This is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening. Im anthony mason. In a michigan courtroom today, former doctor larry nassar pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting seven girls, most of them gist newscasts. Nasser told his victims he is sorry. One of his highprofiler accusers not part of this case is olympian aly raisman. In a tweet she criticize the court for referring to nasser as a doctor. Larry is a monster, not a doctor. Heres Jericka Duncan. Guilty as stated, your honor. Reporter for nearly 20 years, nasser a Team Physician at Michigan State university and for u. S. A. Gymnastics, admitted court for penetrating the vagine as of seven minors, six of whom were gymnast hes worked with. Judge Rosemarie Aquilina you violate the the oation that you took, which is to do no harm, and you harmed them. Reporter Alexis Alvarado says nassar sexually abused her. I be that hell never do it to anyone else again, and thats reassuring, i think, for all of us. Reporter the victims were 19 or younge
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dave rain chances return to the north bay on thanksgiving, but the rest of the region is expected to remain dry with continued warmer than normal temperatures. Dry weather is expected to return to all areas on friday. High pressure will move east during the weekend and rain chances will begin in the north by late saturday and spread across most of the rest of the region by sunday. A major hot spot in livermore stanly at 84 closed wb. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. robin with all the extra cars on the road this weekend the chp is out in force to make sure drivers are following the rules. Kron 4s Terisa Estacio rode along with the chp for the start of the maximum enforcement period. robin make sure you have the kron4 mobile app for the holidays. You can stay on top of the traffic and weather right from the palm of your hand. robin another big story were following this morning. Following this story were another
Brought two strangers together, helping one find a lifesaving kidney. Its part of our series a more Perfect Union. We begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Its a rotten no good way to run your government. I want no part of it. Of course were not going to ballpark. Not going to vote for 30 day continuing resolution. Congress hurdles towards a Government Shutdown. The democrats want to shut down to get off the subject of the tax cut. This is like a bowl of doggy doo, put a cherry on top and call it a chocolate sundae. This is nothing. A california parents accused of imprisoning and torturing their 13 children entered not guilty pleas. This is depraved conduct. Police in phoenix say they have linked a suspect to at least nine murders committed in a threeweek killing spree. To solve nine homicides in a pir yod of three weeks is outstanding. A deadly storm blasts europe. Blew that guy right down the street. It is windy. Tanker truck loaded with gasol
Nurses are waging against a rapidly spreading virus. Those stories, plus the race to end amazons new headquarters. Heeding up, which cities made the cut. The woman accusing Michael Douglas of Sexual Harassment breaks her silence. I was very scared. And in the zone. The olympic flame arrived overnight at the heavilyguarded dmz, with the Opening Ceremony just three short weeks away. Today, january 19th, 2018. From nbc news, this is today, with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Thank you for being with us on a friday morning. I hope the control room is taking song requests. The olympic music. Three weeks away. Thats amazing. And seeing the flame by the dmz is an incredible sight. Its amazing. The olympics and the world comes together. Were getting so ready. Meantime, weave got business to take care of. Its washington that leads the newscast this morning. Is the government just hours away from shutting d