Tonight, the voting right now for the critical elections the whole nation is watching.

The high-stakes mayoral race in Los Angeles, former reality star Spencer Pratt, with an insurgent

campaign fueled by anger over those devastating wildfires.

And will a Republican dominate in the race for governor in that

deep blue state? Breaking news, a school bus crashing directly into a building, almost the entire

bus through the wall, students rush to the hospital. Midair scare a man allegedly attempting

to open the plane door and enter the cockpit,

the passengers jumping in to restrain him.

This just-in divers back in the water in the Bahamas in the search for missing American,

Lynette Hooker.

New video of a U.S. strike on an oil tanker breaking the blockade near Iran.

Will it impact those peace talks?

The firefighter arrested after going on an arson spree, allegedly setting multiple fires himself.

Bear attack rampage, an animal chasing a man, then pouncing before assaulting others.

What's behind the rise in these types of attacks? Hale Storm Rescue a police officer saving a driver surrounded by floating chunks of ice.

The rare rainbow eruption, the dazzling sight as this Hawaiian volcano spews lava. And there's good news tonight, the graduation surprise from the woman who saved this student's life. Nightly News starts right now.

This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Yamas. And good evening. It's great to be with you tonight. We want to begin with one of the nation's most

talked about and hotly contested primaries finally coming to a head tonight. In California,

where Republicans could be in for a big night, surprisingly of all places in the deep blue city

of Los Angeles.

In the mayoral race, there are a reckoning because of this.

Last year's devastating wildfires, which caused widespread destruction across that city.

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