we knew that kansas and kansas voters were registering in higher numbers than before. to trust patients to make their medical decisions is really rewarding especially in this dark time in the country when other people are being stripped of their rights. kansans are pushing back and saying not here. >> as chris, said this election reverent referendum comes in the middle of summer. but there was also one other problem today and that was just confusion over the language of the actual referendum, and someone from and bc spoke to voters in the ground about this thing. i found a very complicated try to figure out swath of time to do a little bit of research, trying to understand what they actually, man and what it meant for our family and our family values. and we tried to make sure that we were voting correctly for women's rights. >> it's pretty hard because they make it, they don't make it easy. that's because whoever signed writes it, that way, i think. it was hard, i wish they would use simple language. i understand they have to use language that can be legal. you know?

in kansas. so yes, would amend the constitution in the state of. >> to to say that there is no right for abortion. no would not do that. >> steve, you are moving them up there, you are showing us something else. >> yes, let's move over to missouri. i just want to check in on the senate of republican senate primary. we are saying to get more numbers in there. next door here, eric schmidt, the attorney general here, who was partially, if you want to, say endorsed by donald trump at the last-minute. the polls have shown schmidt surging. there have been by a lot of public and saying eric quite meant is that for their -- potentially integer the state for republicans. schmidt certainly putting up encouraging numbers up for his campaign early. and we do have some numbers and michigan. i do want to show you this race because this is the right here, this is peter meijer, one of the ten house republicans who voted to impeach donald trump last year. this is a small amount of voting but this is his challeng

i mean, think about kansas. kansas is a conservative part of the country. and it is surrounded by other conservative states that have virtually banned all abortions. texas, oklahoma, louisiana, you name it, virtually a band boards. and kansas remains a place where voters are saying we do not want to join them. and i think that really says a lot about what happens when you just take the question and put it to the voters and have them give a yes or no. and as i've said repeatedly, the -- is not ambiguous on this question. a majority of americans, more than 50%, more than 60%, in some polls 70%, do not support outright bans on all abortions in this country. and so, we do not have many opportunities to see what that looks like when voters get to decide. but this is one of them. and it should be, potentially, a warning sign not just to national republicans but to state wide republicans. we're talking about states like michigan, pennsylvania, and others, with this very same question could come up for lawmakers, for the governors, in the case of michigan, even for

in kansas. where regular people turned out in record numbers and defeated an extremist provision on abortion. fast forward to the elections. the way that we win is by winning the house and senate and being able to salvage our democracy. for some of these people who won on the republican side last night. but let me focus on this bipartisan offer. collins, manchin and a whole group of senators, senator blunt and i have been working with them for months and we are really excited about this proposal. it will make a difference. think about it now. two out of 535 people can literally gum up the process with objections. they can object even without the insurrection this thing would've gone for over 24 hours. that's why it is really important to make these changes and make clear the vice president can't overturn the will of the people, that there is an appeals process in place in that finally you can't get a fake set of electorates like donald trump was trying to do after the election. so we're moving f

we saw that last night in kansas. in the opinion of the people, women are not without electoral or political power. women will go to the ballot box and ensure the women have right to choose. as i said last month, i don't think the court has any notion of that matter. i don't think they have a clue about the power of women. last night, they found out. women and men did exercise their electoral power. voters in kansas defeated a ballot initiative to remove the right to choose an abortion in the kansas constitution. they are trying to strike it from the kansas constitution. a decisive vote, they made it clear that politicians should not interfere in the fundamental rights of women. the voters of kansas and a powerful signal that this fall the american people will preserve the right to an abortion. my administration has their back. host: that was president biden from the white house. axios says that they want to ensure the department of health and human services considers all appropriate action to make sure health provide

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in kansas. where regular people turned out in record numbers and defeated an extremist provision on abortion. fast forward to the elections. the way that we win is by winning the house and senate and being able to salvage our democracy. for some of these people who won on the republican side last night. but let me focus on this bipartisan offer. collins, manchin and a whole group of senators, senator blunt and i have been working with them for months and we are really excited about this proposal. it will make a difference. think about it now. two out of 535 people one senator, one house member can literally gum up the process with objections. they can object even without the insurrection this thing would've gone for over 24 hours. that's why it is really important to make these changes and make clear the vice president can't overturn the will of the people, that there is an appeals process in place and then finally you can't get a fake set of electorates like donald trump was trying to do after

i mean, think about kansas. kansas is a conservative part of the country. and it is surrounded by other conservative states that have virtually banned all abortions. texas, oklahoma, louisiana, you name it, virtually banned abortions. and kansas remains a place where voters are saying we do not want to join them. and i think that really says a lot about what happens when you just take the question and put it to the voters and have them give a yes or no. and as i've said repeatedly, the polling is not ambiguous on this question. a majority of americans, more than 50%, more than 60%, in some polls 70%, do not support outright bans on all abortions in this country. and so, we do not have many opportunities to see what that looks like when voters get to decide. but this is one of them. and it should be, potentially, a warning sign not just to national republicans but to state wide republicans. we're talking about states like michigan, pennsylvania, and others, with this very same question could come up for lawmakers, for the governors, in the case of michigan,

johnson county kansas, outside of kansas city, kansas. look what the no vote did here. 69% and overperformance of 17 points from the biden vote. that actually was duplicated across the state. in some rural counties, even better than that. here is russell county, kansas, home of bob dole, nomr. republican. look at the no vote. 45% overall rural kansas. no vote performed somewhere in the 30s or higher. it is one of the explanations for why this won so big. the other thing we saw here was a spike in voter turnout and new voters showing up. look at this. new voter registration since the dobbs decision in kansas spiked here. you see that over 8,000 new voter registration. 68% of them women. in colorado and michigan, two other states that we expect to see abortion referendum on the ballot, we are seeing a similar spike in new registrations favoring women but not like kansas. could this shift even more? this is something to watch. trust me. when we come back, dick cheney takes on donald trump. >> he is a coward. a real man wouldn't lie to his su

you look at turnout in kansas. it is astounding the number of people that showed up to vote for this measure. if you look at polling here, top issues for women under the age of 50, abortion at 76% followed closely by the economy at 75%. if you're a democrat, looking at last night and how abortion came out in kansas, how do you utilize this without exploiting it, cornell, because it certainly is a fine line. >> it's not just the economy, stupid. there's a plethora of issues. and certainly this is a top issue and a mobilizing issue. one of the challenges for democrats in this mid term historically is you see low energy and a difficulty for democrats to mobilize their base, which happens to be a lot of young voters and women and women voters. what is astounding about this, if you look inside the data here in kansas is those number of people who registered after the dobbs decision, they were overwhelmingly you saw a surge of women who weren't registered registering to vote. so i think the mobilization there possibly a

it is kansas. which has been a national flash point over abortion rights since at least 1991, when anti-abortion activists from all over the country desended on the state and blocked access to abortion clinics for weeks, in what they called the summer of mercy. the abortion provider dr. george tiller was murdered by an anti-abortion activist in his church, in wichita, in 2009. the church by the way where he was murdered yesterday, it was a polling place. but the main reason that this resounding abortion rights victory in kansas is resonating nationwide is that abortion is going to be on the ballot in lots and lots and lots of races this november, because republicans keep nominating candidates with really extreme views on the subject. last night, republicans in michigan chose this woman, tudor dix ton be their nominee for governor in november, she supports a total ban on abortion with an exception only for the life of the mother, no exceptions for rape or incest, and in fact, this was just her on a

in kansas. johnson county is right, here basically a suburb of kansas city. it's big, it's highly populous, we got what we think to be most of the votes in, about 95%. the no vote is almost 60, above 68%. the yes vote is 31%. now when you compare that to how donald trump and joe biden did in the state, it's 15 points better than joe biden did. and it's 12 points lower than donald trump did. this is the steve kornacki math that makes it all very interesting. people came out to vote and to protect abortion rights in kansas. at rates much higher than they vote for democrats in kansas. >> yeah, well i think, first of all i have to say this. this is a win for kansans. this is a win for our families and our rights. and tonight, i would say what you saw is, what you are seeing as the numbers and getting close to seeing all the numbers but they are not all in yet. what we saw was kansans saying we are going to reject extremism. we are going to protect all kansans ability to make their own choices about their health care. their access to reproductive health care, with

>> we have a call and kansas. nbc news now projecting that in the referendum to amend the state constitution to remove the right to abortion. no is going to win in kansas tonight. again, i was just down here a few moments ago showing you, we got those final results from a big county there, they confirmed that lead wasn't just eroding as much as the same-day vote came in. they're just gonna vote it in enough places right now. that our decision desk feels confident and putting a check mark up there no is going to win this thing tonight. this referendum to avoid the state constitution is going to fail. again this is the first time that the question of abortion place before the voters following that supreme court decision to overturn roe v. wade. it is taking place in a red state, a say that donald trump won by 15 points. but no is going to prevail tonight. it looks like no is gonna prevail handily tonight. >> is there any other election that is a parallel to the specific moment? the very first time that voters are go

nationwide. >> kansas was just the start! if it's going to happen in kansas it's going to happen in a lot of states. >> turnout more than double midterm primaries in kansas approaching presidential levels on an issue where republicans have a historically had the enthusiasm advantage. >> i'm astounded by the turnout. >> this setback is not stopping us. >> reporter: roger marshall caught the results a gut punch. >> it tells us a lot of people interested in the issue in kns in doubt about that. >> reporter: democratics kansas city are making it clear on the air waves they are all in. >> he supports a total ban. >> you make it illegal and you punish the doctors. >> blake masters is too dangerous for arizona. >> millions of women lost their right to choose. keegan is celebrating but she wants to make abortion illegal. >> reporter: abortion will be directly on the ballot in a handful of states, including battleground michigan where a pending ballot measure would enshrine abortion rights with a constitutional amendment and democrati

in kansas. and this includes shawnee county, which you are seeing right here on the screen. reports out that mail votes in that early vote first. later on throughout the night, the same day vote, the folks that went out to vote it in person today, those votes get added in. we have seen this in 2020, vote by mail especially is a heavily, heavily democratic type of vote. this has been true in state after state. whereas the same day votes, the vote in person, same day at the, pose it will be counted later, in a county like shawnee, that tends to be much more republican. so take this 70 30 no and shawnee with a grand assault. are little more context here, you can, i can tell you that in this county, in 2020, joe biden won at shawnee county 50 to 49. joe biden lost statewide, big time in kansas, in 2020, he did winch on, a 50 49. one rule of thumb here is, in most counties, if tonight, we look at the results, the no side in this referendum probably needs to be doing about ten points better that biden

in kansas. johnson county is right, here basically a suburb of kansas city. it's big, it's highly populous, we got what we think to be most of the votes in, about 95%. the nova's almost 60, above 68%. the yes vote is 31%. now when you compare that to how donald trump and joe biden did in the state, it's 15 points better than joe biden dead. and it's 12 points lower than donald trump did. this is the steve kornacki math that makes it all very interesting. people came out to vote and how to protect abortion rights in kansas. at rates much higher than they vote for democrats and kansas. >> yeah, well i think, first of, all i have to say this. this is a win for kansans. this is a win for our families and our rights. and tonight, i would say what you saw is what you are seeing as the numbers and getting close to seeing all the numbers but they are not all in yet. what we saw was kansans saying we are going to reject extremism. we are going to protect all kansans ability to make their own choices about their health care. their access to reproductive health care, wh

if you like, kansas is a ruby, read states can't get any more read more conservative than kansas they say. and here, sir, what happened to you? we just started in the report. people are major turner by the way, 900000 people went to the went to the paulson. that is more than 2 years, 4 years back from now before a so the turn out had something to do with it. and there is also a clear indication for that kansans didn't want any alter to alteration to their constitution and wanted to remain in their constitution the right for an abortion right. so what does this tell us about the effects of july supreme court ruling or is actually a nother indicator, an indication for what we already know through the polls that 60 to 70 percent of the americans. they really dis, like the supreme court decision. they didn't want robi, the weight overturned and now they have it now it is at the states. and now, as you can see, as republicans and conservative politicians as well, anti abortion activists will scale up their efforts through all the states in the united states to go on with the banning aborti

i'm chris jansing live in a rainy kansas city, missouri. there's a huge story just over my right shoulder, across the border, the shocking and overwhelming win for abortion rights activists in kansas. now being seen as a bellwether for the midterms. one publication called the issue "rocket fuel" for what is typically a low-key primary in the summer. the amendment to strip abortion protection was defeated by nearly 20 points. a resounding backlash against those pushing more abortion restrictions in the wake of the supreme court decision on roe. here is some of the reaction when the results came in. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> so grateful and overjoyed in this moment now. >> i'm really proud our state came through and decisively won. >> i just decided i know and my loved ones can get the health care we need and deserve. i'm astounded. >> but it wasn't just the margin that raised eye brows. the turnout was historic. more than 900,000 kansasan cast ballots in the sweltering heat. nearly double the primary turnout in 2018 and almost triple what

kansas to prove that, yeah? >> kansas did sort of prove that. i think what dobbs did, is energize the people in kansas, they gratuitously had this on the ballot. it was actually set up for this ballot back in january of 2021. so it had been planned way in advance of jobs. when the legislator put this up for a vote, they did not know that dobbs was going to happen. so this is kind of fortuitous. but once the dogs happened it really energized a lot of people in kansas. i think what we saw, was at least these three groups of young voters, democrats, and independents who flocked to the primary polls. those three groups generally don't. because the only contested primaries in kansas, typically, are republican primaries. >> great, you don't think, though, although this was not, you know, the catalyst was not dobbs. obscene really think that it was a genuine effort by republicans and chance to try to get this in men went? you think there was something more to it? >> well, they wanted this amendment because they wanted to overturn the kansas supreme cou

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read more conservative than kansas they say. and here, sir, what happened to you? we just heard in the report, people are major turner by the way, 900000 people went to the went to the paulson. that is more than 2 years, 4 years back from now before a so the turn out had something to do with it. and there is also a clear indication for that kansans didn't want any alter to alteration to their constitution and wanted to remain in their constitution the right for the board. right. so what does this tell us about the effects of july supreme court ruling? or is actually a nother indicator, an indication for what we already know through the polls that 60 to 70 percent of the americans, they really dis, like the supreme court's decision. they didn't want robi the weight overturned and now they have it. now it is at the states and now as you can see, as republicans and conservative politicians as well, anti abortion activists will scale up their efforts through all the states in the united states to go on with banning abortion or furth

johnson county kansas, outside of kansas city, kansas. this is a county that joe biden carried with 53%. look what the middle vote did here. 689%. and overperformance of 17 points from the biden vote. that actually was duplicated across the state. in some rural counties, even better than that. here is russell county, kansas, home of bob dole, mr. republican. look at the no vote. 45% overall rural kansas. no vote performed somewhere in the 30s or higher. it is one of the explanations for why this won so big. the other thing we saw here was a spike in voter turnout and new voters showing up. look at this. new voter registration since the dobbs decision in kansas spiked here. you see that over 8,000 new voter registrations. 68% of them women. in colorado and michigan, two other states that we expect to see abortion referendum on the ballot, we are seeing a similar spike in new registrations favoring women but not like kansas. could this shift even more? this is something to watch. trust me. when we come back, dick cheney takes on donald trum

>> kansas was a big story. the lesson there is read any poll about abortion attitudes over the last 40 years and you wouldn't be surprised that a majority of the people didn't want roe overturned and wanted abortion rights protected. i'm willing to bet that not all of those voters were democrats. i'm willing to bet some of those were republicans. so instead of democrats throwing money at candidates, they should make abortion their top issue. we just had a test case. the turnout is the huge story of that. i couldn't think of another issue that was going to be a greater turnout driver than this one. that just proved correct last night. >> let's talk about in terms of the ballot. let's look at arizona. all of these different election deniers, for senate candidate, for secretary of state, for governor, for attorney general, they are winning their primaries? what happens if these folks win in november? >> most notably, the secretary of state is so alarming, because that person literally will be in the driver's seat

read more conservative than kansas they say. and here, sir, what happened to you? we just heard in the report, people a major turner by the way, 900000 people went to the, went to the polls and that is more than 2 years, 4 years back from now before a so the turn out had something to do with it. and that is also a clear indication for that kansans didn't want any alter to alteration to their constitution and wanted to remain in their constitution the right for an abortion right. so what does this tell us about the effects of july supreme court ruling or is actually a nother indicator, an indication for what we already know through the polls that 60 to 70 percent of the americans, they really dis, like the supreme court's decision. they didn't want robi, the weight overturned and now they have it now it is at the states. and now, as you can see, as republicans and conservative politicians as well, anti abortion activists will scale up their efforts through all the states in the united states to go on with banning abortion or furt

kansas saw a record turnout in this election. they talk about this being comparable to 2008, when obama was on the ballot. even if voters are not pro- abortion, i think voters are saying, we are anti-extremism by republicans. republican lawmakers are seeking to deny women the right to make decisions about their own reproductive health. i think this is going to be a difficult issue for republicans moving forward. voters are galvanized around this issue to support and to protect women's right to choose. they rejected this constitutional amendment, which would have given republican lawmakers in the state of kansas, it would have given them the power and authority to make decisions about whether abortions would be there, in that state, and everybody expected that if they were given that authority, they would have absolutely banned or severely restricted abortions in the state of kansas. this is a big win for women, for pro-choice advocates. >> but there is some history to this, ariva, because there is a 2019 state supreme court rulin

just not close -- and again, in kansas, this is the state of kansas. associated press had an estimate, turnout for yesterday's primary far seeded other recent contests of 900,000 kansas voters casting a ballot. so, joe, clearly, this is a statement from the state of kansas. and perhaps a signal to republican candidates, and obviously democrats who want to run on this, come the fall, that this is an issue where many, many, many americans including the red states, have made up their mind, and kansas is a big red flag. >> you know, we have to send in elise jordan out to do focus groups. because we learned from focus groups. i remember in 2016, mark halpern and john heilemann had that focus group. with the group saying donald trump he's one of us. it was like a thunderbolt and you go oh, my god. wow. that's what's happening out there. and i'm still thinking about elise jordan's georgia, trumper, the man, who fed into every conspiracy theory, he was a trumper's trumper. and asked about abortion. i'm a man, what are you asking me about abortion? this is none

guest: let's start with kansas. kansas is a state that overwhelmingly went for donald trump, not once, but twice. and yet, overwhelmingly confirmed the ability to make their own health care decisions this week. confirmed that kansas is a pro-choice state. when you think about the ball, people love to talk about messaging. in this case, it is about telling the truth. which is, the democrats support the ability for americans to make their own health care decisions. we believe that those decisions, no matter what they are, should be between a person and their doctor. we trust women to make those decisions. this is about fundamental freedom, power and control. that is telling the truth. as our candidates across the country, whether they are running for state house, governor, the united states senate or house, they are going to be telling the truth to voters and the voters will be saying, i agree with you. democrats can use that to their advantage this fall. host: we are three months away from the fall elections. how man

more conservative than kansas they say. and here sir, what happened to you? we just heard in the report, people are major turner by the way, 900000 people went to the went to the pulse and that is more than 2 years. 4 years back from now before a so at the turn out had something to do with it. and that is also a clear indication for that kansans didn't want any alter to alteration to their constitution and to wanted to remain in the constitution the right for an abortion right. so what does this tell us about the effects of july supreme court ruling or is actually a nother indicator, an indication for what we already know through the polls that 60 to 70 percent of the americans, they really dis, like the supreme court's decision. they didn't want robi, the weight overturned and now they have it now it is at the states. and now, as you can see, as republicans and conservative politicians as well, anti abortion activists will scale up their efforts through all the states in the united states to go on with banning abortion or

in kansas. i think it came as a shock to them that just the percentage of support, that came -- to support abortion rights, to support reproductive rights there in kansas given that kansas is a conservative state that historically votes for republicans. and -- in presidential elections. and i think there's two things that i took away from kansas. one is turnout matters. you look at turnout in the kansas primary, and it was about double what turnout was during the 2018 primary in kansas. and to me, that is extremely palpable and potent for democrats. as they think about is there potential to galvanize voters around this issue? but i think this is where i think the concern is for democrats it is very different to vote on a specific policy as it was in kansas than it is to vote for people, law markers, who may carry out a policy. and i don't really know that the two things are going to be the same. and in november, people are not going to be voting for xbox rights directly on the ballot as they did

read more conservative than kansas they say. and here, sir, what happened to you? we just started in the report. people are major turner by the way, 900000 people went to the, went to the pulse and that is more than 2 years, 4 years back from now before a so the turn out had something to do with it. and there is also a clear indication for that kansans didn't want any alter to alteration to their constitution and to want it to remain in their constitution the right for the board . right. so what does this tell us about the effects of july supreme court ruling? all, it's actually a nother indicator, an indication for what we already know through the pulse that 60 to 70 percent of the americans, they really dis, like the supreme court's decision. they didn't want robi wait overturned and now they have it. now it is at the states. and now, as you can see, as republicans and conservative politicians as well, anti abortion activists will scale up their efforts through all the states and united states to go on with the banning abortio

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kansas is a red, red state, and yet last night, we saw a huge win for liberals in kansas. voters resoundingly rejected an amendment removing abortion rights protections for their stay constitution, voting it down 59 to 41%. now just to put that in a little bit more into context, to put the entire political earthquake into context, that ballot question was supposed to be an easy win for the antiabortion side. was not even supposed to be close. a recent poll said the 47% of kansans plan to vote yes on the amendment compared to no gland vote no. and republicans were supposed to cruise to victory with their demographic advantage. last night, most of the primary races were for republicans. there was not much incentive for democrats to even show up, aside for this one ballot question. and it was a strategic and very cynical question to put this question on the primary ballot, instead of the general election. proponents of the measure were hoping and planning for a low turnout. the question itself was intentionally garbled to confuse people. the text read in part quote, "to the e

if abortion rights are, are, are, are protected here in kansas. and again, republican leading state on i think that that indicates that there is a big did the states had those trigger was probably are out of stuck with what their electorate watch. abortion opponents who supported the proposed amendment said they felt an obligation to protect the rights of the unborn. but when we pull back and look at the scientific evidence of what happens in that one, not the emotion and not on the fact that i'm, i feel like i'm losing something. the people that are losing life have no voice. if people on their own, like me, don't speak for them. the strongly held views on both sides were reflected in a sometimes bitter campaign. but the decisive vote to keep abortion protections in the state constitution indicates a clear determination from kansas citizens to protect women's rights. you can take a look at this with the i me, little sale, c z, abortion access correspondent for the nation. and she focuses on reproductive rights and joins us from boston in the u. s

in kansas. i think it came as a shock to them that just the percentage of support, that came -- to support abortion rights, to support reproductive rights there in kansas given that kansas is a conservative state that historically votes for republicans. and -- in presidential elections. and i think there's two things that i took away from kansas. one is turnout matters. you look at turnout in the kansas primary, and it was about double what turnout was during the 2018 primary in kansas. and to me, that is extremely palpable and potent for democrats. as they think about is there potential to galvanize voters around thisssue? but i think this is where i think the concern is for democrats it is very different to vote on a specific policy as it was in kansas than it is to vote for people, law markers, who may carry out a policy. and i don't really know that the two things are going to be the same. and in november, people are not going to be voting for xbox rights directly on the ballot as they did i

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i think that kansas is the first step. people in that particular state are saying this is what we will not do. we will vote no on this constitutional provision. yes, could this be an opening? could this be a bridge to other states doing so? i think that is what the supreme court contended, to allow legislators, rather than the courts to determine how abortion policies will go in the u.s.. >> you think the language around abortion will change, particularly among republicans who may be looking at the vote in kansas thinking, well, an extreme stance on abortion, a total ban, is actually not what voters want? >> i hope so. i think in politics for my 30 years in this game, jane, when you are explaining you are losing. when republicans are explaining about abortion, what their perspective is, you are already behind the proverbial eightball. this is something that is a private decision by women, by families. that is where it should be. with women, with families, not with politicians, not with reblicans or democrats. the more our

back to kansas, for example. the republican primary for attorney general was won by the states former secretary of state, chris kobach, a man who was promised to quote, make kansas the most pro-life state in america. joining me now is chris man, the democratic candidate for attorney general in kansas, facing off against kris kobach and the general election this november. thank you for joining us, we appreciate, chris. i wanted to outline for the audience, for people breathing a sigh of relief they saw kansas go out last week and vote against this reversal of rights, that is not the end of the game by any shot for people in kansas as it relates to abortion rights. >> well, thank you for having me, ali. like you said. >> we seem to have an audio issue with chris man. i will ask my control room to check in with that. chris man is the democratic candidate for attorney general in kansas. >> i am here. >> have i got him back? okay, i got you back, chris. i hear your voice. sorry, start again. we did not hear any of tha

>> we have a call and kansas. nbc news now projecting that in the referendum to amend the state constitution to remove the right to abortion. no is going to win in kansas tonight. again, i was just down here if a few minutes ago showing you, we got those final results from a big county there, they confirmed that lead wasn't just eroding as much as the same-day vote came in. they're just enough vote it in enough places right now. that our decision desk feels confident and putting a check mark up there no is going to win this thing tonight. this referendum to avoid the state constitution is going to fail. again this is the first time that the question of abortion place before the voters following that supreme court decision to overturn roe v. wade. it is taking place in a red state, one that donald trump won by 15 points. but no is going to prevail tonight. it looks like no is gonna prevail handily tonight. is there any other election that is a parallel to the specific moment. the very first time that voters are goi

these are kansas values and the kansas constitution. when we take from this is -- the kansas legislature is doing things that the voters to. what the voters said this week that kansas, we want to, writes we would like to keep them thank you very much. >> and i think it's important to note, kansas has a democratic governor who is key in the makeup of the kansas supreme court. that's another story. we have kansas and then you have indiana. indiana has a total abortion ban. it's already seeing backlash, pharmaceutical giant, eli lilly, is one of indiana's biggest supporters. it's going to start expanding out of the state. it's gonna hurt indiana and the wallet. it's gonna hurt them when it comes to the workforce. do you think we're going to see this in other states at if similar legislation goes forward? >> i think you are. i think you are. look, what indiana has done, in the teeth of this victory and kansas, is extreme. it is an extreme and radical abortion ban. me the response from the business sector is the right one, which is to say, t

kansas supreme court had never decided whether there was such a right under the kansas constitution. my job at the time was to argue the position the attorney general took, which was to argue there was no such right under the kansas constitution. so, that was the position we argued. but i also assumed, as a personal matter, that there would always be a federal level of protection. i never anticipated that the court would overrule roe and casey like it did this year. >> so many people had that same flot if i that there was always going to be a backdrop of a 50-year precedent of roe v. wade. of course that did not happen. it was overturned, as you know. but the fact that you're overjoyed, the idea that many people are, by the way, but there was a huge margin. and for many, that's pretty stunning. i mean, it seems that there's a disconnect, as was always thought between what justice ali know thought about the idea of returning to the states and the notion that people weren't overwhelmingly against abortion acts. >> i think kansas did approve that and i think what dobbs did is energize t

us state of kansas has voted the us state of kansas has voted against lastjune's voted against last june's supreme court voted against lastjune's supreme court decision to restrict abortion rights. the american government claims the taliban broke an agreement not to allow foreign militants on afghan soil by sheltering the afghan soil by sheltering the afghan leader —— the al-qaeda leader ayman al—zawahiri. he was killed by us drone strike in kabul. he was one of the masterminds of the 9—11 attacks and one of america's most wanted. one of america's most wanted. ayman al—zawahiri, right—hand man and successor to osama bin laden. this was the drone strike that american officials say killed him as he stood on the balcony of this family home in an upmarket kabul neighbourhood. we can hear debris still being cleared up, but then we are told to stop filming. we are in the centre of the city. the house that was targeted in the drone strike is just a few minutes away, but the taliban are not allowing anyone to film nearby, insisting there is nothing to see, one even pointing his gun thr

kansas is a ruby red state. donald trump won here by 15 points and there are 350,000 more registered republicans than democrats. but last night's vote wasn't even close. turnout was overwhelming. 900,000 people showing up to vote on a tuesday in the middle of august. voters we spoke to, like breanna and kyle o'brien, told us the stakes could not be higher. what do you think is at risk? >> i would say, first and foremost, it's not just about kansas women. this is going to be an example that's set throughout the whole u.s. >> reporter: for the o'briens, its personal. breanna had an abortion in june after learning their child would be born with rare and severe genetic conditions. >> every family has -- should have that right to decide what's best for their babies. >> reporter: democrats hope what happened in kansas will shape the midterm elections. >> the voters of kansas in a powerful signal that this fall the american people will vote to preserve and protect the right and refuse to let them be ripped away by poli

parts of kansas, western kansas here, small, rural, western kansas, take a look at this. joe biden got 13% of the vote in this county here. lane county. the no side got 40% of the vote. you go next door, joe biden, 13%. the no side got 34%. you see that throughout the state. small, deeply red, extremely pro trump counties actually had, you know, significant jumps from biden's level of support to no. that's one ingredient here. another ingredient, though, and dasha was talking about this, the suburbs of kansas city in the eastern part of the state here. johnson county, she mentioned, this is the biggest county in the state and this is where you start to talk about potential national implications of this result for the midterm elections here this fall. tell you the story of johnson county. the biggest in the state, about quarter of all the votes cast in kansas yesterday came out of johnson county. this is right to the west of kansas city here. you see no got 68%. now take a look at how johnson county has been trending because this is something we've seen in a lot of big met

i think what we saw last night here in kansas was this is a win for kansas families for our rights. we saw broad diverse coalition of groups coming together to fight an amendment and what it stood for, which was really increased government control over our health care decisions. you know, we saw that kansas rejected that extreme position last night. >> 59-41% it passed. steve kornacki was walking us through the turnout numbers, which were just extraordinary for a mid summer primary election, pushing up toward a million votes last night, bumping up toward presidential election year numbers. what did you make of that, just the turnout yesterday? >> yeah. you know, i think that a couple of things that i believe led to that. one was, you know, when the dobbs decision came down, we saw this across the country, but i can tell you here in kansas i saw it. people were scared and had tons of anxiety for them, for their kids, for their grandkids and i think rightfully so. in kansas we've been watching these extreme total bans in our neighboring states, missouri, oklahoma. we picked ourselves

that was called, what's the matter with kansas. i asked you what happened in kansas and what, if anything, does it tell us about women's rights, and what people think in america right now. as mentioned, pundits or d.c. may have gotten wrong. >> one thing i'm really glad you showed there were all the folks in that room. this didn't happen because of polling or tv ads. this happened because people at the grassroots level in kansas went door to door, had conversations with their neighbors, in their churches, in their communities, and that, to me, is what democracy is about. ironically, as you know, this was scheduled intentionally by the republicans to try to be at a time with very low turnout election. the middle of the summer. a primary where there were a lot of -- but what happened instead was, people turned out almost a presidential level turnout. i love one of the things that has been reported for that decision, there was a flood of people in kansas beginning the process of registering to vote. it really spurred people to get inv

i want to ask you about this vote in kansas. you grew up in neighboring oklahoma, which has a strict abortion ban. people from oklahoma have travelled to kansas for abortion services. what does the outcome in kansas say about where this issue is headed in the midterms and beyond? >> well, i think this is about where we've been for a long, long time. the polls have shown across this country that americans want to support access to abortion and that they support roe. it's sometimes by small majorities and sometimes by big majorities. but that's where america is. the supreme court, supported by republicans in congress, supported by republicans in state legislators has become so extremist that voters are saying, no, we've got to shut these guys down. and now the threat on abortion, it's no longer theoretical. it's now real. we're not talking about something that could happen. we're talking about something that is happening. and that people truly across this nation feel threatened by what's happening. so, i think that's going to have

most americans half of kansas. it could be the first of many dominoes to fall on the gop's long term war on the right to choose. first, richard louis was tracking the other big stories we are watching this hour at msnbc. richard? >> good day to you, alicia. president joe biden tested negative for covid-19 for the second in a row. the president ended his isolation at the white house, he is traveling to his vacation home in delaware. a cease-fire is now in effect and gaza, after a deadly weekend of fighting. egyptian officials brokered a cease fire between israel and palestinian militants. israel strikes and cross that killed 43 people and injured 300 over the last two days. shooting rampage rocking a popular bar in downtown cincinnati this morning. nine people treated for non-life-threatening injuries. cincinnati police believe two shooters were involved. american voices will return right after these messages. right after these messages. new projects means new project managers. you need to hire. i need indeed. indee

for the pbs newshour, i'm ali rogin in kansas city, kansas. judy: one of the other places where the battle over reproductive rights is taking shape is michigan. earlier today, an appellate court ruled that prosecutors can enforce the state's 1931 abortion ban. that could essentially make abortion illegal in some parts of the state. it's a busy week on capitol hill and on the campaign trail, with democrats working to pass their $740 billion economic agenda and five states heading to the polls for primary elections. laura barron-lopez brings us up to speed. laura: there are just 99 days left until the midterm elections. democrats are racing to pass the inflation reduction act before campaign season is in full swing. and competitive republican primaries are pitting candidates loyal to former president donald trump up against republicans who voted to impeach him. here to analyze all this and more are amy walter of the cook political report with amy walter. and tamra keith of npr. thank you for being with us today. tamra, i want. . to start with yo

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