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in riot gear. you see that crowd there? it's growing. more than a thousand people gathered at the encampment there in the westwood campus of ucla. hundreds of police officers are standing guard and have ordered those protesters to disperse. the question is, will the officers make a move, and at what point are morning team will be monitoring the situation throughout the night. our morning news begins at 5 a.m. let's go ahead and switch gears now. finally tonight, a big and colorful celebration in san francisco to celebrate the start of asian american, native hawaiian, pacific islander

heritage month. earp's theater was packed tonight for the apa heritage awards. it included a traditional parade. mayor london breed also signed a proclamation marking the heritage foundation 20th anniversary, and organizers honored former mayor willie brown for his work with the chinatown and japantown communities. they also showed a video recognizing past honorees, including our very own robert honda. oh, that's very nice. we always have the most colorful gatherings. by the way, thanks for joining us. we hope to see you back here tomorrow. good tonight, the tonight, the tensions on campuses boiling over from coast to coast. the violent clashes today at the university of wisconsin just hours after police in new york stormed a building that had been taken over on the columbia campus. the nypd arresting nearly 300 protesters across the city. the mayor blaming, quote, outside agitators. in california, ucla canceling classes today after violence erupted between dueling groups.

our team on those campuses tonight. also this evening, the terrifying moments an active shooter at a middle school in wisconsin. officials saying the threat was neutralized outside the building. the new storm threat across the central u.s. after another deadly tornado outbreak. we're tracking it. arizona lawmakers voting to repeal the state's 1864 abortion ban. why it will still be on the books for months. and in florida, the six-week ban taking effect. secretary of state antony blinken meeting with israeli prime minister netanyahu as the u.s. pushes for a cease-fire in gaza. what he's telling us one-on-one tonight. new images of harvey weinstein in a wheelchair looking gaunt in his first court appearance since his new york rape conviction was overturned. and the swarm of bees delaying a major league game for hours until a hero steps up to the mound. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt.

good evening, and welcome. after earlier appearing to struggle over the line between free speech and public safety, a new resolve on some of the college campuses that have been at the center of protests over the conflict in gaza. nowhere more boldly than at new york city's columbia university where nypd officers were called on by the university to breach a historic building that had been seized and barricaded by protesters and to shut down the protest encampments. over 100 people were arrested, and there were violent clashes with protesters at the university of wisconsin where police also moved against encampments even as new ones are appearing at campuses across the country. while the police actions were unwelcome by protesters, at ucla a very different story. pro-palestinian demonstrators there asking where were the police when they came under attack by pro-israel activists. erin mclaughlin starts our coverage.

>> reporter: tonight police crackdowns continue on college campuses across the country. at the university of wisconsin, madison, clashes. four officers injured and dozens of pro-palestinian protesters arrested. >> we plan to be here until our demands are met no matter what. >> reporter: while jewish students say, they also want their voices heard. >> but we just wanted to show that we're here and that we're not scared. >> reporter: at the university of texas, dallas, tents taken down. meanwhile, columbia university says it had no choice but to call the police. the police are making their way onto the campus. dozens of officers. overnight more than 100 were arrested on campus. police releasing this video with no audio showing officers in riot gear taking back control of the historic hamilton hall and the encampment. >> i was terrified. >> reporter: this student says he was on campus during the raid to stand in solidarity with the protesters occupying the hall. >> whatever happened to our peers who were inside hamilton, many of whom we know and are friends with, we wanted to make sure

that we record what happened. >> reporter: he says police moved him and others into a dorm where he stayed for nearly three hours. >> what i personally saw mainly was the nypd officers in our face, and i saw students being dragged out of there in handcuffs, the blockade, the human chain that was outside of it being cleared. >> reporter: the encampment once full of protesters and tents now cleared. today, university president minouche shafik explained why she called the police saying the occupation of hamilton hall was destruction, not political speech pointing to students who felt uncomfortable and unwelcome because of the disruption and anti-semitic comments. mayor eric adams said agitators co-opted the protest. >> we saw individuals holding doors. we saw individuals doing training. they were not students. they did not belong on the property, and they have a long history of participating in this type of discourse. >> how many of those individuals were students, and how many of those individuals were so-called outside agitators? >> that's the analysis

that's taking place right now. >> reporter: today off campus faculty protested the police intervention pointing to the police crackdown on the same hall in 1968. >> it's clear that shared governance meaning the capacity of faculty, students, and staff to interact with senior administration to come to resolutions of difficult problems is the lesson learned from 1968. that lesson was lost yesterday. >> and erin joins us from columbia university. erin, we're hearing about potential police activity at nearby fordham university in new york. >> reporter: that's right, lester. moments ago the nypd said that university has also requested their assistance on campus to disperse protesters and that arrests will begin there imminently. lester. >> erin mclaughlin, thank you. across the country the protests turned violent at ucla, highlighting the issues that so many colleges have been struggling with since the protests began. liz kreutz is in los

angeles. >> reporter: at ucla tensions between protesters boiling over as counterprotesters, some in masks, storm the pro-palestinian encampment overnight. violence erupting. videos show protesters fighting, some being pepper sprayed and fireworks thrown into the encampment. eventually police in riot gear arrived but made no arrests. things have now calmed down here. police were able to come and break up the fights between protesters, but there's a heavy police presence still here and a lot of tension on campus. as protesters spend their seventh day camped out, some students saying their rights to move freely around campus have been infringed. >> i have my i.d. right here. i'm being blocked off. >> reporter: this outspoken pro-israel student eli posted this video of what he says were protesters not allowing him to access a pathway near the encampment. >> they created their own checkpoint at this entrance, and i saw this, and i said, no, no, no, absolutely not.

this is public land. i pay tuition here. i deserve to walk this path to class if i so choose to. >> reporter: the incident condemned by the university but sparking a debate about the balance between free speech, access at a public university, and safety on campus. yama is a pro-palestinian protester, who says she was pepper sprayed overnight. >> they're saying that what we're doing is unlawful, but what i've seen in the encampment is that we are trying to be as peaceful, and we are trying to ensure that everyone is safe, and that our community members are protected in their right to protest. >> reporter: by an nbc news count, nearly 50 u.s. colleges and universities nationwide have encampments with students demanding their schools divest from israel over the country's war in gaza, places like yale, indiana university, and arizona state. two schools, brown and northwestern, have reached preliminary agreements to de-escalate tensions. [ crowd chanting ] the unrest playing out in different ways on some campuses. this american flag at unc put back in place and protected in part by a group of fraternity brothers

after protesters had replaced it with a palestinian flag. it's all part of a decades-long history of protests on college campuses helping to spark change over issues like the vietnam war and south africa's apartheid, but the right to protest has limitations.rotest has limitations. >> there's robust protection for first amendment activities when it comes to >> there's robust protection for first amendment activities when it comes to speech, when it comes to expressive conduct, but there are limits, and one of those limits obviously is violence. >> and liz joining us now from ucla where classes were canceled today. liz, what comes next there? >> reporter: well, lester, there's still a heavy police presence here, but so far they've stayed away from this encampment. this though as the university called the encampment unlawful and began telling students they had to leave. just moments ago protesters held a press conference saying they will not leave until their demands are met, and, lester, you might be able to see behind me, the students here are at the encampment fortifying it right

now tonight, lester. >> all right, liz kreutz in los angeles, thank you. many of the protesters are focused on the israel-hamas war as the u.s. works to bring about a cease-fire and the release of hostages held by hamas. the secretary of state was in israel today and spoke with our andrea mitchell. >> reporter: today secretary of state tony blinken trying to [ crowd chanting, "thank you, biden" ] >> reporter: today secretary of state tony blinken trying to reassure distraught families of hostages still held by hamas who were protesting outside his hotel. >> please be strong, keep the faith. we will be with you every single day until we get this done. >> reporter: blinken then meeting for 2 1/2 hours with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who is vowing an offensive against hamas in rafah where more than a million palestinian civilians are also taking refuge. with or without a deal, hostage talks now at a critical stage. >> if netanyahu and israel go into rafah, there's no chance for a hostage deal or a cease-fire. >> well, look, we're focused on the hostage deal. i believe the israeli

government is as well, and that's i think evident from the fact that the proposal, the most recent proposal they put on the table shows that they're willing to make big compromises in order to get a deal. >> reporter: blinken blaming hamas for not taking what he calls an extremely generous israeli cease-fire offer, but saying the u.s. is opposed to an israeli operation in rafah without a plan to protect gazans. a funeral today for two children killed in an israeli raid. >> we've not seen such a plan, and there are also better ways to do what israel needs to do in terms of dealing with the remaining hamas problem. >> reporter: u.s. officials believe netanyahu is threatening to go into rafah to keep his ultra conservative coalition together, but at the same time there is enormous public pressure on him here to get those hostages home. lester. >> andrea mitchell in israel, thank you. in wisconsin, a potential shooting at a middle school was averted after officials say a gunman was unable to get into the school and was stopped by police. maura barrett is there.

>> two shots fired. rifle was observed. >> reporter: tonight a middle school student is dead after police respond to reports of an active shooter outside at a wisconsin school. >> deadly force was iced in the incident, and the subject is deceased. >> reporter: police responding to 911 calls around 11:00 a.m. the mt. horeb school district enacting a full lockdown minutes later. school officials say the suspect was unable to breach the entryway of the school preventing the gunman access to the students. as news spread, parents frantically trying to reach their children inside the school. >> she finally answers, and she's obviously bawling her eyes out. >> getting that call and not knowing, like, you know, are they going to make it? is this going to be our last phone call? >> reporter: police releasing little information but confirmed there were no reports of injuries or deaths outside of the suspect. >> the subject is down. officers are okay. >> the rifle recovered with the suspect. >> reporter: the incident unfolding during students' gym class and recess. rollerblades left behind as kids ran after hearing gunshots.

>> i made it a point when i drop the kids off at school to say i love you because of the possibility this would happen. >> reporter: the school district writing on facebook, you would be so proud of our students and staff, and we're so grateful for our first responders. tonight, this small opportunity of just 8,000 people shaken but relieved as students across the district are slowly reuniting with their families. lester. >> all right, maura barrett, thank you. in new york today, harvey weinstein appearing in court for the first time since his 2020 rape conviction was overturned last week. the former movie mogul looked gaunt and was seated in a wheelchair as prosecutors asked for a retrial in the fall. weinstein remains in custody after a separate rape conviction in los angeles. now to severe weather with millions at risk again tonight after more than a dozen reported tornadoes including a deadly and destructive one in kansas. our maggie vespa is there. >> reporter: tonight, marking seven straight days of reported tornadoes decimating

america's heartland with one late today appearing to touch down in texas. >> oh, my god. it's blowing people's houses away. >> reporter: meanwhile new images of storms overnight with twisters tearing across kansas and hail hammering missouri leaving a patchwork trail of destruction that continues to grow. robin knoblauch's home survived, but her niece's house was heavily damaged. >> famous saying of the freight train, you could hear it and the wind. it was very loud. i fully expected our house to be gone the way it sounded. >> reporter: 13 tornadoes were reported overnight across oklahoma and kansas. authorities in westmoreland confirming one person was killed. nearly two dozen homes destroyed. >> i was born here. >> yep. >> i was raised here. my kids were raised here. >> reporter: it's the latest community caught in a broad sweep of violent weather with more than 180 tornadoes reported since thursday. at least six people killed including a 4-month-old girl. she was with her family inside their oklahoma home saturday

when a tornado threw it 200 yards. the infant's mom telling nbc news, we are heartbroken. and tonight the threat continues with 23 million americans once again under severe weather threats battering a swath of america already exhausted and wary of what's next. >> is that looming? >> that's why we've been working hard all day to try to gather what's salvageable. >> reporter: maggie vespa, nbc news, westmoreland, kansas. in 60 seconds, the battle over reproductive care. the major win for supporters of abortion rights in arizona and where it just became more difficult to get access. the major win and where it became more difficult to get access. i got the power of 3. i lowered my a1c, cv risk, and lost some weight. in studies, the majority of people reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. i'm under 7. ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart attack, or death

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>> reporter: tonight, lawmakers in a critical battleground state voting to repeal one of the strictest abortion bans in the country with protesters clashing outside the capitol. inside two republicans broke ranks joining the democrats to repeal the 1864 law, which bans abortions in all cases except to save a mother's life. >> 160 years later, life is precious. to sign th >> reporter: the democratic governor is expected to sign the repeal, but that isn't enough to lift the state court's ban on abortion right away. due to a morass of legislative rules and maneuvers, the ban will likely be in effect for a period of time this summer while across the south, abortion restrictions now blanket nearly a dozen states including florida where beginning today the procedure is banned for anyone further than six weeks along with exceptions including rape, incest, and human trafficking up to 15 weeks.

>> the impact will no doubt be catastrophic. florida used to be a safe harbor for southerners to access abortion. the impact of the ban will be felt, not just in florida, but across the southeast. >> reporter: the vice president in jacksonville today pinning the blame squarely on donald trump, who appointed three supreme court justices that helped bring an end to the constitutional right to an abortion. >> trump says he wants to leave abortion up to the states. today one in three women of reproductive age live in a state with a trump abortion ban. >> reporter: dr. shelly tien, who provides abortions in both arizona and florida, says six weeks is before most patients even know they're pregnant. >> it is essentially a near complete abortion ban, and it is devastating. >> reporter: scribbled on the wall at the clinic where she works, this note, traveled five hours because of laws in my state. we matter. laura jarrett, nbc news. there is much more to tell you about tonight.

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we're back with our nbc news report on the terror concerns at the u.s. border. we've learned a suspected isis member not only crossed into the u.s. illegally, he was also living here for quite some time before anyone realized it. here's julia ainsley. >> reporter: tonight,

among the record wave of migrants crossing the southern border, a suspected isis member who lived freely in the u.s. for nearly two years, two u.s. officials tell nbc news. 33-year-old jovokhir attoev of uzbekistan crossed into arizona in february 2022 where he was apprehended and vetted by both customs and border protection and i.c.e. he was not on the u.s. terror watch list, and he was released into the u.s., those sources tell us, then in may 2023, uzbekistan put out an international alert saying that attoev was affiliated with isis and wanted there, but it took nearly a year for u.s. officials to figure out the suspected isis member was living freely here in the u.s. u.s. officials tell us dhs made the alarming discovery after reviewing attoev's application for asylum. shortly after dhs connected the dots, i.c.e. arrested him here in baltimore just two weeks ago. former homeland security officials tell us his case raises red flags about the vetting process for migrants after they cross the border. >> should alarm bells be going off here? >> we are in the midst of a really volatile

threat environment. any time i see a gap in a system like we are seeing in this case, i do have concerns. any time you have just a massive volume of people like we do, our systems are overwhelmed, and we need more resources at the southern border to properly protect the homeland. >> reporter: and it follows our exclusive report last month that a migrant u.s. official say was affiliated with an afghan terror group cross the border and was released into the u.s. because agents lacked information to connect him to the terror watch list. that man, mohammed kharwin, was arrested hours after our report aired. the fbi director recently alerted congress, the agencies investigating, whether isis has a hand in smuggling migrants across the southern border. >> there is a particular network that has -- where some of the overseas facilitators of the smuggling network have isis ties that we're very concerned about. >> reporter: two u.s. officials tell nbc news, dhs has not yet concluded that attoev is part of isis, but they are questioning

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swarmed chase stadium for the dodgers/diamondbacks game tuesday, so did an uninvited visitor. >> you're looking live at a bee colony that has established a foothold high atop the backstop behind home plate. >> reporter: worrying officials that a foul ball could push the bees towards players and fans. they could have postponed the game. >> we ask that you please "bee" patient. >> reporter: but opted plea. >> rep for plan bee instead calling in matt hilton of blue sky pest control. >> this is it. the beekeeper made his way, a grand entrance. >> reporter: the evening's knight in cotton armor was hoisted up to the colony. he sprayed a nonpesticide and vacuumed the bees for later release. >> could you have imagined the energy that you were about to walk into? >> no, i had a thought it was going to be pretty exciting, but it was a whole other level. >> reporter: it's not the insects' first buzzworthy sports appearance this year. tennis stars carlos alcaraz and alexander zverev made a beeline

off the main court in march. >> play suspended due to bee invasion. >> reporter: back in phoenix, baseball's hero outshining some of the biggest names in the sport and rewarded with a ceremonial first pitch after a two-hour delay. >> now our hero! >> it was a night to remember for sure. >> reporter: winning the game before it even began. emilie ikeda, nbc news. >> i can assure you i have no more bee lines. that's "nightly news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night

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