Carjacking. A Good Samaritans deed backfiring, the person she saved taking her down, trying to steal her car then targeting another. How this all ends. Im Still Standing and oneonone with elton john as he says goodbye to the road. The legend announcing one last tour. Im determined to go out with a bang. The rocket man on that big decision, his family and what hes calling a leap of faith. Yeah yeah yeah good morning, america. Weve been humming elton john songs all morning long. What a pleasure to sit down with him after he made his announcement at his upcoming tour will be his last. A lot of news to get to. President trump just arrived in switzerland moments ago. Overnight he seemed to be at odds with his own attorneys on whether he should sit down for a facetoface with Robert Mueller. Take a look at the headline in this mornings Detroit Free Press summing it up in one word, courageous and listing all women who came forward. Those are not victims, those are survivors. And the fallout co
Violent carjacking. A Good Samaritans deed backfiring, the person she saved taking her down, trying to steal her car then targeting another. How this all ends. Im Still Standing and oneonone with elton john as he says goodbye to the road. The legend announcing one last tour. Im determined to go out with a bang. The rocket man on that big decision, his family and what hes calling a leap of faith. Yeah yeah yeah good morning, america. Weve been humming elton john songs all morning long. What a pleasure to sit down with him after he made his announcement at his upcoming tour will be his last. Well have much more on that coming up. That will be a blockbuster. A lot of news to get to. President trump just arrived in switzerland moments ago. Overnight, he seemed to be at odds with his own attorneys on whether he should sit down for a facetoface with robert mueller. But first, we want to get to the gymnastics scandal. Take a look at the headline in this mornings Detroit Free Press summing it
Looks warmer, especially by sunday. 50s today. 6 am and sal tells us its pretty good generally. In general if youre trying to leave the house this early, you will have a decent commute. We start in the peninsula and San Francisco, highway 101 looks good. Northbound 101 and southbound from here to the 80s split, down the peninsula, it looks good if youre trying to get to the airport or anywhere down the peninsula. If you are driving in the east bay, trying to get to San Francisco, you will have to deal with the bay bridge toll plaza. Its backed up to the maze and the metering lights are on. This is 880 in oakland. This commute also looks good. 880 in general has been good as you drive through. No major problems. We did have a crash on 880 and a street involving several cars. That is on a street itself. Traffic is moving well on the freeway. Lets go back to the desk. We do begin with a developing story in the east bay where a pursuit resulted in a crash involving the chp. Officers try to
Down the Mississippi River. And another favorite 90s tv show gets a reboot. Murphy brown making for the ultimate tbt as we say good morning. Im kendis gibson. And im maggie rulli in for diane macedo. We begin with the new fall out overnight that centers on larry nassar. Take a look at the front cover of the detroit free press. Those are all the names of women and girls who made statements against nassar in court over the last week. Nassar worked for usa gymnastics as well as Michigan State university and now the president of that university has resigned. This morning, the larry nassar sex abuse scandal ending the career of a longtime educator. Its just times up. Reporter Lou Anna Simon stepping down as the president of Michigan State university where nassar worked as a medical doctor for two decades. Simon saying im so sorry that a trusted renowned physician was really such an evil person. The resignation comes as the university is being questioned about how the abuse was able to conti
And tax season is here and so are scammers. Stop the call. Right there, thats a fake call. How to spot thieves looking to steal your money. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, everyone, nice to have you with us. The disgrace of onetime u. S. Gymnastics physician larry nassar is complete tonight. A michigan judge sentencing the doctor who molested young gymnasts for so long to prison for up to 175 years. The judges words of disgust as severe as her sentence. You still think somehow you are right, that you are a doctor, that youre entitled, that you dont have to listen. And you did treatment. I wouldnt send my dogs to you, sir. Nassar admitted to several counts of firstdegree sex assault. His disgrace can never be felt as deeply as the emotional pain suffered by the 156 young women who bravely shared with the court their harrowing stories of abuse at his hands. Some of those who came forward as victims were medal winning olympians. Our kate snow has details