00:00And back on X, Elon Musk welcomes conspiracy theorist Alex Jones back to the platform.
00:05What will the decision cost him?
00:07We are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to CNN News Central.
00:12The job of Harvard's first black president is likely on the line today
00:16as the university's governing board meets in a regularly scheduled session.
00:20Members are expected to discuss the outcry after President Claudine Gay,
00:24along with the heads of MIT and Penn, testified last week on Capitol Hill about anti-Semitism on campus.
00:30They failed to explicitly say that calls for the genocide of Jews would violate their school's codes of conduct.
00:38Penn's Liz McGill resigned over the weekend.
00:41Now, more than 700 faculty members at Harvard are saying that Gay should not have the same fate.
00:47These are the signatures on a letter backing Gay saying the university must resist pressures, quote,
00:52at odds with Harvard's commitment to academic freedom.
00:57CNN's Matt Egan joins us with the very latest.
00:59So, Matt, tell us more about why these Harvard professors and staff are supporting Claudine Gay.
01:05Well, Pamela, Claudine Gay is clearly under fire.
01:09We've heard from CEOs.
01:11A short time ago, CNN crews witnessed several large explosions in northern Gaza.
01:16Battles for control of the enclave have spiked since a truce ended a week ago.
01:20The humanitarian crisis is also worsening.
01:23As families fleeing that fighting, they are finding basic necessities in short supply, making matters worse.
01:29Today, a critical pipeline for humanitarian aid, the Karim Shalom crossing, it didn't even open.
01:33CNN, Jeremy Diamond is right there on the ground in Starot, Israel.
01:37So, tell us what you're seeing there right now, Jeremy.
01:43Well, Pam, we've been witnessing some very heavy explosions over the course of the last, perhaps even longer than that.
01:49So, very much from the Israeli perspective, they are not looking at winding down these operations anytime soon.
01:55At least that is the public posture we are hearing from them.
01:58Instead, they are making clear they want to continue until they can reach their objective of destroying Hamas and removing
02:03it from power in Gaza.
02:04All right, Jeremy Diamond, thanks so much.
02:07And still to come after five years.
02:09Welcome back to CNN News Central.
02:10Here are some of the other headlines we're watching this hour.
02:13Police in Michigan make an arrest in the death of synagogue president Samantha Wohl.
02:17In October, she was found stabbed to death outside her home.
02:20A suspect was arrested last month but then later released.
02:24Police have not provided any details on this second suspect.
02:27Authorities said earlier that evidence suggests the stabbing was not motivated by anti-Semitism.
02:32Also, the older sister of reality star Alana Thompson, better known as Honey Boo Boo, passed away yesterday.
02:39And a comedia, Anna Cardwell was 29.
02:42And the Supreme Court refused to take up a Washington state law barring licensed health care professionals from practicing conversion
02:49therapy on minors.
02:51The scientifically discredited practice attempts to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity.
02:57The three conservative justices, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh, said they would have granted the appeal,
03:02which was brought by a Christian therapist who claimed it violated his free speech.
03:09Top of the hour, we continue to follow breaking news and an extraordinary request by Special Counsel Jack Smith,
03:16who has asked the Supreme Court to decide whether former President Donald Trump has immunity from prosecution for alleged crimes
03:23he committed while in office.
03:24Now, this would be the first time that the high court could weigh in on the historic prosecution of the
03:30former president.
03:31Joining us now is powerful, deadly storms twisted their way through parts of Tennessee over the weekend,
03:36and now thousands of residents are left dealing with the aftermath.
03:40At least six people are confirmed dead and dozens more injured from a swarm of tornadoes that passed through Nashville
03:45and to the north in Clarksville.
03:47Thousands of residents have been displaced or have no electricity.
03:51CNN's Rafael Romo is on the ground in Nashville surveying the damage.
03:55So what are you seeing?
03:59Yes, Pam, we've been taking a look at...
