Pro-Palestinian protests gather pace across the US
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Jessica Le Masurier reports from Columbia University in New York, where a group of protesters has occupied a building on campus, after the school began suspending students who refused to leave an encampment of pro-Palestinian supporters. Monte Francis speaks to Aldon D. Morris, a Professor Emeritus of Sociology & Black Studies at Northwestern University, about the fine line schools must tread between safeguarding students and guaranteeing the right to protest against Israel's response in Gaza.