tonight, don t trump starting off 2024 by pushing back on means ballot ban. a clash of legal challenges and campaign events which is two weeks to go until the iowa caucuses. then, harvard university s president stepping down after backlash over congressional testimony and allegations of plagiarism. and, congress as a lot to get done in a election year. how this could all play out with republicans now in the majority in the house as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. happy to be back at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. we are kicking off our first show of the new year with the reality of defendant donald trump on the 2024 campaign trail, less than two weeks out from the iowa caucuses, three weeks from the new hampshire primary, and right now his challenges for the gop nomination have yet to touch him in the polls. but donald trump is likely facing multiple trials this year as he makes his pitch to voter
plagiarism? what we are learning today from harvard insiders. plus, the deadly airport runway inferno. two lanes collide, five on one jet nearly killed, 400 escaped alive. how did the planes and up on the runway in the first place? and the senior member of hamas assassinated at an explosion in beirut. is the situation in the middle east about to get even worse? happy new year, and welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, and we start out with raking news. harvard university s claudine gay is stepping down as president, resigning after just about six months on the job. the student journalist who broke the story of her stepping down for the harvard crimson newspaper noted that this is the shortest presidential tenure in harvard s august history. it has been quite a tumultuous month for the now former present. when asked for calling for the genocide of would violate harvard campuses code of conduct. yes or no. it can be, depending on the context. from that, to multiple allega
with me now are hannah weisfeld, founder of yachad uk a britishjewish organisation which supports the palestinian state. and hamze awawde a member of the palestinian delegation for hands of peace, which empowers american, israeli and palestinian youth to become agents of change. you are both there at the vigil on sunday. as we had another week of digesting what is happening in the middle east, the incredible pain still being felt by both sides, can you tell me about what the experience was like on sunday to come together to talk about something a bit more hopeful, about a future that might be more peaceful? it a future that might be more peaceful? a future that might be more eaceful? . , ., ., , ., a future that might be more eaceful? ., ., , ., peaceful? it was a way to show hope, because one peaceful? it was a way to show hope, because one of peaceful? it was a way to show hope, because one of the peaceful? it was a way to show hope, because one of the victims
Harvard presidents, colleen gay, stepping down, abruptly ending her turbulent, six month tenure as the institutions first black president. the shortest time of anyone in that position. in a letter to the harvard community, gay writing that it is becoming clear that it is in the best interest of harvard for me to resign. and that it has been distressing and downcast on all my commitments to confront hate. and upholding scholarly regard. two fundamental values of who i am, and frightening to be subjected to personal tax, and threats fueled by racial animus. antisemitic that crosses interracial conduct, that goes into bullying. reporter: they said this response at last month s congressional hearing. when republican, elise stefanik, pressure about antisemitism on college campuses. it is calling for the genocide of jews call into the bullying and harassment? yes or no. it depends on the conduct.