he will respond to nothing most vile racist attacks against himb . guess what?al fromk the media mob at nbc latt ,we have a full report on china s petulant saber rattling during speaker pelosi s trip to our ally taiwan. siand back here at home, we are learning shocking details about speakerg pelosi s husband, paul pelosi. his recent arrest. j it wasn t just drinking. apparently drugs were involved. wewe the details coming up. but first, breaking right now is nine o clock on the east coast and six o clockck on the west coast. that means more polls are c closed in arizona, michigan, kansas and missouri. na,and voting still underway in the state of washington at the very latest at the biger board himself as our own prepare. but a lot of big primaries tonight. yeah, five of o you ve gotna arizona, kansas, michigan, missouri and washington. sean,nsas, a lot of action happg around the country. let s start in the governors races, michigan, that republican primary to take on . gretch
endorsed the big lie that donald trump should somehow still be president. again, that s a lie. so let s get right to it. you know who i m talking about, steve kornacki back at the big board. where do things stand right now? the biggest story of the night this one, kansas. constitutional amendment that would say the constitution in the statet of kansas does not provide for the right to abortion goes down tofo defeat, goes down to defeat, overwhelmingly. this is a tremendous surprise what happened here. a lot of people did not see the fact of no winning coming nor the magnitude of it. ite will be significant politil repercussions from this result. also the potential here just in terms of you see where the no vote, a lot of energy in the suburbs ofin kansas city. democrats have been saying, hey, that s the area that those are the kinds of voters who will turn out in november, too, for f democrats. we ll see if that happens. this is the biggest headline of the hour certainly. a
whirlwind visit to taiwan, meeting earlier today with the island s democratically elected president, in defiance of provocative live fire drills from china s military. and also this hour we ll talk to kentucky governor andy beshear about the search and rescue efforts as the death count rises from this week s historic floods. i ll speak to senator kirsten gillibrand about the passage of new medical benefits for burn pit victims finally. and we are on sinema watch, waiting for that 50th democratic senator to signal whether or not she will support the democrats new compromise bill to cut prescription drug costs and combat climate change. but we begin with politics. joining us now, nbc s dasha burns in kansas. nbc s vaughn hillyard in aarizona. and nbc s yamiche alcindor in st. louis. the dream team. dasha, first to you. this amazing turnout. the defeat of the amendment, the kansas state constitution. it s now becoming a rallying cry for democrats and abortion rights supporters
states where abortion is not legal because of the overturning of roe v. wade, and to see if they can travel to states where those services are legal, and to have an ability to transfer the kinds of benefits that include transportation in certain circumstances, and the medical care to allow those women to have access to abortion. to look at how could that be done under the law. so this is really the president signing an order that directs hhs to set up a program to do that. so with the stroke of the pen that the president did in just the last half-hour or so, there isn t a new power that is immediately granted. but it sets in motion. also, tells of medical provider to be reminded that they are bound by federal law in certain cases, not state law, when there are instances to make certain there s no discrimination against patients. so it could be life of the mother in certain instances, ways that they can set up rules where even in a dire case, they actually would convene provid
china s threats of retaliatory measures. soon after nancy pelosi s arrival they announced a series of military options and drills were defying their warnings. details tonight from the pentagon. speak of the pentagon edge watching china s defense ministry, 21 chinese warplanes entered its air defense identification zone as tensions between the two global powers under a new phase. supporters and critics it gathered as house speaker nancy pelosi arrived in taiwan with five other members of congress, just before midnight. she is the highest ranking u.s. official to visit the island democracy and first house speaker to do so since newt gingrich 25 years ago. taiwan s tallest building welcome to speaker pelosi with a simple message, thank you. china s foreign ministry warning that the u.s. is playing with fire and might get burned. we will continue to operate in the seas and these guys of the western pacific as we have done for decades. we will continue to support taiwan. the