Harvard University rescinds Chelsea Manning’s fellowship, an Emmy cameo by Sean Spicer, another eyebrow-raising retweet by President Donald Trump. Those are just a few of the news-making controversies that captured headlines over the weekend.
For Harvard, the problems began last week following their announcement that named Manning, who was convicted of leaking classified information to Wikileaks, a fall Fellow. Two days later, Harvard rescinded the offer after former acting CIA director Mike Morell resigned from the school and current CIA director Mike Pompeo canceled an appearance in protest.
Meanwhile, Sean Spicer, the former White House press secretary, made a surprise appearance at the Emmys where he poked fun at himself. But not everyone was laughing.
Nor was everyone laughing when President Donald Trump retweeted a gif someone edited, which depicted Trump hitting Hillary Clinton with a golf ball and knocking her over.
Martha Coakley, a former Harvard Fellow, as well as Attorney General for Massachusetts, candidate for governor and current partner at Foley Hoag; and Harvard College alumnus Frank McNamara, a former U.S. attorney, and Trump supporter joined Jim to break down the controversies making headlines.
(Editor’s Note: We received feedback from many viewers on this segment. On Tuesday, September 19, 2017, Jim shared some of them and an apology from Frank McNamara, which you can see here.)
