Election. And we quote, pelosi reminded milley of the oath he swear to the constitution and asked him to review precautions for preventing an unstable president from initiating war by ordering and nuclear strike. Maam, i guarantee you that we have checks and balances in the system, merely told her. He walked her through the process of nuclear release authorities. Maam i guarantee you these processes are very good, he said. There is not going to be an accidental firing of nuclear weapons. There is also important News Tonight about the ongoing story of our time, the pandemic. But was supposed to be our summer of recovery from the pandemic now appears to be in some places at least to be turning into a race to get ahead of the surge of new cases. This is being fueled by the rapidly spreading Delta Variant, which the cdc says is now 58 of all new infections. Nearly every state is affected now and hospitalizations and deaths are rising across the country. Scientists say this latest spread is largely among the unvaccinated each week, fewer and fewer americans have been getting the shots. The New York Times notes it, highlights what is in effect to americas, those who are vaccinated in those who are not. The White House is focused not just on getting people to get the vaccine, but at the same time on fighting rampant disinformation. All of us, Social Media companies, platforms, where a lot of this misinformation travels, the media, state local officials, its important for everybody to step up and spread the word about the vaccines. The pushback of against disinformation that is a matter of Life Or Death is something that is going to be a continued focus of this administration. Now the administration says it will lay out more details of this plan tomorrow. Earlier today, the emphasis was on convincing younger americans to get vaccinated. When Popstar Olivia Rodrigo visited the White House to meet with the President And Dr. Fauci. One medical expert says getting the message through to adults and young adults will be key to spread stopping the spread of this virus. Unless you have all of the adults and as adolescents vaccinated, transmission will continue to accelerate because this Delta Variant is twice as contagious as than the original lineage. So we can expect a lot of them to get covid. Now what the conservative lobby says the Death Rates among young people are deaf are quite low, which is true. But with the omit telling you is that the long Haul Covid is 30 . And with that, lets bring our lead off guests with Sherrie Petty Peeve our senior White House reporter, Claire Mccaskill, democratic and general general Barry Conley Combat veteran from getting vietnam, former cabinet member, member of the national security council, he retired as a four star general, good evening, welcome to you all. General, it is with you that we must begin because the news at the top of our broadcast, i would like to get your reaction to the stunning quotes out of general mark milley. I know youve been a Fan And Supporter of his and remembering he is the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. He, as well as you, know that there is meant to be civilian control of the military, but you also shared a worry about those final days. What the president might attend, and youre also looking for the cardinals . No question that the president of the united states, mr. Trump, was literally unhinged, certainly during the last year and of office. And following his defeat in the election. Hes a very dangerous situation. Mark milley, ive since ive known him since he was a colonel, he is one tough customer. Most of his life was deployed in combat. Former Chief Of Staff, 30 years in uniform, Princeton And Columbia educated, a very bright, capable officer. He doesnt command any soldiers, any airmen, any marines, any sailors. The 11 Combatant Commanders are under the control of the secretary of defense and the president of the united states. So we really have a dilemma. They have open access to the President S national security council, members of congress, and he holds a lot of influence. But when trump appointed a retired Lieutenant Colonel Acolyte as secretary, if ive been a foreign Intelligence Officer looking at the united states, i wouldve concluded, this guy is about to lead a coup against the government. And i think thats what he was noodling with as the days went by. We senator, you heard with the general just said there, and indeed this constant chaos has brought numbness, its been compared to the fraud boiling experiment, even the coverage of one six, we tend to shorthand as the riot or the insurrection. It was a Straightup Attempt to change the results of an election. Are these books that are Coming Up in rapid succession, there will be four of them out and on the market in just a few weeks time, are they useful as a break, a reminder to us to slow down, look back, see how close we came, and realized the Grave Danger that continues . I hope so. I do think we forget how crazy this guy was in The End after he lost, i think that we forget. As somebody who was honored to work with both general mcsheffrey and many other generals during my time in the united states senate, ive got to tell you that when they started cleaning out the professionals at the pentagon and putting in these trump stooges at the very end of his administration. When Bill Barr said i have enough, and when others walked off the stage, there was a moment where our country was really in jeopardy. And i do think we forgot that. I think we dress it up in, Whos Team are you on . And are you pro trump or anti trump . Instead of, you gotta be on the american team. And we cannot allow there to be someone in that office that abuses that abused power the way he did. Thank goodness that general milley was there, and other generals saw this guys flaws and what a terrible leader he was. And thats one thing that they got right at the pentagon, they teach them how to be leaders. And they saw that this was a flawed leader. And i do think that others wouldve been a backstop had trump really got off the reservation got off the rails. Indeed. For so many of the officers, that Leadership Training starts at the Service Academies and continues throughout their career. Shannon petty piece, if falls to you to talk about this president , and specifically this Delta Variant. Can Joe Biden beat the clock, we in between the spread of this variant and shots in arms . The administration certainly knows the urgency of this and theyve been trying to articulate that for weeks now. Trying to articulate the threat posed by the tilt a variant to the unvaccinated people, particularly young people, as a way to urge him to get vaccinated. When you look at the numbers though in the rate of vaccinations, what they are doing is not working. And you can argue that vaccinations will be slowing even more if it wasnt for what they are doing, but at the pace that the vaccinations are going at right now, its going to take a number of weeks to get to that 70 goal that the president wanted by july 4th. And even when he had hits that 70 goal, Health Experts say that thats not the stopping point, you cant just and there, that still leaves millions of americans and protected. They have efforts they can try and deploy, they have called june the month of action, they had the free beer, they had the free childcare, paid time off, they rolled out lotteries, they keep going down the line. There is a Pop Singer at the white House Today trying to incentivize people. And week after week you see the numbers going down and down. I know a lot of public Health Experts are starting to talk about a stick approach, like mandates, the frightening word m. At the White House they continue saying that there are enough to come at the local level or the privates that der. Theyre staying away from that. The real question is going to remain, what are they going to do now because the numbers just keep tick, ticking down. General, quick follow up on milley and then a question on another topic. A clip from the book, i alone can fix it. Milley Saw A between trumps rhetoric of Election Fraud and a golf Hitlers Insistence to his followers at the Nuremburg Al rallies that he was but the victim in their savior. This is a rice tech moment, milley told aides. The gospel of the fewer. And at some level general, are you glad that there was a man with that number of stars on his shoulder speaking truth to power, or if not to power, his Media Staff . Sure, look, being comparison between mr. Trump and his gang and the nazi administration of hitler in the thirties, there is a shocking parallel though, in some ways, by their essential denial of the rule of law. And the norms that allow this terribly brief constitutional document to work. In which we all agree that certain things are going to happen, that youre not gonna Spend Money unless congress appropriated, that youre not gonna violate the judicial systems decisions. And the trump administration, for them, none of that was the case. I think milley was in there, in the room, by the way ive heard a lot of these reports on that book firsthand, contemporary to the events taking place. So theres no question in my mind that trump walked up to the edge of using Armed Forces in the federal Law Enforcement to try and carry out a coup to not leave office. He didnt have the guts to do it, he did have this much to do it, he certainly didnt have any agreement, fortunately, in the Executive Branch behind them. But we were in some peril during that period of time. Mark milley, history is going to be kind to him as a hero of that era. Next up, general, i want to play for you and our audience Comments Today by former president george w. Bush. They have to do with the peril and are pull out of our war enough against ten. Im afraid afghan women and girls are gonna suffer unspeakable harm. Is it a mistake . I think it is. I think the consequences are going to be unbelievably bad. And im sad. I spent a lot of time with afghan women, and they are scared that. And i think about all the interpreters and people that helped, not only u. S. Troops, but nato troops, and theyre just that it seems like theyre going to be left behind to be slaughtered by these very brutal people. And it breaks my heart. What general, his sentiment aside, im entitled to one tiny point before i ask you the question. Its a interview with german tv, the president turned down many Interview Request in american media, about things with american democracy, there is that as long as we get that on the record. Now, general, do you concur with the sentiment there . Look, i have absolutely no argument with the biden Administrations Decision to withdraw all afghan troops in afghanistan. We none of the based on the base of understanding in the american people. So i think the biden Administration Decision was politically the only one they could make. Having said that, i think we need to be ruthlessly objective and understanding the consequences, and theyre a lot of nonsense words floating around right now. The u. S. Combat forces are already out. U. S. Air power, intelligence, special operations, are no longer engaged. We are not going to be able to send money to a corrupt, central regime in afghanistan in the coming year. There will be no americans to monitor, it will be going right in someones pocket. It looks right now as though the taliban, theyre claiming that they control 85 of the country. I think its more likely half the districts that are under their control. That is a sad outcome. We have millions of people fleeing and joining nations states. And its not 2500 interpreters forgot sakes, its Tens Of Thousands of afghans that cast their lot with the nato forces. Cia commandoes, special forces, political leadership, they all have families. We are walking away from their gonna be left to a brutal fate. The only thing that may push back on this is afghanistans now devolving into ethnic civil war. The militias will rearm and try to protect their own people but the hustlers in particular are in one in of genocide. Come we will engage with a domestic topic that youre familiar with. Were talking about a spike of cases in your Home State of missouri. Does this have to do with the color it is on the political map . It has, and its the abject failure, the political failure of the state which is dominated by Republican Party. All the state wide officials, except one whos a democrat. This is happening and, brian, you know this part of my state. You used to hang out there many years ago. But were talking about southwest missouri. And i would say we talked a lot about popstars and Community Leaders i dont need i dont eat them to tell you that the most important people that need to do some Soul Searching and read some of the new testament are the evangelical ministers that are sprinkled throughout the states, that are having problems with accepting the vaccine that trump not only develop but took. This was trumps vaccine until he left office, and if we dont get beyond the political issue and get to the health and the safety issue, we have more people in icu units in missouri than we had a year ago. And that is primarily because of the failure of the republicans in the state to take it seriously. I think the failure of evangelical molesters in missouri, they are failing the people that come to them for spiritual guidance, they should help them talk to their doctors, find doctors and do the right thing and take the vaccine. Its heartbreaking to see how many people and icu units right now that dont need to be. From nevada i remember southwest majority very well and have every reason to agree with The Point you just made and shannon, this gets to you and the white House Effort to counter disinformation. They highlighted some reports that the Surgeon General is going to present at the press briefing. Were six months, well beyond six months into this disinformation campaign, but slightly over six months into this administration, just now theyre getting to the idea of disinformation. This has been out there for 18 months, since the pandemic began and people questioned whether it was real, or whether it was made up. It has continued now into the vaccine. Theres been disinformation about vaccines for well over a decade. Its beyond trying to put the horse back into the barn. The information is out there. It is also out there outside of the White House is control. We will see what they have to say about it. They have been trying to get Counter Information out there, through a number of cdc websites, through local community groups, organizations, there is an acknowledgment that people dont necessarily trust information that comes from the government, so they try to find other channels to get information out there. But if theres another Fire Hose of disinformation countering it, it makes it very difficult its a difficult problem to take on. Thats why you see public health officials saying, they just had to flood the zone with the Message And Hope they can drown out the information that is coming across on Social Media and on other platforms. They have been trying to do that for months now. Its going to be difficult to change the trajectory. I will add to, its not just disinformation, the vaccination or the lowest among younger people, 18 to 24yearolds, a lot of them say that it is because they are not as concerned about it because statistically the virus doesnt affect them as much. That is, has been a statistical fact, they will have to counter that information with the new reality were living in with the Delta Variant. So appreciative to our starting Frontline Tonight a lot of news, Shannon Pettypiece Claire Mccaskill and general barry mccaffrey. 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All of this innovation could lead to some inspiration and you might be the next one to represent our nation this summer on your tv, tablet, or any Screen Xfinity is here to inspire your biggest dreams it is sad for me to say because i know it is for you to identify the Republican Party as an autocratic party that doesnt care about democracy anymore. January six is an extension or is the beginning of this process of an attempt to take away peoples Voting Rights and to nullify elections. The republicans know full well that if they do this, they no longer are accountable to the voters, all voters. Thats a political Strategist Matthew dowd a friend of ours who happens to be a texans who underscored why texas democrats traveled to d. C. To urge congress to pass protections against restrictive voting measures. Washington Post Editorial Board is on the board with this, the direction of texas anti Voting Campaign and the Fig Leaf excuses with which republicans justify it, reflect a lack of confidence in their own popularity, and the Toxic Disdain for democracy that should offend every american. Strong words. With us again tonight Eugene Robinson, Pulitzer Prize willing columnist for the Washington Post and Mike Murphy veteran republican strategist, could director of the political future of at the university of southern california, also happens to be cohost of the hacks on tap podcast. Gentlemen, good evening to both. Eugene, i just want to get your reaction, im gonna put another quote on the pile from the new Fill Rucker Carroll Lending Book i alone can fix it, this is Liz Cheney describing being together with Jim Jordan during the siege of one six. While these maniacs are going through the place, im standing in the island he said, we need to get the ladies away from the aisle, let me help you. I smacked his hand away and told him get away from me. You the world is effing did this. Just your reaction eugene, we have the chairman of the joint chiefs evoking hitler, if there is a quote you need on the subject about the unraveling of the Trump West Wing it is in here. Yes, it is in there. Said before, the first rule of Column Writing is dont go for the hitler analogy. Dont go for the nazi analogy. But the fact that the chairman of the joint Chief Of Staff went there, as it was happening and saw january six as that moment. Or an attempt to undemocratically sees power the Way Hitler this is just gob smacking just when you thought you couldnt be surprised at how bad it was it turned out it was worse, much worse. Rudy giuliani, he said we won, that surprises me less than the fact that the chairman of the joint chiefs was so concerned at that moment of what might happen and what Donald Trump my do. That is just stunning. Michael murphy, the texas democrats meet with Joe Manchin Tomorrow at this point i should point out, it would be easier to enumerate The Americans who have not met with Joe Manchin about Voting Rights. Who or what will turn Joe Manchin on Voting Rights . Well, manchin is holding the power in a 50 50 senate as we all know. Hes put out his own framework of something he can support. I dont think you have to be a Rocket Scientist if youre democrat to take the hint and get on board with that. When the guy holding the control, here is what i need to pull the lever, i would listen to him. Hr one in my view is an overshoot bill, its politically non viable and manchin has explained that. If i were them i would listen to the guy with the vote and will see. The republicans are making a complete Dodge Breakfast out of this with the Overplaying Down in texas, in narrow republican primary down there. Maybe itll help, but youll have half your legislature running in the middle of the night to stop something. Its not good politics. I dont think the Manchin Thing is really going to move it one thing or another, he said where he is at, i dont think the meeting will drive any new outcome. Both of these gentlemen, eugene and Mike Have agreed to stay a bit your longer. Biden is asking from a lot of money and because their Democrats Nothing is easy, even if it is money for the folks at home. He folks a home its Gonna Go in the buildup it sounds to me like their approach to paying for 3. 5 trillion Dollar Package is to increase taxes, and if thats the case, i dont think youre gonna have a single republican. Well a 3. 5 trillion Dollar Number is a shocking figure. I think the Infrastructure Plan is a separate plan altogether, what impact this will have, i cannot tell you at the stage. So, you saw it there, republicans already casting doubt on the democrats go it alone Spending Package that is intertwined with a bipartisan infrastructure agreement. And regardless of Bidens Visit to The Hill today, the road ahead is tough, and d. C. News Polity Benji silenced sums it up in this way, past legislative fights might be intrusive, but theres not that much president for a party trying to pass almost its entire domestic agenda one gigantic make a bill with 50 votes and zero margin for error, where in pretty uncharted territory. Still with us, Eugene Robinson and Mike Murphy. Eugene, no one would blame biden for having flop, sweat, does biden have a chance of pulling this off . I do think he has a chance of pulling it off. The bipartisan Infrastructure Bill is one thing, as Mitt Romney says, he and others who agree with that, want to keep that separate from the soft infrastructure, climate change, human infrastructure. 3. 5 trillion separate bill that the democrats will have to do by themselves. I think that if they can keep it separate, if they can keep that idea of division, those are two separate things were talking about. Apples in oranges, i think he has a chance. I dont know if he will get the whole 3. 5, but i think he can get a lot of money. I think we mention and cinema will get on board for a lot of money. And you know how the senate can do when it comes to deciding how its paid for and the dynamic score. There are ways to get this through, it will take a while i think. But there are ways to get it done. Lets go up to the banks of Beautiful Lake won up a sake and Throw Question to Mike Murphy it from a quote from Our Mutual Friend john allen, this is something that you have been predicting and talking about. The serious question democrats must start asking is if or when will moderates and independent voters rebel against such record levels of spending and the higher inflation that might follow said one democratic strategist who has worked on Capitol Hill and president ial campaigns. Quote, if they do rebel, we will get slaughtered in the 2022 midterm elections. So mike, The Point here is, inflation might take the place of defund the police as a way to be the democrats. Look, inflation is political nitro glycerin, you have to be very careful playing with it, and at least now its the beginning of a economic that we say 3. 5 trillion, up that inning the english, 3. 5 trillion is about 82 in real dollars of the costs of the u. S. Government in the second world war, which was around four trillion. So this is a big ask. I think eugene is right, it will get wiggled back. There its Too Big To Fail and too big to succeed, and in a 50 50 senate, its hard enough to order lunch with that. So doing 3. 5 trillion, we will see. I think the democrats ought to remember, this Infrastructure Thing is a standalone would be a big political win for Joe Biden. I think its not in their interest to get into a big spending war, an issue that could get particularly theyve got a bird almost in hand there, they have to keep an eye on. 3. 5 trillion could be im only noting the sign behind you that says when episodic a, i know that the brownies had a place up there, you can get those oars off the wall, bro over to their low compound, go over and make some news. Its true, theyre not far away from here. I dropped by and haunt them once in a while so im Gonna Go and check his place after this and see if i seem tomorrow. Our friends Eugene Robinson and Mike Murphy, thanks, thank you both gentlemen. Coming later, they are an elected, there are hugely influential. The fascinating new book tells the story of the people who have been Best Friends with our Modernday President s. Wernday President S. We do you struggle to fall asleep and stay asleep . Qunol Sleep Formula combines 5 key nutrients that can help you fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and wake up refreshed. The brand i trust is qunol. Flowers are fighters. Thats why the alzheimers Association Walk to end alzheimers is full of them. Because flowers find a way to break through. Just like we will. Join the fight at alz. Org walk this. Is what freedom sounds like. And this. This is what Freedom Smells like. Ahhh, enjoy 30 days of openroad freshness. Febreze car. Welcome back. We talk all the time around here about first ladies, first children, even first bets. But by far the most influential person in the President S immediate orbit is left out of the history books, until now. On that topic, our next guest writes in his new book first friends, quote, the deeper i delved into the dozens of president ial friendships, the more convinced i became that these President S who did have first friends were almost always the better for it, and so as the country. With us for more, bestselling author gary ginsburg. His new book is, first friends, the powerful, unsung, and unelected people who shaped our President S. We should know it is now and already a New York Times bestseller. To disclosures for our audience. Number one, gary is my friend. Number two, your humble host thought he knew just about everything on president ial history, especially in the modern era, had read every book, i read a ton in this book and had a hard time putting it down. So to my friend, well done. And that start at the beginning which would mean the most recent past president , who were Donald Trumps friends and did this most transactional of all President S in our history have anyone with the title Best Friend . Well first of all, thank you for having me brian its good to be here. I wanted to do a chapter on trump and engage with some of the people who are closest to him to help me figure it out. I went around and around for about two months till this person finally confirmed that the president doesnt have a first friend. He said basically a friendship just wasnt a part of his emotional makeup. He has people use speaks to frequently, but in The End, his Twitter Feed that was shut down. The only thing that he needs for friendship it seems as public affirmation. And one person said, and it gives flavor to it, that you have a great he would basically just sit by himself in the cabinet all day long talking to supporters around the country. That was his idea of hanging around with friends. And i guess that the reason why i raised in my preface was, you wonder, had he had that close friend, would he have not made the big mistakes that resulted in his second impeachment. Things couldve been different. Your chapter on Harry Truman was, couldve been the stuff of fiction and a novel. It moves and reads like that. Tell the folks watching about the rarest of friendships, forged and warfare that went on to have a great effect on u. S. And global policy. It did. I think its the single most powerful example about how a lifelong friendship can change the course of history. Eddie jacobson and Harry Truman did haberdashery together in Kansas City before it failed. But they state Best Friends as truman rose. But because of their long friendship, the relationship that i think was built on complete Trust And Candor in the midwesterners. Jacobson could fly halfway across the country marked uninvited in the oval office, like in march 1948, and convince the president to meet with someone that he literally refused to meet with, weizmann. A War Hero from britain from the first world war. All in an effort to get him to do what he knew in his heart he needed to do, was to was recognize the empathetic independent state of israel. Nobody couldve spoke in the way he did, no one as in the cabinet secretary, only someone with an equal relationship with him who didnt want anything from, him and eddie never asked for anything from him. And he speaks to him and says basically get over your childish anger, truman gets mad and stops his desk and says ok, you win. He sees wise men and then two months later he is the first foreign leader to recognize the state of israel 11 minutes after it was declared. Your chapter on nixon is no less interesting. Anyone our age and older and we share a generation, but i have a few years on you, i will concede that, that is Transparency Number three for tonights segment. Anyone our age knows the name bibi rebozo, it is distinctive, it was a News Coverage when we were kids. Dick nymph ans closest kid, you go there on the shaky optics that polite people didnt talk about, an unconcealed belligerent of time these two guys spend together and how it had tongues wagging again but, among members of polite society. It definitely did, it went everywhere from what was going on, were they gay lovers . It wasnt proven. What intrigued me about nixons first friend is how different they were in personality. He was dark, brooding, intellectual, and he was a high School Graduate whose first job was an airline stewart. It just worked. Nixon was a loner but he had the Self Awareness to know that he needed company. And bibi was the perfect companion, never challenged him, he was a sponge. He could entertain him when he wanted to entertain him. Stay silent. Mixed martinis, grill steaks. In fact they would sit together for literally hours and John Dean tells Me A Great Antidote in the book about sitting in the boat, he doesnt your word and peers in and sees two guy staring out at the sea for literally hours. Where it goes wrong is that bibi was loyal to a fault, and he couldnt say no when nixon was president. And when nixon asked him to raise illegal Campaign Funds that was b. B. s failing, his loyalty blinded his judgment. He accepts 100,000 bribe from howard hughes, and that leads to watergate and his impeachment and resignation. Our guest this evening has been gary ginsberg, author of this terrific new book called first friends, the powerful, unsung and unelected people who shaped our President S. If there is a president ial History Buff in your life, or that buffets you, i recommend it. Gary, thank you for coming on. Best of luck with this book. Thank you, brian. 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The fires is the mega fire of 2021, its burned more than 200,000 acres. Doubling in size, for four straight days. Nearly seven times the size of san francisco. Drought conditions in 94 of the west are making it worse. It has never been this low, it is unprecedented. Lake mead only a third full is lower than its been since the 1930s. Its one of several depleted reservoirs across the southwest. Climate change has a strong fingerprint on what were seeing right now in lake mead. This weekend they want to close this Boat Ramp on the Nevada Side saying Lowell Water levels and danger to voters. Without enough water, vegetation dries out and becomes fuel. Its like a stock fireplace, Tender Patch ready to go up. Symptoms of climate change, fueling the fires, this Fire Season is about six weeks ahead of schedule. Outbreaks behaving like biblically wouldnt august or even september. Firefighters are preparing to not only fight fires overnight in order to avoid the possible Heat Exhaustion that would come with exerting themselves in these triple digit temperatures, theyre trying to grapple with the new behavior of fire, walls of flames higher and moving faster than weve ever seen. And we think our friend correspondent, Jacob Ward for that reporting from california tonight. Coming up. Where were you 25 years ago tomorrow . When we come back, why tomorrow is a Big Day around here. Is a Big Day around here hey, i just got a text from my sister. You remember rick, her neighbor . Sure, hes the 76yearold Guy who still runs marathons, right . Sadly, not anymore. Wow. So sudden. Um, were not about to have the we need Life Insurance conversation again, are we . No, were having the were getting coverage so we dont have to worry about it conversation. So youre calling about the 9. 95 a Month Plan from Colonial Penn . I am. We put it off long enough. 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With our Primetime News hours on msnbc, you can see all the days stories on your schedule. You can even get into the news by getting on the internet. When the day just about done, the World Isnt going anywhere and it will now be there waiting for you. The news with Brian Williams next only on msnbc. Okay that was from a Quarter Century ago and it has been noted your humble host is still working nights in cable. Which brings us to the last thing before we go tonight, and i hope you will indulge the briefest reminiscent, forgive me, by a self avowed msnbc oh gee. Anniversaries often bring about wishfulness and for those of us who were present at the creation of this network, 25 years ago tomorrow there is a lot of wished in the air. Those were lean years in those early days when we first got started we felt like we were just like a real local news network, except without the viewers. We kept added having good people on camera even more good people behind the camera, and having big stories to cover, we found our audience, in fact, on our third night on the air we got word that Twa Flight 100 had gone down. Put it this way, our early Graphics Department Couldnt render a long Island Map so we use a Road Atlas that was in sown Woods Trunk in the Parking Lot and pointed to the Crash Site off the coast of east mauritius new york. The march of news just kept coming after that, much of a tragic, diana was killed just over a year later. Then came the clinton impeachment, 9 11, the dual wars that 9 11 spawned. A few contested elections, a few spectacular elections. A threat to our democracy, and look at the time, here we are. The network asked 25 of us to write an essay for tomorrows 25th anniversary. They asked me to sum up these past 25 years, they further ask that i keep it to 300 words because i guess theyre familiar with my work. Starting tomorrow, you can read the many opus on our website, which includes the early mystery as to whats those first two letters stood for in our name, msnbc. Importantly, thank you, thank you for being with us and bearing with us. Thank you for watching all or part of this journey. Without you we would all just be talking to ourselves, just like those first few nights on the air. So with that, that is our broadcast for this wednesday night, with our thanks for being here with us. On behalf of all of my colleagues, at all the networks of nbc news, goodnight. Etwork of nbc news, Goodnight Tonight on all in that then sparked some backlash from some members of our legislature who went so far as to call for the dissolution of the State Department of health. The madness of the republican antivax push has new covid cases start to skyrocket amongst the unvaccinated. Then, after bidens Bidens Impassioned trumps endorsement in pennsylvania. 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