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nine tax-related charges. the feds alleging he failed to pay his taxes while spending millions on an extravagant lifestyle. a preview of monday's big case for former president donald trump, where he is set to take the stand as his defense team's final witness in his $250 million civil fraud trial. also breaking overseas, a rocket attack on the u.s. embassy in baghdad. what we're learning about who is behind it. in gaza, massive explosions as israel says it hit at least 450 hamas targets in the last 24 hours. it comes as hamas says it has launched a barrage of missiles against tel aviv. and the state of texas now threatening doctors after a landmark court ruling granted a woman an emergency abortion. we'll hear from the woman at the center of that case. we begin this hour with new

legalroubles for hunter biden. a california grand jury has indicted president biden's son on nine charges including three felonies. th charges against him include failure to file and pay taxes, filing a false or fraudulent tax return, if convicted he could face a maximum of 17 years in prison. these charges were brought by special counsel david weiss overseeing the federal investigation into hunter biden. his attorney told nbc news in a statement, if hunter's name was anything other than biden, the charges in delaware, and now california, would not have been brought. with us now ryan nobles, who has been covering hunter biden's legal troubles and nbc news white house correspondent allie raffa. what exactly is in this indictment? >> reporter: well, jose, these are serious charges. and they're far more serious than the original plea agreent that hunter biden and his legal team worked out with prosecutors that fell apart over the summer. as you rightly pnt out, nine

tax-related charges that accuse hunter biden not only of not paying his taxes, but actively working against the government to pay those taxes, essentially accusing him of fraud. these are three felony counts. remember that in the summer when he was going to plead guilty to similar charges, they were only going to be misdemeanor charges and involved no jail time whatsoever. perhaps the most damaging at least from the public perception of this case are the details that they reveal in this indictment, that many of us knew but have now been laid bare in a formal court filing, accusing hunter biden of a wide range of activity during this period of time, where he was in the throes of addiction, but at the same time, not responding to the efforts to get him to collect his taxes. between the indictment reads that between 2016 and october of 2020, the defendant spent his money on drugs, escorts and girlfriends, luxury hotels and rental properties, exotic cars, clothing and other items of personal nature.

in short, everything but his taxes. and, of course, the sum total of all this, if he's convicted, he could face up to 17 years in prison and, of course, it is in addition to the gun charges he's already facing, a serious legal problem for hunter biden, jose, but, of course, a big political problem for his father as well. >> yeah, has the white house had any reaction to the charges overnight? >> reporter: yeah, jose, there was a very valiant effort by reporters on the white house south lawn a couple of minutes ago as the president was departing the white house to head to las vegas and then later los angeles this afternoon. coincidentally where the files against his son hunter were filed. and he, according to reporters out there asking the questions about his son, walked very briskly to marine one and did not stop to answer those questions. but in the past we have seen him engage with reporters and defend his son. when asked about his son's legal

woes, he has said he's proud of his son for overcoming his struggle with drug addiction, he has faith and trust, his son did nothing wrong. this is going to be something that the president and the white house officials are peppered with questions about over the next few days. but as we know, as far as how this news broke last night, a senior administration official tells us that the white house had no advance notice, they found out about this new criminal indictment in the news and media reports. and so this is no doubt something that the white house does not want to be the focus of the media and the american public's attention, especially, as we head into 2024. the president trying to shift the american public's focus on that. and we know that as we head into 2024, the president's son could be facing not one, but two criminal indictments as his father runs for re-election, jose. >> ryan this indictment may not be all we learn about hunter

biden's tax issues today. what more can you tell us about that? >> reporter: yeah, that's right, jose, just this week that pair of irs whistle-blowers that testified publicly in front of the house ways and means committee a few months ago held another closed door transcribed interview with committee officials and members of the committee. we except that full transcript to be released at some point in the very near future, maybe as early as today. we know that excerpts from that testimony have already been released, and it details, you know, the ways in which hunter biden tried to satisfy these tax debts and that he was given a significant donation, essentially, from someone who ended up being a donor to the biden campaign to help alleviate those tax debts. almost $5 million that gift was to hunter biden to help him pay his taxes. so we could learn more about what these whistle-blowers were looking at, the information that they were collecting during their investigation into hunter biden. of course, they have said repeatedly that they believe he

was given preferential treatment by the justice department during that window of their investigation. it is, of course, important to point out, though, jose, that this was during the trump administration that this investigation was initially launched or was under the attorney general william barr who made the decision to kind of counteract some of the pleas by the whistle-blowers to move this investigation forward. >> ryan nobles and allie raffa, thank you. now with us to continue our conversation, msnbc legal analyst lisa rubin and criminal defense attorney and msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. thank you, guys, for being with us this morning. lisa, i'll start with you. these are charges against hunter biden overnight. how serious are they? >> they're serious charges, including three felony counts and certainly degrees more serious than the counts against him when he had a plea deal over the summer that fell apart. i think it is also important to note that the reason the plea deal fell apart was because the judge in delaware didn't want to be responsible for determining

whether hunter had violated the tern terms of the agreement at a later point in time. through that plea agreement, the department of justice wanted to push that on the judge. why? because it was a two-year agreement and they were afraid if donald trump were to be elected, a trump-led department of justice might be retrib tiff with respect to hunter biden. the idea we have gone from there to here demonstrates the gravity of the situation that hunter biden is in. >> in delaware and now california, that is more for the defense. >> particular by because settling one of the cases in one jurisdiction won't, as you noted, alleviate his problem in the other. in situations like this, it is not unusual for a defense team to try and seek a global resolution with the department of justice. here, that would be special counsel david weiss. but i don't think it is likely you'll see them resolve these cases piecemeal. >> how unusual is this, danny? >> in the statistically tax

crimes are broad, they are very rare among the overall federal crimes. i believe in 2022, somewhere around 400 were sentenced for tax crimes. and that's among thousands who are charged and sentenced in the federal system. and while these charges are serious, they carry some stiff maximum penalties. that's always the case when in federal court. what is interesting to me is that you have the evasion charge, which requires an affirmative act. this is not a place he can defend by saying, oops, i made a mistake. the government plans to show an affirmative act like hiding assets, something like that, that demonstrates this takes it to the felony level of tax evasion. what is really interesting also is the false statements portion, which doesn't even require the government to show a tax deficiency. in other words, the taxes may be okay, it is about making a false statement on a document that is submitted. so if i'm hunter biden's team, i am trying to negotiate with everything i can to get this back into misdemeanor land. any way possible to see if anything that was on the table

several months ago could possibly be brought back to the table. just to give you an idea of sentence, the average sentence in 2022 for tax offenders was around 13 months. and of those who were sentenced, only about 60% were even sentenced to prison. while the maximum penalty sound pretty draconian and they are in federal court, i can tell you from experience, the sentencing guidelines might take us -- take hunter biden closer to possibly even something around a year, maybe two years, it all depends on the dollar amount of loss and the over a million here that is apparently alleged could put him much higher than the average sentence for tax crimes. >> for someone who doesn't know the judicial process from the inside, one of the things ryan talked about, that the -- hunter biden has -- had a benefactor who gave almost $5 million as a gift or as a -- i don't know what you would call it, to pay

off that, you know, debt. how does one get a benefactor and are there any legal consequences to getting a benefactor, just if you find someone who has the money to give you the money, you pay it off, is that how it works? >> you can do that, you can get someone to give you money and, by the way, my phone lines are open for anyone who wants to be my benefactor. but most people don't have those kinds of benefactors. as long as you properly make the entries in the proper business records for tax purposes, i mean, a gift is a taxable event. it has consequences. and the way the irs can get you is when people try to falsify business records, take something that is a gift and make it something else. and that's why, for example, hunter biden is going to have difficulty. this indictment is designed to short circuit the ignorance defense. it is commonly said ignorance is not a defense to the law. that's generally true. sometimes it is a defense, where

a willfulness requirement is written into the statute. you see that with regulatory crimes. you do see that to some degree in the tax code, and the way the government is going to show that willfulness element is not just the failure to file taxes or the failure to pay your tax liability, but the affirmative acts that they're going to allege that he was being deceptive, moving money around, concealing money, those are the ways you get the felony land in federal tax crime. >> now to the former president's legal troubles in the civil trial here in new york city, $250 million trial that you have been covering on a daily basis, why are his lawyers trying to put him back on the stand on monday? >> jose, that's a very good question. my guess is privately they're advising him not to. and the reason why, in addition to the fact that every time trump opens his mouth in a legal proceeding, he gets himself in some hot water is also because the gag order in new york is now in effect and trump's appeal of that gag order can't be decided any sooner at the very earliest

than monday late afternoon or evening. that means if and when donald trump takes the stand, he will be under an order not to mention any courtroom personnel. and with that principle law clerk sitting literally feet away from him, i don't know donald trump can overcome that temptation. this is a person known for his impulsivity and long windedness. my guess is chris kise and team are having serious talks with their client to persuade out of taking the stand on monday. >> lisa rubin and danny cevallos, thank you so very much. great seeing you. up next, israel intensifies its assault on hamas in gaza as a u.n. official warns society is on the brink of full blown collapse throughout the strip. plus, we'll talk to the mother of an israeli teenager whose brutal kidnapping by hamas was captured on video. why she says the world still needs to see this video. we're back in 60 seconds. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc from new york city. g "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc

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14 past the hour. new today, there was a rocket attack on the u.s. embassy in the iraqi capital of baghdad. an embassy spokesperson says the complex was attacked by two salvos of rockets. a spokesperson says assessments are ongoing but there are no reported casualties. no group claimed responsibility for the attack, but the embassy spokesperson says there are indications it was launched by iran-backed militia groups. iran-backed groups launched dozens of attacks against u.s. interests in the middle east since the middle of october. turning now to the latest on the israel-hamas war, today, loud explosions and sirens heard in tel aviv after the hamas military wing said it launched a missile barrage on that city. no injuries were immediately reported. meanwhile, across the gaza strip, israel's defense forces say they struck almost 450 targets just on thursday. israel says this video shows a strike on what it calls

terrorists in the southern gazan city of khan younis, but nbc news is unable to verify it. this as the u.s. is warning israel they must, quote, put a premium on civilian protection. just this morning, u.n. secretary-general antonio guterres addressed the desperate humanitarian situation in gaza. >> the conditions for the effective delivery of humanitarian aid no longer exists. >> and in israel, prime minister netanyahu attended today the funeral of the son of a cabinet minister who died in gaza on thursday. joining us now is nbc news foreign correspondent raf sanchez in tel aviv. a senior u.s. official tells nbc news israel agreed to a border crossing in gaza that was closed throughout the war? >> reporter: jose, that's right. this is the karem shalom crossing. the israelis are saying they will allow for the inspection of

aid trucks at that border crossing once the trucks are inspected, they can go over into egypt and then cross into gaza, so the hope is that that will allow for more humanitarian aid to get into southern gaza, where it is so badly needed. but it will still be just a fraction of what those 2 million civilians inside of gaza need. the u.n. is warning today, jose, in the loudest possible language, that we are on the brink of irreversible disaster in southern gaza. they say there is not enough aid getting in, and what little aid is getting in cannot be distributed because of the intensity of the israeli bombing and because israel is not allowing enough fuel in. and as israel closes the net around that southern city of khan younis, where it says senior hamas leaders who planned the october 7th terrorist attack are hiding, there are hundreds of thousands of displaced palestinian civilians, many of whom fled their homes in the north because israel told them to, who are inside the city.

i've been speaking the last couple of days with the palestinian british man named mohammad and our team in gaza was able to catch up with him, in khan younis yesterday. and i want to play you a little bit of that conversation. >> everywhere we have been has been under bombardment. so, like, the our, our apartment, the building has been bombed. the apartment that we sheltered in was bombed. my father's health center, bombed. and the hotel, bombed. >> reporter: and, jose, that's what we're hearing from palestinian civilians all across southern gaza, israeli strikes are landing everywhere. if you're a parent, trying to make decisions about how to get your children to safety, there are no good options for you right now. mohammad and his family are considering going even further south, down toward rafah on the egyptian border, but there have been israeli strikes down there. they don't know if they'll have any shelter, any food, any

access to water if they flee once again. jose? >> raf sanchez in tel aviv, thank you so very much. right now, 137 people are still being held hostage after already spending more than two months in captivity. 19-year-old nama levy is one of them. she is the young woman in this video, one of the first images people saw around the world in the immediate aftermath of the october 7th terrorist attack. she is bloodied as hamas grabs her bay the hair and takes her hostage. joining us now is her mother. that video is so difficult to watch. i'm not going to show it again. i know that you feel that it is important that people see that. and i want to thank you for being with us today. >> thank you. >> just how are you doing today?

>> well, right now i'm kind of -- we just heard the loud bombings, we are near tel aviv, so right now my heart is beating because of that. but well, we're doing -- i'm breathing. i'm doing whatever i can just to bring nama back. i don't know how i'm doing. i'm just -- i'm just trying to do my best and then bring my little girl back home and all the kidnapped that are still there. there are still women and young women and girls there, like my naama, she's 19. since october 7th she's been held and kept by hamas in the gaza strip. and it has been 62 days today. and i just -- i am here, and,

you know, i'm -- i bring myself to these talks just to ask for, please, help, to bring naama and all the kidnapped back home. i thank you for hearing me and for listening and for hearing naama's story and i just -- i ask for all the efforts to be extended and for the awareness of these crimes against humanity that have been committed by hamas and especially the violence against women and women used as weapons of war. you see the video and, you know, i've seen frames of it, i've tried not to see the full thing, but as you can imagine, we are doing pretty bad. >> i'm wondering, because, again, you know, it is like what do you ask? i don't know what to ask because this -- this reality that you and your family are going

through is just, i don't know how you can put words, and i want to thank you for putting such eloquent words together to talk about this. i know that you're not only her mother, but you're also a doctor. and i'm just wondering, what did you see in that video of your daughter in those pictures, the frames that you saw? >> yeah. of course i see the terror in her eyes, and the brutal way that she is being dragged by the hair and i see her injured in the face, and, you know, her arm and i see her bloody hands, her sweat pants, her pajamas she's wearing. and, of course, what i'm worried about is the obvious, the sexual assault, and the consequences of that, and, you know, it is so difficult for me to even think, to even speak about it, but i

have to because i have to make this -- have the world know and be aware of all these atrocities that have been done and maybe that keep on going. she's still there. there are other girls still there. i don't know what to do except just to have everybody know about this, and try to help bring them back in any way. >> have you heard -- >> there are no words. i don't even know what words to use, but for me, as a -- i'm first and foremost a mother, and i see this as a mother, i'm a physician and i'm thinking about the things that can be going on with her right now, and of course the risk of infection due to her wounds, and other things that, you know, are difficult for me to even speak about.

>> words that only a mother, i think, can find, but i -- have you heard about her, from her, anything since -- >> no communication. no communication with her since then. we have no -- nothing from the red cross that we would expect these organizations to be -- to give us information, we implore them, we ask them again and again to bring information, to supply them with basic healthcare. but there is nothing on that part. and although we have had several talks and attempts from our side to get that, we did get a sign of life through the kidnap that have been released almost two weeks ago, women, young girls and children that have been

released and saw her shortly. so we know that she is alive. she is walking. but that is all we have. nothing official, no communication, and no organizations, the humanitarian organizations that should be in this situation, we have nothing from that. >> why do you think that so many remained so quiet for so long about this such basic human issue of respect? how is it that so many are able to keep so quiet for so long about this sexual violence? >> i wanted to ask that same question, that's what i want to ask, how can that be? i speak as a mother, to other

mothers, as a physician, to the world health organizations, worldwide, how can you keep quiet seeing all of this, knowing what is going on? i really don't know. i don't have the answer. i have the same questions. and this is why i'm speaking. this is why i want this to be known. >> i just -- she turned 19 in june. and what is it that you want us to know and keep with us as what your daughter means and who she is? >> well, you see her beautiful smile. she is a gentle, loving girl. she spent her year from after graduating from high school,

where she was majoring in diplomacy, she spent a year volunteering and doing community work with youth her age and this is who she is. she is a peace seeker. she was part of a peace organization called hands of peace, meeting with palestinians, jews, american jews and she was part of a delegation. and in her year of -- after high school, she volunteered in a kindergarten for african refugees in the southern point of israel, and this is who she is. this is what she does. this is -- this makes it even more unbearable and unbelievable to know that she is being held and having to go through all these -- i don't know how to call it, the torture she is

experiencing right now, being such a peace seeker and such a loving person, she loves children. always looking for how to do good, and she's my little girl. that's what i want the world to know. she's my little girl and i want her back. i need her back. >> we all do. thank you. we'll be right back. >> thank you, jose. thank you. we'll be right back. >> thank you, jose thank you.

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31 past the hour. today, capitol hill negotiators expected to try and hash out their disagreements over border policy. those disagreements have stalled passage of the supplemental aid package. yesterday, lead negotiators resumed talks and discussed a new proposal according to republican senator langford and a democrat familiar with negotiations. sahil kapur joins us now. you wrote an aic about how aides to president biden are directly involved in trying to guide these negotiatio. what are they staing right now? >> reporter: that's right. negotiations are back on. a trio o senators met yesterday for about an hour to rekindle these conversations. the democrat chris murphy, republican james langford and independent kyrsten sinema. langford presented a proposal. there have been no breakthroughs yet, but the failed vote triggered this rekindling of talks.

the white house's role has been complicated. they don't like to be front and center in these legislative negotiations. it is a strategy that worked for them in the past, but based on our reporting they are involved, especially at a staff level, white house staff have been calling democratic senators to nudge them to try to get this immigration deal done in order to unlock passage of this national security supplemental and just two days ago, president biden gave his clearest indication yet he does want a deal, saying he is willing to make significant compromises on the border. now, what do those compromises look like? there are some aspects of the negotiations that are going well. democrats have been, i'm told, been willing to make serious concessions on the issue of asylum to raise that standard, raise the bar through which people can claim asylum and stay in the united states. but the issue of humanitarian parole, republicans are making stringent demands here that democrats simply say they cannot stomach. they claim the republican proposals will either shut off legal pathways to the u.s. or force mass detentions including of children.

republicans come back and say this is a crisis and democrats are not taking it seriously enough. some believe that president biden himself needs to get involved and be the closer in these negotiations. let's tell you what lindsey graham had to say about that. >> these negotiations need to change. the president of the united states should be involved. he is responsible for this situation more than any member of the house and the senate. he is the commander in chief. >> reporter: now, there are a couple of pitfalls here, the first is the calendar. the holidays are coming up. they want to get this done very soon. the second is the republican-controlled house, speaker mike johnson is demanding the much more aggressive and partisan republican bortd border security measure that cannot pass, is going to hold firm or compromise? president biden is very motivated to get this done. he wants to be the president who helped ukraine defeat russia. this is his opportunity. >> sahil kapur, thank you very much. up next, a fallout from a texas judge's landmark ruling granting an emergency order for a woman to get an abortion.

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38 past the hour. today the supreme court is in the process of deciding whether it will review a case determining the future of the abortion pill mifepristone. we're hearing from the woman in texas who sued to have an emergency abortion because the

fetus has a fatal abnormality. a federal judge granted her permission to have that abortion. nbc news senior legal correspondent laura jarrett joins me this morning. always great seeing you. what is the latest on the texas case. there are always appeals and what is the latest? >> it is a compelling case, jose. she is somebody at the center of this case, kate cox, she told us yesterday she didn't know the rules in her state, she was shocked to learn that despite the fact that her baby has a fetal abnormality, that she could not get an abortion, but for the judge weighing in. here's her story. kate cox was running out of time, after learning at 20 weeks that the baby she is expecting has a fetal abnormality, the 31-year-old mom of two filed a lawsuit in texas seeking an emergency abortion. a judge agreed. >> i never thought i would ever need or want an abortion. >> reporter: if cox carried the pregnancy to term, doctors warned she would be at risk for

serious complications, that could affect her ability to have more children. >> there is no outcome here that i take home my healthy baby girl. >> reporter: texas bans most abortions as soon as the baby has a heart beat. there are medical exceptions, but critics say the language is vague, leaving doctors fearful of getting sued for performing one without a court order. the judge siding with cox saying the idea that miss cox wants desperately to be a parent and this law might actually cause her to lose that ability is shocking. and would be a genuine miscarriage of justice. the texas attorney general pushing back strongly, arguing cox failed to show she qualifies for a medical exception. the ag sending a letter to cox's hospital warning prosecutions are still possible if they allow her doctor to perform an unlawful abortion, despite the ruling. >> the rule of law doesn't mean anything to the attorney general of texas. >> reporter: separate challenges to the laws in texas filed by

other women are still ongoing. meanwhile, cox still dreams of expanding her family one day. >> i want the opportunity to get the healthcare i need and heal and then you know, try again. >> now, as for cox, the state could try to take this case to a higher court, try to block the abortion in some way, but it is not clear that it is not already too late for them, jose. she might have already gotten the procedure done. we don't know yet. >> the supreme court is considering taking on the issue of mifepristone. >> yes, the u.s. supreme court today sitting behind closed doors deciding whether to take up that closely watched case. of course, the most commonly used abortion pill in the country. in fact, in this case, it is one of those where if they don't do anything, that's actually doing quite a lot, jose, then that case, that means the lower court ruling would stand, that the supreme court doesn't weigh in, which means it would restrict the actual use of the drug around the country. so we wait to see what the justices do on that case. >> laura jarrett, thank you very

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47 past the hour. a man in custody after opening fire outside a synagogue in albany yesterday. just hours before the start of hanukkah. police say the suspect fired a shotgun twice into the air outside the temple before telling responding officers free palestine as he was taken into custody. no one was injured in the incident. the rise of anti-semitism, new york governor kathy hochul directed state and police and national guard to increase patrol around at risk sites. the suspect now faces a federal count of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. and this morning, we are getting a closer look inside wednesday's mass shooting that left three people dead and one other injured at the university of nevada in las vegas.

nbc's steve patterson joins us now from las vegas. steve, good morning. what are we learning about the victims? >> reporter: yeah, jose, first thing i should make abundantly clear, police wanted to make clear, that, you know, despite sort of what the motive or vendetta of the shooter is, they don't necessarily have one. they're still looking for the motive. that is the primary source of the investigation at this point. and secondly, that, you know, based on everything they know, the suspect was solely targeting faculty members. if there was a vendetta, it was just against public educators. he wanted to make that clear, police did, to the student body here at unlv. we have been sort of looking at the victims. as you mentioned, three dead, two have been identified, one additional injury. patricia navarro-velez, 39 years old, just joined on staff here five years ago, an accounting professor, assistant professor focused on educating her

students. jerry chang, professor for 20 years here, business professor, both of them inside the business school where the shooting took place. there is an additional victim, the identity, though, is being withheld until further notice until they're able to identify next of kin. there was a fourth victim, the sole survivor also a gunshot victim still in the hospital as far as we know, still in stable condition at this point. but the community here, even though it affects just one school on a very large campus, still reeling the entire community feeling the shock waves of what was felt just a few days ago. >> steve, we're learning more about the suspect? >> reporter: yeah, again, first of all, no motive motive yet. that's the primary driver of the investigation. police are doing all they can to find more, certainly piecing to the his social media profile. they removed hard drives from his home. what we know is this. this is a guy that had a hit list. on that hit list, again, members

of faculty, really spread out across the country, here at unlv, and his previous university eastern carolina. had a few jobs in the southeast before trying to get jobs across the state in nevada. rejected, as we are hearing, from all of the jobs he applied for, including here at unlv. is that the motive? police are working to find that out. he sent letters to educators across the country, 22 letters. one of them, they found a bizarre white substance. it was harmless. it was a big fear from investigators workingith the postal rve. breaking news on the economy. the job m remains resien despite some signs hiring is swi down. employers added 199,000 new jobs last month. that's over the 190,000 economists predicted. the unemployment rate fell to

3.7%. when you break it down by race, hispanic unemployment fell .2%. black unemployment was unchanged. president biden reacted to this news in a statement saying, in part, quote, on my watch, we have achieved better growth and lower inflation than any other advanced country. dominic chu joins us with the latest on this. good morning. what else did we learn from this report? >> we basically learned things are cooling off in e u.s. economy, but in a more stable and controlled faion. which is leading some market and economic experts to tk about the so-called soft landing for the american economy. that's to say, slowing the pace of inflation while at the same time not sending economy into a sharp downturn. that pace of jobs growth was slightly hotter than expected, as you noted. that's a good thing. 199,000 jobs gained in november is still below the average monthly gain of jobs, which is

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10,000 migrants crossed into the u.s. on tuesday, according to u.s. customs and border protection. the rise in arrivals is putting a strain on cities across the country as they struggle to accommodate more migrants. julia ainsley has the latest from denver. >> reporter: denver, joining the growing list of cities struggling to handle a record surge of migrants. with entire blocks full of migrants sleeping on the street. >> it's a crisis. >> reporter: this man is one of five democratic mayors writing president biden saying action is needed to help cities address the crisis. what's the one thing you want from the biden administration right now? >> when you admit someone for asylum, they should get work authorization. expedite the process so it doesn't take four years. it could take 30 days. >> reporter: he is under pressure from counties outside the denver that are not taking in migrants. douglas county, passing a resolution demanding denver drop

its status as a sanctuary city. a jurisdiction where officials won't enforce federal immigration laws. critics say that attracts more migrants. with illegal crossings at the southern border at record highs. what would you like to see the city do? >> i would like the city to actively proclaim it's not a sanctuary city. i think it's important that we are not bringing people to a cold weather climate. >> reporter: there are more than 2,600 migrants in denver's shelter system. nearly 30,000 have come through denver in the last year costing taxpayers more than $32 million so far. denver shelters are full. some migrants sleeping in tent encampments like these. temperatures drop below freezing at night. >> it seems pretty inconvenient for them and for us. a lot of people in this apartment complex are concerned. >> reporter: families with children are given priority in denver shelters. we meet a group of adults who just arrived. this woman said they don't know

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