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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 ....
now that nancy pelosi is in asia, there are questions whether she will visit taiwan or not. something the chinese government has been threatening her not to do. 99 days before the midterm elections. we re keeping a close eye on big races across the nation. five states, michigan, missouri, kansas, arizona and washington will hold primary elections tomorrow. all eyes on kansas, where boorgs rights will be on the ballot for the first time since the supreme court overruled roe v. wade back in june. voters will decide on a constitutional amendment that could pave the way for more abortion restrictions. next door in missouri, three candidates are locked in a tight race for the republican nomination to succeed retiring senator roy blunt. all three seeking donald trump s endorsement, which he hasn t given yet. with us to start our coverage this hour is dasha burns in kansas. and washington correspondent in missouri. dasha s this the first major test of abortion rights on the ....
things they care about. we don t have to make things up when the republicans do their big tax bill in 2017, they said it will reduce your taxes to the average middle class person. it was aimed at the rich. we are talking about exactly what this bill does. we don t have to make it up because we are aiming directly at the american people and what they want. so, let me say this. say no to something is easy. it gets mistaken that no, say no, that is tough. there is no strategy or counting to saying no. it s simple, it is easy. legislating is about getting to yes. i ve always been a yes person. not a no person. always wanted to get something done. if you ask me, what helped you get the stun? some people have asked me that. i put it in one word, persistence. i just tell you a brief story for those of you who haven t heard about my dad. my dad passed away in november, he would have been 99 on flight day, june 14th. he was i won t go into the whole story, but he was a brillia ....