>>> GOOD EVENING TO YOU. I'M KRISTINE JOHNSON. FROM COLUMBIA TO NYU, PROTESTS AGAINST THE ISRAEL HAMAS WAR, SHOWING NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN TEAM COVERAGE HERE TONIGHT. MAHSA SAEIDI HAS MORE. WE GO NOW TO . JENNIFER BISRAM. >> Reporter: EARLIER, THERE WERE HUNDREDS HERE. ORGANIZERS SAY THEY PLAN TO BE HERE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. WE HAVE LEARNED SEVERAL OF THE PRO-PALESTINIAN SUPPORTERS WHO ARE HERE WERE ALSO AT THE RALLY AT NYU YESTERDAY. >> A NEW BARRIER WENT UP IN FRONT OF THE NYU STERN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS. >> IT IS UGLY AND POINTLESS. >> THEY DID WHAT THEY HAD TO DO TO PRESERVE THE SAFETY OF THE STUDENTS. >> IT COMES AFTER A RALLY ON MONDAY IN THE PLAZA. >> NYU FACULTY SAYS THEY CALLED POLICE AFTER DEMONSTRATORS WERE DISRUPTIVE AND BREACHED THE BARRIERS, VIOLATING MULTIPLE UNIVERSITY ROLES. THE NYPD MOVED IN WITH RIGHT GEAR, CLEARING OUT THE CAMPUS ENCAMPMENT AND MAKING 120 ARRESTS INVOLVING STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND AGITATORS. >> PEOPLE WHO PEACEFULLY PROTEST FOR AN ISSUE, THEY ARE NOT THROWING BOTTLES AND CHAIRS. >> JUST A BLOCK AWAY ON TUESDAY IN WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK, THEY HELD ANOTHER RALLY CALLING FOR THE UNIVERSITY TO DAVID -- DIVEST ITS FUNDS FROM COMPANIES THAT PROFIT FROM THE ISRAEL HAMAS WAR. >> WHAT IS THIS PROTEST ABOUT? IS IT AN ANTIWAR PROTEST OR ARE WE DIVIDING PEOPLE? >> THE MAYOR SAYS HE WILL BE MEETING WITH UNIVERSITY LEADERS TO TALK ABOUT THESE ONGOING PROTESTS. AS FOR NYU, THEY SAY EVERY STUDENTS RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH, AND THEY ALSO SAY THAT SAFETY ON THEIR CAMPUS IS PARAMOUNT. WE ARE LIVE FROM WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK. JENNIFER BISRAM. CBS2 NEWS. >>> CONTINUE OUR COVERAGE NOW, LET'S GET TO MAHSA SAEIDI, LIVE FROM COLUMBIA. . ARE MET. WANT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TO CUT FINANCIAL TIES WITH ISRAEL. >> WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIANS IN GAZA WHO ARE FACING GENOCIDE. >> Reporter: RIGHT NOW, THERE IS A SMALL DEMONSTRATION HAPPENING TWO BLOCKS AWAY. FORMER NEW YORK CITY MAYOR RUDY GIULIANI SHOULD APPEAR AND CONDEMNED THE PROTESTERS. WE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE COMING UP TONIGHT AT 11:00 WITH ALLIE BAUMAN. FOR NOW, I AM MAHSA SAEIDI, CBS2 NEWS. >> COLUMBIA'S
