you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour with breaking news right now. the university of pennsylvania, the president there, has resigned. this comes after her testimony earlier this week before congress about anti-semitism on campus. our polo sandoval is live with more on all of this. polo, not that surprising we re getting this news this afternoon, given what took place this week. the devastating testimony for the president of the university of pennsylvania, that she delivered up on capitol hill. her attempt at cleaning up that testimony, which was also pretty widely panned, and then matching pressure, sounds like, from the board of trustees of that university for liz magill to step down, that s what s happened this afternoon. what s the latest? confirmed directly from the university. jim to your point, not surprising giving the days of outcry we ve seen and heard from throughout the university, state and federally elected officia
expect, primarily because they don t have a lot to lose. and should note dr. carson the mother sonya, you mentioned in the piece, is very ill. our thoughts and prayers go out he s not going on the campaign trail, going to texas to be with her. best of luck to her and thoughts and prayers with them. a deeper dive into the white house race. cnn political common dater, donna braz zimile joins us and also bill what do you make of either fiorina or carson? like them both? like them both add a lot to the race. what will they add to the race? ben carson actually is a leading neurosurgeon in the country, knows a lot about health care impressive life story, he can reflect on. carly fiorina, ceo of a major company, articulate spokeswoman for conservative views. good we have democrats should have conversety. a bunch of people between 65 and a lot of diversity.