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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 iss...

>> he wants him because he's making a fool of himself saying we ain't got nothing but a squirrel fire and a hound dog -- says something like that. >> what was the first one? >> squirrel fryer. >> oh, fryer. >> right. >> by the way, speaking of eating fried squirrel, did you hear about the new liz cheney book that came out, willie? >> yes. >> there's a lot there. but here's my -- >> what a jump around, joe. >> here's my favorite line from it, though. kevin mccarthy -- >> oh, no. >> -- justifying his trip to mar-a-lago by saying three words that nobody has ever said about donald trump....

Governing strategy we can unify the american people around. creating a version of medicare, making it available to anybody who wants it, but without the divisive step of ordering people onto it whether they want to or not. and i believe that commanding people to accept that option, whether we wait three years as senator warren has proposed or whether you do it right out of the gate is not the right approach to unify the american people around a very, very big transformation that we now have an opportunity to deliver. >> thank you, mr. mayor. kristen welker. >> let's talk about medicare for all...

Who wants it, but without the divisive step of ordering people onto it whether they want to or not. and i believe that commanding people to accept that option, whether we wait three years as senator warren has proposed or whether you do it right out of the gate is not the right approach to unify the american people around a very, very big transformation that we now have an opportunity to deliver. >> thank you, mr. mayor. kristen welker. >> let's talk about medicare for all. senator warren you are running on medicare for all. democrats have been winning elections even in red states with a very ...

Biden telling him how obamacare had an impact on their life and what we are doing is reminding voters the stakes and that donald trump has committed his presidency to trying to repeal the protections that come with -- for 100 million people in the country with preexisting conditions who have the peace of mind with health insurance with obamacare. we're reminding people that donald trump has committed the presidency to trying to roll back the protections and each day this week we focus on another egregious attempt by the president to take health care from the people and that's what the choice i...