his private meetings with republicans, and what happened when he saw mitch mcconnell for the first time since the senator blamed him for the capitol riot. the new safety concerns for boeing. the potential problem on brand-new 787 dreamliners. nbc news investigates. the state with the highest rate of children in foster care facing allegations of horrifying abuse and a major lawsuit. and the animal advocate who turned this testing facility into a refuge for hundreds of four-legged friends. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holtevening and . good evening and welcome. we begin tonight with a major and notably unanimous ruling on reproductive rights by the u.s. supreme court. the justices upholding continued access to a widely used abortion medication. the plaintiffs in the case challenged the fda s 2000 approval of mifepristone on safety grounds. but the court today refusing to weigh in on the merits of their arguments, instead deciding the plaintiffs ha