were released from gaza, including one american. then, setting the record straight on the former presidents campaign claims, while the current president hits the road and draws a direct contrast with maga republicans, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. we have got a lot to get to. on donald trump s civil fraud trial and efforts to extend the temporary israel-hamas truce. but first, this evening s broadcast begins with breaking news. former secretary of state national security adviser henry kissinger has died at the age of 100. kissinger shaped decades of america s foreign policy, advising a dozen presidents while defining this nation s role on the global stage. but kissinger was also a controversial and deeply divisive figure. and we seize lester holt takes a look back at his life and his legacy. thank you. nice to see you. while he was brilliant, ambitious, controversial, and one of the most influential s
rockefeller christmas tree have been on for just over an hour, which means the christmas season is now officially underway. 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. our with stephanie ruhle starts now tonight, donald trump s banker takes the stand. what she said about deutsche bank long relationship with the trump organization in the civil fraud trial. and what is next for the israel-hamas war? after a new group of hostages were released from gaza, including one american. then setting the record straight on the former presidents campaign claims, while the current president hits the road and draws a direct contrast with maga republicans, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. we have got a lot to get to. on donald trump s civil fraud trial and efforts to extend the temporary israel-hamas truce. but first, this evening s broadcast begins with breaking news. former secretary of state national security adviser
investigation? reporter: alex, good day. today, mali is in a state of emergency following that horrifying attack at the radisson blu hotel in the country s capital friday morning. at least 20 people are dead. including one american. she s been identified as 41-year-old anita datar from maryland. her family says they re devastated. president obama expressing condolences overnight. two american special forces who happen special agents who happened to be close by assisted the high risk rescue operation. the united nations says at least two heavily armed gunmen stormed the hotel and witnesses say they were shooting at everything that moved. releasing hostages who could prove they were muslim by reciting passages from the koran. but killing those who couldn t. malian security forces launched a counterattack ending the siege which lasted for several hours and killing the attackers. the group claiming responsibility is an african
workers killed bay drone strike in pakistan. it happened in january. we learn more about it from u.s. security correspondent jim sciutto. reporter: it was in this mountainous border region between pakistan and afghanistan that a u.s. drone strike killed two western hostages held by al qaeda, including one american, warren weinstein, abducted in pakistan in 2011. al qaeda compounded been under surveillance for hundreds of hours. what the u.s. did not know it is that weinstein and giovanni were held and hidden inside. in this proof of life video, weinstein, an aide worker, pleaded for his freedom. it seems i have been totally abandoned. today president obama apologized for a fatal mistake. we believed that this was an al qaeda compound. that no civilians were present and capturing them were not
that s a verifiable fact. there you go. we ll leave it there. appreciate both your perspectives. thank you very much. thank you. classified documents about afghanistan gone viral. we ll speak to the man who published the information and ask him if he believes he s compromising the united states. an arrest today of that man suspected of killing four people in panama, including one american. the body of cher hughes of suburban st. louis was found last week. cnn has learned that reese and his wife were arrested in nicaragua. the senate wants to know if blood was given for money in the release of the libyan man convicted in the 1988 bombing of pan am flight 103 which killed people. did scottish authorities release the terrorist from a life