fox news at night. breaking tonight hunter biden indicted in california on federal tax charges. the same charges prosecutors in california would not indict him on last year. what changed? how did the breaking new affect the presidential campaign. kevin cork has new information. >> it's a 56 page indictment filed in california. the central district. it lays allegations including 9 tax related charges. 3 are felonies. the younger biden engaged in a 4 year scheme to not pay at least 1.4-million dollars between 2016 and 2019. the indictment charges that biden spent millions on an extravagant lifestyle with membership to sex clubs and more than $188,000 on adult entertainment rather than paying taxes. house republican leaders next week will vote on whether to initiate an impeachment on president biden to his possible ties to his son hunter's business dealings. james comer released subpoenaed bank records showing an entity owned by hunter biden made payments to joe biden. they are saying the president ha had no prior knowledge of hunter's dealing. based on the fact and the law if hunter's name was anything other than biden the challenges in delaware and california would not have been brought. fox news digital reached out to the special counsel david weiss and they declined comment. hunter biden pleaded not guilty to a federal gun charge. the charges are piling up. the question is whether or not the latest indictment will lead to more trouble for the president himself. >> trace: that's very true. thank you. let's bring in the senior women fellow and former trump white house attorney. i was reading through this indictment. not the whole thing 56 pages but it looks like this validates to both irs whistleblowers to a word. >> absolutely. that's why the house oversight committee thanked the whistleblowers for coming forward. without them this charge would not be brought. we can all thank the whistleblowers. liberal commentators say if there was anyone beside the biden this cased not be brought. it was not going to be brought. >> trace: that's the idea. it was not going to be brought in california. they turned down the charges in california. now suddenly those same changes are valid? what changed here? >> that is such a good question. in a sense nothing has changed. these are past looking. looking from 2016 to 2020. there is no way that the facts of the case have changed. instead either there is a different political pressure. pressure to bring something so they don't have to bring worse charges against hunter biden. that's an uncharitable view or david weiss was trying to do the right thing and finally did it. >> trace: you are fair on that. the investigation it says in the indictment it's on-going. does that mean more potential charges down the road or is that just giving him wiggle room to tell the house oversight committee he doesn't want contact with them at all? >> there are those 2 options and the third option is the investigation is on-going. hunter biden did not do this by himself. he had other accountants and friends and people not named in the indictment. we could see charges related to those people. i have still have questions after reading the indictment. it said that returned received $7 million from 2016 to 2020. it tracks his expenditures of $5 million. where is the other $2 million? of the $5 million that had tracks, 1.7-million dollars is cash withdraws. we know that joe biden bought his house in cash. i have questions about all of this cash and the missing $2 million. >> trace: i have the same questions. thank you. let's talk about the political impact of the hunter biden indictment with jason chaffetz and stephanie hamel. jason, do you think this indictment helps joe biden in the long run? it gives hunter cover and not having to appear before congress? >> absolutely not. one the country digests this, where did this money come from? it was coming from overseas. all of these allegations about donald trump for 2 years that he was going to be corrupted. but who was actually corrupted was the biden family. how much of that money went to joe biden. joe biden said it's all lies. now the national media has to pursue this question. the president lied to the american people time and time and time again. saying i can't talk about it because there is a legal case going on? that ain't going to fly in the presidential election. >> trace: stephanie, do you have a different take? what is the political fallout? >> i think it's a great point that jason made. it's how the media handles this. based on what we have seen in the past, they typically like to cover forthe bidens. this is not just a hunter biden issue. this is a joe biden problem. we are not picking on hunter biden. those who speak about these charges against him. we are looking at what is going on the family. the big guy. the emails between the hunter biden and his father. hunter biden was going through a hard time during the time he was making these deals with china and ukraine and working for the energy company burisma. he admits this. if his life was not in order how can we expect him to make big decisions for company and have real value? was there some sort of back deals going on? it's a great question. will the media be honest about the recent charges? they pushed the last charges, the gun charges in delaware under the rug. he still has to deal with that as well. >> trace: yes, he was a drug addict, but then they say he was brilliant enough to be on the board of burisma. the debate last night who won and why? >> ron desantis. the week before on "hannity," debating gavin newsom looked presidential and followed up with another solid debate. the country wants to be more like florida. ron desantis delivered there. they want that to happen nati nationwide. >> trace: stephanie? >> the winner is former president trump. we hear chris christie cry about how former president trump doesn't want to participate in the debates? we watched what the media and presenters how they treated him during the debates. you can't blame former president trump for not showing up. that's not affecting it. if you look at the national polls trump is up by 50 points. how do you recover when you are the other candidates? i appreciate the conversation and the debates. in america we want to hear from the candidates. >> trace: i have to go. thanks for your time. hanukkah begins tonight with celebrations across the country. the rising threat of anti-semitism is prompting safety concerns and cancellations of some events. christina is live with that story. >> a number of holiday celebrations were cancelled after the hamas slaughter on october 7th. the cancellation of this big event got swift criticism. >> you should be calling him gavin the grinch that stole which is. this is embarrassing. you don't bend a knee to these people. >> pro-palestinian supporters in manhattan protested during the light of the christmas tree. 7 protestors were arrested. tension over the war impacting holidays and decorations across the u.s. a rabbi's request to hold a menorah lighting was denyed in virginia. organizers didn't at any point to look like they were picking side in the war. the virginia governor called this decision anti-semitic and the united jewish community is frustrated with this move. >> hanukkah is a message of victory over 2,000 years ago. perhaps people connect it to the modern-day fight in gaza. that's not the message of hanukkah. to connect those two is unamerican. >> and a star of david was removed in maine after local arab residents complained it was offensive. >> trace: the presidents of harvard, mitt and the university of pennsylvania are facing calls to resign for comments they made regarding students call are in the genocide of jews. the college presidents are trying to walk back their statements but it's not working. jackie as the latest. >> the presidency of the schools are working hard to clarify their congressional testimony. >> it was not focussed on what i should have been. the irrefutable fact it called for genocide of jewish people is a call for some of the most terrible violence human beings can perpetrate. >> it might be too little to le let's -- too late for wealthy donors who are pulling a $100-million donation for harassment of jewish students. and a business school is joining the chorus to seek her resignation. they said calls for genocide has no place in harvard. but the college presidents will be held to account after an investigation was launched into the learning environment of those schools. we heard from the chairman of the powerful house ways and means committee who warned high-profile schools their tax exempt status could be in jeopardy if they fail to protect jewish students. >> trace: i think the presidents are trying to walk this back. thank you. >> ♪ ♪ >> trace: fox news is perplexed when the harvard president was asked whether calls for the genocide of jews violates the university's rules on harassment? he said it depends on the context. we were told harvard's people are among the world's most smartest people. common sense would love to know which circumstances would make the genocide of jews okay. last year during harvard's title 9 training students were told that fat phobia and using wrong pronouns is abuse and perpetrating violence. calling somebody fat is violence. eradicating the jews is nuance and the university called it free speech. they are in favor of free speech unless it's a conservative speaker. common sense wonders what would happen if students called for genocide of black, brown or asian or lbgtq people? would it be condemned? thanks for coming on. kenny said the following roxanne. watch. >> how is it that the leadership at america's most elite institutions can stand up for a basic moral clarity with callings of genocide happening on their camps. >> trace: this was a basic question but they blew it. >> this has been a long time coming. it's conservative. it's not higher education. it's private, elite feared schools. -- feeder schools. what is going on in high school it's been like this for over a decade. i can tell that you as a mom. >> trace: do you think that diversity and inclusion is driving this kind of hatred on campuses across the country? >> yes, we absolutely see it. we see it in youngsters protesting and they don't know what they are protestering for but they are going with the narrative pushed. that's why parents are pushing back on these programs. >> trace: we interview these students and what does it mean to say from the river to the city? sea? they have no idea what they are talking about. nikki haley said in the debates. >> we need to go to the universities and say if you don't acknowledge anti-semitism we will take your tax exempt status away. >> trace: people talked about that tax exemption status. losing it will be crushing. do you think it's fair to do that? >> i think the universities have to be held accountable. where are the board of governors and the board of trustees with this oversight and are able to hold these administrators accountable for this? there is a bigger issue here. the student bodies have the responsibility and the ability to impact change quickly. where are the student groups that stand for equality and justice and peace? stand with your jewish students. there are jewish students across the country at universities that feel scared and alobe. they would feel less scared if fellow students stood beside them. >> trace: there is power in numbers. people have recommended get together. support your fellow students. the sacramento bee said the following: gavin newsom ducks protestors by cancelling in-person sacramento tree lighting ceremony. he knows he can't protect all of the people there with protesters. you do it by zoom. >> i wish it was about his concern for other people's safety. his concern is for his own hyde and political future. the man i call has no spine and no backbone. >> trace: the events cancelled and one is the menorah lighting for this weekend. it was sunday. it was cancelled. the governor youngkin wrote the following: this is absurd and anti-semitic. the event organizers should move forward with the menorah lighting. you are hurting the jewish community. you are cancelling events that are very important to them. you need to handle what will happen and keep the events going? >> i agree with you. this is a page in their playbook. we need to say no, and stand with them and allow these things. i am glad the governor did that. we need it do more. as they are protecting and saying we need to take them down, push back and continue to do it and have strong leaders. if we don't have strong leaders we are bending a knee to them. >> absolutely. it's important that we learn from our history. we film the stories of grandkids of holocaust survivors the last generation to hear these stories firsthand. everything started way before 1938. this is not 1338 again. -- 1938 again. it's 1920. my grandfather was kicked out of law school because he was jewish within 6 months of hitler coming to power. >> trace: that's a great point and thank you. coming up 15 thieves wearing masks looting an l.a. business. you see the surveillance video and the owner said he long voted for democrats but not anymore. later a first grader's home work assignment left parents stump. the words are friend, toothbrush, desk, silver and egg. which is the odd word out. no googling. let us know on x. we will read the best responses. very clever and funny. a fox news at night trip across america. the city by the bay. san francisco lit up for christmas. san antonio in texas and the river walk and cleveland, ohio "fox news reports" is great when it's live and we are informative on tape. we are coming right back with more. tic kenny. and, hi, i'm amanda on tiktok. my scooter broke down. i went into a depression. how do you feel about that? 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