Harvard's president Alan Garber doubled down on his defiance against the Trump administration, telling NBC News' Lester Holt in an exclusive interview, that the lawsuit is "bigger than Harvard." The interview is Garber's first since the university sued the Trump administration over frozen federal research funding.

The head of Harvard University doubled down on his defiance against the Trump administration Wednesday, saying the Ivy League school would not compromise on certain issues despite the federal government’s threat to freeze more than $2 billion in funding.