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
existing think tanks wanted him so team maga has set up their own insurrectionist clubhouse. i ll be joined by the journalist who revealed this maga snake s nest. we ll look at this particular demographic of young men who seem to have the same demographic of disturbing grievances. two parties separated by the atlantic ocean. we are stuck with the party willing to gulp the kool-aid. it goes back to brexit. it was a decision fueled by anti-immigrant hysteria. for many brexiteers, it was the idea to make british great again. save it from cultural mutation. that vote should have been our warning sign. trump echoed the very same anti-immigrant propaganda. when mexico sends its people, they re not sending their best. they re bringing drugs. they re bringing crime. they re rapists. some, i assume, are good people. the political chaos that ensued in brittain eventually led to boris johnson s elevation to prime minister. he promised to finalize brexit, to make it happen. johns
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Conspiracy and they cover up the people of the state of new york versus donald j. Trump now underway as trumps attorney or zaid, you and im quoting him here. There is nothing wrong with trying to influence an election it was a hush of the courtroom today is the first witness took the stand in long time. Confidante who helped trump catch and kill negative stories. And good now help make the former president , it convicted felon, and trump. Meanwhile, relatively the quiet incorporate ranting outside court, attacking Michael Cohen, the widely expected Star Witness For The Prosecution my source tonight is Michael Cohens legal adviser, lael any davis, also just in trump, but a new interview talking about the jury, did he just violate a gag order . Maybe again, im Kaitlan Collins. And this is the source course for the next six weeks or so prepared to expect the unexpected, speaking of which one very well trump saying that the first true de of his criminal trial well, in his view, weve been a
Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres mimi. Hello from the bbc sport centre. We start with football and a big night for wales, who have travelled to riga. They need a win to revive their euro 2024 qualifying campaign. Manager rob page is under pressure. Him and his side have faced criticism after winning only one of their last 13 games. Nations games and things like that, when youre doing that as well, maybe some of them results didnt come off but the experience and things that some of the players got and then games is betterfor us going forward. Both england and scotland are in Pole Positions in their Euro Qualifier groups 7 scotland maintaining their 100 winning record, with last weeks win over cyprus. Whilst england top their group after the draw with ukraine. They will play in a friendly, which celebrates the 150th anniversary game, to mark the First International fixture between both sides at hampden park tomorrow night. Despite the match being a friendly