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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
the courthouse. lisa rubin, catherine christian and caroline polisi. thank you all for being with us. in the meantime, ken, what can we expect from this hearing and remind us of the parameters of the current gag order. reporter: it prohibits former president trump from criticizing the prosecutor, special counsel jack smith and members of his team, court personnel and witnesses or potential witnesses in the case. it does not prohibit him from criticizing the justice department or the biden administration or saying that this entire prosecution is corrupt. but what the judge concludes is when former president trump makes specific attacks on individuals on social media, it s often the case that those individuals are then harassed and targeted by trump followers. that happened in the case of the judge herself, who was the target of a death threat after former president trump criticized her. so former president trump s lawyers are saying this is a violation of his first amendment
we are six days from a shut down, as well as the house speaker who says he has a plan to stop it. we continue to wait for the actual details to be released. that could come at anytime now. plus, as donald trump prepares to speak in new hampshire this hour, his son, don jr., prepared for another trip to the witness stand. this time for the defense. that is his father s fraud trial. big developments in new york city as the fbi conference gates eric adams devices for a fundraising investigation. latest of that coming up as well. democrats, reason to celebrate this weekend. pulling off multiple victories in the ballot box in several states, we talk to one of the big winners and look at what it means for election year 20 24th. that is coming up as well. we begin with this ticking clock in washington, there is now six days left for congress to pass the funding bill or see the federal government shutdown. we are now awaiting this full resolution, proposed by house speaker johnson, t
against new state efforts from coast-to-coast to further restrict abortion access. three conservative justices, the chief justice john roberts, justices brett kavanaugh, and amy coney barrett, sided with the court s three liberals in today s unusual ruling, but and it s a very important, but they did not settle the big legal question at issue whether federal guarantees i ve emergency medical care supersede idaho s effort to impose an almost total abortion ban. instead, today s decision dismiss the case on procedural grounds. the newest member of the court s liberal faction, justice ketanji brown jackson, warning this is far from over writing. this. today s decision is not a victory for pregnant patients in idaho. it his delay while this court donalds and the country waits, pregnant people experiencing emergency medical conditions remain in a precarious position. the ruling comes just hours before president biden and the former president donald trump debate right here at cnn s