>> that push to cancel him backfiring as thousands register to attend his register now rescheduled. audrey will be attending the speech and she joins us now. why was it important for you to be a part of this comeback story for this professor? >> thank you so much for having me and i am so, so excited to attend professor abbott's speech next week. i have known professor abbott for about a year now. he's a geophysicist and professor at the university of chicago where i'm currently a senior and at the university of chicago i cofounded the chicago sinker which is a student newspaper where on the editor-in-chief and we are dedicated to challenging the mob's crusade against free speech and i have to say that professor abbott is a seen as one of the few faculty members willing right now to put his name and career on the