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Speaking engagement calling manning an american traitor. he is still invited to give a speech on campus. brian: i dont know what could go wrong with giving him a fellowship. what could be the downside of that? steve: liz cheney put up a tweet last night that they should cut off federal funding. abby: fox news alert now terror attack on a london subway. eli lake of bloomberg review is here to react. she is next. i was playing golf days ago...

You will speak, and we have seen more than one person pull out, we have seen people disinvited to speak coming into this really ties back to the whole thing about freedom of speech and getting an education, also opening your mind and listening to all different viewpoints. to mean, when i see people being close-minded and i think people like condoleezza rice, people should be excited for somebody like her to come speak. i have turned on things where i think it is not a good idea for me to speak b...

Speak and have seen more than one person pull out and those have that have been disinvited to speak and goes into the whole thing about freedom of speech and getting an education that means opening in your mind and listening to all different viewpoints. when i see people being close minded by condoleezza rice, people should be excited for people like her to come speak. i have turned down things were i think it is not a good idea because of problems they are having on some of these c ampuses. >> ...

American spy chelsea manning. her fellowship was revoked. actually still will be at harvard and will address the college students there guy benson is also a fellow at harvard this fall. in fact joins us on this tonight. when we come back.

>> martha: new fallout tonight in the wake of harvard rescinding convicted leaker chelsea mannings fellowship. they are calling it now a mistake. mannings title was stripped hours after former and current cia officials blasted the school for, quote, putting its stamp of approval on an american traitor as they said. but some in the media were quick to report only half the story. >> made a mistake after it withdraws a visiting fellowship offered to chelsea manning. >> campus controversy amid backl...

News, paul manafort said to testify in front of a grand jury this morning. jason maloney who worked for manaforts president trump campaign manager, starting earlier in 2017, did a lot of p.r. work. we dont know the content of todays testimony because it is after all secret. but it is happening. we want to give you that look from washington there. in the meantime, harvard university backlash. pulls the fellowship offered to farmer to my former private, chelsea manning, details on that decision an...

Conservative are going to capitol hill to try and sell this deal to house republicans. most conservatives dont think this is conservative at all, jake. >> jeff, thank you so much. turning now to the bribery trial of top democratic senator robert moou 911 dez and his close friend of 25 years. argued in court today that the two men are part of a quote hispanic brotherhood and that, quote, this case isnt only an attack on these two men, its an attack on the whole group. lets get to larry ra jarre...

They pay it forward, they help each other out, so when the prosecution cast these gifts as bribes, i think the defense attorney was trying to say, thats an attack on the fellowship. >> and laura, the judge really berated the prosecution and the defense today. >> reporter: oh, absolutely, jake, he stole the show. he was incredulous at certain moments, he sent the jury out twice when he thought the attorneys had gone too far. straying from relevance. he said hes not going to allow this to turn int...

Around you. this is the time in your life when faith plays a big part and community plays a big part. so i just came down to do whatever i could to try to be of service and of emotional support to the great people of houston. >> harry, in the amount of time that youve been there, and it is early on, but knowing you and what you did after katrina for nola, for new orleans, what are some of the emotions expressed to you there in houston? something, unfortunately, that you know very well. >> well, ...

Would say where are you from? trying to get them to talk and talk to the kids and how are you doing other than being in a major flood. are you doing okay? most people would start talking and ask me where im from and im from the fellowship which is just about a quarter of a mile from the flooded area. it is my home church. so just trying to talk to them. >> so nash, i understand you wanted to meet shannon and wanted to see him again and you were trying to track him down. is there anything you wan...