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 s
What weve uncovered. Nightly news begins right now. 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 masked to cover something more egregious, his molestation of children. Today he came face to face with one of his alleged victims. 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 and speaker of the house in
For many of whom america is the only country they know. This tuesday donald trump is expected to announce whether he will end the Obama Era Program allowing the d. R. E. A. M. Ers to remain in the u. S. , known as daca for short. While candidate trump referred to daca as illegal amnesty on the campaign trail, once in the white house, he promised to handle the issue with, quote, heart. Well now his hand is being forced by first ten and now nine republican attorneys general and one republican governor. For threatening to sue the administration is no action is taken to end daca by tuesday. And despite widespread popular support, 64 approve of daca in the latest nbc News Survey Monkey poll, as well as calls from his own party and the Business Community to keep the program, donald trump may be on the verge of making one of the cruellest decisions of his administration. And joining me now is journalist and founder of define american, jose vargas and maria hosa, host of the latino usa and chr
Behind the flash bulbs, a life marred by loneliness. She wanted her freedom. She wanted a life. The tragedy that took her life Princess Diana at the age of 36 has died. Left the world devastated and in disbelief. 20 years later, what do we know . She went to her lawyer and said, theyre going to kill me and heres how. She knew something was wrong. Friends, family, those who were there speak out about diana. A woman who transcended celebrity and transformed a monarchy. Diana chasing a fairytale. Fall 1980, a nondescript apartment in the fashionable section of london called kensington. Crowds of photographers, cameras ready, anticipation great. Media were pursuing her like nobodys business. Rumors had begun to get around that she was the new girl on the block. She is 19yearold Lady Diana Spencer the new girlfriend of the most eligible man in the country. The chase begins. Diana was the story. She was followed everywhere. I think she found that time difficult. She was completely alone. No