his signature sign of always sincere. until next time, take car of yourself and each other miguel, nbc news. well said jerry, we will do our best, rest in peace my friend and on that note i wish you al a very good and safe night from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late wit me i will see you at the end of tomorrow it was a big test for the vice president of the united states, a test of hi competence and his fitness t serve as second in command just a heartbeat away from the presidency and in that momen the vice president failed. he failed to spell the wor potato [inaudible [inaudible that was former vic president, dan quayle in 199 adding and e to the end of potato a lesson for all kids and adults everywhere there is n easy at the end of the world potato i myself remember at the tim vowing never to spell potato run again. for a single moment, and yea moments like that and da quayle a reputation as a bumbling vice pr
how we underestimated you, dan quayle, during this period vic president mike pence, he was obviously frantically seekin advice from experts, eventuall he called michael luttig, former judge and deepl respected journalist in th conservative movement. he told pence the same thing pence had zero authority t change the outcome of th election by early january, pence and hi lawyers were in the white hous openly arguing with trump an his lawyer, john eastman about whether or not the vic president had the authority to do what trump wanted, here was pence aide, greg jacob testimony to the general six committee about that ver specific theory. a review of text, history and frankly just common sens all confirm the vice president first instinct on that point there is no justifiable basi to conclude that the vic president has that kind of authority.