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brought a 500 year flood all the way across the state to cities like orlando last week. at least 80 people so far confirmed dead. damage estimated to be in the billions of dollars. and with so many people in shock and heartbroken, here is a word from the second in command in the white house. >> it is our lowest income communities and our communities of color that are most impacted by these extreme conditions and impacted by issues that are not of their own making. so we have to address this in a way that is about giving resources based on equity, understanding that we fight for equal...

that was the scene in kansas after resounding victory for abortion rights at the polls. kansans voted overwhelmingly to protect the right to an abortion in the constitution. not only was the result surprising in a state's conservative as kansas but, the margin wasn't even close. kansas voters rejected the anti-abortion measure by nearly 20 points and what's remarkable about the outcome is that kansas republicans did everything they possibly could to stack the deck in their favor. for starters, they scheduled the vote during a typically low turnout august primary instead of during the...

for starters, they scheduled the vote during a typically low turnout august primary instead of during the general election in november, because yesterday 's primary focused mostly republican candidates running against each other and would presumably attract mostly republican voters. they made the language of the ballot measures so dense and confusing that the normal person would be hard-pressed to decipher at first glance what's a yes or a no vote even meant. republican groups even blasted out a barrage of misleading text messages to kansas voters the day before the vote that made it...

Discuss it, but it was very personal today for you. that's not the part that we often talk about. you are going to stay in this race, in this business, but there are people who are leaving it. there are people in lower positions, volunteer positions, or paid positions, in elections across the country. we are seeing that kind of pressure, those kinds of threats, people come to our houses, it's too much. i can be a part of this. >> that's true. there's two things happening right now. some of us are feeling emboldened for this work, and what i saw in michigan's primary this week, where election w...

Proudly in support of the truth, and the process, and the elections that we know are secure and accurate. but we do also see a number, a significant number of folks leaving the field, because they say that these threats, the attack on our character, integrity, based on lies. and conspiracy theories, it's too much. and our democracy will wither on the vine if we see too many good people lose integrity on both sides of the aisle, leave the profession as a result of these threats. >> what is your top line response to the things that happened yesterday. people like republicans rusty bowers in ariz...