dennis hastert, better known as denny hastert, became the speaker of the house after the '98 midterms. he served as speaker of the house until the democrats took back the majority in the house in 2006 and nancy pelosi became speaker. that tenure makes denny hastert the longest serving republican house speaker ever. plucked from obscurity to hold that incredibly high-profile job and chosen for the job in part because he was so darn noncontroversial, nonscandalous. as they say, squeaky clean. today denny hastert was indicted by a federal grand jury in what appears to be an elaborate hush-money scheme, maybe a blackmail scheme? john stanton at buzzfeed was first to report this indictment today, and although apparently there had been rumors in washington for a few weeks that denny hastert was maybe in some kind of legal trouble, for most people, the news late today came as a bolt from the blue. and the indictment is short. it's only seven pages. i print them two pages to a sheet so for me it's even shorter. but it's a dramatic and mysterious indictment. it describes a series of meetings t

but but denny hastert? former speaker of the house, mr. low key denny hastert? nobody saw this coming. lynn, great to see you. thanks for your time tonight. >> hi rachel. >> i have heard today since the news broke there were some rumors that something might have been swimming around denny hastert in terms of legal trouble. were you surprised today when you heard about this indictment? >> everyone was surprised by the nature of this indictment and the indictment itself with all this mysterious person a, potential blackmail plot going on here. i talked to many of his friends and acquaintances, stunned and puzzled about what was going on and what could possibly be at issue that would have led him to be in fact be part of what looks like either an extortion or blackmail scheme. but hastert, according to the indictment, was agreeing to go along with it. this is such a sad end. i was in the chamber that day in 1998 you talked about earlier in the show when i saw how quickly he put together the votes to become the speaker. like that he was able to do it. and to have th

the man they picked instead was denny hastert. they picked him to become speaker instead and he served eight years as speaker of the house, longer than any other republican house speaker before or since. another shoe drops that frankly nobody was waiting for until it dropped. now we know who and what brought to light the denny hastert scandal that didn't end his political career but it has resulted in a federal criminal indictment of denny hastert years after he left congress. last night we found out he was being charged with structuring large amounts of cash withdrawals from his bank accounts in a way designed to avoid the rules and was charged about lying to the fbi about what those cash withdrawals were for. the indictment spells out in detail the prosecutor's view about what denny hastert was using that cash for, $1.7 million so far, less than half of what he apparently agreed to pay. what he was doing with all that cash was allegedly paying it to someone to compensate and conceal his own misconduct toward this unnamed person

and you have dennis hastert who is the flip. you have the person looking for money, millions of dollars at one point, if it's true was the victim of sexual abuse. >> on the abuse allegations, i want to be clear the sexual misconduct, sexual abuse allegations, i'm sourcing them from anonymous leaks. if those leaks today are accurate that the underlying past misdeed here is some sort of sexual conduct, some sort of sexual abuse between dennis hastert and a student or students when he was a teacher, when he was a coach, what does go into the determination about whether or not that conduct should be charged as a crime? >> it's a calculus. we don't know exactly what the mis conductconduct was. however, if you look at the indictment, the wording where it lists he was a teacher and a coach at the high school in a certain period of time. federal prosecutors don't put in language of that kind unless it's relevant. you could argue misconduct that was worth millions of dollars to mr. hastert to keep quiet. so there is a logic to what peopl

denny hastert comes out of what's called the illinois combine. the combine was republicans and democrats, who controlled the political structure, and it was a mix of business and contractors and politicians, all of whom seemed to do extraordinarily well within the political confines. remember denny hastert spent four years in the illinois house, as a representative then six years, did a number of years in congress and he as speaker, was one of the key figures in the illinois combine. this is a combine that basically takes care of contractors and business people and politicians. so he is no stranger to the rough and tumble and often corrupt world of illinois politics. remember, one of his closest friends, former governor ryan went to jail on corruption charges. there have been a number of le-level allegations over the years against denny hastert, one involving the congressional officer that your previous guest rfrd to, another involving a land deal near his home that he profited on and even in '05, there was an allegation in the "vanity fair" arti

. >> now to the indictment of dennis hastert. today troubling reports that he was trying to cover up were allegation of sexual abuse. mike viqueria is in washington with that story mike. >> john these are shocking allegations, for anybody who followed the career of dennis hastert particularly here in washington but in illinois where he was known as a benevolent benefactor to many youths where he taught from 1965 to 1981. the indictment alleged that denny hastert lied to the fbi about a series of payments that amounted to $1.7 million in a course of seven years to a person noarch as known as individual a this individual knew denny hastert for most of his life, lives in illinois the far suburbs of chicago illinois, denny hastert taught in yorkville, illinois. series of payments that were to total $3.5 million the agreement between denny hastert and individual a. some of the withdrawals drew the attention of federal authorities, they went to him and asked him about it, he said he didn't want to keep his money in banks. but this inve

no sign of dennis hastert today at his home in plano about an hour's drive west of chicago. in nearby yorkville where hastert was a teacher and coach, strong support and disbelief. >> i would prefer to have never known that anything like this went on. >> reporter: a federal indictment says hastert agreed to pay someone from yorkville $3.5 million to conceal what's cryptically described only as past misconduct. the charges don't say what hastert's past misconduct was or who the person is referred to in court documents as "individual a." but the indictment strongly suggests that the incident happened while he was a teacher at yorkville high school from 1965 to 1981. and today law enforcement officials tell nbc news the payments were to a man and the misconduct was of a sexual nature while the man was a student. the yorkville school district in a written statement said it has no knowledge of his alleged misconduct, nor it says has any individual contacted the district to report such misconduct. hastert was also a wrestling and football coach in yorkville. today, former coaches h

thank you very much. >> you bet. >> it's been a while since the name dennis hastert grabbed headlines. he was the longest serving republican speaker of the house in our history. he enforced the hastert rule which hold no legislation shall reach the house floor without a majority of the majority. he ascended to power after newt gingrich resigned under pressure. the sexually explicit messages sent to congressional pages. obviously you served with dennis hastert. >> i did. >> today's news is upsetting and sad. your response to it? >> well one, i was totally surprised. i know there was this tendency for people to say i knew that. i don't think anybody knew that. look being openly gay, serving in the u.s. house, if there was any scuttlebutt about that i would have heard about it. if there were any rumors. so this comes as a total surprise. the most important point that i want to stress is once again the hypocrisy of it. obviously there's an age question. >> misconduct is alleged. i just want to make sure i can say that. >> you can say that. the fact is i don't know how old the allegee was

so let's be clear on the dennis hastert bio here. this is a man who was famously high school teacher and wrestling coach, right, and every profile you ever read about him was front and center the guy was an everyman, just a small-town high school wrestling coach and teacher. the indictment says that individual a, the person that hastert was allegedly paying this money to, is someone who knew him, quote, most of his life. isn't that correct? >> correct, someone who is a longtime acquaintance. >> obviously we have no idea what denny hastert could have possibly done to individual a such that he decided to pay $3.5 million, but the mind reels at the thought of what the original infraction could have been that he would pay this. >> the idea that it's hush money is fascinating. i spoke with a former virginia congressman, former committee friend of hastert's, and i said what was the most defining thing about hastert in the house? he said, "he was coach," that's how he thought of him, coach and teacher, a quiet man but always telling stories

let's go now to the new revelations about the criminal indictment of former house speaker dennis hastert. hastert is accused of lying about paying hush money to someone in his past. and now federal law enforcement sources tell nbc news the payments relate to hastert's days as an illinois school teacher and coach and sexual misconduct with astudent. nbc justice correspondent pete williams has the latest. >> no sign of dennis hastert at his home in plano about an hour's drive west of chicago. in nearby yorkville where hastert was a teacher and coach, strong support and disbelief. >> i would prefer to have never known anything like this happened. >> a federal indictment says hastert agreed to pay someone from yorkville $3.5 million to conceal what's known as past misconduct. the charges don't say what the misconduct was or who the person is referred to in the documents as individual a. it strongly suggests it happened while he was a teacher at yorkville high school from 1965 to 1981. law enforcement officials tell nbc news the payments were to a man that the misconduct was of a sexual natur

developments today in this story that's blaring right through washington former republican house speaker dennis hastertillinois was indicted yesterday on federal charges of lying to the fbi and evading currency reporting requirements. court documents say that hastert allegedly paid out $1.7 million cash in apparent hush money to a person referred to only as "individual a." part of a larger payout of $3.5 million to individual "a" intended to compensate for and conceal his prior misconduct that occurred years earlier. well a federal law enforcement official has now confirmed that individual "a" is a male and that the incident in question involves sexual misconduct during hastert's time as a high schoolteacher and wrestling coach. nbc news also confirmed that the man who was individual "a" was a student at the time. i'm joined right now by nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. pete, is that as far as we've gotten right now, that it was a student, a male, something to do with sexual misconduct? what do we know if anything more? >> yes, that's the essence of my reporting, chris. there are a couple

sources telling cnn that dennis hastert at one time second in line from the presidency allegedly sexually abused a student when hastert was a boys wrestling coach. a stunning allegation. the feds say he paid nearly $2 million in recent years to keep this former student silent. hastert coached boys wrestling in this high school in yorkville, illinois from 1965 to 1981. he then went on to become one of the most powerful men in the united states. the longest serving republican speaker of the house. a man whose colleagues endearingly referred to him as coach. pamela brown is outfront. >> reporter: first sources say dennis hastert, the longest serving republican house speaker was paying hush money to a student at the illinois high school where he once taught. more than a million dollars for the former student to keep allegation hastert had sexually abused him quiet. hastert has not commented publicly but he abruptly resign from this washington, d.c. lobbying firm as well as from a chicago derivatives firm. the indictment does not discuss sexual abuse. instead it focuses on how the 73-year-old

reporter: first came the indictment yesterday, wolf and justice department officials said then dennis hastert lied to fbi. we've learned about alleged misconducted with an underaged former student several years ago was it's reason behind the hush money fbi authorities were talking about indictment. federal sources tell cnn hastert, longers serving u.s. house speaker, paying to a high school in illinois where he once taught and also was a wrestling coach. more than $1 million for this former student to keep allegations of sexual misconduct quiet. hastert has not commented publicly. we've been reaching out to him but he abruptly resigned from a washington, d.c. law firm as well as from a chicago derivatives firm. this indictment focuses not on this misconduct but more on the former wrestling coach's money and how he moved that money and allegedly paying often this former student. prosecutors saying he agreed to pay an unnamed individual "$3.5 million to cover up his past misconduct" according to court records. the investigations started two years when the fbi started investigating mystery trans

according to the indictment dennis hastert agreed to pay $3.5 million to someone only identified as individuale years ago. payments meant to compensate for and conceal hastert's "prior misconduct." the indictment does not describe what that misconduct

john dennis hastert.n withdrawing cash from banks and providing the cash to individual a in amounts of $50,000 or $100,000 to satisfy the agreement he made with individual a to provide $3.5 million in order to compensate for and con seem his prior misconduct against individual a. the indictment goes on to say this -- "specifically, in response to the agent's question confirming whether the purpose of the withdrawals was to store cash because he did not feel safe with the banking estimate as he previously indicated, john dennis hastert stated yeah. i kept the cash. that's what i'm doing. whereas in truth, the indictment says and in fact as john dennis hastert then well knew this statement was false." major breaking news. a formal indictment against the former speaker of the house of representatives dennis hastert. much more on this story coming up. that's obviously a very very disturbing development. we'll stay on top of it for you. other breaking news coming into "the situation room" right now as well. ne

>>> this hour dennis hastert indicted.ut the indictment and much more with house democratic leader nancy pelosi we sit down for a live one on one interview here at 30 rock. flash flooding hitting texas. drivers in dallas now stuck on the road for hours this morning. the water still rising and there's more rain on the way. plus -- >> brings tears to your eyes sometimes. >> just regrets. >> regrets about? >> about the shooting. >> in his own words, never before heard recordings played at the trial of accused mass shooter james holmes. we'll take you inside that courtroom but we begin with breaking news out of texas where the number of deaths continues to rise due to the severe weather and massive flooding. the death toll standing at 27 across texas and oklahoma. 13 remain missing. in dallas massive flooding from overnight rain led to this a huge traffic jam, hundreds of motorists left stranded since this morning. at one point crews brought in a crane to remove a barricade to ease the flow of traffic. it is now moving. the cl

review of its handling of anthrax. >>> we're learning more about the miscontact allegations of dennis hastert. a male said that he was abuseed by hastert years ago when he was a teacher and wrestling coach. he's charged with charge when he started paying hush money. hastert is not at loan. he's charged with breaking the law. these are just former lawmakers from the state of illinois. jason johnson from hyrum college and al jazeera political contributor, he joins us from atlanta. what do you make of the hastert story? >> this is one of those times when the state prosecutors are high fiving each other and saying we did a good job. to go back--we can say that this is about dennis hastert misusing money, but really this is getting after what is a 30-year cold case of possible sexual abuse. i think that's what they're really trying to get through. they're very proud of themselves at this point. >> the statute of limitations had passed on misconduct allegations, so they see him withdrawing money and violating wire transfer laws and figure this is how we can get him. >> this is how all the great cri

questions swirling around former house speaker dennis hastert after federal prosecutors accused him of paying $2 million in hush money to an unnamed person. the news of indictment spreading fast in the small town of yorkville, illinois. >> never envisioned this former teacher, wrestling coach from kendall county ill would have the opportunity to lead the united states house of representatives. >> during the early years in yorkville he came to know the person he is accuses of trying to pay off. hastert left office in 2007 three years later investigators say, he hold multiple meetings with the person. when first asked about unusual cash withdrawals from his bank account, he told the f.b.i. that he did not feel safe with the banking system. i kept the cash. that is what i am doing. >> hastert has not responded to our request for comment and if convicted he faces up to ten careers in prison. >> first responders are using the opening of the hollywood blockbuster "san an address," to remind residents of the importance of earthquake preparedness. special screenings of the film is held at the

do you feel that we'll hear directly from dennis hastert about these allegations. >> it is unclear. we know he will face a federal judge early next week and that is what we are told and people will wonder if le say anything then when he makes his first court appearance. we have been reaching out to him since the indictment came out yesterday and have not heard back. it appears he is laying low and talking to people to know him and he has not made any public comment since the indictment. we know that he resigned from the law firm where he worked and other than that no comment from him and interesting to see if he says anything next week. wolf. >> pamela brown, gloria borger kim phelps -- tim phelps. and we'll have an expert standing by on sexual abuse. and a man who said he knows what happened to natalee holloway. that is mobile, it is you. real madrid have about 450 million fans. we're trying to give them all the feeling of being at the stadium. the microsoft cloud gives us the scalability to communicate exactly the content that people want to see. it will help people connect to the

. >>> and dennis hastert indicted. why did he agree to pay someone millions of dollars in coverup money. let's go outfront. >>> and good evening. i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight we begin with breaking news the anthrax scare. tonight at this hour, 22 people at a u.s. base in south korea, four more in the united states undergoing treatment for exposure to lethal anthrax spores. 22 air force personnel are undergoing treatment about an hour south of seoul going through post exposure treatments. but these air force personnel received a shipment that contained live specimens of anthrax. it's a potent biological weapon. this shipment though, came from the united states military itself. the anthrax was shipped according to one defense official via fedex from an army lab in utah to the base. and commercial laboratories in nine other american states also received the deadly bioagent. they were supposed to contain what's called a dead agent of anthrax. it was a lab in maryland that was the first to report that this anthrax was

new details in the strange case against dennis hastert. >>> new severe storms pounding texas as rescuers sift through the rubble to find flood victims. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. christine romans is off today. and happening now, the obama administration is fine tuning its isis strategy in iraq. pent goneagon officials are looking to bring sunni tribes into the fight. one possibly under consideration, the u.s. could arm sunni fighters directly. that would supplement the current system going through the shi'ite government in baghdad. this is happening as they are trying to exhume 499 bodies in tikrit which isis claim it is killed last year at a military base. iraqi officials and foreigners stayed in a hotel where bombs hit. we have our correspondent arwa damon with us. the idea of arming the sunnis directly is not without controversy. >> reporter: it is not. that's because of the ongoing secretarytarian issues here. they have yet to do that. then of course you have the various different dynamics of the battle field where you end up with more unconventional forces armed figh

now, according to the indictment, dennis hastert agreed to pay $3.5 million to someone only identified as individual a after meetings between the two five years ago. payments meant to compensate for and conceal hastert's prior misconduct. this was someone he knew a long time ago, the indictment says, from approximately 1965 to 1981 hastert was a high school teacher and coach in yorkville, illinois, as we know. individual a has been a resident of >> do you think there's a chance we'll never know what the misconduct is. >> certainly the government will never tell you. i guess if the case goes to trial, which i doubt, i imagine a 73-year-old man is going to work this out in some sort of plea. if it went to trial, we would see it in a trial. if there's a plea, the government will never disclose it. i have a lot of confidence in american journalism. i would say within inside 24 hours an aggressive press corps and internet and buzz feed all over this story and they do excellent work, we'll know. >> politics are fascinating. there's no retroactive harm that can come to him but what would have

what dennis hastert is accused of hiding. we're live with the latest. >>> happening now. a massive volcano erupting. an entire island forced to evacuate. the new video just in. >>> and spellbinding to the very end. competitors so good there are two winners in the national spelling bee. >>> good friday morning to you all. we begin with this never-ending deluge in the plains. more pouring rain, rising rivers forcing thousands to abandon their homes and cars. >> the incredibly fierce system now blamed for at least two dozen deaths. still very active this morning. another two inches of rain dumped from dallas to oklahoma city. this is what it looked like near dallas overnight. a flurry of lightning bolts brightening up the dark skies. the same area is getting pounded with downpours. you can see the rain coming down in sheets. as that parking lot starts to fill up. >> the worst yet to come for low-lying towns downstream. many families living along the water aren't taking any chances, they packed up, got out of there, trying to get to higher ground. scientists say the swollen r

dennis hastert. >> patriot games. the big fight in washington this sunday over your personal information. i'm chuck todd. joining me for inside analysis on this busy sunday morning are msnbc's chris matthews. former white house political director under president george w. bush sara fagen. the cook political reports amy walter and politico ranu roger. it's sunday, it's "meet the press." good morning. we start with sad news from overnight. beau biden has succumbed to brain cancer at the age of 46. he was first diagnosed with the illness in august 2013. he received treatment. that was initially successful. the cancer recurred and this month he was admitted to a hospital right here near washington. many viewers will remember this photo from 1973. it shows a bed-ridden beau watching his dad being sworn in from his hospital bed after a tragic car crash that killed his 1-year-old sister amy and his mother mila. here is beau remembering that event before introducing his father at the 2008 democratic conventi

dennis hastert once the most powerful man in congress now accused of covering up a dark past.own person from his past $3.5 million in hush money to conceal sexual misconduct. sources tell abc no one saw it coming. >> utter shock that dennis hastert would be found to have had this secret from before his time in congress. just astounding. amazing turn of events that changes his legacy forever. >> reporter: today more questions than answers about the former speaker of the house who had a squeaky clean reputation. the federal indictment doesn't say what hastert was trying to hide or who received the payments but it hints at his time spent teaching and coaching wrestling in yorkville illinois from 1965 to 1981. residents there are shocked. >> we're very surprised very, very surprised. >> reporter: hastert has been charged with bank fraud and lying to the fbi. the indictment alleges he tried to skirt the current see reporting requirements taking out just under $10,000 each time in 100 separate transactions. when asked about it he told the fbi, yeah, i kept the cash. that's what i'm

politico's hillary flynn got a tip about this and their capitol hill bureau chief tracked down denny hastert who makes these millions now as a lobbyist in d.c. and said to him you're about to be indicted. and hastert said it's not true. and when john brez in a than says you're about to be indicted, now people will know that he's right. >> they will take it seriously. >> you tell him to stay away from me. >> terrible. what happens? >> it is a shock. and we just don't know what happened. so lynn was there ever any talk, any whispers any mumbling. because you get such reckless talk in washington. rumors about everybody on the hill. was there ever any talk about his past, his days as a coach, anything at all? >> well, no. which is why this is so potentially also, you know, at the least embarrassing. there usually is nothing in an indictment that isn't there for a reason. and in the very first paragraph of this pretty short indictment, it starts like out of the blue oh by the way, denny was a high school teacher and coach from 1981 to 2007. usually a material fact like that if it's put in the ind

no word yet from custard -- dennis hastert or his legal team. he has stepped down from his position at a lobbying firm. if convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison. kellye: a scare in the air for several flights leaving j.f.k. airport in new york. four commercial planes were targeted by lasers last night. investigators say someone intentionally pointed the green lasers into the cockpits. no one was hurt that investigators are determined to find the people responsible. so far, there have been no arrests. the future of some key programs lie in the hand of congress. they could come to an end sunday unless congress reauthorizes the expiring patriot act provisions. that includes the program that allows the n.s.a. to collect and score -- store phone data on millions of americans. even if dim makers with a compromise this weekend, there are no plans for the house to come back to work for the deadline has passed. fifa will decide today whether to stick with its current president or vote in another leader. the association is dealing with follett afte

dennis hastert has been paid for hush money and then lying to the fbi about the money. pete williams has the latest. >> reporter: the charges are a bolt from the blue involving a public official for more than 25 years and house speaker from 1999 to 2007. since 2008 he's been a lobbyist in washington but for the past four years he has paid $1.7 million in hush money that went to someone identified as individual a from workville, illinois. she he agreed to pay them to compensate and conceal his prior misconduct against individual a. that occurred earlier. it does not say what the misconduct was. prosecutors say he started making withdrawals of $50,000 at a time and then cut them to 10,000 when questioned by the bank. prosecutors say when asked about whether he was trying to evade something or cover something up he denied having any improper purpose and suggested he didn't feel safe with the banking system. he told the fbi, i kept the cash that's what i'm doing. >> that was pete williams reporting. dennis hastert faces charges for lying to the fbi. >>> we are getting a bra

denny hastert went downtown and became a speaker and cashed. in he quietly made tons of money which became central to this case. members use their influence in congress to cash in. >> can i make one other point? to move it'sway from politics one second. the sadder part of this story, we spend time talking about how bad congress is and bad the bill cosby case was. we talk about the men we don't talk about the victim. that's where we have to spend a little more time and a little less time about them. >> this victim tried very hard, sounds like doesn't want to be -- if you want to be out there would have been out there. clearly doesn't want to be out there. >> we don't know the whole story but we do i think we love to focus on how bad congress is how bad this person is we just spent more time talking about the people are affected. >> obviously, that's the primary victim here. a lot of the victims are good congress people who lead good lives. >> absolutely right. >>> our 2016 campaign special. in this corner, bernie sanders for the democrats. in th

according to the indictment dennis hastert agreed to pay $3.5 million to someone only identified as individual a after meetings between the two five years ago. payments meant to compensate for and conceal hastert's "prior misconduct." the indictment does not describe what that misconduct was, but does say individual a knew hastert most of individual a's life and was a resident of the illinois town where the former speaker of the house was high school teacher and coach for years. >> in consultation with the white house -- >> reporter: in december of last year the fbi launched an investigation on the payments and whether hastert was trying to avoid currency transaction reporting requirements as well as using the cash to cover up past misconduct. >> that's why they would be looking into this. if there was a pattern of withdrawing around $10,000 from the bank without another explanation. >> reporter: hastert told fbi agents that the withdrawals were because he did not trust the bank system. the government alleges that was a false statement. it's a stunning turn for the former republican leader who

the former speaker of the house dennis hastert indicted for lying to the fbi. secret cash payments, millions of dollars to cover up past misconduct. who was he paying off and why? >>> new evacuations and new rescues in texas as we see for ourselves the relentless force of the water tearing through homes and hear from a father about the heartbreaking final phone call from his daughter trapped in rising water. >>> anthrax scare and what we have learned about other lethal parcels being routinely shipped across the country. >>> and the hacking of america. when you're on a plane and you log on to the wi-fi, who else is seeing your private information? "nightly news" begins right now. >> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >> good evening. we begin with breaking news of the federal indictment announced late this afternoon of a man who was once one of the most powerful politicians in this country. former speaker of the house dennis hastert charged tonight in connection with the scheme to pay more th

the former speaker of the house dennis hastert has been indicted by a federal grand jury for violating banking laws and lying to the fbi. the indictment says hastert paid hush money to keep an unnamed person quiet about, quote, prior misconduct. hastert served as speaker for eight years from 1999 to 2007 and he was the longest serving republican house speaker. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning. >> anne-marie, good morning. this is coming as a shock to many here on capitol hill. according to the indictment hastert who is now 73 withdrew $2 million in very small increments to stay under the bank regulators and lied to investigators to keep one person quiet. a car sped past reporters last night outside dennis hastert's home. the former house speaker still has not commented on allegations he agreed to pay millions of dollars to silence a long-time acquaintance and that he lied to the fbi. according to a federal indictment hastert agreed to pay $3.5 million in order to compensate for and conceal his prior misconduct against individual "a." >> it sounds like it would be th

make that announcement at 10:00 this morning. >> new information on former speaker of the house dennis hastert's a law enforcement source telling nbc news that hastert was making the payments to a man in order to conceal his sexual relationship they had while the man was a student at a school in illinois. hastert was a teacher and wrestling coach at the time. >>> a heads up on metro track work on most lines this weekend. green belt station shut down. shuttle buses going to replace some trains. trains on the orange silver and blue lines running over 26 minutes. red line, every 20 minutes. >>> good morning to you. we want to get straight to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell with your forecast. if we are planning to run or bike outside, maybe the morning hours a little better? >> yeah. a whole lot better to be outside running early this morning. later on today if you're one of those folks who likes running in the blazing heat plan on extra high needed for your activities today. temperatures mostly in the 60s to 70s right now. there have been a few rain drops in the shenandoah valley to the west

captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado >> rose: former house speaker dennis hastert is indicted on federal criminal charges including lying to the f.b.i. and hiding big cash withdrawals. where did the money go? also tonight, was james holmes insane as he claims when he opened fire on a colorado movie theater? what an expert told jurors today. drones joined the hunt for flood victims. >> we may be getting into areas we can't get people into. >> rose: and a contest named for hemingway helps write a new chapter in u.s.-cuba relations. >> there it is! got one! captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> reporter: good evening. scott is on assignment. i'm charlie rose. and this is our western edition. denis has tert the was indicted today on federal criminal charges. according to court documents republican from illinois is accused of covering up big cash withdrawals he was making allegedly to be used as hush money to pay off someone he had wronged. congressional correspondent nancy cordes has the latest. >> dennis hastert served as speake

alix: another big story is dennis has to, -- hastert, -- this is aing really big deal. it doing to the republican party? john: i don't want to contradict the premise of the question. is prettynny hastert far out of the past in the republic and party for her not embarrassing and something that is known in the timeframe i he was speaker. it would have been an enormous story. causesmes a story that us to look back on that period during which republicans were trying to impeach president clinton, and they had a lot of personal issues, whether it was speaker gingrich, denny hastert had those issues, it helps recast that era in the way we look back on it historically more than it has relevance for modern-day republican party almost 20 years later. from is this a vendetta what you are talking about? what kind of case is there? apparently, we don't know the facts, but apparently there was an attempt to extort money from speaker hastert, and he then took action that may have violated the law. there are deep personal feelings thelved in the case, but question is whether laws were

we begin with late-breaking news, denny hastert the former speaker of the u.s. house of representatives, has been indicted on federal criminal charges according to court documents. hastert is accused of covering up big cash withdrawals he was making allegedly to be used as hush money the pay off someone he had wronged. congressional correspondent nancy cordes has the latest. >> reporter: hastert served as speaker for eight years from 1999 to 2007, but it's what he's done since that caught the attention of the f.b.i. according to the federal indictment, back in 2010, john dennis hastert agreed to provide someone referred to only as "individual a," $3.5 million in order to compensate for and conceal his prior misconduct against individual a. the indictment doesn't say what that misconduct was but it notes that the two have known each other for most of individual a's life and that the individual is from the same illinois town where hastert was a high school teacher and wrestling coach from 1965 to 1981. from 2010 to 2012, hastert made 15 $50,000 withdrawals of cash

this the second attack, such attack in two weeks. >>> sources tell cnn former house speaker dennis hastertying a former male student to keep kauai's t aquiet. hastert faces federal charges about lying about $3.5 million he paid as hush money. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry and the iranian foreign minister will be back at the table. the u.s. and five world powers hope to strike a deal with iran by the june 30th deadline. >>> we want to return to our top story out of zishuof zurich. won a fifth term as president of fifa. sepp blatter defeated jordan's prince ali, his sole challenger friday. blatter promised delegates that he will do his best to clean up the organization with their help. with more on this developing story. turn to matt scott in london. columnist with inside world futbol. he joins me via skype. matt, thank you for joining uh. i want to start with your reaction to sepp blatter being voted back in. why is fifa sticking by him? >> well, i think we have seen -- among the, from the indictment, the allegations that the fbi and u.s. department of justice have made. they talked

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start this evening with major developments in the indictment of former republican house speaker dennis hastert. a federal law enforcement official told nbc news hastert was making payments to a man in order to conceal a sexual relationship they had while the man was a student at yorkville high school in illinois. the transcribeibune citing two law enforcement officials. also saying the former speaker was paying an individual from his past to conceal sexual misconduct. when asked why hastert was making payments an unnamed federal official said it was conceal hastert's past relationship with a male. the quote was, it was sex the source said. the other official confirmed the misconduct involved sexual abuse. the alleged actions date back to hastert's time as a yorkville illinois high school wrestling coach. the source said "it goes back a long way, back to then. it has nothing to do with public corruption or a corruption scandal." this development comes as a video of the former speaker hastert on c-span in november of 2014 is getting some attention. here's the clip. >> illinois is our next call.

house, dennis hastert, has been indicted on criminal charges. late today, hastert was charged with illegally transferring funds in an effort to avoid detection by the irs, a scheme known as structuring. he's also been charged with making false statements to the fbi. each charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. hastert was speaker from 1999 to 2007 when nancy pelosi took over after the democrats' big 2006 win. hastert left office in november 2007, and is now a lobbyist. we'll be right back. if you take multiple medications, a dry mouth can be a common side effect. that's why there's biotene. it comes in oral rinse spray or gel so there's moisturizing relief for everyone. biotene, for people who suffer from a dry mouth. >>> new jersey needs to ensure that its fiscal infrastructure is world class, its role as a transportation hub, unmatched. >> that was new jersey governor chris christie, of course back in 2012, vowing to maintain his state's infrastructure. now governor christie has another bridge problem. so

dennis hastert once the most powerful man in congress now accused o covering up a dark past. indietment after he allegedly promised to pay an unknown person from his past $3.5 million in hush money to conceal sexual misconduct. sources tell abc no one saw it coming. >> utter shock that dennis hastert would be found to have had this secret f his time in congress. just astounding. amazing turn of events that changes his legacy forever. mary: today more questions than answers about the former speaker of the house who had a squeaky clean reputation. it doesn't say what he was trying to hide or who received the payment but hint that the time spent teaching and coaching wrestling in yorkville, illinois from 1965-1981. residents there are shocked. >> we are very surprised. very surprised. mary: hastert has been charged with bank fraud and lying to the f.b.i. the indictment alleges he tried to skirt the currency reporting requirements taking out just under $10,000 each time in 100 separate transactions. when asked about it, he told the f.b.i. yeah, i kept the cash. that is what i'm d