the m.i.t. administration, namely sally, failed to address the crisis of rampant anti-semitism on campus. there is a radical anti-israel group at m.i.t. called the c.a.a. in recent weeks the rhetoric shifted the culture on campus to such an extreme intolerance that 70% of m.i.t.'s jewish students polled feel forced to hide their identities and perspectives. and is really student whose identity and personal info was sold online for a bounty has not left his dorm room in weeks out of fear due to death threats. for my part, i was forced to leave my study group for my doctoral exams halfway through the semester because i was told the people at the nova music festival deserved to die because they were partying on stolen land. after a post doc at m.i.t. said jewish israelis want to enslave the world in a global apartheid system and falsely claimed israel harvested palestinian organs and implied the average israeli is a nazi, the d.e.i. officer of his department replied by telling us nothing he said wa

this is how jews feel, and the presidents of m.i.t. and harvard really need to take action to stop this. >> so it's important, first of all, for all of us to say that's appalling, unacceptable and potentially seems to me illegal behavior. what is the campus -- what are police not doing that you think could be done? you have a right to go to college and feel safe. >> yeah, i think it's above the level of just police. because there's just the physical safety of jewish students, which is important, but there's also our ability to feel psychologically and emotionally a part of the campus community and accepted and belonging. a sense of belonging and inclusivity. that's what's been missing in a lot of the legal and discussions about free speech, and the discussions about the nature of the constitution and the u.s. constitution and the laws. i think what's been lost is the fact that jewish students at m.i.t. are traumatized because of the incidents of anti-semitism, because of the social groups, study groups that have turned on them, expelle

this is just what we are doing at m.i.t. months before october 7, m.i.t. joined the international hillel campus climate initiative which helps universities build awareness of and actions against anti-semitism. we have launched an m.i.t. wide effort called standing together against hate that will emphasize education and community building especially in a residence hall. in addition to fighting anti-temp -- antisemitism, it will address islamophobia also on the rise and also underreported. m.i.t. will take on both, not lumped together but with equal energy and in parallel. importantly, as is clearly visible on campus, we have increased the police presence. safety is our primary concern. nonetheless, i know some israeli and jewish students feel unsafe on campus. as they bear the horror of the hamas attack in the history of anti-semitism, the students have been pained by recent demonstrations. i strongly believe that there is a difference between what we can say to each other and what we have a right to say and what we should say as members of one community. a

m.i.t. and university of pennsylvania will be facing pointed questions before the housed indication committee after weeks of bipartisan backlash after allowing anti-semitism. >> dana: students say they don't feel safe on campus and some lawmakers attacked the demonstrations calling them reprehensible. aishah hosni tracking developments on capitol hill. >> good morning to you both. this hearing could get rowdy. look behind me. the large crowd that is waiting to get into this hearing and in the past you guys have seen it here on fox. some of these hearings get interrupted by protestors and we're already hearing some hecklers here in the hallway. we haven't started yet. the first time the presidents of these universities are on capitol hill since octoberer 7t and since the eruption of anti-semitism in these big protests on their campuses. and so they are facing a very tough crowd in this hearing. take a look. these are the three university presidents we'll see today. we expect house republicans

m.i.t. developed a course to teach everybody in congress. i've done small things in congress, tried to teach people. you just have to walk through a magnetometer to get into the chambers. you didn't have to show up to work. bills to have to go through committee. you had an entire structure to trust each other. i create movie night trying to get people to work together. we can worry and pick little things apart or we can decide, america has to look at problems further along and figure out how we do this in a collective way together. >> i wish we had more time. we don't. thank you for joining us. [applause] ion takes place during the wall street journal ceo council summit. >> thank you so much for being here, let's jump right in. president zelenskyy is here today. you met with him this morning. can you look him in the iata sure him that america still has ukraine's b

he intel committee, and everybody in the intel committee goes to m.i.t.. m.i.t.eloped a course to teach everybody in congress. i've done small things in congress, tried to teach people. you just have to walk through a magnetometer to get into the chambers. you didn't have to show up to work. bills to have to go through committee. you had an entire structure to trust each other. i create movie night trying to get people to work together. we can worry and pick little things apart or we can decide, america has to look at problems further along and figure out how we do this in a collective way together. >> i wish we had more time. we don't. thank you for joining us. [applause]

the second gentleman doug emhoff slamming the presidents of harvard, m.i.t. and the university of pennsylvania. here he is. >> seeing the presidents of some of our most elite universities literally unable to denounce calling for the genocide of jews as anti-semetic, a lack of moral clarity is simply unacceptable. >> his comments coming as those leaders have faced very loud calls for either resigning or being fired after their widely criticized testimony on capitol hill. the chair of the u penn board of trustees is expected to talk to president liz mcgill after she struggled repeatedly to say calls for genocide against jews violated the school's code of conduct. >> specifically calling for the genocide of jews, does that constitute bullying or harassment? >> if it is directed and severe, it is harassment. >> so the answer is yes? >> it is a context dependent decision, congresswoman. >> does calling for the genocide of jews violate penn's code of conduct when it comes to bullying and harassment? yes or no? >> it can be harassment. >> the answer is yes. >> okay.

m.i.t. developed a course to teach everybody in congress. i've done small things in congress, tried to teach people. you just have to walk through a magnetometer to get into the chambers. you didn't have to show up to work. bills to have to go through committee. you had an entire structure to trust each other. i create movie night trying to get people to work together. we can worry and pick little things apart or we can decide, america has to look at problems further along and figure out how we do this in a collective way together. >> i wish we had more time. we don't. thank you for joining us. [applause] >> 3 you ever miss c-span's coverage you can find it on c-span.org. videos and other events feature markers that guide you in interesting news worthy highlights. these markers appear on the right-hand side of your screen when you hit play. this online tool gives you an idea of what was debated and deside. scroll through on c-span's points of interest. >> a healthy democracy doesn't just look like this. it looks like this where americans can

democratic colleague congresswoman manning, she drafted a letter to the boards of penn, harvard, and m.i.t. which she then shared with the congressman who made edits. she doubts it's plagiarism, approaching on the house floor with a rough draft, i told her i would like to review it then decided to go in different directions with two separate versions. her true commitment to fighting anti-semitism is being questioned by a different democrat, jamie raska. they asked five questions about anti-semitism with the republican ranks, if a presidential candidate is qualified to be president, if he hosted his -- at dinner, nick fuentes, a pro-hitler holocaust provision is calling for a holy war. here is he -- nick fuentes a few days ago, this is a man trump hosted for dinner at mar-a-lago last year. >> we take power, they need to be given the death penalty. people that are suppressing the name christ and suppressing christianity must be absolutely annihilated, we take power. this is not the domain of atheist, or devil worshipers, or perfidious jews . this is christ country. >> we wanted to ask about

m.i.t. developed a course to teach everybody in congress. i've done small things in congress, tried to teach people. you just have to walk through a magnetometer to get into the chambers. you didn't have to show up to work. bills to have to go through committee. you had an entire structure to trust each other. i create movie night trying to get people to work together. we can worry and pick little things apart or we can decide, america has to look at problems further along and figure out how we do this in a collective way together. >> i wish we had more time. we don't. thank you for joining us. [applause] >> up next, house minority leader hakeem jeffries highlights the importance of supporting ukraine and the need to address security at the u.s. border. he also discusses the impeachment inquiry against president biden and ways to avert a government shutdown. this conversation takes place during the wall street journal ceo council summit. >> thank you so much for being here, let's jump right

she also seeks the ouster of harvard and m.i.t. presidents, both who testified at the congressional hearing. in dubai, members of the oil producer alliance opec+ are blocking progress toward a global agreement to phase out the world's use of fossil fuels as the u.n.'s cop28 climate summit in dubai barrels towards its conclusion led by saudi tuesday. arabia, delegates from opec countries backed by coal, oil, and gas lobbyists have rejected any draft text that even mentions fossil fuels. this is democratic massachusetts senator ed markey speaking from the sidelines of the cop28 talks on sunday. >> the cop should conclude with a final statement that says the world wants to end this addiction, once to phase out fossil fuels. opec does not want to phaseout fossil fuels. they made that very clear yesterday. amy: on saturday, hundreds marched within the u.n. summit site calling for the end of the burning of fossil fuels and a cease-fire in gaza. >> we're here to defend a phaseout of fossil fuels. amy: the demonstrations were met with heav

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harvard and m.i.t.nts are facing mounting pressure to resign following controversial testimony on capitol hill last week during hearing they were both unable to say that calls on campus for genocide of jews violates the school's conduct policies. university of pennsylvania's president already stepped down following her testimony. the gop led house has launched an investigation into all three schools. i'm jon scott, now back to "life, liberty & levin." ♪ ♪ mark: welcome back america with us is representative elite stefanik elise stefanik couple of things here you have half of the democrats in house of representative who is voted against a resolution that called anti-semitism all that means zionism jews have a right to live in israel. half of them -- voted against you have a resolution that week before similar to that. and less than half of them voted for it. you have a group within the democrat party that's clearly anti-semitic, anti-israel. what do you make of this? i mean, i see this as a rising tide w

when it comes to m.i.t., you had the corporation at m.i.t.n friday as all this z was happening. i would put that separate from the kind of pressure being put on dr. claudine gay at harvard. this is fairly remarkable. you have 687 members of the faculty who aren't -- it's a letter they have all signed which is less wholesale support of dr. gay and really putting pressure on the corporation to act independently. they want the corporation to see the value in the education process being independent from the political process. these presidents obviously caught up in the political process and a lot of what they said in those hearings. harvard, a good portion of them, say they they need to assert their independence when it comes to the leadership of our university. >> the faculties at these universities, critics will say that's part of the problem, they're woke and too much politics there. the faculties, the academics say there's too much pressure from donors. we heard that in the hearing. >> yes. it's also worth pointing out while it was harvard, m

its president up at m.i.t. but congress now has also called for a full hearing that would have subpoena power and dig in even deeper. lots of moving parts. it's going to keep going. >> miguel marquez, thank you. appreciate it. >>> just ahead, investigations how election conspiracies turn into, and what we warn you now are graphic threats of violence against public official across the country, like this. >> we're going to [ bleep ] hang you, traitoror. >>>> give them an alalabama nec, you u piece of s shit. the power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. and that's a good thing? great in my book! who are you? no power? no problem. introducing storm-ready wifi. now you can stay reliably connected through power outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery back-up to keep you online. only from xfinity. home of the xfinity 10g network. >>> the threats facing government officials and election workers are so grave, that the department of homeland security in a threat assessment for n

m.i.t.'d is also standing by their president, but that's not the only noticeable shift in the fallout. over the weekend, saturday night light spoofed the hearing. >> anti-semitism yea or nay. >> i'm sorry, what? >> yes or no? is calling for the genocide of jews against the code of conduct for harvard? >> well, it depends on the context. >> what? that can't be your answer. i am here today because hate speech has no place on college campuses. hate speech belongs in congress. on elon musk's twitter, in private dinners with my donors, and in public speeches by my work husband, donald trump. >> ding. but it's not just jokes. people are waking up to the fact that this attack on university presidents for many on the right is not actually about anti-semitism. it's about the same old stuff we have s in their fake crt and book banning wars. it's the latest attack on kess on college campuses the murdoch owned "wall street journal" editorial board wrote a piece ostensibly about protecting jewish students

in the ivory towers -- of harvard, university of pennsylvania, m.i.t.re, and, of course, as i've discussed before on this show, all supported by the media, by "the new york times." by washington post in the 1930s and 40s and today. abandonment of the jews -- it's all right here. but the american media buried by the times it is all right here. by the american media, beyond belief all right here about the american media. college campuses, the american media, the propaganda, the defense of anti-semitism, the covering up of anti-semitism covering up jew hatred tabes on jews extermination. where do you see this? in one form or another or one degree or another you see it on msnbc and washington post where do you see this on campuses? you know 200 american campuses you see it in the streets. you see it with the professors outspoken you see it with the student groups you see it with the students. you see it with their posters and their flags you see it all. there's a whiff of the 1930s and 40s in the air. it is a stench -- it is covering our country in a dark c

i think that the president of harvard and m.i.t. need to give serious thought to what their futures should be. i think they may need to talk with their board and try to settle things down and let the public know that they have different opinions about this type of behavior, but also they have to balance free speech. they have a difficult job. >> congressman, i mean what do in of these university leaders get wrong on this? do they just not see it? do they -- what's going on? >> i think one of the things a college president does more than anything else is raise money. a lot of money from people. in the middle east, they get involved supporting these ivy league institutions and others as well. their concerned about middle eastern money and concerned about humany mant humanity. the state of israel, talk about genocide, the jews, that's about hornet and within my life -- a little before the my lifetime but within current history and shouldn't be forgotten. too many young people don't have memories of holocaust the idea why israel was cre

she and the other presidents of m.i.t. and penn all in the hot seat for not condemning it and saying it depends on the context. were they wrong in how they described their university policies, or just tone-deaf? what should they have said? i want to know what you think. go to my website at smerconish.com and answer today's poll question. does context matter when determining whether calling for the genocide of any group is bullying or harassment? by the way, while you're there, why not subscribe for the free daily newsletter. you'll get exclusive editorial cartoons from the legends, like this from rob rogers. >>> question, is america's self-appointed role as global cop making us more or less safe? the united states technically not at war with any nation, but that doesn't mean our defense is dormant. in the weeks following hamas' october 7th attack on israel, there have been nearly daily attacks on u.s. and coalition forces by iranian-backed groups. in just the past month, an american destroyer shot down multiple drones in t

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this is after magill and the presidents of harvard and m.i.t.e asked if calling for the genocide of jews would violate their universities code of conduct. >> reporter: in back-to-back resignation announcements, the president of the university of pennsylvania announced she would be stepping down from her position moments before the university official who made her announcement also said that he, too, would be resigning. liz magill announced saturday she would be stepping down from her position as upenn president per a university statement she will remain tenured faculty at the university's law school and agreed to stay on while they find an interim replacement. as we have reported, students, faculty, the community in general has said that they lost confidence in magill after tuesday's congressional hearing in which she and the presidents of m.i.t. and harvard failed to explicitly say that calls for genocide of jews would immediately violate their university's codes of conduct. now, moments after magill's announcement, scott bok said he, too, woul

in the ivory towers -- of harvard, university of pennsylvania, m.i.t. elsewhere, and, of course, as i've discussed before on this show, all supported by the media, by "the new york times." by washington post in the 1930s and 40s and today. abandonment of the jews -- it's all right here. but the american media buried by the times it is all right here. by the american media, beyond belief all right here about the american media. college campuses, the american media, the propaganda, the defense of anti-semitism, the covering up of anti-semitism covering up jew hatred tabes on jews extermination. where do you see this? in one form or another or one degree or another you see it on msnbc and washington post where do you see this on campuses? you know 200 american campuses you see it in the streets. you see it with the professors outspoken you see it with the student groups you see it with the students. you see it with their posters and their flags you see it all. there's a whiff of the 1930s and 40s in the air. it is a stench -- it is covering our country in

meanwhile, calls are growing this morning for the presidents of harvard and m.i.t. to step down as well. in cambridge, massachusetts, check out this video from fox news digital. anonymous private funder paid to put these two billboard trucks near harvard calling for the firing of the president there. but the school newspaper, the harvard crimson, reports more than 500 faculty members have signed onto a letter urging the university's top governing body to resist calls to remove harvard's president claudine gay. members of congress say last week's hearing on anti-semitism on college campuses is just the beginning. the house has launched an investigation with subpoena power into u penn, harvard, m.i.t. and other elite university. >> we want to look at columbia, cornell and many other institutions. we don't want taxpayers dollars sent to places that have anti-seam advertisement. we'll take the investigation where it leads us and see what happened. >> even after liz mcgill and the board of trustees at u penn resigned over the weekend, some students are saying they still

. >> tonight, the pressure is growing on the presidents of the elite universities of harvard and m.i.t this weekend the president of the university of pennsylvania liz magill stepping down after critics blasted her testimony before congress about antisemitism on campus. harvard's president claudine gay also being criticized for this response. >> does calling for the genocide of jews violate harvard's rule of bullying for harassment, yes or no. >> it can be depending on the context? it does not depend on the context, the answer is yes and this is why you should resign. >> that congressman, elise stefanik tweeted after the resignation of upenn, one down, two to go, referencing the leaders at harvard and m.i.t. harvard's president did later apologize writing in part on x let me be clear, calls for violence against the jewish community or any group is vile and those who threaten our jewish students may be held to account and that hasn't quieted her critics including bill akman who was actively pushing for her resignation. jonathan greenblatt is ceo of the anti-defamation league. >> is adl

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m.i.t.'to become the national academic appeals panel for college presidents, cultures and professors or is that perhaps best left to the universities themselves? >> we don't need throwaway resolutions, we need effective solutions. >> the bipartisan sponsors of the bill disagree. >> i think it's an important vote. >> their testimony was the most morally bankrupt testimony in the history of the united states congress. >> harvard continues to stand by its president claudine gay who lit a menorah at a hanukkah ceremony on campus last night amid the anti-semitism controversy and allegations she has plagiarized a dozen times, that she denies. m.i.t.'s president, who is jewish, a letter signed by hundreds of jewish alumni and allies was sent to m.i.t.'s governing board calling her testimony disastrous and also criticized the board for offering its full support for her even though, she is the only one of the three presidents to not issue an apology or clarification after her testimony. >> dana: thank

. >> reporter: the pressure is growing on the presidents of the elite universities of harvard and m.i.t. to resign. this weekend, the president of the university of pennsylvania stepping down after critics blasted her testimony before congress about antisemitism on ca campus. harvard's president being criticized for this response. >> does calling for the genocide of jews qualify for harassment? >> it can be, depending on the context. >> this does not depend on the context. the answer is yes, and this is why you should retine. >> reporter: that congresswoman elise stefanik tweeted after the resignation at u penn, "one down, two to go" referencing the leaders at harvard and m.i.t. let me be clear, calls for violence or genocide against the jewish community or any ethnic group are vile. they have no place at harvard. and those who threaten jewish students will be taken to account. >> but that doesn't stop activists. jonathan greenblatt is ceo of the anti-defamation league. is adl calling for the leaders to resign? >> adl is saying we want action. and if the president's declare clear and we

harvard president claudine gray has apologized and m.i.t.'s board is supporting that school's president, sally kornbluth. and, elon musk has restored the account of conspiracy theorist and radio host alex jones on x, the social media platform formerly known as twitter. musk posted a poll asking if jones should be allowed to return and 70% of those who responded said yes. jones was banned in 2018 for abusive behavior. jones has repeatedly said that the 2012 sandy hook school massacre was staged. he's been ordered to pay families of victims nearly $1.5 billion after losing lawsuits they filed against him. jones is appealing the judgements. musk said restoring jones' account was about protecting free speech rights. still to come on "pbs news weekend", how the black-footed ferret was saved from extinction. and a brief but spectacular take on legacy and poetry. >> this is pbs news weekend from weta studios in washington, weeknights on pbs. john: it's almost become a holiday tradition. temperatures go down, decorations go up, and so do covid cases.

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and having an incredulous m.i.t. student it's like he can't possibly be that these ivy league schools are that much worse. i'm like no dear i'm so sorry i've been doing this for 22 years they absolutely are. a lot of the anti-free-speech ideology is more concentrated in the most prestigious schools. it's not a subtle effect at all. in your view greg lukianoff s. presidency of the of the foundation for individual rights and expression should students be allowed to protest on college campuses and say out loud from the sea to the river. >> from the river to the sea. and just in the argument that is a call for genocide that there was an interesting article with someone asking students if they knew what that meant and showedb a map. once they saw that meant israel wiped off the map they started to -- so from a first amendment standpoint there's no question from the river to the sea isnt protected however any speech including that in certain contexts can be threats. it can be discriminatory harassment incitement of violenc

meanwhile m.i.t.'verning board released a statement last week standing behind its president sally kornbluth amid the backlashover her testimony. so far harvard's board has not done so for its president. back to you. >>> up next on "ana cabrera reports," an aboutface as donald trump decides not too take the stand in his civil fraud trial. how it could impact the case. >>> plus, devastation in tennessee after a string of tornadoes ripped through that state. >> the next thing we know, it just sounded like an explosion. stuff flying everywhere. stuff flying everywhere. it was crazy.mercials. after a short amount of time taking prevagen, i started noticing a difference-- that i'm remembering this, i'm remembering that. i stopped taking prevagen and i found myself slacking back so i jumped right back on it. prevagen. at stores everywhere without a prescription. ♪ [man struggles] i need some sleep. ♪ [man relieved] if you struggle with cpap, you should check out inspire. inspire. sleep apnea innovation. learn

that's quite different from what we have seen at m.i.t. the president there seeing a show of support from colleagues, even as more than 70 members of congress have called on all three presidents to be fired. linsey. >> all right, thank you. >> linsey: now to the arrest of a man suspected of capital murder in a shocking death of a high school cheerleader in texas. on tuesday, the mother of the 16-year-old lizbeth medina discovered her body in the bathtub of their home. here's abc's jaclyn lee. >> reporter: tonight, the man police believed killed 16-year-old cheer leader lizbeth medina inside her home in texas is on in custody on suspicion of capital murder. police arresting 23-year-old rafael govea romero who they say is undocumented, saturday night about 100 miles west of houston. hours earlier, police releasing surveillance photos of a man wearing a black sweatshirt seen driving a silver ford taurus. >> she was my motivation to keep pushing. >> reporter: the community uniting with candles and balloons to honor lizbeth at a vigil. >> 16-ye

. >> yeah, so, on the hill, you also heard from the presidents of m.i.t. and harvard. what we did see m.i.t.'s so far seemingly unscathed by some of the more severe backlash but dr. claudine gay of harvard, actually issued an apology in the crimson, saying she may have been caught off by the line of questioning -- saying that, of course, genocide is bad, and that is sort of some of the default rhetoric that a lot of students were hoping would come from these leaders of these prestigious institutions, basically answering yes or no to some of these questions that of relying on some of those more policy driven answers. but again, at this point, of assignation only seems to have come from the university here of pennsylvania. we are still awaiting word at what will happen with the leaders of m.i.t. and harvard. there is no word yet if they will consider or even made mention of resigning from their institutions, alicia. >> nbc's george soliz for us at the university of pennsylvania. george, thank you. with me now molly jong-fast, a vanity fair and host of fast politics. >> -

. >> an intense spotlight is on the heads of harvard and m.i.t. >> it made us feel like we're alone in this. >>> good morning, everyone. we have new cnn polling this morning showing donald trump leading president biden in two crucial battleground states that biden won last election. >> in georgia, hypothetical rematch shows trump ahead by five points. many michigan, trump is up by ten points. a state that president biden won by nearly three points back in 2020. >> trump's dismissed biden's warning that he's a threat to democracy. he said it's a hoax. >> baker today in "the new york times," he said that i want to be a dictator. i didn't say that. i want to be a dictator for one day. you know why i want to be dictator, because i want a wall and i want to drill, drill, drill. >> peter baker shout-out makes that whole thing. david at the magic wall in washington, when you dig into these numbers, let's start on top line, where are these voters when it comes to president biden, where is his support faltering at this point. >> they're not in a great place when it comes to president biden, his

that's quite different from what we have seen at m.i.t. the president there seeing a show of support from colleagues, even as more than 70 members of congress have called on all three presidents to step down. linsey. >> all right, thank you. >> linsey: now to the arrest of a man suspected of capital murder in a shocking death of a high school cheerleader in texas. on tuesday, the mother of the 16-year-old lizbeth medina discovered her body in the bathtuck of their home. here's abc's jaclyn lee. >> reporter: tonight, the man police believed killed 16-year-old cheer leader lizbeth medina inside her home home in texas is on in custody on suspicion of capital murder. police arresting 23-year-old rafael govea romero who they say is undocumented, saturday night about 100 miles west of houston. hours earlier, police releasing surveillance photos of a man wearing a black sweatshirt seen driving a silver ford taurus. >> she was my motivation to keep pushing. >> reporter: the community uniting with candles and balloons to honor lizbeth at a vigil. >

with the president of m.i.t., we haven't heard from him. they've been silent at m.i.t. right now.nversation. we saw a video from the president of pen, we saw a number of statements from harvard. president gay of harvard she did an interview with the crimson, where she said i'm sorry, basically that i fail the student body. but it seemed to be, at least for the president of pen, too little too late. >> i think. so maybe a little bit too late for some of the others. all three of us have worked in crisis management before. particularly on the media side. thursday was reported by several outlets from the hill, yahoo news, nbc, cnbc, that penn lost at 100 million dollar donation thursday. from an alumni because of the statements from the president. i have a feeling that you're going to see another powerful, wealthy alum from harvard, to perhaps m.i.t., they're also going to say, we are not giving a single dime to the universities because we do not like the way the presidents are managing the institutions in this very, very difficult cultural time. and i think the boards can look at tho

the heads of harvard, m.i.t., and upenn facing questions about the rise of anti-semitism on college campuses. >>> also ahead, liz cheney sounding the alarm about donald trump's run for re-election. her warning and what it could mean for the 2024 race. >>> and later -- >> oh! >> a massive house explosion rocks a virginia neighborhood. police were trying to serve a search warrant. so what happened? >>> hello and thanks so much for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i'm canana cabrera reporting fr new york. we begin with a new warning that gaza faces an even more hellish scenario as israeli forces intensify their bombardment of southern gaza. it is a significant new phase now in israel's aerial and ground campaign against hamas. an idf statement just released moments ago claiming its forces are in the heart of khan younis and jabalia. according to u.n., 1.9 million people are now displaced inside gaza. that's 85% of the population. and nbc's david noriega is joining us from tel aviv, israel. and also with us, major john spencer, chair of urban warfare studies at west point's modern war institute.

now these three university presidents, as you mentioned, from harvard, m.i.t. and the univsity of pennsylvania, at times have felt like they were facing a public shaming from especially from republican chairwoman of the committee virginia fox. she told them, and i'm quoting, anti-semitism and hate are among the poisoned fruit of your institutions' cultures. here's more from fox to all throw of those university presidents just earlier today. >> you have the courage to truly confront and condemn the ideology driving ant antisemimichigan, or will you offer weak, blame-shifting excuses in yet another responsibility dodging task force? that's ultimately the most important question for you to confront in this hearing. >> as you know, harvard, m.i.t. and upenn have been criticized for condemning this rhetoric. but all three university presidents in their opening statements today were direct in their condemnation of the hamas attack and anti-semitism. they did that today. they were very direct in that. they laid out how they are confronting anti-semitism, as well as is

yes, it is. >> and m.i.t.'president has not responded yet, but take a look at what they had to say in brief. let me be clear, the calls for violence are a call for action says liz mcgill, and the policies need to be re-evaluate and reviewed. and let me be clear that calls for violence is vile, and we are engaged in calls for immediate and comprehensive action, and what is really coming down to is whether speech is punishable, and these three presidents refusing to call that calls for jgenocide against jews are against the code of conduct, and many thought it was an easy answer, and they wanted to focus on the free speech, and the calls for free speech, but many said they missed the mark here, and whether calls for genocide is bullying or harassment. >> and free speech is violated when it injuries you and puts you in a position to defend yourself, and that is a major problem, and many of the students on campus are living in fear. >> yes, living in fear. >>> and we have news coming in that the penn board of trust

. >> presidents of harvard university of pennsylvania, and m.i.t. facing tough questions about how they have responded to anti- semitism on campuses since the start of the israel hamas war. since the october 7th hamas terror attack on israel, hundreds of students on campuses across the country have held antiwar protest in some cases using charge language and at times turning violent. >> i have a friend who has a son that goes to the adversity of pennsylvania. right now, he's physically afraid to go to the library at night. could you give us your reasons as to why that is true in pennsylvania, why today, the jewish student is afraid to walk to the library. >> i'm devastated to hear that. >> the department of education has opened an unprecedented number of investigations into alleged incidents of hate, pen and harvard among them. >> can you tell us why the university did not react as quickly as other universities? >> the notion the harbor did not react is not correct. from the moment i learned of the attacks on october 7th, i was focused on action to

meantime, harvard's president apologizing for her comments, but m.i.t.g they're standing behind their president. whit, look, all this going on as the department of education is now investigating six more schools for reports of discrimination. whit? >> whit: and this story getting a lot of attention. melissa, thank you. >>> we do move overseas now to the war in the middle east. heavy fighting overnight between israeli forces and hamas with word that the u.s. is selling israel 14,000 rounds of tank ammunition. abc's ines de la cuetara joins us now from southern israel with the latest. ines, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit, and the u.s. sending new military aid to israel. close to $107 million worth of tank ammunition and equipment, and this morning, the israeli prime minister thanking the u.s. for its support. overnight, new video showing idf troops in close combat with hamas militants. you can see rows and rows of military vehicles here just a few miles from the border with gaza as different units continue rotating in and out of the gaza str

. >> reporter: presidents of three of the country's top schools, m.i.t., harvard and the university ofennsylvania, sharply questioned this week on capitol hill over anti-semitic rhetoric on their campuses. now facing massive backlash for not taking a hard line stance against calls for genocide. >> from the river to the sea -- >> i have not heard calling for genocide of jews on our campus. >> but you've heard chants for intifada? >> i've heard chants that can be anti-semitic depending on the context. >> reporter: so far no protestors held accountable. >> have any students been expelled or disciplined for bullying, harassment or these actions that you are listing? >> i can assure you we have robust student. >> drew: palestinian area processes -- >> i did not ask about your process. i asked if any students have been disciplined or removed from harvrvard as a result of the bu lig and harassment that has tataken place based on their anti-semitic views. >> reporter: after the hearing university of pennsylvania president liz mcgill attempted to clarify her remarks. issuing a video statement.

. >> reporter: the presidents of harvard, the university of pennsylvania and m.i.t. came under scrutiny after they failed to condemn the calls for the genocide of jews as it related to the university policies against bullying and harassment. >> so, the answer is yes, that calling for genocide of jews violates harvard code of co conduct, correct? >> again, it depends upon the conduct. >> reporter: gay later apologized telling the "harvard crimson" that it was a mistake, but the damage was done. bill ackerman sent a letter sunday to the governing board of directors reading in part as in her short tenure, claudine gay has done more damage to the reputation of harvard university than any individual in our nearly 500-year history. >> i hope that she is going to be able to do what is best for the university and best for her, but i don't know what that is. >> reporter: until recently the visiting rabbi at harvard's divinity school was part of the anti-semitism school created in the wake of october 7th, and he was chosen by gay, but while he had accountability, he had no rea

mcgill and the presidents of harvard and m.i.t. struggled to answer a congress member's question about where their universities would draw the line. >> specifically calling for the genocide of jews, does that constitute bullying or harassment? >> if it is directed and severe and pervasive, it is harassment. >> so the answer is yes. >> it is a context dependent decision. >> that is your testimony, calling r the genocide of jews is defending on the context? >> that congresswoman had a blunt response, one do, two to go. and some jewish u penn students said they hope her resignation will bring positive changes. >> it became clear that president mcgill didn't really seem to have a strong xwrach on the situation on the ground. >> there is a lot of tension on campus. and i really hope a lot of it starts to go down and people start to calm down a little bit. >> mcgill's resignation also comes after a a wealthy alumnus threatened to withdraw a $100 million donation. polo sandoval pexplains what happened. >> reporter: in back to back resigna

. >>> fallout growing after the presidents of harvard, m.i.t.nd the university of pennsylvania testified about anti-semitism and genocide. a bipartisan group of 74 lawmakers just sent a letter the schools demanding their boards immediately fire their presidents. harvard's president clau claudiy put out a statement, desperate to keep her job. >> reporter: shots fired outside temple israel, a synagogue in albany, new york. >> we were told by responding of officer that he made a comment "free palestine". >> reporter: nerves frayed as anti-semitic incidents are on the rise. a 28-year-old now being investigated for a possible hate crime. >> i've directed our state police as well as the national guard to be on high alert. >> reporter: the big apple seeing a spike from incidents motivated by hate. >> the numbers don't lie. we have a 250% rise in ethnically motivated hate crimes in new york city over the past two months. >> reporter: anger and fear on college campuses, some of the nation's finest schools, m.i.t., harvard and the university of pennsylvan

so after our 2020 race, both m.i.t. and you created a poll in over 90% of all georgia what they found, 90% of all georgians really feel comfortable and have high confidence in results of the georgia election process. they may not like the results but they do have confidence in the process that we have in georgia. >> so, you are on the phone county prosecutor's witness list , in the election subversion case there. notably several co-defendants in that case, including the former president have had very charged words for some of the witnesses on the list. you have been someone that has received also the threats going back to the 2020 election because of your taking a stand for democracy. essentially for repeating the truths that donald trump lost the 2020 election in georgia. i'm wondering what you make of what you have seen lately from some of these co-defendants, including the president himself when it comes to attacking natalie funny willis but other witnesses in the case. >> well, as you know, you can make all sorts of