Washington Today (1-2-24): Harvard President resigns after antisemitism & plagiarism controversies

Harvard President Claudine Gay resigns after backlash from her testimony before Congress in which critics say she did not sufficiently condemn antisemitism on her campus, and after accusations of plagiarism. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) leads a delegation of more than 60 House Republicans to the U.S.-Mexico border. We will talk with Emily Brooks, House Reporter with The Hill about the goals of the trip, Senate negotiations on border security and immigration reform, and chances that the House will impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. (5) January could be a pivotal time for the legal cases against President Donald Trump… a republican presidential candidate in 2024. We will hear from CBS News Congressional Correspondent Scott MacFarlane. (18) The Rochester, New York police chief and mayor give an update on the deadly crash of an SUV crash loaded with containers of gasoline on New Year's Eve outside a crowded arena. They say they do not think it was terrorism or bias-related. France takes over the presidency of the United Nations Security for the month of January. A reporter asks the ambassador about plans to address the war between Israel and Hamas… Former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) has died. We will hear part of the C-SPAN interview with her in 2022, right before she retired. Download the FREE C-SPAN Now App. https://www.c-span.org/c-spanNow/ Discover the C-SPAN Video Library at https://www.c-span.org/quickguide/ Explore C-SPAN's Free Educational Resources at https://www.c-span.org/classroom/ C-SPAN: Created by Cable in 1979. Offered as a public service. Support C-SPAN by Donating Today: https://donorbox.org/support-c-span?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Video_Description&utm_campaign=Donations&utm_content=Donate Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/CSPAN Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CSPAN Twitter: https://twitter.com/cspan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cspan/ Subscribe: C-SPAN Podcasts: https://www.c-span.org/podcasts/ Newsletters: https://www.c-span.org/connect/ Visit the C-SPAN Shop: https://c-spanshop.org/ #cspan