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
doesn t tell us a lot, because kansas is a conservative and republican leaning state. but a no vote, or even a narrow loss by the no side, will tell us that abortion rights supporters have a lot of strength in the elections of 2022. reporter: for those on both sides, the stakes couldn t be higher dasha burns, nbc news, kansas city, kansas. when we come back, mystery in the sky why did a co-pilot fall to his death while another pilot landed this plane safely plus, the groundbreaking kiss that made history. we re remembering star trek s nichelle nichols.