go to class and they're
0:34.6	being forced off because they're Jewish. It's insane, this America.
0:39.8	And Politico and Axios co-founder Jim Vandahai
0:43.2	is watching the 2024 election.
0:46.2	People look back at Trump and they're like,
0:47.7	I didn't, like he might have said crazy things,
0:49.5	but I don't know, it seemed like my taxes were lower
0:51.3	and I was making more money.
0:53.0	Plus a Starbucks spill after a brutal quarter.
0:57.0	The prices now, I mean, I don't know how you feel about it.
0:59.4	They were always high.
1:01.0	And cannabis, on the way to an FDA downgrade.
1:05.0	Brains, I think our brains are always developed.
1:08.0	I mean, mine's developing this way now, I think.
1:11.0	Reverse.
1:12.0	Yeah. It's Wednesday, May 1st. this way now I think. Reverse.
1:12.6	Yeah.
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