r. kelly. it was r. kelly who, through the help of other people, was able to rape to silence these women, to kidnap them, to engage in this type of criminalistic episode, trafficking these women. >> i'm sorry to interrupt you, kristen, but kristen, cynthia, and i think ron allen is with us as well, although i think he's talking to his producer, we want to share this with you breaking news from a couple minutes ago. based on the reuters report, we understand the jury of r. kelly has found him guilty of racketeering and the sexual assault case that's been going on since august. our team is in the courtroom it's not easily accessible, you can't have your cell phone in there. but like kristen and cynthia have suggested, it was a relatively short situation with the jury, it appears that r. kelly has been found guilty of this racketeering charge rocke >> reporter: racketeering was the first thing they were going to return with, and guilty it carries a 20-year sentence. racketeering encompasses so many things th

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r. kelly."t won a peabody award and was nominated for an emmy post dream, welcome back to democracy now! you blew this case wide open. you are the reason this trial was held. others found him not guilty. can you respond to the guilty verdict on charge after charge? >> i agree with toronto pace. i look back at her story, like you said in your recap, she was a high school student going to the courtroom in 2008 to support him during a trial where he is accused of child pornography other things. r. kelly cruises attend greater. that is the hubris that this man had during his first trial, a trial he was able to immediately first by putting it off for years, secondly mos importantly by keeping the victims close to him. she was a teenager who thought she was in love with him. by delaying that first trial for so many years come he made se that should she decide to stand by him, she would appear as a 20-yr-old. there were times i was making "surviving r. kelly" that i did do with his own biography, which

r. kelly. a lawyer representing some of them -- here is a lawyer representing some of them. >> i have been practicing law 47 years. during this time, i have pursued many sexual predators who have committed crimes against women and children. of all the predators i have pursued, however, mr. kelly is the worst. >> now, i have to warn you the detail is distressing. one woman told the court that she was imprisoned, drugged, and raped by r. kelly. she says, "i'm ready to start the healing process." she said she had been receiving threats agast her since going public with her accusations. another woman who testified in court said that she was relieved, saying, "i'm so proud of the women who were able to speak their truth" we have one of the first journalists to investigate claims against the singer, who wrote about r. kelly's abuse of girls back in 2000. this is his reaction to the verdict. >> young women who were victimized by this incredibly wethy, powerful, beloved musical icon never stopped calli

r. kelly. ter: r&b superstar, r. kelly, found guilty in federal court in brooklyn today. >> no matter how long it takes, the long arm of the law will catch up with you. >> reporter: the singer was convicted of nine counts of racketeering and sex trafficking charges, including the trafficking of six females, three of them in their teens. one of them, the late singer aaliyah, who died in a plane crash in 2001. kelly married her when she was 15 years old. >> today's verdict to robert kelly's decade long reign of terror over many you can girls, boys and women. >> reporter: the jury of seven men and five women deliberating for just nine hours before reaching a verdict. the 54-year-old reportedly motionless, as the verdict was read. ♪ i believe i can fly ♪ ♪ i believe i can touch the sky ♪ >> reporter: the "i believe i can fly" singer's wings may be clipped forever now. he could serve life in prison. >> you got presented some of the victims and some key witnesses. what does this verdict mean for them?

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r. kelly in federal court.rious points over the span of two decades, allegations from sex trafficking to child pornography has swirled around r. kelly. but he has not been found guilty of any crimes. the singer now back in court and claiming his innocence again, pleading not guilty to multiple federal charges including racketeering and sexual abuse. >> there were women always, you know, coming at him. >> reporter: diana copeland served as r. kelly's executive assistant off and on for 16 years, taking the stand, sharing details from her experience working in his homes. ♪ i believe i can fly ♪ >> reporter: at the time, kelly was one of the biggest-selling male artists and music producers. his hit song "i believe i can fly" winning him three grammys. how would you describe him as a person? >> he's charismatic. and i think that's one of the reasons why people kind of say he has two personalities. because when you meet him, he has, you know -- he's a really personable person. if you see him angry, that's a whole dif

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r kelly chose not to testify.bs interview before his arrest, he desperately tried to win over public opinion. i didn't do this stuff! this is not me! i'm fighting for my bleep life. y'all killing me with this bleep. ican't even... robert... 30 years of my career! the disgraced artist now faces a minimum of 15 years in prison. this has been an emotional trial for the women and men who have come forward. not only has the jury heard them, they have believed them. it is another victory for survivors of sexual assault and the entire #metoo movement. iam doing i am doing now from los angeles by peter. good to have you on the programme this is being called the music made to movement with huge repercussions for the industry. the? repercussions for the industry. they will be a lot — repercussions for the industry. they will be a lot of _ repercussions for the industry. tie: will be a lot of soul—searching going on in the music industry right now. r kelly a convicted sexual predator, one who was a huge star for many years.

r. kelly. federal prosecutors wanted to and dan effective job of making the case that this wasn't about one incident, multiple incidents, it was about a criminal enterprise that was carried out over years involving different states, involving different actors, bad actors that was involved in this enterprise, and hopefully this is the beginning of seeing these kinds of prosecutions that carry very serious penalties against sexual predators like r. kelly. this is a huge decision given the me too movement and particularly to see someone we've seen, bill kcosby, harvey weinstein, and r. kelly being held accountable for decades of sexual assault and violence against young girls and women. >> jean, we are getting in more information that he has been convicted of nine counts, i believe, including the sex trafficking charges and that racketeering. so they're just announcing it, you know, slowly, first was the racketeering, and now the sex trafficking because it would have been unimaginable for him not

r. kelly.f you have beenexually abused by anyone, no it's not your fault january beautiful person at the end of the day. you are still human being and you can feel that pin. now you can see that healing can begin. i don't think healing can begin until you actually receive justice for the person that actually, you know, was your predator. brent: we appreciate your time and your wise words tonight. thank you. it was london's highest red carpet event since the beginning of the pandemic. the new james bond film "no time to die" held its world premiere after delays due to covid-19. kreg called it a great relief the premier was finally held as an in-person event. it is his fifth and final outing as agent double 07 -- agent 007. reporter: bond is back. delayed multiple times due to the pandemic, the new james bond film finally hits theaters this week. "no time to die" marks the final outing for daniel prude, a superspy 007. he's just glad to have made it to the finish line. >> lots of things went wron

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r. kelly guilty.n a high-profile sex trafficking case that could put him behind bars for decades or even the rest of his life. outfront now, sonya who's been following the trial since the beginning. and so, sonya, you know, i know you are outside the brooklyn federal courthouse where all this happened. so the trial as i know was nearly six weeks long. tell me about it, what happened here, and how this outcome seemed to surprise r. kelly? >> yeah. well look, we heard from 50 witnesses during the course of this trial. some of them were women who say they were underaged girls when they were sexually abused by r. kelly. they testified the singer knew their ages but had sex with them, anyway. in some cases, even recording these sexual encounters. and one victim we heard about from multiple witnesses was, of course, the late singer aaliyah who married r. kelly when she was just 15 years old. now, prosecutors showed a copy of aaliyah and r. kelly's marriage certificate. it lists aaliyah's age as 18 at the ti

r. kelly trial here in new york city. singer r. kelly guilty on all counts, charged with sex trafficking and racketeering amid decades of allegations of sexual misconduct with minors. the jury deliberating just nine hours. he now faces decades in prison. >>> the coronavirus and president biden today receiving his pfizer booster shot, as tens of thousands of americans eligible for their booster now line up. tonight, if you got moderna or johnson & johnson, what is the timeline for boosters for you? and how soon could there be shots for children 5 to 11? >>> multiple high stakes showdowns on capitol hill. the house with crucial make or break votes on president biden's domestic agenda. two separate infrastructure bills and all of this with a potential government shutdown now looming. rachel scott with late reporting from the hill. and tonight, our robin roberts with former president obama. will the democrats unite in this moment and what about the price tag? what the former president told robin. >>> also tonight, the urgent manhunt for

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r. kelly forced her to engage in sexual acts.could describe for me how you're feeling after hearing the news. >> i'm feeling extremely happy, relieved. i'm so proud of the women who were able to speak their truth. >> reporter: kelly did not take the stand but jurors ladder the testimonies of five defense witnesses. and kelly will be sentenced in may of next year. he's facing decades behind pars bars. when i asked an attorney on kelly's team if they plan to appeal this case, he said there will be a lot of monday morning quarterbacking on this one. kelly still faces a federal trial in chicago. >> o'donnell: finally, justice for the victims. jericka duncan, thank you. we turn now to the covid pandemic. tonight two out of every three american adults are fully vaccinated and the next wave of booster shots is understoodway with president biden wasting no time getting his today. cbs's errol barnett reports from new york where a key vaccine mandate is kicking in. >> reporter: americans are lining up to get the pfizer booster shot after c

r. kelly.ccused of kidnapping, bribery, sex trafficking, and racketeering, among other charges. amna nawaz is back with our look at the case. and a warning for some viewers, this story deals with explicit references to sexual assault. amna: r. kelly has faced allegations of sexual abuse for more than two decades and has settled multiple cases, but this is the first criminal trial he has faced since being acquitted of child pornography charges in 2008. over this trial, prosecutors brought 45 witnesses to prove racketeering charges. they argue kelly oversaw a criminal enterprise, with associates helping to lure underage girls, boys, and young women, whom he sexually assaulted and imprisoned. kelly pled not guilty. emily palmer is covering this for the new york times. she joins me now. welcome to the newshour. you have been listening to those witnesses as they shared their testimony, horrifying details. tell us about what they have said. emily: this case is built on the stories of six women. five

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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 '90s anthem "i believe i can fly" now facing decades behind bars. >> today's guilty verdict forever brands r. kelly as a predator who used his fame and fortune to prey on the young, the vulnerable and the voiceless. >> reporter: the verdict caps a five-week long trial with often graphi

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r. kelly.y has so far found him guilty of one of the charges of racketeering in a case yes he has been accused of grooming and sexual li abusing underage girls, boys and women as far as back as the mid 1990's. let's go live to new york. i know we've just getting details right now. reporter: yeah, that's right and you can see all of the activity starting to pick up behind me. that's because r. kelly has been found guilty on all counts, the racketeering charges as well as the several sex trafficking charges and this jury just went out on friday afternoon. this is t second day of deliberations so quite swift to find r. kelly guilty on all counts, which points to the fact early in freshmen united in their decision. of course, we're waiting for reaction from outside of the court from prosecutors who over 19 days called over 45 witnesses. men and women who, that mr. mr. kelly sexually abused them and trapped them, controlled them as part of this complex criminal enterprise that he led with the help o

r. kelly.y has so far found him guilty of one of the charges of racketeering in a case yes he has been accused of grooming and sexual li abusing underage girls, boys and women as far as back as the mid 1990's. let's go live to new york. i know we've just getting details right now. reporter: yeah, that's right and you can see all of the activity starting to pick up behind me. that's because r. kelly has been found guilty on all counts, the racketeerin charges as well as the several sex trafficking charges and this jury just went out on friday afternoon. this is their second day of deliberations so quite swift to find r. kelly guilty on all counts, which points to the fact early in freshmen united in their decision. of course, we're waiting for reaction from outside of the court from prosecutors who over 19 days called over 45 witnesses. men and women who, that mr. mr. kelly sexually abused them and trapped them, controlled them as part of this complex criminal enterprise that he led with the hel

r. kelly on sex trafficking and other charges now in the hands of the jury. ur look at key moments in the courtroom. >>> a jury is now deciding the fate of r&b singer r. kelly. deliberations got underway after more than five weeks of testimony. stephanie gosk is at the courthouse ♪ i believe i can fly. >> reporter: behind the grammys and the number one hit, prosecutors say the man once dubbed the king of r&b, r. gs hoarding them like objects that he could use however he liked throughout the five-week trial, alleged victims and witnesses described how kelly used his fame to entrap fans, hold them at times against their will and abuse them emotionally, physically and sexually often young boys and girls were underage who recently appeared in the docu series. "surviving r. kelly". >> the breaking point for me was when rock slapped me and he choked me until i blacked out. >> reporter: the defense portrayed alleged victims as opportunists, telling the jury they wrote books, got cash for bills. others went on elaborate shopping sprees, only coming forward with allega

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r. kelly. the singer now convicted in federal court. >> for 30 years we were overlooked. for 30 years people said we were lying. for 30 years people said this didn't occur. >> i feel like justice has been served. >> reporter: kelly convicted on eight counts of sex trafficking and one count of racketeering charges. the 54-year-old singer possibly facing the rest of his life in prison for leading what prosecutors allege was a criminal enterprise consisting of himself and an entourage of individuals as the leader of the enterprise. kelly used his fame to recruit women and girls to engage in illegal sexual activity. gloria allred represents several of kelly's accusers. >> he has only himself to blame for what he did. he underestimated the courage of his victims. >> reporter: 50 witnesses took the stand over the course of kelly's six-week trial. the prosecution alleging kelly had encounters with six women including the late singer aaliyah who kelly secretly married in 1994 when she was 15 and he was

r. kelly.uch more. >> woodruff: a widely discredited election review in arizona may be winding down today. but more than 10 months after the 2020 election, there is growing alarm about other efforts, launched with no credible justification, to sow doubt about elections past, present and future. william brangham begins there. >> brangham: it was republicans in the arizona state senate who commissioned this review of ballots in maricopa county, even though election officials in the state said there was no large- scale fraud in the 2020 election. but a partisan group called "cyber ninjas" undertook a controversial review of the vote, and affirmed that joe biden won maricopa county, and arizona. and here with us to look at the larger context is nate persily, a scholar of election law at stanford university law school. the "newshour". i hesitate to call this an actual audit, what this organization did in arizona, but they affirmed what we already knew, that joe biden won maricopa county and heon ari

r. kelly, don.n us a long time for women in general to be believed when they come forward to tell of being sexually assaulted, sexually harassed. we've seen this sea change, this movement really centered around me too, where for the first time in a long time -- and i've been doing this kind of litigation for a long time -- where we are now understanding that it's a very complicated process for women to come forward. oftentimes they don't come forward at the time they experience the trauma. but we are now seeing a difference in the way women are treated, the way their stories are handled, and women are being believed. and i think for a long time, we just put our heads in the sand. we revered certain entertainers like r. kelly. we danced to their music. we bought his concert tickets, and we just ignored the pain that he was inflicting on so many women. and today that ended. >> you know, the first woman we heard from in the trial took to instagram today, posting, for years i was trolled for speaking ou

r. kelly is now facing decades behind bars. this is far from the end of his legal troubles. >> america's top military brass will face fire over the u.s. pullout of afghanistan we got a preview >> nbc exclusive our tom costello gets an inside story on ford's 11 billion plant that will create thousands of skwobs in america. >>> america's team grounding the eagles on monday night fall. let's get started. "early today" starts now. >> thanks for joining us i'm frances rivera. >> i'm philip mena r. kelly, the singer's guilty verdict. he was once charted with consecutive hits could face the latest >> reporter: hey there this was a trial delayed a year-and-a-half because of the pandemic it lasted five weeks with dozens of witnesses but it only took the jury nine hours to come one a verdict. their verdict, he's guilty it's a verdict prosecutors say was nearly 30 years in the making r. kelly guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking the man who wrote the grammy winning '90s anthem now facing life behind bars >> today's verdict brands r.

this was r kelly's second criminal trial on sex charges.n that he was someone that they were really proud of and they knew that he would bring great things to chicago because of his talent and the songs he was putting out there and people were really proud to know that r kelly was from that part of america. things changed and quite dramatically with the surviving r kelly documentary where a number of women came forward and as they say, there is always at safety in numbers and the fact that this group of women were willing to go on camera and detail in a graphic detail what they had gone through at his hands, in his home, i think was the turning point. but it did take a lot of time. that is the end of our addition of a outside source. thanks for being with us, lots more tomorrow, goodbye for now. after what has been a relatively dry and warm september so far, the weather has now left us in no doubt that autumn has arrived. we have had some really heavy rain today, some are brisk winds too. tomorrow gives are brisk winds too. tomorrow gives a

r. kelly. no matter how long it takes, the long arm of the law will catch upwith you. >> reporter: the singer did not testify, instead his lawyers portrayed him as the victim of, quote, groupies and stalkers. >> of course, mr. kelly is disappointed. >> reporter: kelly sat motionless as the verdict was read. he's denied all accusations claiming his innocence in this 2019 interview. >> somebody sent me something on my phone that said that i hog tied her. i don't know how to hog tie people. why would i hog tie her? this is not me. i'm fighting for my [ bleep ] life. >> reporter: but prosecutors say kelly was able to abuse people for decades because he surrounded himself with enablers and now the sicker's former bodyguard is speaking out telling abc's linsey davis that red flags were missed. >> when you're in your late 20s and certain things, when you look back on it, yeah, you're like, oh, wow, that -- that makes sense. it troubles me. i'm not going to lie about that. certain things that i really

r. kelly "daddy." r. erstar is now a convicted felon, but it's not over yet because there is a federal prosecution in the northern district of illinois. you have state charges in minnesota of prostitution and illinois state charges for aggravated criminal, sexual abuse. christine, laura? >> jean, thank you for that. >>> and breaking overnight, afghan women banned from teaching or attending kabul university until an islamic environment can be created. that is according to the school's new chancellor. this is the latest unraveling of women's rights in afghanistan under taliban rule. the university is considering allowing male lecturers to teach female students from behind a curtain. >>> well, the military is in stand by -- on stand by to deliver gas to stations that have run dry. the fuel crisis there driven by a shortage of tanker drivers upending the supply chain and triggering panic buying. cnn's nina dos santos is live in london for us. nina, good morning. there are calls this morning for key workers to

well, i'm going to tell you exactly what r kelly did is call trafficking sex trafficking. and that's is that lee? how myself and all of our youth, we're actually sure it right and forced into sex trafficking. so that that being said, yes, that happens all the time. unfortunately, having the same way, right? we would say somebody on the street who has an r, kelly, would go immediately to jail, but it usually does take years. and that's because we don't believe the victim to what needs to happen. you thing to protect women and other young girls. so i think, you know, we work with girls and boys and he traffic girls and boys that stood up and said something. so i really think, yeah, he's getting time. where have you heard anything about the man who purchased that from the boys and girls? nothing that what usually happens, right? we're not getting them as well. so it continued. so all of those men, all those producers that he so those children to get no time. so what happens is right, this continues on because without supply, there is no demand. so we also have to go out to th

r. kelly keeping his home also a recording studio safe.he first witness who testified in the trial took to instagram to speak shortly after the verdict saying, quote, for years i was told for speaking out about the abuse about that predator. we were not allowed in the courtroom for this entire trial. cnn was one of the few outlets inside the courtroom when the verdict was read, and i watched r. kelly's face as that decision came down. he was emotional. he stared at one spot in front of him. did not move. his attorney telling us after the verdict was read he was not expecting this guilty verdict. now, he does have several more legal battles ahead of him. a state and a federal case in illinois as well as a state case in minnesota. in brooklyn. >> now, gloria allred represented three victims. she put the crimes in historical perspective as a five decade attorney. >> i have been practicing law for 47 years. during this time i have pursued many sexual predators who have committed crimes against women and children. of all the predators that i ha

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r. kelly."f a long walk home and professor at the rutgers newark. thank you for making time on a saturday thank you. i'm sure you know your documentary was so -- it was ground breaking and really it helped catapult the charges to be brought to r. kelly because you had the most interaction with the survivors, i'm curious, what do you think justice looks like for them? >> it's such an interesting question. i think that when we talk to them on camera, i remember noting that none of them talked about him facing charges or going to jail. i don't even think they thought it was a possibility. they hoped that he would finally own his harm that he's been causing for decades, and that he would stop it. a lot of them talked about him seeking help. i'm sure all of them -- well, i know from having worked with them that not one of them wouldn't benefit from some kind of financial restitution that would put them into the professional kind of therapy that they need to begin a healing journey that is, you know,

r. kelly, done.n us a long time in general for women to be believed when they come forward and say they've been sexually harassed. it's the first time in a long time and i've been doing this kind of litigation in law for a long time. we are understanding it's a very complicated process for women to come forward. often times they don't come forward at the time they are experiencing the trauma. we're seeing a difference in the way people are treated and they're being believed. we put our heads in the sand, we revered artists and we endured the pain endured by so many women. >> i quote here, "for years i was trolled for speaking out at the hands of that predator." will today's verdict help some of the victims gets closure? >> absolutely. what will happen will probably take years and years of therapy and counseling. knowing the justice system worked, he faces up to life in prison forlt c the charges, thee counts he was found guilty of. there's strength in number. when one victim comes forward, it gives p

r. kelly in federal court.o decades allegations from sex trafficking to child pornography have swirled around r. kelly. but he has not been found guilty of any crimes. the singer now back in court and claiming his innocence again pleading not guilty to multiple federal charges including racketeering and sexual abuse. >> there were women always, you know, coming at him. >> reporter: diana copeland served as r. kelly's executive assistant off and on for 16 years taking the stand sharing details from her experience working in his homes. ♪ i believe i can fly ♪ ♪ i believe i can touch the sky ♪ >> reporter: at the time, kelly was one of the biggest selling male artists and music producers. his song "i believe i can fly" winning him three grammys. >> how would you describe him as a person? >> he's charismatic and i think that's one of the reasons why people kind of say he has two personalities because when you meet him, he has -- you know, he's a really personable person. if you see him angry, that's a whole differe