the next guy in line, kareem abdul-jabbar, now about 6,000 points behind. >> i'm blessed to be able tots up in the best league in the world with the best players in the world over my career. it's pretty spececial. >> reporter: did we mention he is 40 years old? luka is just as in awe as the rest of us. >> i can't even explain how -- how insane that is. might get to 70,000. >> reporter: it might seem like a long shot. so did 50 before. after two decades of dominance, it remains the james era. long live the king. steve patterson, nbc news, los angeles. >>> that's "nightly news" for this wednesday. thank you for watching. i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night. he could be getting a new sheriff. the vote giving county leaders the power to remove

already one of just three players above 40,000 points, and the next guy in line, laker legend kareem abdul-jabbars behind. >> i'm super blessed to be able to, you know, put that many points up in the best league in the world. with the best players in the world over my career. so it's pretty special. >> reporter: and did we mention he's 40 years old? teammate luka doncic is just as in awe as the rest of us. >> 50k points, i can't even explain how insane that is. he might get to 70k. you never know. >> reporter: 70,000 might seem like a long shot. but so did 50 before bron did it. >> open three. got it! >> reporter: after two decades of dominance it remains the james era. long may he reign. long live the king. steve patterson, nbc news, los angeles. >> and that is "nightly news" for this wednesday. thank you for watching. i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night. good night. is back. jeff is going to break down what's on the radar right now and what's coming in the next few days. also, three freeway shootings in the span of a week. we have the new details. plus, how

that is 6000 more than his nearest rival, kareem abdul-jabbar.es is playing in his 22nd season. he is now tied with vince carter for the most years played. the lakers won last night for their seventh straight victory. the supreme court rejects the trump administration bid to freeze for innate payments. a look at how the deep political divide will impact the president's agenda and policymaking. ♪ >> this is the news hour from our studio in washington add in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. anchor: the trump administration analysis planning to fire thousands more employees at the department of veterans affairs as part of the white house effort to dramatically downsize the federal workforce. a quarter of the workforce comprises veterans themselves. that is prompting questions about how that cuts might affect the quality and timeliness of the services the v.a. provides. doug collins is the secretary of the department of veterans affairs. thank you for being with us. >> good to be here. anchor: the v.

kareem abdul jabbar is second on the list, nearly 6000 points behind now the true king james. wow, that's so crazy. love it. all right, let's make a pass to kari now i know okay. yeah okay. got it. okay. i was just waiting to pop up. all right. we're starting out with some rain this morning. as we are seeing it moving from the peninsula down to the south bay and a little bit of rain moving into the east bay as well. but for the most part, we haven't seen the rain covering all of the bay area. it's been the south bay waking up to some soggy conditions as we track it with storm ranger. that's our mobile doppler radar. if you have the nbc bay area app, you can actually see exactly what storm ranger is picking up on, and the rain has moved past livermore and it continues to clear. now, we're also seeing that light rain over the south bay as well as san mateo. so we wake up to some raindrops here on the camera lens. the streets are wet. light rain continues throughout the morning for the south bay, but then it's off and on for thursday with a partly cloudy day, and then it will be

kareem abdul-jabbar is second on the all time list, nearly 6000 points behind lebron. he needed just one of them to reach this iconic mark. last night. he put up 34 in a blowout win over the pelicans. his lakers have been rolling. here's the moment the assist from his new wing man luka doncic. three pointer money. we're witnessing one of the greatest athletes of all time continue to shine. he is not slowing down, john. he was just named western conference player of the month. at 40 years old, averaging nearly 30 a game. this milestone sparking further debate about whether he is indeed the greatest hooper of all time. some might say, oh, he just shoots it all the time. he's a ball hog. well, he's fourth on the all time list for most career assists as well. here's his teammate luka in awe of what he's watching. after a 136, 115 win. >> watching him do this stuff at this age, it's just unbelievable. like 50 points. it's i can't even explain how how insane that is. and he might get to 70 k. you never know. >> all right let's go hoop college now. madness in march before the

on monday, when james became just the fourth nba player to reach 1000 career wins, joining kareem abdul-jabbar, robert parish and tim duncan. and we look forward to seeing that. thank you for joining us here on cnn newsroom. i'm christina macfarlane in london. stay with us. more news after this quick break. >> when it comes to rooting out corruption. >> do the fbi's ends justify the means? >> it was humiliating. >> it's an embarrassment for the country. >> united states of scandal with jake tapper sunday at nine on cnn. >> got one more. >> antoine with usps ground advantage. just like you're with us every step of the way. >> cool. right on time. >> stay in the know from your dock to their door. >> i guess i'm not the easiest person to please. i like. things just right. >> oh, that's. >> why i love redfin's home recommendations. they know what i want even before i do. a home that's just right. >> yes. >> yes. >> like a relentless weed. moderate to severe ulcerative colitis. symptoms can keep coming back. start to break away from uc with tremfya. with rapid relief at four weeks. tremfya blocks a