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
Virus on to the mask and breathed it in. In the wake of his positive diagnosis, nancy pelosi announced that masks are now required on the house chamber. Both the house and senate are muling over whether to employ rapid testing. Today a arizona congressman also tested positive for covid19. Its uncertain where he contracted the virus, he did spend time this week in a hearing with congressman goaler. On thursday, herman cain passed away due to complications with the virus. Herman cain was photographed at the president s rally without a mask on. On friday, President Trump denied the possibility that herman cain could have contracted the virus at his rally. Later in florida, he and many of his followers didnt even bother to wear masks. The president continued his mixed messages this week with a number of combative press conferences, his main focussed seemed to be casting doubt on the american electoral process. In an a tweet, trump mused whether the president ial election should be postpone
we re back with a mystery in the sky and the new questions surrounding the strange case of a co-pilot who died after somehow falling or jumping out of the plane. pricilla thompson reports. emergency, we ve lost our right wheel reporter: for the first time, audio from inside the cockpit during an emergency landing near raleigh, north carolina how do you intend to land at raleigh durham get as low as we can, and i guess we re going to put it on the belly. reporter: the plane seen barreling past emergency vehicles before skidding off the runway and spinning to a stop the plane took off with two pilots. we have two persons on board reporter: but landed with only one inside we do have one subject who is not on the aircraft soul number two
happened in portland, oregon just tuesday. i will not sit down. i will not comply. you guys are cowards. reporter: he says the battles playing out now are an old fight in a new form. when was the last time that you read about a big battle in the school board over evolution and creation? or over school prayer? a lot of that energy has become reinvested in our partisan affiliations. reporter: what can history teach us about how the conflicts we re seeing today will be resolved? well, they re not going to be resolved. i think we should be looking to our schools to help us teach kids how to engage in those disagreements. that was nbc s pricilla thompson with that excellent