Andy Bashier News Today

>> the crew just said happy hump day. happy hump day, everyone. sorry. sorry. lets get started with five things to know for this wednesday, may 17th. north carolina republicans overriding the governors veto and ban ago borgsz after 12 weeks. this deciding vote cast by a former democratic -- a former democratic state representative who actually campaigned on abortion rights before switching parties last month. also in washington, the white house and house speaker kevin mccarthy are bo...

especially given these primary elections, typically have lower turnout rates than general elections. it was, in fact, the opposite effect. to put into context how unprecedented these numbers were, in 2018 about 450,000 people showed up for the kansas primary election. yesterday it was nearly double that. thats about half of the states total registered voters, even some kansans were surprised by that. >> there were a lot of people last fall that did not believe that the supreme court wo...

Party by time the race was called. and to be clear, there is a historic nature to this. if daniel cameron is elected governor, he will be the first black governor of kentucky. he would be the first black republican governor in america. and this also showed the enduring influence of former donald trump. cameron secured the trump endorsement early in this contest. it wasnt the only factor in this race. but trump so popular in kentucky, he won by 20 points in 2020 that it really helped cameron in t...

Personal image ratings and his party maintains low in the state. and republicans here are holding every other constitutional office in frankfurt. it will be the most watched race of the year. it is two young candidates who i think the winner of this race are destined for national stardom. if he were to hold this, he will be a national star for the democrats f cameron wins, people are going to start talking about his national future as well. >> yeah. of course, bashiers dad was a two-time governo...

Taxes, this is it wrapped in a bow for democrats to get across the finish line. >> thank you guys both. appreciate it. the mckinney fire in northern california, the states largest burning wildfire is still 0% contained. its killed at least four people who were able to escape the flames that overtook their cars and homes. its scorched more than 57,000 acres, larger than the size of washington, d.c. there is some good news. the u.s. forest service says firefighters were able to make good progress ...

Mayorcas. vice president kamala harris as well walking into the room. the president taking this executive action for abortion access in this country. but for now of course we want to still talk about what happened over the night. the last 24 hours, votes are still be counted in arizona where the republican primary for governor is still too close to call but a few trump-endorsed candidates walked away with wins last night. i want to go to steve kornacki at the big board. wow, it was a big night, ...