public responses to anti-semitism on campus. good evening, i m jon scott, and this is the fox report. jon: all eyes are now on the presidents of harvard and mit following intense backlash over their controversial testimonieses on capitol hill. c.b. cotton is live in our new york city newsroom with more. cm b. reporter: hi, jon. despite widespread backlash over claudine gay s congressional testimony, hundreds of harvard tobacco allty members faculty members have signed a letter urging members of harvard s governing body to keep her as president. now, this as bipartisan calls continue calling for her expect president of mit to step down after last week s congressional hearing on anti-semitism. the spotlight turns to them after these departures from the university of pennsylvania, president liz magill and board of trustees chairman scott bach announcing their resignations this weekend. magill will continue to serve as the university s leader until an interim is named a
before congress about antisemitism on congress. specifically calling for the genocide of jews, does that institute bullying harassment? if it is directed and severe, it is harassment. so the answer is yes. it is a dependent decision. that s your testimony today? calling for the genocide of jews is depending upon the context? that was tuesday. and there was the clean-up attempt by liz magill on wednesday. in that moment i was focused on our university s longstanding policies aligned with the u.s. constitution which say that speech alone is not punishable. these policies need to be clarified and evaluated. that obviously was not enough and of course, she is now stepped down. so has the chair of the board of trustees at the university of pennsylvania. and we have team coverage on all of this. what s the latest? the developments have been swift-moving with liz magill announcing that she will be stepping down amid that growing chorus of calls. in light of the tes
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