Weekend reporting of the latest round of anti-semitic protests‚ at Columbia University and elsewhere‚ yielded a mixed bag. ABC tried to bring balance to their reporting‚ NBC tilted heavily in favor of the protesters‚ and another‚ CBS‚ decided it was best not to report on the protests at all. Here’s how ABC World News Tonight opened Sunday’s newscast: LINSEY DAVIS: As we come on the air‚ New York authorities are issuing a warning ahead of Passover. Officials say the holiday‚ which begins tomorrow‚ may serve as a catalyst for extremist groups and individuals to commit acts of violence against Jewish faith-based communities. This comes as tensions are rising at Columbia University here in New York over the Israel-Hamas war. More than 100 people have been arrested in recent days. A rabbi at the school confirms to ABC News that he strongly recommended to Jewish students that they go home and not return to campus because of what he calls extreme anti-semitism at the school. A New York congresswoman is calling for the university's president to resign. And tonight‚ The White House is condemning calls for violence against Jewish students. Linsey Davis’s frame was most representative of the report‚ which mentioned the call for Jewish students to go home‚ and the NYPD’s warning of further violence to potentially coincide with the Passover holiday. ABC here is further reinforcing Columbia’s stated commitment to ensuring the safety of its Jewish students. NBC’s report was the mirror opposite‚ very heavily favoring the protesters. Here’s how correspondent George Solis began his report: GEORGE SOLIS: In New York City‚ just outside the Gates of Columbia University‚ massive protests filling the streets. Pro-Palestinian demonstrations appearing to grow on this fourth day since students set up an encampment on campus that led police in riot gear to make more than 100 arrests at the request of the university president earlier this week. Students tell us despite the risk of suspension‚ having their I.D. badges turned off and losing access to housing here on campus‚ they've re-established this encampment demanding the university divest from Israel. Solis’ report would go on to equate these protesters with those who protested the Vietnam War. And other than the one Jewish student featured‚ it was all protesters: from the organizers‚ to featuring imagery of flyers created by the pro-Hamas Students for Justice for Palestine‚ which hailed the barbaric attacks of October 7th as “a historic win for the Palestinian resistance”. This was too much‚ apparently‚ for CBS- which found themselves unable to break away from such pressing matters as Taylor Swift’s latest album and Earth Day propaganda‚ and therefore unable to cover an anti-semitism (and tangentially anti-Americanism) currently festering at our universities. Click “expand” to view the transcripts of the aforementioned reports as aired on their respective weekend newscasts: ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT  SUNDAY‚ APRIL 21st‚ 2024: LINSEY DAVIS: As we come on the air‚ New York authorities are issuing a warning ahead of Passover. Officials say the holiday‚ which begins tomorrow‚ may serve as a catalyst for extremist groups and individuals to commit acts of violence against Jewish faith-based communities. This comes as tensions are rising at Columbia University here in New York over the Israel-Hamas war. More than 100 people have been arrested in recent days. A rabbi at the school confirms to ABC News that he strongly recommended to Jewish students that they go home and not return to campus because of what he calls extreme anti-semitism at the school. A New York congresswoman is calling for the university's president to resign. And tonight‚ The White House is condemning calls for violence against Jewish students. ABC's Reena Roy leads us off. REENA ROY: Tonight‚ the NYPD issuing an alarming warning on the eve of Passover. Saying in a bulletin obtained by ABC News‚ that “extremist groups may view the holiday as an opportunity to perpetrate acts of violence or intimidation against Jewish faith-based communities”. Though the document cites no specific threats‚ it adds: &;quot;Jewish people and institutions continue to be the target of violent attacks‚ targeted harassment‚ hate crimes‚ and threats‚ especially since the onset of the Israel-Hamas war.&;quot; It comes after a rabbi associated with New York City's Columbia University told Jewish students to go home this week‚ following pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus. Writing today in an email‚ &;quot;Columbia University's Public Safety and the NYPD cannot guarantee Jewish students' safety.&;quot; Those protests began after the school's president was grilled on Capitol Hill about anti-semitism on campus. U.S. REP. KEVIN KILEY: There's evidence of anti-semitism among professors on your faculty&;#63; MINOUCHE SHAFIK: We have seen some cases and there have been consequences. ROY: More than 100 demonstrators arrested on campus Thursday. The White House saying the Department of Education has launched an investigation into the incident. KARINE JEAN_PIERRE: When students are subject to hostile environments because of their faith or ethnicity‚ schools must act. Students must be safe to learn. ROY: And Linsey‚ tonight‚ Columbia is responding‚ saying that they are listening to concerns of Jewish students and providing them with additional support. Adding that students do have the right to protest‚ but not to disrupt campus life or intimidate others. Linsey. DAVIS: And students at several universities are now planning rallies in support of those Columbia protesters. Reena‚ thank you. NBC NIGHTLY NEWS SATURDAY‚ APRIL 20th‚ 2024: JOSE DIAZ-BALART: Protests are expanding to college campuses around the country over Israel's war in Gaza. And heightened tensions at Columbia University tonight‚ just days after police were called in to clear out a protest encampment on campus. George Solis is there.  [ Chants ] GEORGE SOLIS: In New York City‚ just outside the Gates of Columbia University‚ massive protests filling the streets. Pro-Palestinian demonstrations appearing to grow on this fourth day since students set up an encampment on campus that led police in riot gear to make more than 100 arrests at the request of the university president earlier this week. Students tell us despite the risk of suspension‚ having their I.D. badges turned off and losing access to housing here on campus‚ they've re-established this encampment demanding the university divest from Israel. STUDENT: I was one of the students arrested‚ suspended by the university. All of these students know the risk‚ and they're showing up because they understand that in our numbers we have greater safety. SOLIS: For some‚ the ongoing protests have led to discomfort even being on campus. (JEWISH) STUDENT: They feel the campus is so toxic‚ so unwelcoming to Jewish students and people who diverge from this line.  [ Chants ] SOLIS: And demonstrations are now spreading. Overnight‚ hundreds of Yale students camped outside a dinner for the university president to protest the school's investment in military weapon manufacturers. At UNC-Chapel hill‚ students set up their own encampment in solidarity with the Columbia students who were arrested this week. All as the national pro-Palestinian student group is calling for action on campuses nationwide.  [ Chants ]  Universities have a long history of political demonstration. Columbia famously seeing buildings overtaken in 1968 by anti-Vietnam war demonstrators. STUDENTS: Revolution&;#33; SOLIS: Tonight's protest on campus and out in the streets‚ once again making their stance known on a war raging overseas. STUDENT ORGANIZER: It's been six months and the protests have only been getting bigger. And it says so much about the hope of this movement. DIAZ-BALART: George Solis joins us from outside Columbia University. George‚ what is the police presence there like tonight&;#63; SOLIS: Yeah‚ Jose‚ there's a large police presence here on the periphery of the campus. You can see it right behind me where protests are still growing strong at this hour. What's unclear tonight is if police are going to go back on campus to disperse the groups of students gathered there tonight. Jose. DIAZ-BALART: George Solis in New York. Thank you.  

One way the leftist media want to add juice to the Trump trial is to suggest the jurors will be threatened by Trump outbursts in court or on social media. On Friday’s All Things Considered‚ they brought in “NPR domestic extremism correspondent Odette Yousef” to spread the conspiracy theory that Trump messages will lead to violence. They really should be blunter‚ and just call her the Far Right warning correspondent. AILSA CHANG: Odette‚ you've looked at what it can mean to serve on a jury for a Trump trial‚ like the safety concerns‚ the repercussions personally. Tell us what you're finding. YOUSEF: So‚ Ailsa‚ the challenge here is that‚ you know‚ jurors need to feel that their privacy and safety are not at risk when they serve. But the court also needs to maintain some transparency to court proceedings so that there's public faith in the process. And finding that sweet spot is challenging‚ and it's been especially hard in the Trump trials. And that's because Donald Trump owns a social media platform‚ Ailsa. And so‚ you know‚ we've seen this pattern‚ a correlation‚ where‚ when he posts criticism about specific people or processes‚ what follows are threats. And this has already been happening in this case. Judge Merchan's own daughter has been at the receiving end of harassment. And I've spoken to some people‚ including a former juror on a trial involving a Trump affiliate‚ who've been just stunned that there haven't been more protective measures set up at the outset of this trial‚ given what's happened in the past. Notice the vagueness around “Merchan’s daughter‚” who could be a minor‚ for all we know. NPR hasn’t mentioned Loren Merchan on air‚ and the only thing the shows up in NPR’s search engine is an online AP dispatch that underlines she’s a professional Democrat: Loren Merchan is president of Authentic Campaigns‚ which has collected at least $70 million in payments from Democratic candidates and causes since she helped found the company in 2018‚ records show. The firm's past clients include President Joe Biden‚ Vice President Kamala Harris and Senate Majority PAC‚ a big-spending political committee affiliated with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Senate Majority PAC has paid Authentic Campaigns $15.2 million‚ according to campaign finance disclosures. Even AP tries to claim it’s a “daisy chain of innuendoes” to connect the judge to the daughter. Yousef then turned to former Obama aide and CNN analyst Juliette Kayyem (but just like Merchan‚ NPR launders out the Democrat background).  YOUSEF: She's a former national security official. She says at this point‚ courts should be expecting Trump to complain about the proceedings and that some of his followers may respond in violent ways. JULIETTE KAYYEM: It feels like we're sort of sleepwalking into 2024. It's just our democratic institutions that used to have these norms‚ but‚ well‚ those norms no longer are holding. And we have to accept that and prepare with the expectation that violence or the threat of violence is going to be part of our democratic processes‚ at least for the short term. Yesterday‚ I joined @NPR All Things Considered to discuss with Odette Yousef how we seem to be &;quot;sleepwalking&;quot; in 2024 as Trump continues with intimidation and threats of violence. How to keep jurors safe&;#63; Assume they are not. https://t.co/xpkCfP32Sy — Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem) April 20‚ 2024 This is how pro-Biden news outlets are &;quot;setting the table&;quot; for the trial. That Trump will inspire violence by objecting to the partisanship on display (including in the press). This is the media trying to create a &;quot;gag order&;quot; through intimidation: CHANG: Well‚ I am curious‚ Odette -- if these so-called norms don't seem to be holding right now‚ how are you seeing that play out&;#63; YOUSEF: You know‚ there was a policy paper‚ Ailsa‚ released earlier this year by the National Conference of State Court Administrators that identified juror safety and well-being among the top issues that need to be addressed these days. And that's not just for the Trump trials. You know‚ someone with the organization mentioned the Kyle Rittenhouse trial‚ Derek Chauvin's trial... CHANG: Yeah. YOUSEF: ...Trials of people in Trump's orbit. We are in a moment now in the U.S. where norms have shifted. People who are civically involved‚ whether it be in trials‚ in election administration‚ on school boards‚ you name it‚ are now increasingly targeted with violence or the threat of violence. And that's a reality that won't reverse itself overnight‚ and it chills democratic participation. So people who can should be thinking about safety of these people in ways they may not have had to consider before.

A South Carolina man miraculously survived a harrowing alligator attack in what he believed was going to be the last moments of his life. William Georgitis‚ of West Ashley‚ was scuba diving in the Cooper River on Monday afternoon. He was hunting for fossils at the bottom of the river‚ and had dove in this particular spot about 40 times in the past six years.Georgitis rose to the surface of the water when he realized that he was being targeted by a huge alligator. &;quot;When I surfaced‚ he was about 20 feet away from me and as soon as he saw me‚ he launched himself out of the water. I mean he was coming at me‚ almost hydroplaning on the top. He was so determined to get there‚&;quot; Georgitis told WCBD-TV.He remembered‚ &;quot;Put my arm up defensively and he grabbed hold of it. I mean‚ he was huge. I don’t even know how big he was because I was just right there. He felt massive.&;quot; &;quot;I knew his first move once he grabbed me was to roll me‚&;quot; the diver said. &;quot;So‚ I bear-hugged him so he wouldn't death-roll me. I wrapped my arm around his head and my legs around his neck.&;quot;The beast dragged him and his scuba tank under the water while his arm was locked inside the alligator's clamped-down jaw.&;quot;I got my screwdriver that I use on the bottom of the river‚ and I stabbed him in the eye‚ and when I did that‚ he shook me like a ragdoll‚&;quot; Georgitis recalled. &;quot;Threw me off of him. I grabbed ahold of him because I didn’t want him to roll again.&;quot;&;quot;I guess he was tired of fighting me‚ so he wanted to drown me at that point‚&;quot; he said. The gator pulled him all the way to the bottom of the river‚ which Georgitis estimates to be about 50 feet deep. Georgitis hit the riverbed with his shoulders and neck while the weight of the ferocious animal was pressing down on him. &;quot;I couldn’t get up to his eye again‚ so I went for his gum line and tried to stab him between the teeth where the soft spots were‚ and that seemed to work‚&;quot; Georgitis said. &;quot;He shook me again‚ pretty hard down there‚ and at that point‚ I ran out of air.&;quot;&;quot;I knew I was going to die right then and there‚&;quot; Georgitis said.However‚ he would unbelievably survive the terrifying animal attack to tell his story. &;quot;I wrenched back as hard as I could trying to rip my arm off at the elbow‚&;quot; Georgitis said. &;quot;And I got out. I don’t know how‚ I just thought that I tore it off and when I got back to the surface‚ it was flopping down hanging like a wet noodle. The guy in the boat dragged me. I couldn’t pull myself up.&;quot;Georgitis was rushed to the hospital. He thankfully did not lose his arm from the vicious alligator attack‚ but he may need surgeries in the future.He contacted the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources about the animal attack‚ which will send a team to search for the alligator. Georgitis is warning other divers about the dangerous creature. &;quot;This gator is extremely aggressive and he’s right there where everybody else dives. It’s a well-known spot and this thing is huge. He didn’t even take a second to attack me. He was on me as soon as he saw me‚&;quot; Georgitis cautioned. &;quot;Whoever else is out there diving please be careful.&;quot; Like Blaze News&;#63; Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here&;#33; Man recovering after Cooper River alligator attack www.youtube.com

Parents are divided on who is at fault in a shocking fight between a Tennessee high school teacher and a student that was caught on video and has since gone viral. The physical confrontation happened on Tuesday afternoon inside the cafeteria at Trezevant High School in Memphis. Video shows the teacher and the student getting in each other's faces. The teacher‚ dressed in a purple shirt‚ is seen shoving the student‚ wearing a white shirt‚ on four different occasions. After the teacher pushed the student the fourth time‚ the student squares up with fists and escalates the situation. The student then unleashes a flurry of punches at the teacher. The teacher initially attempts to wrap up the student with his arms‚ but then retaliates with punches. The fight is broken up by a police officer. The 16-year-old student involved in the fight said he was reacting to the teacher pushing him. &;quot;He was constantly pushing me‚ and I was telling him all of that force wasn’t needed‚ and I was still walking‚ and he was constantly pushing me‚&;quot; the student told WHBQ. &;quot;He pushed me again‚ and that’s when I got angry and fought back.&;quot;Lakita Craft‚ the mother of the student who fought with the teacher‚ said the school staff should have done a better job of deescalating the situation. Other students then joined the fight. Shelby County Commissioner Charlie Caswell Jr. said as many as 50 people were involved in the brouhaha. Another student who witnessed the fight said he believed that the teacher was in the wrong. The anonymous student told WREG-TV‚ &;quot;He pushed him‚ and he wasn’t supposed to get that aggressive with the student.&;quot;He added‚ &;quot;Teachers can’t touch students.&;quot;The anonymous student said he participated in the fight and has since been suspended from Trezevant High School for his actions. A parent agreed that the teacher was at fault in the physical altercation. LaDarrel Young told the outlet‚ &;quot;Everyone has to be held accountable. If the teacher puts hands on him first then of course the student is going to react. Ain’t no student going to let anybody put their hand on them‚ whether it’s an adult or another child.&;quot;However‚ another parent said the teacher did nothing wrong and was understandably defending himself from an aggressor. The unnamed parent said‚ &;quot;The teacher should not be penalized for that. You actually have to hold the people accountable who started the fight – that was the child.&;quot;Memphis-Shelby County Schools said in a statement that several students were detained in the melee. The school district noted that they have launched an investigation into the ugly incident and that appropriate disciplinary actions will be administered.Like Blaze News&;#63; Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here&;#33; Fight breaks out between student‚ teacher at Trezevant High School www.youtube.com

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