ISSUE. PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ISSUE SAY THEY HAVE BEEN THREATENING, USING PHRASES THAT ARE THREATENING. SO, RIGHT NOW, WE SEE POLICE OFFICERS ARE CONTINUING TO GATHER. ALI BAUMAN IS JOINING US TO AGAIN. ARE YOU SEEING IT? FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW, YOU ARE NOT SEEING MUCH. RIGHT? >> IN THE PAST FEW MINUTES OR SO, I DID SEE POLICE DRONES GO UP IN THE AIR AS WELL AS TOWARDS THE CAMPUS. I SAW PART OF IT. IT WAS TOWARDS THE CAMPUS HERE. YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE -- A COUPLE HUNDRED PROTESTERS BEHIND THE CAMPUS GATES AT 116 AND AMSTERDAM WHICH IS ON THE SIDE OF THE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES CLOSE TO HAMILTON HALL WHICH IS WHERE THOSE STUDENTS HAVE BROKEN INTO OVERNIGHT AND HAVE BEEN OCCUPYING FOR THE PAST OVER 12 HOURS AT THIS POINT. IN THE PAST FEW HOURS, WE HAVE SEEN THE NYPD PRESENCE SIGNIFICANTLY GROWING. WE HAVE SEEN OFFICERS WITH HELMETS AND ZIP TIES GO TOWARD THE CAMPUS. I HAVE NOT SEEN THEM ENTERING CAMPUS YET. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU ARE ABLE TO SEE THAT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF CAMPUS THERE. IN THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS, POLICE HAVE SHUT DOWN BOTH AMSTERDAM AND BROADWAY WHICH ARE ON TWO OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE CAMPUSES HERE. THEY SHUT IT DOWN TO TRAFFIC. SEVERAL HOURS AGO, THEY PUT IN A LOT OF BARRICADES ALL AROUND HERE. THEY ARE SEEMINGLY TRYING TO GET THE AREA AS QUIET AS POSSIBLE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEVERAL PROTESTERS HERE. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE ARE NEARLY AS MANY PROTESTERS. THEY HAVE MARCHED ON A COUPLE HOURS AGO AT THIS POINT. SO, WE ARE HEARING THE POLICE ARE HEADING TO THE DIRECTION OF THE CAMPUS TO ENTER. WE HAVEN'T SEEN HIM GO ON CAMPUS YET. THEY CERTAINLY SEEM TO BE PREPARED TO DO SO. >> I CAN TELL YOU FROM WHAT WE HAVE SEEN, UP FROM WHAT WE MIGHT'VE SEEN IN THE VIDEO FROM EARLIER WAS WHAT WE APPEARED TO SEE AS POLICE OFFICERS ENGAGING WITH STUDENTS AT A DOOR. I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT STREET IT WAS ON. I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT DOOR IT WAS. THEY WERE ENGAGING. THE CONVERSATION WAS ONGOING. YOU KNOW, YOU MADE THIS POINT EARLIER, ALLIE. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO DECIDE WHEN TO MAKE THIS MOVE. DURING THE PRESS CONFERENCE, WE HEARD REPEATEDLY OVER AND OVER AGAIN, CITY OFFICIALS ASSAYING THE DIALOGUE CONTINUES, ALMOST AS IF THEY FEEL LIKE, OH, WE SAY A LITTLE MORE AND THEY WILL CHANGE THEIR MINDS. YOU WOULD GET THE SENSE -- SAID TO HAVE BEEN THERE ALL WEEK, YOU WOULD CERTAINLY KNOW. THESE STUDENTS, THEY HAVE BEEN VERY SINGLE-MINDED. THEY REALLY HAVEN'T BEEN OF A MIND TO SAY, OKAY, WE ARE GETTING INTO YOUR DEMANDS. CORRECT? >> Reporter: YEAH. I MEAN, THE PROTESTERS HAVE SAID FROM THE START THEY ARE NOT GOING TO LEAVE UNTIL THE UNIVERSITY AGREES TO DIVEST FROM COMPANIES THAT DO BUSINESS WITH ISRAEL. THE UNIVERSITY HAS SAID -- SOMETHING IS HAPPENING HERE TO -- BEHIND ME. IT APPEARS AT THIS POINT, PROTESTERS ARE ALL THE SUDDEN MOVING IN SEVERAL DIRECTIONS. I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED THAT MADE THEM DO THAT. THEY ARE SEEMING TO RUN AWAY FROM THE GATES HERE, WHERE WE ARE. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE REASON IS. THEY ARE GOING NORTH AND SOUTH HERE ON AMSTERDAM. THIS GROUP HAS BEEN HERE ALMOST ALL DAY AT THIS POINT. IT HAS GROWN IN THE PAST FEW HOURS, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE THIS AFTERNOON AT LEAST. AGAIN, I AM SAYING, THIS IS THE SIGN CLOSEST TO HAMILTON HALL. I'M NOT SURE IF FROM THIS SIDE STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO SEE IF ANYTHING IS HAPPENING ON CAMPUS. I CAN'T SEE THROUGH THE GATES IF ANYTHING IS HAPPENING ON CAMPUS FROM THIS AREA RIGHT HERE. ALL OF A SUDDEN, IN THE PAST MINUTE OR SO, THE LARGE GROUP HAS SUDDENLY STARTED TO MOVE IN A SENSE. AS YOU WERE SAYING EARLIER, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE UNIVERSITY, THE ADMINISTRATION HERE HAS DEFINITELY STRUGGLED WITH HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS. COLUMBIA, HISTORICALLY FOR DECADES IS A UNIVERSITY THAT PRIDES ITSELF ON STUDENT ACTIVISM. IT HAS NOT JUST PRIDED ITSELF, IT ADVERTISES ITSELF AS A SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THAT KIND OF SOCIAL JUSTICE WORK, YOU KNOW, AND THAT KIND OF ACTIVATION OR SOCIAL ACTIVISM WORK. SO, YOU KNOW, THEY SAID REPEATEDLY THEY DON'T WANT TO INFRINGE ON A STUDENT'S RIGHT TO PROTEST. I THINK THERE HAD BEEN SOMEWHAT OF A NEGATIVE RESPONSE ON THE ADMINISTRATION -- >> YOU KNOW, ALLIE -- YEAH. ALLIE, I WANT TO INTERRUPT FOR A SECOND. ALLIE, WE WANT TO TAKE A DIFFERENT CAMERA VIEW. ALICIA REED IS JOINING US LIVE FROM A DIFFERENT LOCATION. ALICIA, PERHAPS YOU ARE ABLE TO TELL US WHAT YOU ARE SEEING AND WHAT IS GOING ON, IF ANYTHING. ALICIA? >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. IT'S A VERY TIGHT SQUEEZE OVER HERE. WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS HUNDREDS OF NYPD OFFICERS IN RIOT GEAR WHERE ON 114 RIGHT OFF OF BROADWAY, AND POLICE HAVE BEEN BARRICADING THE AREA FOR HOURS NOW -- >> ALICIA -- ALICIA -- YEAH. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE SEEING SOME KIND OF ACTION BREAKOUT. I DON'T KNOW IF ALLIE IS STILL THERE. THERE APPEARS TO BE SOME SCUFFLING GOING ON. IT'S NOT CLEAR IF POLICE OFFICERS ARE THERE. ALLIE, CAN YOU SEE ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT. ALLIE MAY HAVE HAD TO GET AWAY FROM THE CAMERA. IT CERTAINLY LOOKS RIGHT NOW THAT THERE IS SOME SORT OF DISTURBANCE GOING ON. THE BARRICADES HAVE BEEN BROKEN. THE STUDENTS ARE RUNNING. -- RUNNING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. AND IT IS JUST HARD TO MAKE OUT WHAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AGO. THE PROTESTERS STARTED TO MOVE. IT DIDN'T SEEM FROM WHAT WE WERE WATCHING THE POLICE WERE MOVING THE PROTESTERS. THAT WOULD BE AN INDICATION PERHAPS THEY ARE MOVING THEM. BUT THEY STARTED TO MOVE PERHAPS TO SOMETHING THEY HEARD OR SAW. IT STILL LOOKS RIGHT NOW -- NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS SOME ACTIVITY. POLICE ARE MOVING THE BARRICADES BACK AFTER THEY WERE KNOCKED OUT BY PROTESTERS. BUT THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE ENTANGLING THEMSELVES WITH THE PROTESTERS. ALL RIGHT. ALLIE, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING RIGHT NOW? >> Reporter: CAN YOU GET ME RIGHT NOW? >> I CAN HEAR YOU. GO AHEAD. >> YEAH. >> Reporter: RIGHT NOW, WE SEE SEVERAL DOZEN RIOT COPS WALKING UP ON NORTH AMSTERDAM. THAT SEEMS TO BE WHERE THE BARRICADES ARE OUT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT. THEY HAVE THE SHIELDS DOWN. YOU KNOW, THEY ARE HEADING RIGHT TOWARDS IT. SO, I'M NOT SURE IF THE POLICE NECESSARILY MOVED THE PROTESTERS OUT SO THEY COULD GET IN. THIS LINE OF DEMONSTRATORS HAS APPEARED HERE IN THE PAST MINUTE OR SO BEHIND US HERE. THE PROTESTERS, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE ARE CHEERING AND YELLING AT THAT. THEY DO SEEM TO BE MOVING OUT OF THE WAY. ALTHOUGH, THERE ARE SOME PROTESTERS AT LEAST STILL STANDING IN FRONT OF THE GATES HERE. SO, RIGHT NOW, IT SEEMS TO BE SOMEWHAT OF A STANDOFF. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE PROTESTERS HERE -- SORRY, THE PROTESTERS HERE ON ONE SIDE, AND LET ME CLARIFY. THE PROTESTERS ARE OUTSIDE THE CAMPUS WHERE WE ARE. THESE ARE NOT THE PROTESTERS, THE ONES WE WOULD ASSUME THEY ARE GOING AFTER. THEY ARE NOT ON CAMPUS. ONCE INSIDE, I'M NOT SURE WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE. WE SEE THEM ESTABLISHING A PERIMETER. >> YEAH. THE ONE WE -- THE ONE THING WE HAVEN'T SEEN. YOU ARE IN A CLOSE-UP, OBVIOUSLY. WE HAVE NOT SEEN GREAT VIOLENCE AND INTERACTION BETWEEN PROTESTERS. THE BARRICADES, PEOPLE MOVING BACK AND FORTH, THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE SCUFFLING, PUSHING AND SHOVING. RIGHT NOW AS YOU POINTED OUT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT LEAST IN THIS LOCATION, THIS IS A FAIR WAY TO DESCRIBE WHAT WE HAVE SEEN. WE HAVE SEEN IT STABILIZE AS BEFORE. IT WAS A LITTLE MORE CHAOTIC. JUST HOW CLOSE ARE YOU TO THE SCENE OF WHERE THE BARRICADES WERE BROKEN? >> Reporter: I MEAN, I AM STANDING -- I MEAN, I HAVE MY HAND ON THE BARRICADE RIGHT NOW. I HAVE SOME OF THE BARRICADES, AT LEAST. SOME OF THE BARRICADES WERE BROKEN A COUPLE YARDS AWAY FROM THEM AT THIS POINT. AND -- YEAH. AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE IF THE POLICE BROKE IN. IT WOULD SEEM THE POLICE ARE HERE. MAYBE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE THEIR WAY INSIDE. RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE TURNING TOWARDS THE CAMPUS, WE CAN SEE THEM. THOSE ARE NYPD OFFICERS [ INAUDIBLE ] SOME SEEM TO BE WALKING TOWARDS THE CAMPUS SPACE. SO, WE WILL BE SEEING RIGHT NOW. SOME PROTESTERS ARE RUNNING TOWARDS THEM AS WELL HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M STANDING IN THE CAMERA'S VIEW HERE. BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE PROTEST -- WHEN THE NYPD TWO WEEKS AGO WENT INTO -- >> ALLIE, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING WE HAVE LEARNED THAT WE ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW. WE'VE LEARNED POLICE HAVE BEEN GIVEN AUTHORITY BY COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TO ENTER THE CAMPUS. I GATHER WHAT WE ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS EXACTLY THAT. POLICE ARE MAKING THEM MOVE INTO THE CAMPUS. IT IS BELIEVED THEY GAVE ADVANCED WARNING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO MOVE IN AND CLEAR THE AREA. THEY WANTED ALL THE PROTESTERS TO CLEAR THE AREA. IT IS NOT CLEAR TO US WHETHER THEY WILL BE GOING TO HAMILTON HALL WHICH WAS TAKEN OVER BY PROTESTERS AND WHAT POLICE ARE CALLING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS OR IF THEY ARE MOVING ONTO THE ENTIRE CAMPUS, BUT WE CERTAINLY THINK THAT THEY ARE ALREADY AT HAMILTON HALL WHERE STUDENTS HAVE BARRICADED THEMSELVES IN. IT SEEMS TO ME A FEW OFFICERS HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH. WE CAN SEE THIS GUY WHO LOOKS LIKE HE IS READY -- OH, THAT'S A PHOTOGRAPHER. THAT'S NOT A PROTESTER. SO, POLICE OFFICERS ARE ENTERING THE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, APPARENTLY WITH CAMPUS FROM THE UNIVERSITY. ALLIE, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING? >> Reporter: YES, RIGHT NOW, WE ARE SEEING THE POLICE GO TOWARD THE GATES HERE. STEP UP ON THIS, HERE'S WHAT I SEE FROM A HIGHER POINT. SOME PEOPLE ALREADY SEEM TO BE TAKEN INTO ARREST. SOME WERE TAKEN OUTSIDE. I HAVEN'T SEEN THE GATES OPEN. SOME, PERHAPS, BECAUSE THEY WERE BLOCKING THE GATES, BLOCKING THE ENTRANCE FOR THE COPS TO GO IN. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO LIE HERE. I AM A LITTLE SURPRISED THIS IS WHERE THEY CHOSE TO GO IN ON. IF I WERE TAKING BETS, I THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE GONE IN ON THE OTHER SIDE BECAUSE THERE WOULD'VE BEEN FEWER PROTESTERS ON THE OTHER SIDE. SO I WOULD'VE THOUGHT THEY WANTED TO GO IN ON THE SIDE THAT HAD LESS OF A CROWD THERE. BUT THEY SEEM TO BE MAKING THEIR WAY TOWARDS THE SIDE. THEY ARE ALREADY SEEMINGLY PUTTING SOME PEOPLE INTO CUSTODY WHO ARE OUTSIDE THE GATES HERE. THIS IS BEFORE THEY ENTERED CAMPUS ON THE SIDE. >> LET'S POINT OUT, ALLIE, THERE'S A CHANCE THIS IS HAPPENING MULTIPLE -- AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. THAT'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY. I WILL ASK THE FOLKS HERE, ARE WE ABLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ALISHA REED WHO IS AT ANOTHER LOCATION? WELL, NOT AT THE MOMENT. OKAY. NOT ALISHA, BUT NAVEEN DHALIWAL IS JOINING US FROM THE AREA. MOVE EAT, WHAT LOCATION ARE YOU AT? WHAT ARE YOU SEEING? >> YEAH, I AM AT BROADWAY AND WEST 1/13, ABOUT THREE BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE 1/16 ENTRANCE WHERE ALLIE IS. THIS HAS BEEN BLOCKED OFF BY BARRICADES FOR HOURS NOW. AND THERE IS NO TRAFFIC ALLOWED, NO VEHICLE TRAFFIC FOR ANOTHER TWO OR THREE BLOCKS AWAY. THE PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS ARE JUST OVER TO YOUR RIGHT. YOU CAN SEE THEM CHANTING. YOU CAN HEAR THEM CHANTING. THEY HAVE BEEN HERE FOR HOURS NOW. JUST ABOUT IN THE LAST TWO OR THREE MINUTES, THERE WERE TWO LARGE NYPD BUSES THAT WERE GOING INTO THE BARRICADED AREA, AND THOSE PROTESTERS TRIED TO STOP THE TWO BUSES FROM ENTERING INTO THE ZONE, WHICH IS WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL IT. YOU CAN SEE POLICE ARE HERE. THEY ARE IN RIOT GEAR. THEY HAVE THEIR HELMETS AND BATONS ON. THEY ARE READY FOR ANYTHING. YOU HAD MENTIONED, DICK, THERE WAS COMMOTION OR MOVEMENT HAPPENING OVER BY COLUMBIA ITSELF. OVER HERE, YOU CAN SEE THEM CHANTING. THERE SEEMS TO BE COMMOTION AGAIN. I AM AT WEST 1/13 AND BROADWAY, THREE BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE ENTRANCE WHERE THE REAL ACTIVITY IS HAPPENING. SO, OVER HERE, POLICE ARE TRYING TO KEEP THESE PROTESTERS CALM. AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY ARE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN. AT THOSE PROTESTERS OR DEMONSTRATORS, I WILL CALL THEM, ARE WORKING WITH -- THEY ARE WORKING WITH EACH OTHER. THEY HAVE BEEN CHANTING. THEY ARE HOLDING SIGNS. THEY HAVE BEEN BARRICADED AWAY, KEEPING AWAY FROM THE ZONE FOR SAFETY AT THIS TIME, DICK. >> YEAH. WE CAN TELL YOU WHAT WE ARE LEARNING, POLICE HAVE BEEN GIVEN PERMISSION TO MOVE IN. THE QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE THEY DOING? WE WERE JUST TOLD POLICE SAID THEY WOULD HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE AT 114th STREET. BUT I THINK YOU KNOW THAT THE IDEA OF A NEWS CONFERENCE IN THE MIDDLE OF ACTIVITY LIKE THIS -- >> ARE WE ABLE TO GO WITH THEM? WE ARE CHANNEL 2. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. >> [ INAUDIBLE ] >> Reporter: WE ARE JUST WATCHING YOU. WE ARE WATCHING YOU ATTEMPTING TO GET THROUGH. WHAT WAS HE SAYING TO YOU? >> Reporter: WELL, WHAT HE IS SAYING TO ME, I AM THE THIRD CREW HERE. ALLIE AND ALECIA ARE INSIDE. SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO REMAIN OUT HERE AT WEST 1/13 AND BROADWAY. THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN SEE POLICE ARE READY TO GO. THEY AREN'T GIVING ANY INFORMATION AS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING THREE BLOCKS AWAY. SO, THAT PROBABLY WITH YOUR VANTAGE POINT, WITH THE TRAPPER AS WELL, YOU ARE ABLE TO GIVE US A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT IS HAPPENING THREE BLOCKS AWAY FROM HERE. THE DEMONSTRATORS HAVE BEEN HERE FOR HOURS. THEY ARE TRYING TO GET INTO THAT ZONE. POLICE ARE READY FOR THEM. AS I MENTIONED, JUST ABOUT FIVE OR SIX MINUTES AGO, TWO DIFFERENT NYPD BUSES, LARGE BUSES, DID ENTER THE ZONE. IT IS UNCLEAR IF THAT WAS TO ARREST SOMEONE OR WHAT THE DEAL IS WITH THAT. >> IF I COULD JUST GET YOU SOME PICTURES WE ARE SEEING NOW, I THINK IT APPEARS ALLIE -- ARE YOU ABLE TO SEE THIS? OKAY. WE HAVE LOST ALLIE BAUMAN. BUT I CAN TELL YOU -- YEAH, WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN TO ALLIE BAUMAN. IT APPEARED THAT PEOPLE WERE BEING LET OUT. PERHAPS, SOMEONE WAS BEING CARRIED OUT. I ASSUME THAT WAS A LIVE PICTURE. ALLIE, ARE YOU GETTING THE IMPRESSION -- >> THEY ARE DEFINITELY ARRESTING PEOPLE. I WATCHED IT RIGHT NOW. POLICE ARE TAKING ONE PERSON AWAY. POLICE ARE TAKING SOMEONE ELSE AWAY. ZIP TIES, CUFFS, WHATEVER IT IS, THEY ARE TAKING THEM AWAY. HER ARMS ARE RESTRICTED. FROM MY VANTAGE POINT, I DON'T THINK POLICE ENTERED CAMPUS YET. THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BLOCKING THEM GOING THROUGH THE GATE. THEY ARE HAPPY TO SEE IT IS OPEN. IF ANYTHING, THEY CLOSED THE GATE SINCE -- THEY HAVE TAKEN -- I HAVE SEEN AT LEAST FOUR OF THEM, I WANT TO SAY, I'VE SEEN POLICE TAKE THEM AWAY. THERE IS ANOTHER PERSON GOING AS WELL. POLICE ARE TAKING THEM AWAY WITH THEIR ARMS RESTRICTED. IT APPEARS -- AND AGAIN, I'M NOT 100%. IT APPEARS POLICE ARE ARRESTING PEOPLE AT THE MOMENT. OH! MORE RIOT COPS ARE COMING THROUGH FROM THE OTHER SIDE NOW. PROTESTERS ARE -- TURN THE CAMERA A LITTLE BIT. YOU CAN SEE THIS SIDE HERE. THEY ARE COMING IN. SORRY, PROTESTERS ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING. I'M SEEING ONE OF THE GATES ON CAMPUS BE OPEN. POLICE ON BOTH SIDES ENTERING THIS LOCATION OUTSIDE CAMPUS WHERE THE BARRICADES ARE COMING THROUGH, PROTESTERS ARE APPEARING , LEAVING THIS DIRECT AREA. IT APPEARS THEY ARE GOING TO COME INTO -- THEY ARE BLOCKING THEM FROM ENTERING. EVEN MORE, YOU KNOW, THESE ONES HAVE THEIR BATONS IN HANDS. THEY ARE FOCUSED ON HERE. THEY ARE LINING UP OUTSIDE OF THE GATES HERE AS WELL. >> YOU KNOW -- >> Reporter: PEOPLE ARE CHANTING -- >> ALLIE, FROM THE LITTLE BITS I AM SEEING ON SCREEN, I THOUGHT I WAS GETTING AN IMPRESSION FROM THE GATE THAT THERE WAS MORE THAN A COUPLE STUDENTS LEAVING THE CAMPUS, THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN WHAT YOU CALL A STREAM OF STUDENTS LEAVING THE CAMPUS. SO, PERHAPS WITH THE POLICE MOVING IN, SOME ARE MOVING OUT. I SEE BEHIND THE OFFICERS, SOME PEOPLE ARE MOVING AWAY OR BEING TAKEN AWAY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME STUDENTS HAVE DECIDED IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO GET OFF CAMPUS. THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE GOOD ADVICE GIVEN WHAT WE ARE SEEING. >> Reporter: AND YOU MEAN STUDENTS LEAVING THE CAMPUS YOU ARE SEEING? I SEE PROTESTERS WHO HAVE BEEN OUT HERE LEAVING THE AREA. >> I SAW THEM COMING THROUGH THE GATE. I COULD BE WRONG. IT IS A CHAOTIC SITUATION RIGHT NOW. BUT, AS YOU POINT OUT, IT'S NOT EVEN CLEAR WHERE THE OFFICERS ARE IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE CAMPUS, HOW FAR THEY HAVE GOTTEN IN OR IF IT'S GOTTEN VERY FAR AT ALL. CORRECT? >> Reporter: I HAVEN'T SEEN THEM GO IN. I'VE SEEN THEM RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE ALL LINED UP HERE AHEAD OF THE CAMPUS GATES. WE ARE SEEING THEM ON THE CAMERA. THEY HAVE NOT ENTERED CAMPUS ON THIS SIDE YET. YOU KNOW, THEY ARE OUTSIDE OF CAMPUS HERE. I SEE WHAT LOOKS LIKE STUDENTS WHO ARE SCALING THE FENCE ON THE INSIDE OF THE CAMPUS THERE. IT SEEMS THEY HAVEN'T EVEN ENTERED CAMPUS YET. THEY ARE NOW MOVING AROUND THE BARRICADES PERHAPS TO SITUATE THEMSELVES TO EFFECTIVELY GO IN. >> LET'S RESET THE SCENE NOW. WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE LAST HOUR NOW, POLICE OFFICERS GATHERED AROUND THE COLUMBIA CAMPUS IN RIOT GEAR, WITH ZIP TIES, AND READY TO MOVE IN. IN THE LAST 10 OR 15 MINUTES OR SO, WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF MOVEMENT BY POLICE OFFICERS. AS ALLIE POINTS OUT, IT IS NOT CLEAR IF THEY EVER MADE THEIR WAY INTO THE CAMPUS. ALTHOUGH, IT IS HARD TO TELL SOMETIMES WITH ALL THE CROWDS. WE CAN TELL YOU A FEW HOURS AGO, THE MAYOR ADVISED PEOPLE CLEAR THE AREA. IT SEEMED LIKE A PRETTY CLEAR WARNING THAT THE POLICE WERE GOING TO GO IN. IF NOT CLEAR THE CAMPUS, CERTAINLY GO INTO HAMILTON HALL WHERE PROTESTERS AND PERHAPS OUTSIDE AGITATORS, PROFESSIONAL AGITATORS AS THE NYPD SAID, TOOK OVER THE HALL EARLIER TODAY AND BARRICADED THEMSELVES IN. WE HAVE NO IDEA IF AND WHEN POLICE WILL BE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION. BUT WE CAN SEE SOMETHING HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR AT LEAST THE HOUSE -- >> Reporter: DID YOU SEE THIS? I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT YOU. I WANT YOU TO SEE ON THE SCREEN. THE TRUCK THAT HAS JUST PULLED UP, A TRUCK I HAVE NEVER SEEN IN MY EIGHT YEARS OF BEING A REPORTER IN NEW YORK CITY, THE EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCK WHICH IS A VERY INTIMIDATING SITE, WE HAVE OFFICERS WITH SHIELDS ON THE ROOF HERE. IT LOOKS LIKE A MILITARY PARADE VEHICLE THAT IS COMING DOWN AMSTERDAM RIGHT NOW WITH PROTESTERS. YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO SEE -- I AM ASSUMING THIS AS I'M SAYING IT OUT LOUD. THIS IS PROBABLY WHY THERE ARE BARRICADES COMING THROUGH. BEHIND THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE THAT. THERE IS A MOTORCADE THAT APPEARS. AND NOW I AM SEEING WHAT APPEARS TO BE [ INAUDIBLE ] THEY WERE WONDERING HOW THEY WERE PLANNING TO MAKE THE ARRESTS. THEY ARE COMING IN WITH THIS VERY LARGE POLICE VAN HERE THAT IS COMING THROUGH. SO, THIS IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING ON SITE RIGHT NOW. THIS IS QUITE A SIGHT. >> Reporter: YEAH, YOU POINT OUT, ALLIE, YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN A VEHICLE LIKE THAT. I DON'T THINK I HAVE EITHER. I HAVE BEEN AROUND A FEW EXTRA YEARS. THE DEPARTMENTS IN THIS COUNTRY, NOT JUST HERE BUT ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE PURCHASED A LOT OF THESE VEHICLES. THEY ARE VERY FEARFUL OF THEM IN THIS TYPE OF EVENT. BUT IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE THAT BEHIND THAT VEHICLE, BEHIND THAT LARGE, MILITARISTIC VEHICLE -- >> Reporter: WOW! WOW! THEY JUST HAVE DRIVEN UP TO -- THIS IS HOW THEY ARE ENTERING CAMPUS RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO THE GATES, ACTUALLY. YOU KNOW, WHAT LOOKS LIKE ALMOST LIKE A FIRE TRUCK WHERE THEY HAVE THIS -- WHAT YOU CALL IT -- A CHERRY PICKER TYPE OF THING THAT IS GOING INTO HAMILTON HALL WHICH IS WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE. STEVE, THEY ARE NOT EVEN BOTHERING WITH THE GATE. THEY ARE COMING ONTO CAMPUS THIS WAY. >> IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE SEEING IT HAPPEN RIGHT NOW. PRESUMABLY, THEY WILL GET TO A WINDOW, GO THROUGH A WINDOW AND GET IN THERE. INTERESTING THEY ALLOW OUR CAMERAS TO SHOW THIS. PRESUMABLY, ANYBODY ON THE INSIDE WOULD BE ABLE TO WATCH THIS ON TELEVISION. NOW WE SIT HERE AND WAIT AND SEE HOW LONG THEY WILL TAKE TO PERHAPS MOVE IN. YOU ARE SAYING THEY HAVE THIS JERRYRIGGED RAMP HEADING INTO SOMETHING FOR HAMILTON HALL. IS THAT CORRECT? >> Reporter: YEAH. THEY DROVE UP. THEY HAVE THE COPS HERE ON THE ROOF OF THE VEHICLE. THEY DROVE UP. THEY PUT OUT THIS RAMP, THAT'S IT SET -- ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT IS. THEY DROVE UP TOWARD THIS . PEOPLE ARE DRIVING UP. >> Reporter: THEY ARE BACKING UP A LITTLE BIT. YEAH. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S JUST TO REPOSITION THEMSELVES. THERE SEEMS TO BE A TACTIC. YOU KNOW, I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER IF THE POLICE -- YOU ARE SAYING YOUR SURPRISED IF THEY LET PEOPLE SEE THIS. PERHAPS THEY DO WANT THE CAMERAS TO SEE THIS BECAUSE THEY WANT THEM TO PERHAPS BE MORE TRANSPARENT WITH HOW THIS IS. BECAUSE THE MEDIA IS NOT ALLOWED ONTO CAMPUS, PERHAPS THEY WANT TO BE SHOWING TRANSPARENTLY HOW THEY WILL BE EXECUTING THESE ARRESTS. >> IT COULD BE POSSIBLE THIS IS A FAINT OR A FAKE. HE COULD STILL BE GOING IN, SHALL WE SAY, THE FRONT DOOR, AND PERHAPS NOT GOING THROUGH A WINDOW, OR DOING BOTH AT ONCE. AND NOW WE ARE SEEING THE VEHICLE PULL BACK TO THE WINDOW. PERHAPS THEY ARE WORKING ON A COORDINATED EFFORT HERE. THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF TACTICS THAT WE ARE NOT PRIVY TO. YOU CAN BET THE NYPD HAS SET THIS OUT. YOU SAID THE DRONES WERE UP. THEY WERE LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOWS AS BEST THEY COULD TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE UP AGAINST. NOW THEY HAVE THE DIFFICULT TASK OF EXECUTING THIS. >> STEP BACK. >> Reporter: STRINGING -- >> I HEAR PROTESTERS CHANTING SHAME ON YOU. NOW -- >> Reporter: YES, PROTESTERS HAVE BEEN YELLING AT THEM THIS WHOLE TIME. I HAVE IN THE LAST -- I NOTICED ONE OF THE GATE ENTRANCES HAS JUST REOPENED. PEOPLE ARE ENTERING THIS WAY RIGHT HERE. TO YOUR POINT IF OFFICERS ARE GOING IN -- SO RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THE WINDOW HERE. >> WITH GUNS DRAWN -- >> Reporter: WOW! >> Reporter: GUNS DRAWN, SHIELDS UP. >> WHAT IS THE NEXT MOVE? >> Reporter: YOU KNOW, IT IS INTERESTING THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT -- YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR AND GOVERNOR. THE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE NATIONAL GUARD COMING IN AS A LAST RESULT. I DON'T THINK THEY WERE EXPECTING THIS. >> Reporter: IT ALMOST LOOKS SIMPLY, THE OFFICER IS TRYING TO OPEN THE WINDOW. PERHAPS YOU MIGHT'VE THOUGHT THEY WOULD SMASH THROUGH IT. OR JUST LOOKING TO SEE WHO OR WHAT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT. BUT THEY ARE NOT IMMEDIATELY SMASHING THROUGH IT WHICH IS THE MOVE YOU MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE MADE. >> Reporter: WHY THEY HAVE CHOSEN THIS WINDOW, I'M NOT SURE. YOU KNOW, THIS MIGHT BE HOW THEY START TO MOVE TO THE WINDOWS. >> ALLIE, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY VIEW ON A LOWER DOOR TO THE HAMILTON HALL, DO YOU? >> Reporter: NO, THERE IS NO STREET-LEVEL DOOR TO THAT. THE ENTRANCE TO HAMILTON HALL, THIS IS THE CAMPUS SIDE. SO, IF YOU ARE ON THE STREET SIDE, I GUESS THE WINDOW IS THE WAY TO DO IT. IS THERE SOMETHING -- CAN YOU SEE, IS OR SOMETHING COMING OUT OF THE WINDOW? >> THERE'S NOTHING I CAN SEE COMING OUT OF THE WINDOW. YOU KNOW, YOUR EYES PLAY TRICKS ON YOU. MAYBE THERE IS A SHADOW IN THE WINDOW. I CAN'T SAY THAT FOR SURE EITHER. YOU HAVE TO THINK ANYONE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT WINDOW HAS TO BE CONSUMED RIGHT NOW WITH WHAT IS FACING THEM. >> Reporter: YEAH. AND I AM NOW SEEING -- I AM NOW SEEING THE NYPD GOING IN AS WELL. SO, YOU HAVE POLICE GOING ON THE GROUND THROUGH THE GATE. YOU HAVE POLICE GOING IN THIS ELEVATED SENSE IN THE WINDOW, LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOW. SO -- THEY ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO MOVE IN. BEHIND ME, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE THE MEDIA HAS BEEN THIS WHOLE TIME. THERE'S ALSO NOW ALL THE PROTESTERS THAT ARE OUTSIDE THOSE GATES NOW. THEY'RE COMING -- THERE, THEY ARE YELLING AT OFFICERS , PEOPLE ARE RECORDING THIS. IT IS DEFINITELY VARIED -- >> Reporter: IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THE VEHICLE WE ARE SEEING, THEY ARE JUST STANDING THERE IN THE EVENT THEY FEEL SOMEONE WILL TRY TO BUST OUT THE WINDOW AND ESCAPE, THAT KIND OF THING, SORT OF INTIMIDATE THE PEOPLE INSIDE AND PERHAPS NEVER MOVE AT ALL. IT'S HARD TO TELL. >> Reporter: YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. IT IS HARD TO TELL. >> NOW IT APPEARS -- [ INAUDIBLE ] >> Reporter: THEY HAVE MOVED ON HAMILTON HALL? >> Reporter: THEY HAVE BREACHED HAMILTON HALL. THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THE WINDOW. WE HAVE OFFICERS ON CAMPUS ON THE GROUND HERE. THEY ARE -- THEY ARE EXECUTING. >> THIS WOULD BE THE THIRD OFFICER GOING THROUGH, ANOTHER ONE BEHIND THEM. IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE WHAT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE. THEY HAVE OPENED A SECOND WINDOW. AND THIS MAY BE ONE OF MULTIPLE ENTRANCES THEY ARE GOING INTO RIGHT NOW. THIS ONE WASN'T BARRICADED. PERHAPS THIS WAS A WISE MOVE BY OFFICERS. REMEMBER -- THEY ARE READY FOR ANYTHING. [ INAUDIBLE ] THEY COULD GET VIOLENT OR NOT. I THINK THE IMPORTANCE IS , WHOEVER SURRENDERS PEACEFULLY [ INAUDIBLE ] >> SHAME ON YOU! SHAME ON YOU! >> Reporter: ABSOLUTELY -- >> I WOULD SAY, HAS THE CROWD GOTTEN ANY BIGGER FROM PROTESTERS AROUND THE BUILDING? >> YES. IT DEFINITELY HAS, YOU KNOW? IT HAS GROWN IN THE PAST FEW HOURS IN GENERAL WITH PROTESTERS GETTING HERE. YOU KNOW, THEY ARE ALL ON THE SIDEWALKS WITH THE BARRICADES. I HAVE NOTICED WHERE WE ARE, THERE'S LIKE AN ELEVATED WALKWAY THAT GOES FROM ACROSS AMSTERDAM TO THE CAMPUS TO THE OTHER BUILDING THAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF CAMPUS THAT IS NOT TECHNICALLY ON CAMPUS. THERE'S AN ELEVATED WALKWAY ESSENTIALLY BEHIND ME. THAT IS NOT ACCESSIBLE UNLESS YOU ARE ON CAMPUS. I SEE NOW DOZENS AND DOZENS OF PEOPLE ARE UP THERE WATCHING THIS AS WELL. SO, WHETHER THEY ARE PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, WERE ON CAMPUS FOR OTHER REASONS OR WHATNOT, THERE IS A LARGE AUDIENCE IN THIS AREA. >> IT IS FASCINATING -- IT IS A FASCINATING APPROACH OR TACTIC. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AT OTHER DOORS OR OTHER WINDOWS. THIS CERTAINLY ISN'T A LIGHTNING STRIKE INTO HAMILTON HALL. THIS IS A SLOW, LABORIOUS PROCESS. YOU HAVE TO THINK, PERHAPS, MAYBE THERE ARE TWO OR THREE OTHER POINTS OF ENTRY RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE UP TO 9 OR 10 OFFICERS ARE MAKING THEIR WAY IN THERE. >> Reporter: AND THERE IS A LINE BEHIND -- I DON'T EVEN KNOW. AT LEAST A DOZEN OFFICERS ARE ON THE LADDER BEHIND THEM, YOU KNOW, SEEMINGLY WAITING TO GO IN. THEY ARE LINED UP BEHIND. THE COPS COULD GO IN NOW. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A LINE. THEY ARE IN A TRUCK THAT PULLS UP. AND A -- >> THEY ARE ALL ARMED. THEY HAVE RIOT GEAR ON. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO ENCOUNTER BECAUSE POLICE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT PROFESSIONAL AGITATORS WERE IN HAMILTON HALL. THEY COULDN'T SAY WHERE THEY WERE FROM NECESSARILY. BUT THEY DID SAY, QUOTE, WE HAVE SEEN THEM ELSEWHERE, WHICH IS SORT OF A LEAD FOR OFFICERS, PROFESSIONALS KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. PERHAPS THEY WILL MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT SETTING ANY TRAPS AND NOT WAITING FOR THEM. NOW IT APPEARS THERE IS A MUCH MORE ENERGETIC APPROACH. AND NOW, ASSUMING THEY GET IN THERE, THEY HAVE TO DETAIN THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THERE. THEY HAVE TO PUT THEM IN THE ZIP TIES. THEN THEY HAVE TO GET THEM OUT OF THERE. THEY ALSO SAY TO THEMSELVES, OKAY, WE WILL BE COMING DOWN TO PROTESTERS WHO WILL NOT BE HAPPY TO SEE THESE ARRESTS. YOU CAN MAKE THESE DIFFICULT FOR THE NYPD. >> Reporter: DEFINITELY. THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THESE BARRICADES HERE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY BEFORE THE TRUCK CAME IN, THEY MADE A POINT TO MOVE THE PROTESTERS TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET BEHIND THE BARRICADES. YOU KNOW, I DO WANT TO REMIND OUR AUDIENCE THAT WHEN THE POLICE ARRESTED THE STUDENTS, WHATEVER IT WAS, TWO WEEKS AGO THE FIRST GO AROUND, AND THEY BROUGHT THEM DOWN TO POLICE HEADQUARTERS FOR PROCESSING AND SUCH, THERE WAS A LARGE GROUP OF PROTESTERS THAT ACTUALLY TRIED TO BLOCK THE BUS THAT WAS CARRYING THE STUDENTS. CLEARLY, THEY WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL. POLICE WERE CARRYING OUT WHO THEY HAD IN CUSTODY THERE. BUT YOU KNOW, THAT IS THE TYPES OF PUSHBACK WE HAVE BEEN SEEING ME HERE. IT HAS BEEN -- YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF DEMONSTRATION HERE. RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T SEE PEOPLE BREAKING THROUGH THE BARRICADES. [ INAUDIBLE ] THEY ARE CHANTING, OF COURSE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S LITTLE WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, EACH TIME I LOOK BACK OVER TO THE POLICE OFFICERS, THERE ARE MORE POLICE OFFICERS LINING UP. >> IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO HEAR YOU FOR A SECOND. MY QUESTION IS, ARE THERE STILL, FROM YOUR VANTAGE POINT, OFFICERS GOING THROUGH THE MAIN GATE OF THE CAMPUS? >> Reporter: THE MAIN GATE IS OPEN. YOU KNOW, THE GATE IS OPEN. THERE ARE POLICE OFFICERS IN RIOT GEAR STANDING OUTSIDE AT THIS POINT. I SAW A COUPLE DOZEN GO IN. I DON'T SEE ANYMORE GOING IN AT THE PRECISE MOMENT. I DON'T SEE ANYONE COMING IN EITHER. BUT -- >> THE REASON WHY I ASK IS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S THE SECONDARY QUESTION THAT WE HAVE. HEY, WE ASSUME THEY ARE GOING INTO HAMILTON HALL FOR THOSE STUDENTS. BUT B, WOULD THERE BE ANY LARGER ACTION ON THE CAMPUS? BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO ADMIT IF YOU ARE THE POLICE YOU SAY, OKAY, WE CLEAR OUT HAMILTON HALL. IF WE LEAVE, SHALL WE SAY, PROFESSIONAL AGITATORS ON CAMPUS, THE POSSIBILITY PERSISTS THAT THEY COULD DO SOMETHING ELSE THAT THEY WOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT. I HAVE BEEN CURIOUS -- >> Reporter: YES AND -- WELL, THERE ARE THREE ENCAMPMENTS AS OF THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS THE ONE IN HAMILTON HALL. THERE IS THE ORIGINAL ENCAMPMENT ON THE LAWN. THEN, TODAY, THE PROTEST OR THE ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BEEN ORGANIZING THE PROTEST SAID THERE WAS A SECOND ENCAMPMENT ON CAMPUS THAT HAS SPRUNG UP TODAY. SO -- SO AS OF THIS AFTERNOON, THERE WERE AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT ENCAMPMENTS, ALL WITH THE SAME MESSAGE, THE SAME GROUP THAT WERE ON CAMPUS HERE. SO, YOU KNOW, VERY WELL MIGHT BE TRYING TO CLEAR OUT THE ENCAMPMENT THAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE TENTS THAT WE HAVE SEEN ON THE LAWN, AS WELL AS A SECOND ONE. BUT THAT I AM NOT SURE OF. I CAN ONLY SEE FOR CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, OFFICER AFTER OFFICER AFTER OFFICER AT THIS POINT WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES UNIT OF THE NYPD ARE GOING THROUGH THE WINDOW OF HAMILTON HALL. THE PAST MINUTE OR SO, THE LIGHTS HAVE TURNED ON IN THAT FLOOR WHERE IT HAS BEEN SENSE WE HAVE GONE IN. SO WE WILL BE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THIS AS THE OFFICERS CONTINUE TO GO INTO HAMILTON HALL. WE ARE GOING TO PAUSE AT THE MOMENT AND BE RIGHT BACK. >>> ♪ >> THIS IS BREAKING NEWS. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THIS IS MAURICE DUBOIS IN THE CBS2 NEWS ROOM. WE ARE LOOKING AT LIVE PICTURES RIGHT NOW. NYPD OFFICERS ENTERING HAMILTON HALL AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. IT HAS BEEN A TENSE SITUATION AS OFFICERS APPROACHED THE BUILDING WHICH HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER BY PROTESTERS, PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS AS WELL AS WITH THE NYPD AND THE MAYOR ARE CALLING OUTSIDE AGITATORS. THEY SAY THEY HAVE BEEN PATIENT. THEY SAY NOW IS THE TIME TO GO IN AND RETAKE THE BUILDING. THEY GOT PERMISSION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION OF COLUMBIA THERE. WE HAVE SEEN OFFICERS ENTERING FROM THE TOP OF THE SPEAR, THE MILITARY STYLE VEHICLE THAT POLICE HAVE BEEN USING TO GET OFFICERS IN THE BUILDING. EXACTLY HOW THAT IS GOING, WE DO NOT KNOW. WE HAVE SEEN THEM ENTER THE CAMPUS THROUGH ANOTHER SIDE. THERE ARE ARRESTS UNFOLDING AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. THE FULL REPORT CONTINUES ON THE STREAM AND CBS2 NEWS AT 11:00. WE WILL SEE YOU THEN. >>> MORE LIVE COVERAGE HERE OF THE SITUATION UNFOLDING AT THE CAMPUS OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. NYPD OFFICERS IN RIOT GEAR RIGHT THERE, AND STUDENTS ON THE SIDE. THERE ARE CHANTS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON. THE MAIN POINT HERE IS THAT OFFICERS HAVE MOVED INTO RETAKE HAMILTON HALL. AS YOU WILL RECALL, THE MAYOR, THE POLICE COMMISSIONER AND OTHERS SAID IT WAS PARTLY TAKEN OVER ABOUT 12 HOURS AGO BY OUTSIDE AGITATORS, THE NYPD AND THE MAYOR HAVE HAD ENOUGH. THEY HAVE GONE IN. THEY ARE MAKING A STAND ON THE CAMPUS. NOW, LIVE ON THE STREET OUTSIDE THE CAMPUS GATES, ALI BAUMAN. WHAT DO YOU SEE RIGHT NOW? >> Reporter: MAURICE, YEAH. WE ARE OUT HERE ON 1/16 AND AMSTERDAM OUT SIDE THE CAMPUS GATES. YOU KNOW, MAYBE 20 OR SO MINUTES AGO, THIS MASSIVE NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCK CAME. THIS WAS SOMETHING I HAD NOT SEEN BEFORE AT MY YEARS IN NEW YORK CITY. PULLED RIGHT UP TO THE OUTSIDE OF HAMILTON HALL WHICH IS WHERE THE GROUP OF PROTESTERS HAD BARRICADED THEMSELVES INSIDE SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING. NOW, THE CAMPUS ON THIS SIDE HAS BEEN CLOSED. THE POLICE TRUCK PULLED RIGHT UP TO ABOUT THE SECOND FLOOR WINDOW HERE OF THAT BUILDING. WE SAW MAYBE A DOZEN OR MORE OFFICERS BREAK THROUGH THE WINDOW AND CLIMB THROUGH WITH SHIELDS, WITH HELMETS, WITH ZIP TIES AROUND THEIR WAIST WHILE THAT WAS HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME. ONE OF THE GATES HERE DID OPEN. NYPD OFFICERS ONCE AGAIN IN RIOT GEAR DID WALK-THROUGH ON THE GROUND THROUGH COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY'S GATES HERE. THIS IS HAPPENING IN FRONT OF HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS WHO ARE OUTSIDE AS WELL AS MEDIA WHO HAVE BEEN HERE. THE PROTESTERS HAVE BEEN HERE. WE DID SEE SEVERAL ARRESTS TAKING PLACE OUTSIDE THE CAMPUS AS POLICE WERE TRYING TO GET UP TO THE GATES. THEY WERE ARRESTING PEOPLE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE GATES. WE HADN'T SEEN ANY PROTESTERS FROM INSIDE, OUT YET. WE HAVEN'T SEEN PROTESTERS COME OUT ON THE SIDE YET. WE ARE WAITING FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. >> WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS, ALLIE. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT, MILITARY STYLE -LOOKING VEHICLES THE OFFICERS WERE USING TO GET IN THERE. TALK TO ME ABOUT THE SCENE ON THE STREET. DIFFERENT CAMERA ANGLES SHOW ME DIFFERENT THINGS. THERE IS A SENSE OF CALM. THERE'S A BIT OF CHAOS OFF TO THE OTHER SIDE AND MAYBE THE OTHER SIDE, A LITTLE MORE CHAOS. I CAN'T GET A FEEL FOR IT. THEY BEAT YOU CAN SET THE SCENE WITH OFFICERS AND SO FORTH. >> Reporter: IT MIGHT BE A SENSE OF CALM RIGHT HERE, BUT DON'T LET THE SHOT BE MISLEADING. THERE ARE BARRICADES PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM GOING INTO THE STREET WHERE PEOPLE ARE, GETTING CLOSE TO WHERE THE CAMPUS IS. I'M LOSING TRACK OF WHAT TIME IT IS. ABOUT ONE HOUR OR SO AGO, THERE WERE PROTESTERS OUTSIDE OF THE CAMPUS GATES OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL. DOZENS OF OFFICERS CAME THROUGH AND STARTED MOVING THE BARRICADES. THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED TO SEE, YOU KNOW, MORE CLASHES BREAK OUT BETWEEN PROTESTERS AND POLICE HERE. IT DIDN'T SEEM TO GET TOO VIOLENT OR ANYTHING. WE DID SEE THE POLICE TAKE A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE AS THEY WERE TRYING TO CLEAR THEM OUT. AT THIS POINT, MOST OF THE PEOPLE I AM SEEING ARE ABIDING BY THE BARRICADES AND STAYING ON THE SIDEWALK. BUT, HOURS AGO, POLICE SHUT DOWN TRAFFIC HERE FOR CARS. THERE HAVEN'T BEEN CARS DRIVING THROUGH HERE. NOW THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE CONGREGATING ON THE SIDEWALK HERE, LISTENING TO WHAT THE OFFICERS ARE SAYING. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR THEM CHANTING, SHAME ON YOU. >> YEAH, ALLIE, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE VEHICLE, IF YOU WILL. IT IS THERE IN THE CENTER OF THE SHOT. THERE'S A GUY STANDING IN THE WAY. THERE IS A BIG, BLACK ALMOST LIKE A FIRE TRUCK NEEDS POLICE EMERGENCY SERVICES UNIT TRUCK. AND IT HAS GOT THIS CHERRY PICKER LOOKING SORT OF ARM ON THE BACK. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT POINTING AT THE WINDOW. WE HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN THE CITY AFTER OUR YEARS OF REPORTING HERE. WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THAT? WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THIS? IT WAS A SHOW OF FORCE AS THEY PULLED UP. >> Reporter: I THINK THAT IS THE PERFECT WAY TO DESCRIBE IT. IT WAS A SHOW OF FORCE. THEY CAME THROUGH THIS CROWD OF PROTESTERS THAT ARE OUT HERE. YOU KNOW, POLICE DROVE THROUGH, SITTING ON THE ROOF WITH SHIELDS IN FRONT OF THEM WITH HELMETS ON. THEY CAME RIGHT UP. THEY DROVE -- I COULDN'T TELL IF THEY DROVE RIGHT INTO THE BUILDING. IT SOUNDED LIKE A CRASH. I WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS OR NOT. IT WAS A LOUD ENTRANCE. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT IS INTERESTING WE ARE HAVING SUCH A PUBLIC ENTRANCE INTO THE BUILDING. POLICE -- I'M SORRY, THE UNIVERSITY IS NOT ALLOWING MEDIA ON CAMPUS. THEY HAVE ASKED THE STUDENTS TO LEAVE CAMPUS AND SHELTER IN PLACE. WHAT IS HAPPENING BEHIND THE CAMPUS GATES, WE CANNOT SEE. THEY MADE A PUBLIC DISPLAY OF THIS. THEY HAVE DONE SO IN FRONT OF THE PROTESTERS. THEY PUT THE CHERRY PICKER LIKE YOU SAID -- IT IS IS LIKE A RAMP THAT THEY PUT UP RIGHT TO THE WINDOW THERE. THEN ONE BY ONE, THEY WENT THROUGH THE WINDOW. >> OKAY, ALLIE, THAT IS SURREAL IN SO MANY WAYS. IT SEEMS TO HAVE HELPED THEM ACHIEVE THEIR DIRECT LIVE. IT TOOK IT BACK AT SOME POINT . WE WILL LET YOU STAND BY FOR A MINUTE. ALECIA REED IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF CAMPUS. THIS IS ONE 16 AND BROADWAY. ALICIA, WHAT DO YOU SEE IN YOUR VANTAGE POINT? >> Reporter: MARIE'S, THEY MOVED US OVER TO 1/14 AND BROADWAY. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE ON 1/14. WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT OUR PEOPLE BEING TAKEN OUT OF THE CAMPUS IN HANDCUFFS INTO BUSES THAT THEY BOUGHT AND DROVE OVER TO 1/14. SO, WE SAW AT LEAST FOUR OR FIVE -- PACKS OF OFFICERS WALKING ONTO CAMPUS. RIGHT NOW -- GIVE US ONE SECOND RIGHT HERE, GUYS. GIVE US ONE SECOND. SO, WHAT WE SAW WERE PACKS OF OFFICERS COMING ON TO 1/14 AND GETTING ONTO CAMPUS. IN THE MEANTIME, THEY HAVE THE TEAM WITH THE DRONES WATCHING OVER THE CAMPUS . THE OFFICERS ARE MANNING THE STREET, TELLING STUDENTS TO SHELTER IN PLACE. THERE ARE OFFICERS AT THE FRONT OF EACH BUILDING ENSURING THAT THESE STUDENTS ARE NOT COMING OUT. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU GUYS CAN HEAR IT. THERE ARE PEOPLE CHANTING FROM THEIR WINDOWS AND THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING IS, SHAME ON YOU TO THE OFFICERS. RIGHT NOW ON 1/14, I MUST SAY IT IS PRETTY CALM. THEY ARE BRINGING PEOPLE INTO THE BUSES, AT LEAST FIVE BUSES HAVE BEEN PARKED ON 1/14 AS THEY START BRINGING THE PEOPLE OUT. AND THE NYPD HAS BEEN CARRYING THE PRESS ONE STEP AT A TIME, CLOSER AND CLOSER TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. I THINK THIS IS THE CLOSEST WE WILL GET WHERE THEY ARE ACTUALLY BRINGING PROTESTERS OUT, AND BRINGING THEM OVER TO THE BUSES. >> IT LOOKS LIKE THE STRATEGY IS A SMART ONE. IT IS TO OVERWHELM THEM WITH NUMBERS, WITH FORCE. WHEN YOU SAID THERE WERE PACKS OF OFFICERS MOVING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS TO GO OUT AND TAKE PEOPLE IN CUSTODY, WHAT NUMBERS WOULD YOU SAY THAT'S LIKE? HOW MANY AT A TIME? HOW MANY PEOPLE DID THEY TAKE OUT? AS BEST AS YOU CAN TELL -- >> Reporter: YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. HUNDREDS OF OFFICERS. I WANT TO SAY THE FIRST PACK WAS AT LEAST MAY BE 200. THEN THEY HAD -- >> PLEASE STOP TALKING. >> Reporter: BUT, BY THE FOURTH , THERE WEREN'T AS MANY. YOU WERE HEARING PROTESTERS ON THE OTHER SIDE. THAT IS AMSTERDAM. THEY ARE GETTING LOUDER AND LOUDER. RIGHT NOW, THEY SLOWED DOWN. THEY ARE TAKING PEOPLE FROM INSIDE. THE FIRST BUS IS LEAVING RIGHT NOW. WE CAN SEE THE POLICE ARE LEAVING WITH PEOPLE INSIDE. SOME OF THEM ARE SHOUTING, TRYING TO SHOUT THROUGH THE WINDOWS, FREE PALESTINE. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW -- I WOULD SAY THEY HAVE THINGS UNDER CONTROL HERE. THERE ARE LOTS OF OFFICERS STILL MANNING THE STREETS AND MAKING SURE THE STUDENTS WHO ARE INSIDE OUR SHELTERING IN PLACE. MAURICE? >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT OFFICERS RIGHT THERE, ONE MORE THING, I DON'T THINK YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS. THIS IS IMPORTANT. THE MAYOR AND THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS TALKED ABOUT OUTSIDE AGITATORS, PROTESTERS WHO THEY REALLY SEE AS THE ISSUE, THE MAIN PROBLEM HERE. AND I'M GUESSING YOU COULDN'T TELL WHO WAS ARRESTED. WERE THEY, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE LOOKING PEOPLE OR STUDENT TYPES, SOME OF BOTH? YOU KNOW, IT'S NIGHT, IT'S A LOT OF OFFICERS. WHAT DID YOU SEE? >> Reporter: YEAH. WE COULDN'T REALLY SEE FACES. THEY WERE RUSHING US PAST THE BUSES AS THEY TRIED TO GET US FROM ONE LOCATION TO THE NEXT. I CAN SAY LOOKING AT THE BUS RIGHT NOW THAT JUST LEFT, IT'S 1/14 AND AMSTERDAM. THERE IS A CROWD OF PROTESTERS. OFFICERS ARE RUNNING IN THAT DIRECTION TO TRY TO CALM THE SITUATION. BUT IT IS GETTING LOUDER, A LITTLE FURTHER AWAY FROM US, THEY HAVE US IN PENS. WE ARE STUCK IN ONE PLACE TO TRY TO OBSERVE AS THINGS HAPPEN. WE CAN'T TELL WHAT IS HAPPENING. IT IS GETTING REALLY LOUD. >> I DIDN'T THINK SO, ALICIA. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THIS SHAKES OUT WHEN THEY GIVE US THE TOTALS OF THE PEOPLE THEY ARRESTED, WHO WERE STUDENTS WHO THEY ADVISE TO GET OUT OF HERE. THEY TOLD HER KIDS TO GET OFF CAMPUS ASAP. MAYBE SOME WERE ARRESTED. DID THEY GET THESE OUTSIDE AGITATORS AND PROTESTERS AS THEY DESCRIBED THEM? THAT ALSO REMAINS TO BE SEEN. NICE WORK. WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU AND ALLIE AND JUST A BIT. RIGHT NOW, WE WILL GO TO RICHARD ESPOSITO WHO CAN GIVE US SOME ANALYSIS AND BREAKDOWN WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. I HOPE YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE THE SAME PICTURES WE ARE. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN SO FAR? LISA MOVING IN WITH WHAT SEEMS TO BE OVERWHELMING FORCE. >> MAURICE, I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN, FIRST, THE OFFICERS ENTERING THE BUILDING ON THE UPPER FLOOR, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THEY ARE IN ALL PLAID AND TAN PANTS. YOU STILL SEE RIOT GEAR. YOU DON'T SEE NIGHTSTICKS. WHAT YOU SEE IS AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF OFFICERS. YOU HAVE ALREADY REPORTED THAT DRONES OVERHEAD. YOU CAN BE SURE THEY HAVE A GOOD SCHEMATIC INSIDE THE BUILDING AND THEY HAVE A GOOD STUDIO. THEY KNOW WHO THEY WANT TO ARREST. AND THEY KNOW WHO THEY PREFER NOT TO ARREST. IT IS POSSIBLE. THIS IS NOT LIKE -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECALL THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION WHERE I THINK 1200 OR MORE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED PROTESTING. THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN HERE. THE POLICE ARE DOING THIS IN A VERY JUDICIOUS WAY. THEY ARE TRYING TO AVOID IMAGES THAT WOULD ENCOURAGE AND AMPLIFY OTHER PROTESTS. THE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO USE OVERWHELMING FORCE IN TERMS OF NUMBERS, BUT NOT OVERWHELMING FORCE IN TERMS OF ZIP TIES, IN TERMS OF ANY OF THE TOOLS YOU MIGHT SEE IN OTHER CITIES LIKE TAMPA WHERE POLICE ARE RESPONDING WITH TEAR GAS AND ZIP TIES. YOU ARE NOT SEEING ANY OF THAT. YOU ARE SEEING NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE BEING TAKEN OFF CAMPUS. THE QUESTION IS, OUTSIDE AGITATORS IS ALWAYS A TRICKY PHRASE. CERTAINLY, IT MEANS NONSTUDENTS. CERTAINLY, THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED WHO THEY SAY ARE PROFESSIONAL AGITATORS. AND IN THE PAST, THERE HAS CERTAINLY BEEN PEOPLE CONNECTED ON THE CAMPUS. NOT THIS WEEK, BUT PEOPLE WHO ARE CONNECTED TO -- WHO HAVE KNOWN ALLEGED TERRORISTS, ACCORDING TO INTELLIGENCE AUTHORS. >> RICHARD, WHAT YOU MAKE OF THAT VEHICLE? WE ARE GETTING REPORTING FROM OUR TEAM HERE. THE EMERGENCY SERVICES UNIT VEHICLE IS CALLED THE LEN COLBERT, A BALLISTICS ARMORED VEHICLE WITH MARS, MOBILE ADJUSTABLE RAMP SYSTEM. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT. WE SAW THIS VEHICLE THAT IS ON THE SCREEN UP AGAINST HAMILTON HALL WHERE THE OFFICERS ENTERED THE SECOND FLOOR WINDOW. WE SAW THE VEHICLE COME IN. REALLY, YOU KNOW, A SHOW OF FORCE, GIVE THE OFFICERS, YOU KNOW, AN IMPERVIOUS VEHICLE TO OPERATE FROM. AND GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS -- HAVE YOU SEEN THAT BEFORE? >> I HAVE SEEN IT BEFORE IN NEW YORK, IN LOS ANGELES. IT IS A VERY EFFECTIVE TOOL. YOU SEE THAT IT CAN PULL RIGHT UP TO THE BUILDING, NO LIMITED RISK. IT IS A HEAVY VEHICLE. YOU SEE THAT IT HAS THE ABILITY -- IT HAS OTHER TOOLS THAT CAN BE USED WITH IT AS WELL. IN THIS CASE, THEY ARE NOT USING IT IN A FORCEFUL WAY. THEY ARE USING IT AS A DEPLOYMENT TOOL. FORGIVE ME FOR NOT HAVING THE TECHNICAL TERMS IN FRONT OF IT. -- OF WHAT THE VEHICLE'S CAPABILITIES ARE. >> BUT IT IS A VERY IMPRESSIVE VEHICLE. IT IS ALMOST LIKE A TANK, RIGHT? IT IS A VERY BIG SHOW OF FORCE. >> YEAH. >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE WAY THEY ARE GOING ABOUT THIS? I THINK IT WAS GREAT FOR YOU TO POINT OUT THAT THEY WERE WEARING HELMETS, NOT RIOT GEAR AS SOME OF US MIGHT MISTAKENLY THINK, BUT HELMETS ONLY. THAT IS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES, AND TO BE CAREFUL WITH STUDENTS, RIGHT? YOUNG PEOPLE? >> THAT IS CORRECT. THEY ARE GOING IN IN A WAY WHERE THEY HAVE A HUGE NUMBER . YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY ARE GOING IN WITH PROTECTIVE GEAR ON, NOT RIOT GEAR. YOU DON'T SEE THOSE SHIELDS. YOU DON'T SEE BATONS. YOU DON'T SEE FULL FACE COVERINGS. YOU SEE SOME OF THE OFFICERS STANDING BY OUTSIDE IN CASE THEY NEED TO DO THAT. BUT RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE GOING IN IN SHEER NUMBERS. THAT IS THE BEST TOOL IN THIS ACTION. THAT'S WHAT THE POLICE ARE USING. THEY ARE USING NUMBERS. AND I THINK YOU WILL BE FIND THE NUMBER ARRESTED WILL NOT BE THAT LARGE. REMEMBER, IT IS NOT A HUGE NUMBER OF PROTESTERS IN THE BUILDING TO BEGIN WITH. >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THESE PROTESTERS? WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THESE SO-CALLED AGITATORS, PROFESSIONAL PROTESTERS AS THE POLICE COMMISSIONER CALLED THEM. YOU SEEN THEM IN OTHER SITUATIONS SUCH AS WHAT? WHERE HAVE YOU SEEN THEM? >> SO, LET ME CALL THEM A VIOLENT FRINGE FOR THE MOMENT WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT OUTSIDERS, WHO IS NOT -- THAT YOU HAVE SEEN THEM IN THE GEORGE FLOYD PROTEST. YOU HAVE SEEN THEM OCCUPY WALL STREET. YOU HAVE SEEN THEM AT ANY NUMBER OF EVENTS. AT SOMETIMES, THEY ALMOST APPEAR TO BE HIJACKING SOMEONE ELSE'S CAUSE, WRAPPING THEMSELVES UP IN A CAUSE THAT ISN'T QUITE THERE'S BECAUSE THEIR CAUSE IS DISRUPTION IN A SENSE. SOME OF THEM ARE ANARCHISTS. >> WHAT IS THE MOTIVATION, JUST TO RAISE HELL? >> YES. TO RAISE HELL , CAUSING DISORDER, SHOWING AUTHORITIES BEING HEAVY-HANDED. BUT IT DOESN'T HELP THE PROTEST. IF YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO IS THERE FOR PRO-PALESTINIAN REASONS , YOU ARE MAKING YOUR POINT WITH BANNERS, FLAGS, VOICES . ALL THINGS THAT THE UNIVERSITY MAY NOT LIKE, BUT THEY WILL TOLERATE. IF YOU ARE THERE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO LIGHT FLARES IN THE FACE OF THE COPS, LOCK TRAFFIC, BREAK WINDOWS, THAT IS A DIFFERENT THING ALTOGETHER. AND WHILE THE STUDENTS, IF YOU RECALL, COMPARED THIS TO THE VIETNAM ERA TAKE OVER, THAT BUILDING, 1968, THERE WERE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AGAINST THE WAR, MILLIONS. THAT IS NOT A CORRECT PARALLEL OF WHAT WE ARE SEEING NOW. THAT IS AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO STAY, SAY LOOK, THIS VIOLENCE COMES IN A PATTERN. YOU DIDN'T SEE THAT EITHER. ONE OF MY FRIENDS REPRESENTED 1200 OF THE ARRESTEES AT THE TIME. >> YEAH. WHAT WE SAW WITH THE TAKEOVER OF HAMILTON HALL LAST NIGHT WAS PEOPLE WITH HAMMERS AND A SOPHISTICATED PULLEY SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, TO GET SUPPLIES UP AND DOWN FROM THE GROUND UP TO THE BUILDING. THEY CAME IN AND TRASHED THE PLACE. YOU KNOW? THEY DESTROYED WINDOWS AND HOMES AS THEY BROKE INTO THE BUILDING. THE WORK THE NYPD SAID WAS THE OUTSIDE AGITATORS. >> YES. THE COMPANY -- THE POLICE COMMISSIONER LET ME KNOW THAT EVERYTHING SHOULD BE CALMING DOWN IN COLUMBIA RIGHT NOW. >> IT APPEARS TO BE THAT WAY. AS WE LOOK AT THE SCENE RIGHT NOW, THIS IS VIDEO FROM EARLIER. IF WE ARE ABLE TO GO BACK TO THE LIVE PICTURES, WE CAN SEE -- I BELIEVE -- TELL ME WHAT THIS IS. IS THIS AMSTERDAM OR BROADWAY? I THINK THIS IS AMSTERDAM. WHAT THIS IS, OFFICERS KIND OF STANDING BUT NOT MOVING. THERE IS NO MOVEMENT HERE. WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU? >> THAT TELLS ME WHAT I AM SEEING -- [ INAUDIBLE ] WHICH IS ALWAYS GOOD NOW AT COLUMBIA. AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE TEAM OF PEOPLE OUT SMOOTHLY, THEY SAY, AND THEY DID NOT HAVE TO GET TOO MANY PEOPLE OUT. THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT TECHNICALLY THEY HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB. >> THIS IS A CONTACT OF YOURS AT THE NYPD? >> YES. CORRECT. A HIGH-RANKING OFFICIAL. >> SO ALL IS GOOD AT COLUMBIA? THAT DOESN'T MEAN ALL IS CLEAR. BUT THEY FEEL EVERYTHING IS UNDER CONTROL. CORRECT? >> YES. THEY FEEL THEY HAVE GOTTEN OUT THE KEY PEOPLE THEY FEEL THEY NEEDED TO GET OUT. >> THAT WOULD BE A PRETTY QUICK OPERATION. THIS IS LESS THAN ONE HOUR SINCE THEY MOVED IN THERE AND RETOOK HAMILTON HALL AND REESTABLISHED ORDER, AS YOU PUT IT, ON CAMPUS. >> YOU KNOW IT IS LIKE THE TAILORS, MEASURE TWICE, CUT RUNS. THE OPERATION IS ALL IN THE PLAN. >> YES. IT LOOKS LIKE THE PLAN HAS BEEN EXECUTED AND PULLED OFF WELL. RICHARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO NAVEEN DHALIWAL. WHERE ARE YOU, WHAT IS YOUR VANTAGE POINT? WHAT DO YOU SEE? >> Reporter: MAURICE, I AM AT WEST 1/13 AND BROADWAY. THERE HAVE BEEN A GROUP OF PROTESTERS HERE FOR SEVERAL HOURS NOW. YOU CAN SEE THEM THERE, CHANTING. I HAVE BEEN HOLDING SIGNS. THEY HAVE BARRICADED THIS PLACE IN. THERE IS NO VEHICLE TRAFFIC FOR ABOUT THREE BLOCKS INTO THIS AREA. THERE IS FOOT TRAFFIC AS YOU CAN SEE. AS THE NYPD VEHICLES MOVE INTO THE ZONE PAST 1/13, THESE DEMONSTRATORS -- YOU KNOW, REALLY SURROUND THESE VEHICLES. THEY ARE TRYING TO GET PAST THE BARRICADES. IT HAPPENED IN THE PAST TWO OR THREE MINUTES. BUT POLICE ALREADY HAVE GEAR, THEY HAVE BATONS READY. THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY HERE AT COLUMBIA AS THOSE ARRESTS, AS THE NYPD CONVERGES ON TO HAMILTON HALL. YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN READY. THE BARRICADES HAVE BEEN IN PLACE. BUT SO FAR, YOU KNOW, NO MAJOR ISSUES AT THIS CORNER. THERE SEEMS TO BE ORDER FOR THE MOST PART. AT ONE TIME, THE PROTESTER SAT AGAINST THE BARRICADES CHANTING, TAUNTING THE OFFICERS. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE SO FAR, THIS CORNER IS ORDER FOR THE MOST PART. WE HAVE BEEN KEEPING A CLOSE EYE, MAURICE. WE WILL BRING YOU THE LATEST. BACK TO YOU. >> GOOD WORK THERE. 113 AND BROADWAY, THIS IMAGE HERE, I BELIEVE THIS IS ONE 14 AND BROADWAY. WHAT YOU CAN SEE IN BOTH THESE PICTURES IS THERE APPEARS TO BE POLICE IN A STATE OF CALM. THERE IS NO AGITATION GOING ON. IT APPEARS THEY HAVE GONE IN AND ACCOMPLISHED THEIR MISSION. THEY HAVE COME INTO THE ZONE AND FLOODED IT WITH A LOT OF OFFICERS, WITH A LARGE VEHICLE. HE SEEMED TO HAVE RETAKEN HAMILTON HALL. THERE HAVE BEEN ARRESTS MADE. AT THE MOMENT, IT APPEARS WE CAN SAY THINGS ARE UNDER
