john: fox news alert, harvard university president claudine gay stepping down, marking an end to the shortest presidency in the university s storied history, plagiarism accusations as well as antisemitism on the campus. gillian: busy breaking news hour, so far. i m gillian turner in for sandra smith. so claudine gay confirming the news in the email, she has been mired in scandals, including 50 plagiarism accusations and doubts about her ability to protect jewish students on campus in the wake of october 7th. molly line is live in boston with more details. what can you tell us? her inauguration was in late september and calls for her resignation since october. today harvard president claudine gay making it offering, saying in an email to the university community she made the decision with a heavy heart but adding it s in the best interest of harvard for her to resign, bedrock values to who i am frightening with attacks. and following the attacks on israel and in december
the story starts now. john and gillian, happy new year. i m trace gallagher in for martha maccallum. a bomb shell update to a story we ve been following closely ever since this testimony last month. you understand that this call for intyfada is to commit gen se against israel. that type of hateful speech is abhorrent. do you believe that type of speech is contrary to harvard s code of conduct or is it allowed at harvard. it s at odds can you not say it s against the we embrace a commitment to free expression even views that are objectionable, offensive, hateful. it s when the speech crosses in to conduct that violating our policies against bullying does that speech not cross that barrier? does that speech not call for the genocide of jews and the elimination of israel? now claudine gay is stepping down after backlash of that and the plagiarism she s been on the job six months and two days. dave rubin and robert wolf are standing by. first to molly li