... this is al jazeera. >> hello. welcome to the newshour. our top stories. mandela's final journey. the body of a former south african president arrives at his an cest recall home. >> a referendum on e gyp's new constitution will be held in a month's time. in london with the news from europe including angela merkel prepares for a third time and joining her in a grand

coalition. thousands of supporters of the ukrainian president stage a counter-rally in kiev. nelson mandela is finally, home. the cortage arrives just a short time ago at mandela's an cest tral village. a state funeral and private burial will be held on sunday. >> it has been another emotional day across the country. these people came out to see the cortage making its way to the village of kanu. >> our correspondent live for us there in the village. the cortage, the procession

arrived within the past hour. give us an idea of what's happening now, even as the cameras are being taken away >> reporter: it's been a long, emotional day for nelson mandela's family, as you can imagine as they brought the boyt from the capital and then hear to the an ce ancestral village. people lined along the street. very emotional for many people as well. this report >> reporter: a memorial service from for a man who lived and loved. the congress wants his political home for his entire career he played roles at crucial moments. >> paying tribute to the icon.

>> mad i have a. he combined theory and practice. he did it. >> zuma and all of his grantedsons have stood in the shadows. some say his physical stature but the loss will never be filled. the world would lend a spirit of endurance and a triumph of forgiveness and the beauty of reconciliation. >> he detailed his grandfather's rise through the ranks. from a founding member of the youth league, a defiance leader,

to the treason trial and eventually, the country's first black president. >> this was a memorial filled with pride and very personal for an anc that has been shaped by one of the world's most recognizable liberation heroes. whi there are well over a million americans of the opposition. it is facing a difficult general election next year. criticism of zuma is mounting after he was booed in front of dozens of world leaders earlier this week. some voters say he hasn't -- life hasn't improved enough ♪ father of the nation. ♪ >> as the anc moves forward without the most beloved son, it's time for the country to reflect on how far south africa

has come and how far it still has to go. tonya page, al jazeera, pretoria. >> that was the theme there earlier in pretoria. that long journey to his final resting place. you were along that route. it was lined with hundreds and thousands of mourners. take talk us through the scene of that. >> it was a mixture of emotions. i think some people were somber. they were sad. some people were happy. they were celebrating. they were happy he lived a long life and they wanted to give him a good send-off. i think people here, a lot of them, those in the villages, don't have access to television, so this is the first time they actually saw him in terms of him lying in the coffin, the coffin being driven and to them, it was real. he is gone. and they actually are glad he

has come here and he will be buried here in the eastern cape. to give context, this is the village where he will be buried on sunday. you see directly across the white tents there, that is the home, where the coffins. a vigil will be held and the family will do things that need to be done, to be sure that the spirits are happy. further to your right here, that big dome here, that's where the funeral ceremony or service will actually take place. all of the vips, head did of state that are coming, celebrities, everyone has been invited will be under that tent for the funeral service on sunday. and then, the burial will actually be a private amp attended only by family members and a few close friends. so a lot of people are being kept away from this particular area. people aren't allowed anywhere near the place. so people are being encouraged to go to public viewing areas. screens have been set up across the village to watch the

proceedings and feel like they are part of the actual burial service t they are being set up across the country so those who can't be here can have their way of seeing and showing and seeing how nelson mandela is being bid farewell. >> the public will be kept away from kanu. but thousands of dignitaries and media as well. how is this tiny remote village coping? >> reporter: to be honest, as we have been driving up and down the road with our camera equipment. they just stop and stare really. i think to them, it's surreal. they are not used to all of this media attention. 4,000 media journalists and you talk about the equipment, the satellite dishes, cameras. these are rural people mesmerized by it, taking it all in. i think for them, the main thing is that nelson mandela is home in the eastern cape. a traditional ceremony mixed in

with the western things on top of that. in terms of the media, they have been kept fairly far away. there is a hill where most of the media are, where they will be on the day of the burial. it is to keep the media away from the people. when does that happen? officials don't know. the people, themselves, are the other concern. you can't tell african people you can't go to a funeral. that will doesn't happen. you can't get an invite for a person. if you know the person, you want to go. the elder people in the community and the village want to come here to say goodbye to nelson mandel a. how will they react, watch it from a big screen. it will be an interesting day. clearly an emotional day for the family and for those who want to give him a good fair will we will. >> the final resting place.

i . /* pity he wanted to spend his final moments in kanu instead of in johanesburg. it's an incredible place. >> holds the formedest memories of his life. he said this was where he was happiest as a young boy growing up in the idyllic, very rural, very simple setting. this is what formed much of his character even his recollection, his first recollections of political negotiation happened in these areas when he listened to elders of the clan, elders of his tribe negotiating with each other and reconciling differences with each other. he often said that was the most idyllic time of his life. >> a week, 10 days of commemoration, mentioning a lot of people tomorrow will be upset that they won't be allowed to attend the funeral. broadly speaking, south africa,

do you think they are satisfied with the way they have been able to say goodbye to him? >> i think most south africans who had access to the union buildings will be satisfied. there have been big public memorials in all of the major cities. most of those people had some opportunity to commemorate the life of nelson mandela as much as it means something to each of them personally. there are, however, going to be disappointed people tomorrow who will not be allowed in to that massive tent that we saw, the massive marquis, and they are going to be disappointed in, you know, african tradition, if you go -- you go to a funeral because you care for the person who passed away or you care for the people and you pay respect. it doesn't normally happen. it's going to be disconcerting to say the least particularly to the older members of the

villages and communities around kanu who recognize or seem to claim mr. mandela as one of their own. >> we will have to wait. desmond tutu, is it an oversight that he hasn't been invited? >> it has to be more than an oversight. he was invited very late to be part of the memorial service on tuesday in johannesburg. allied with that, one can't help think this is a slight, an insult. it's something that actually would have probably made mad i have a very sad, given that the archbishop was such a life-long friend of his. it leaves a better taste in the mouth of most south africans to whom the archbishop is perhaps the closest living person we now have in stature to that of nelson mandela and having said

that, most south africans won't understand why he has been omitted from the guest list. >> is it something that can be reversed now that word got out and people are reacting to it? >> i don't know. i don't know, you know, if it can be done on such short notice. the archbishop has gone on record as saying he would have loved to attend, had he been invited. so the implication there is definitely not invited. >> thank you very much for joining us. we are bringing you more on mandela's final journey later in this newshour. now looking back at his chi childhood. the cost of wasri lanka wants t find out more about the lives lost in its fight with the tammal tigers. >> a good morning session, england undo their good work against australia in the ashes.

angela merkel starts a historic third term. >> the social democrats have voted today enter a grand coalition with angela merkel and the christian democrats. it ends weeks of uncertainty across the eurozone. live from berlin. barnaby, what are the details of the results? >> reporter: it involved more than 300,000 members of the social democratic party from across the country. the yes vote, a quarter of a million people said yes. that's some 76%. the background, the context of

this that ended in 2009 t they did badly and there was a lot of recrimination and a lot of criticism within the party about what they had done wrong when they had been in granted coalition with angela merkel. this was like the leadership of the party wanting to shore up its position. pretty smart politically. they have a clear sxworendorsem from their own grassroots to form another government that once again will be led by angela merkel. >> barnaby, results are significant for the whole of the eurozone, not just germany? >> of course germany is the powerhouse of the eurozone. t there be be conduct tries, greece, portugal, spain, who might be hoping for a kinder, gentler germany if you like. they might be seeing social democrats perhaps as the get cops to the cd u angela merkel's

right hand man will certainly stay as finance minister. he ultimately is the man who steers economic policy in this country and he takes germany's terms toward the weak her countries. he has been hawk issue on fighting, deficits as we know in those troubled countries in the eurozone. thanks very much indeed. serb ythe serbian government is investigating a massive grave.

representatives from missing persons organizations are at the scene in the town of ruska in the southwest of the country. thousands of supporters of the ukrainian president have staged a counter rally in kiev as anti-government protests continue. the general prosecutor has requested house arrest and there is speculation they could be scapegoats for the recent unrest. two big protests going on this weekend tell us about what's happening. an image war that the government is losing. i mean the scene that you can see behind me, the scene in index square, all of these proceed european protesters is being broadcast into homes around the world for weeks now. so the government has decided finally, it's going to fight fire with fire. >> that's why it's bussed and trained in thousands and

thousands of supporters from all around the country. so another square, about 300 meters down the road from where i am standing, the flags are the same. the ukrainian flag, for those people very, very different. the government tried to show it still has hearts and minds of at least some people in ukraine. >> how significant is the house arrest of these officials in kiev? >> well, basically what they are trying do is appease the people here, try to show them that he is listening to them in some way and he is taking action and he is cracking down on people within his own administration. he is's, saying who is responsible for the violence at the end of november and the beginning of december. now, from the comments that i have heard from people here in independence square, it's not really go to go wash with them.

they see this as scapegoating. they see it as window dressing, and their demands are the same now as they were or have been for the last few weeks which is for him to step down and the government goes with him. >> thank you fort for bringing this to us from ukraine. more. back now to laura in doha. politicians in this tune ease i can't are undecided he isn't sure he wants to take the job. unions and the sec lal orzition t agreement was reached in october to prepare for e elections. he script's interim president says a referendum on the draft constitution will be held next month. a vote will be take place on january the 14th and 15th. it's part of the military transition plan for new

elections next year. let's take a look at some of the more controversial parts of the draft draft: civilians to be tried in military courts. and it bans cally joining us live from skype from cairo at the royal institute in london. thank you for being with us. it appears this draft constitution is a shift back from the religious parties to the military. is this significant turnaround from the 2012 constitution? >> i am not sure it is really. the place of the military was very much assured within the 2012 constitution as well, in fact, even more assured in certain rerespect. the ban on region lunch on

parties has existed egypt before this constitutional draft and it's not entirely certain whether or not it will be dissolved directly or not. this is a political tool within the constitution. it's not a legal one necessarily. it's intooishling possible that or if political realties demand it but it's not a foregone conclusion. i don't think that the anti-coup aliance is against the constitution on the basis of articles included civil rights organizations and human rights groups as well as real lucien area groups are against the constitution because of the content, but the contentious articles within that constitution don't seem to be

bothering the alliance. in the 2012 con stoattution, it should be reinstated not the articles per se in this new constitutional draft. >> document egyptians will pass it? what percentage of the population support it? >> i think the con sometimetution will pass next mon month. i think it's highly unlikely that it won't. the issue will be the percentage of yes votes. the interim government, tit wil be a success if it was higher than than the 2012. around 65%. >> that's what's going to constitute a victories for the

interim government. >> how will they get more people out? you said the turn out was low. only around 30%. i suspect they may break that threshold this time around. the military enjoys support in the country they haven't voted no on the constitutional ref rend um of this kind it's difficult to get a nominal low vote in this regard. it would have to be a no vote. campaigning for a no vote is actually going to be a way of legit mating the process i don't think they plan to do.

the extent of protests that surrounds this state. i wonder as the march toward the transition the question is how relevant they will be. keeping in mind, also, about a week or so after this constitutional draft is passed will be the third anniversary of the 25th of january revolution of 2011 which may be another flash point. we don't know that. there have been predictions of the last three months where people said, there is going to be huge protests on this day or that day and they didn't materialize. i do think it will pass. we have to wait and see how large the margin will be and how

large the turnout will be. but i suspect the interim government, the military will do everything that they can and people want to go on the streets and see what sort of difference that makes. >> okay. very interesting to speak to you. thanks for joining us from cairo. at least six people have died in related protests in language la. execution of one of the islami naert his role for the war for independence has led to violent demonstrations. the ceremony opposition leader criticized the trial as being unfair despite her party's stand against the movement. a long war with the tamal tigers killed hundreds of thousands of people. until now, the exact cost of the conflict has not been known. under pressure from foreign

governments under investigation of war crimes, there is as nationwide survey to find out. more from sri lanka. >>. >> lots of information. his wife and two sons were killed in the war between the military and the tamal tigers. >> my wife was killed from a shell explosion. a few days later, my elder son died the same way. my second son was also injured. >> over 40,000 local officers will visit each household in the country to record who was touched by the conflict and how. waiting for news of her elder son and daughter. they were recruited by the tigers in 2006. two years later, they told her he had been captured by the military. during the last meeting, they

took her daughter. she never saw them again. >> we have lost our property, our lives, our children in the war and our suffering is burned into our memory and keeps playing over and over. >> suff suffering something famr to another mother. her son was declared missing in action 15 years ago. he had been on his first tour of duty with the army. >> we knew someone missing every day, day and night, 24 hours, every moment, you wait for them to return. >> international pressure mounts opt government to the investigate the last stages of the war to review what happened. >> although many welcome the move, information on those killed and missing including in the no-fly zone will be only accepted from the family which means families killed in the war

will not be counted. the department of census and statistics carrying out the exercise says it is limited to those of the unit to ensure against double counting. >> many struggle to cope with the missing and the difficulty for caring for the disabled. green fingers and indoors and underground. >> in sports, garcia looks to end his title drought in thailand. coming up next.

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>> hello again. these are our top stories on al jazeera. the body of nelson mandela has arrived in his ancestral home. many are lining the route of the cortage. angela merkel has received backing for her third time of german chancellor. egyptians on the constitution in january, with new elections next year. we have been getting news coming in. several people killed in a bus bombing in kenya. the attack seems to have happened in the easterly district of nirobi. at the scene, what's happening?

>> reporter: right now, the bus and a dead body next to the parking lot. certain to hospital. currently, we are not aware of any other fatalities. what we know right now. more to come. >> tell us about this area. i understand it's where a lot of swamis live, for example. >> the somali group, in recent months, there has been a lot of

incidents. the somali community. >> okay. mohammed tahir, thank you very much for bringing us more details on that car bomb in the nairobi capital of kenya. more information as we get it, we will bring it to you. more now on our top story, the funeral of nelson mandela. people in his hometown have been preparing for his return. andrew simmons has been taking a look back at what life was like for him. >> amongst 4 people in a remote land, this is where nelson man dela started out in life not much has played where children play freely and safely just as mandela did in his early years. now, like then, people live in

beehive-shaped huts. his father was a chief in the kozo-speaking region. his mother was the chief's third wife. she moved her family to kanu, the place of mandela's earliest childhood rec leblingsz. at five years of age, he was a cattle hearderrder. a teacher game him the english christian name, "nelson." this was the young mandela's favorite pastime, stick fighting, sparring with branches is popular in rural south africa. the young mandela hated to be beaten. mandel a and his friend used to play together. the yun mandela showed qualities of determination that were well beyond those of his playmates.

>> translator: the cobble stones challenging you to another stick fighting. i was quite heartbroken at the time when he left us. we were all together all the time. >> that togetherness with friends was broken by the death of his father. he had made precise arrangements for the future of his brightest son. the cause of nelson man dela's life was changed drastically by the death of his father. at the age of 9, he was forced to leave. later he was recall, i mourned less for my father than the world i left behind. >> this is where he was sentence, the court of the royal tabu household after an emotional journey with his mother handing him over to live under the regents.

the school may look modest but here youngsters were groomed for greater things. >> when it comes to the place where he stayed, the enlightenment was quite greater. >> as nelson mandela moved on, guided and supported by the region event, his earlier home in kanu was always highly valued, particularly the mother he left behind. more than six decades later, as a president, not a stick-fighting young boy, nelson mandela was to have one of his homes built here it was in kanu where the mandela family burial plot was established. he is expected to be buried near his father and his mother, along with one of hi sons, teppy k

killed in a road accident in 1965 while he was in prison and makataw who died of aids in 2005. kanu will be the final resting place for nelson mandela, a serene, humble lad, the plates of his care free early childhood. andrew simmons, al jazeera. kanu. iran said it has arrested a spy working for the british government. let's go back to lauren >> reporter: yes, the man who was arrested reported admitted giving information to british officials both inside and outside iran. the arrest comes at a time of improving diplomatic relations. kim bannel reports in the british foreign office in london. >> an iranian court official told the state news agency that the man who has been arrested was working for the british foreign secret intelligence agency, mi6. he said he met with british

intelligence agents at least 11 times giving them information. he was captured in a southeastern city. we contacted the foreign office here who didn't want to comment. it said as a matter of policy, it doesn't comment on security issues. this has come at a time of thawing relationships between the u.k. and iran. an envoy visited london here on friday to hold talks. britain shut down its embassy in 2011, angry over nuclear sanctions. the man was arrested in iran. his nationality is unknown but officials say he will be put on trial. >> appe >>. >> am viking line, the u.s. amarillo was on the rocks suffering a power failure on its

way to stockholm in sweden. the editor of mtv news fin land joins me. what's the latest? >> well, it's that the work is still going on. the company, the coast guard, cannot say yet at what time their ferry will get out of the rock. >> how much concern is there about the passengers? because presumably without power, perhaps it's getting quite cold on there? >> well, they got the power pretty far back in the ship. so, i think we have contacted those passengers there on the ship, and they can moral continue their christmas party. >> i see. how often do these kind of incidents happen in the baltic? >> not that often. there was some incident three years ago when this very -- the very ferry collided with another

ship. it was some risk on that as well. >> thanks for the latest on the ferry hitting the rocks. italy will lend support to syrian refugees especially in lebanon. lebanese president suliman in beirut. they have pledged $50 million to the syrian refugee crisis. lebanon is under pressure from thousands of refugees coming across the border with syria. amnesty international says the european union should be ashamed of its response to the crisis. that's it for me. back now to laura in doha. >> thanks again, lauren. in columbia, thousands of protesters have demanded the mayor be sacked.

his removal of office is called by some an attack on democracy. >> he need add strong show of force. >> that's what he got boy the country's conservative inspector general by his perceived mishandling of the garbage collection system. what started as a movement in defense of democracy. >> collected interest, a personal one by voters. i demand my vote be respected. it's that simple. i think the majority of the people are here for this reason. it doesn't have to do with any political belief. for the former rebel fighter turned politician, his removal is an attack on the future of the country. >> what we are defining here

cereal whether democracy is possible in colombia or not. >> he was seen as a president contender and' an icon of the left but he had a hard time running the city, losing allies and favor ability in the polls. >> most people green on pedro's shortcomings as mayor even if they were troubled besides his remo re removal. >> some say the decision doesn't bode well for the ongoing peace process? >> it's not a very good message to those members of the guerillas who aspire to participate in the politics legally in the future. the question that remains on this case and others that have come previous to it is what constitutional guarantees are there that the left will be able

to participate in. >> demonstrations alone will not be enough to change the inspector general's ruling he would need supporters to keep the pressure on back home. >> here to come on al jazeera, searching for minerals on the moon. the san antonio spurs, action with the nba coming up the stream is uniquely interactive television.

. >> america midwest, one of the great allegation cultural areas of the world feeding millions of people across the globe but instead of exploiting it, farmers are moving indoors. beneath the fluorescentsun is the latest trend in farming. they call it vertical farming. these fields grow on multiple floors in a chicago industrial park far from the lush midwestern fields that feed the rest of the world. growing greens for the the most celebrated restaurant temperatures. >> our feed system is broken. shipping to get things here to chicago. we are poisoning the environment where we are outgrowing the food. we need to grow it where the

jobs are and where it's consumed. >> the plant, as the indoor farm is called grows mushrooms, arugula, the high-end micro greens on the plates of white-napkin restaurants. these fish fly the fertilizer that number issues the produce. a handful of other farmers, including tenants farmers have joined the urban farming industry. >> 365 days a year, we can control our environment, to provide the best environment to grow plants in the middle of winter. we like to say we provide june 21st sunlight every day of the year, which is the longest day of the year. >> there is another advantage. quality. >> this is from your own hands or somebody's hands the day before, versus being shipped from california. >> when this was a meat packing plant, huge 18-wheeler trucks would come up here, load up the meat and carry it off hundreds

of miles across the u.s. but now, these loading bays are being torn down. they don't need them any more because they carry the produce out the back in small trucks and on by silk did a few miles away to downtown chicago. >> when it's finished, this device is designed to make the plant energy neutral turning waste to bio mass to fuel the plant. >> by using creativity and re-using things other people think are waste or that should be thrown away, you can find the energy and find the good workers, find all of these things that have been cast aside in the past and put them to productive use. >> economies like that could encourage other farmers to make the move indoors. john henry, al jazeera, chicago. >> opening fire, before killing himself, an 18-year-old carl hanson in a den ver suburb armed with a shotgun looking for a specific teacher.

had he shot and injured a routinage girl. the f.b.i. has charged an aircraft technician of plotting a car bomb. he was arrested in kansas. he was driving a car he bought packed with explosive. he is charged with aiding a foreign terrorist organization. he said he intended to die as a martyr for al-qaeda. china has successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon. the unmanned chinese 3 lunniar module touched down after blasting off from earth. a rover called the j roberts will scour the moon's surface. the moon mission is being seen as a trial for china's technical prowess. at the university of london observatory, he said there is a

lot of information to be gathered from the moon despite the previous missions by the u.s. and the soviet union. >> this mission is targeting a f fan ta fantastic wealth of data waiting to be discovered. this is rainbos where you can see the lovely picture of the full moon in the top left corner. this basin was full of lava and then, it solidified and the recover is going to explore. i don't know exactly where it landed. that was one of the main things to explore. the most important one is a crater that is a couple of hundred million years old, much bigger than the big base on that

is billions of years old. this has been estimated and all around the crater, the rover is going to be roving around and exploring, seeing what's going inside the crater, what were ejected and it's going to be a fantastic wealth of information. i don't know. i don't like to talk about space race because there is so much more collaborative environment. for example, the chinese are being helped by the european space station. we will see more and more international collaboration and less competition because really, space exploration is a huge enterprise. we need to have the collaboration of many other countries. also, it will guarantee that the expectoration will be peaceful.

>> now, sports. >> laura, thank you so much. we start with football. manchester city crushed arsenal, second in the table and opened up the race for the english premier league title. they launched an attack. sergio scored four first half goals. two more after the break. scoring for the visitors, the third defeat in the campaign. t with city two points behind. five more matches are at ha right now. fourth place chelsea back above man city with a win above crystal palace. 2-1 lead. fa fulham threatened 1-nil to everton. spain and real madrid it. they struggled in their most recent visit, winning once in

their last 5. they are under pressure against. osuna, 16th minutes and he added a second shortly after. sergio ramos was sent off. barcelona welcomed back fabregas. celtics 6-1. span we have finished first. now, we have to pass the last 16 and end up first in the spanish liga. we need to win tomorrow. >> ever grande faces egypt in the quarterfinals in the fifa world cup in a few minutes time. they are making their debut having won the aidsian champion

league for the first time in november. it will be african champions in the semis. >> enthusiasm is important. we are here before the team has improved. we deserve to be here. we did not get where we are by does. >> -- by accident. >> they had a good morning session as they took four wicket did, australia all out for 385. england failed to take advantage out for an edge after the

review. england 180 for 4 stops. >> only 8 more runs for australia while captain alister cook scored 72. england trailed by 205 runs. >> having said we lost wickets, australia has done very well. very patient. it was a good scrap. the record, average 50, just on 50. so, you know, they've got some good value to come. we have to make sure that we start the day tomorrow as we finished on the ball and we are getting the ball up and swinging it, grabbing a new ball. >> sergio garcia has a 4-shot

lead in the final round of the thailand championship. the overnight leader with garcia, a good round, the englishman is 5 shots in fourth. the spaniard is looking for his title here. >> a goal for the upcoming season is to break his own 20 ohm meter world record. the fastest man in the world is in argentina holding a coaching clinic for underprivileged children. he became the first agent lead to win the gold medal in the 100 and 20 ohm meter finals. something he hopes to do again in 2016. >> well, my aim is to try to break the world record and run under 90 seconds. >> that's one of my goals. my last go is to go to rio in

2016 and try to win the olympics again for the third time. >> the san antonio spurs have kept on top of the nba's southwestern division with a win against the minnesota timberwolves even though the timberwolves, with a season-high 42 points. they managed to get past tony parker and the spurs they had 18 high 29 points. san antonio rallied for 117 to 110. in detroit, the pistons held off a determined brooklyn, rallied 103 to 99. big scorers on the night with 22 points as brooklynts three-game winning streak came to an end. >> penguins beat the devils. the penguins entered the game in pittsburgh having won seven of their last eight and they wasted no time here pasqual scored.

the beginning of a big first period, they held on for the 3 to 2 win. >> in sport, a dangerous hit to the head for washington's eric fluer sent him out of the game briefly in a match-up. a 10th round of overtime. finally, broke the deadline. much more sport on our website. check out aljazeera.com/sport. there is details there on how to get in touch with our team using twitter and facebook. that's it for me now. laura back to you. >> we will see you later. thanks very much indeed. stay with us here on al jazeera. i will be back with another half hour summary of the news bringing you much more on

mandela's final resting place. >> an al jazeera america exclusive... former president jimmy carter reflects on the life and legacy of nelson mandela. >> that spirit of nelson mandela is embedded deeply in the heart and soul of the south africans... >> they worked side by side for freedom, now president carter talks about mandela's global impact. a revealing interview you won't see anywhere else. >> i've never heard him say, that he was grateful to the united states... >> talk to al jazeera with jimmy carter only on al jazeera america commanded a king's ransom, 62-year-old nick saban says, "i'm too darn old to start over", he did not adarn, he used the other word. he agreed to a multi year extension remain the coach of crimson tide. >> not one day during the school year goes by where a navy

pleeb doesn't hollar beat army, or a cadet, "beat navy." the two oldest dismiss meet for the 114th time. michael eaves has more. >> on paper this game doesn't figure to be much of a battle. 7 and 4 navy against a team posting three wins. the games are not played on paper. the long-standing rivalry is more than a contest. i'm going to pay the last respect for my president. >> he was a global symbol of hope, courage and freedom. >> the world thanks you for sharing nelson mandela with us. >> today was declared a day of reflection and prayer. >> now al jazeera america commemorates nelson mandela from the people who knew him. >> i think all of those people who were inside that stadium were very lucky to be there. >> an emotional look at the life and legacy of nelson mandela.

>> only on al jazeera america. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey. here are the stories we're covering for you. the grim remembrance of the sandy hook across the united states, and another school shooting. and a procession brings nelson mandela's body home. >> it's been one year since that tragic day when 20 children and six teach percent killed at