On MSNBC, Mayor Adams says the NYPD "had to do something" at Columbia University last night because of "outside agitators."

"We had to really move in for the safety of those children," he says. NYPD DCPI head Tarik Shepphard, who's on the hit with Adams, is asked what's known about these "outside agitators."

Shepphard doesn't say much in response, but Adams earlier noted that the wife of a convicted terrorist was among those arrested. He does not name this person.

NEW: Hassan Naveed, director of Mayor Adams’ hate crimes prevention unit, was fired from his post last week without being given a reason for his dismissal — and says he's planning to take legal action claiming he was discriminated against for being Muslim. nydailynews.com/2024/04/26/nyc… "I've never had this level of disrespect of being sidelined like this,” Naveed told me, noting he was just 6 months away from becoming eligible for a municipal pension when he was fired. "I've done everything right in my career and then this happens.” nydailynews.com/2024/04/26/nyc…

Introducing @NYCMayor at a New York Public Library interfaith breakfast, his chief adviser Ingrid Lewis-Martin says "in government, many times, it is said that one has to separate church from state."

"We have an administration that doesn't believe in that," she says. She also says Adams "is definitely one of the chosen."

.@NYCMayor confirms he vacationed in the U.S. Virgin Islands during last week’s storm.

He says he went there to reflect on his late mother, and slams the media coverage about his trip as “really alarming.” To be clear: No one, to my knowledge, has suggested the mayor doesn’t deserve a few days of vacation. Adams’ trip became a flashpoint because his office refused to disclose his whereabouts — as the city was in the middle of a dire weather emergency.

Speaking at NYPD's 1PP headquarters, Biden says Officers Jason Rivera & Wilbert Mora were personifications of "the who and what law enforcement ought to be."

“Their loss for the city is also a loss for the nation," he says, adding he has spoken with the Rivera & Mora families. "We're not about defunding. We're about funding and providing the additional services you need," Biden says in what's presumably music to @NYCMayor's ears.

The House managers will screen never-before-seen footage today “that shows a view of the Capitol that is quite extraordinary and a view of the attack that has never been public before, which you will see for the first time starting today,” senior Dem aide says.

h/t @mmcauliff Another Dem aide says managers are hopeful @BillCassidy’s flip vote yesterday will cause a ripple effect.

“The way that he has honored his oath as an impartial juror really deserves to be commended. And we see other indications of movement from the Republicans,” this aide says.

BREAKING: Trump has pardoned his former strategist Steve Bannon, GOP mega-donor Elliott Broidy, rappers Lil Wayne and Kodak Black and many, many others as part of a total of 143 acts of clemency, White House announces.

Notably not on the clemency list: Anyone named Trump. Trump didn't even bother to dispute the charges against Bannon in a statement explaining the pardon.

Context: Bannon was charged with defrauding hundreds of thousands of *Trump supporters* as part of an alleged self-enrichment scheme.

The New Yorker video from the Jan. 6 attack is extremely damning.

At one point, Jake Angeli, the so-called Q shaman, is in the Senate chamber with a bunch of other attackers praising god for inspiring “these police officers to allow us into the building.” newyorker.com/news/video-dep… As the attackers shouted prayers and rummaged through desks in the Senate chamber, a bunch of cops were right outside letting it happen. Several of them were seen on their phones.

Woke up a bit ago to some angry texts from Rudy Giuliani.

He's pissed Dems aren't considering calling him as a witness and says "they are afraid of my physical presence."

"Why do they want Bolton if not me," he says. "Again I really should stop wasting my time." #impeachment Asked why House Dems only subpoenaed Giuliani for records and not testimony, an Intel Committee official said “documents are necessary to test the credibility of any witness, but especially one like Giuliani."

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.@SenSchumer says he's going to offer a "series of amendments" to McConnell's resolution today.

First, an amendment authorizing subpoenas for withheld White House records about Trump's calls and meetings with Zelensky as well as records on why U.S. aid to Ukraine was held. /1 @SenSchumer Secondly, Schumer says he will offer amendments to subpoena testimony from John Bolton, Mick Mulvaney, Robert Blair and Michael Duffey.

Lastly, he vows to introduce amendments to "fix" the McConnell resolution's "most egregious departures" from the format of Clinton's trial. /2

BREAKING: Sondland will say in his opening statement today that he and Giuliani worked "at the express direction of the President of the United States" and that Giuliani's request for Ukrainian investigations amounted to "a quid pro quo."

The statement is 23 pages long. "We did not want to work with Mr. Giuliani," Sondland will say. "Simply put, we played the hand we were dealt. We all understood that if we refused to work with Mr. Giuliani, we would lose an important opportunity...So we followed the president’s orders."