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.
fox news alert. shocking footage out of japan. right now, firefighters are battling a raging fire after japan airlines flight burst into flames on the runway at tokyo international airport. steve: folks, these are live pictures right now that we were just looking at. here s a little play back as you can see. the plane the video shows the plane erupting at the tarmac while it was taxiing. 367 passengers and 12 crew members evacuated safely. japan s coast guard confirming that commercial flight was involved in a collision with a japanese coast guard plane that could be where this ignition came from. and reuters is now reporting five of the six members aboard the coast guard aircraft are unaccounted for. an investigation is underway. we are going to keep you updated on this breaking story throughout our morning. griff: you just stay on that shot for a second though. it is remarkable that anyone survived that. ainsley: almost 400 people survived, griff. fiscal cliff. gr
lawrence: third hour of fox and friends starts brian: i think now. lawrence: let s do it. all i want for christmas is a good tan take me to the ilands and put my feet in the sand. sing silent night with the palm trees blowing. don t you think it s a pretty good plan. all i want for christmas is a real good tan. carley: how about that for a country song, i love that. you are looking at our all-american christmas tree and santa flying around new york city. before that, did you see lake worth, florida, so beautiful, sun peeking through the crowd. it looks religious and spiritual it was so gorgeous. folks in that area, you are going to get a suntan for christmas. lawrence: i can t get enough of that fire, around the fire with family. carley: a lot of people will celebrate like that. brian doesn t seem impressed by it. brian: i like the fire, i love the song until i am here for a tan. great message about mentoring, hey, christmas time, get a tan. lawr
tonight. thank you. [applause] greg: happy wednesday. [screams] greg: that s what it s like to be loved. so scientists just k. there are three manmade things that can be seen from outer space. the panama canal, the great wall of china and tyrus. just kidding about the last one. it s actually the towering stupidity of the colorado supreme court. [applause] greg: yes. thank you, i ll take it. it makes pikes peak look as flat as joe biden s ekg. in a 4-3 decision, four democratic appointed judges from the ivy league just voted to remove trump s name from next year s presidential ballot. in other words, they just endorsed hip. they just did for for his chance to become president than joe and kamala s incompetence put together. are these four judges the only people alive noticed that every time the democrats use the constitution as a snot rag trump s numbers rise faster than trump s heart rate after an eight-ball. maybe they really want cher to move to canada. insult him
courts here, all americans need to really worry this could come to your candidate in your town across the nation. bill: that s one of many republicans now calling the trump ballot ban anti-american. colorado might just be the tip of the iceberg. we ll explain that now as we say hello. beginning now on thursday morning i m bill hemmer live in new york. dana: that s weird. colorado is landlocked but the metaphor works. i m dana perino, america s newsroom. good to be with you this morning. legal efforts to disqualify former president trump are underway in more than a dozen states including maine. we re expecting a decision there as soon as tomorrow. also happening in california where the lieutenant governor wants to quote, explore every legal option to disqualify trump. bill: you put all this together and it puts pressure on the u.s. supreme court to get involved and the air out of iowa forcing republican candidates to talk about the frontrunner rather than talking abo