Lester holt. Good evening. An hourlong press conference with president obama today over an issue no less weighty than iran and the nuclear bomb was suddenly overshadowed by a single question about another serious topic and an answer no one expected the president would publicly utter. The question was related to the rape accusations that surround bill cosby. It was not the issue top of mind as the president went before reporters to pitch the Historic Nuclear Deal with iran but its what a lot of people are talking about tonight. Were of course covering it all. But we want to start with Nbc News National Correspondent Peter Alexander and that question. Ill say this. Reporter it was a stunningly powerful statement, especially for a president whos made it his policy not to comment about ongoing legal matters. If you give a woman or a man for that matter without his or her knowledge a drug and then have sex with that person without consent, thats rape. Reporter the president himself a lawyer
Old. The case went cold but never forgotten. In the last couple of years police named a man by the name of Lloyd Lee Welch as a person of interest. He was in and out of this area back then, working as a carny. His mug shot from the time eerily similar to a sketch made from a witness account. He was spoken to back then but was not considered a strong suspect. Things changed as the decades went on and police zeroed in on him. As we said just a couple of years ago. Searching again and again. A mountain top property in virginia that belonged to his family. We are told that evidence was found there to convince police that welch not only abducted the girls but killed them on that mountain. That led to todays indictment. I am honored to report that my Commonwealth Attorney obtained indietments charming indictments charging Lloyd Lee Welch with firstdegree felony murder for his involvement in the death of sheila and Katharine Lyon. Brad the prosecutor and the sheriff in Bedford County came to
New york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. An hourlong press conference with president obama today over an issue no less weighty than iran and the nuclear bomb was suddenly overshadowed by a single question about another serious topic and an answer no one expected the president would publicly utter. The question wasrape accusation thats surround bill cosby. It was not the issue top of mind as the president went before reporters to pitch the Historic Nuclear Deal with iran, but its what a lot of people are talking about tonight. We of course are covering it all. But we want to start with Nbc News National Correspondent Peter Alexander and that question. Ill say this. Reporter it was a stunningly powerful statement, especially for a president whos made it his policy not to comment about ongoing legal matters. If you give a woman man for that matter without his or her knowledge a drug and then have sex with that person without consent, thats rape. Reporter the presi
Is, i can take it. While mixing in a little humor. Picking out this out, okay, girls, i get it. Whats the reaction this morning . And johnnys drama. Johnny depps wife amber heard charged with illegally smuggle their dogs into australia. Could she be facing jail time today . Thursday, july 16th, 2015. Morning, everyone. Welcome to today, a thursday morning. We have willie in for matt. Matt is back on monday. A busy news morning. We want to get right to our top story, former president george h. W. Bush in the hospital this morning after breaking a bone in his neck. Ron allen is at the hospital in portland, maine. Whats the latest . Well, good morning, savannah. We hope to get an update some time later this morning about how things went for the president overnight. Now at the hospital some 24 hours or so. Were told the injury is not life threatening and were told doctors are not concerned about paralysis, but theres a lot of concern concerned about the health of the president who is liste
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