Tonight the terrifying moments at a synagogue in New York state a man firing a shotgun outside in the first night of Hanukkah police saying at least two shotgun blasts were fired on the grounds of a synagogue in Albany inside an early child care center with two dozen preschoolers but no one injured the Suspect in custody the incident being investigated as a hate crime the governor ordering the police and National Guard on high alert the safety concerns Nationwide as Han begins also tonight the investigation after the deadly mass shooting of the UNLV campus the good a professor who was rejected For a job by the university and what we're learning about the victims the historic ruling in Texas a judge granting a woman's emergency request to bypass the state's near total ban on abortion after learning her fetus had a fatal genetic disease she joins us with her emotional reaction and how the state Is still trying to stop her in G of the fighting raging as the war reaches the twomon mark Richard angle with a freed Israeli hostage as she finally returns home and typing out Tunes the orchestra making music in a whole new key this is NBC Nightly News with Lester Hol good evening and welcome just hours before this evening start of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah shots were fired under the grounds of a synagogue in Albany New York first further stoking concerns over the holiday and Rising acts of anti-Semitism in this country officials say no one was hurt and a 28-year-old man has been taken into custody the shots were fired outside Temple Israel in Albany where two dozen preschoolers inside were immediately placed on lockdown they are now safely reunited with their families police tonight are quoting the shooter is having set free Palestine authorities saying the case is being investigated as A hate crime crime New York Governor Kathy hokel tonight has put State Police and New York National Guard on alert saying the safety of Jewish New Yorkers is non-negotiable Emily aenna has late details on the first night of Hanukkah police across New York ramping up patrols at Jewish sites after gunfire Caused a major Scare at Temple Israel in Albany this afternoon shotgun in his hoodie be in the parking lot nearby report of one shot her officials say the suspect is a 28-year-old local who was walking around outside the synagogue and acting very suspicious according to Witnesses he fired off around from a Shotgun while making threatening statements law enforcement now investigating the shooting as a hate crime we were told by uh responding officers that he made a comment uh free Palestine on the synagogue's premises two dozen preschoolers it was the director of the early Early Childhood Center who first heard the shots and Called 911 according to officials the suspect who has a wrap sheet was apprehended in a neighboring parking lot thankfully at this time no one was injured in this incident but the fear that it has wre the fear than the anxiety that has caused I know a lot of people are Feeling really shaken right now security had already been enhanced at synagogue yeshivas and community centers for the Jewish holiday amid Rising tension stemming from the Israel Hamas War just in September the same location of today's gunfire faced a bomb threat Emily what are officials saying about any ongoing threats following this Incident well Lester New York Governor Kathy hokel says there are no ongoing threats at this time but we're learning tonight from her office that hate crimes across the board in New York in November were up 90% compared to last year L Emily aat starting us off tonight thank You now to breaking news in the investigation into Hunter Biden son of President Biden let's get right to kend delanian in Washington Lester Hunter Biden has been charged with felony tax fraud tonight in Los Angeles in a new indictment that significantly deepens his legal troubles in a 56-page indictment special Counsel David Weiss has charged Mr Biden with three felonies and six misdemeanors alleging he engaged in a scheme to evade $1.4 million in taxes from 2014 to 2020 while spending millions of dollars to fund an extravagant lifestyle this is the second felony indictment against Hunter Biden who was charged in September with lying on a Federal Form while purchasing a handgun both cases came after a plea deal fell apart in August that called for him to admit to misdemeanors and serve no jail time the new indictment says Mr Biden received more than $7 million in income from 2016 To 2020 and took steps to evade taxes including by using false business deductions it says Mr Biden had the money to pay his taxes but chose not to pay them the new case adds to Hunter Biden's mounting legal wos and poses a huge political complication for his father because if the prosecutions go Forward Hunter Biden could be standing trial in the middle of the presidential campaign the plea deal collapsed because prosecutors were unwilling to say they wouldn't charge Mr Biden in their ongoing investigation of potential violations of foreign lobbying laws but Mr Biden's legal woses have now multiplied Lester kend delanian thanks In Las Vegas there are new details about the gunman at unlv's campus a college professor turned down for a job as we learn more about the victims all faculty slain at the school Steve Patterson with late details now tonight new details after shots rang out on another American college Campus we're good come on everybody keep your hands up you guys keep your hands up please this time inside unlv's business school gunshot was so close I I feel like he's coming in and the only thing you can do is praying that he doesn't pick this room police say 67-year-old Anthony pedo opened fire on the building's fourth floor just before noon Wednesday shooting and killing three 64-year-old Professor Jerry Chang 39-year-old assistant professor Patricia Navaro valz the third victim also faculty hasn't been named until their can be notified one gunshot Survivor is still in the hospital the suspect had a List of people he was seeking on a University campus as well as faculty from the Eastern Carolina University he previously worked at other universities across the southeast touted a membership in Mena the high IQ society and was prone to posting conspiracy theories on his personal website but investigators Are stopping short of a signing motive we know he applied numerous times for a job with several Nevada higher education institutions and was denied each time today police shared video of the moment poo was killed as he engaged police outside evacuate to a safe area run hiide fight business law student Caleb M Was in class just two floors down when he heard the shots rang out what did it sound like sounded like balloons popping we were kind of oblivious of it we didn't really realized what was going on at first Mal says incredibly this isn't his first mass shooting He was at the deadliest mass shooting in American history the Las Vegas music festival in 2017 that left 58 people dead how many times are we going to go through this you had people some people crying but it was like we was like desensitized to it a legacy of violence Leaving Las Vegas num and Steve what more officials say about the suspect's other potential targets leser authorities now say they believe if the suspect wasn't taken down when he was then he was heading right for the Student Union they also say he mailed out 22 letters to other targets The first one they intercepted contained an unknown white substance so they are telling anyone in education if you received an unmarked letter don't open it Lester Steve Patterson thanks in Texas where most abortions are illegal a judge today granted a woman's request to have an abortion that her doctor says is Medically necessary it's one of the biggest cases since roie Wade was overturned here's Laura Jared Kate Cox was running out of time after learning at 20 weeks that the baby she's expecting has a fetal abnormality the 31-year-old mom of two filed a lawsuit in Texas seeking an emergency abortion Today a judge agreed I never thought I would ever need or want an abortion 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 so there's no outcome here that I take home My healthy baby girl Texas bans most abortions as soon as the baby has a heartbeat there are medical exceptions but critics say the language is vague leaving doctors fearful of getting sued for performing one without a court order today 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 tonight Texas Attorney General pushing back strongly arguing Cox has 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 today's decision applies only to Cox but separate challenges to the laws and Texas filed by other women are still On going meanwhile Cox still dreams of expanding her family one day I want the opportunity to get the healthare I need and heal and then you know try again Laura Jarrett NBC News two months ago today Hamas terrorists Unleashed their murderous Rampage inside Israel and tonight some Of the survivors of the attack return home for the first time including a recently released hostage who spoke with our Richard angle two months after Hamas killed more than 12200 people in Israel the Israeli military is escalating its campaign to overthrow the group in Gaza but for the 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza who can't leave the war isn't the only danger hunger is spreading massive crowds gathered today outside a food distribution center the UN is warning of a humanitarian catastrophe just across the border from Gaza we visited the kab n Ro where on October 7th Hamas Fighters Killed and kidnapped everyone they could find driven by her neighbor aren tati returned this morning the 73-year-old was held hostage by Hamas in Gaza and freed last week she was overwhelmed by the damage her door is still smashed in Hamas dragged her away from here Arena Came back to collect a prayer book for Hanukkah her neighbor Rita lifshitz tells her Hamas is still firing rockets and she should go to the safe room if there's incoming Arena badly wanted to see if her cat was still alive she thought about the cat while a Hostage and when she found him she smiled what's it like for you to come back here after all that you've been through here I feel better but not very well I want the war to stop she says she did not want to talk about what happened To her while she was a captive and Arena's 28-year-old grandson is still being held in Gaza Hanukah is a holiday of light people close to us in Gaza must return home she says Hamas went house to house here for eight agonizing hours before any rescue came residents locked Themselves in their safe rooms so Hamas set houses on fire to smoke them out Rita says many here are furious at Hamas and the government how did it take 8 hours to have a response I I why it took 8 hours because they didn't care 6:30 they came in here took Me to the local post office where the boxes have been marked with stickers this is one of the most disturbing images that I've seen in a long time this post office and on the boxes red killed blue returned Black dead yes and to be honest there's not a lot of blue Next door is the cafeteria where the tables are set for those who can't come the dead and missing one out of every four people who lived on this kabut was either murdered or taken hostage now is the first holiday of the kabot that is not happening and we need to bring them Back now and tonight we're learning that Israel has agreed at us request to open another Border Crossing into Gaza for humanitarian Aid Lester Richard thank you in seconds the presidents of elite universities Under Fire over what they told Congress about Free Speech as protests smelt on campus the growing controversy right after This we're back now with a growing controversy a congressional committee plans to open an investigation into anti-Semitism on the campuses of three Elite universities after their presidents Drew outrage at a hearing this week Stephanie Goss now with the backlash I would like to my the hearing Tuesday lasted 5 hours but it was this questioning from New York congresswoman Elise stonic that has ignited a fire storm I am asking specifically calling for the genocide of Jews does that constitute bullying or harassment if it is directed and severe or pervasive it is harassment if the Speech becomes conduct it can be harassment yes conduct meaning committing the act of genocide the presidents of Harvard the University of Pennsylvania and MIT were on Capitol Hill to address anti-Semitism and islamophobia on their campuses calling for the genocide of Jews violates Harvard code of conduct correct again it depends on the context It does not depend on the context the answer is yes and this is why you should resign Harvard and Penn's presidents tried to clarify their answers to that specific question on the issue of calls for genocide I want to be clear a call for genocide of Jewish people is threatening deeply so Harvard's President writing in part calls for violence or genocide against the Jewish Community or any religious or ethnic group are vile they have no place at Harvard at times throughout the hearing the leaders of the schools condemned the hate on campus while also citing the importance of freedom of speech but Criticism came swiftly and from both Republicans and Democrats it should not be hard to condemn genocide genocide against Jews genocide against anyone else White House spokesman Andrew Bates writing it's unbelievable that this needs to be said calls for genocide are monstrous needs to go students rallied on campus today Outside McGill's office I'm a Jewish student here and I think that she needs to step down tonight Penn is facing possible Financial Fallout a wealthy donor is threatening to pull a $100 million donation calling for the president to be replaced the school tells us tonight there's no plan to Change leadership Lester all right Stephany thanks very much coming up as we continue a new record in the crisis at the southern border and how it's impacting one major American city as winter nears we're back with a crisis at the border a record 12,000 undocumented migrants stopped in a single day by Border patrol this week and as Julia anley reports it's adding up to more strain on some of America's biggest cities tonight 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 oh it is a crisis Mike Johnston is one of five Democratic Mayors recently 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 into the country they should get work author ation we should expedite the Process of approving that application so it doesn't take 4 years it could take 30 days Johnston is under increasing pressure from counties outside of Denver that are not taking in migrants Suburban 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 this year at record highs what would you like to see the city do I'd like the city to actively Proclaim that it is not a sanctuary City I think it's important that we're not bringing people to a cold Weather climate there are more than 2600 migrants in Denver's shelter system and now nearly 30,000 who have come through Denver in the last year costing taxpayers more than $32 million so far Denver shelters are full with some migrants now sleeping in tent encampments like these where temperatures drop below freezing at Night just seems like pretty inconvenient for them and for us really a lot of people in in the in this apartment complex are concerned families with children are given priority in Denver shelters we meet a group of adults who just arrived henis from Venezuela said they don't know where they're supposed to go Next we don't know we have no knowledge Direction location she tells us Yan saying we had to go through seven countries on foot through the jungle we came for the opportunity for the work permit Mayor Johnson says Denver expects to spend as much as $100 million on Migrants in the next year but they're only budgeted for 20 million Lester all right Julia Angley thank you up next they all play the keyboard making their own type of Music finally the orchestra that draws its notes from the past and performs in the keys of a toz and Thompson explains it is a cacophony of clicks and claps the music of the Boston typewriter Orchestra this is stomp meets the office Brendan Quigley and Chris Keane lead the Underwoods Royals and Smith Coronas Rehearsing at Chris's dining room table whose idea was this have you ever heard like a song in the radio and go you know this song's pretty good but I think it would sound better not on one typewriter but eight no I've never B that well okay Well we have that's our origin we heard uh you know Last Christmas by W and thought you know this is s a lot better on typewriters and so we just did it if music is noise that makes sense this is it what does your sheet music look like it's a Mess the goal not words per minute but beats and hooks this is a song without any melody or lyrics and yet somehow it's still catchy the Kelly Clarkson show show what's the next Holy Grail for you I don't know the MGM sphere in Vegas sure Yeah you know I mean what's does you two need an opening ax yeah but first Ralph Steiner in Worcester go by day Chris is a software engineer Brendan constructs crossword puzzles I feel like we're kind of a rock band at heart we've sort of planted the flag and You know everyone has to catch up one carriage return at a Time and Thompson NBC News Boston they deserve a ribbon for that performance that's Nightly News for this Thursday thanks for watching I'm Lester H take care of yourself and each other good Night thanks for watching stay updated about breaking news and top stories on the NBC News app or follow us on social media