HASBRO WORKS BETTER THAN THAT.
>>> LOTS OF NEWS TO TELL YOU
ABOUT THIS MORNING.
STUDENTS AT GEORGE WASHINGTON
UNIVERSITY STILL HOLDING OUT AT
A PRO-PALESTINIAN ENCAMPMENT ON
CAMPUS.
THEY’RE DEFYING A UNIVERSITY ORDER FOR THEM TO LEAVE THE
AREA.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
LET’S GET THE LATEST NOW FROM
NEWS4’S DERRICK WARD.
HE JOINS US LIVE FROM GW CAMPUS.
GOOD MORNING, DERRICK.
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE OUT THERE
RIGHT NOW?
>> Reporter: IT IS PEACEFUL.
YOU KNOW, THAT ORDER CAME
YESTERDAY FROM UNIVERSITY
OFFICIALS AND THEY BROUGHT IN
METROPOLITAN POLICE, BUT IT IS
MAINLY NOW JUST A PRESENCE.
THEY HAVEN’T DONE ANYTHING.
THESE PROTESTERS ARE STILL HERE.
NOW, THERE WAS A RALLY EARLY
THURSDAY.
TAKE A LOOK AT VIDEO FROM THAT
RALLY.
THAT TALKED ABOUT THEIR CLAIMS OF WHAT THEY REALLY WANT HERE.
THEY WANT THE UNIVERSITY TO
DIVEST ITS FINANCIAL HOLDINGS IN
DEFENSE COMPANIES AND COMPANIES
THAT SUPPORT ISRAEL.
AND WE SPOKE TO SOME PEOPLE THAT
WERE INVOLVED IN BOTH SIDES OF
THIS YESTERDAY. HERE IS WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> TURN OUT AND THE CONSISTENCY
OF STUDENTS MOBILIZING, OF
PEOPLE MOBILIZING OF ALL
DIFFERENT RACES, BACKGROUND,
ETHNICITIES, IT IS SOMETHING WE
HAVE NOT SEEN.
>> THE CAMPUS CLIMATE, THE
PROTESTS ARE UNPRODUCTIVE.
THERE’S NO EFFORT TO SPEAK TO
OTHER STUDENTS WHO MIGHT
DISAGREE.
>> AT THIS POINT YOU’VE REALLY
GOT --
>> Reporter: THERE ARE STUDENTS
HERE FROM UNIVERSITIES ALL OVER
THE AREA.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE WERE
SIMILAR ACTIONS HELD AT OTHER UNIVERSITIES.
THERE WAS ACTUAL AWALK-OUT AT WA
AU AND SIT-IN AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF MARYLAND.
AS FOR NOW THIS ENCAMPMENT