>>> YOU'RE WATCHING NEW YORK ONE BECAUSE YOUR WI-FI IS DOWN. LATER, A RECAP OF HOPE HICKS' EMOTIONAL TESTIMONY IN DONALD TRUMP'S HUSH MONEY TRIAL. FIRST, IT'S COMMUNITY AFFAIRS WITH RYAN ABERNATHY. >>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. I'M RYAN ABERNATHY. COLLEGE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN PROTESTING ON CAMPUSES ACROSS THE NATION. TONIGHT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING WITH MY GUESTS WHO ARE PARENT STUDENTS OF COLLEGES IN NEW YORK. JOIN ME IN WELCOMING THE NEW STUDENT PARENT, DOUG HOVING. SARAH HIMES. >> HI. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. >> AND COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY DAD, ALPHONSE ROBERTS. >> HI, RYAN, AND HELLO TO MY WIFE. >> AS PARENTS, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THESE PROTESTS ON CAMPUS? SARAH, WE'LL START WITH YOU. >> FOR ME, IT'S BEEN TOUGH. I'M ALL FOR FREE SPEECH, BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY THINK THEY'RE ACCOMPLISHING, AND THAT'S REALLY PUTTING A STRAIN ON ME AND MY DAUGHTER'S RELATIONSHIP. >> YEAH. I WANT TO LET ME SON MAKE HIS OWN CHOICES, BUT TO BE HONEST, IT'S A LITTLE SCARY. THESE PROTESTS ARE BECOMING WAY MORE AGGRESSIVE. >> RIGHT. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, MY DAUGHTER IS AN ADULT AND HAS TO LIVE HER OWN LIFE. >> WELL, I THINK IT'S JUST GREAT. IT'S WONDERFUL. NOTHING MAKES ME PROUDER THAN YOUNG PEOPLE USING THEIR VOICES TO FIGHT FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE? >> WOW. THAT'S VERY ENCOURAGING. >> YOUR DAUGHTER MUST FEEL SO SUPPORTED WHEN SHE'S OUT THERE. >> WHAT'S THAT NOW? WHEN WHOSE DAUGHTER IS OUT THERE? >> AT THE PROTEST. >> NO, NO, NO. HUH-HUH, MAN. YOU BUGGEN. ALEXIS VANESSA ROBERTS BETTER HAVE HER BUTT IN CLASS. LET ME FIND OUT SHE IN ONE OF THEM DAMN TENTS INSTEAD THE DORM ROOM THAT I PAY FOR. >> I THOUGHT YOU WERE IN FAVOR OF THE STUDENT PROTESTS? >> BROTHER MAN, I AM SUPPORTIVE OF Y'ALL'S KIDS PROTESTING, NOT MY KIDS. MY KIDS KNOW BETTER. SHOOT, ALEXIS VANESSA AIN'T CRAZY. >> YOUR DAUGHTER ATTENDS COLUMN BOO I CAN'T. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE STUDENTS THAT TOOK OVER HAMILTON HALL? >> THAT'S GOOD FOR Y'ALL'S KIDS, BUT THEY AIN'T MINE. YOU FEEL ME, RYAN? >> YES, I FEEL YOU, ALPHONSE. TELL ME, WITH THE RISE IN ATTENDANCE IN THIS PROGRAM, HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL ABOUT THE POLICE PRESENCE? >> I'M VERY CONCERNED. ONE OF MY WORST FEARS IS MY DAUGHTER BEING THROWN BEHIND BAR. THIS IS A CRUCIAL TIME IN HER LIFE, AND I WOULD HATE FOR HER TO HAVE AN ARREST FOLLOW HER FOREVER. >> MAN, I AIN'T WORRIED ABOUT 5-0. THAT IS NOT MY BUSINESS. MY BUSINESS IS ALEXIS VANESSA ROBERTS. SHE AIN'T TALKING ABOUT NO FREE THIS, FREE THAT. I TELL YOU WHAT AIN'T FREE, COLUMBIA. SHOOT. DO Y'ALL KNOW THAT THEY GOT THE NERVE TO WANT 68,000 A YEAR. >> I MEAN, WE TOTALLY RESPECT THEIR RIGHT TO PROTEST, BUT I MEAN WE'RE ALSO MAKING SACRIFICES FOR OUR KIDS. >> YEAH. I'M OUT HERE BUSTING MY HUMP TO PAY ALL THAT TUITION. >> WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING? >> SISTER GIRL, I DO IT ALL. UBER ALL DAY, UBER EATS ALL NIGHT, CUT GRASS ON THE WEEKENDS, SELL GUCCI WALLETS OUT MY TRUNK, LIFE COACHING ON IG. I BOUNTY HUNT WHENEVER POSSIBLE. ALL THAT SO SHE CAN SAY SHE GOT A DEGREE IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES. LOOK, GIRL, YOU BEEN BLACK YOUR WHOLE LIFE. YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS. >> THAT'S QUITE AN INVESTMENT IN YOUR DAUGHTER. >> DAMN SKIPPY IT IS. SHE'S GIFTED, THOUGH. SHE GON' CHANGE THE WORLD. SHE DAMN SURE BETTER. >> I'M SURE SHE WILL. >> YES, YES, SHE WILL. SHE'S WORTH EVERY PENNY, AND I KNOW I SOUND MAD RIGHT ABOUT NOW, BUT YOU JUST WAIT UNTIL GRADUATION WHEN YOU SEE THAT SMILE ACROSS MY FACE WHEN I HEAR THAT NAME ALEXIS VANESSA ROBERTS AND I WATCH HER WALK ACROSS THAT STAGE. >> I ACTUALLY HEARD A FEW SCHOOLS ARE FULLY CANCELING THEIR GRADUATION CEREMONIES. >> SISTER GIRL, I DON'T THINK YOU GET IT. ALEXIS VANESSA WILL BE GRADUATED, EVEN IF I GOT TO DO IT MYSELF. BELIEVE ME WHEN I TELL YOU THAT AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, I AM PUTTING ON MY CHURCH CLOTHES, THREE PUMPS ON COOL WATER COLOGNE, SMELLING GOOD AS A MUG, AND THEN, BAM, I'M HOPPING IN MY '98 FORD EXPLORER, BLASTING SOME ANITA BAKER, AND YOU BETTER BELIEVE I'M GOING TO BE IN THERE HOOTING AND HOLLERING AFTER THEY EXPLICITLY TOLD US TO WAIT UNTIL THE END. THAT'S ALL I KNOW. >> WOW. GOT IT ALL PLANNED OUT. >> YEAH. YOU CAN TAKE THAT TO THE BANK. THIS GIRL STARTED HER COLLEGE DURING COVID, HAD ME OUT HERE PAYING $68,000 FOR TUITION, AND SHE IN MY HOUSE TAKING CLASSES ON ZOOM AND LEARNING ABOUT THE APPLIED HISTORY OF THE B.E.T. AWARDS. MAN, IF SHE DON'T WALK, COLUMBIA GOING TO BE ON THE NEWS FOR SOMETHING ELSE. THAT'S ALL I KNOW. AND LIVE FROM NEW YORK, IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT!
