i m yasmin sicken. major legal news that we are following this afternoon after a court ruled a texas woman could get an abortion. this is to protect your health. the state supreme court has swooped in to put a stop to it for now. i think forcing me to continue the pregnancy, the pain and suffering, going through the risks of continuing the pregnancy, the risk of childbirth, again, especially given how by last two went, i think it s cruel. it is cruel. the new actions stemming from the efforts of one, manteca s attorney general, ken paxton. in a moment i will get reaction to all of this. with the lawyer representing kate cox. also ruling that donald trump can be gagged in his election interference case. not everybody connected to the case will be protected. this is concerning as it who trump might surround himself with if he gets back to the white house. one ally ready to go. i will support the president. i will support president trump. would you serve in a trump cab
without parole. the gunman who killed four classmates at oxford high school when he was 15 speaking out in court. what he said after being confronted by survivors and his victims families, and the judge s scathing words as he passed sentence. also tonight, the medical breakthrough. the fda approving the first gene editing treatment for sickle cell impacting 100,000 americans, most of whom are black. how it works and how much it will cost. the major cross-country storm. danger on the roads. heavy snow in the west and now the system on the move taking aim at the entire east coast. the video causing global outrage. palestinian men, some stripped to their underwear and blindfolded, in gaza. how israel is explaining it. hunter biden indicted on nine new charges accused of evading taxes while spending money on drugs, escorts, and luxury living, the fallout for president biden as he runs for re-election. our nbc news investigation, the scams at some so-called sober homes
colleague katy tur will interview the attorney for hunter biden, abbe lowell about the new indictment against the president s son. katy tur reports starts right now good to be with you. i m katy tur. would he be facing criminal charges if he were not the president s son? hunter biden s lawyers argue their client is only being federally indicted because his last name is biden. and because the now special counsel appointed to investigate him faced enormous pressure from republicans to help them make hunter biden a campaign issue. after all, his team argues, prosecutor david weiss looked into hunter biden for five years, and only decided to indict now after the plea deal fell apart. we ll get to the bottom of how much those arguments hold water in a moment with chuck rosenberg, but first, we will exclusively speak with hunter biden s attorney, abbe lowell. let s lay out what david weiss says he found. there are nine counts in the 56 page indictment, including three felony
expectations, a strong economy, details shortly. new criminal charges filed against hunter biden. how big of a mistake was it for him to let that plea deal fall apart? plus, today is sentencing day for the teen responsible for the deadliest school shooting in michigan history. the parents of one of the victims calling for the harshest punishment possible. will the president of the university of pennsylvania survive the day? after her controversial answers about genocide, major donors calling for her to resign. i m john berman with fredricka whitfield, sara and kate are off today. this is cnn news central. and the breaking news, an early holiday gift on the economy. in fact, in a way, it s the gift that keeps on giving. the jobs report just in a few minutes ago, beating expectations, 199,000 new jobs added and the unemployment rate dropped, it is low. cnn s rahel solomon is with us now. rahel, like i said, this is the gift that keeps on giving, the story of 2023 is a
a to cnn new central coast at this hour with presidents some in more legal peril, but this time the charges could land him in prison for 17 years. that is if he s found on guilty on 90 charges. this is just his apartment has brought for three of them are felony counts. counsel david weiss is accusing hunter biden of million-dollar tax evasion, tax fraud, and more. the new charges add to the fallout from that collapsed plea deal that he struggled federal prosecutors that the part of the summer. hunter biden s attorney says this, quote, if hunter s lesson was anything other than biden, the charges in delaware and now california have not would have been brought under five years of efficient and no new evidence, two years after hunter paid his taxes back in full, the u.s. attorney has piled on nine new charges when he had egregious month ago to resolve this matter with a pair of misdemeanors. president biden we should point out is not part of any of his sons charges. let s break