breaking news on ana cabrera reports, hunter biden indicted with nine new tax charges including three felonies. we ll detail the allegations made by the special counsel in this case including money spent on a lavish lifestyle. escorts, cars, and drugs instead of paying taxes. we re also watching the united nations this hour about to convene an emergency meeting on gaza with a new warning that conditions inside the strip are nearing a humanitarian catastrophe. plus, just hours before the start of hanukkah, shots fired at a synagogue in albany, new york. the rising fears of anti-semitism here at home. also ahead, las vegas police releasing this new video of the shootout with the man who opened fire at unlv. and first to nbc, new accounts of the gunman s obsession with vegas. it is 10:00 eastern. thanks so much for being with us on a friday. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with that breaking news. hunter biden indicted on tax crimes. the presid
palestinian men. israel is claiming it has taken out a number of hamas leaders. still organized to fire rockets against cities in israel, and we ve seen those barrages pick up again. an investigation into harvard, upenn, m.i.t. after their presidents failed to condemn anti-semitism. a board of advisers calling for a leadership change at upenn. it must be condemned, and condemned unequivocally. good friday morning, i m phil mattingly with poppy harlow in new york. this morning, the 2024 campaign trial is on a collision course with the u.s. justice system. hunter biden now facing nine new federal criminal charges as investigators say he avoided paying $1.4 million in taxes, instead spending that money on things like drugs, escorts, pornography and luxury hotels. hunter biden is not president joe biden and there is no allegation in the 56-page indictment that the president did anything wrong. he s not even mentioned, but that is not stopping house republicans from
president biden just leaving white house, and did he say anything about the new tax charges against his son hunter? prosecutors are saying that he had the money to pay the taxes, but chose instead to spend lavish amounts on escorts, pornography and cars. happening now, we are hearing the wrenching statements from the parents of children killed in a mass shooting. a sentencing hearing is under way. an important legal precedent could be set here. and the backlash over how the president of the university of pennsylvania answered a question about genocide, and now a major donor is threatening to withdraw millions of dollars as calls for her to resign intensify. i m fredricka whitfield with john berman. kate and sara are off today, and this is cnn news central. all right. president biden just left the white house a short time ago facing shouted questions about his son, hunter biden. we will get the video in, in just moment, and hunter is accused of a four-year tax evasion
hunter biden indicted, again. the president son now facing nine charges, including a failure to file and pay taxes. prosecutors alleged engagement for your scheme to spend money on drugs, exotic cars, luxury hotels, quote, everything but his taxes. from subverting to cooperating. why an attorney at the center of donald trump s attempts to overturn the 2020 election is now helping investigators in at least four states. well he cooperate with federal investigators, as well? and as the climate crisis touches every region of the globe, new cnn polling revealing americans worries about a warming planet and who they think should take action. we are following these major developing stories, and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. once again, the president son is being accused of breaking the law. this time hunter biden is facing serious jail time. the justice department said that he could get up to 17 years in prison if he s found guilty of these latest char
trump s gag order is mostly upheld in the federal election subversion case. an appeals court admonishing the former president while giving him a green light to attack the special counsel, jack smith. also tonight, the new criminal indictment of hunter biden and the legal and political fall-out. the president s son accused of spending millions on a lavish lifestyle instead of paying his taxes. and the michigan gunman who killed four classmates at a school back in 2021 is now sentenced to life in prison without parole. the teenager hearing emotional statements from the victims families and then telling the court, and i m quoting him now, i am a really bad person. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, donald trump gagged again. an appeals court agreeing the former president of the united states should be barred from public statements about witnesses and other key