on this saturday night, guilty as charged. with jerry sandusky in jail are more charges coming and what is next for the penn state community? left shell shocked by scandal plus a juror takes us inside the deliberations. on alert from florida to texas. they are bracing for a tropical storm in the gulf. while out west a firestorm is forcing evacuations. wake-up call. doctors issue a warning to women about certain sleep habits and their impact on best cancer. and olympic champ nearly two

decades later going for gold again this time against athletes nearly half her age. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening it was on a saturday night on this broadcast last november when we first told you about the lurid accusations against a member of one of the count country's biggest football programs. by now everyone knows the name of jerry sandusky whose fall to grace ended last night when a jury convicted him of molesting ten boys over a ten-year period. the verdict came after a parade of victims now adults described in vivid detail the abuse they suffered at sandusky's hands.

john yang begins our coverage in pennsylvania good evening, john. >> reporter: good evening lester. for many of those victims it was an emotional moment. they had come to the courthouse to tell their stories of embarrassment and shame. for sandusky it meant the label of convicted child molester. he looked stunned and confused as he was led away in handcuffs. where he segregated from the general population. moments before he had listened as the jury foreman declared him guilty in 45 of 48 child sex abuse charges. sandusky kept his eyes on the jury. his wife dorothy looked straight ahead. his daughter dropped her head

and cried. prosecution revoked bail and it was very tense and quiet. >> reporter: another spectator was victim six who testified how sandusky gave him a naked bear hug in the shower. after the verdict was read, he leaned forward sobbing. >> when you say i believe you, it makes it real. >> outside the courthouse hundreds gathered. >> yes, yes. [ applause ] >> reporter: there were jeers for defense attorney. >> there are lots of people sitting in jails across this country who are innocent -- there are lots of people. >> pennsylvania attorney general linda kelly recalled how victims testified they never told of the abuse because they didn't think

anyone would believe them. >> aury here in pennsylvania most definitely thought they would and could believe a kid. >> disagreements were resolved quickly. >> once we laid it all out it made sense and we came to an agreement. >> reporter: he said that the defense came up short. >> they did a good job of putting seeds of doubt. but there wasn't reasonable doubt. >> sandusky was found not guilty of three charges. he was convicted of all other charges involving those victims. the defense said it will appeal because the judge denied it's time to prepare. to win that the defense must prove it's case was harmed. >> the appeal is very unlikely. >> reporter: defense lawyers reportedly felt so unprepared they tried to resign from the

case the morning the jury selection began. but the judge ruled against them. lester? >> john yang, thanks, with jerry sandusky behind bars this case is tstill far from other. several investigations are still on going. and michael isacoff joins us with the details what can we expect as we move forward. >> reporter: lester there are pending charges against two penn state officials. both are charged with purgery relating to that 2001 shower incident involving sandusky and a young boy. beyond nthat there are on going investigations into what others at penn state may have known. including sources have told nbc ne showing that spanga agreed

that it would be important not to report that to officials. thirdly federal and state prosecutors are investigating sandus sandusky's second mile charity and what officials may have known there. and the victims in this case are most certain to be filing civil suits against penn state. >> this verdict does not bring with it closure. emotions still running high in the community around penn state. the folks there call happy valley shattered by scandal left trying to pick up the pieces. nbc's ron allen reports from pennsylvania. >> reporter: today at penn state there was a feeling of relief that jerry sandusky had finally had his day in court. >> it is a shame what he did and to be honest with you he got what he deserved. >> it is relief mixed with

reality. his conviction is a step down an emotional road penn state has been on since last fall. back then riots broke out when the case led to the firing of the late ledge andary football coach joe paterno. last night cheers for prosecutors after the verdict and compassion for the victims. >> i hope it brings to peace to the victims, a closure. >> reporter: penn state released a statement saying it now plans to invite the victims here to discuss their concerns and try to resolve their anticipated financial claims. many still want a public investigation about sandusky. >> i believe the top dogs knew about it and i believe there was a cover up. >> it is more than football

belie believe it or not and more than sandusky. that is why i believe the university will browns back. >> reporter: after much soul searching about how this could have happened here. ron allen, penn state. >> authorities are on alert keeping a close eye on what is now tropical storm debby in the gulf of mexico. brian, where is this headed? >> it is headed toward the gulf coast. this is a strange one. the first time we have ever had four named storms at this point in the year. normally it would take two months after this to get to four named storms. you see the thunderstorms to the east and affecting the coast of florida. there is where the circulation center is. 50 miles-an-hour in the strongest cells. it is drifting toward the northern gulf coast. south eastern louisiana may get

flooding outside of the levees there and the hurricane center is forecasting it to drift toward texas and get stronger. but this is an uncertain forecast because the computer models pointed every witch direction and the entire gulf coast texas to florida need to watch out for this one. brian norcross from the weather channel thank you. >> states wouldn't be able to stand down anytime soon. two wildfires pose the biggest dangers and a new inferno threatening homes in utah. >> reporter: north of salt lake city thick smoke swept over a town where 18,000 live. and firefighters are not in c control yet. more than 2,000 people have been evacuated. >> i wondered where the heck i was.

>> reporter: in colorado's high park fire near fort collins, the flames have scorched more than 100 square miles of forest land and evacuees who had returned home have been forced to leave again. >> i don't know what the fire behavior is right now. >> reporter: firefighters here lost ground friday shifting winds colorado's worst ever now hast way contained. >> it is going to burn for a long time. >> reporter: sustained gusting winds and temperatures approaching triple digits are driving the western fires. it is the warm, dry winter just past following know filled winters. >> all of the vegetation that sprouted up is now dry and sitting there and fueling those fires. >> reporter: the national fire center says this year more than 25,000 fires that burned nearly 1.2 million acres and it is only

june. the ten year average for a full season around 35,000 fires scorching 1.76 million acres. yes the monsoon season is coming. >> also bring with it lightening which could spark more wildfires. >> reporter: leading to fears that the worst is yet to come. >> oversees to asia the country on edge as it waits for word tomorrow on who it's new president will be. supporters of the muslim president fear that the country will be stolen from them. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel joins us. >> reporter: good evening. there is now a battle in this country that could turn into a street battle as well. here in tahrir square, they say if their candidate is not

confirmed tomorrow, there could be violence. but across town, right now, there is a rival demonstration by supporters of the military's choice and they do not want to see the muslim brotherhood come to power and impose anise laman islamic agenda. they say the talk is helping to empower the muslim brotherhood and they say that washington has no idea how dangerous and radical the muslim brotherhood is. we will see if those calls are heated when results are announced tomorrow. >> still ahead tonight risk factors new findings about certain sleep habits and their possible impact of certain breast cancer. >> and later she struck gold at 17.

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the summer olympics open in just over a month. but the competition is underway to determine who will represent team usa. while there will be familiar names, one american long-distance swimmer is hoping to rekindle the 1988 seoul olympics where she won her gold medals. every morning before the sun is up janet evans is in the pool swimming alongsidae agthletes hf her age. >> my stroke feels like it did when i was in my teen. >> a considerable statement

considering she broke 7 world records and tap tocaptured five olympic medals and now she wants to go for it again in london. >> what are you doing? >> what am i doing? i'm swimming again. a couple summers ago i just was down on the beach actually and thought gosh i would like to get in better shape. i said to my husband, i think i'm going to jump back into the pool. >> she dived back into the sport that put her on the map. after announcing her come back a year ago evans teamed up with her former olympic coach and has been training. she will compete in the olympic swimming trials this coming week for a spot on team usa. >> was there any goal in mind that this was going to lead to an olympic bid? >> there was no goal. i felt like i wanted to swim

again but there were priorities in my life. >> they include a husband and two young children. >> to qualify, it reminds me that i was given some god-given ability somewhere and it makes me respect what i accomplished in the past even more. >> the question now 12 years later is bdoes janet evans have what it takes to make a splash. >> back then i felt a lot of pressure. my name was janet evans and i swam because i was supposed to and this time it hasn't been a job. at the end of the day if i never swim another stroke i still have my family and the ability to inspire other. >> in the water she still feels like a teen-ager. she told me when it comes to chasing two kids around the how's she feels like she is 40.

she will be at the u.s. trials this week in omaha. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. i will see you tomorrow morning on "today" and back here evening. thank you for watching. good night everyone.