Apart but his own party is fracturing. Democrats struggling to put the comments from a squad member comparing the u. S. And israel to terrorist groups like hamas and the tele band. That is where we start, have a great weekend, bill hemmer lived in york city, dean is out today. Good to see you this morning, martha maccallum and this is america s newsroom. This is like the closest that we have been, on time. Over there and i don t know, no. Bill: 18 inches so the eagle will land. Good to see you. Martha: good to see of this morning. Nancy pelosi is doing her best to brush aside those remarks by congressman ilhan omar calling the progressive democrat a valued member of their caucus. She said leadership accepted the apology and it is now time to move on in her words, but some jewish democrats not so sure that they are okay with brushing all of the society. Ilhan omar with hostility against american. Bill: so peter doocy with the president in brussels and we begin with jacqui heinrich with
we for storm barra, with weather are looking at wides and we are looking at widespread gales and the highest gusts will be on the coast and an additional hazard will be snow in the northern half of the country. some higher roots likely to experience blizzards and drifting. actor rebel wilson tells us her determination to get healthy saw her lose more than five stone and how it sparked more interest than any of her hollywood success. i ve noticed that it s been getting a lot of attention and i go, so is that what a woman has to do in the world is just lose weight to get attention? it s time for a winter of sleepless nights, as the ashes gets under way but with bad weather, quarantine and lockdowns there has never been a series like this one. it s tuesday the 7th of december. people coming to the uk now have to show evidence of a negative covid test taken no more than 48 hours before leaving more than 48 hours before they travel. it s the latest in a series of measures introd
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
meanwhile the doj investigation is heating up tonight. the lawyer who told then president trump that mike pence could single handedly block certification of the election, spoiler alert, he could not, that lawyer john east man says the fbi seized his phone and got access to his e-mail account. here s the video. and it happened the same day the feds raided the home of jeffrey clark the former doj official who pushed trump s false election fraud claim. more to come on all of that. plus chaos and confusion across the country in the wake of the supreme court overturning roe v. wade. more and more states rushing to ban abortion. the latest, south carolina. a federal judge today allowing the state to ban abortions beginning around six weeks. that makes at least ten states with bans or severe restrictions. another 14 where bans and severe restrictions are certain or likely. so in nearly half the country, nearly half the country, a right that americans have had for 50 years is vanis