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 michigan s attorney general says more are still coming forward. nbc s 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
girls they can do anything the boys can. nightly nright now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with letter holt. good evening, a scandal that has rocked the american sports world. growinging allegations of sexual abuse against the former head doctor for usa gymnastics who treated many olympic athletes over many years. in a michigan court, the former dr. for usa gymnastics who treated many olympic athletes. one of dozens of women including an olympic athlete of accusing dr. nasser of sexual abuse. 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 michigan s attorney general 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 twi
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 lester holt. good evening to our viewers in the west. hillside still scarred by summer fires in danger of sliding away this evening as the wind-driven rains force hundreds to evacuate their homes. the water that along parts of drought-stricken california once prayed for now coming too fast in this historic season, triggering flooding. miguel almaguer is in california with the latest. reporter: southern california is in the bull s eye, the most powerful storm in years unleashing a month s worth of rain in a single day. these roads, not rivers. and it s just getting started. 70-mile-an-hour winds, flash flooding and mudslides, a deadly storm that has also shut down major freeways. if i see that it s getting really, really bad, i m out of here. reporter: in the suburbs of los angeles, thousands of p