reporter: back now to the death of former secretary of state henry kissinger at the age of 100. msnbc nightly news anchor lester holt reports on the life and legacy of the controversial figure who played a major role in american diplomacy for decades. thank you. nice to see you all. reporter: he was brilliant, ambitious, controversial, and one of the most influential secretaries of state in american history. i think we made for the progress. reporter: henry kissinger served richard nixon, gerald ford, and was consulted by presidents of both parties on international issues throughout his life. henry kissinger has been a friend of mine. reporter: nixon made him a national figure, and together, they reimagined u.s. foreign policy. détente with the soviet union, relations with china, shuttle diplomacy in the middle east. kissinger helped to shape nixon s policy in vietnam and negotiated in the end to the war. famously declaring success prematurely just days before
morning, including the lest on the temporary truce in gaza. israel and hamas agreed to extend it one more day, but there are signs those talks are becoming more contentious. we ll get a live report from jerusalem in just a moment. also ahead, president joe biden was on the road yesterday pushing his message on the economy, jobs, and the contrast between his administration and former president trump. but he s dropped a key phrase from his speeches. we ll tell you what it is and why he may not be using it anymore. it comes as donald trump continues to rail against a policy that is popular with many americans. plus, we ll take a look at the life and legacy of former secretary of state henry kissinger, who passed away yesterday at the age of 100. along with joe, willie, and me, we have columnist and associate editor for the washington post, david ignatius. white house editor for politico, sam stein. and nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of andrea mi
you re going to see her in a few moments on video explaining this to georgia prosecutors. we re just making sense of it, and we have that for you this hour as well as something else, quite special, a brand new interview with legendary journalist, bob woodward. we caught up with him in washington for the summit series that debuts tonight. this is brand new. we were work in georgetown near his home where he took me through his personal library. we get a look inside the home library and a political journalistic history that we can tell you quite clearly, you will not see anywhere else. tonight, that s coming up, bob woodward new on the beat. all the heat on donald trump, from the coup news i just mentioned to why historians and other experts say there s a very certain way you have to confront some of what he said this weekend. our top story right now is the big news out of the supreme court which has been absolutely under fire for months over the revelations that justice cla
tietjen talk about their book, her story, a timeline of women who changed america. the profiles include susan b anthony, birth control activist margaret sanger, and african american entrepreneur madam c.j. walker. this was recorded at a bookstore in denver in 2008. it s about 40 minutes. thank you and good evening. i am honored to be here tonight to introduce charlotte waisman and jill tietjen, authors of herstory, a timeline of women who changed america. when i first moved to denver in 1987, i described deal as the energizer bunny of women engineers. i don t know anyone who is busier with more stuff, whether it s in her professional life as a consultant, war her efforts on behalf of women in technology. the same can be said of charlotte, though she comes from very different professional experiences. with the background and communications, she has been instrumental informing the women s vision leadership institute, an organization devoted to helping women move from middle t
story, a time line of women who changed america. their profiles include suffragist susan b. anthony, margaret sanger and madam c.j. walker. this was recovered in denver in 2008. it s about 40 minutes. thank you and good evening. i m honored to be here tonight to introduce charlotte and jill, authors of her story a time line of women who changed america. i met jill when we first moved to denver back in 1987 and i often describe her as the energizer bunny of women engineers. i don t know anyone who s busier with more stuff whether it s in her professional life or her efforts on behalf of women on behalf of women in technology. the same can generally be said of charlotte though she comes from a very different professional experience. with a background in communications she s been instrumental in forming the womens vision leadership institute, an organization devoted to helping women move from middle to upper management positions. so despite these disparate backgrounds i fi