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Just takes wire to 989898 today. I'm Daily Wire Editor-In-Chief John Vickley with guest host Mary Margaret O'Lahand,

senior reporter for the Daily Signal.

It's Wednesday, May 1st, and this is your morning wire afternoon update.

Overnight and into the morning police broke up anti-Israel protests on campuses across the country,

while some remain in place.

Daily Wire reporter Megan Basham has the latest.

U.C.L.A. Yale and the University of Arizona and Tucson

were among several colleges that cleared out anti-Israel encampments on

their campuses at Columbia University NYPD stormed an academic building

that had been taken over by students and anti-Israel protesters.

Over 300 people were arrested late last night between Columbia and the City College of New York.

Police estimate that somewhere between 40 and 50 people were arrested at that building alone.

Get out.

Guys, I'm not going to leave down.

Now, now.

Get on my stairs.

And when I go you're going to get arrested. Meanwhile the New York City Mayor blamed the building takeover on outside agitators.

We pointed out yesterday these external actors with a history of escalating

situations and tried to create chaos, not to peacefully protest, but create chaos. Now on the other side of the country

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