colleague katy tur will interview the attorney for hunter biden, abbe lowell about the new indictment against the president s son. katy tur reports starts right now good to be with you. i m katy tur. would he be facing criminal charges if he were not the president s son? hunter biden s lawyers argue their client is only being federally indicted because his last name is biden. and because the now special counsel appointed to investigate him faced enormous pressure from republicans to help them make hunter biden a campaign issue. after all, his team argues, prosecutor david weiss looked into hunter biden for five years, and only decided to indict now after the plea deal fell apart. we ll get to the bottom of how much those arguments hold water in a moment with chuck rosenberg, but first, we will exclusively speak with hunter biden s attorney, abbe lowell. let s lay out what david weiss says he found. there are nine counts in the 56 page indictment, including three felony
images just in tonight. that takedown of the suspect on campus. a longtime professor elsewhere who was turned down for a job. and authorities say he had a list. whit johnson standing by in las vegas. in upstate new york tonight, on this first night of hanukkah, shots fired outside a synagogue in albany. tonight, state police and the national guard now on alert. senior investigative reporter aaron katersky standing by. tonight, the israel-hamas war, and just in, what israel is now considering. what they might do inside those tunnels in gaza. reporter: they believe hamas operatives and leaders are hiding. james longman in israel. in the u.s., this powerful cross-country storm moving from the west. ten states right now under winter alerts for heavy rain, snow, and damaging winds. then, this all moves quickly right into the northeast. when this hits. rob marciano tracking it all. in texas tonight, a young woman with her husband. she is 20 weeks pregnant. her doctors say
nine tax-related charges. the feds alleging he failed to pay his taxes while spending millions on an extravagant lifestyle. a preview of monday s big case for former president donald trump, where he is set to take the stand as his defense team s final witness in his $250 million civil fraud trial. also breaking overseas, a rocket attack on the u.s. embassy in baghdad. what we re learning about who is behind it. in gaza, massive explosions as israel says it hit at least 450 hamas targets in the last 24 hours. it comes as hamas says it has launched a barrage of missiles against tel aviv. and the state of texas now threatening doctors after a landmark court ruling granted a woman an emergency abortion. we ll hear from the woman at the center of that case. we begin this hour with new legalroubles for hunter biden. a california grand jury has indicted president biden s son on nine charges including three felonies. th charges against him include failure to file and pay taxe
the past, that challenge goes up exponentially with artificial intelligence tools. senator mark warner, thank you so much. that does it for us. chris jansing reports starts right now. good day, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. courtroom or campaign stop, donald trump s message is the same. the former president blasting the judge, the attorney general and the legal system outside his civil fraud trial. it may work as a political strategy, but what about a legal one? plus, the suspect in the shooting at unlv identified as the man who was once turned down for a job there. latest on what we know and the horrific sense of deja vu or a community that went through the worst mass shooting in u.s. history and now has to heal all over again. and our new investigation into how incredibly difficult it is for families to get justice if their loved ones are killed, not by local police but by federal officers. why is it so hard to get even information
and what we ve learned about the victims tonight. the deadly shooting rampage in texas. several dead tonight, and the wounded. matt rivers reporting from texas, with late news on the suspect under arrest. slammed with a series of storms, the u.s. coast guard rescuing families from homes with a helicopter. several states on alert with two more storms coming. and in the northeast, heavy rain and snow on the way. rob marciano is here. the israel-hamas war hamas leader now surrounded in an underground bunker, and this evening here the leaked audio revealing the anger in a meeting families of the hostages furious. james longman in israel. back in the u.s., the justice department charging four russian soldiers with war crimes, accused of torturing an american in ukraine near the start of the russian invasion. amid donald trump s threats of retribution on the campaign trail if he s elected president again, the former president is asked about the warnings from some that trum