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
that s why i and so many people i grew up with have cancer, and why for the longest time delaware had the largest cancer rate in the nation appear to i have cancer, joe biden said, and i got it from growing up in delaware. and with that, biden left the stage, taking no questions about his condition. what kind of cancer does joe biden have? what is his long-term prognosis? and does delaware really that bad? parts of it are not beautiful, that is true, but can an entire stay to be a carcinogen? at this point we can t say. we are hearing were tonight that biden may have misspoken, rattled by the stress of his diagnosis. it is likely that it is in fact not cancer joe biden is battling, but dementia. the simple mistake. we will get an update from marc siegel in a moment. but no matter what is wrong with joe biden, and something clearly is, it has not prevented him from working to amass more power in any american president has ever had. biden approaches power the way that j.b. pr
and egotistically speaking, i think i had the best command of basketball skills of anyone that ever played. reporter: the champion of champions bill russell won more titles than any player in history. one thing i loved to do would be back on defense by myself and have a three on one fast break coming to me. i absolutely loved that. because over half the time i could stop it. i brought defense to a level where it was as important or more important than offense. but my defense was part of our offense. the 12-time all-star for the boston celtics revolutionized the game. if i m really going to be a good team player, i have to be willing to disappear sometimes. be out there without you knowing i m out there. he wasn t always such a force on the court. he took the only scholarship offered to the university of san francisco. in one year he won a championship, olympic gold medal and credits much of the success to his parents. first thing is i remember my mother and father
for you on this sunday night, not only was he one of the nba s greatest players he was a civil rights i con. she changed television for millions of americans on star trek. nichelle nichols passed away at the age of 89. also, body cam in the arrest of a georgia mother just before she dies. hear from the family is now saying. you are in the cnn newsroom. tonight the loss of a legend. bill russell has died at the age of 88. the nba hall of famer passed away today. the announcement did not give the cause of death. this from nba commissioner adam silver who called russell the great oeast champion in all of team sports. former president obama writes perhaps more than anyone else bill knew what it took to win and lead. on the court he was the greatest champion in basketball history. he was a civil rights trail blazer. after his playing career russell stayed connected to the nba attending major events and continued to be a voice in the fight for civil rights. andy shoals looks ba
in the headlines with new ema s trying to overturn the legitimate 2021 results. good to be with you on a friday afternoon. along with seema moody, mike memoli, and ron insana. seema, a significant milestone. this bear market territory that the markets have now touched at this point. something the experts have been predicting for weeks. it s here. tell us more. the earnings story continues to get worse. big names like target, walmart, ross stores confirming inflation concerns. today we heard from john deere, which is struggling with supply chain issues and procuring the parts it needs to fulfill the strong demand it s seeing from farmers, and it follows a sharp rise in wheat and soybean prices. shares of deere down 15%. we have not seen this price action in two years. there s other names like coca-cola, kroger, down 7%, 8%. this while oil prices continue to rise now above $113 a barrel, which means gas prices are up a bit more. i guess the broader conclusion one can draw is