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just six months into what was a historic presidency, harvard's claudine gay says she is stepping down. we will speak with a professor, who supported her, despite the controversies. plus, hamas says a senior official was killed during an attack in lebanon. and, terrifying moment on the runway in japan. video showing the moment a
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passengers jet with hundreds of people on board hits a coast guard plane and burst into flames. there is an investigation underway. we are following these stories and many more, all coming in here to cnn news central. we are continuing to follow breaking news this afternoon. claudine gay has announced she is stepping down as harvard's president after just six months on the job. in a letter to the university, "after consultation with members of the corporation, it has become clear that it is in the best interest of harvard for me to resign, so that the community can navigate this moment of extraordinary challenge with a focus on the institution, rather than any individual." >> gay was under pressure to step down after her controversial testimony about anti-semitism on campus, and then over plagiarism
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allegations. she recently requested corrections to some of her academic work, including her 1997 dissertation. matt egan is following this story for us, and we should be clear, these two things are connected, because looking at her academic works, and certainly, there were problems with them, but that was something that came about, it seems, because of some of the criticism of what she said in that hearing. >> reporter: i think that is right. it is all connected. claudine gay is announcing that she is stepping down. she described this decision as difficult beyond words, and she used a deeply personal term to describe the past few months. let me read what she said. " it has been distressing to have doubt cast on my commitment to confronting hate and to upholding scholarly rigor. two values that are fundamental to who i am, and frightening to be subjected to personal attacks and threats fueled by
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racial animus. " this stunning development comes just three weeks after harvard's top board announced its unanimous support for gay. now that board, the harvard corporation, has accepted the resignation of gay, who we should note is the first black president in harvard's nearly 400 year history. she is just the second woman to lead the university, and the fact she is stepping down six months into her presidency means this is the shortest presidency in harvard's history. the harvard corporation put out its own statement saying that they accept this resignation with deep sorrow. they say that gay acknowledged some missteps, but they also described the resilience she showed in the face of what they called racist vitriol in private emails and private phone calls. the harvard corporation said that provost alan garver is set to become the interim president. how did we get here? obviously, it has been a very
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tumultuous period. going back to the october 7th attacks on israel by hamas, the university was criticized for its response, criticized for the anti-israel student statement. there was a december 5th hearing before congress where gay had to apologize for her performance there. the harvard board offered its unanimous support on december 12, said there would be some corrections to gay's academic work, and there were even more corrections, and now gay has announced her resignation. it has been a combination of all of these factors contributing to the end of claudine gay's presidency at harvard. >> thank you so much for the update. let's dig deeper with brian eno's, a professor of government at harvard. thank you for being with us. we are just getting a statement now from new york congresswoman elise stefano, who was at the hearing on capitol hill about anti-semitism on campus, and pressed the three presidents, including claudine gay. she says she will always deliver results.
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she called gay's resignation long overdue. she said she was devoid of the academic integrity required of the president of harvard. what is your reaction to today's resignation and the comments from the congresswoman? >> i think elise stefano should be ashamed of herself, because i don't think she cares about any of the things she talked about. i don't think she cares about anti-semitism. i don't think she cares about academic freedom. i don't think she cares about any of the things she presses on. she cares about winning political points. i think that political attacks on a university are all things we should be frightened by, regardless of our politics. i'm sad for the american universities, and i am sad for claudine gay, because i think she was a capable leader facing an extremely difficult situation, and people like elise stefano were not helping. >> let's say even everything you say is true, potentially,
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when you look at the writings, is that something you would have done, in the way you write? would you have done what claudine gay did, and expect to keep your job? that is also another element here. >> you are talking about the allegations of plagiarism? >> you have seen and compared, i'm sure, as you have gone through the writing. maybe it isn't stealing research, which would be a huge crime in academia, but in terms of writing an essay, this is nothing that you would accept from a college student, for instance? they know not to do this. that's what i'm asking about. >> of a college student did that, what i would expect is a careful and deliberate hearing to understand whether they violated the rules, and i think if i saw that, i would be concerned and i would bring it up. at harvard, for example, an academic lord, to determine
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whether or not they violated the rules. what happened to claudine gay was mob pressure to force her to resign. even if what she did was something that should've led to her termination, we never got to that point. we got to the point where people were yelling at her on social media and subjecting her to attacks that she didn't deserve, and rather than having a careful deliberation, which is what we do at university, we had her subject to a mob to force her resignation. >> the last hour we spoke with the president of harvard hillel, jacob miller. we want to share what he said. >> from my perspective, this is all university politics. it doesn't really affect my day- to-day life. claudine gay's resignation is not going to solve the issue of anti-semitism on campus. we need a definitive culture shift. >> do you agree that harvard's campus needs a definitive culture shift? specifically, when it comes to the issue of anti-semitism? >> i think what harvard needs,
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and i think all universities need this, is a deep conversation about issues of free speech, and issues of anti- semitism, islamophobia, and lots of other issues that campuses face. it doesn't help when people are trying to force decisions on the campus from outside. i think that anytime people are thinking or feeling pressured because of who they are or feeling under attack because of who they are, that something a university needs to take seriously, and it's not people like elise stefanik that were pressing claudine gay on capitol hill. people like right wing trolls and billionaires are not asking us to take this issue seriously. i hope what happens in the future with new leadership at harvard is, we will have an opportunity to step out and say, we will examine these issues and decide what the path forward is, so we can have both academic freedom and freedom of speech on campus. >> professor, there are undertones here, long-held
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criticism that you are aware of on the right, of what is perceived to be woke is him, as it's called. run amok in higher education. i wonder what you think the lessons are coming out of this when it comes to that? what are you taking away from that perception? what you think may be fair criticism? what do you think is definitely unfair? >> there is no doubt that there is a left-wing bias in academia. i have been a critic of that myself, and i say that as a real liberal. there is a culture in academia that needs examined, that we should be critical of ourselves, but if you think there is a liberal bias in academia, or a political bias in academia, you don't attack that by bringing your own bias. these people that were attacking claudine gay and harvard were not doing this because they wanted political balance at the university.
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they were doing this because they wanted to impose their own politics on the university, and they did so in bad faith. they are not going to help by making these attacks. they are not going to help bring critical balance to university at all. they are just going to bring political attacks on the university, and that is something we should be concerned about from the perspective of our democracy and the independence of higher education. >> we really appreciate the conversation. thank you so much. >> thank you. there are major new developments today in the middle east that could have huge ramifications for israel's war with hamas. the terror group blaming an israeli airstrike for killing one of their senior leaders -- this is an explosion that happened in beirut, lebanon, far away from the front lines of the war in gaza. lebanon and iran, quick to condemn this attack. >> one of the founding members of the group's military wing was killed. let's get some perspective now.
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how significant of a loss is this for hamas? >> reporter: it's not clear how much of a loss it is for them. they have a lot of leaders around the world. it has been interesting to watch public comments about this, because you did have their ambassador to the u.n. congratulate the security services after this. you had some other comments where israeli officials are not saying out loud -- they seem to be walking around it -- did we do it? when i was in israel, i spoke with senior intelligence officials that said very clearly to me that hamas leaders will no longer be safe anywhere in the world. they didn't say outright that they are starting a campaign like they did after the infamous black september attacks in the 1970s, but they seem to be very much indicating that. there have been a number of stories in the wall street journal and new york times where israeli officials have been telling them as well, that you are not going to be safe anymore in the world, and there is some talk that even hamas leaders, who had been taking
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safe haven in qatar, don't feel safe there anymore. that is significant, because qatar is an intermediary in the hostage negotiations. they have long been, if not an outright supporter, very much a protector of them. while israeli leaders are not saying that out loud, to confirm or claim responsibility for this attack, there is some evidence in public comments and private comments prior, that this could be part of something. there was another hamas leader killed in turkey in the weeks just after october 7th as well. that may be what we are seeing here. you can understand why israeli officials don't want to say that out loud. >> we expect, and listen, this is not like hostage talks are in some great place. we are on the verge of some huge breakthrough, but this is not going to push it in that direction, and also, what about the possibility of opening up another front in the war?
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>> it's a big deal. first of all, it is southern beirut. it's hard to do a precision strike like what we see in gaza, in a densely populated area, and as i understand it, this was very close to a hezbollah office in southern beirut too. hezbollah and hamas often take orders from tehran. hezbollah has already been firing rockets and missiles across from southern lebanon into northern israel, and that has led to the evacuation of all of northern israel. could hezbollah respond to this and say, we are going to back our hamas brothers and launch more significant strikes? it's possible. as you know, you guys have been reporting about this on the air, there were already concerns prior to today of an expansion of the war to a northern front. i'm sure israel and the u.s. will be watching very closely. >> it also comes as iran is moving a destroyer into the red sea, so the potential for an escalating conflict in that
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region grows. going back to saleh al arouri, the u.s. had offered a bounty for him, essentially. $5 million several years ago. what is the significance now, and the broader picture, in the sense that it sends a message to hamas leaders that they are not safe anywhere? does it change what hamas does? >> it seems there was already evidence prior to this that it makes him more uncomfortable, as to where they can be safe, even in places they thought they were safe before. that can be, potentially, disruptive to operations. it makes it harder to direct things and issue orders, make plans for major attacks, that kind of thing. the u.s. has some history, of course, hunting down osama bin laden, all of the other leaders of al qaeda, and hunting down the various leaders of isis. and, strikes against senior leadership over time. no one single person, necessarily, brings it all down, but if you get so many of those leaders, that has an
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impact, and that seems to be israel's intention. >> we always appreciate the analysis. happy new year. an investigation is underway right now after a japanese airliner collided with another aircraft on a runway in tokyo, and as you see on your screen, burst into flames. nearly 400 passengers and crew had only 90 seconds to get off the jet. we will show you how they did it, next on cnn news central.
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nearly 400 people, including eight infants, made it out alive after the airliner crashed in tokyo today. this was the scene inside of the airbus a350 after it hit a coast guard plane. five people in the smaller plane died, and the public broadcast reported the coast guard captain is in critical condition. the big jet here is japan airlines flight 516. it flew in from the northern island of hokkaido, and it was landing at hon ada international airport. the coast guard crew was headed to help recovery efforts from the deadly earthquake that had rocked japan's west coast just yesterday. joining us now, we have pete
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muntean, and cnn aviation analyst, peter goals. he is a former managing director. pete, walk us through what happened here. >> this was an incredible same. the moment of impact was just two seconds into the video. you can see the a350 go up into a fireball. it appears that the impact happened right on the nose. you can see the nose landing gear on fire as this flight was landing on the runway at haneda airport. both airplanes involved, the a350 and commuter airplane, not really used much in the states these days. >> is that smaller, relatively speaking? >> a lot smaller. the fact that anyone came out of this alive is pretty incredible, and a testament to the design of the airbus. the evacuation went very smoothly and very efficiently.
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really, a testament to the safety culture in japan, and a testament to the crew. hats off to them for being able to get so many people off this plane so quickly. and, we know from some of the early indications, some of the slides on the plane were blocked. these are the emergency evacuation slides. i could see people getting out of the front exit, and you mentioned people coming out of the tail, but some folks reported they were not able to get out of every single exit. the big question is, why of these airplanes were in the wrong spot at the wrong time? the early indications say that the coast guard plane was told to go to one of the hold spots by air traffic control. was there some sort of confusion in the air traffic control tower? was there confusion by one or both of the flight crews? that is something investigators will dig into, and really listen to the air traffic control audio, to figure out
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what the communications were, what the instructions were between the tower and the airplane. that is something they really have to look into, especially, when you consider the fact that in the u.s., there has been close call after close call. we thought it was a 2023 problem, and it seems to be continuing into 2024. in the u.s., there have been seven of these runway incursions that have not resulted in fatalities. in 2023, jfk, burbank, honolulu, austin, that was one of the closest ones, and so this has a lot of those red flags, but ultimately, it came to a serious and fatal crash. >> to that point, listen, i think so often when we are judging a flight crew, we are thinking about hospitality, but that is not, obviously, the name of the game here. that's not what is most important, and it's just amazing that they were able to get this -- almost 400 people
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off of this plane in 90 seconds. tell us about the training that these japanese airline crews go through to make sure they can do something so amazing. >> you really highlight a critical aspect of this accident. flight attendants have an extraordinarily difficult job. there have been increases in violence on planes, but they are first and foremost safety professionals and first responders. people forget, they were the first ones to die on 9/11. they are there to get people out, and that they were able to get this amount of people out, with the young children, before there was burned through in the aircraft, is just extraordinary. the other thing to remember is, the faa had mandated that the interiors of aircraft not contain material that when they burn, they emit toxic fumes. that was critical. there was smoke in the plane,
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but it was not toxic. people were able to get off, and most importantly, they didn't go after their carry-on luggage. they got off the plane safely. >> that's right, take yourself, your kids, and get off the plane. very clearly, what they did here. peter, if you also could, as we look at both of the planes, talk about the questions that you have that need to be answered about how these two planes were in the same place at the same time. >> as pete mentioned, you go first to the tower tapes to see, what were the instructions given to each airplane separately? one was landing and one was taxiing. you see where the pilots go to the cockpit voice recorders, to see whether the crews in the cockpit understood the
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instructions and follow them. this is going to be, i think, a fairly classic case of, perhaps, a pilot not knowing exactly where he was on the haneda runway. but, the attention is going to be, certainly, on the two flight crews, and on the tower. >> peter goelz, thank you. now, to the aftermath of japan's deadly earthquake. we want to share with you some images that are new from some of the worst hit areas on the country's western coast. you can see here, these are before and after images showing the extent of the destruction that was caused by fires ignited after the earthquake. this is now what rescuers have to sift through as a race to find any survivors. the earthquake toppled homes, damaged roadways, and more than a day later, there is still limited access to some of the hardest hit areas. officials say at least 57 people were killed across jajap.
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today we are waiting two major appeals from donald trump's lawyers that could have major consequences for the 2024 election. trump is fighting a pair of historic decisions that disqualify him from primary ballots in colorado and maine, and hinge on the 14th amendment insurrectionist ban. it's a constitutional gray area being tested in unprecedented fashion right now, and that's why it seems these cases are destined for the supreme court. we want to discuss with maine republican party chair, joel statcast. the maine republican party has been working on an appeal. when are you anticipating you will file it? are you coordinating with the trump team? >> what we have been doing since prior to the announcement
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by secretary of state bellows, is working with multiple groups of lawyers on our options, and what tools we have at our disposal. >> can you give us any details on what your immediate plans may be? are you waiting for the trump team to step in first? >> no, we are working with the trump team and other attorneys as well, and putting together the plan at this point in time. i'm sure we will be making some sort of announcement soon. >> i look forward to that. earlier, we spoke with one of the people that filed to challenge trump's eligibility in maine. a fellow republican that voted for donald trump twice. he argued that this group that he is with, people that challenge the eligibility, are going about doing this through
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maine's laws, that this is a legal process. i want you to listen to what he said. >> maine has a law. we have to follow what our laws say on the books, and in less -- there are two ways you can do this. you can change the law or you can change what's required by the state of maine. when we complain, which we are allowed to do under our constitutional rights, she had a hearing, which was very fair, which, interestingly enough, they brought no witnesses in. they had very little information, and they objected to her participating after the hearing record was closed. i sometimes think they took us for granted. >> he is talking about the secretary of state's decision to remove donald trump from the ballot. what is your response? >> boris, i think the simplest way we can put this is, we have an unelected bureaucrat that likes to pretend she is a lawyer, and she is, literally,
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taking away the voters choices in maine. here in maine and across the country, regardless of whether they like donald trump or not, bellows is wrong on so many levels, and it's getting to the point of being really embarrassing. >> but, if the state law, the state constitution makes it so that if someone has a complaint about a candidate, they take it up with the secretary of state, who is then the arbiter, how could she be in the wrong for making a decision based on what was presented to her in that hearing? >> well, you know her decision process was just wrong. she is there to support maine's voting rights, and she is doing exactly the opposite. we are going to fight this thing to the highest extent that we be to, and what she is doing is flat out wrong. >> why would you say that? do you object to donald trump's
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participation on january 6th? do you think that article five of the 14th amendment -- rather, article three of the 14th amendment doesn't include the presidency? what is your main argument against her decision? >> this has so much more to do with the suppression of the vote, as opposed to donald trump. we would oppose this decision, regardless of what republican she decided she was going to arbitrarily decide maine voters are going to be allowed to -- >> -- you are saying that it's arbitrary, but what is it about her decision or argument, legally, that you are opposed to? >> we are just opposed to her taking away the rights of the voters, to be able to choose the leader that they want to vote for or not.
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>> but if there is part of the constitution that says, if someone is and insurrectionist, a state can remove them from a ballot, and she is designated to make that decision, according to maine's constitution, then isn't it up to her? >> her reasoning behind her decision is completely wrong. >> what is the reasoning? >> no matter how you asked the question, her decision is completely wrong. >> joal, give us the details. why is it wrong? >> boris, this is the thing. there are attorneys and judges, democrats and republicans across this country that have said she is wrong. not one time in my life have i ever agreed with gavin newsom, the governor of california, until now.
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gavin newsom also believes the people should have the right to vote -- >> i'm trying to get to the basis of your legal argument, and you are not giving me any details. you are saying that it's flat- out wrong. why is it wrong, from a legal standpoint? is that you think her interpretation of the amendment is wrong? is that you think it doesn't apply to the presidency? it's not a self-executing portion of that amendment? is there any detail you can give us, other than saying that she is flat out wrong? >> one of the things that we have seen in the last week are very highly respected lawyers and judges, democrats and republicans alike, that of come out and given plenty of legal argument on why she is wrong. my job here is to protect the voters in the state of maine, and what she is doing just
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shows absolute contempt for the everyday american. they feel like we are not smart enough to think for ourselves. that she needs to pull somebody off of the ballot, because we are not smart enough to know whether we should vote for that person or not. that is just flat-out wrong. >> i don't think it's a question of intelligence. there is a legal argument to be made. it don't -- doesn't seem like you articulated the legal argument and the flaw that you see in her decision. nevertheless, joel, we are grateful to have you. thank you for being with us. >> thanks, boris. have a great day. >> stay with cnn news central. we are back in just a moment.
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which is two weeks until the iowa caucuses, we are now getting our first look at who qualified for cnn's iowa debate next week. the last one before the caucuses. former south carolina governor, nikki haley, is in.
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former president donald trump is in, and florida governor ron desantis is also in. they all raised at least 10%, a benchmark needed to qualify. however, so far, only haley and desantis have confirmed that they will take part. cnn's steve can turn out is live in des moines. how was the news being received there? >> reporter: governor desantis's campaign has been looking forward to this debate for weeks now. they were very quick to say that they would be happy to participate, and they think he has done well in smaller debates. they believe that his one-on- one performance against gavin newsom, the governor of california, he performed well in that setting, and they look forward to the opportunity to compare his record more directly against governor nikki haley, without vivek ramaswamy and chris christie on the stage. they have also been trying to go to trump, bully trump, pushed trump into participating in one of these debates.
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check out the statement they put out a little bit ago, when the trump campaign put out that it would be holding its own events with fox news on the night of the debate. they say, "we understand that donald trump is scared to get on the stage because he would have to explain why he didn't know the wall, added $1 trillion to the debt, and turn the country over to dr. fauci, but even gavin newsom had the courage to stand on the stage to debate his failed record against ron desantis." the statement went on to say that they would be willing to put a chair on the stage for the former president to sit in, a knock on his age. what's interesting is that while governor desantis at times had taken some shots at trump, he hasn't necessarily done it on the airwaves. look at his closing message on his new campaign ad coming out today. >> ron desantis is the only candidate who has defeated him, -- we beat the teachers union. we beat dr. fauci on covid. we beat soros.
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>> desantis will be in iowa tomorrow, where he will begin pushing the closing message directly to voters. >> thank you so much, steve. we have a lot to discuss with political commentator, s.e. cupp. most likely, trump is going to be a no-show. what do haley and desantis have to do on the debate stage to pull ahead? can they? >> yeah, with the iowa caucus coming, they have both had two very different strategies going into iowa. ron desantis, as you know, has put it all into iowa, and nikki haley has been a little more spread out, but it's a chance for the two of them, without the distractions of vivek ramaswamy, to really take each other on, and tell iowa voters, specifically, why they are the candidate for them. that could go in a couple of directions. will nikki haley decide to continue her effort to present
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herself as this sort of sane alternative to trump? will she try to speak to independents and moderates? in iowa, independent registered voters outnumber republican registered voters in iowa, or will they try to out right each other, out from each other, because trump won't be there and they won't -- will be angling for trump voters. that is a strategy play and we will have to wait and see how it plays out next week. >> we heard that desantis add in steve's reporting. desantis has also released ads dinging nikki haley for her record in china. she is trashing desantis's record on china, saying that he is lying because he is losing. they are going after each other and not the front runner. what does that do to their possibility of gaining any traction here? >> this has been a bad strategy
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from the beginning. the idea that there could be these two parallel campaigns, where folks like nikki haley and ron desantis are running to get maga voters, and another parallel campaign where they are waiting to get independents and moderates. these two things are pretty much mutually exclusive, and you can't get them all. you can't get the moderates and independents by praising trump, and you can't get trump by dinging him to get the independents. it's a little late to change that strategy now, so as flawed as it has been, to leave trump alone, with less than two weeks to go until iowa now, it's probably best that they continue what they have been doing and go after each other and fight for number two in iowa. >> i wonder what you think of this new poll we are seeing. a washington post poll says 46% of people say trumps actions
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related to his role in the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol should disqualify him from the presidency. 33% say it does not matter. the partisan divide here, pretty clear, though. 80 to 9 when you look at democrats versus republicans. quite stark. what does that tell you about the bigger picture? >> well, it tells me that nationally, a plurality of voters, at least, believe that january 6th and trump's role is a problem for trump. will it be a big and a problem? trump is betting no. it was a big and a problem four years ago, but the fact that republicans are so all in on trump, and forgiving of this, and they have gotten more forgiving as we have put more distance between january 6th and now, i think shows that trump has a lock on these voters, and it's not over until it's over. you know that. there is a long way until
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november, but it looks like trump has a real lock on the republican nomination. >> yeah, he certainly does at this point. s.e. cupp, great to see you. thank you for being with us. >> you too. a reminder that ron desantis and nikki haley will take questions directly from iowa voters in back to back cnn town hall events. katelyn collins will moderate live on thursday night starting at 9:00 eastern. buses from texas and louisiana dropping off hundreds of migrants at new jersey train stations in an attempt to avoid new york city's executive order that tries to limit the number of migrants being sent to o tht cityty. we w will have d details ahehea. to duckduckgo on all your devie
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join the millions of people taking back their privacy by downloading duckduckgo on all your devices today. nearly 400 migrants have arrived in new jersey on board several buses from texas and louisiana, bypassing an executive order issued by new york's mayor eric adams. >> these of turn them into transit points for migrants heading to new york city. we have senior national correspondent from eagle pass, texas, and what more are you learning about these busing
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operations? >> we reported for months how texas governor greg abbott has touted his efforts to us migrants to largely democratic- led cities and communities around the country, and in chicago, new york. the new york mayor responded by recently passing an executive order requiring the charter buses to alert emergency management officials with a passenger list of these buses and estimated time of arrival at least 32 hours before arriving in the city. apparently what they are accusing the governor of doing now is going around that by dropping off migrants in northern new jersey. we had reports of at least 10 different buses with at least 400 migrants being dropped off in northern new jersey, and in some cases being given train ticket to ride into penn station in new york city. a lot of those migrants are originating from places along the border here like an eagle passed. new york city officials in new jersey officials essentially
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say that the governor of texas is using the migrants as political ponds. >> for me as the mayor of edison, my job is not upon it off to another mayor. >> at the end of the day, these are desperate people that need help. we want to do the right thing and be helpful. >> governor abbott is still touting the busing of the migrants to these communities, dismissing any kind of criticism, saying that the biden administration once in legal immigration, and that he will continue to have texas officials held more border barriers along the river here in texas, as well as continuing busing migrants to places like chicago and new york, as well. >> only the latest chapter in the saga. notably, house speaker mike johnson headed to that region with some 60 republican lawmakers tomorrow. ed, thanks so much for the report.
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and thank you so much for joining us on cnn news central. rihanna, always a pleasure to be with you. 2024, another great year. >> it susure is. ththe lead witith jajake tapper ststarts afterer this brbreak. hahappy new yearar.
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after weeks of bad headlines, harvard's president is stepping down. the lead starts now. dr. claudine is out as the president of harvard university. was it that poorly received congressional testimony on campus, or how about the mounting accusations

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