21st century. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening for years he has been dogged by stories of elicit relationships with underage girls. today the wheels of justice caught up to those stories and caught up with singer r. kelly in a brooklyn courtroom. a jury in his sex trafficking trial finding kelly guilty of all nine counts. the disgraced r&b superstar described by federal prosecutors as a predator who controlled his young and vulnerable victims through threats and intimidation but some of those victims turning the tables, testified against kelly in often vivid detail in the words of one lawyer following today s verdict, finally their voices were heard stephanie gosk is in brooklyn with more on the dramatic outcome and what lies ahead for r. kelly. reporter: it is a verdict prosecutors say was nearly 30 years in the making. r. kelly guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking i believe i can fly. reporter: the man who wrote the grammy winning 9
one year biggest increase ever. we re in philadelphia where they re struggling to get gun crimes under control. reagan shooter to be freed. 40 years after he nearly killed then-president ronald reagan john hinckley oaf reach also a deal. d.e.a. drug warning, the alert tonight warning about a dramatic increase in fake prescription drugs containing deadly amounts of fentanyl. facebook reversal, why the social media giant is pulling plans to launch instagram for kids. and hispanic heritage month, celebrating america s car culture in a new light. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you so much for joining us. we are going to begin with that breaking news from new york. in one of the most prominent trials of the #metoo era, a federal jury has convicted r&b superstar r. kelly on all counts, eight of sex trafficking and one count of racketeering, a charge usually ass
vaccinated. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with robyn curnow. it is a pivotal week for joe biden s agenda. a $1 trillion infrastructure bill was supposed to come up for a vote in the coming hours. it has bipartisan support, but progressive democrats want it tied to the much larger social welfare and climate change bill that is still being negotiated. though the timing of the vote is sliding, house speaker nancy pelosi remains confident. let me just say we re going to pass the bill this week. i promised that we would bring a bill to the floor that was according to the language that those who wanted this brought to the floor tomorrow wrote in. we will bring the bill tomorrow for consideration. the bottom line of what s important is that we vote on it early this week. that s going to happen. i don t believe there will be a vote. you don t think it s going to be a vote tomorrow? the speaker is an incredibly good vote counter, and she knows e
start. i m laura jarrett. i m christine romans. we have reports this morning from florida, germany and haiti. we begin in washington with the latest on the legislation. a possible government shutdown, default on a national debt, a vote on a generational expansion on a social safety net. all as nancy pelosi sets her own deadline on a bipartisan trillion dollar bill. this new debate gives them more time to forge consensus and it tees up a vote on the last day congress can stop the government shutdown. we have cnn s jasmine wright live in washington. good morning. so much at stake this week for the president. take us behind the scenes. what s going on at the white house? yeah, laura. i think to say it is a big week for the president is an understatement. it s massive when you consider all that he is facing. frankly, any mistake by him or other democrats on all the issues from human infrastructure, hard infrastructure, from government spending to the debt ceiling could be
jones, another young super star on fox. i could not be more proud of these two, i think they are the future journalism, i look forward to talking with them, before we get there, something is about to happen in next couple days, you heard of about it, but few specifics, i have spent a lot of time trying to dig up specifics in 3.5 trillion dollar democrat bill you have been hearing about. an omnibus bill. democrats are good at ponzi schemes in private sector if you are involved in a ponzi scheme, you go to prison for a long time. if public sector you are considered righteous 50 democrat in the senate, 50 republicans. under our constitution, the vice president, where every she is, shows up at some point and breaks a tie, she is the president of the senate. that all her responsibilities for. under the constitution. and the if the president dies she steps in. in the house it has not been this close in a century, 435 members of house, and there 3 to 4 vote separation between them.