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new tax-related charges. we're live with how long the president's son could face behind bars. plus his legal team's response to the new allegations inside the chaos on campus police revealing the gunman who opened fire on the unlv campus was a professor rejected for a job by the university. terror marking the start of hanukkah shots fired outside a synagogue in new york's capital. what we've learned about the suspect as jewish communities across the country remain on high alert florida betting big on gambling the state's casinos anteup up to take on vegas. pounding out holiday classics we made it to friday "early today" starts right now good friday morning, i'm phillip mena >> i'm frances rivera. we begin with the new legal trouble for hunter biden the president's son has been indicted on nine tax-related

charges, including three felony counts this is separate from the gun-related charges he was indicted on in september brie jackson joins us from d.c what is hunter biden accused of in this new indictment >> reporter: as you mention, these new charges are related to hunter biden's taxes the indictment was filed by special counsel david weiss and accuses biden of failing to pay at least $1.4 million if taxes over four years. the indictment says the defendant, quote, spent money on drug, escorts and girlfriends, everything but his taxes prosecutors also allege that biden misled his accountants into filing returns that included items that were incorrectly labeled as business expenses if convicted, the maximum penalty would be 17 years in prison the white house declined to comment on these charges hunter biden's lawyer said in a statement, if hunter's last name was anything other than biden,

the charges would not have been brought. the indictment does flotnot appr to reference president biden, but congressional republicans have used his charges as ammunition against the president. jason smith reacted to the new charges, saying they confirm the need fors are to move forward with an impeachment inquiry of joe biden. hunter biden has insisted he will only testify if it's public, not a closed-door deposition frances, phillip in. >> brie, thank you we're learning more about the deadly shooting on a college campus in las vegas. the suspect was once a professor in north carolina. he was eccentric and obsessed with las vegas for more on the investigation, here's steve patterson >> reporter: new details after shots rang out on another american college campus. >> everybody keep your hands up.

keep your hands up, please >> reporter: this sytime inside unlv's business school anthony polito opened fire just before noon wednesday, shooting and killing three. 64-year-old professor jerry chang, 39-year-old assistant professor patricia one is still in the hospital >> the suspect had a list of people he was seeking on the university campus. as well as faculty from the eastern carolina university. >> reporter: he previously worked at other universities across the southeast, tout ed a membership in mensa. but investigators are stopping short of assign motive

>> we know he applied numerous times for a job with several nevada institutions and was denied each time >> reporter: police showed video of the moment he was killed. >> ru >> run, hide, fight. >> reporter: caleb was in class two floors down when he heard the shots ring out >> sounded like balloons popping. we were kind of oblivious to it. >> reporter: incredibly, this isn't his first mass shooting. he was at the deadliest mass shooting in u.s. history inthat left 5 pe8 people dead. a legacy of violence leaving las vegas numb >> our thanks to steve for that update the teen behind michigan's deadliest school shooting could learn his fate ethan crumbley pleaded guilty in

october last year. it's not certain that he will actually be sentenced today though the hearing could last for days, depending on how many victims want to speak. he may ultimately face life without the possibility of parole now to humanitarian organizations warning of an acute risk of starvation in gaza president biden told benjamin netanyahu that much more need needs to enter the enclave mr. biden also quote emphasized the critical need to protect civilians. nbc news' hala gorani has the latest on the plight of palestinian civilians. >> reporter: we learning that israel has agreed to open another border crossing for inspection of aid trucks, a senior u.s. official has confirmed to nbc news. the karem shalom crossing will

be used to inspect cargo and humanitarian supplies. it had will still have to go thg the border at the rafah side it would certainly speed up the process, and that is the hope. we do understand the united states had pressed for more, for some of these vehicles to be allowed through karem shalom, but that is not part of the agreement now. meantime, this is happening against the backdrop of continued violence, of sisraeli bombardment. and of face-to-face fighting between idf, israeli military soldiers and hamas militants mean while, there are continued reports that the israeli military is considering the use of seawater to flood the hamas tunnels in the gaza strip. we have seen satellite imagery that has been analyzed, showing

that between the beginning of object a october and the end of november, there was a pipe system connected from the sea inland to the gaza strip the question is whether this has been used already, whether this will be used at all. certain le certainly, as far as the families of hostages are concerned, and there are 138 still remaining, this is likely to cause more anguish, as many are thought to be held by hamas inside of the tunnels. and of course, two months into the war, the humanitarian situation is still dire. many people still need basic supplies, clean water, food and medicine in all right, hala, thank you. shock and fear roiling the jewish community in new york state this morning on the first night of hanukkah,

a man fired a shotgun outside the temple israel synagogue in albany when he was arrested, he told authorities, quote, "free palestine. he is being charged federally with possession of a firearm bby a prohibited person. one of the students shot over the weekend is released from the hospital. video shows him waving good-bye to medical staff as onlookers hold balloons and shake his hand he currently paralyzed from the chest down and will be heading to rehab in a few days a growing manhunt for two escaped inmates in pennsylvania. u.s. marshals say a man accused of drug and parole violations escaped from western pennsylvania and took off in a

redfor red ford pickup truck. this comes as another inmate scaped escaped during work detail last week in sacramento, authorities just wrapped up what they're calling operation bad elf. they were working under cover, watching for shoplifters they made 285 arrests at 12 stores of those arrests, only 52 were booked into jail th> the strongs orms are ord as it moves across the nation. >> it started out of course out west and impacted folks in the northwest yesterday. now it's on the move and through the day today it will merge with the rockies and be problematic for folks across parts of the east

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that instrument they're playing? >> that would take a whole other explanation. we are officially in the hanukkah holiday the national menorah was lit just after sunset in the nation's capitol among the participants at this year's lighting ceremony, second gentleman doug emhoff. it ends on december 15th beautiful to look at >> and hope it stay happens happy and safe for everybody who celebrates we thank you for being with us on this friday thanks for watching "early today. i'm frances rivera >> i'm phillip mena. coming up later, dak prescott opens up about a project near to opens up about a project near to hi next! ♪♪ smiling first can help -next! someone find the courage to do the same.

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