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
hunter biden facing felony charges. the president s son is accused of a scheme to avoid paying at least one point $14 million in taxes. we will break down the latest indictment and how he is responding to it. and we are following the sentencing hearing for the michigan high school shooter. dozens of heartbreaking victim impact statements being read in court, detailing the survivors and their families have been through. and amid threats from donors to pull money, emergency meetings among top officials at now growing calls from lawmakers to resign. the president is not budging, at least so far. we followed these major developing stories and more all coming in here to cnn news central. we begin with president biden s son, hunter, indicted again, and this time he is facing the most serious allegations yet, three felony charges he tax abrasion and fraud. among the nine charges that accuse him of avoiding more than 1 million dollars in taxes. president biden
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
penalties. at least in my former office we would not bring a criminal case under those circumstances. so when someone s already paid back the taxes, it doesn t seem that the prosecution really brings back that much in the door. this idea he wouldn t be charged if his name wasn t hunter biden has ring to it. that was barbara mcquade pointing out a possible political motivation behind the new tax charges against hunter biden. we ll break down those allegations against the president s son. we ll also recap donald trump s day in court for his civil tax fraud trial as the former president is expected today be the last person to take the stand. plus an update on the bipartisan negotiations in the senate on border security. the issue that s holding up critical aid for ukraine. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, december 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we begin today with news from the west coast. hunter biden is facing a major new l
alex night starts to be incredibly fe thing but to be incredibly funny and decent is an entirely different thing. also a rare combination. thank you my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining us this evening. california congressman kevin mccarthy the shortest serving speaker of the house in over 140 years is ending his extraordinary 2023 by throwing in the towel. now it is time to pursue my passion in the new arena. while i ll be departing the house at the end of this year, i will never, ever give up fighting for this country that i love so much. if you blinked, he might have missed mr. mccarthy s ten month term is the country s highest republican elected official, and that s not just because it was so short. it was entirely unproductive. mccarthy bargained away basically everything to when the speaker s gavel and he got nothing in return for it. that is the lesson for people who court the far right who do the bidding of donald trump, look the other way. and