with some breaking news. the president of the university of pennsylvania has resigned. liz mcgill, facing calls to step down over her testimony on capitol hill this week. republicans have accused her of downplaying campus antisemitism in this exchange with congresswoman, elise stefanik. specifically calling for the genocide of jews, does that constitute bullying, or harassment? if it is direct, and severe it is harassment. if it becomes a means beautiful conduct it s harassment. in the chair of the house education committee, they applauded mcgill s announcement. this is how she remains on the faculty until a replacement is found. the statement reading, in part, quote, it has been my privilege to serve as president of this remarkable institution. nbc joins me now with the latest. george? alicia, the reaction on campus is a mixed bag right now. some students getting word that liz has stepped down, and also stepping, down tonight, the chair of the board of trustees, scot
stick to that bullying harassment? if the speech becomes conduct, it can be harassment. stefanik and the chair of the house education committee have both applauded liz magill s announcement and served as president until a replacement is found. liz magill s statement reading in part, it is been my privilege to serve as part of this remarkable institution. joins me now from philadelphia with the latest. george? yeah, alicia, the reaction here on campus is a mixed bag right now. some students are just getting word that liz magill has stepped down, and is also stepping down tonight, the chair of the board of trustees, and mind you, pressure has been growing here for the resignation, following that grilling on capitol hill, and liz magill putting out an apology of sorts, putting out where she clarified mainly her response to that question about genocide, saying it was time to review some of upenn s policies. unfortunately, rise of antisemitic activity and rhetor
undoes. we come on air with some breaking news. the president of the university of pennsylvania has resigned. liz mcgill was facing calls to step down over her testimony on capitol hill this week. republicans have accused her of downplaying campus antisemitism in this exchange with congresswoman elise to fonac. specifically calling for the genocide of jews, does that constitute bullying or harassment? if it is directed and severe or pervasive, it is harassment. if the speech becomes conduct, it can be harassment. stefanik and the chair of the house education committee both applauded mcgill s announcement. they say they will until replacement is found. mcgill statement reading in part, quote, it has been my privilege to serve as president of this remarkable institution. nbc s george soliz joins me now from philadelphia with the latest. george? yeah alicia, the reaction here on campus is a mixed bag right now. some students just getting word that nicholas step down, a
it is 4:00 new york. it is not every day that a former president of the united states is in a courthouse. much less as a defendant in the case that threatens to bring down the entire brand that he used to propel himself into office in the first place. today, donald trump was back in court in the $250 million civil fraud trial in new york. before walking in, trump lashed out as he so often does at the judge, the trial, at the new york attorney general who brought the lawsuit. he did not mention judge engoron s clerk, who has been a frequent target of his, he remains under a gag order that prohibits him from talking about court staff. inside the courtroom, accounting expert eli bartov took the stand and testified that in his expert opinion the attorney general s claims of a years long pattern of fraud, manipulating the values of trump s real estate assets were baseless. there is no evidence whatsoever for any accounting fraud, he said. dold trump was reportedly visibly pleased.
trial. but wove got breaking news in the hostage deal in the israel-hamas war. israeli officials saying talks are continuing and on track, but the release of prisoners has been delayed until at least friday. they did not give a reason f the delay, and it s unclear what this means for the timing of the pause in the fi. the top line deal parameters 50 israeli hostages, all women inroups over a four-day pause in the fighting. inexchange for 150 palestinian prisoners that are curntly held by israel. israeli prime minster benjamin netanyahu saying this late today. translator: as the prime minster of israel, i often find myself in a position in which i need to make very difficult decisions between a hard choice and an everyone harder one, and that is the case with the release of the hostages. and three of the released hostages or to be released hostages are are american according to jake sullivan, the national security adviser. right now the ball is in hamas court. if th