ARE UNABLE TO REACH AN AGREEMENT . GOOD EVENING. I'M ARTHUR CHAN. WELCOME TO THE 10:00 NEWS PROTESTS WERE NOTICEABLY QUIETER TODAY COMPARED TO THIS PAST WEEK. PRO-PALESTINIAN GROUPS CONTINUE TO DEMONSTRATE ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES COAST TO COAST. NEARLY 70 NON-STUDENT PROTESTERS WERE ARRESTED OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AND IN D.C, OFFICIALS AT GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SAY STUDENTS TAKING PART IN THE ENCAMPMENT THERE WILL FACE DISCIPLINARY SANCTIONS. THE NEXUS OF NATIONWIDE PROTESTS CENTERING HERE IN NEW YORK CITY. FOX FIVE JESSICA FORMOSO JOINS US LIVE RIGHT NOW AT THE GATES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY'S CAMPUS. AND JESSICA, SINCE YOU'VE SEEN THIS FOR OVER A WEEK NOW, HOW DOES THE CONDITIONS THERE COMPARE TO WHEN YOU FIRST SAW IT ? >> ARTHUR. WELL, TONIGHT HAS BEEN VERY QUIET ALL DAY, VERY CALM. I HAVE TO SAY. NO PROTESTS OUT HERE, NO PROTEST ON CAMPUS GROUNDS. WE EVEN SAW THE NYPD COME BY AND PICK UP THE BARRICADES THAT WERE HERE ALONG BROADWAY. WE WERE ABLE TO GO INSIDE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AND WE WERE NEAR THE ENCAMPMENT THERE. AND WE. YES, THE TENTS ARE UP. YES, THE PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS ARE THERE. HOWEVER, THEY WERE NOT REALLY SPEAKING TO THE MEDIA. WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE SPEAKING TO THE MEDIA UNTIL MONDAY. THEN HOURS LATER, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY CANCELED ITS MEDIA BRIEFING FOR THE DAY. DE 11 AND COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS REMAIN CAMPED OUT ON THE LAWN WITH NO INTENTIONS OF GOING ANYWHERE. >> THEY'RE HOLDING THEIR GROUND AND THEY'RE JUST YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DETERMINED TO BE HERE UNTIL THEIR DEMANDS ARE MET. >> FOR DAYS NOW, THE UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS TO DISMANTLE THE ENCAMPMENT, GIVING THEM DEADLINE AFTER DEADLINE. AND ALTHOUGH ON FRIDAY, COLUMBIA OFFICIALS HAD SAID THAT NEGOTIATIONS WERE SHOWING PROGRESS, BY SATURDAY NIGHT IT WAS A DIFFERENT TONE. THE UNIVERSITY CANCELING ITS SCHEDULED PRESS BRIEFING, SAYING IN AN EMAIL QUOTE TODAY WAS A QUIET DAY ON CAMPUS DIALOG BETWEEN UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS AND STUDENT ORGANIZERS IS ONGOING. THERE IS NO TRUTH TO CLAIMS OF AN IMPENDING LOCKDOWN OR EVICTIONS ON CAMPUS. AVILA ECHEVERRIA, A FORMER COLUMBIA STUDENT WHO HAS BEEN IN THE ENCAMPMENT SUPPORTING STUDENTS SINCE DAY ONE, SAYS THEY WON'T DISPERSE UNTIL THE UNIVERSITY DIVESTS FROM COMPANIES THAT DO BUSINESS WITH ISRAEL AND AGREES TO CUT TIES WITH ISRAELI ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS. >> THEY'RE ASKING THE UNIVERSITY TO DISCLOSE ALL OF THOSE INVESTMENTS, DIVEST THEM TO CUT TIES WITH TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY AND CLOSE ITS GLOBAL CENTER IN TEL AVIV, AND TO GRANT AMNESTY TO ALL THE STUDENT PROTESTERS WHO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED, SUSPENDED AND OTHERWISE PUNISHED BY THIS UNIVERSITY. >> STEPS AWAY FROM THE TENT CITY PREPARATIONS FOR GRADUATION ARE UNDERWAY, BUT IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT THE PLANS ARE. JOSHUA SIEGEL SAYS THE ADMINISTRATION ISN'T TAKING ACTION. >> COLUMBIA IS JUST LIKE THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT, BUT THEY'RE JUST AFRAID. THEY DON'T WANT TO GET CANCELED, LIKE JUST TOUGH. AND I DON'T THINK COLUMBIA IS GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. AND IT'S REALLY A SHAME. >> SIEGEL IS A JEWISH STUDENT WHO SAYS HIS CAMPUS LIFE CHANGED OVERNIGHT FOR HIM TO EVEN HIDE HIS IDENTITY. >> I DEFINITELY WOULDN'T WALK ON LIKE, CERTAIN AREAS WEARING LIKE A STAR OF DAVID. LIKE SOMETIMES I HAVE TO TUCK IT IN AND FOR CERTAIN, LIKE HOLIDAYS, LIKE, I MEAN PASSOVER. I LIKE TO WEAR KIPPAH OR LIKE SHABBAT. I LIKE TO WEAR KIPPAH, BUT I KIND OF TONE THAT DOWN BECAUSE IT'S DEFINITELY NOT THE BEST IDEA. >> NOW, ALL WE HEARD FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TONIGHT WAS THAT THE NEGOTIATIONS ARE ONGOING. IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL HAVE A MEDIA BRIEFING TOM
