president steps down. donors, alumni and students have all been pressuring her to resign up to her congressional testimony on anti-semitism sparked a public outrage pretty good evening i am jon stott and this is the fox report. . jon: to other elite university presidents are also facing backlash as jewish students come forward about faculty failure to address rising anti-semitism on campus. cb cotton has details on all of this for us. hi jon, word of president liz mcgill s resignation came down just over an hour ago it comes after widespread public outrage over her congressional testimony on anti-semitism this evening the university of pennsylvania s board of trustees chairman scott writing president liz mcgill has voluntarily tendered her resignation as president of the university of pennsylvania. she will remain a tenured faculty member. he would want to thank mcgill for her service to the school and said she will remain as penns of president until a replacement is appoi
good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, december 8th. glad it s friday, but we do have a lot to get to this morning, willie. president biden is putting more pressure on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to allow additional aid into gaza. we ll have more details on the first conversation between the two leaders in 11 days. a lot of questions. meanwhile, the president s son is facing several new tax charges. we ll break down the allegations against hunter biden. plus, a recap of donald trump s day in court for his civil tax fraud trial. he was there as the former president is now expected to be the last person to take the stand. that should happen next week. also ahead, a rare ruling in a post roe world. a judge in texas granted an emergency request for an abortion, but the state s attorney general is threatening to prosecute any doctor who treats the woman. we ll talk about that. with us, we have the host of way too early, white house bur
. welcome to cnn news central. wolf blitzer is in tel aviv. the agreement has been reached to extend the israel-hamas truce by two days. since friday, 58 hostages have been released by hamas in exchange for 117 palestinian prisoners and detainees in israeli custody. today was supposed to be the fourth and final day of releases. but qatar says the agreement has been extended. the white house just confirming that hamas will release 20 additional hostages over the next two days. and brianna, there s a major caveat. this extension will only take effect, only take effect once today s releases are complete. earlier there were significant delays over today s list of hostages. we re now told, by the way, by israeli officials, that they have the final list of women and children set for release and have notified their families. we re tracking this across the region right now. cnn s oren lieberman is with me in tel aviv. the border crossing, jeremy, there were talks on two fronts. t
next. have a great day. back home. more israeli hostages are set to come home this morning, if a shaky truce holds. jake sullivan joins me next. president biden touts the truce. i pressed for a pause. with a day left before it runs out, what happens next? senator chris murphy of the foreign relations committee joins me exclusively. all in. foreign policy dominates u.s. politics, one republican candidate makes his case. we got serious problems. we need a serious president to take them on. is there a better way to counter trump? 2024 republican presidential candidate chris christie coming up. hello. i m dana bash in washington. we are watching families reunite and thinking about those still waiting. we begin with breaking news. hamas is set to release more israeli hostages from gaza, including an american citizen. this is the third day of a four-day pause in fighting. israeli leaders have a list of the people who are expected to come home today after weeks in
far too many palestinians have been killed. far too many have suffered. is enough being done to protect civilian lives? i ll speak to the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. plus, 2024 strategy. polls show president biden is struggling even as democrats win big on election day. abortion access is the law of the land in ohio! while senator joe manchin says he won t run for re-election. hurting democrats chances of holding the senate and potentially challenging president biden. will democrats still be able to motivate voters with biden on the ticket? i ll talk to senator chris murphy of connecticut, clashing and clashing candidates. donald trump s republican rivals battle on the debate stage. i m sick republicans losing. let s find consensus as the former president plots revenge. as the former president plots revenge. if i happen to be president and i see someone who is doing well and beating me very badly and i will say go down and indict them. ka