sally kornbluth after her depends on the context comment.ning me now is talia khan mit grad student and jonathan frieden law student. you will have to step in for victor davis hanson. that's not easy. is firing the mit president enough to get at what is really going on at the university? >> absolutely not. i mean, i will start with saying from a student preserve, my objective is just that the school enforces its own rules and stops blatant anti-semitic calls to violence on campus. the way this needs to happen is to get rid of the members of the mit corporation who endorsed president kornbluth and said her comments commenting anti-semitism were quote, unquote excellent. senior administration who is also supported and a toxic dei infrastructure which you were just speaking about who continue to gaslight us and tell us that everything is okay and disciplinary procedures are moving forward even whether we know that they're not. you know, then so be it. if all these people need to go, then that's what needs to happen? that's what needs to happen.

gay, mit president sally kornbluth, and now outgoing university of pennsylvania president liz magillder fire last week for their testimony in a house hearing on rising anti-semitism on their campuses. on friday, gay apologized for her remarks to the harvard crimson, saying calls for violence or genocide against the jewish community, or any religious or ethnic group are vile, they have no place at harvard, and those who threaten our jewish students will be held to account. the flash-point of last tuesday's hearing, a heated line of questioning from republican representative elise stefanik, who herself has been criticized for not calling out antisemitism in her own party. >> doctor gay, at harvard, does calling for the genocide of jews violate harvard's rules of bullying and harassment, yes or no? >> it can be, depending on the context. laura: stefanik was referring to slogans that have been chanted at pro-palestinian rallies on campus, such as from the river to the sea, palestine will be free. that phrase, adopted by hamas, is seen by some as a call for the destruction israel and the

and at m.i.t., president sally kornbluth has not apologized, receiving support from her university's board. for the pbs newshour, i am laura baron-lopez. ♪ amna: in the nearly two years since russia invaded ukraine, 300,000 russian soldiers have died or been injured, many of them conscripts. and as nick schifrin and producer sarah cutler report, for soldiers from siberia and russia's far east which is home , to many ethnic minorities, the price has been overwhelming. nick: in russia's far east, the funerals of two common. the widows so distraught they have to be carried by an honor guard. and the cemeteries are filled with soldiers, many graves freshly dug. since russia's full-scale invasion of ukraine, men from this part of russia, remote, poor and home to many minority groups, have borne the brunt of the war and died disproportionately. >> a lot of people have been sent there. it looks like russia is trying to eliminate our ethnic groups. nick: 31-year-old alex, who asked we hide his identity, is from an area the size of india, many of whose one million residents are ethnically tur

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. for a look at the current state of affairs, not just with covi

the resolution says harvard president claudine gay and mit press sally kornbluth should resign like u-pennresident liz magill did. condemns their congressional testimonies last week. like massachusetts congressman and harvard grad voicing outrage as well. >> hypocrisy, the harvard, five years with cancel culture as the norm on the campus and now that antisemitism has flared up it has decided to embrace free speech principles. >> resolution also condemns antisemitism on college campuses, citing an anti-defamation league report finding 400 antisemitism incidents on college campuses since october 7, '12 times more than the same time last year. harvard is standing by claudine gay, even amid allegations of plagiarism, and jackie rosen sent it, and asking for a comprehensive review of all university and college harassment policies and codes of conduct in light of that hearing last week. >> sandra: seems necessary at this point for sure, bryan, thank you. john. >> john: sandra, bring in bill bennett, former education secretary in the reagan administration and point out, a graduate of harvard. bil

, president elizabeth magill met representatives alongside harvard president claudine gay and sally kornbluthry protests since the israel—gaza war erupted two months ago. and there has now been a widespread backlash against the university leaders' response. during their house of representatives testimony, specifically regarding this question from representative elise stefanik, directed in this instance to harvard's claudine gay. at harvard, does calling for the genocide ofjews violate harvard's rules of bullying and harassment? yes or no? it can be, depending on the context. what's the context? targeted as an individual, targeted at an individual. it's targeted atjewish students, jewish individuals. do you understand your testimony is dehumanising them? do you understand that dehumanisation is part of antisemitism ? i will ask you one more time. does calling for the genocide ofjews violate harvard's rules of bullying and harassment? yes or no? anti—semitic rhetoric... and is it anti—semitic rhetoric...? anti—semitic rhetoric when it crosses into conduct that amounts to bullying, harassment, i

sally kornbluth, t president of the massachusetts institute of technology bank ce from wells fargo, but -- bank of america, j.p. morgan chase goldman sachs will be among the leaders testified before the senate banking committee focusing on industry oversight. watch next week li on the c-span network or c-span now, our free mobile video app. headed to c-span.org for scheduling information or to stream video live or on-demand anytime. c-span. your unfiltered view of government. >> at the beginning of november the george washington presidential library at mount vernon celebrated its 10th anniversary with a symposium titled "the great experiment: democracy from the found into the future." guests on the initial panel included historians h w brands from the university of texas, brent brinkley of rice, joanne freeman of yale, and edna green medford of howard university. one point of the discussion was the mount vernon pole that found two thirds of americans pessimistic about the country's ion and dissatisfied with the political climate. >> historians hwb and, douglas brinkley, joanne freeman,

s sally kornbluth have been under fire for the way they answered questions posed by elise stefanik. their responses sparked widespread condemnation and calls for resignations from donors, trustees, lawmakers and others. more than 70 members of congress from both parties have signed a letter to the three schools demanding they remove their presidents in light of their testimony. the white house condemned the university presidents' responses saying, quote, any statements that advocate for the systemic murder of jews are dangerous and revolting. in boston, a group claiming to be jewish students paid for a plane to fly overhead with a palestinian flag and a banner that read harvard hates jews. harvard's president told the university newspaper, i am sorry, words matter. as the week wore on, it was magill who became the poster child. a prominent penn alum withdrew a $100 million donation, a truck circled the campus with billboards calling for her to be fired. the university board of trustees will meet via phone at 5:00 p.m. tomorrow to discuss magill and a statement she's said to be worki

it has nine disciplinary cases related to what they call campus tensions as mits embattled sally kornbluthessional testimony last week. mit alumni board of directors said she has the vision to take mit forward. >> bill: we shall see on that, bryan for backing that story today, bryan llenas. >> shannon: the way does weight l weight loss craze, may reduce symptoms of alcohol use and those drugs have tripled but the drugs popularity making it tougher to find. so dr. marc siegel here to break it down, wait to see you, doctor. >> great to see you. >> shannon: list talk about this because i have a relative who is diabetic and having a hard time getting this drug on a regular, steady basis. >> i don't think this drug needs any more hype or celebrity input. it's had tons of it. the thing about being useful for alcohol use disorders possible but only used in six patients. the fact that it works well for weight loss, everybody knows that already. and i come as a position, describe it for people at risk of all kinds of complication of weight including blood pressure, heart disease, cancer. you want t

president sally kornbluth by the right wing new york republican and trump ally elise stefanik. this is stefanik questioning gay first, then magill. >> it is a yes or no question. let me ask you this, you're president of harvard so i'm assuming you are familiar with the term intifada. >> i've heard the term. >> you understand the use of it in the context of the israeli conflict is a call for armed resistance against the state of israel, including violence against civilians and the genocide of jews? are you aware that? >> that type of hateful speech is personally abhorrent to me. >> will admissions officers be rescinded or any action taken against students or applicants who say from the river to the sea or intifada advocating for the murder of jews? >> as i have said, that type of hateful speech is personally abhorrent to me. >> is calling for the genocide of jews violatepenn's rules or conduct? >> it can be harassment, yes. >> i'm asking specifically calling for the genocide of jews , does that constitute bullying or harassment? >> if it is directed -- it is harassment. >> so th

massachusetts institute of technology's sally kornbluth and pen president.'s mcgill under my leadership. we will never, ever shrink from our moral responsibility to combat anti-semitism and educate all to recognize and reject hate because of the rise in hate incidents. a number of universities including harvard and penn are under civil rights investigations. harvard is accused of not condemning anti-israel speech on campus and mit jewish students claim they've been physically blocked from going to class by protesters. some jewish students spoke at a press conference tuesday alongside house gop members claiming university presidents aren't doing enough to keep them safe. 70% of it is jewish students polled. >> feel forced to hide their identities and perspectives. 36 hours ago, i most campus sought refuge at all rooms. i some professors tend to probably for the genocide of jews. smoke bombs and defacing school property. new york representative elise stefanik is calling for action against harvard and its president. any voice openly defense. the massacre of inn

geoff: sally kornbluth is the president of mit. >> i have been president of mit since january of thismerican, as a jew and as a human being, i abhor anti semitism and my administration is combating it actively. geoff: all of the college leaders who were testifying said bigotry against jews, muslims, arab americans, or anyone else was unacceptable, and described their efforts to protect students and foster civil dialogue at their schools. but since the outbreak of the war, it's been easier said than done. at harvard last month, a jewish student was surrounded by pro-palestinian protestors yelling, "shame." >> so was there any discipline action? i love the lip service, i do. and you academic, i love that. i'm looking for an action item. yes? no? was anybody expelled? any action item, and if we don't know, that's ok too. >> we hold our community to account. geoff: republican congresswoman elise stefanik of new york followed up. >> well, let me ask you this. will admissions offers be rescinded or any disciplinary action be taken against students or applicants who say "from the river to th

geoff: sally kornbluth is the president of m.i.t. >> i have been the president of m.i.t.is year. as an american, a jew, and a human being, i abhor anti-semitism. my administration is combating it actively. geoff: all of the college leaders who were testifying says bigotry against jews, muslims, or anyone else was unacceptable, and described their efforts to protect students and foster civil dialogue at their schools. but since the outbreak of the war, it has been easier said than done. at harvard last month, a jewish student was surrendered -- was surrounded by pro-palestinian protesters, yelling shame. >> i love the lipservice, i love that. i am looking for an action item, yes, no. was anybody expelled? any action item? if you don't know, that is ok too. >> we hold our community -- >> i will reclaim my time. geoff: elise stefanik of new york followed up. >> will admissions offers be rescinded or any disciplinary action be taken against students or applicants who say "river to the sea," advocating for the murder of jews? >> as i said, that type of hateful, reckless, offen

express support for sally kornbluth last week on friday as all this z was happening.sure 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.i.t. and penn's presidents there for the hearing, this is an issue being dealt with

it calls for harvard's claudine and m i t's sally kornbluth to resign.n their response to antisemitism on campus. and that came after the president of the university of pennsylvania resigned over the weekend. dray clark has more from harvard's campus. >> college and university campuses across the nation have become free speech. battleground antiwar antisemitic and anti muslim sentiment are at an all-time high. the october 7th attack by hamas in israel fueling the anger. harvard and mit to schools less than 2 miles apart. but facing the same kind of campus uprising and dueling demonstrations. everybody's probably a little stressed on but i think with stressful situation to see community come together, i would say things are pretty tense. a lot of people were frustrated on. >> both sides, anger on campus, in action on the streets. we drove behind this roving billboard truck making its way around the harvard and mit campus. the glaring digital display calling the leaders of both schools a national disgrace. what action will be taken a week ago. harvard pres

s governing board released a statement last week standing behind its president sally kornbluth amid theklashover 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 more and view important safety information at inspiresleep.com ♪♪ lowering bad cholesterol can be hard

sally kornbluth, president of massachusetts institute of technology.d on wednesday, bank ceos from wells fargo, bank of america, j.p. morgan chase and goldman sachs will be among financial institution leaders testifying before the senate banking committee testifying on industry oversight. watch this week live on the c-span networks or on c-span now, the free mobile video acts. also, head over to c-span our for scheduling information or to stream deal live and on demand at any time. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. traveling over the holidays? make the bookshelf podcast part of your playlist. listen to all of c-span podcasts or nonfiction books in one place. c-span bookshelf features multiple episodes with critically acclaimed authors discussing history, biographies, current events and culture from our signature programs. listen to bookshelf podcast this holiday season. you can find it and all of our podcast on the c-span now free mobile video at rep. degette: your diecasts and on our website, -- and wherever you get your podcast. c-span's ca

sally kornbluth, president of massachusetts institute of technology.d on wednesday, bank ceos from wells fargo, bank of america, j.p. morgan chase and goldman sachs will be among financial institution leaders testifying before the senate banking committee testifying on industry oversight. watch this week live on the c-span networks or on c-span now, the free mobile video acts. also, head over to c-span our for scheduling information or to stream deal live and on demand at any time. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. traveling over the holidays? make the bookshelf podcast part of your playlist. listen to all of c-span podcasts or nonfiction books in one place. c-span bookshelf features multiple episodes with critically acclaimed authors discussing history, biographies, current events and culture from our signature programs. listen to bookshelf podcast this holiday season. you can find it and all of our podcast on the c-span now free mobile video at rep. degette: your diecasts and on our website, -- and wherever you get your podcast. c-span's ca

sally corn blut's congressional testimony last week disastrous while demanding immediately and concrete actions to combat anti-semitism on campus. republicans are now threatening to defund universities where anti-semitism is found. has for kornbluth or apologize for her testimony. bret? >> bret: bryan, thank you. there are growing concerns tonight in some u.s. cities about the migrant surge from illegal immigrants who crossed into the country along the southern or northern border. some officials say the situation is a security disaster waiting to happen. senior correspondent mike tobin reports tonight from buffalo, new york ♪ >> frigid temperatures and a strong current of the niagara river are not disswagd migrants from trying to sneak into the u.s. four of them were stopped in november trying to cross on inflatable rafts. they crossed by land as well. border agents say while much of the resources and attention go to the southern border, the north is exposed. >> we left the northern border wide open when this administration took over and sent us down south and now it's just continually increasing year over year. >> customs and border protection reports in 2021, there were 27,000 encounters were migrants attempting to cross into t