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 on 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 education 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 says 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 leadership. >> i thought her comments were absolutely shameful. >> reporter: jonathan greenblatt is ceo of the anti-defamation league. >> there are some who have 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 in leadership. meantime, harvard's president has also walked back her comments, stating calls for violence or genocide have no place at the university. the house education committee says its investigation will focus on policies and disciplinary procedures at the schools. norah. >> nikole killion with all that new information, thank you very much. we want to turn now to a major court decision granting a woman in texas an emergency abortion. texas is one of more than a dozen states that imposed a near total ban on the procedure after

last year's supreme court ruling overturning roe v. wade. cbs's janet shamlian tonight explains why a judge is allowing this unprecedented exception. >> reporter: a historic decision. >> i am going to grant the temporary restraining order. >> reporter: a texas judge ruling in favor of kate cox, who asked the court for an abortion in a state that doesn't allow them and threatens to prosecute anyone who helps women get them. >> the idea that ms. cox wants desperately to be a parent and this law might actually cause her to lose that ability is shocking. >> reporter: cox, who teared up at the hearing, is 20 weeks pregnant with a fetus that has a fatal genetic abnormality. the state filed tuesday also states giving birth could affect the dallas woman's ability to have more children. the emergency order applies only to the 31-year-old mother of two and ensures her doctor will not

face penalties. >> this case proves that abortion is essential, lifesaving health care, and the judge recognized that immediately. >> reporter: texas has one of the nation's most restrictive abortion laws. a near total ban on the procedure. >> what the judge did today will create more confusion and ultimately more harm, and that's what we're concerned about. >> reporter: for her part, cox in a newspaper op-ed this week wrote, i do not want to continue the pain and suffering that has plagued this pregnancy, adding, i do not want my baby to arrive in this world only to watch her suffer. the texas attorney general's office issued a statement today saying her doctor could still be prosecuted if she performs the abortion. it had argued that cox should not be permitted to get the abortion. it has not said whether it will appeal the decision. norah. >> a remarkable turn of events. janet shamlian, thank you. 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 learned that nearly 10,000 asylum seekers were detained on wednesday alone. now, 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, aizona, 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. the processing may begin momentarily. overnight, people built camp fires for warmth. some have gone days without food or water. this man traveled from west africa. >> did you sleep? >> how to sleep? yeah, 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. >> translator: i'm very tired of walking so much with my children. with the baby in my arms and the little girl on my shoulders. >> reporter: this is one of the border's most remote stretches, now one of the 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, and we've never seen anything like this. they're coming through the wall. >> reporter: our cameras captured one of those breaches. >> hey, guys. >> reporter: 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 rod that was just cut and repaired today. for nearly everyone here, the

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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. >> you feel it in your bones? >> absolutely. >> reporter: this is hog hammock, little more than 400 acres, fewer than 30 full-time families. there is no main street here. just scattered homes. oscared like more and more of the original families in this historic enclave. back in september, the macintosh county commission changed sap aloe'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.

>> black versus white? >> in part, it is,some apply because there are not as many rich black folks as there are rich white folks. >> reporter: now at risk, one of america's last intact gull aguy chi 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. a hot air balloon comes down hard with nine people on board.

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forget and forever honor the sacrifices of america's greatest generation. that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and remember you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm jarred hill in new york. new legal trouble for hunter biden. the president's son is being charged with nine federal tax crimes. prosecutors allege he engaged in a four-year scheme to avoid paying $1.4 million in federal taxes. this would have been between

2016 and 2019. his lawyers say the charges wouldn't have been brought, quote, if hunter's last name was anything other than biden. three people were injured at a christmas parade in bakersfield, california, when a pickup truck drove into the crowd. the driver is in custody. and here's hoping for a peachy new year. pantone announced that peach fuzz is the color of the year for 2024. the company says it, quote, captures our desire to nurture ourselves and others. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm jarred hill, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." 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 department on two misdemeanor tax charges, but remember that deal collapsed after facing scrutiny from a u.s. district court judge. cbs's catherine herridge is here with tonight's late-breaking details. good evening, catherine. what are we learning? >> reporter: norah, according to the 56-page court filing, a federal grand jury in california has returned a 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 four-year 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. cbs news has reached out to hunter biden's legal team for comment, and there was no immediate response. if convicted on the tax charges, he could face 17 years in prison. norah. >> catherine herridge, thank you. now to that mass shooting on a college campus in las vegas. we're 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's still a heavy police

presence here outside of the business building at unlv even though the campus is essentially closed. but tonight we're 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 werner'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. >> she showed us the alert students received on their phones. werner recorded this video when officers arrived a short time later and escorted students to safety. >> so they said, come on out with single-file line. >> are your hands up at this point? >> hands at your sides just like that. >> you felt this was going to happen eventually? >> yeah, because i also work in the school district, not while i'm in school, while i'm teaching. but it could also happen while i'm at the movie theater. it could happen at the mall. >> 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, this he were getting ready for final exams next week. those are put on hold as the university tries to figure out a way to move forward. 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. [ siren ] >> 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 israeli defense forces confirmed to cbs news tonight

that video that 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 dickmann, 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. >> charlie d'agata, thank you. a former santa clarita alaska arnls pilot accused of terrifying to shut off a plane's engines mid flight, pled to reckless endanger many. he 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. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." sometimes jonah wrestles with falling asleep... ...so he takes zzzquil. the world's #1 sleep aid brand. and wakes up feeling like himself. get the rest to be your best with non-habit forming zzzquil.

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end of the year has sent a chill through the gop conference. mccarthy is the only house speaker in history to be ousted by his colleagues, and his retirement will cut into the republicans' already slim house majority. there are major political battles waiting when congress returns in the new year, including a possible government shutdown. scott macfarlane reports. >> 17 years ago, i was elected to a seat in congress that i couldn't get an internship for. >> reporter: in october, he was second in line to the presidency. by the end of december, california's kevin mccarthy will be a former member of congress. >> that's a wrap. >> reporter: mccarthy announced his retirement ahead of a deadline tomorrow on whether to file for re-election. and just days after the expulsion of new york's george santos. >> mr. santos, what's your reaction? >> reporter: an already fragile and narrow house republican majority becomes even slimmer. they'd only shbe able to affordo

lose three votes. >> mr. speaker, how are you going to navigate such a narrow majority? >> reporter: raising the pressure on new house speaker mike johnson, who declined to answer cbs's questions, his fellow republicans say johnson faces a daunting task of avoiding a government shutdown next month. >> he's going to have to reach out to the democrats in order to get anything done here. he's just going to have to do it. >> are you okay with that? >> he's in a tough position. >> it's always good to have a larger majority, not a slimmer one. >> reporter: nearly 40 members of the house and senate have announced their retirements, most at the end of 2024. oregon democratic congressman earl bloomen hower, who served 27 years, said recent dysfunction made his choice easier. >> it's been a sad place, and i hope that changes. but i think it's going to take a while. >> reporter: also retiring, utah republican and former presidential candidate mitt romney and pivotal swing vote, west virginia democrat joe manchin, who has not ruled out his own run for the white house

next year. >> this was scott macfarlane on capitol hill. someone else considering a run for the white house, former republican representative liz cheney. she has vowed to do whatever it takes to keep donald trump from becoming president again, and she explains why in a new book. it's called "oath and honor." cheney sat down for a chat with john dickerson. >> given your experience, do you look at politics differently? do you say, you know, we spend a lot of time demonizing the other side? >> yeah, absolutely. if everything that a political adversary does is met with, you know, an attack that, oh, my god, this is, you know, the worst possible thing you can imagine, this is dire, then when you face something that really is dire, like we are facing today with respect to donald trump and his efforts to unravel the republic, people become numb to the truth because they feel like, well, we've heard that so many times before from

politicians. >> how do you sound the alarm when people have gotten used to the ringing? that's the challenge for former congresswoman liz cheney, who has had to update even her sense of alarm as donald trump's effort to overthrow the last election has not stopped him from becoming the gop presidential favorite. as an election denier has become speaker of the house and prominent republicans have come to embrace election conspiracies as the route to political glory. >> you once used to say that nobody could challenge your conservative credentials. what if being a conservative today is defined by one thing, your support for donald trump? >> well, i know what conservative means, and i think that the most conservative of all conservative values is fidelity to the constitution. so, you know, there certainly are people today who are caught in this cult of personality, but that's -- that's the opposite of conservative. >> this primary election is over. >> reporter: after losing her

2022 republican primary, cheney traded the u.s. capitol dome for the thomas jefferson-designed rotunda at the university of virginia, where she has been lecturing on politics and writing a new book, "oath and honor." >> let me ask you about that oath. if a person is a member of congress and they've sworn an oath to defend the constitution, can they defend the constitution and also endorse donald trump? >> no. >> so they're -- >> they're inconsistent. >> they're breaking with their oath by saying they would like him to be the next president? >> in my view, fundamentally there is a choice to be made. you can't both be for donald trump and for the constitution. you have to choose. >> it's a lot of people who are choosing donald trump. >> yeah, it is. >> reporter: in the aftermath of the january 6th, 2021, attack on the capitol, cheney was one of only ten house republicans who voted to impeach donald trump. soon after, she joined the democratically-led committee to investigate the attack. >> tonight i say this to my

republican colleagues. you are defending the indefensible. there will come a day when donald trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain. >> reporter: once the number three leader in the house republican conference, cheney was shunned by it. but she found an ally in then speaker of the house california democrat nancy pelosi. >> i don't know that i had ever spoken more than a few sentences to her before she called me and asked me to be on the committee. i learned later that her staff put together for her a list of the top ten worst things liz cheney has ever said about nancy pelosi and gave it to her, and she apparently took one look at it and said, why are you bothering me with things that don't matter? >> would you take back some of the ten? >> oh, sure. we've all said things about each other that we probably, in hindsight, wish we hadn't said. >> reporter: cheney came to washington in 2016 along with donald trump. didn't like him, she said, but she supported his policies on issues like abortion and gun control. she voted with him more than 90%

of the time. >> certainy i think all of us in the republican party watched things unfold to some extent before 2020 and said, well, that's, you know, just donald trump. you don't have to take it seriously. i think what we saw that was different post-2020 election was the actual attempt to overturn the election and seize power. >> reporter: cheney's book also details the groundwork laid by trump's allies in the weeks leading up to january 6th. >> in the book, you spend a fair amount of time on a previously relatively obscure louisiana congressman. >> this is mike johnson. you know, mike and i were good friends. but what i learned was that, in fact, he was operating in a way that was dangerous. >> why dangerous? >> it was dangerous because what mike was doing was taking steps that he knew to be wrong, doing things that he knew to have no

basis in fact or law or the constitution. and mike was willing time and again to ignore the rulings of the courts, to ignore what state and federal courts had done and said about the elections in these states, in order to attempt to do donald trump's bidding. >> so he was asserting not only facts for which he had no evidence, but which the courts had already ruled had no merit? >> right, exactly. >> reporter: we asked speaker mike johnson for comment. his office tells sunday morning cheney's book does not present an accurate portrayal of those events and that he wishes her the best. in that book, cheney itemizes each turn with johnson before january 6th. a lot of attention for a name she expected few of her readers to know, but she felt johnson's sleight of hand was emblematic of republicans who don't just go along with trump's deceptions

but boost them. she had no idea she was writing about a future speaker. >> the speaker of the house is a collaborator to overthrow the last election. >> absolutely. >> what happens if mike johnson is the speaker on the 6th of january, 2025? >> he can't be. you know, we're facing a situation with respect to the 2024 election where it's an existential crisis, and we have to ensure that we don't have a situation where an election that might be thrown into the house of representatives is overseen by a republican majority. >> so you would prefer a democratic majority? >> i believe very strongly in those principles and ideals that have defined the republican party. but the republican party of today has made a choice, and they haven't chosen the constitution. and so i do think it's -- it presents a threat if the republicans are in the majority in january 2025. >> reporter: it's a threat

cheney hopes she can be clear enough about to break through the political numbness. >> you say donald trump, if he is re-elected, it will be the end of the republic. what do you mean? >> he's told us what he will do. people who say, well, if he's elected, it's not that dangerous because we have all of these checks and balances, don't fully understand the extent to which the republicans in congress today have been co-opted. one of the things that we see happening today is sort of a sleepwalking into dictatorship in the united states. >> is donald trump a fascist? >> i think that he certainly is employing fascist techniques. i think that the tools that he's using are tools that we've seen used by authoritarians, fascists, tyrants around the world. you know, the things that he has said and done in some ways are so outrageous that we have become numb to them. what i believe is the cause of our time is that we not become

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for most people, the holidays bring joy. but for many others, they just bring stress. michael george has some ideas on how to beat the blues. >> reporter: for many americans, the start of the holidays means santa, shopping, snow, and stress. >> are there things that stress you out about the holidays? >> um, probably just seeing people that i haven't seen in over a year.

>> traveling, doing any kind of traveling always stresses me out. >> reporter: a mental health survey by the american psychiatric association finds nearly a third of americans are more stressed out this year than last holiday season, and the top three sources of anxiety, affording gifts, finding gifts, and the cost of holiday meals. >> i think the first thing people can do is acknowledge that it can be a stressful time for a lot of people. >> reporter: dr. howard lou says the holidays don't have to cause anxiety. he says instead of focusing on spending, focus on spending time with loved ones and lower expectations to make things easier on yourself. >> just making sure that we give ourselves some self-compassion that it's going to be okay. it's okay to turn down some of those ing vits if they don't give us joy. >> >> reporter: the holidays can trigger isolation, depression, and seasonal affective disorder. it's important to focus on your mental health and take some time to de-stress. >> i like an emsome salts bath.

i like to hang out with my cat, listen to really good music, have a glass of wine. >> a lot of walks in central park to decompression. >> yeah, that's true. we use the park a lot to decompression. >> reporter: giving yourself the gift of in personal time can go a long way towards keeping the holidays happy. michael george, cbs news, new york. that is the overnight news for this friday. be sure to check back later for "cbs mornings." reporting from the nation's capital, i'm jeff pegues. this is "cbs news flash." i'm jarred hill in new york. new legal trouble for hunter biden. the president's son is being charged with nine federal tax crimes. prosecutors allege he engaged in a four-year scheme to avoid paying $1.4 million in federal taxes. this would have been between 2016 and 2019.

his lawyers say the charges wouldn't have been brought, quote, if hunter's last name was anything other than biden. three people were injured at a christmas parade in bakersfield, california, when a pickup truck drove into the crowd. the driver is in custody. and here's hoping for a peachy new year. pantone announced that peach fuzz is the co r of the year for 2024. the company says it, quote, captures our desire to nurture ourselves and others. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv hill, cbs news, ne york. tonight, we have breaking news. hunter biden facing new criminal charges. what we're learning about the case against president biden's son. a federal grand jury approves tax charges against hunter biden. the new details. our new reporting into the investigation into that deadly shooting on a college campus in

las vegas as we learn more about the victims. >> here on the campus at unlv, students and faculty are still in shock after a mass shooting left three people dead. 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. 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.

>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." 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 department on two misdemeanor tax charges, but remember that deal collapsed after facing scrutiny from a u.s. district court judge. cbs's catherine herridge is here with tonight's late-breaking details. good evening, catherine. what are we learning? >> reporter: norah, according to the 56-page court filing, a federal grand jury in california has returned a 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 four-year 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. cbs news has reached out to hunter biden's legal team for comment, and there was no immediate response. if convicted on the tax charges, he could face 17 years in prison. norah. >> catherine herridge, thank you. now to that mass shooting on a college campus in las vegas. we're 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's still a heavy police presence here outside of the business building at unlv even though the campus is essentially closed. but tonight we're 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 werner'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: 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. >> 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. [ siren ] >> 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 israeli defense forces confirmed to cbs news tonight that video that 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 dickmann, 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. >> charlie d'agata, thank you. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs over ght news."

>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." 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. well, 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, quote, 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 at 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 says 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 leadership. >> i thought her comments were absolutely shameful. >> reporter: jonathan greenblatt is ceo of the anti-defamation league. >> there are some who have 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 in leadership. meantime, harvard's president has also walked back her comments, stating calls for violence or genocide have no place at the university. the house education committee says its investigation will focus on policies and disciplinary procedures at the schools. norah. >> nikole killion with all that new information, thank you very much. we want to turn now to a major court decision granting a woman in texas an emergency abortion. texas is one of more than a dozen states that imposed a near total ban on the procedure after last year's supreme court ruling

overturning roe v. wade. cbs's janet shamlian tonight explains why a judge is allowing this unprecedented exception. >> reporter: a historic decision. >> i am going to grant the temporary restraining order. >> reporter: a texas judge ruling in favor of kate cox, who asked the court for an abortion in a state that doesn't allow them and threatens to prosecute anyone who helps women get them. >> the idea that ms. cox wants desperately to be a parent and this law might actually cause her to lose that ability is shocking. >> reporter: cox, who teared up at the hearing, is 20 weeks pregnant with a fetus that has a fatal genetic abnormality. the suit filed tuesday also states giving birth could affect the dallas woman's ability to have more children. the emergency order applies only to the 31-year-old mother of two and ensures her doctor will not

face penalties. >> this case proves that abortion is essential, lifesaving health care, and the judge recognized that immediately. >> reporter: texas has one of the nation's most restrictive abortion laws, a near total ban on the procedure. >> what the judge did today will create more confusion and ultimately more harm, and that's what we're concerned about. >> reporter: for her part, cox in a newspaper op-ed this week wrote, i do not want to continue the pain and suffering that has plagued this pregnancy, adding, i do not want my baby to arrive in this world only to watch her suffer. the texas attorney general's office issued a statement today saying her doctor could still be prosecuted if she performs the abortion. it had argued that cox should not be permitted to get the abortion. it has not said whether it will appeal the decision. norah. >> a remarkable turn of events. janet shamlian, thank you. 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 learned that nearly 10,000 asylum seekers were detained on wednesday alone. now, 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. the processing may begin momentarily. overnight, people built camp fires for warmth. some have gone days without food or water. this man traveled from west africa. >> did you sleep? >> how to sleep?

yeah, nowhere to sleep. >> did you expect this when you came into the u.s.? >> no. >> reporter: daniela is a mother of four from mexico. >> translator: i'm very tired of walking so much with my children, with the baby in my arms and the little girl on my shoulders. >> reporter: this is one of the border's most remote stretches, now one of the 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, and we've never seen anything like this. they're cutting through the wall. >> reporter: our cameras captured one of those breaches. >> hey, guys. >> reporter: 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 rod that was just cut and repaired today.

for nearly everyone here, the u.s. represents a safe haven. >> translator: i'm fighting as much as i can so my children can have something better. >> reporter: now, we reached out to customs and border protection, and they tell us they're sending more personnel and launching new operations to more aggressively target the smugglers. they're also asking congress for additional resources. norah. >> adam yamaguchi, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. sometimes, the lows of bipolar depression feel darkest before dawn. with caplyta, there's a chance to let in the lyte. caplyta is proven to deliver significant relief across bipolar depression. unlike some medicines that only treat bipolar i, caplyta treats both bipolar i and ii depression.

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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. >> you feel it in your bones? >> absolutely. >> reporter: this is hog 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. >> black versus white?

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sacrifices of america's greatest generation. that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and remember you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm jarred hill in new york. new legal trouble for hunter biden. the president's son is being charged with nine federal tax crimes. prosecutors allege he engaged in a four-year scheme to avoid paying $1.4 million in federal taxes. this would have been between 2016 and 2019.

his lawyers say the charges wouldn't have been brought, quote, if hunter'sast name was anything other than biden. three people were injured at a christmas parade in bakersfield, california, when a pickup truck drove into the crowd. the driver is in custody. and here's hoping for a peachy new year. pantone announced that peach fuzz is the color of the year for 2024. the company says it, quote, captures our desire to nurture ourselves and others. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm jarred hill, cbs news, new york. it's friday, december 8th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." indicted. hunter biden hit with nine new charges accusing him of failing to file and pay his taxes. the fiery response from his lawyer. mass detentions. video emerges from gaza apparently showing palestinians taken pr