Vows to gop pressure and makes a big pledge. Nightly news begins now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, today a federal judge in kentucky drew a clear line as to where religious freedom ends and the law of the land begins when he tossed a county clerk in jail for contempt of court for refusing to issue marriage licenses to samesex couples. In june, the u. S. Supreme court ruled samesex marriage was legal, but that didnt sit well with those who believed such marriages violate gods law including kim davis who today stood her ground before the judge. Our Gabe Gutierrez was in the courtroom. Reporter outside the packed federal courtroom. This flag represents satan. Reporter prayer. I believe christians at this point in time need to stand up for their faith and what they believe in. Reporter and protest. On the witness stand, rowen county Clerk Kim Davis break down in tears saying she was a an apostolic christian
Youre in the cnn newsroom. Were glad to have you with us. Lets start with charges against r. Kelly. He is 51 years old, accused of sexual acts. The abuse dated back as far as 1998, spanned more than a decade. If convicted, he faces up to 70 years in prison, ten years for each count of sexual abuse. Nick watt joins me. Nick, a bond hearing is scheduled for this afternoon for kelly. What are we expecting . What do cook county prosecutors want for him . I think that they would like to keep him in custody but we will find out lunchtime whether he is released on bond or whether he stays in their custody. We heard from the sheriffs department, they say he is now in their custody and is being held apart from other detainees, they say it is Standard Practice for a high profile person such as r. Kelly. Now, we heard last night from his lawyer, gave us something of a clue what their defense will be. Take a listen. Do you think these women are lying . Yes. All of them . I think all the women are
Cnn sara sidener is in chicago for us and all over this story. Sara, what are we expecting later today . Reporter so there is a bond hearing that will happen in the next hour or so. We know that the states attorney had asked for no bond which means they would prefer that he be kept in jail up until the trial and up until decision by the jury. The judge will have to make a decision on that. The judge may destied that since decide that since hes innocent until proven guilty, that he can come out and pay a bond and leave. Well tell you about that later. What we can tell you is this started yesterday with the states attorney coming out saying there had been an indictment that included charges, ten counts of aggravated Sexual Abuse Involving four women. Those four women, as you mentioned, three of whom were under age at the time, were girls at the time under the age of 17. 17 being the age of consent here in illinois. The time frame is very interesting. It spans back to 1998, and all the wa
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