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it's friday, december 8. "early today" starts right now good morning i'm phillip mena >> glad you're withus, i'm frances rivera shock and fear roiling the jewish community in new york state. on the first night of hanukkah, a man fired a shotgun outside the temple israel in albany. the man is being held, and also he could face, he's being charged federally with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. emilie ikeda kicks off our coverage this morning. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: on the first night of hanukkah, police across new york ramping up patrols at jewish sites after gief unfire caused a major scare >> reporter: the suspect is a

28-year-old local who was acting versus spacious. versus spacious. >> we were told by responding officers that he made a comment "free palestine. >> reporter: on the premises, two dozen preschoolers, the director of the early childhood center first heard the shots and called 911 the suspect who has a rap sheet was apprehended in a neighboring park lot >> thankfully no one was injured in this incident, but the fear it has wreaked and the fear and anxiety it has caused, i know a lot of people are feeling really shaken right now >> reporter: security had already been enhanced at synagogues and community centers ahead of the holiday just in september, the same location of the gunfire faced a bomb threat. >> our thanks to emily for that

report as humanitarian organizations warn of an acute risk of starvation and epidemics in gaza, president biden told israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu that much more aid needs to enter the besieged enclave. according it a white house readout of the call, mr. biden also quote emphasized the critical need to protect civilians. hala gorani has the latest on the need to help the polilight f civilians. >> reporter: we're learning that israel has agreed to order another crossing to inspect cargo of aid trucks and humanitarian supplies. the trucks and the vehicles would still have to go through the rafah border on the egyptian

side, but because carom shalom is better equipped, it would speed up the process we do understand that the united states had pushed for more, for some of these vehicles to be allowed through kerem shalom, but that is not part of the agreement right now. meantime, this is against the backdrop of continued israeli bombardment of the southern part of the gaza strip and of face-to-face fighting between idf, israeli military soldiers, and hamas militants. meanwhile, there are continued reports that the israeli military is considering the use of seawater to flood the hamas tunnels in the gaza strip. we are seen satellite imagery that has been analyzed, showing that between the beginning of october and the end of november there was a pipe system connected, in one part of the gaza strip on the shoreline. from the seen, into inland into

the gaza strip the question is whether this has been used already, whether this will be used at all. certainly, as far as the families of hostages are concerned, and there are 138 of them still remaining in the gaza strip, this is likely to cause even more anguish, as many of them are thought to be held by hamas inside of the tunnels. and of course two months into this war, the humanitarian situation is still dire with the medical system collapsing in the north, and on the verge of chancing in other parts of the gaza strip and many people still needing basic supplies, clean water, food and medicine. >> all right, hala, thank you. new this morning more legal trouble for hunter biden. he is facing three felony counts the indictment brought down by david weiss alleges that he engaged in a four-year scheme when he chose not to pay at

least $1.4 million in assessed federal taxes. he could face a maximue a m1 yes in prison if convicted it is one of the biggest rulings since roe versus wade was overturned a judge granting a texas woman the act to have an abortion because it's medically necessary. >> reporter: kate cox was run out of time. after learning at 20 weeks that the baby she was expecting has fetal abnormality, she is seeking an abortion. if cox carried the pregnancy to term, interests doctors warn se at risk for serious

complications that could affect the ability to have more children >> reporter: texas banned most abortions as soon as the baby has a heartbeat. there are medical exceptions, but critics say the language is vague. the judge siding with cox, saying the idea that ms. cox wants desperately to be a parent, and this law might actually cause letther to lose t ability is shocking and would be a genuine miscarriage of justice. the a.g. is sending a letter to cox's hospital warning prosecutions are still possible if they allow letter her doctoo perform an unlawful abortion this decision applies only to

cox. but separate challenges are ongg >> i want the opportunity to get the health care i need and heal. and then, you know, try again. >> reporter: laura jarret, nbc news parts of the northeast are seeing the first snow of the season a light dusting scattered across philadelphia and while there wasn't much accumulation, it was enough for one family to pull out the sled the. the snow even made it here to new york city and the rockefeller christmas tree got a little dusting as well that might be all we see for a while with warmer temperatures on the way and angie lassman is tracking weekend storms >> we have warm temperatures over the next couple days, but that's all going to change pretty quickly with cooler air ushering in. in the meantime, we've got to watch a coast-to-coast storm, main mainly the eastern half of the

country. we're going to see the storm redevelop east of the rockies, bringing a little snow to folks there. then later today we'll see rain and even snow spreading across this region. as we go into tomorrow we'll really start to see the impact with a line of thunderstorms developing along the cold front. this is going to leave us with the potential for storms, some severe we have the risk from tennessee to texas, hail, tornados, gusty winds on the table for that. then all this moisture moves a little farther to the east coast. it will bring us snow and heavy rain and gusty winds and that potential will be there as we get into sunday leaving us with difn angelo new orleans will hit 71 degrees with showers in the forecast

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friend and business partner, harv pierre and another man. she says she was approached when she was 17 years old and a junior in high school. she says pierre pierre common h convinced her to travel on a private jet to the recording studio jane doe says at the studio she was repeatedly sgifegiven drug d alcohol before she was vaiped and left on th on e bathroome br >> they could extend statutes of limitations to give survivors and victims longer periods of time in which to sue >> reporter: according to the

lawsuit, the most recent accuser says the other women who came forward gave letther the confide to come forward, specifically citing cassie ventura, a singer-song writer who was once signed to combs' label and dated him for a decade she accused combs of trap her in a cycle of abuse, violence and sex trafficking. 54-year-old combs responding, saying let me be absolutely clear. i did not do any of the allwful things alleged i will fight for my name, my family and for truth. >> this is a civil complaint against combs. it not a criminal prosecution. the only way for combs to be prosecuted would be if law enforcement saw this complaint

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