Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. What a mighty and humiliating fall. Dennis hastert once one of the most powerful men in the country and second in line for the presidency faced a blistering dressing down from an angry federal judge in chicago today as he publicly confronted a shameful past and was sentenced to prison. Hastert was convicted of a financial crime, but it was part of a scheme masked to cover something more egregious, his molestation of children. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk was there. Reporter former speaker of the house Dennis Hastert arrived at chicagos federal courthouse today in a wheelchair. His lawyers argued his poor health should keep him out of prison. But the judge was unsparing. Saying of hastert, nothing is more stunning than having serial child molester and speaker of the house in the same sentence. Hastert was sentenced to 15 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for
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Attacker finish the game. Now police are weighing criminal charges. Thumbs down. Facebook weighing the introduction of a kind of a dislike button. We all know you need more ways to show your disapproval on social media today. Wednesday, september 16th, 2015. Probably the last person in the world you should ask about anything having to do with facebook. But this has been coming it seems for a long time. A lot of people who are used to liking photographs and posts on facebook have thought there should be another button that better conveys the complexities of human emotions. Its more about empathy than disliking something. The top story. It is shaping up to be another difficult day for emergency crews out west. On one hand the devastating wildfire in Northern California. On the other, the aftermath of deadly flooding in utah. Two reports beginning with nbcs ron mott. Ron, good morning to you. Reporter good morning to you, matt. The death toll from these floored flash floods have devastate
Bus stalled on a flooded road. The storm now moved on from new orleans but not the misery of flooded streets, debris and damaged homes. Real bad, i mean, bad. Every time you get yourself situation another disaster comes through. Reporter but through it all even a little humor. Reporter if youre coming into mobile you should be okay, except for the gusts of wind and the blinding rain. Other than that everything is great. Reporter and now this entire system is moving into the midwest and northeast where you guys are. Its going to be a super soaker there as well. Matt and savannah, back to you. Weve been warned. Janet shamlian in pensacola, thank you. She says midwest, northeast, thats us. Thats right, and its going to be unrelenting for the next 48 hours. Show you where this thing is headed. Okay. Remnants of patricia, and more tropical moisture pushing in, and so were going to be watching this now through the day today. It starts to push out into the mississippi and ohio river valleys.