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today is thursday april 25th, 2024. campus turmoil for pro palestinian protesters facing off with police nationwide. hundreds of demonstrators arrested after the violence erupts. the growing pressure on college presidents to restore order or step down. breaking news and stunning ruling as the highest court is going to overturn one of harvey weinstein's rape decisions. and what is next for disgraced movie mogul. pausing menopause, and could delaying a phase that women endure improve their overall health. and pop girl spring, ariana, taylor and billie, and how the chorus of superstars are topping the charts. well, we are going to start

the hour with the growing turmoil of protesters. campuses are closed to the public after nearly 100 people were arrested yesterday at usc. and there are new protests at the university of texas at austin and dozens were arrested by police in riot gear. and dozens arrested in emory university in atlanta, georgia. and this is disturbing, but people were handcuffed and tased on the ground by police, and it is not clear what happened before this video was taken, and the school says that dozens of protesters who were not students got on to the campus today, and new encampments are crop up. one at ucla and another at northwestern all inspired by what happened at columbia university in new york city. and a new deadline for the protesters to clear out is an hour away. we go to antonia hylton and gaud

villegas who are monitoring these scenes. what are you seeing, gaud? >> here at u, c, you can see the huge group of people behind me, and it is a peaceful protests, and a number of them returning, because think were upset when state troopers came to detain people in this area. what we have seen today is the school police are nearby, and you can see them up there standing on one side, and more on the other side observing, and it is interesting to see the protesters here, and right next to them a large group of students with the israeli flags waving at them, and doing their own protest, side by side, and it is very peaceful today, but the conversations that i am having with the students and the faculty members here all bring up the point of the officers that arrived yesterday. a lot of the students are upset that the university's president called in state trooper and in

fact, there is an email that was sent internally by the faculty council asking the president to justify why they called in the state troopers. a lot of people arrived the i da, because they felt they were silenced yesterday, and they don't agree with the presence of state troopers here, and now, it is peaceful with the protesters on each side next to one another. >> gaud, how is the university responding to the presence of law enforcement and the use of riot gear? >> well, zinhle, we knew that the university had sent a letter to the group who organized walk-out yesterday, and asking them not the move forward with the event. they did. and so what we saw yesterday with the arrests, the president released a statement standing by his decision indicating that that protest was violating the rules, and that is why he called in the state troopers and also the school police to come in to do what they did. today, we are now hearing again

members of the staff that are upset asking the president to explain what rules were broken by those protesters and why he called in the state troopers yesterday. zinhle. >> thank you, gaud. antonia, we want to bring you in, and what happens as this deadline approaches, and what happens if they don't reach a deal here? >> well, zinhle, the deadline 4:00 a.m., and the early morning of friday morning, we will know where the negotiations stand. they had stalled, and then they restarted with the students, faculty, and staff at the table with the administration, and a small core group who had been part of the conversation, and what had been described as that these conversations are fragile, and threat on the side of the students' return on the part of the nypd and that is something that could shut the talks down

all over again, and some concessions are made with the removal of the tents, and assurances of no discriminatory language or harassment language at all, and the students are following more safety guidelines in the encampment, but more work has to be done here at this stage. zinhle. >> and antonia, some students were worried that it would escalate in a kent state situation where four students were killed and there were more national guard deployed following the vietnam protests. and now, yesterday, the house speaker mike johnson said that maybe the national guard should be sent in, and so what is the mood like on campus today? >> well, zinhle, i have new reporting, because i spoke to jelani cobb, a member of the negotiating committee, and he confirmed to me, first for nbc news, that the talks of the national guard are officially off of the table. that is not part of the table,

and columbia is not going to bring in the national guard, and they are starting to hear about this, and teachers and faculty and students are saying this is something that is reassuring to them. >> thank you. and now, a stunning decision in the harvey weinberg case sparked the me too movement. his rape conviction was overturned and now, he is serving a 23-year prison term for sex abuse, and since then, nearly 100 women came forward with pressure from weinstein. chloe malos is following the conviction. what does this mean for weinstein who is currently in prison? >> zinhle, i am standing here in downtown manhattan where the

criminal trial took place behind me, and i sat through everyday of that criminal trial in 2020, and the court of appeals has said that the individuals who testified known as mulino witnesses who testified for bad acts should have been inadmissible, and for that reason, they are overturning the conviction, but he obviously does have, and he could stand to face 16 years in a california prison at some point for separate charges, but i did speak to one of harvey weinstein's former criminal attorneys today, and i asked how unprecedented was it that this thing is overturned? >> well, what comes to mind for a lot of people looking at this, this is the court of appeals

taking a stance about due process, and doing the right thing where obviously this is a difficult decision for the court the take with a very unpopular defendant, and due process means doing the right thing in every case for everybody. >> reporter: the new york district attorney's office has said, zinhle, they plan to retry harvey weinstein for the same charges and bring him back to trial. >> all right. chloe malos with the preview. and now, we are looking at preturning to net neutrality, and how buses are writing parking tickets. hey, pip pa. >> well, zinhle, the board voted to restore messaging on parking. the rules took effect in the obama administration, and repealed by the trump white

house. a former employee is suing the foxtrot hospitality after they were closing the kitchen facilities because they violated the health regulations by failing to provide 60 days notice of the layoffs. foxtrot has not commented. and now, cameras will be installed on the los angeles metro buses to find cars illegally parked in bus lanes. they say it going to be testing later this summer, and go live later in the year. they will have a 60-day grace period with warnings before they are arrested. and now, president trump is face an onslaught of legal challenges today, and we are tracking them all. and plus, the nfl draft is getting ready for

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it is a significant day for former president donald trump. two major cases argued in two different courts. in washington, d.c., the supreme court heard arguments on trump's claims of presidential immunity. trump is arguing for action he took, and the attempts he made trying to overturn the 2020 election are not legal, because he did them when he was president.

in new york city, he is back in day seven of the criminal hush money trial. the court heard more testimony from david pecker who is trump's long-time friend and publisher of a tabloid. we will break it down with our nbc news washington correspondent yamiche alcindor outside of the washington court, and rehema ellis is outside of the new york courthouse, and our legal correspondent danny se val -- cevallos. and walk us through what happened at the supreme court, yamiche. >> it was a remarkable day, because what is going to be defining the presidency for generation, and whether or not the presidents have immunity from any act they take from the official capacity, and there were robust arguments. take a listen. >> could george w. bush have been sent to prison for obstructing a proceeding or allegedly lying to congress to

produce war in iraq? could president obama be charged with murder by killing u.s. citizens abroad by drone strike? could president biden be charged for unlawfully inducing immigrants to enter the country illegally for his border policies? the answer to all of the questions is no. >> such presidential immunity has no foundation in the constitution. the framers new >> reporter: and so the supporters saying that he has no immunity, and that people could go after the president once they were no longer in office, but then there was testimony that you could not lunk them and

justice neil gorsuch said that the justices will be writing a opinion that is one for the ages. >> and what did we hear from david pecker there in new york, rehema? >> yes, he has been, and a lot of it is testimony about the relationship that they had about the catch-and-kill scheme that the viewers have been following. this is in reference to karen mcdougal who is a "playboy" model with the affair she alleges to have had with donald trump. what david pecker says is that donald trump micromanaged everything. michael cohen, his former attorney, was the intermediary, and it was donald trump who and he said that he could not pay for lunch if they went together, because he had not authorized

it. listen to what he said about david pecker when he was attending a campaign stop earlier today before the court testimony began in mid-town manhattan. take a listen. >> are you satisfied with the testimony of david pecker so far? >> david is a very nice guy. a very nice guy. >> and nothing to say about david pecker. the prosecution brought up that he has immunity in this particular case, and then the judge instructed jurors that they are to assess pecker's credibility as a witness based on the fact that he has immunity. we should tell you that in the course of this and going back and forth like a tennis match to present the information about donald trump and michael cohen and how donald trump's money was

managed. zinhle. >> rehema ellis outside of that courthouse, and yamiche alcindor, thank you. and danny cevallos, how does this system compare to earlier in the week? >> we are hearing that some of the conversations were not just with michael cohen, but with donald trump as well, and so of the concerns changed from over time, to i don't want my wife to find out, to i am concerned about the campaign. and this is, again, it can be devastating to the defense, because it is going to mental allegedly falsifying biz and so the people will have to prove the falsification of the business records, but for the felony, they have to show that it is for the purpose of helping

the campaign so that the people can prove a violation of what appears to be new york election law. >> and also, yamiche broke down what we heard at the supreme court today, and what about the trump's arguments and what we are hearing from the defense? >> well, the trump's where and of course, there is a gray area. and the government has a trickier argument, because they would like to say, hey, what they are saying, trump, they don't have absolute immunity for all official circumstances is of conduct, and what they have to succeed is that all ex-defendants may be immune to the progs and exclusively post presidential immunity.

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happening at universities across the country, including at uc berkeley. they've been camped out there since monday. nbc bay area's bob redell reports that students on campus are remaining peaceful. here we are on the fourth day of the pro-palestinian camp. out here at uc berkeley, you can see a number of tents have been set up here, many more than earlier this week. there's probably at least 5060, perhaps 70, maybe even 80. it's hard to tell. but anyways, they're on the front steps here of sproul hall, the administration building here at cal and also on the front lawn. this abuts, of course, in front of sproul plaza, where is a very, very popular place for students to come and go on their way to classes. now, when we spoke to the university on tuesday, they indicated the protesters were not disruptive to operations here and that appears to still be the case. like the demonstrators at usc, these demonstrators are demanding the university sever all ties with israeli institutions and divest financially from companies

supporting israel. israel, if you're, of course aware, has been at war with in the gaza strip after hamas attacked israel on october 7th. now, uc berkeley says they are committed to free speech. however, they have no plans to change their investment practices and so far, there's no indication that they are going to clear out this encampment. that of course, not the case down south in los angeles, the university of southern california, where yesterday police arrested 93 pro-palestinian protesters who had set up an encampment on that campus yesterday morning. they were asked to leave later in the day when they ignored warnings from police. officers moved in. demonstrators threw objects and water at officers. they also moved onto the streets blocking cars. the usc campus is now closed to the public, only open to students and staff. now the terrorist organization hamas, which attacked israel on august. excuse me. october 7th, released a video of one of their hostages, 23 year old hirsch goldberg poland, who was born here in berkeley and later moved with his family to israel. now,

this undated video shows that his hand is gone and was blown off by a grenade when he was kidnaped by hamas from music festival in israel back in october. speaking to the camera in hebrew, hirsch asks the israeli government to bring home the hostages. we're relieved to see him alive, but we are also concerned about his health and well-being. we heard your voice today for the first time in 201 days, and if you can hear us, i am telling you, we are telling you we love you. stay strong. survive. hirsch's parents are calling on israel and hamas to reach a ceasefire agreement. hirsch is one of five americans believed to be alive in hamas captivity. israel says 133 hostages are still in gaza. at least 36 of whom are confirmed dead, according to the gaza health ministry. more than 34,000 palestinians have been killed during this war with israel, which has been going on now for over six months here at uc berkeley, bob redell, nbc,

bay area news. bob, thank you so much for the update. we're going to switch gears now and talk about our weather. not many changes to our forecast. here's meteorologist kari hall with our weather forecast. well, take a look at our high temperatures for today. it's going to be in the upper 60s for san jose 68 degrees in milpitas and cupertino 66 degrees. really nice, but also a lot of clouds overhead with some times of sunshine and breezy winds. walnut creek we can expect a high of 69 degrees there and 67 in palo alto. we'll be in the upper 50s in daly city and windy in san francisco, downtown, up to 61 degrees, and for the north bay, mid to upper 60s, clear lake 65, santa rosa should see a high of 68 degrees tomorrow. just like this, but we may see some spotty showers moving through. we'll be watching out for that and talking about the weekend and what to expect. we'll get a look ahead to some warmer temperatures for next week in our 7-day forecast. that's coming up in about 30 minutes. thank you so much,

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according to the cdc, under 3.6 million babies born in the u.s. last year and that is 76,000 less than last year and the lowest number recorded since 1979. u.s. births declining before rising briefly in 2021 and 2022. school lunches will have less added sugar under a rule issued by the u.s. department of agriculture, and sodium is also going to be slashed by 10 to 15% depending upon the meal. the usda says that they served millions of school lunches everyday, and they will align with the us dietary guidelines and implementing the phases starting in the 2026 school year. and trillions of cicadas across the u.s., and all of the buzz is causing the commotion in one south carolina county. the newberry county office had

to put out a warning to tell people not to be alarmed by the buzz. apparently, many people called 911 to report the noise. and now, new charges in trump's inner circle to overturn the election results in arizona. the state grand jury has indicted some key figures and while some names have been redacted, the white house chief of staff mark meadows, and former counsel rudy giuliani has been indicted. dasha burns is following the story. dasha, what more are we learning here, and do we know why trump was not charged? >> the charges in this are conspiracy of fraud and forgery, and this is going to back, zinhle, to a month after the 2020 election, when 11 of the trump reporters convened at the

republican party headquarters, 11 electoral college and then the national archives is at the center of the charges and the indictment. i want you to take a listen to arizona attorney general here. >> in reality, the defendants intended that the false votes for trump and pence would encourage vice president pence to reject the certified biden/harris elector votes regardless of any legal challenge. as you recall none of the legal challenges filed in arizona state in federal courts regarding the 2020 election were remotely successful. >> and you remember, zinhle, we have seen the fake charges in michigan and in georgia.

now, the arizona republican party is responding saying that the party condemns these actions in the strongest terms, and they do nothing but to undermine the trust in the legal processes, and clearly designed to silence, and weaponize and decent of the political opponents, but we are continuing to see the fallout of the complaints of the rigged election, and the attempts to overturn it. >> all right. dasha burns, important reporting. and now, since the devastating floodflooding in fl michigan as they had to tap the water to prevent flooding, but then they realized that it was contaminated with lead. in 2021, the state awarded a lawsuit of $21.6 million to tens of thousands of people, but the families say that all of the

years later, the problem is not fixed. nbc news court correspondent maggie vespa has this report. you spoke to people whose children have permanent issue, and have they seen the money? >> not a dime. and it was a settlement reached in 2021. the courts are trying to decide how the disburse it, and so should a household of one adult get less than a family of five who has three little kids affected by the crisis, and a logical question and debate does little to comfort people like melissa may who we talked to. take a listen. >> the fact that this is allowed to drag on for ten years, and everybody is talking about how this is allowed to listen, and the reasons, and how it is allowed to drag on for a decade, and how we have lost a lot of amazing people, and it is, just,

inhumane, and we are people. >> mays by the way is a plaintiff in one of the several lawsuits against the city and the state, and she has three adult children who were kids when it happened and they have permanent issues like kidney damage, and damage to growth plates and bones and autoimmune issue, and the list goes on. >> and yes, maggie. flint missed a court ordered deadline in 2020 to replace all publicly-owned lead pipes that carry water. you spoke to the mayor who inherited this crisis in 2020, and what is the explanation here? >> well, four-plus years past the deadline, and he say it is bureaucratic delays that got them to the deadline, and then of course, 2020, the pandemic hit, and all of the work slowed down and effectively stopped. out of 30,000 homes, they have dossens to replace, but he admits that 2,000 people they have not gotten consent to

replace the pipes. listen to more. >> for people citying at home, and ten years later, how is not fixed? how is this not done? how are we talking about this? >> well, we work every single day, and everything is not happening overnight, and this is not a one-system fix or one-opportunity fix, we have to wrap our arms around the families and put a level of wrap around services, and the people, you know, the trust is definitely a crisis in confidence. and it is justified. we have to restore that, and that is a tough, tough job to do. >> the mayor says they are working adds quickly as they can, but mind you, we are talking about the publicly own-owned property, and nobody

in the government has offered to or is required to replace those. >> such an important story. maggie vespa, thank you. now for all of the ladies out there, listen up. have you ever wished you could slow down the biological clock? well, there is a groundbreaking new study to aimed to find out for a drug for transplant patients could slow down menopause and extend fertility. >> reporter: actress and director bonnie deceppalo and her decision to delaymen know pause is not just a personal choice. >> reporter: followed by hot flashes and mood changes. did your mother and grandmother have symptoms that associate

with menopause? >> both my mother and grandmother broke hips and my mother has complained about it for 20 years. >> reporter: and bonnie says she is frustrated by too many doctors. >> most of the doctors will say it is normal and healthy and you should not fight it, but i would say that, you know, erectile dysfunction is normal and healthy, and men want to fight that. >> reporter: do you believe that menopause has been ignored by the medical community? >> i believe that women have been ignored by the medical community. >> reporter: and now researchers at the columbia medical research facility is targeting menopause. the target is the woman's ovary. >> it has been a source of eggs, but now we appreciate that this little organ is doing so much more in terms of the woman's health and wellbeing. >> reporter: what else does it control or impact? >> the woman's ovary has an impact of how wide of how the

woman feels and skin and wrinkles and appearance, and the heart and cardiovascular disease and dementia. >> there is a potential that if we can delaymen know pause, we can delay a lot of the negative symptoms that can come with menopause, and delay negative consequences from it. >> reporter: including infertility. so, how are you trying to delaymen know pause? >> tapping into the rate at which the eggs are used up in the ovary. most people realize that a woman is born with the eggs that she will use up, and when all of the eggs are used up, that is when menopause will occur. >> reporter: and to slow it down, they are using a drug that is used for transplant patients. does this increase cancer risks? >> this is something that we don't think will occur, but like every intervention, we have to

closely monitor. >> reporter: and so, bonnie is one of 35 women in the double-blind study, and half of them take repomycin and the other half gets a placebo and monitored for a year. so far, dr. williams says is, no adverse effects. and though, bonnie does not know if she has gotten the drug or not, her sleep has improved and her skin is looking better. >> anything that will help women have more agency, more control over their bodies, and more choice to not having to say, i have a narrow window of 25 to 35 where i have to make my whole career, and get established and get a house and find a mate and have a family, and that is a very small amount of time that we are asking modern women to do everything. >> reporter: anne thompson, nbc

news. >> thank yo, anne. tonight is one of the biggest nights for the nfl, and it is the draft. which of the college top stars are going pro. kaylee hartung is in detroit with a preview of what is to come. >> reporter: it is one of the most exclusive clubs in the sports world. >> the first pick in the draft, the indianapolis colts select peyton manning. >> cam newton. >> joe burrow. >> and caleb williams is likely to hear his name called in the overall pick in the 2024 draft. at what point did you believe that being the number one pick would be possible? >> when i was 12. >> actually becoming a reality, and being here and being at the draft, and possibly being the number one pick is crazy. >> reporter: does it feel real, everybody? >> it feels real. it feels like i am supposed to be here. >> reporter: and this is how the

heisman-winning quarterback prepares. >> oh, wow. >> reporter: and surrounded by the closest group of friends and confidants. how do you imagine the emotion hitting you thursday night? >> excited, but all of the emotion on the field, i won't have those. >> reporter: do you think that you will sleep well the night before the draft? >> i am going to sleep like a baby. >> reporter: over the next three days 257 young men will be called to begin their nfl journey, but only williams and other prospects will go and the stage to hug the commissioner if they dare. okay. what is the move on the stage with the commissioner? >> give him a hug. >> and beyond second williams to chicago, we are in for a ride. >> it is a lot of uncertainty after number one. >> reporter: and the city of detroit is suiting up, too, and construction under way for a month building a footprint that is covering 2 million square

feet of downtown in anticipation of 3 million fans flooding in to celebrate. >> i am excited for the city of detroit to show the world that we are prepared to have a safe and welcoming event. >> it is a big event, and long time coming for a longer time to come, so i am ready. i am ready for the moment. >> reporter: kaylee hartung, nbc news. and coming up, pop girl spring, and how the female superstars are dominating the music c ha

you have likely heard of hot girl summer, but what about pop girl spring? from taylor swift to beyonce, the pop girls are releasing music from march to spring and a dozen of the music's pop stars have put out albums, and joining us is daryn carp who is a host of the "shaken not stirred" podcast, and what do you see? >> kasey musgraves "deeper well" and you gave me a little side eye for this, but it is actually one of my favorite albums, and i love her, and i loved the "golden hour" and it is amazing that she wrote it under the influence of many thing, and really cool. "deeper well" in the 30s, and the lyrics hit home. she is very country and i love

it. also excited about maggie rogers' new album, and you like her, right? >> yeah, yeah. >> "don't forget me" and we are not. and she is like ethereal pop sound, and so different from a kasey musgraves. and dua lipa, and the last album, i mean -- >> bops, bops, bops. >> and everything was a bop. and this one, "radical optimism" and how could you go wrong with that? i am a cautiously optimistic person, zinhle, and dua is going to pop. >> and i mean, how many artists have released so many albums that are so different, and to be clear, i have not heard the kasey musgraves and we have beyonce, and taylor, and dua lipa and others. >> and certainly for taylor swift, it is a little bit more of the same, and 31 tracks is

like six albums in one for me, and that a lot of tracks, and obviously, cowboy carter for beyonce is 27, and that is massive, massive, and for beyonce, she had not dipped into country, and she was snubbed at the awards with the chicks in 2016, for -- >> the dixie chicks. >> yes, and they were renamed, and so i don't know if i am allowed to say that, and she was bringing in different kind of country, and taylor swift a little bit more of the same, and maybe they try to up each other, and maybe it is growing up, and more about money and that. >> and looking at taylor swift, and 11 original studio albums and some re-records, and now some including the new yorktime, and is that too much, and so skilled and a lyricist, and we have so much music from her, and

noting that everyone likes to critique people, but one who is giving out the music. >> i give it up to her, and i am not what they call the swiftie, and i have massive respect for her, and that she is young, and having an illustrious career already, but there is something about being oversaturated in the market, and eventually people, because they just got off of the eras tour, and the super bowl, and they don't want 31 tracks of her kind of complaining about a love life that is up on the display, and it is a roller coaster. >> we love the ride. >> some people do, but a lot of people are having a little bit people are having a little bit of fatigue, and it is t oomy dry eye's made me a burning, stinging, 5-times-a-day,... ...makeup smearing drops user. i want another option that's not another drop. tyrvaya. it's not another drop. it's the first and only nasal spray for dry eye. tyrvaya treats the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease fast by helping your body

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