another word for saying racial hate. when we look at e-mailses that he s been subject to, when we look at the way he s been characterized this is not about plagiarism. it s really about an attack on higher education and an attack on diversity, equity and inclusion and her critics spend more time talking about affirmative action than the legitimate concern about anti-semitism and they talk about her qualifications as opposed to talking about how do we improve higher education. this is about distraction and diverse as opposed to paying attention to that which is most important. cornell william brooks. this is an important conversation, i wish we could continue it, but we are running out of time. thank you. love to. thank you. we are following breaking news out of iran where more than 100 people were killed in two explosions.
before that collision took place? we all know in the seconds that followed as the plane was slowly becoming actually very quickly becoming engulfed in flames and there was black smoke billowing through the cabin the nine flight attendants in the back performed a pretty here observing effort of getting people off even though passengers say some of the exit doors were not operational. as this video reveals there was also no functioning communication system inside the aircraft, they had to use megaphones and shout to get those hundreds of passengers every single person on the plane off safely. take a look. we don t have that video but you saw it yesterday in our coverage, it was a pretty incredible thing, rahel, to see those flight attendants basically shouting to people, getting them all off in a matter of seconds. of course, at least five coast guard crew members died in this accident and there are a lot of questions, key questions being asked right now about how this
senate have been working in good faith to try to find a path forward, a compromise that they could all live with, it s really hard to imagine that even if they got a deal, that it would now be easy to get through the house of representatives where the newly minted speaker, mike johnson, is now dealing with one of his committees who is moving forward with an impeachment proceeding against one of the men who has been in the room in those border talks in the united states senate, alejandro mayorkas, the dhs secretary. i think it does further complicate the ability to get any kind of compromise through the house of representatives and you also have this dynamic where for months, you know, house republicans have been calling on mayorkas to be impeached and i think it just makes it very hard to imagine some of those republicans being willing to vote for a border security compromise that is not the house-passed immigration bill that they moved forward with last year. so that s one dynamic. th
president biden prepares to do what trump s primary competitors won t, attack him over january 6th. a wider conflict in the middle east after a senior hamas leader was killed in an attack in the lebanese capital beirut. the leader of hezbollah will speak at 11:00 a.m. eastern. this hour of cnn starts right now. good morning, we start with the breaking news. the house homeland security committee will formally begin impeachment proceedings against secretary alejandro mayorkas. we asked him about it moments ago. and it comes as republican house speaker mike johnson is traveling to eagle pass, texas, today with the gop delegation in an attempt to highlight the surge in migrant crossings on the southern border. the white house is accusing congressional republicans of blocking president biden s proposed aid package that would appropriate billions of dollars for the u.s. southern border,