district care primary. that, to a cnn projecting, charlie quest will win the floor democratic primary, and take on ron desantis that will happen in november. val demings, winning florida s democratic senate primary. so, there is a lot to discuss. cnn s phil mattingly, at the magic wall, with more but, that s just a moment. standby, phil. as primary results roll in, all across the country, and with the midterms looming, here is the thing. democracy is on the ballot. there are election deniers running, and winning, in key races across the country. we are still reckoning with the cancer of january 6th. one of the greatest threats to this country in our history. so, do americans vote like democracy depends on it? economy? inflation? putting food on the table? yes in the tank? keeping a roof over your head? that all matters to voters. of course it does. culture wars matter a lot to people, to. the book banning, the outrage over critical race theory, even the shortage of teachers.
this. you should never use the justice department on the gland out of the boxes of material, but they won t put things in those boxes to entrap him? one man is already targeted a fbi office before being killed by police. the violent rhetoric online has reached a fevered pitch. plus democrats and the president hailing the passage of the inflation protection act, hoping it will translate to votes in november. today the american people one. the special interests last, finally. the final passage of the inflation reduction act act in the house of representatives, people to see lower health care, those that are paying zero dollars in federal income tax will now have to pay a minimum tax. we can recover all that this hour. we re gonna begin with the unsealed search warrant from mar-a-lago. hunting for people with knowledge of the document, who tunes reporting that at least one term provider signed a statement in june and serving that all material merit is classified and
and china ramps up military drills and raises fears of a dangerous stand-off with the u.s. after house speaker nancy pelosi wraps her risky visit to taiwan. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off. i m pamela brown, and you re in the situation room. we begin with a powerful message sent by kansas voters on the issue of abortion. with the critical midterm election around the corner. jeff zeleny reports on the conservative state s surprising vote to protect abortion rights and other results from a big round of primaries. reporter: a surge of kansas voters sending an overwhelmingly message to protect abortion rights. it was the biggest sign yet of the backlash to the supreme court s decision to send the question of abortion back to the states. and here in conservative kansas, voters delivered their answer loud and clear. we don t want the government m making our reproductive health decisions for us. reporter: sharice davids
inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone forecasters are using terms like heat dome and atmospheric rivers to describe what is driving extreme weather conditions across the country tonight, from dangerous rain and flooding to crippling heat many will see triple-digit highs in fact over the course of the next seven days, over 250 million americans can expect temperatures 90 or hotter. and while drought-stricken parts of the west can t seem to buy a drop of rain, too much of it has fallen in montana and wyoming. it s been wiping out bridges, roads, and literally carrying houses away. yellowstone park closed tonight a crushing start to the park s busy vacation season. from tornado sirens blaring in chicago to fires in the west, this is already shaping up to be a summer to remember our team is in place to cover it all, starting tonight with gadi schwartz. reporter: tonight, weather extremes as destructive as they a
releasing damning new testimony from an attorney in trump s white house. in a tease of sorts for next week s hearing watch this in our next hearing on thursday, the select committee will examine president trump s relentless effort on january 6th and in the days beforehand to pressure vice president pence to refuse to count lawful electoral votes. as a federal judge has indicated, this likely violated to federal criminal statutes. to. and that s heating up the comment, the committee s newest bombshell, a portion of the deposition from former white house lawyer, eric herschmann, who describes a colorful conversation the day he had after the insurrection, with lawyer john eastman. the lawyer wrote memos arguing the vice president could in fact overturn the election. he started to ask me about something dealing with georgia, and preserving something, eventually, for appeal. and i said to him, are you out of your effing mind? i said, i only want to hear two words coming ou