President Biden condemns campus violence speaking out for the first time in a week.

Violent protest is not protected.

Peaceful protest is.

As tensions across the nation reach a bowling point.

The people united will never be defeated.

Tonight, police clash with demonstrators in Portland and Washington, D.C.

CBS Evening News starts now.

Good evening. I'm James Brown in for Nora, and we'll begin tonight with President Biden's sharp criticism today of the violence that is broken out at protests on America's college campuses over the Israel-Hamas war.

In recent weeks, nearly 2,000 people have been detained or arrested at dozens of schools.

There were more protests today at Portland State, George Washington University,

the University of Pennsylvania, and NYU.

Speaking at the White House today, President Biden made his most extensive comments to date

on the protests condemning anti-Semitic slurs, vandalism, trespassing, and major disruptions to classes and graduations

at some universities. New York City Mayor Eric Adams says nearly half of those arrested earlier this

week at Columbia University and nearby City College were not students at those schools.

Adams claims outside agitators are radicalizing students.

CBS's Nancy Cordes leads off our coverage tonight from the White House.

White House officials say it was the sheer number of violent encounters on college campuses

over the past two days that prompted President Biden to speak out.

There's the right to protest, but not the right to cause chaos.

His comments came in the wake of nearly 2,000 arrests at more than 30 colleges and universities.

Start carrying the barricades.

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