Nightly news begins right now. Good evening. The surprise criminal indictment of the once powerful speaker of the house, Dennis Hastert, on charges he lied about paying hush money to someone in his past glaringly left out the answer to the question so many were immediately asking what was that money supposedly buying . Tonight we may know the answer. Federal Law Enforcement sources are telling nbc news the payments relate to hasterts days as an illinois schoolteacher and coach and Sexual Misconduct with a student. Our justice correspondent Pete Williams has been digging into the story and has more for us. Hello, pete. Reporter lester the public charges against hastert whos the longest serving Republican House speaker, say only that he engaged in misconduct years before. But tonight, Law Enforcement officials describe it as sexual in nature with a Male High School student. No sign of Dennis Hastert today at his home in plana about an hours drive west of chicago. In nearby yorkville wher
Fight where he stabbed a man. And ready for a close up . Reports that bruce jenner is set to appear on the cover of vanity fair as a woman and close to revealing his new name as well. Today, saturday may 30th 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im erica hill. Im Carl Quintinilla in for lester hill. It is one of the best gigs in tv hanging out with you women. He totally meant that by the way. He is not trying to butter us up. We have a busy saturday for you this morning. The top story is the life threatening rains that wont stop across texas. More flash flooding could be on the way. President obama declared texas a disaster area. We have nbcs Janet Shamlian across texas for us this morning. Reporter good morning, erica. We hoped to show you the spillway but the weather is so bad right now, there is lightning, thunder and flash flood warning. Our team has taken sh
Right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. The surprise criminal indictment of the once powerful speaker of the house, Dennis Hastert, on charges he lied about paying hush money to someone in his past glaringly left out the answer to the question so many were immediately asking what was that money supposedly buying . Tonight we may know the answer. Federal Law Enforcement sources are telling nbc news the payments relate to hasterts days as an illinois schoolteacher and coach and Sexual Misconduct with a student. Our justice correspondent Pete Williams has been digging into the story and has more for us. Hello, pete. Reporter lester, the public charges against hastert whos the longest serving Republican House speaker, say only that he engaged in misconduct years before. But tonight, Law Enforcement officials describe it as sexual in nature with a Male High School student. No sign of Dennis Has
Likely feeling some relief. And ready for a closeup. Reports that bruce jenner is set to appear on the cover of vanity fair as a woman and he may be close to revealing his new name as well. Saturday may 30th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im erica hill. And im carl quintanilla. Its nice to have you. One of the best giggs in tv hanging out with you. We have a busy saturday for you this morning. Our top story, those lifethreatening rains that just wont stop across texas and the plains. More dangerous flash floods could be on the way. President obama has declared it a disaster area. Reporter erica, good morning to you. We were hoping to show the spillway the weather is so bad right now, theres lightning, thunder and were under a flash flood warning. Our team has taken coverage out of a covered entrance. For people who live in texas this is just unimaginable a
Right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. The surprise criminal indictment of the once powerful speaker of the house, Dennis Hastert, on charges he lied about paying hush money to someone in his past glaringly left out the answer to the question so many were immediately asking what was that money supposedly buying . Tonight we may know the answer. Federal Law Enforcement sources are telling nbc news the payments relate to hasterts days as an illinois schoolteacher and coach and Sexual Misconduct with a student. Our justice correspondent Pete Williams has been digging into the story and has more for us. Hello, pete. Reporter lester, the public charges against hastert, whos the longest serving Republican House speaker, say only that he engaged in misconduct years before. But tonight, Law Enforcement officials describe it as sexual in nature with a Male High School student. No sign of Dennis H