Showing girls they can do anything the boys can. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with letter holt. Good evening, a ska scandal that has rocked the American Sports world. The former dr. For usa gymnastics who treated many olympic athletes. In a Michigan Court doctor larry nasser was ordered to stand trial for allegedly abusing a family friend going back decades. One of dozens including an olympic athlete who has accused nasser of abuse. And michigans attorney general says more are still coming forward. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk starts us off with the latest. Larry nasser, the former head doctor for usa gymnastics, faced just one of more than 60 women who have come forward in the last year to accuse him of sexual abuse. Did it happen more than once . Yes. More than twice . More than twice. More than three times . Yes. Nasser, who also practiced medicine at Michigan State, pled not guilty to sexually abusing the wom
The good news is the rainfall is beginning to break up a little bit here to the south. So well probably have about three more hours left of the wet weather and things try to taper off. Where it is the worst right now is down in southern california. We have storm ranger located there. Flooding and mud slides are possible. Well have more updates throughout the show. My next update at 6 10 tonight. Now that messy commute in san jose, major traffic issue on 880 this morning when power lines fell on the southbound lanes and a massive tree blocked all the northbound lines. Crews removed the power lines and then the big tree. All lanes didnt reopen till 4 00 this afternoon. Trees in the community for many people right in their front yard. This palm tree in san jose. Blame it on the rain, wind and bees. Nbc bay areas scott budman is near downtown san jose for us. Were seeing this across the region. Reporter yeah, and you said it, raj and jessica. You talked about a lot of the wind and a lot of
New Michael Jackson movie. And celine dion moving forward after losing her husband through music and laughter. The wild side of the singer youve never seen. Now, this is entertainment tonight. Ryan gosling, Nicole Kidman, meryl streep. It is oscar weekend, and we are on top of all the Academy Awards. What jimmy kimmel is only telling us about hollywoods biggest night as the press reached a fever pitch this week. Is the oscars sort of like on your mind pretty much all the time . Yeah. Not only that, i wake up sometimes in the middle of the night thinking about the oscars and about jokes. Dont be nervous, jimmy. But an estimated hundreds of millions of people worldwide will be watching on sunday night. So we talked about the one person who is hoping jimmy falls flat on his face. Im going to be in the crowd wishing him horrible things. Im just sad that chris rock isnt hosting the show. Someone who is actually funny. Jimmys long time rival, matt damon, is nominated as a producer for manche
About a more permanent home. Clooney said we have the chance to live between three countries, italy, america, and england. As soon as the children go to school, it will be necessary to choose wear to settle. George clooneys a daddy. I love the visual. This weekend, georges buddy brad pitt could have a reason to celebrate because moonlight is up for best picture at the oscars. This week he kept a low profile as angelina was on the verge of tears speaking out for the first time about the dramatic end of their marriage and the ongoing custody battle. We know an incident occurred which led to your separation. We also know you havent said anything about this. Would you like to Say Something . It was a very difficult time, and we are a family. And we will always be a family. After a dramatic split, angelina seemed to be finding Common Ground with her ex, brad pitt. First in an interview with the bbc and again in a satellite interview that aired tuesday on gma. In the past, you described brad
About a more permanent home. Clooney said we have the chance to live between three countries, italy, america, and england. As soon as the children go to school, it will be necessary to choose wear to settle. George clooneys a daddy. I love the visual. This weekend, georges buddy brad pitt could have a reason to celebrate because moonlight is up for best picture at the oscars. This week he kept a low profile as angelina was on the verge of tears speaking out for the first time about the dramatic end of their marriage and the ongoing custody battle. We know an incident occurred which led to your separation. We also know you havent said anything about this. Would you like to Say Something . It was a very difficult time, and we are a family. And we will always be a family. After a dramatic split, angelina seemed to be finding Common Ground with her ex, brad pitt. First in an interview with the bbc and again in a satellite interview that aired tuesday on gma. In the past, you described brad