Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett and I'm Am the Navas on the news hour tonight.

Police forcefully break up the UCLA encampment as arrests in protests against the war in Gaza spread to more college

campuses.

We hear from the niece of an Israeli-American hostage nearly eight months after he was taken captive by Hamas.

And a closer look at this consequential Supreme Court term.

The case is heard and the ideological divide on display.

This appears, especially this term,

to be a very confident court,

willing to step into some of the most divisive issues. Welcome to the news hour. Police in Riot Gear broke up an encampment at

UCLA overnight and arrested protesters after another day of high tensions on campus. That followed

earlier violence from counter-protesters. So far more than 2,000 people have

been arrested in the last two weeks while many protests have been peaceful and many of the

arrested are not students, the past week has seen a series of escalating

confrontations, occupations, and shutdowns. That led President Joe Biden to condemn violence and disorder today

following the latest developments in Los Angeles.

Overnight hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters at UCLA defied warnings to leave their

encampment.

And just before dawn, police tore down the tents.

Over the course of the day, they arrested more than 200 people. The

police response was still underway when President Biden spoke at the White House

and drew a line between dissent and disorder. So let me be clear, peaceful protest in America.

Violent protest is not protected.

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