Hundreds of demonstrators are rallying across Manhattan – extending a week of protests and police crackdown.

Then, from friend to foe – prosecutors call Donald Trump’s loyal longtime aide Hope Hicks to the stand at his hush money trial in Manhattan. 

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In this edition of Eyewitness News Extra Time, we discuss how long a portion of I-95 will be closed after a tanker explosion.

Plus, we discuss how U.S. pregnancy deaths have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels.

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In this edition of Eyewitness News Extra Time, we have breaking details on arrests made at Fordham University Lincoln Center amid protests on campus, plus some ways to protect the most vulnerable from fraud.

There was serious drama at Fordham University's Upper West Side campus where hundreds of students had been following the example of their peers at other schools.

A few dozen demonstrators had erected tents inside a school building, and many more took their protest to the streets.

On Wednesday evening, officers moved in and cleared the encampment, making 15 arrests.

It comes after officers arrested nearly 300 people in total at City College and Columbia University Tuesday night.

Eyewitness News has team coverage of the campus protests.

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In this edition of Eyewitness News Extra Time, we have the latest on the chaos at Columbia University as protesters continue to defy orders to disperse.

Student protesters at Columbia defied a 2 p.m. deadline from school officials to leave or face suspension. 

Instead of packing up the encampment that's been set up on the west lawn for nearly two weeks, the unrest grew, with protesters marching around the encampment and declaring they have no plans to leave.

Eyewitness News reporter Josh Einiger reports at the campus in Morningside Heights.

Meanwhile, nearly 60 million Americans may no longer be able to afford access to the internet this week.

A government program that helps keep low-income households online is set to run out of money by Wednesday, and the bill to extend the program is stalled in Congress. It is called the Affordable Connectivity Program, or ACP.

Joining us with more is Ryan Johnston, Senior Policy Counsel for Federal Affairs for Next Century Cities.

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Eyewitness News Extra Time begins with the situation at Columbia University. A 48-hour deadline imposed by the university has come and gone and protestors still remain on the West Lawn at Columbia,

Negotiators on the students’ side say little progress has been made that would encourage them to tear down the encampment that has now been in place for more than a week.

The students say the period of setting timetables for progress is over.

Bill Ritter spoke to New York Mayor Eric Adams about the unrest on college campuses across New York City – and what makes these protests different from any other protests the city has ever seen. He also talks about what he is doing to try and get both sides to come to an understanding.

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In this edition of Eyewitness News Extra Time, we break down the overturned conviction of Harvey Weinstein, Donald Trump's legal drama and the protests spreading at college campuses in New York City and the Tri-State area.

The appeals court ordered a new trial for the once powerful Hollywood producer whose downfall drove the "Me Too" movement. The court ruled Weinstein did not get a fair trial. Back in 2020, he was convicted of rape and criminal sex act and sentenced to 23 years in prison. 

Eyewitness News reporter Sonia Rincon has more from Lower Manhattan. Dmitriy Shakhnevich, an adjunct professor at John Jay College, joined the show to help us break down the ruling and what it means.

Meanwhile, the former publisher of the National Enquirer testified at Donald Trump’s hush money trial about going to great lengths to help shield his old friend from potentially damaging stories. The efforts relied on a catch-and-kill scheme prosecutors allege amounted to interference in the 2016 presidential campaign. 

At the same time, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday in a different criminal matter involving Trump, who has claimed that he should be immune from prosecution over his efforts to reverse his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden.

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In this edition of Eyewitness News Extra Time, we have the latest on the ongoing protest at Columbia, the chilling new video on an American hostage in Gaza and the new search for evidence in the Gilgo Beach murders on Long Island.

The protests at Columbia have now entered its second week. On Wednesday, the university announced final exams would be taken online, and protesters have now blown through a negotiation deadline that was set for 18 hours ago.

House Speaker Mike Johnson also visited the university on Wednesday, where he held a news conference on what he says is a troubling rise of antisemitism on college campuses nationwide.

Family members are making a desperate plea after the release of a chilling new video of an American hostage in Gaza. 

Hamas released video of 23-year-old Hersh Goldberg-Polin of Chicago on Wednesday. His hand was blown off as he was abducted from the Nova Music Festival on October 7. It appears he recorded his message under duress -- showing him with his head shaven and his dominant hand missing.

But after 201 days, it appears to be proof of life of an American hostage in Gaza, and for his parents Jon and Rachel, it's a new reason to fight. Hours later, they released their own video, pleading with negotiators to get back to the table and end the madness that has consumed the Middle East.

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In this edition of Eyewitness News Extra Time, we have the latest on the tense standoff at Columbia University, an uptick in burglaries in New Jersey and the wild discovery in Central Park that has some people worried.

Shouting, sit-ins and tense interactions continued at Columbia on Tuesday. The ongoing demonstrations have prompted House Speaker Mike Johnson to pay a visit to the campus on Wednesday.

Eyewitness News reporter Lucy Yang was at Columbia in Morningside Heights with more.

Meanwhile in Greenwich Village, protests continued at NYU on Tuesday as well. Hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered at Washington Square Park for more than five hours.

During protests Monday night, 120 people were arrested, including at least 10 NYU professors. Police say the crowd pelted officers with a chair and bottles as officers tried to disperse the crowd.

And in New Jersey, police in Rahway are issuing a warning to the community about an increase in burglaries and car thefts.

Officials have released surveillance video that was captured early Sunday morning of a suspected carjacking crew. The crew was spotted being dropped off in a car that police say was involved in at least three similar incidents in the area.

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In this edition of Eyewitness News Extra Time, we dig deeper into the rising tensions in the Mideast as thousands of students protest at universities across our area.

Tensions continue to run high on the campus of Columbia University, five days after the first demonstrations started.

Anti-war and pro-Palestinian protesters were still camped out on campus on Monday, demanding the university divest from corporations that profit from Israel's war in Gaza. Those protests are now spreading to other universities in Manhattan, including NYU and the New School.

Eyewitness News reporter Sonia Rincon is in Morningside Heights with more.

Rabbi Marc Gellman also joined Extra Time to discuss the impact all of this has on the observance of Passover.

Meanwhile on Monday, opening statements were made before the first witness appeared in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial. That first witness was the former publisher of the National Enquirer.

Eyewitness News reporter Darla Miles has been following the case since jury selection and joins us from Lower Manhattan.

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Extra Time begins with Donald Trump’s hush money trial – and there are two big headlines.

First, a full 12-person jury has now been chosen – including six alternates. Opening statements are set to begin on Monday.

Then, there was the man who set himself on fire outside the courthouse – raising new questions about security in the area. Eyewitness News reporter Darla Miles reports from Lower Manhattan. 

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