Protests against the war in Gaza continue on a number of campuses across the country.

As part of our ongoing coverage, Lisa Desjardan has a conversation tonight about the wave of

crackdowns at some colleges and universities and how they're being justified.

Amna, the past day shows more action and reaction.

Police made dozens of arrests as they broke up an encampment at the University of California, San Diego.

At the University of Chicago, police disbanded another encampment.

But at MIT, pro-Palestinian protesters refused to move, despite the threat of academic suspension.

Today in his own speech recognizing Holocaust Remembrance Day,

House Speaker Mike Johnson charged that many schools are hostile places for Jewish people and have quote

succumbed to an anti-Semitic virus. Last night we looked at the idea that

colleges have themselves fomented these protests. Our guest tonight

says colleges are not doing enough

to crack down on them.

David French is an opinion columnist for the New York Times.

And David, what do you think universities

are getting wrong here?

Yeah, what they're getting wrong is they're ignoring their own

reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions that should allow all parties

to have equal access to campus facilities.

This is something that universities who have tens of thousands of students often,

but not, they don't have the public spaces big enough

to encompass everybody who might want to engage in free expression.

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