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he was in a courtroom in lower manhattan, where he is mandated to appear for his trial for falsifying business records to hide an alleged affair. in addition, trump is facing criminal trials in georgia and florida, and in just the last 24 hours, trump was named as an unindicted coconspirator in arizona and michigan over fake elector schemes. we have team coverage of today's major developments, and cbs's jan crawford will start us off from the supreme court. >> reporter: in nearly three hours of historic arguments, the judges emphasized their decision will go beyond former president donald trump. >> whatever we decide is going to apply to all future presidents. >> reporter: no president has ever faced criminal prosecution, and some justices, while emphasizing a president is not above the law, focused on what precedent the case will set. >> the history tells us it is not going to stop. it's going to cycle back and be used against the current president or the next president, or the next president and the next president after that. >> i am concerned about future uses of the criminal law t
he was in a courtroom in lower manhattan, where he is mandated to appear for his trial for falsifying business records to hide an alleged affair. in addition, trump is facing criminal trials in georgia and florida, and in just the last 24 hours, trump was named as an unindicted coconspirator in arizona and michigan over fake elector schemes. we have team coverage of today's major developments, and cbs's jan crawford will start us off from the supreme court. >> reporter: in nearly three...
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>> maurice: robert costa once agai again at the criminal courthouse in lower manhattan tonight, thank you. now to those escalating clashes and threats of violence on college campuses. protests are growing as more students across the country are staging demonstrations against israel's war in gaza. cbs's nancy chen tonight on what protesters are demanding. >> we are not afraid of you! >> reporter: pro-palestinian demonstrators clashed with police at cal poly humboldt in northern california after a group of students used chairs and other furniture to barricade themselves inside one of the school's main buildings. at nyu, nypd officers in riot gear cleared out a pro-palestinian encampment last night after students defied the university's order to leave. >> we want to see an acknowledgment from our university that there is a genocide happening. >> leave the plaza now or you will be arrested for trespassing. >> reporter: 120 people were arrested. >> free palestine! free palestine! >> if you are going to host a protest, you should host it in a spot that is not so busy and dependent upon stud
>> maurice: robert costa once agai again at the criminal courthouse in lower manhattan tonight, thank you. now to those escalating clashes and threats of violence on college campuses. protests are growing as more students across the country are staging demonstrations against israel's war in gaza. cbs's nancy chen tonight on what protesters are demanding. >> we are not afraid of you! >> reporter: pro-palestinian demonstrators clashed with police at cal poly humboldt in northern...
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. >> maurice: robert costa at the criminal courthouse in lower manhattan tonight, thank you. now to those escalating protests on college campuses across the country. the president of columbia university in new york taking the extraordinary step of moving classes online due to safety concerns were jewish students. the white house condemning the unrest calling it "blatantly anti-semitic and dangerous." cbs's meg oliver reports. >> reporter: tension and concerns about safety continue to embroil columbia university.d concerns about safety continue jewish students and faculty essay the environment has only escalated. >> jewish students are petrified to go into campus. >> reporter: for the past six days, hundreds of pro-palestinian demonstrators including jewish students have occupied the school's quad, demanding the school divest from companies funding israel. >> antisemitism is a huge problem in the united states, but anti-zionism and anti-semitism are two very different things. >> reporter: late this afternoon president biden denounced antisemitism. >> i condemn any anti-semitic
. >> maurice: robert costa at the criminal courthouse in lower manhattan tonight, thank you. now to those escalating protests on college campuses across the country. the president of columbia university in new york taking the extraordinary step of moving classes online due to safety concerns were jewish students. the white house condemning the unrest calling it "blatantly anti-semitic and dangerous." cbs's meg oliver reports. >> reporter: tension and concerns about safety...
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we begin tonight with that breaking news from lower manhattan. emergency crews rushed to a park just across the street from the courthouse, with fire extinguishers, to douse the flames engulfing a 37-year-old man. after burning for several minutes, he was carried away on a stretcher and taken to the hospital in critical condition. it does not appear the incident has anything to do with the trial of the former president, which continued on without interruption. authorities say the man was carrying colorful pamphlets that were full of antigovernment conspiracies. they don't believe he was targeting any particular person or group. cbs's jericka duncan will start us off tonight with the latest details. >> across the street, from 100 centre street, he's on fire! >> reporter: it was a shocking image, too graphic to be shown in full detail, in the middle of a new york city park this afternoon, of a man on fire. it happened right outside the courthouse where former president donald trump's criminal trial was underway. >> a man has now lit himself on fire
we begin tonight with that breaking news from lower manhattan. emergency crews rushed to a park just across the street from the courthouse, with fire extinguishers, to douse the flames engulfing a 37-year-old man. after burning for several minutes, he was carried away on a stretcher and taken to the hospital in critical condition. it does not appear the incident has anything to do with the trial of the former president, which continued on without interruption. authorities say the man was...
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cbs's robert costa was inside the courthouse in lower manhattan for today's major developments. >> reporter: jury selection stumbled backward and forward today before the 12 jurors who will decide donald trump's fate were finally seated. seven men and five women, including one who, during questioning, referred to trump as selfish and self-serving, but also promised she could be impartial. >> how does it feel to have a jury? >> reporter: after a full day in court, former president trump vented his frustrations. >> i'm sitting here for days now, from morning till night, in that freezing room -- freezing! everybody was freezing in there. >> reporter: the morning began with seven jurors in place, but complications flared, underscoring the high-wire act of seating a jury in such a high-profile trial. first, new york judge juan merchan excused juror number 2, a nurse, who said she no longer believed she could be impartial. "aspects of my identity have already been out there in public," she said. "yesterday alone, i had friends, colleagues, and family push things to my phone." then, he dismissed j
cbs's robert costa was inside the courthouse in lower manhattan for today's major developments. >> reporter: jury selection stumbled backward and forward today before the 12 jurors who will decide donald trump's fate were finally seated. seven men and five women, including one who, during questioning, referred to trump as selfish and self-serving, but also promised she could be impartial. >> how does it feel to have a jury? >> reporter: after a full day in court, former...
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hill today, a heated hearing over the rise of anti-semitism on the campus of columbia university in manhattan. the ivy league school has been at the center of some of the most intense campus demonstrations since the war in gaza began. cbs's nikole killion reports the school's president admitted that more can be done to protect jewish students. >> palestine will be free! >> reporter: the fiery debate over anti-semitism at columbia university made its way to capitol hill today. >> anti-semitism has no place on our campus. >> reporter: as republicans accuse the ivy league institution of gross negligence for its handling of anti-semitic incidents, including assaults and vandalism. >> trying to reconcile the free-speech rights of those who wanted to protest and the rights of jewish students to be in an environment free of discrimination and harassment, has been the central challenge. >> reporter: egyptian-born university president minouche shafik was the fourth college chief called before the panel. >> does calling for the genocide of jews violate columbia's code of conduct? >> yes, it does. >> re
hill today, a heated hearing over the rise of anti-semitism on the campus of columbia university in manhattan. the ivy league school has been at the center of some of the most intense campus demonstrations since the war in gaza began. cbs's nikole killion reports the school's president admitted that more can be done to protect jewish students. >> palestine will be free! >> reporter: the fiery debate over anti-semitism at columbia university made its way to capitol hill today....