asia, and she s not ruling out a visit all eyes on kansas, the first state to ask voters to weigh in on abortion rights since roe v. wade was overturned. and polls suggest the vote will be a close one. mystery in the sky. why did this co-pilot jump or fall to his death out of a plane as it made an emergency landing? number two jumped from the aircraft, did not have a parachute his family opening up to us and we lost two people today who shattered racial barriers bill russell, one of the greatest basketball players of all time, and nichelle nichols, who brought equality to the final frontier. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with kate snow good evening. from water to fire, we have two very different natural disasters to update you on tonight in northern california, extreme temperatures and bone-dry conditions fueling the mckinney fire 2,000 residents have been evacuated the fire expanding this weekend to cover 50,000 acres now and then to the east in kentu
dozens of people still unaccounted for this hour. our mola lenghi is in the flood zone, and rob marciano times out the rain and the new heat wave threatening the east coast. the growing monkeypox outbreak. new york city joins san francisco in declaring a state of emergency. the city s health commissioner calls new york the epicenter of the virus as the city awaits more vaccine doses. the war in ukraine. one of the country s richest men, a top grain tycoon, killed in a russian strike as dozens of ships remain docked at the country s ports, those vessels packed with agricultural products. and vladimir putin s new warning to the west. the nation mourns the loss of two trailblazers tonight, nba bill russell, a pioneer on and off the court, a hall of famer with 11 nba championships, two as the league s first black coach. after growing up in the segregated south, russell marched for civil rights and paved the way for generations of nba players who followed. and we mark the
video shows briana greer falling out of this patrol car. tonight her family demanding answers. we want to know what happened. later, we remember two towering trail blazers. nichelle nichols, who helped br women, including with this kiss, and bill russell, 11-time nba champion, celtics legend and civil rights activist. i wasn t making a contribution, i was just doing the best i could. this is the cbs weekend news from new york. with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us on this sunday. tonight tens of millions of americans are dealing with extreme weather. in kentucky more rain is soaking the state already struggling to recover from catastrophic flooding. the death toll now at 28. and the scope of the destruction still unfolding. in the pacific northwest, a heat dome that s sizzled for days is forecast to spread east this week, while california tonight battles that state s biggest fire so far this year. the inferno seen here from space. cbs joy be
america and china s taiwan faceoff. tonight, tensions escalate ahead of speaker nancy pelosi s possible trip to the self-governed island. adam yamaguchi is there tonight as war games with uh underway. the fact we re seeing an amphibious assault suggests that the taiwanese think the chinese will take islands in the south china sea and dickerson: another supply chain log jam in the warning from the nation s businessiest port. terror shark encounters. what had swimmers racing to shore. and renning the life and careers of two americans icons and thee. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. dickerson: good evening, and thank you for joining us, i m john dickerson in for norah. tonight, we are awaiting president biden, who will speak within the hour about what s being described as a successful counterterrorism strike. a seen nor administration official tells cbs news that the u.s. killed top al quaida leader aym
kick russian out of ukraine. there is no question that president xi is watching. putin is watching to see if the west, if the united states and europe lose interest in ukraine and if we do, then i think it potentially gives him a green light. so, we are on the cusp of the post world war ii order where big nations didn t change their borders through force coming apart. and i think right now the most important thing that we could do to stop china from making a move on taiwan is to make clear to the ukrainians we re with them today and in the future to make sure they regain their own sovereignty. senator chris murphy, thank you very much for being on this morning. we will be in touch. so we are well into the fourth hour of morning joe right now. let s talk more about the bills to help veterans that republicans blocked. joining us now, retired sergeant ted corcoran. he s a disabled veteran and a veteran advocate who suffers from the effects of burn pits. he s now organizing