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house speaker mike johnson visiting columbia university calling for the school's president to resign saying, she can't keep jewish students safe. our report from campus. >>> also tonight, the gop-controlled arizona house voting to repeal the state's 1864 abortion ban as the supreme court hears a major case on emergency abortion access. what the justices signaled. >>> president biden signing that foreign aid for ukraine and a provision that could ban tiktok in the u.s. the defiant message from tiktok's ceo. >>> hamas releasing the first video of hersh goldberg-polin since he was gravely injured and kidnapped 200 days ago. >>> and at the white house, the president meeting for the first time with the freed american hostage 4-year-old abigail idan. >>> the severe weather threat across the central u.s. >>> new rules on airline refunds and so-called junk fees. >>> and 14 years after he was stripped of the heisman, the honor now restored for football great reggie bush. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, and welcome. tonight, new arrests as demonstra
house speaker mike johnson visiting columbia university calling for the school's president to resign saying, she can't keep jewish students safe. our report from campus. >>> also tonight, the gop-controlled arizona house voting to repeal the state's 1864 abortion ban as the supreme court hears a major case on emergency abortion access. what the justices signaled. >>> president biden signing that foreign aid for ukraine and a provision that could ban tiktok in the u.s. the...
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columbia going hybrid the rest of the semester. the new developments tonight. >>> after victims of former usa gymnastics doctor larry nassar accused the fbi of botching the investigation, the major new settlement tonight. >>> the senate advancing a $95 billion foreign aid package that could also potentially ban tiktok. my exclusive interview with fbi director christopher wray on that tiktok firestorm. the unprecedented threat level in the u.s. and donald trump calling the january 6th defendants hostages. do you see those individuals who took part in the january 6th riots as hostages? how he answered. >>> and the miracle baby born out of tragedy in gaza. >> announcer: this is >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening and welcome. the jury in the donald trump hush money trial was introduced to the soft underbelly of the supermarket tabloid business today. their guide, prosecution witness david pecker, former "national enquirer" publisher. pecker describing made-up stories published to damage trump opp
columbia going hybrid the rest of the semester. the new developments tonight. >>> after victims of former usa gymnastics doctor larry nassar accused the fbi of botching the investigation, the major new settlement tonight. >>> the senate advancing a $95 billion foreign aid package that could also potentially ban tiktok. my exclusive interview with fbi director christopher wray on that tiktok firestorm. the unprecedented threat level in the u.s. and donald trump calling the...
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nearly 50 pro-palestinian protesters arrested at yale as another ivy league university, columbia, moves classes online, citing safety concerns after a campus rabbi warned jewish students to go home. >>> the senate poised to pass a bill that could ban tiktok nationwide. what it means for tiktok's 170 million users in the u.s. that tiktok bill part of a $95 billion foreign aid package passed in the house after the speaker mike johnson put himself on the line. will democrats help him keep his job? >>> nbc news reports the surge at the southern border of migrants from china. >>> and the legendary barry manilow. we're backstage at radio city for his record-breaking night. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening and welcome. the prosecution in donald trump's hush money trial drew the sharp outlines of its case against the former president today, telling the manhattan jury mr. trump orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt. during a 40-minute opening statement a prosecutor told the panel hush money payments to porn star stormy daniels to assure her silence
nearly 50 pro-palestinian protesters arrested at yale as another ivy league university, columbia, moves classes online, citing safety concerns after a campus rabbi warned jewish students to go home. >>> the senate poised to pass a bill that could ban tiktok nationwide. what it means for tiktok's 170 million users in the u.s. that tiktok bill part of a $95 billion foreign aid package passed in the house after the speaker mike johnson put himself on the line. will democrats help him keep...
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>>> the new warning to jewish students after heated protests at columbia university. the campus rabbi who says they're not safe and need to go home. >>> summer travel crunch. more americans than ever set to fly, but for some airlines, maybe fewer planes. what it means for the price of your summer vacay. >>> a car on fire. a driver trapped. how a group of good samaritans saved his life. >>> and kick off your sunday shoes because we are there as kevin bacon goes back to the school where he filmed "footloose" to make students' prom dreams come true. >> the power that this movie has had just kind of brings people together. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with hallie jackson. >>> good evening, and we begin this evening with a milestone moment in a trial that will be full of them. opening statements set to begin just hours from now in that downtown manhattan courtroom in the historic criminal case against the former president. and tonight we're getting a closer look at the prosecution's roadmap here. just how they intend to prove their case against donald trump and
>>> the new warning to jewish students after heated protests at columbia university. the campus rabbi who says they're not safe and need to go home. >>> summer travel crunch. more americans than ever set to fly, but for some airlines, maybe fewer planes. what it means for the price of your summer vacay. >>> a car on fire. a driver trapped. how a group of good samaritans saved his life. >>> and kick off your sunday shoes because we are there as kevin bacon...
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at unc-chapel hill, students set up their own encampment in solidarity with the columbia students who were arrested this week. all as the national pro-palestinian student group is calling for action on campuses nationwide. [ chants ] universities have a long history of political demonstration. columbia famously seeing buildings overtaken in 1968 by anti-vietnam war demonstrators. >> revolution! >> reporter: tonight's protest on campus and out in the streets once again making their stance known on a war raging overseas. >> it's been six months and the protests have only been getting bigger. it says so much about the hope of this movement. >> george solis joins us from outside columbia university. george, what is the police presence there like tonight?epoa >> reporter: yeah, jose, there's a large police presence on the periphery of the campus. you can see it behind me where protests are still growing strong at this hour. what's unclear tonight is if police are going to go back on campus to disperse the groups of students gathered there tonight. jose? >> george solis in new york. thank y
at unc-chapel hill, students set up their own encampment in solidarity with the columbia students who were arrested this week. all as the national pro-palestinian student group is calling for action on campuses nationwide. [ chants ] universities have a long history of political demonstration. columbia famously seeing buildings overtaken in 1968 by anti-vietnam war demonstrators. >> revolution! >> reporter: tonight's protest on campus and out in the streets once again making their...
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antonia hylton has late development >> reporter: it's day three of protests at columbia university as demonstrations o campus and o to grow. [ crowd chanting ] >> reporter: s new encampments on the just one day after co minouche shafik, clear an initial encampment of pro-palestinian demonstrators leading to the arrest of 113 people, many who will get their day in court in may. those dramatic arrests ratcheted up the tension. the protesters are angry about what they say is a lack of transparency around what financial ties the school may have to israel writing, the encampment will remain until our demand is met. >> do you think the arrests have slowed the protests down, or do you think they've inflamed things? >> i think they've inflamed things. i think the arrests really triggered a lot of the student body to mobilize. >> reporter: some faculty are concerned the university is not respecting students' free speech and right to organize. joseph hallie is jewish and an assistant professor of classics. >> i don't think anyone i know has ever felt so unsafe on campus as we did watching those
antonia hylton has late development >> reporter: it's day three of protests at columbia university as demonstrations o campus and o to grow. [ crowd chanting ] >> reporter: s new encampments on the just one day after co minouche shafik, clear an initial encampment of pro-palestinian demonstrators leading to the arrest of 113 people, many who will get their day in court in may. those dramatic arrests ratcheted up the tension. the protesters are angry about what they say is a lack of...
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confrontation at columbia today. police removing protesters from campus, citing extraordinary circumstances. the columbia university president called in the nypd to clear out an encampment of pro-palestinian student demonstrators. the encampment set up wednesday morning, the same day she testified on capitol hill about anti-semitism on campus. >> we must uphold freedom of speech. because it is essential to our academic mission, but we cannot and shouldn't tolerate abuse of this privilege to harass and discriminate. >> reporter: in a letter to the university, she noted, protests have a storied history at columbia. where anti-vietnam demonstrators took over a building on campus in 1968. but in asking for help from the police, she said, the encampment and related disruptions pose a clear and substantial danger to the functioning of the university. >> we're risking our academic standing just to, like, show the administrators that we are not okay with their decisions. >> reporter: several demonstrators today stomping on a
confrontation at columbia today. police removing protesters from campus, citing extraordinary circumstances. the columbia university president called in the nypd to clear out an encampment of pro-palestinian student demonstrators. the encampment set up wednesday morning, the same day she testified on capitol hill about anti-semitism on campus. >> we must uphold freedom of speech. because it is essential to our academic mission, but we cannot and shouldn't tolerate abuse of this privilege...
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. >>> in congress today, top officials from columbia university were questioned about their handling of recent incidents of anti-semitism as demonstrations took place on campus. here's garrett haake. [ crowd chanting ] >> reporter: new york's columbia university tonight again a flash point in the rise in anti-semitism on college campuses. [ crowd chanting ] as pro-palestinian protests continue across the country and jewish students report being targeted or feeling unsafe. >> i feel a tremendous amount of hostility towards me. >> reporter: columbia's leadership testifying before a house committee today investigating its response to recent incidents of anti-semitism. president minouche shafik says, that's included curtailing access to campus and stiffening penalties for unapproved protests. >> anti-semitism has no place on our campus, and i am personally committed to doing everything i can to confront it directly. >> reporter: administrators pressed to respond to some of the most appalling examples of anti-semitism. >> does calling for the genocide of jews violate columbia's code of co
. >>> in congress today, top officials from columbia university were questioned about their handling of recent incidents of anti-semitism as demonstrations took place on campus. here's garrett haake. [ crowd chanting ] >> reporter: new york's columbia university tonight again a flash point in the rise in anti-semitism on college campuses. [ crowd chanting ] as pro-palestinian protests continue across the country and jewish students report being targeted or feeling unsafe....