Way Too Early 5/1/24

Way Too Early with Ali Vitali

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🗓️ 1 May 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Police clear Columbia building occupied by protesters

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0:00.0	Breaking overnight, Columbia University calls in the New York City Police Department to clear out protesters from its campus.
0:09.8	We'll show you how it happened and bring you the latest on the demonstrations across the nation.
0:15.6	Plus, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has more defiant comments on a possible invasion of
0:22.6	southern Gaza ahead of his meeting today with America's top diplomat. Plus, we'll get expert
0:28.7	legal analysis on everything that happened in court yesterday in Donald Trump's ongoing
0:33.3	hush Money trial.
0:49.2	Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Wednesday, May 1st.
0:50.2	I'm Jonathan Lemire.
0:52.1	Thanks for starting your day with us.
0:55.0	And we'll begin this morning with the NYPD,
1:00.8	clearing a Columbia University building that was seized by protesters. Dozens of officers arrived on campus late last night wearing riot gear. They used a ramp to get inside Hamilton Hall,
1:06.9	the main academic building, which was occupied by protesters overnight on Monday.
1:12.2	Video shows special police units entering the building through a second-story window.
1:17.3	Officers say about 40 people were arrested inside.
1:21.3	The university released these images of the damage and vandalism inside Hamilton Hall.
1:29.2	You can see overturned chairs and furniture, some broken windows, and smashed panes of glass. In a statement, the university
1:35.5	explains it made the decision to call the police after consulting with security experts
1:40.2	and the board of trustees. The statement reads in part this way. The decision to reach out to
1:45.7	the NYPD was in response to the actions of the protesters, not the cause they are championing.
1:51.8	We have made it clear that the life of campus cannot be endlessly interrupted by protesters
1:57.0	who violate the rules and the law. The university says it believes the group that
2:02.9	broke into the building was led by individuals who are not affiliated with Colombia. In total,
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