NewsConference: Campuses in crisis

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>>> OVER A WAR A HALF A WORLD AWAY, WITH THE PROTEST ENCAMPMENT FORMS AT UCLA, AND CANCELLATION OF THE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY AT USC. WE HEAR FROM ALL SIDES DURING THIS SEMESTER OF DISCONTENT. >>> A PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS AT L.A. METRO, WITH SUPERVISOR BARGER SAYING SHE'S AFRAID TO RIDE THE VERY SYSTEM SHE HELPS GOVERN. WE TALK WITH HER ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOLLOWING ATTACKS ON BUS DRIVERS. >>> THE MURDER OF A 66-YEAR-OLD WOMAN ON HER WAIT A MINUTE HOME FROM WORK. >>> URGENCY BILL WAS INTRODUCED TO FAST-TRACK STATE APPROVAL FOR ABORTION PROVIDERS IN ARIZONA, THAT WANT TO BRING THEIR PATIENTS HERE. WE TALK WITH NANCY SKINNER. >>> AND DEMOCRATS THIS WEEK KILLED A BILL THAT WOULD HAVE OUTLINED NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO NEGOTIATIONS OVER PENDING LEGISLATION. WHEN THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE WAS ASK ABOUT IT, HER RESPONSE IN. >> I HAVE NO COMMENT. >> Announcer: YOUR LOCAL ACCOMPLICE WATT SOURCE FOR OVER 50 YEARS. YOUR HOST, CONAN NOLAN. >> THANKS FOR JOINS US FORM THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA WEIGHED IN ON THE TENTS THAT HAVE SHOWN UP ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES, THE POLICE, HERE'S WHAT GAVIN NEWSOM HAD TO STAY. >> WE WANT TO MAINTAIN PEOPLE'S RIGHTS TO PROTEST, AT THE SAME TIME DO SO PEACEFULLY WITHOUT ANY HATE. WE DON'T WANT ANY MORE -- I JUST WANT TO AVOID A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COMPANY. >> MEMBERS OF TROJANS FOR PALESTINE AND THE CAMPAIGN TO DIVEST AND SANCTION ISRAEL, WERE ASK MULTIPLE TIMES TO PROVIDE SOMEONE SEE WE COULD INTERVIEW THEM ABOUT THEIR NINE DEMANDS OF THE USC ADMINISTRATION. THEY CHOSE TO THE TO SEND SOMEONE TO TALK TO US. THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID TO DAY SURA PRESS CONFERENCE EARLIER THIS WEEK. >> MORE THAN 200 DAYS HAVE PASSED SINCE ISRAEL BEGAN ITS GENOCIDE IN GAZA, AMOUNTING TO A DEATH TOLL OF MORE THAN 34,000 PALESTINIANS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO CALL FOR AN END TO THE INVESTMENTS IN MILITARY ABROAD, TO THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION AND SETTLEMENT AGAINST INTERNATIONAL LAWS, AND FOR THE DISPLACE WHICH STANDS IN PARALLEL WITH THE ONGOING PLACEMENT IN GAZA. IN LIGHT OF THE EXTREME ESCALATION AND -- WE WILL BE CONTINUING OUR OCCUPATION WITH A PEACEFUL PROTEST ON CAMPUS. >>> THE TROJANS FOR ISRAEL, BRANDON TABACOLI IS THE PRESIDENT OF THAT ORGANIZATION. LET ME ASK YOU, FIRST OF ALL, THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME. JEWISH STUDENTS FEEL SOMEWHAT ATTACKED BY WHAT'S GOING ON CAMPUS -- YOU DON'T SUPPORT THE RIGHT FOR HATE SPEECH AGAINST JEWELITIOUS STUDENTS. >> GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED? >> SO THERE'S A CLEAR, CLEARLY UNACCEPTABLE CHANT WE HERE, IT'S ANTIFADDA RESOLUTION, THERE'S ONLY ONE RESOLUTION, NOT ONLY DOES THAT LANGUAGE HARKIN BACK TO THE WORDS OF THE FINAL SOLUTION, BUT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE, THE WORT INTEFADEH, CLEARLY THROUGH A PERIOD OF TIME ISRAELI CIVILIANS WERE TARGETED WITH BUS BOMBINGS, AND NIGHTCLUB SHOOTINGS. AND JEWISH STUDENTS ARE INTERNALIZING THAT AS CALLS FOR VIOLENCE AGAIN THEM. >> LET ME JUST SAY THIS. JEWISH STUDENTS JUST WANT TO BE GIVEN THE RIGHT THAT EVERY OTHER STUDENT WANTS. THAT'S TO BE BELIEVED. WHEN WE EXPRESS THAT CERTAINLY BIGOT TRY AGAINST US IS BIGOTRY AGAINST US, IT'S UNFAIR, INAPPROPRIATE AND UNACCEPTABLE THAT WE HAVE TO BE MET WITH "PROVE IT" OR "YOU MISUNDERSTOOD." WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DEFINE IT THE WAY WE WANT TO DEFINE IT. IT'S UNACCEPTABLE JEWISH STUDENTS HAVE TO WALK ONTO CAMPUS AND BE INTIMIDATED. >> BRANDON, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. >> BESIDES PROTESTS, IT'S HOME TO A DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM. >> JACOB WHEELER IS A MEMBER OF THAT REPORTING, AND YOU'VE BEEN REPORTING FOR US, HELPING OUT OTHER NBC -- WHAT IS THE TENSION LIKE? >> IT'S REALLY SINCE THE OCTOBER 7th, THE UNIVERSITY'S DECISION TO CANCEL THE VALEDICTORIAN SPEECH -- THERE'S ONE SCHOOL OF THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU THINK OF THE VIEWS ON THE CONFLICT, SHE WAS SELECTED OBVIOUSLY -- >> TO POINT OUT FOR PEOPLE, THIS WAS A MUSLIM STUDENT WHO HAD BEEN SELECTED, SHE WAS CERTAINLY WITHIN THE GPA AND HAD ALL THE MERITS FOR THIS POSITION, BUT OTHER STUDENTS HAD POINTED TO POSTS SHE HAD LINKED ON HER SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT THAT MENTIONED THE ELIMINATION. >> THE COMPLETE ABOLITION OF ISRAEL, AND THAT INFURIATED JEWISH STUDENTS, CALLING THEM ANTI-SEMITIC, CALLING THE UNIVERSITY TO RECONSIDER THE SELECTION. THEY POINTED OUT THAT THERE WERE COMFORTING WORDS PRIVATELY ABOUT TRYING TO LIMIT HATE SPEECH, AND THEY WERE QUITE FRANKLY APPALLED THAT THE UNIVERSITY WENT WITH SOMEONE WHO ESPOUSES THESE BELIEFS, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT THE UNIVERSITY IS TRYING TO OVERRIGHT HER FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. THEY MADE A CALCULATION THAT REMOVING HER AS VALEDICTORIAN WAS WORTH IT, REGARDLESS OF WHAT PUSHBACK THEY WERE GOING TO GET FROM REMOVING SCHERR. >> WHAT DO STUDENTS SAY? >> REALLY DISAPPOINTED WITH HER. >> SHE WAS PROMISING TO SUPPORT -- BUT ALSO LIMIT AND TO SUPPORT EVERYONE D. SHE MAKES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR, AND SHE HAYES TAKEN A BACKSEAT. SHE SIGNED A FIVE-YEAR DEAL WHEN SHE WAS FIRST INAUGURATED, AND THERE'S A SCHOOL OF THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, IF SHE'S GOING TO BE REEXTENDED, WHY HASN'T BEEN THERE SOME SORT OF ANNOUNCEMENT? COMMENCEMENT IS WEEKS AWAY. THERE'S BEEN NOTHING FROM THE UNIVERSITY ABOUT STAYING OR GOING, SO ALL EYES ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WITH HER. >> YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB FOR US, THANK YOU, AND YOU REPRESENT YOUR UNIVERSITY WELL. JACOB WHEELER FROM USC. >>> THERE WAS A MURDER ON METRO THIS PAST WEEK. NOW, ONE OF THE BOARD OF DI
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Published: Sun Apr 28 2024
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