hello. i am dana perino. it is 5:00 in new york city and this is the five. embattled harvard president resigning as the leader of the most powerfuel ivy league school in the country. it took her disastrous testimony before congress and 50 allegations of plagiarism to end the shortest presidency and the university s history, just six months. she dihed not mention eithern a statement but seems to imply racism was a factor in herctor ouster. she said it was frightening to be subjected to personal attacks and threats fueled by racial animus.an it started when she could not answer this question in front oe congress. the answer is yes, that calling for the of violates harvard code of conduct. i it depends on the context. it does not. the answer is yes and this is why you should resign. her stepping down as only the beginning. we have seen a failure ofdine leadership from claudine, but also a failure of academic integrity, which is ahe cornerstonre of any institution.
i should pay them a visit. we re hanging out on the couch with griff and rachel talking about all kinds of stuff. talking about if we should have christmas trees up, apparently there s some buses that people have been thrown under. i don t know. what do you think about it, griff? griff: well, i m not even going to go into what i was accused of this idea of throwing anybody under the bus about you we ve had this important debate whether you keep your tree up and of course we re getting feedback from our viewers at fox and friends@foxnews.com but we are getting schooled by rachel saying listen if you re catholic which i am so now i m fully in line in making sure mine doesn t come down, you keep it up for 12 days after. rachel: the 12 days of christmas which end on the sixth of jan which is the epiphany. joey: i like it. rachel: let christmas linger on i love it. griff: i have a problem, though, which is, and this is disclosing information. my wife wasn t happy with th
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state of ohio is bracing for more protests after a black man is shot multiple times by police. body camera footage is set to be released later today. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. ukrainian military official in the liuhansk region. he describes the city as being on fire. one of the few places still under ukrainian control in the donbas. they say fierce fighting is ongoing and denies that the city is surrounded. in the black sea, snake island is once again under russian control. they claim they destroyed some of the equipment rich shans left behind. volodymyr zelenskyy said it will take $600 billion to rebuild his country after the war. he ll present what it takes. he s urging ukrainians not to give up. translator: no matter how difficult it is for us today, we must remember that there will be tomorrow and tomorrow should bring maximum benefits to ukraine. everyone should do absolutely everything possible. cnn s scott mccla
live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. ukraine s president will be appealing for more international aid this week when the ukraine recovery conference gets under way in lugano, switzerland. on saturday he urged his fellow ukrainians to stay optimistic. here he is. translator: no matter how difficult it is for us today, we must remember that there will be tomorrow. and tomorrow should bring maximum benefit to ukraine. everyone should do absolutely everything possible for this. relentless rampage in ukraine is now most heavily focused on the key city of lucy hansk, one of the few places under ukrainian control in the donbas. russia denies claims by pro-russian separatists that the city is surrounded. meanwhile, days after russian forces abandoned snake island in the black sea, ukraine s military is claiming it destroyed some of the quip the russians left behind. russian spirit does not stink there anymore. cnn s scott mcclain joins us live fr