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
country, actually worldwide. we are going to ask them about lowering the price of insuli and making drugs affordable fo everybody in this country. bernie sanders, a pleasur as always. that s all in on this thursday alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex there s a lot of people underestimate in - great show, as always. and thanks to you at home fo joining us this evening. it is a big test for the vic president of the united states a test of his competence, an of his fitness to serve second in command. just a heartbeat away from the presidency in that moment, the vice president failed, he failed to spell the word potato. potato. very good and a little bit to the end, they spell that again. potato that was former vic president dan quayle in 1992 telling it had to add in eat t the end of the word potato a lesson for all kids an adults everywhere, there is no easy at the end of the wor potato i myself remember at the tim vowing to never spell potato run
they were saying how classifie was? it where they really classified? if it was classified it wa potentially damaging to th national security of the unite states and i can tell you based o knowing what was in there that some of the stuff could be really really damaging where it t find its way or wear it to hav found its way into the hands o our adversaries or frankly anyone else. when you talk about how damaging it is to national security in a letter the trump lawyer say basically shut down this probe, have them to an assessment about thi classified material. but the intelligence committee is already doing its investigation into how damagin this breach of nationa security is. being in the wrong place i terms of national security do we have any sense of wher that investigation is? and when we will hav conclusions about the value of these documents to america safety yes, so that americans ca investigation of damag assessment has gone on for u
frankly anything that is classified is potentiall serious stuff. and look, just think about the way, just ten days ago, people of this building were lighting their hair on fire over th leaks out of this hundred nigh intelligence unit in cape co massachusetts by thi 21-year-old airman everyone here was lighting themselves on fire over that a lot of those same people tha highly classified document were found in mar-a-lago the started saying we ll how classified was it really classified look, if it s classified it is potentially damaging to th national security the knighted states i can t get into the details but i can tell you based on oi is in there that some of thi stuff could be really really damaging were to find its way, or work to have found its wa into the hands of ou adversaries are frankly anybod else when you talk about how damaging it is to national security, in a letter to the trump lawyers say, basically shut down this doj probe, have the intelligence community d an assess
to avoid the situation. you feel like this would ve benefited from an open consultation. so similar, but not entirely th same. did he apologized to his french friend? he acknowledged there could ve been greater consultation. this call was focused on the important work we have to do with the french ahead. was the president using this as a learning point perhaps? who does he believe or should h have been more aware of the potential fallout from this? has he had any conversations with the national security advisor about how this breakdow happened? we always look to assess how we can make improvements to how we do consultations and certainly they will apply in part of that happens her conversation with members of th national security team and we will work to apply those moving forward. do you feel is responsible for this?