Nationwide, and which state could be the first with no Abortion Clinics by the end of this week. Ellen degeneres gets personal, detailing the painful sexual abuse she says she endured as a teenager. Why ellen says her own mother doubted her for years, and why she is going public now. And the price you pay to book that Summer Vacation. The travel booking rules weve all been living by that may not be saving us money after all this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. Im Savannah Guthrie in for lester tonight a huge portion of the country is bracing for impact. Severe thunderstorm and tornado watches at this hour stretch across 12 states, from oklahoma to new jersey. A wicked weather streak across the u. S. Tonight, 13 Straight Days of tornadoes, the latest in dayton, ohio, where the terror struck at nightfall, a powerful ef3 tornado. And in the south, its flooding as days of rain have rivers our team is in place tonight across the region. Well start with nbcs Gabe Gutierrez
Mike pence. And the decision comes as eight states have passed new restrictive abortion laws. This year alone louisiana is expected to pass its abortion law any time now. Our justice correspondent Pete Williams is outside the high court with details on this particular decision. Pete, lets start with whats affected by todays ruling. Reporter right, so there were two provisions of this indiana law. One said that you could not get an abortion based on characteristics of the fetus. And groups that opposed this law said if a woman, for example, knew that her child would happen down syndrome, she would have to carry the pregnancy to term and could not seek an abortion. That is the provision that was struck down by the lower courts which the Supreme Court left intact today, they left intact the Lower Court Rulings that invalidated the provision. The Supreme Court said it was expressing no view on the constitutional merits of that provision, but it simply said that it doesnt normally rule on b