Breaking news as we come on the air.
College protests reaching a boiling point at Columbia University a
short time ago.
The NYPD forcibly removing and arresting students and some outsiders
who had broken into and barricaded themselves in an academic
building after days of protests at an encampment on campus.
AB CS Stephanie Ramos is on the ground at Columbia.
Stephanie, what can you tell us?
Juju, here at Columbia University,
more than 100 NYPD officers positioned themselves outside of the
campus,
many of them moving on to campus to remove student
demonstrators.
SWAT team members moving into Hamilton Hall where demonstrators broke
into Monday night.
Sources telling us the building was heavily fortified by protesters,
SWAT team members making their way into the hall from
a second story window.
Police also here to clear the encampment that has been
in place for almost 2 weeks.
We've seen individuals escorted from campus in zip ties.
The New York City mayor urging student demonstrators earlier Tuesday
to leave campus.
The mayor advising parents to call their students and tell
them to disperse many of those student demonstrators deciding to
stay in place.
Juju Stephanie Ramos, thank you.
We'll have much more on the protests overnight and on
GMA tomorrow.