>> here on the campus at unlv, students and faculty are still in shock after a mass shooting left three people dead. >> norah: the news from the white house, where do negotiations stand for another pause in fighting in gaza? congress opens an investigation into harvard, penn, and mit after their presidents testified about anti-semitism on campus. america's border crisis. we're there as migrant crossings reach near record levels. >> this is the breach in the wall that the smugglers have cut through, and this is what the border patrol is up against. >> the land here has blood, sweat, and tears of my ancestors. >> on this georgia barrier island, time, taxes, and zoning laws may have caught up with a piece of unique african american history. >> we have thrived and we want to continue to thrive but we cannot if it's snatched away. ♪ ♪ >> norah: good evening to our viewers in the west and we have breaking news tonight. more legal troubles for hunter biden, president biden's son. hunter biden was just indicted by a federal grand jury in california. now facing new charges. in september, hunter was indicted by another federal grand jury in delaware on felony charges for allegedly lying about being a drug user on an application to buy a gun. he pleaded not guilty to those charges. biden had entered into a plea agreement with the justice departmet on two misdemeanor tax charges but remember, that deal collapsed after facing scrutiny from a u.s district court judge. cbs's catherine herride is here with tonight's late-breaking details. good evening, catherine. what are we learning? >> reporter: according to the g6 page court filing a federal grand jury in california has returned and nine count indictment charging hunter biden with three felony tax offenses and six misdemeanor tax charges. the sprawling indictment alleges the president's son engaged in a 4-your scheme to avoid paying on at least $1.4 million in federal taxes. he's also accused of taking false business deductions to reduce his tax liability. the indictment says he spent millions on an extravagant lifestyle, including drugs, escorts, luxury hotels, and exotic cars rather than paying the irs. the case was brought in california because hunter biden lived there when the alleged crimes were committed. the president's son is already facing three felony gun charges in delaware for allegedly lying about his drug use to purchase a weapon in 2018. it is statement to hunter biden's lawyer said "based on the facts in the law if hunter's name was anything other than fighting the charges in delaware now california would not have been brought." if convicted he could face up to 17 years in prison. norah. >> norah: catherine herridge, thank you. now to the mass shooting on a college campus in las vegas. we are learning the identities of two of the three people killed at the university of nevada las vegas. we want to show you their pictures. patricia navarro-velez, a 39-year-old mother, and jerry chang, 64, were both business professors. cbs's omar villafranca is on the campus with all the new details. good evening, omar. >> reporter: good evening. there is still a heavy police presence here outside the business building at unlv even though the campus is essentially closed. but tonight we are learning more about the suspect and the faculty members and the community here and the police response while students here cope with the latest mass shooting in america. tonight, las vegas police releasing this video of the gunman being taken down by officers just outside the campus building where he killed three faculty members. they say he was carrying this legally purchased 9-millimeter handgun and 11 magazines. >> we do not know how many rounds he has fired. >> reporter: cbs news has learned the suspect was a former college assistant business professor in north carolina at east carolina university for almost 20 years, resigning in 2017. he applied to work at unlv but did not get the job. investigators say he sent at least 22 envelopes containing an unknown white powder to faculty at unlv and in north carolina. yesterday's horrific shooting leaves this campus in shock. >> hang on. just follow their instructions. >> reporter: students hid in dark classrooms before being ushered out to safety by police. junior film student hannah warner's screenwriting class stacked desks against the door when they heard the gunfire. >> we don't know where the shooter is. we don't know what happened. so we all just decided to stay in the room. >> reporter: she showed us the alert students received on their phones. >> i was like wow, this is real. this is actually happening. >> reporter: warner recorded this video when officers arrived a short time later and escorted students to safety. >> they said come out out in a single file line. hands at your sides just like that, yeah. >> reporter: you felt this was going to happen eventually? >> yeah. 'cause i also work in the school district. if not while i'm at school, while i'm teaching, it can also happen while i'm at the movie theater. it could happen at the mall. >> reporter: are you going to allow yourself to cry, to deal with this? >> yeah, eventually. >> reporter: eventually. >> yeah. >> reporter: president biden will be in las vegas tomorrow as part of a planned trip and we are expecting him to make comments about the shooting. as for students here, they were getting ready for final exams next week. those are now put on hold as the university tries to figure out a way to move forward. norah. >> norah: omar villafranca, thank you. let's turn now to the war in gaza. president biden spoke with prime minister benjamin netanyahu this afternoon, and he blamed hamas for the end of the cease-fire after the terrorist group refused to release the rest of the young female hostages. we get new reporting now from cbs's charlie d'agata in tel aviv and a warning, some of the images are disturbing. >> reporter: the hunt for hamas leaders in and around the city of khan younis has brought the very worst of the war to southern gaza. in overwhelmed hospitals, exhausted medics treat patients, so many of them children, toddlers on bloodied floors. a little girl screams over and over for her brother. the israel defense forces confirm to cbs news tonight that video had emerged online showed its soldiers detaining men they claim are suspected of terrorist activities in an unspecified location in gaza. in tel aviv tonight, crowds gathered to mark the first night of hanukkah. normally this would be the start of a joyous occasion to spend time with loved ones and relatives. it's a more somber event tonight, remembrance of the lives lost two months ago and to remember those who remain missing. like gil dickman whose 39-year-old cousin carmel gat was taken by hamas. what does tonight mean for you? >> tonight we celebrate hanukkah. it's about lighting the first candle of hope in the darkness of misery that we're in. i think that being together in a moment like this is a little light of hope for us. >> reporter: and there may be hope that specialist israeli teams combing through captured territory may locate further hostages. >> we need the right intelligence. we can do it. the special forces are there. they are waiting. they are together with the troops. it's the only thing on their mind. it's a very dynamic landscape. >> reporter: and there's only one thing on the mind of relatives in israel tonight: bring them home. in president biden's phone call to prime minister benjamin netanyahu tonight, the white house said the president stressed the critical need to protect civilians and allow them to move safely away from areas of hostilities. norah. >> norah: charlie d'agata, thank you. back here at home, the presidents of harvard, mit, and the university of pennsylvania are under fire for their responses on how to handle calls for jewish genocide on campus. tonight second gentleman doug emhoff, who is the first jewish spouse of an american president or vice president, speaking at the national menorah lighting just said "the lack of moral clarity is simply unacceptable." cbs's nikole killion reports the backlash is also coming from school donors and elected officials. >> reporter: tonight the presidents of harvard, university of pennsylvania, and mit facing a tough grade after this question was posed to them at a house education hearing this week on anti-semitism. >> does calling for the genocide of jews violate mit's code of conduct or rules regarding bullying and harassment? yes or no? >> if targeted individuals not making public statements. >> does calling for the genocide of jews violate penn's rules or code of conduct? >> if the speech turns into conduct, it can be harassment, yes. it is a context-dependent decision, congresswoman. >> it's a context-dependent decision, that's your testimony today? calling for the genocide of jews is depending upon the context? does calling for the genocide of jews violate harvard's rules of bullying and harassment, yes or no? >> it can be, depending on the context. >> it does not depend on the context. the answer is yes and this is why you should resign. these are unacceptable answers across the board. >> reporter: today new york republican elise stefanik announced a congressional investigation with subpoena power into the universities which are facing widespread condemnation. business leaders like pfizer's ceo called it one of the most despicable moments in the history of u.s. academia. hedge fund manager bill ackman said they must all resign in disgrace. >> i want to be clear. a call for genocide of jewish people is threatening, deeply so. >> reporter: despite penn's president trying to clarify, the university's board of trustees met today on short notice, and the state's governor called her testimony failed "failed leadership." >> i thought her comments were absolutely shameful. >> reporter: johnathan greenblatt is ceo of the anti-defamation league. >> there are some who've tried to hide behind arguments that it's a matter of free speech. but i'm sorry. freedom of speech is not the freedom to slander people because of their ethnicity. >> reporter: a university of pennsylvania official tells cbs news there is no board plan for an imminent change of leadership. butaccording to a source close to the penn trustees, there are likely to be conversations with the board and penn president magill about her future in the coming days. norah? >> norah: nikole killion with all that new information. thank you very much. the judge ruled in favor of the woman who is 20 weeks pregnant. the fetus has a fatal diagnosis. her doctor says carrying the fetus to term with threaten the woman's ability to have children in the future. texas attorney general's office which argues she shouldn't be permitted to have an abortion said in a statement her doctor could still be prosecuted if one is performed but has not said whether it will appeal the decision. turning now to the growing crisis at the southern border. the number of migrants crossing into the u.s. from mexico is nearing an all-time high. "cbs news" has learne nearly 10,000 asylum-seekers were detained on wednesday alone. all of this comes as republicans in congress are demanding a change to the nation's immigration policy as part of an emergency funding bill for israel and ukraine. cbs's adam yamaguchi traveled to the border town of lukeville, arizona, to see for himself. >> reporter: daybreak at the lukeville border crossing in arizona. hundreds of migrants have reached the most important moment in their journey to the u.s. border patrol officials are starting to line the individuals up based on language and where they're from. processing may begin momentarily. overnight, people built campfires for warmth. some have gone days without food or water. this man traveled from west africa. did you sleep? >> how to sleep? nowhere to sleep. >> reporter: did you expect this when you came into the u.s.? >> no. >> reporter: daniela is a mother of four from mexico. >> interpreter: i'm very tired of walking so much with my children, with the baby in my arms and the little girl on my shoulder. >> reporter: this is one of the border's most remote stretches, now one of busiest. in the last year alone, there's been a 140% spike in migrant apprehensions in this area. >> i've been working in this sector of the border for almost 20 years. we've never seen anything like this. they are cutting through the wall. >> reporter: our cameras captured one of those breaches. hey, guys. smugglers hid their faces. this is the breach in the wall that the smugglers have cut through, and this is what the border patrol is up against. this is not an anomaly by any means. here's another one, rod that was just cut and repaired today. for nearly everyone here, the u.s. represents a safe haven. >> interpreter: i'm fighting as much as i can so my children can have something better. >> reporter: we reached out to customs and border protection. they tell us they're sending more personnel and launching new operations to more aggressively target the smugglers. they are also asking congress for additional sources. norah. >> norah: adam yamaguchi, thank you. a former alaska airlines pilot accused of trying to shut off a plane's engines midflight pleaded not guilty today to a reduced charge of reckless endangerment. joseph emerson was initially charged with attempted murder for threatening the lives of the 83 people on board. emerson, who was in the cockpit as a passenger, says he was struggling from depression and a lack of sleep and had taken psychedelic mushrooms just shortly before the flight. he was released after posting a $50,000 bond and ordered to get help for his mental health and not to fly. in tonight's "eye on america" we take a look at a unique african american community off the coast of georgia that's fighting for its future. cbs's mark strassmann reports the battle concerns changing zoning laws that threaten to turn their ancestral home into a summer playground for the rich. >> reporter: by ferry, nikki williams brought us to sapelo island, deeply rooted in west african gullah geechee culture. 44 families settled here after the civil war, their gullah geechee community all formerly enslaved people. >> all day every day. we will fight for it. >> reporter: among today's descendants, nikki williams. >> this is the closest thing that you can get to being in africa. >> reporter: you feel it in your bones? >> absolutely. >> reporter: this is hogg hammock. little more than 400 acres, fewer than 30 full-time families. there is no main street here, just scattered homes, scattered like more and more of the original families in this historic enclave. back in september, the mcintosh county commission changed sapelo's zoning laws. home sizes can double. potentially ahead, million-dollar properties, raised property taxes, and current homeowners priced out and pushed out. >> they have an extreme uphill battle. >> reporter: commissioner roger lotson, one of only two no votes and the only commissioner who agreed to talk to us. is this a battle of rich versus poor? >> in part it is. >> reporter: black versus white? >> in part it is. simply because there's not as many rich black folks as there are rich white folks. >> reporter: now at risk, one of america's last intact gullah geechee communities. >> i can't see how you can't see how that hurts, and it's not just me. it's all of the descendants. >> reporter: a community born in blood and tears, now sweating out its future. mark strassmann, cbs news, sapelo island, georgia. >> norah: a hot air balloon comes down hard with nine people on board. we'll have the details next. >> announcer: tonight's "eye on america" is sponsored by weathertech. auto, home, pet. find your fit at weathertech.com. find your fit at weathertech.com. y one name on their holiday list... weathertech... laser measured floorliners that fit perfectly in the front and rear... seat protector to guard against spills and messes... cargoliner, bumpstep, and no drill mudflaps to protect the exterior... and cupfone keeps phones secure and handy... 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