Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. What a mighty and humiliating fall. Dennis hastert once one of the most powerful men in the country and second in line for the presidency faced a blistering dressing down from an angry federal judge in chicago today as he publicly confronted a shameful past and was sentenced to prison. Hastert was convicted of a financial crime, but it was part of a scheme to mask something more egregious, his molestation of children. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk was there. Reporter former speaker of the house Dennis Hastert arrived at chicagos federal courthouse today in a wheelchair. His lawyers argued his poor health should keep him out of prison. But the judge was unsparing. Saying of hastert, nothing is more stunning than having serial child molester [000 01 58;00] house in the same sentence. Hastert was sentenced to 15 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for illegally structuring cash withdrawals, hush money used to pay a man who says hastert sexually abused him when he was 14 years old. The statute of limitations on the alleged sexual abuse has expired. But the judge considered the allegations in giving hastert nearly three times the original sentencing recommendation from the federal prosecutor. The lawyer for the alleged victim reacted to the sentence. I think they got to the truth. Reporter scott cross also wrestled for the team. Now a 53yearold businessman and father of two. He was referred to as individual b until speaking out in court today. After decades of unfathomable silence, he stood up and spoke the truth. Reporter at times breaking down with emotion, cross told abused me my senior year of high school. He said he never told anyone about his darkest secret. Even as his brother, tom, would become the leader of the gop in illinois. Closely mentored by Dennis Hastert. The former speaker actually reached out to tom cross for character reference, to be used in todays sentencing hearing. T that reference was never sent. The sister of another alleged victim also spoke today in court. Her brother died of aids in 1995. It wasnt just steve making up the story. Validation. Absolutely. Reporter today in court the judge asked hastert directly about rhinebolt. Did you sexually abuse him . Yes. Standing to deliver a statement in a shaky voice, hastert said, i wanted to apologize to the boys i mistreated when i was their coach. Still, the judge issued a harsh rebuke, concluding in his words that some actions can obliterate a lifetime of good works. In ate his client accepts the sentence and hopes he can now focus on his health and fixing the emotional damage hes done to family and friends. So far, authorities have yet to identify the prison where he will serve his time. Lester . All right. Stephanie gosk tonight, thank you. Its been a day of bombshells in the race for president. After a landslide sweep across five states put donald trump even closer to the nomination. Ted cruz is the one naming a running mate. Picking Carly Fiorina as his vp choice to shake up the race and try to force a faceoff with trump in a contested convention. Nbcs Peter Alexander has the details on a wild day. Reporter fresh off a stinging streak of humiliating losses to donald trump, ted cruz tonight tossing up a hail mary pass. With my Vice President ial nominee, Carly Fiorina. Reporter mathematically eliminated from winning his partys nomination outright, cruzs only shot to win in indiana contested convention. Carly confronted donald trump. And every one of us remembers the grace, the class with which carly responded. Reporter tonights move, new logo and all, almost unprecedented. The first republican vp announcement by a nonnominee in decades. The plan backfiring for Ronald Reagan in 1976. This time around, fiorina alone on stage, serenading cruzs daughters, trying to steal back the spotlight. Im so happy reporter with five more dominating wins, trump casting himself as the presumptive nominee. His son, eric, calling todays move an act of desperation. Why fiorina, why now . The former hewlettpackard ceo standing up for women in the race. Can attack both Hillary Clinton and trump. Todays announcement largely overshadowing trumps Foreign Policy speech. America first will be the major and overriding theme omy reporter the first time politicians speech striking both for lack of theatrics and lack of specifics. Isis will be gone if im elected president. And theyll be gone quickly. Reporter the offthecuff candidate today reading off a teleprompter and assailing the president , and former secretary of state. The legacy of the obamaclinton interventions will be weakness, confusion, and disarray. Reporter as for the new cruzfiorina ticket, one republican tells nbc news tonight, republican primary voters already rejected fiorina while cruz changed the conversation today. The question now, did he change the math . Cruz trails trump by six points in indiana, with less than one week to go, lester. Peter, there is high drama as Hillary Clinton and donald trump engage in a new war of words over women, sparring over trumps accusation that she is playing the socalled woman card. The intense battle to come in a general election matchup. Theres late word Bernie Sanders is laying off hundreds of staffers. Nbcs Andrea Mitchell has those details for us. Reporter Hillary Clinton firing back after donald trump accused her of playing the woman card. If fighting for Womens Health care and paid family leave and equal pay is playing the woman card, then deal me in reporter trump not holding back. I call her crooked hillary. Reporter it was this new line that got the attention of many. Seemingly including trump supporter, Chris Christies wife mary pat. If Hillary Clinton were a man, i dont think shed get 5 of the vote. The only thing shes got going is the woman card, and the beautiful thing is, women dont like her. Okay . Reporter their war of words has been building. She doesnt have the strength and she doesnt have the energy to be president. Come out of those towers and actually talk and listen to people. Reporter and its the nominees. The latest nbc news survey poll shows clinton with a whopping 21point lead among women. He has a smaller lead, 8 points among men. The Clinton Campaign seized his latest attacks as a way to mobilize women voters, even fund raidsing on it today. But early this morning trump was at it again. Her shouting that message, and i know a lot of people would say you cant say that about a woman because, of course, a woman doesnt shout. But the way she shouted that message was not true. You dont have to be a Hillary Clinton supporter to think theres a sexist undertone to what hes saying. Before clinton faces off with the republican, there is still sanders staying in the race with a scaledback staff until the last primary, to get as many delegates as possible so he can fight for his issues at the convention. Lester . Andrea mitchell, potentially dangerous and destructive storms. New tornadoes forming as homeowners in texas are left picking up the pieces after a direct hit on their homes. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer is in the hardest hit area for us. Reporter a frightening night in the plains. Twisters in the dark. Knocking out power to well over 100,000 people. Hail the size of golf balls. In kansas city, flooding, record rain, 3 1 2 inches in one day. Winds reached 100 miles an hour. A big boom and the windows are bowing and the house is creeking. Reporter power lines came crashing down. So did trees in oklahoma. At least ten tornadoes touched down across the plains. But the catastrophic twisters so many feared never materialized. But in texas, just outside houston, a 62yearold woman was killed in a roof collapse. A dozen homes damaged. Roofs gone, trees into homes. Pretty much everything is destroyed. Reporter now the cleanup. One storm gone. But tonight an ominous sign, another round begins. With homes in pieces, and lives ripped apart, tonight they say its a miracle no one was killed on this texas block. The damage in this area is easily going to be in the millions. Meantime, in the south and the midwest, there are two reported tornadoes on the ground in both areas. Those storms said to be potent, but not quite as powerful as the ones that ripped across this area last night. Lester . Miguel, thank you very much. There are breaking developments tonight in the investigation into the death of music legend prince. Nbc news has learned the details about prescription painkillers found in his house. As federal drug agents are now being asked to help. Nbcs Pete Williams now with late details. Law enforcement Officials Say the county sheriff investigating the death of prince is asking for help from the Drug Enforcement administration. The Officials Say prescription painkillers were found in the artists possession when he died, and in the house, though Officials Say they dont know what role, if any, those medications may have played in his death. An autopsy was conducted last week, but the medical examiner said it would be weeks before the cause of death would be disclosed. Deas role, Officials Say, is to determine such things as where the medications came from, and what prescriptions prince had obtained. Dea agents often check those records in death investigations. Some of his friends said he took the painkiller percocet to reduce pain in his hips as a result of years of jumping and dancing in performances. A judge today appointed a bank to take control of his estate for now. 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But a variety of issues loom over these olympics. The country is still dealing with the impact of the zika virus, and concerns about water quality. Brazils economy not long ago vibrant is now crumbling. And its president rousseff is facing impeachment. Soccer legend pele considered a favorite to light the caldron at the Opening Ceremony is optimistic his country can deliver a successful games. This moment is very, very impornt team usa is Michael Phelps who said he was done following the london games, but after dealing with personal issues, including a dui and a rehab stint, has decided to come back for rio. Im having fun again. And this is something that i havent had in a really long time. Reporter some see a different phelps. More candid and open. I remember sitting in a treatment center, i was like, the world will see me in a different way after i come out of here. 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Last week we traveled to the Silicon Valley where our cameras were given rare access to the secret lab of googles parent company, alphabet. Its an ambitious place where they look ten years into the future and where it seems there are no crazy ideas when it comes to changing how we live. Its name, x, leaves plenty to the imagination. And here imaginations run wild. We want to actually see if theres an area explored yet that we could help the world by trying to explore. Reporter they challenge the status quo. A man in perpetual motion, he runs alphabets x, the moon shot factory once known as google x. Most ideas, most of your ideas, most of my ideas, most of everyones ideas here arent going to work out. Thats just the truth when were coming up with unusual ideas. For having the bravery to say that their own project wasnt good enough, we say, go take a vacation, relax for a couple weeks, come back. The worlds your oyster. Reporter we were granted rare access to this topsecret world of whatifs. What if balloons could form Wifi Networks in the sky for remote parts of the world . Welcome to project loon. Using what may be the Worlds Largest flatbed scanner, a former Fashion Designer works to make a balloon durable enough to stay aloft for months. Oneal can carry the entire payload of an Electronic System with the communications and the flight controls, it can steer in all the wind layers. Reporter other promising projects, kites to generate electricity. Theyre still working hard at seeing if they can find an achilles heel in the project. Reporter one concept x developers have been unable to kill as hard as they tried is the driverless car, with over 1. 5 million selfdriving miles on the road. Wheres the best place for me to sit . Behind the driver. Reporter by law, someone has to be at the wheel, but its the car in full control. Now test driving in four cities. The selfdriving car project is in the middle of a graduating from x. And this is sort of the gradual process. Reporter so do we really need selfflying vehicles to deliver packages to our door . Here at x, they believe its inevitable. What if you actually can put anything, anywhere, just in the moment you reporter plenty here remains under wraps, but we did get a peek into the design kitchen where prototypes are made. And by the way, not everyone here is a rocket scientist. Theres many brilliant scientists and engineers here, but there are also a lot of other people working here. Seamstresses, designers, business people, marketers, et cetera. Reporter astro teller is not ashamed of projects that have fallen short, including google glass. Which disappointed early testers. Instead of being excited about the prototype that they had, and were exploring with us, they ended up frustrated because they were expecting it to be a finished product when it really wasnt. 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