Showing girls they can do anything the boys can. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with letter holt. Good evening, a ska scandal that has rocked the American Sports world. The former dr. For usa gymnastics who treated many olympic athletes. In a Michigan Court doctor larry nasser was ordered to stand trial for allegedly abusing a family friend going back decades. One of dozens including an olympic athlete who has accused nasser of abuse. And michigans attorney general says more are still coming forward. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk starts us off with the latest. Larry nasser, the former head doctor for usa gymnastics, faced just one of more than 60 women who have come forward in the last year to accuse him of sexual abuse. Did it happen more than once . Yes. More than twice . More than twice. More than three times . Yes. Nasser, who also practiced medicine at Michigan State, pled not guilty to sexually abusing the wom
The good news is the rainfall is beginning to break up a little bit here to the south. So well probably have about three more hours left of the wet weather and things try to taper off. Where it is the worst right now is down in southern california. We have storm ranger located there. Flooding and mud slides are possible. Well have more updates throughout the show. My next update at 6 10 tonight. Now that messy commute in san jose, major traffic issue on 880 this morning when power lines fell on the southbound lanes and a massive tree blocked all the northbound lines. Crews removed the power lines and then the big tree. All lanes didnt reopen till 4 00 this afternoon. Trees in the community for many people right in their front yard. This palm tree in san jose. Blame it on the rain, wind and bees. Nbc bay areas scott budman is near downtown san jose for us. Were seeing this across the region. Reporter yeah, and you said it, raj and jessica. You talked about a lot of the wind and a lot of
By police in los angeles. Sparking another night of unrest and protests. At least 4 people wre during the demonstrations. Police say they were responding to a call about a man with a gun in the area. They saw a man who matched the suspect description. At some point, when they were trying to talk to him, officers opened fire. Orders, she said. The Police Officer in front of him shot him one time. He fell on the ground and then the officer that was in front of him took two steps and shot him three more times. Officers say a gun was found at the scene. This shooting happened not far from where an 18 year old was killed by police on saturday night. Officers say he took off, out of a suspected stolen car. A gun was also recovered at that scene. Right now we are getting new details the story everyone is talking about what weve now learned about the Armed Robbery of Kim Kardashian and the millions of dollars in stolen jewelry. Plus Donald Trumps new dc hotel isnt even open yet but well explai
borrowing and spending. we are in this fight. this is not your father s republican party. this is a different breed of cat. if republicans win the majority in november it will not be business as usual. democrats are going to do well. primaries are over we agree we are going to beat the democrats november 2nd. everyday is one day closer to making sure we restore the american dream. sean: with just 36 days before the midterms, a number of races once considered safe for democrats are looking like they could be in play for the gop. we continue in the blue state of connecticut where the republican senate candidate continues to close the gap linda mcmahon now trails connecticut attorney general richard blumenthal by only five points this is the closest that race has been since may when blumenthal s campaign was reeling from allegations that he lied about his service in vietnam. another race we are watching is in massachusetts. a stunning new poll has governor patrick
borrowing and spending. we are in this fight. this is not your father s republican party. this is a different breed of cat. if republicans win the majority in november it will not be business as usual. democrats are going to do well. primaries are over we agree we are going to beat the democrats november 2nd. everyday is one day closer to making sure we restore the american dream. sean: with just 36 days before the midterms, a number of races once considered safe for democrats are looking like they could be in play for the gop. we continue in the blue state of connecticut where the republican senate candidate continues to close the gap linda mcmahon now trails connecticut attorney general richard blumenthal by only five points this is the closest that race has been since may when blumenthal s campaign was reeling from allegations that he lied about his service in vietnam. another race we are watching is in massachusetts. a stunning new poll has governor patrick