and more shocking pictures coming out of vermont. rapid flood waters pounding that area following those massive storms. so much damage that the federal government has now officially declared a state of emergency there. so lots to get to, but we begin with the high stakes nato summit in lithuania. members making decisions that could change the course of the war in ukraine and that are already reshaping the alliance itself. this as the man with arguably the most at stake, ukrainian president zelenskyy here, you see him arriving ending speculation on whether he would even be invited or show up to this summit. well, he will meet, as we said, with president biden tomorrow less than three days after the president poured cold water on the idea of ukraine joining the transatlantic alliance. and ahead of his speech, where he ll make his case for his country s membership. zelenskyy tweeted earlier today uncertainty is weakness. nbc s monica alba is traveling with president biden in lit
reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, thousands taking to the streets in israel, blocking the country s main airport and make highways. prime minister netanyahu s latest attempt to curb judicial power just reignited massive protests. also, president zelenskyy arrives at the nato summit. he just addressed a crowd of thousands from an outdoor stage with many supporters in the crowd waving ukrainian flags. ahead, what to expect from his meeting tomorrow with president biden who says ukraine is not ready to join nato. and presidents of turkey just hours ago. his message of thanks now that turkey has lifted the last hurdle. our nbc news reporters are following all the latest developments. we begin in lithuania with president biden and president erdogan. chris, just a couple of days ago, the u.s. was suggesting that sweden would join nato but we didn t know when. they were not thinking it was going to be possible during the course of this summit. we got that surprise
critic. this is bigger than larry nassar. we have to get to the bottom of how this happened. biles joining her in a hearing on capitol hill. to be clear, i blame larry nassar and i also blame an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse. usa gymnastics and the u.s. olympic community agreed to pay $380 million in a settlement with victims. he worked for decades at michigan state university which also settled, agreeing to pay 5 million. in 2018, victims shared their stories in a michigan courtroom at his sentence. he betrayed my trust, took advantage of my youth and sexually abused me hundreds of times. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansening
gymnastics is serving what amounts to a life sentence for sexually abusing minors and possessing child pornography. olympic gold medal winners including the entire 2012 team among the abused. violence wasn t what any of us were looking for. reporter: sarah klein is an attorney for nassar s victims and a victim herself. we were perfectly satisfied with the lawful and painful sentence of life in prison that nassar was given in a proper court of law. reporter: in 2018 hundreds of victims told their stories in michigan state court. he betrayed my trust, took advantage of my youth, and sexually abused me hundreds of times. reporter: nassar s crimes led to massive settlements with victims. usa gymnastics and the u.s. olympic committee agreed to pay 380 million. and the fbi faces a more than billion-dollar lawsuit after a doj report highlighted the agency s investigative failures.
options. in some respects i think the voters are responding to it, those who agree with joe biden. but there s been some criticism of it as being a sexist way of attacking her, that she s angry and that she is, you know, condescending in a way that a criticism that may not be levied against a man. we re going to wait and see how they play out over the next couple of weeks. absolutely. and there was a really touching and deeply emotional moment during the town hall when joe biden talked about the encounterers that encounters he has on the trail with caucus goers and people about loss and grief. let me play it. you know it happens to me hundreds of times on the trail. people just want to know, i can make it? can i make it? am i going to be okay? and there will welcome a time if any of you who are going through it where the thought of the person you lost will bring a smile to the lip before you it