doubled to 28%. and in ohio, more than one in four is chronically absent, and the lawmaker insists it s worth the cost of the payments. fit works, it s a win-win, changing the culture of attendance. if it doesn t work, we need to be trying other things because this is an emergency. but critics, of course, say paying parents for school attendance is like paying someone to obey the law. this is just a state bill that s been proposed. it still has to go through committee. unclear whether it will actually pass, john. back to you. john: sounds like the slippery slope there that you just articulated. almost makes you want to go back to school. now this. one aspect of the plan to stop the houthis is have china pressure them to stop. does the administration have any indication that china has sway with the houthis and interest in applying such pressure? china has influence over tehran, in iran, so what we have said we would welcome a constructive role by china. using the inf
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
polls are giving us a closer look at the 2024 election. the gop nomination, former president donald trump growing his lead among republican primary voters jumping 7% since last month. while all other candidates saw slight decreases in support. that is staggering. these are brand-new. the choice among registered voters for president if they were voting now sees trump and hailly meeting in the potential matchup. voters saying the top two issues facing the country are the economy and border security. border security jumping 8 points over the last four months which have been filled with record breaking days at our southern border. rachel: the same polls are revealing nearly half of registered voters view the impeachment inquiry against president biden as, quote, legitimate. despite, that president biden s approval rating actually rose slightly compared to last month. so those polls which again are brand-new this morning tell quite a story. they tell a story of this election t
hundred of supporters to jail and leave the clear kingpin unprosecuted if attorney general garland does not sign off on the criminal charges you have referred, what would be your reaction i would just be surprised if that happened. i really would be surprised. it s just it s so clear that he intended to interfere with a proceeding. the 845-page report providing evidence that trump did intend to interfere the committee uncovering evidence as early as december 29th that trump wanted and intended to rally his supporters to march to the u.s. capitol, uncovering a text from a former staffer who said there, quote, may be a call to action to march to the capitol and make noise. trump even pushing for 10,000 national guardsmen deployed to protect him and his supporters these new pieces of critical evidence show trump s intent remember how trump repeatedly refused to call in the national guard to protect the capitol or even his own vice president who he was endangering we