i ve committed these crimes, i ve admitted to them but consider my whole life what i ve contributed. the judge responding i don t believe i should be lenient. now, yee had walked in much earlier into the courtroom this morning, but this stems from a federal investigation that went from 2011 to 2014 studying a chinese organized crime ring led by the chinatown gangster raymond chow. it involved bribes in exchange for favors and votes and campaign contributions. a lot of the discussion this morning was talking about yee and part of an illegal firearms deal. the judge did lower the range he was considering, so we do know that much, that he was looking more in terms of maybe six to seven years. right now the judge is in the middle of his sentencing so we re not clear yet on what exactly he has decided. but the u.s. attorney s office wanted eight years as well as three years of supervised release saying that yee had abused the public s trust and this needed to be reflected in the p
an answer that might surprise you. nightly news begins right now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. a violent and unseasonable weather outbreak is happening in the south. already several tornadoes have touched down in louisiana. the first images showing a trail of damage and destruction, and forecasters say the risk will continue overnight. at this hour, tornado watches are posted states. several others are under flood watches with heavy downpours predicted. the national weather service calling this a particularly dangerous situation. up to 19 million people are in the potential danger zone mississippi, and louisiana facing the worst of it right now. louisiana is where we rascon. reporter: tonight a monster winter storm is wreaking havoc only getting started. there it is. it s crossing the roads. already already reports of several tornadoes across louisiana, including the most violent,
that might surprise you. nightly news begins right now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. a violent and unseasonable weather outbreak is happening right now in the south. already several tornadoes have touched down in louisiana. the first images showing a trail of damage and destruction, and forecasters say the risk will continue overnight. at this hour tornado watches are posted across parts of three states and several others are under flood watches with heavy downpours predicted. the national weather service calling this a particularly dangerous situation. up to 19 million people are in the potential danger zone with alabama, mississippi and louisiana facing the worst of it right now, and louisiana is where we begin with nbc s jacob rascon. reporter: tonight a monster winter storm is wreaking havoc across the south and only getting started. reporter: already reports of several tornad
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much of the south already pummeled by severe weather, now bracing for round two. tonight the governors of alabama and mississippi have already declared states of emergency, and we have confirmed that one person has already died because of this storm. there are also reports of people trapped and other injuries. lester this, storm is just getting started. jacob rascon, thanks. al roker is here tracking these storms. al, what has you concerned right now? well, it s the overnight danger that we re watching, lester. in fact, we have tornado warnings up now for just north of new orleans, also from mississippi spreading on into alabama, and we ve got also 19 million people under the gun from new orleans all the way to tallahassee. damaging winds and those tornadoes possible, so here s how we track it. overnight tonight, long track and very powerful tornadoes, and, of course, because when it s dark you can t see these tornadoes form or their track, they are most dangerous. then t