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 president's son facing nine tax-related charges including three felony counts. in a damning 56-page filing, the special counsel alleges hunter didn't just fail to pay his taxes but that he spent millions on an extravagant lifestyle, on drugs, escorts, luxury hotels, exotic cars, clothing, and in short everything but his taxes. in a statement to nbc news, hunter's lawyer says quote, based on the facts and the law, if hunter's last name was anything other than biden, the charges in delaware and california would not have been brought. joining us now is nbc's justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian along with julie tsirkin on capitol hill and former federal prosecutor, former senior investigative counsel for the january 6th house committee. ken, this is a sweeping indictment. what else is in these 56 pages? >> good morning, ana. you know, hunter biden had a chance to resolve these tax charges by pleading guilty over the summer to failing to file a return in a deal that called for no jail time. but that deal fell apart, and now prosecutors, as you said, have thrown the book at him. they're charging him here with tax evasion and fraud saying that he had the money to pay his taxes but instead spent it on a lavish lifestyle that included drugs, escorts, expensive clothing and luxury cars. and when he finally filed the tax return in 2018, they say he lied about business deductions to lower his tax burden. the indictment says he sent a $10,000 wire transfer to his accountant. that $10,000 was used to purchase a membership in a sex club. prosecutors say while some of this conduct came while mr. biden was addicted to drugs, they say even after he got sober, he continued to dodge his tax obligations, ana. >> tib die owe, your take on these allegations, these new charges? >> these are serious charges, and i don't want to diminish that, but i think these charges should be placed in the broader context of the investigation. we are now five years into the hunter biden doj dance that's been happening, and i think it's telling that when doj sought to resolve these charges, they were seeking probation, right? they were seeking probation on misdemeanor tax charges and the gun-related charges for failing to disclose that he was an addict was going to be dealt with through a diversion program. that's what doj thought was an equitable and just result. now that that deal fell through, doj sought to escalate in a dramatic way. this is after five years, and even five months i think since the deal fell apart. i think there are real questions about the delay with which doj acted here. i think that point from hunter biden's lawyer as to whether this would be happening if his last name wasn't biden is a real question. i would say as a former doj prosecutor, more and more it looks like that to me. it looks like someone who's not get ago fair shake and is being treated more harshly because of their proximity to the president. >> and ken, didn't hunter already pay back the taxes? >> he did pay most of the taxes and often prosecutors will take that into account, ana, in a tax case in a way that benefits the defendant. in this case they did that because in spite of all this evidence we're seeing now, they were ready to allow him to admit to only misdemeanors and serve no jail time, and republicans were furious about that. they called it a sweetheart deal. but once hunter biden walked away from that deal, that no longer mattered, the payment of the taxes. prosecutors went after him hard, and they have what appears to be an airtight case of tax evasion and fraud. and hunter biden's lawyers and others are saying this prosecution is unfair, and they may be right. the jurors won't be asked whether it's fair. they'll only be asked to decide whether prosecutors have proved their case beyond a reasonable doubt. >> the maximum penalty here if convicted is 17 years in prison. temadayo, do you see it coming to that? >> i think if i'm hunter biden's lawyer i'm seeking to resolve this nonetheless. he's supposed to testify before congress, and i expect now with this additional indictment, he's not going to do that. he's going to be worried about his criminal exposure and not republicans on the hill, but i do think there should be resolution here. if the special counsel was already offering a plea deal, i think what's clear is that hunter biden didn't just walk away from the deal. the judge got in the middle. the judge took issue with both what role she would play in monetary compliance with the diversion program going forward and the issue with whether or not the coverage he would get from other crimes was too expansive. at its core, what the doj wanted, that was not the issue, which was probation. i think if the doj is fully acting equitable, it would follow that. when i look at the indictment and i see mentions of drugs and escorts and really gratuitous information, it does speak to the conduct, it starts to look slightly a little bit more vindictive as opposed to going right by the book. >> you mentioned the plea deal, a guilty plea for two misdemeanor tax charges, that looks pretty good now. was it hunter's team that made a mistake in not trying harder for that plea deal to resolve in what they had initially thought they were agreeing to. >> it's really hard to say not being in the room, but what i would suspect, even though doj prosecutor is always going to say that public opinion doesn't matter, if doj was willing to offer one deal, what i suspect the hunter biden team said stick with the spirit of that deal. stick with the severity which you saw the case for that deal. with public pressure, if doj came back and said we now want more for you, we want you to plead to more aggressive charges, more serious charges, have more criminal exposure, i suspect that's where it fell apart. at that point if you're his lawyers, the idea of taking it to a jury may seem more appealing. >> i want to bring julie into the conversation here. as temdayo mentioned, republicans on capitol hill are threatening to hold hunter biden in contempt of congress if he doesn't appear for a closed-door deposition next week. he initially said i won't go behind closed doors. i'll do it publicly. were there also, of course, moving forward with this separate impeachment inquiry into the president himself, we should note president biden isn't accused of any wrongdoing related to this new indictment. so does the new charges, the new indictment change any of that and where do both pieces stand right now. >> reporter: certainly, and you've heard already how that could affect hunter biden potentially appearing before the committee behind closed doors, which we already did not expect and the committee said they're willing to hold hunter biden in contempt of congress if he does not come before the panel on wednesday. it also has an impact on moderates. those vulnerable republicans that were maybe concerned about voting to move forward with a formal impeachment inquiry. now these charges, these new tax charges could bring them some cover to be able to support that kind of step. we already heard, for example, from new york republican mike lawler who today had said that these charges are very concerning, and he will be voting yes to move forward on that formal impeachment inquiry. the second thing here is, though, if hunter biden does not appear, the committee holds him in contempt of congress and then that vote on this impeachment inquiry could happen as early as wednesday. that could potentially put hunter biden in a worse spot if they continue to escalate this investigation, and we already know, by the way, that despite this being a vote on an impeachment inquiry and not on impeachment articles that speaker mike johnson is willing to go that far. he said time and time again that if the evidence, if the committee's investigation warrants, he's willing to move forward to a formal impeachment inquiry of president joe biden, hunter biden's father as early as january when they come back in the new year and certainly all of these pieces are tied together as we continue to see to light in hunter biden's case. >> very quickly, julie, do they have those votes for an impeachment inquiry if they were to take a vote? >> that's the big question, but certainly republicans wouldn't put something on the floor. they've been hesitant to do that even when former house speaker kevin mccarthy in september announced this impeachment inquiry. remember, they didn't hold a vote despite him even vowing at the time to do so. he criticized former house speaker nancy pelosi and how she handled the impeachment inquiry into the former president donald trump, and so if they are putting this on the floor, they must feel confident that they do have those votes and they're not going to put those vulnerable house republicans in a bind by moving forward on this. >> julie tsirkin, ken dilanian and temdayo. former president donald trump is back on the witness stand on monday. trump will be the final witness for the defense. at the heart of this case claims the trump family manipulated the value of assets to get tax benefits and favorable loan terms. trump attended the trial yesterday maintaining his innocence even though a judge already found trump and his co-defendants liable for fraud msnbc legal analyst lisa rubin was in court yesterday and joins us now. you have spent a lot of time in that courtroom during this trial which started way back on october 2nd. it's been almost two plus months. what are you looking for as trump takes the stand on monday. >> the first thing i'm looking for is actually whether he takes the stand. you know that the former president is subject to a gag order. he tried earlier this week to escalate and rush along an appeal of that gag order in the hopes of having it lifted before he took the stand and he failed to do so for reasons that are probably too detailed for our viewers. the long and short of it is, that gag order can't be lifted before monday afternoon or evening at the earliest, and that means team trump has a very difficult choice to make. allow donald trump to literally sit within inches of the principal law clerk who he has already talked about twice in violation of the gag order and sustained two different fines about, or keep him at home against what i imagine are his deepest wishes to go and vindicate himself. if he takes the stand, i expect donald trump to say the banks were happy lenders. nobody was damaged, nobody suffered any financial losses. he relied at all times on his accountants and of course there were no material misstatements in his financial statements because on balance, even if there was an error here or there, it was on balance and accurate reporting of his assets. >> we mentioned how the president was in court yesterday, he didn't have to go, but here's how he described being there during the lunch break. >> the attorney general committed fraud, and you just saw it right up there. she's a fraud. this whole case is a fraud. it's election interference. it's keeping me here instead of iowa and new hampshire. you just saw it. the attorney general's a fraud. she committed fraud. >> actually, the judge ruled that he committed fraud. he says the attorney general in this case is keeping him off the campaign trail. he could have been in new hampshire or iowa yesterday. to be clear, he didn't have to be there in court yesterday. what's the strategy there? >> the strategy is twofold. one, again, to convince his base these being politically persecuted, but also to give himself an excuse for not going to iowa or new hampshire. i'm not a political correspondent, but if you talk to our colleagues who have been on the campaign trail, they will tell you that the number of times that trump has gone to iowa and new hampshire in this campaign cycle are fewer and further between than he would like to admit. so it's a convenient excuse that he has to be in the courtroom for a civil trial where his attendance is not legally mandatory. >> we'll be watching closely on monday. lisa rubin, thank you for your coverage and analysis. >> when we're back in 60 seconds, the u.n. security council's push for a cease fire between israel and hamas as the secretary general warnings of a humanitarian catastrophe in gaza. plus, the start of hanukkah is bringing heightened fears as a man is charged for firing a shotgun outside a new york synagogue. also, what would you do with $22 million? 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>> reporter: you know, they've been vague about what happens in the day after this war, the day after hamas. i was speaking to a senior israeli official earlier, and he said one of their hopes is that people in gaza will remember that it was hamas who attacked on october 7th, that it was hamas who brought israel crashing down on top of the people of gaza, and they hoped that there would be an appetite among people in gaza for a new leadership that's not hamas. but i put it to this official that here in israel, everybody knows somebody who was kidnapped, who was killed on october 7th inside of gaza. everybody knows many, many people who were killed by israeli bombs, and while the prime minister of israel talks about the importance of not just demilitarizing gaza, but also deradicalizing, i asked him, does it feel like israel is creating the conditions for radicalization inside gaza given the scale of civilian casualties, given the scale of the destruction. he said it's going to be on the international community to provide a lot of money to rebuild gaza and try to rebuild the future there. ana. >> raf sanchez, thank you very much for your reporting amid all the fighting. there are still 137 hostages inside gaza, and now christopher, we're learning that israel is considering flooding the tunnels beneath gaza where we believe some of those hostages are being held. so what's the calculation here? wouldn't this be a death sentence for hostages? >> can't explain it. can't explain the tactics they've employed up to this point, both from the counterterrorism perspective, they're not effective at all, and everything that he kofd about radicalization they're recruiting the next two generations of hamas fighters for sure. not when there were hostages likely being held down there. it's a tactic that's been utilized before in the region, but it would certainly put the hostages into peril especially not knowing their exactly location. so that would be of real concern. >> at last check, there were about 20 women and two children still being held hostage in gaza. why do you think hamas has refused to release them? >> yeah, i think it's been talked about quite a bit. some of them were victims of rape likely and the concern is that their stories are going to get out. you know, that is a concern for hamas because they are winning the information war right now. israel quickly went from victim to villain, and october 7th as we spoke about the last time, has been eclipsed by their activity. so having the hostages come out and talk about how barbaric they were treated both on october 7th and since and that they were not treated like human beings, it's a human rights violation. hostage taking is a human rights violation. >> some of the hostages who have been released have now returned to almost completely destroyed to learning their family members were killed. can you talk to us about what is next for those hostages as they try to reenter society? >> yeah, so in the united states after we failed in 2013 to '15 with the hostages that were taken by isis. there was a complete review about how our hostage enterprise was composed in what we did. when they're taking, supporting their families throughout that process, and making sure there's a lengthy reintegration process to get them psychologically sound, mentally, you know, sound, physically sound, make sure that their support network is there for them. make sure that they're financially supported and not only the u.s. government but organizations like the foley foundation and hostage u.s. provide all that support network for long-term kind of reintegration into society. i don't know to what extent israel has any of that. i know on their government side, they have components of it. but you know, these victims are going to need long-term care. >> christopher o'leary, as always, it's good to see you and i appreciate all of your expertise. thanks for sharing it with us. last night was the first night of hanukkah, and this year as jews around the world mark the holiday, they are also contending with a troubling global rise in anti-semitism. the latest incident in albany, new york, where a man is now facing federal charges accused of firing two shots and making threatening statements in front of a synagogue. this comes as college campuses remain a major flash point. there's continued controversy over the testimony of three university presidents on capitol hill this week. nbc's stephanie gosk has more for us. stephanie. >> tensions are still rising across the country during the israel-hamas war including on college campuses. law enforcement nationwide have been tracking an uptick in threats, and last night an alarming scene at a synagogue in new york. shots fired on the first night of hanukkah. just hours before the start of hanukkah, at least two shots fired outside a temple in albany, new york, yesterday. while two dozen preschoolers were at the synagogue, none were injured. police arresting a man and charging him federally with illegal possession of a firearm. the case also being investigated as a potential hate crime. >> we were told by responding officers that he made a comment free palestine. >> reporter: jewish students on college campuses also concerned for their safety. at the university of pennsylvania, president liz magill is under fire following her comments at this week's anti-semitism hearing on capitol hill where she and the presidents of harvard and m.i.t. testified for hours, each condemning anti-semitism while attempting to embrace the importance of free speech, but it was exchanges with new york congresswoman elise stefanik that triggered widespread criticism. >> i am asking, specifically calling for the genocide of jews, does that constitute bullying or harassment? >> if the speech becomes conduct, it can be harassment, yes. >> conduct meaning committing the act of genocide? >> the answer is yes. calling for the genocide of jews violates harvard code of conduct, correct? >> again, it depends on the context. >> it does not depend on the context. >> the white house weighing in after the hearing. we should all stand firmly against calls for genocide. the governor of pennsylvania, a democrat who is also jewish taking aim at penn's president. >> leaders have a responsibility to speak and act with moral clarity, and liz magill failed to meet that simple test. >> president magill attempting to clarify her comments. >> that a call for genocide of jewish people is a call for some of the most terrible violence human beings can perpetrate. it's evil. plain and simple. >> harvard's president also writing calls for genocide in any group are vile, adding they have no place at harvard. >> magill says penn would immediately examine and clarify its policies regarding speech, but the school is now also facing a major financial hit with a wealthy donor threatening to withdraw a $100 million donation calling on the school to replace president magill. a university spokesperson tells nbc news the board of trustees has no plans to change leadership, but overnight, the board of the influential wharton school of business called on her to step down. back to you. >> stephanie gosk, thank you. up next on ana cabrera reports, new video from police showing the unlv shooter moments before he was killed, as well as details about his obsession with las vegas. plus, an emotionally charged moment for those forever changed by the oxford high school shooter, as the convicted gunman faces sentencing. whenever you're hungry, there's a deal on the subway app. buy one footlong, get one 50% off in the subway app today. now that's a deal worth celebrating. man, what are you doing?! get it before it's gone on the subway app. ♪♪ a few years ago, i came to saona, they told me there's no electricity on the island. we always thought that whatever we did here would be an emblem of what small communities can achieve. trying to give a better life to people that don't have the means to do it. si mi papá estuviera vivo, sé que él tuviera orgulloso también de vivir de esta viviendo una vida como la que estamos viviendo ahora. es electricidad aquí es salud. only at vanguard, you're more than just an investor, you're an owner. our financial planning tools and advice can help you prepare for today's longer retirement. hi mom. that's the value of ownership. students... students of any age, from anywhere. using our technology to power different ways of learning. so when minds grow, opportunities follow. ♪ my frequent heartburn had me taking antacid after antacid all day long but with prilosec otc just one pill a day blocks heartburn for a full 24 hours. for one and done heartburn relief, prilosec otc. one pill a day, 24 hours, zero heartburn. lactaid is 100% real milk, just without the lactose. delicious too. just ask my old friend, kevin. nothing like enjoying a cold one while watching the game. who's winning? 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(engine accelerating) (texting clicks) (tires squeal) (glass shattering) (loose gravel clanking) welcome back. las vegas police are releasing new details about their investigation into the deadly shooting on the campus of unlv, including this video showing the gunman moments before he was killed in a shootout with police. nbc news has learned the 67-year-old gunman had applied for a teaching job at unlv in 2020 but was not hired, and former students in north carolina where he was previously a professor described him as eccentric and obsessed with vegas. nbc's steve patterson is standing by with more. steve. >> reporter: yeah, officials say offices arrived on scene about 78 seconds from that original 911 call, and they also say if it weren't for their quick actions that the suspect's next target would likely be right where i'm standing, the student union. >> police, hands up, hands up! >> this morning new video showing unimaginable terror on campus. police hunting for a masked shooter on the move. students, staff, and faculty inside unlv's business school gripped by fear as shots rang out. >> the gunshot was so close, i felt like he's coming in, and the only thing you can do is praying that he doesn't pick this room. >> reporter: last night the community coming together in a first attempt at healing. >> let us find comfort in each other's presence. >> police say the suspect, 67-year-old anthony polito opened fire on the building's fourth floor shooting four faculty members, three fatally. 64 professor jerry chang, 39-year-old assistant professor patricia navarro-velez and a third who police are not naming. the lone survivor, a 38-year-old visiting professor is stable. polito applied for a job at the school but was not hired. >> we're still learning a lot about this suspect, still trying to understand motive! he previously worked at universities across the southeast, touted his membership in mensa, the high iq, investigators say the shootings were targeted. >> the suspect had a list of people he was seeking on the university campus. >> reporter: authorities releasing this video of the gunman's shootout with police, moments before he was killed. business law student caleb malis was in class when he heard shots. >> fight or flight starts to kick in. >> reporter: a few years ago, he says he was also at the deadliest mass shooting in u.s. history, the 2017 las vegas music festival that left 58 people dead. >> i feel like i'm in the wrong place wrong time sometimes, but you know, i'm glad that i'm able to walk through it. >> deep wounds in a community now searching for a way forward. >> a lot of souls are going to be hurting for a really long time. ♪♪ >> reporter: authorities also worried about a batch of 22 letters that officials say the suspect sent across the country, one they intercepted containing a suspicious white powder, but that powder later confirmed to be harmless. >> steve patterson, thank you for that update. happening this hour in michigan, a sentencing hearing underway for the oxford high school shooter. 17-year-old ethan crumbley faces life behind bars, michigan's harshest possible sentence after pleading guilty to killing four classmates and injuring seven others in the 2021 shooting. over the course of this hearing, which cld stretch for hours, possibly even days, he will sit in court and have to listen to victim impact statements from family members of his victims and others whose lives were forever changed by the crime he committed. nbc news correspondent maggie vespa is covering this hearing for us. maggie, crumbley was 15 when this shooting happened. he's now 17 and facing the prospect of life behind bars. what are we hearing from inside that courtroom? >> i mean, ana, we are hearing immense, raw pain, which is exactly what we expected going into this hearing. ethan crumbley was 15 when this shooting was committed. he's since pleaded guilty to a long list of charges, including four counts of first degree murder and terrorism causing death. because he pleaded guilty, obviously today, meaning there's been no trial, today has been victims and family members of victims, loved ones of those injured and killed, this is their only chance basically to look, in some cases, their child's murderer in the eye and say exactly what this massacre did to them. the impact it's had on them, had on their famies, their communit communities. one case in point, the mother of madisyn baldwin, she was the first to speak, and she went into detail kind of right off the bat about the moment that she was told that her daughter was killed and essentially what that felt like. take a listen. >> the sheer blunt statement could destroy you to the core. i was completely paralyzed. i felt every scream that came from my body. i felt every breath i took was fading. my mind was in a state of dementia and then my body dropped to the floor. >> reporter: now, we mentioned that this could take -- this will take hours if not days. one reason for that is, again, we said up to 40 people are expected to speak. court staff were blunt with us. that number is extremely fluid. this could stretch into next week, and one reason, ana, is that terrorism charge. that prosecutors say greatly expands the definition of a victim in this case. that kind of speaks to the impact that this had on the entire community, which we're now hearing two years later, ana. >> i don't think there's ever closure for folks who go through such a trauma. the parents of the shooter also face charges in connection with this shooting, including involuntary manslaughter. where does their case stand? >> right, this is a really unique case in that way, jennifer and james crum ethan crumbley's parents facing involuntary manslaughter charges. they will have separate trials, which could begin as early as next month, so the beginning basically of the new year. as far as where their cases stand bs we've reached out to their attorneys. that's the procedural. no response from their attorneys today, both have pleaded not guilty. prosecutors say the the gist of the case against them is they allowed their son who they should have known, prosecutors say, was mentally unstable. they say there were clear warning signs. they allowed him easy access to firearms. i want to reiterate, they pleaded not guilty. we reached out to their attorneys today, no comment, and they are not allowed to be at today's sentencing hearing. ana. >> maggie vespa, thank you. keep us posted. it's time to start bracing for a wild weekend of weather with severe storms expected to impact millions across the u.s. let's start in the pacific northwest where excessive rainfall and heavy snowfall are once again set to return to this area, still recovering from a barrage of the atmospheric rivers we've been talking about. this as threats of severe thunderstorms and rainfall spread from the gulf to the east coast this weekend with temperatures falling as a cold front moves across the country. next on "ana cabrera reports," breaking down the new jobs report and whether it shows a so-called soft landing for our economy. plus, tesla, a condo and a designer watch worth $95,000. that's just the tip of the iceberg. what the jaguar's ex-financial manager is accused of spending $22 million of the team's money on. 2 million of the team's mone on . tiny troy: he's right, you know. is that tiny troy? 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>> yeah, look, we've avoided a recession so far in 2023, and as we end the year it still looks pretty good. 199,000 jobs added in the month of november, that's faster than the pace we saw in october. also above what economists had expected, and the unemployment rate went down to 3.7% in the month of november, down from 3.9% in october. so, okay, where do we see the job gains in the month? we saw it in these sectors, leisure and hospitality, bars and restaurants adding 40,000 jobs. health care, a faster pace than we had seen in prior months adding almost 77,000 jobs in the month, and motor vehicles and parts adding 30,000 jobs. i highlight this because the uaw strike ended at the end of october, this is the first report that reflects the resolution of that strike, so 30,000 people getting back to work. that was perhaps the reason why we saw some of the job gains overall. again, a big picture, it looks pretty good and the economy looking very strong specifically on the jobs side of things, ana. >> so what does that mean in terms of interest rates? will the fed raise them again? >> yeah, that question very much in view because their next meeting is next wednesday. look, they're watching this figure right here. okay, great that people have jobs, but how much are they getting paid, and how is it keeping up with inflation? when we talk about year-over-year growth, we're talking about october to this year, october last year, people's wages went up by 4.1%. that yearly pace slowed over the november to november period to 4%, so it's going down, but again, we have to consider inflation, it's still above where economists say is healthy, but is around 3.2%, so your wages are going up by 4%. things across the board are going up by 3.2%. this number being bigger than this number is good, and that's what the federal reserve is looking at and saying, you know what? that's an okay picture. we don't need to slow this economy further with another interest rate hike, which is the reason why as of market pricing this morning, the odds pretty low of another interest rate hike next week. they'll probably hold interest rates steady at the conclusion of their meeting next wednesday. >> lots of good news, thanks for being our good news bearer today, brian cheung, happy friday. okay, listen to this wild story, the nfl scrambling right now after accusations that a former employeeorsonville jagua than $22 million from the team. prosecutors say amit patel who worked as the financial manager for the jaguars used the team's credit card to buy a condo, two vehicles, a $95,000 designer watch, cryptocurrency, a country club membership, tickets to sporting events and perhaps most appropriately given the indictment, a retainer with a criminal defense law firm. nbc's sam brock is in florida with more. sam, this is just wild. that's quite a spending spree. how was he able to buy all of this and do it for so long without anyone noticing? >> reporter: yeah, ana, i think wild is the perfect word. i will say that federal authorities say that he was the sole administrator of the team's virtual credit card, and he was duplicating some legitimate expenses like hotels and air fare and creating other expenses that just simply did not exist. patel's attorney said he was planning on pleading guilty to fraud, he wasn't spending his money on goods, he claims he was spending it on gamble. >> on the field. >> lawrence, back of the end zone, whitley. >> reporter: the jacksonville jaguars have enjoyed high flying success this season, but off the gridiron, new federal charges accuse an employee of astronomical theft to the tune of $22 million. the justice department laying out how amit patel used an elaborate scheme involving virtual corporate credit cards to steal all that money and allegedly spend it on lavish items including a florida condo, a new tesla model 3, a country club membership, a $95,000 watch and online gambling websites. caitlin collar with the athletic broke the story with her colleague katie strang. >> is this as crazy as it sounds? a jaguars employee responsible for financial planning is accused of stealing $22 million? >> it is as crazy as it sounds. this is not an everyday headline. this is a very unique story. he was supposed to be safeguarding the finances and instead he was actually accused of stealing from the team. >> in a statement, patel's attorney says his client suffers from a serious gambling addiction and checked himself into a rehab facility this spring saying this all came about because nfl officials were investigating his gambling activities. approximately 99% of the funds misappropriated from the jaguar's vcc corporate card were gambling losses. since partnering with multiple online betting sites several years ago the nfl has been very strict around rules around gambling and essentially banning it for employees. several high profile players have been punished, but this is easily the most significant alleged employee violation with the nfl noting in a statement a league review uncovered no evidence indicating any inside information was used or that any game was compromised in any way. >> what did you make of the nfl's reaction to this criminal investigation? 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>> we also don't know the long-term harms because we don't have the data about switching between cancer drugs. we probably won't know what will happen until a few years from now, you know. patients may forgo a chance at a cure. >> reporter: the problem is widespread. one in three u.s. hospitals are severely affected by drug shortages. and by early fall, there were 305 ongoing drug shortages nationwide, the most in a decade. why are there shortages of life saving drugs in this country? >> the main reason for most of the shortages is a quality problem facilities. it is across all drug classes, but most are generic drugs. >> it has the attention of congress. the biden administration said it would use the defense production act to try to get more of these drugs manufactured domestically in the u.s. so you don't have shortages the way we do. >> something has got to be done. >> parents are scrambling here and doctors too. doctors are fielding a lot of phone calls from their patients who are trying to fill a prescription and they can't get that. so doctors are changing the scripps, changing the dosages, they're trying to find out what is available in which pharmacies so they can prescribe that way. it is just really a scramble. >> thank you for covering this. stay on top of it for us. thank you, christine romans. that does it for us today. i hope you have a wonderful weekend. see you back here next week, same time, same place. for now, i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. the news continues with jose diaz-balart right after this. nee diaz-balart right after this a few years ago, i came to saona, they told me there's no electricity on the island. we always thought that whatever we did here would be an emblem of what small communities can achieve. trying to give a better life to people that don't have the means to do it. si mi papá estuviera vivo, sé que él tuviera orgulloso también de vivir de esta viviendo una vida como la que estamos viviendo ahora. es electricidad aquí es salud. inez, let me ask you, you're using head and shoulders, right? 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