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
include more. and you mentioned benghazi, to help people visualize what the stakes are here. benghazi was part a wave of protests around compounds around the world. a dozen plus. in some cases people went over the fence and so you re really playing with fire here, that s what we re talking about as potential benghazi. last quick point, mike pence, don t forget him, key player. kind of the spokesman for evangelicals. he s headed to the region soon. that s going to be interesting. he was a big advocate for it, so was nikki haley. jared too. a mixed bag here. dangerous coalition. jared has not produced they were supposedly producing a peace plan. if they had a peace plan and this was part of it, there s no rational yet. it destroys any chance. we ll be right back. round table is sticking with us. you re watching hardball.
religious reasons? and everybody laughed. i just kind of so you had that moment in 1994, which is just about when apec and other groups started making serious out reach to american evangelicals, as if somebody had told them something is going on there. interesting. dangerous coalition. chris matthews, george will, thank you both for being on here this morning. hardball, 7:00 eastern time interi like the octave. and i gave heidi a new name. pryzbyla. every night at 7:00, mika goes, be quiet, be quiet. see what chris has to say. he watches. i have to chickens in connecticut? i have to watch because if i don t, she ll say you should have seen what chris said. you have to watch. you love it. can i say something about chris book? it s like a palate cleanser for