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im martha maccallum. today "the story" asks the questions that face our country in a very big way right now. so where will we be if putin can take what he wants in ukraine? will he be emboldened, where will he go next? what happens here at home in the president and congress cant put a stop to this? thousands of people in the country on a daily basis. what happens if we allow anti-semitism to take a deeper hold here? what would that mean? and if we allow i ran to relentlessly hammer our...

To be close, to be suspenseful, certainly, were gonna be watching it. and i think a lot of folks across the country, on both sides, were gonna be watching it. to find out more about whats going on the ground in kansas, lets go to kansas city reporter, katie bernard. she covers the kansas legislature and state governor for the kansas city star. katie, thank you for joining us. all eyes on your state tomorrow. let me just ask you this. if yes winds tomorrow, as we mentioned, it just says, okay, th...

Government for the kansas city star. katie, thank you for joining us. all eyes on your state tomorrow. let me just ask you this. if yes wins tomorrow, as we mentioned, it just says, okay, there is no right in the state constitution to have an abortion but, legally, doesnt mean anything more than that in the moment. so, if yes wins, what would happen? >> yeah, so lawmakers have been very coy about what they will or will do after the amendment passes. but what we do know is that we have a historic...

Vetoes. and the house has done the same. so, a lot of the traditional knowledge in the state, if this amendment passes, it will make it harder in swing districts for republicans to win reelection in the house. and if they lose that supermajority, we it likely they may be able to pass severe abortion restrictions. >> again, well be watching this one closely tomorrow night, 8 pm eastern. were gonna start to get some numbers out of kansas. katie bernard, from the kansas city star, we thank you for ...

Operate in kansas, and then, likely a ban on dilation and evacuation abortion. >> as you mentioned, the state legislature republican control, there is a democratic governor of canvas kansas right now, laura kelly, she is running for reelection. if this passes, if shes opposed to it, and shes reelected, does that complicate what happens at all, in terms of what the future of abortion law in kansas would be? >> it will depend on the house election that weve got coming up this fall. currently, the ...

Thank you so much. voters in kansas will be the first in the nation to cast a ballot on abortion rights today. a ballot measure asked voters to decide whether they want to remove abortion protection from the states constitution. if it passes, the states conservative legislature can push ahead, with strict abortion regulations. if it fails, lawmakers would be barred from imposing new restrictions. abortion in kansas currently legal up to 22 weeks. joining me is katie bernard, state house report...