that was in sown woods trunk in the parking lot and pointed to the crash site off the coast of east mauritiusr 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 tomorrow's 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 they're familiar with my work. starting tomorrow, you can read the many opus on our website, which includes the early mystery as to what's 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