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since then, harvard's president and university of pennsylvania's president have resigned. on columbia's campus, allegations include the beating of an israeli student with a stick by a former undergraduate who was seen ripping down posters of israeli hostages. multiple students reported being cursed at for being jewish. columbia cracked down on demonstrations deferring to a newly created task force on anti-semitism. david shows her, cochair of the task force appeared before the committee today. >> the problem is there and it is not yet fixed. i will say our first step was to look at rules for protest and i am grateful our responses have been taken so seriously. the university is in preventing all of our recommendations. we are only just getting started. >> pro-palestinian students at columbia have also been targeted including a docks and campaign whether identities were published online and circulate it on a truck around campus. students for justice in palestine, the most prominent nationwide pro-palestinian campus group has been suspended from at least four universities in
since then, harvard's president and university of pennsylvania's president have resigned. on columbia's campus, allegations include the beating of an israeli student with a stick by a former undergraduate who was seen ripping down posters of israeli hostages. multiple students reported being cursed at for being jewish. columbia cracked down on demonstrations deferring to a newly created task force on anti-semitism. david shows her, cochair of the task force appeared before the committee today....
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the president is going to pennsylvania for the next couple days. we will hear a lot about not trump's trials but about the economy. and it seems to me that the biden campaign's challenge is not so much highlighting what they already know to be weaknesses of trump, but really trying to make smaller trump's advantage of the issue of inflation and the economy. and whether that works or not is a big question. i talked to at least one democrat who thinks that yes, it is fine to have a split screen but at some point, democrats and the biden campaign need to tell voters why these matter. just allowing the pictures to go out, and the way the media describes it, isn't enough. democrats need to control some part of the narrative. geoff: to the point of the perceived split screen, president biden was in scranton was talking about trump's tax plan and how it would benefit the wealthiest americans. does that campaign, does the white house feel they need to lean in more? >> when you try to ask them about trump's trial, run and the other direction. they don't wan
the president is going to pennsylvania for the next couple days. we will hear a lot about not trump's trials but about the economy. and it seems to me that the biden campaign's challenge is not so much highlighting what they already know to be weaknesses of trump, but really trying to make smaller trump's advantage of the issue of inflation and the economy. and whether that works or not is a big question. i talked to at least one democrat who thinks that yes, it is fine to have a split screen...
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today streets in washington county pennsylvania were underwater. in texas, one person has died and 13 others are injured after a driver intentionally drove a semi trailer truck into a public safety office. the 18 wheeler left a hole in the side of a building about 75 miles west of houston. the driver was taken into custody. authorities say the renewal for a commercial drivers license was rejected. former diplomat manwell rocha was sentenced for acting as a secret agent for cuba. his spying went undetected for decades. federal investigators say a damage assessment will take years to complete. many details of the case remain classified. a federal judge denied efforts to dismiss hunter biden's federal gun case. his lawyers had argued he is being prosecuted for political purposes. prosecutors allege he lied about his drug use on a form required to buy a gun. former interpreter for baseball player shohei ohtani made his first court appearance today for allegedly stealing millions of dollars from otani to cover gambling debts. ippei mizuhara submitted to
today streets in washington county pennsylvania were underwater. in texas, one person has died and 13 others are injured after a driver intentionally drove a semi trailer truck into a public safety office. the 18 wheeler left a hole in the side of a building about 75 miles west of houston. the driver was taken into custody. authorities say the renewal for a commercial drivers license was rejected. former diplomat manwell rocha was sentenced for acting as a secret agent for cuba. his spying went...
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it move them away from -- equivalent to what happened in ohio and pennsylvania with the manufacturing jobs. >> this is the time when people in rural areas start to feel like the economy is bottoming out. once you get into the 2000's, and you feel the policies are being foisted upon them. judy: urban areas were able to bounce back more quickly from economic downturns. that fueled resentment from those in rural areas that account for 20% of the u.s. population. >> that is when we start to see this politics of grievance and resentment. people in rural places started to feel that the democratic party was run by elites, people who were better off than them, and who were imposing policies on them. without asking them what they want, or without listening to them without being respectful of their communities and their values. judy: in any event, the political and logistical hurdles for secession are too high. in order for the border to change, both the idaho and oregon legislatures would have to sign off. and it would require an act of the u.s. congress. >> the economics that would involve, t
it move them away from -- equivalent to what happened in ohio and pennsylvania with the manufacturing jobs. >> this is the time when people in rural areas start to feel like the economy is bottoming out. once you get into the 2000's, and you feel the policies are being foisted upon them. judy: urban areas were able to bounce back more quickly from economic downturns. that fueled resentment from those in rural areas that account for 20% of the u.s. population. >> that is when we...
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today, streets in washington county, pennsylvania were underwater. in texas, one person has died and 13 others are injured after a driver intentionally drove a semi-trailer truck into a public safety office. the 18-wheeler left a hole in the side of the building in brenham, texas, about 75 miles west of houston. the driver was taken into custody. authorities say the 42-year-old's renewal for a commerical driver's license had been rejected at the facility. on wall street today, stocks closed sharply lower to end the week amid ongoing inflation worries. the dow jones industrial average dropped 475 points to close below 38,000. the nasdaq lost 267 points. the s&p 500 gave back 75. still to come on the "newshour." david brooks and ruth marcus weigh in on this week's political headlines. and we remember our co-founder and longtime co-anchor robert macneil. ♪ >> this is the pbs from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. geoff: on monday, for the first time in american history
today, streets in washington county, pennsylvania were underwater. in texas, one person has died and 13 others are injured after a driver intentionally drove a semi-trailer truck into a public safety office. the 18-wheeler left a hole in the side of the building in brenham, texas, about 75 miles west of houston. the driver was taken into custody. authorities say the 42-year-old's renewal for a commerical driver's license had been rejected at the facility. on wall street today, stocks closed...