has gained. >> jamie: this is a brand-new hour inside america's news headquarters, it is tense on the ground there. it is demonstrators -- a chilling reminder of the 2011 upreadsing that everythrew hosni mubarak. the military is setting up barricade it's look at these crowds. they are all around the presidential palas and hayare threatening-- the police are -- if the violence breaks out. connor powell is monitoring this from the mideast bureau. >> reporter: the momentum for the protests have been building for days and weeks and months. it was just one year ago that president morsi was sworn in and took control and power in egypt. since then, the country has been in a near constant state of conflict where muhammad morsi's party that controls egypt. much of the past year, the

country has seen violent confrontations. some of it has been peaceful protest. but today, so far, tens of thousands of egyptians have gathered in ta-- in the square in cairo. there are pro-morsi demonstrations near the palace, they appear to be well organized and well armed. there are pro-morsi supporters with batons and shields. but so far, the day has been peaceful in cairo. there was riots and violence in other parts of the egypt. but so far in cairo, it has been more festive so far. bow friday, an american student, studying in egypt was stabbed to death in a protest. he was just filming the protest. and he was stabbed to death. there are fears that today, as the two groups move closer in the square in cairo, that the

two groups might violently clash. so far, that hasn't happened yet. but the opposition groups are calling on morsi to step down. they say he hasn't done much to fix the economy. they say that religious freedoms are being removed and the country is moving to be a more muslim and islamic extremist, away from the secular nature tait was the past two or three decades under the strongman, hosni mubarak. many egyptians are saying the current president, muhammad morsi is an islamic. right now, the military is sort of the big question about what they will do. there is concern that if violence breaks out, the military will have to intervene. but so far, the military's saying they want peace, they want talks and negotiations. but if things really do kick off here tonight and tomorrow, nobody knows what will scmap everybody is fearing the worst that it could get very violent,

very quickly. updates to come. connor powell, thank you very much. eric? >> eric: jamie, we have an extreme fox news weather alert today. it is going to be a hot sunday, especially out west. look at that red. a killer heat wave intensifies. temperatures across the southwest as you can see, soaring into the triple digits. what do you when it's 124 degrees outside? are they playing the numbers 1-1-5 in las vegas, because that's hait hit yesterday. over 100 later today in the golden state. dangerous. no signs of immediate cooling off. we go live to the fox extreme weather center with the latest. >> reporter: more of the same today, tomorrow, next couple of days. we get to the triple digits in the southwest all the time, all summer long. but they are not used to the 115s to 120s that we have

been seeing the last couple of days. already, we are up to 99 in needles, california. we are at 96 in phoenix, phoenix yesterday was 119, the third highest temperature you have ever, ever seen. vegas, possibly 116. 117 is the highest ever. we have expressive heat warnings anywhere you see the red. but the yellows are the heat advisories. the high pressure will drift farther to the north. we will see the heat build in the pacific northwest over the next couple of days and into the triple digits. not as used to it in that area. here's the highs. 128 in death valley. 124 in lake haaf view and 116 in vegas. tomorrow, maybe a couple of degrees cooler, phoenix getting to 114. but we are warmer farther off toot northwest. phoenix, 111. very hot, above the average, but

better than yesterday. but the heat builds off to the north. take a look at tomorrow's high temperatures, 89 in seattle and 99 in missoula, montana. you can see the heat, building off to the north. dallas, cooling down just a little bit, which will be welcome news. we have heavy rainfall in the east coast forecast. we have been dealing with a pattern, socked in the with -- in with the showers and thunderstorms. we will see more of that. take a look at radar forecast, over 4 inches of rain and more flooding likely in the northeast over the next couple of days? >> it's hot and hopefully, everyone will stay cool. >> you said it. >> eric: thanks. >> jamie: president obama making his way to capetown, south africa. he is set to give a major speech on a multi-billion-dollar

initiative. he is visiting the island prison where nelson mandela spent years as a political prisoner. ed henry is live and traveling with the president. it is said that this will be the speech of the trip, coming up around noon today? >> reporter: that's right t. will be at the university of capetown here, the president has now arrived. part of that speech is going to be a big energy initiative about $7 billion to bring more electric power to sub-suharan africa. part of what the president is trying to do in terms of showing how u.s. initiatives can help bring africa up, a rising africa with several of the fastest growing economies on the world. you mentioned nelson mandela, the world obviously watching and waiting to hear about his condition. we have basically heard it's the same -- critical condition, but stable. bottom line, you noted that the president went to robin island,

where nelson mandela was a prisoner for 18 years. he visited the tiny cell where nelson mandela could barely lay down. last night at a state dinner, the president talked about the mandela legacy. >> we must admit our minds and our hearts are not fully here because a piece of us -- a piece of our heart is with a man and a family who's not far away from here. much has been said about mabiba today. more will be said in the years to come. >> reporter: interesting that tomorrow, the president will make its final stop in tanzania and former president george w. bush is there with his wife, working on an initiative that hestarted, battling hiv-aids here. the two first ladies -- bush and

obama -- will get together. there is some speculation that the two presidents may get together. that hasn't been confirmed. but there is bipartisan support, republicans and democrats, coming together to help this continent, come from this obama administration. >> jamie: thank you so much, ed henry, live in capetown. >> eric: brand-new details on the justice department's keeping tabs on reporters and others. that after attorney general eric holder met with members of the house judiciary committee. lawmakers urging him to explain why he signed off on james rosen's emails and then testified under oath that he had no knowledge of any potential prosecution of journalists. critics accuse him of not telling the truth. he and supporters say he did nothing of the sort, that he was forthright and telling the truth and honest. we have a republican from texas

and member of the house judiciary committee and is here in new york. thank you for joining us. >> always good. >> eric: do you think the panel was satisfyd? >> they got some information about ongoing cases. but the problem is, not what the case are right now, but what he said to judiciary because you could quote him correctly except he also said, he had never heard of such a thing. then when we get the affidavit where he signed off, he approved this language that said that there is probable cause to believe that the reporter, james rosen, has committed or is committing a violation, unauthorized disclosure of national defense information as an aider, abettor or co-conspirator and he signed off on language that said that there is reason to believe that notification of the warrant that he was seeking was endangering

the life of an individual, destruction or tampering of evidence -- this was presented to a judge. as a former judge, i can tell you, your credibility is everything. i have even told a choaf of police before, don't send this officer with with a warrant because he has no credibility, once vifound he's lied. now we have an attorney general who is saying, i didn't lie to you, because i never intended to prosecute, which means the documents to the court were a lie. it was a fraud on the court. >> eric: what happens to the documents? how do you square as a former judge, saying one thing in the documents and telling congress something completely different? >> if i were a judge and had these documents presented to me and heard the testimony and indications from this attorney general, i would let his boss know, as i did when i was a judge, this guy has no credibility. he committed a fraud upon the court, dont send him to ever get

another warrant again, i can't trust him. we know his boss likes what he's doing and says he has complete faith and wants him to keep doing t. that's continuing to commit a fraud on the court. that's not who ought to be in the highest law enforcement office in the country. >> does the bar association get involved? federal prosecutors get involved? what happens? >> there should be an investigation by the bar. any state in which he is licensed to practice law. but in the meantime, we also know that there are judges who have just -- will sign away anything that -- that the justice department comes before them with. we have seen that now with a broad, sweeping authorization. so we now there are judges who don't care about their own reputation. they will sign anything. they're a judge and -- and that's really tragic as well -- we need to clean house with judges that are willing to sign

anything, regardless of whether the evidence is there. >> eric: let's take a look at what mr. holder did say to your committee in may. >> with regard to the potential prosecution of the press with disclosure to material -- that's not something i have ever been involved in, heard of or would think would be a wise policy. >> eric: not just involved in, with you heard of. yet -- >> or would be wise. >> eric: they did that, apparently. but he said in their defense issue it was consistent with the facts because they didn't intend to prosecute james rosen and his defense is that he didn't lie -- that he was telling the truth. >> it's either a lie to the judiciary committee, where i was, or it is a fraud upon the court n. either case, this is not what an attorney general should be doing. >> eric: what is the next step? there is a report of an investigation of a former joint chief of staff vice chairman for leaking information about iran.

>> we know this administration has pursued more leak prosecutions than all other prior administrations put together. they are vicious on anybody that digs closes, but as we saw with the a.p. investigation, they knew, they had a handful of people who knew, instead of getting that information, which they didn't need a warrant for. they go after all of these records of the a.p., just like they do with rosen. they knew who they thought the leaker was. they have to get his information, not go by freedom of the press. >> eric: what about those who say you have to do this to protect the nation? >> that has a hollow pring. it sounds so much like what the nixon administration said. it's what these guys said. when they get caught with their hand in the cookie jar, doing something they shouldn't, it's national security. we had to lie, like brennan saying, you know, i just -- i lied as little as possible. when you have those kind of

things said by an administration, it's a threat to the ongoing government of the people by the people, for the people. >> eric: do you expect to call mr. holder up to the hill again? >> i certainly hope we get him back under oath. it is nothing to have him come privately, like he tried to do. let's get to the bottom of this, you should oath. >> eric: thank you for giving us your insight, representative gohmert. >> jamie: the first week of the george zimmerman trial is done. stunning testimony. we are hearing for the first time. but what impact did it really have on the jury? we'll debate that. >> eric: secretary of state john kerry declares progress in the middle-east. so... [ gasps ] these are sandra's "homemade" yummy, scrumptious bars. hmm? i just wanted you to eat more fiber.

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>> eric: we have new video. an emotional visit must be absolutely awe-striking for the first fam family. you can see president obama and the first family getting a personal tour of the island where the prison where nelson mandela was held a political prisoner in his nation for 27 years. he spent 18 of those years in

that tiny concrete cell there on the island prison. quite a nag 95 cent spot, representing freedom, human dignity and nelson mandel's fight for freedom in apartheid, all against the backdrop of the ailing 94-year-old leader, who remains in the hospital, we are told he is in stable but critical condition. nelson mandela, much on the minds of those around the world, a personal icon for president obama. >> jamie: we reported about secretary of state john kerry's trip. he's preparing to depart the middle-east. but he has had three days of talks. the secretary saying he renewed peace talks and believes they will get underway, at least, they are within reach.

>> we have some specific details and work to pursue, but i am absolutely confident that we are on the right track. i also know progress when i see it. and we are making progress. that's what is important. that's what will bring me back here. >> jamie: a former israeli ambassador to the united nations is here. good mornings. >> good morning, jamie. >> jamie: lovely to have you here in our studio. have you heard manyiests, have you witnessed it, to get the peace talks going and to get them resolved. secretary kerry says real progress. you believe it? >> i hope so very much. i believe that secretary kerry truly wants it. i think he is very ambitious about it. i think he sees it possibly as his greatest and only real challenge in foreign policy. there is very little where he can have an impact, peace in the

middle-east or resolving the israeli/palestinian conflict is one of them. i know he has put enormous effort and many, many hours of blood, sweat and tears into this. however, we just mentioned -- or you just mentioned nelson mandela. what the palestinians really need, what you need without equating the conflict with south africa is a de klerk and a mandela. israel has produced five de klerk who is reached out to the palestinians, willing to go a very long way. the tragedy of the palestinian people is that they were unable to produce a mandela. >> jamie: yet, secretary kerry met with abass, and met with prime minister netanyahu. if the talks were to get going, is israel prepared to make

concessions? >> israel is prepared and the prime minister has said that loud and clear to enter into the talks without any preconditions. everything will be on the table. everything will be under discussion. the problem is that mahmoud abbas is demanding pre-conditions. if he truly wanted to get to the table, he would get to the table and discuss these things. i am afraid that the positions which mahmoud apabbas is deja vu all over again. the palestinians never missing an opportunity to miss an opportunity. -- get to the table, sit down. make your demands at the table. in the previous government, while there was very, very serious construction going on in the settlement, there were hundreds of meetings and thousand of hours and there was

a peace process. we were that near to reaching an agreement. after all the efforts which secretary kerry made, i would have expected abbas to say, let's discuss t. i hope very much that that will happen. but at the moment, it looks as if the palestinians are stalling. the palestinians are missing this great opportunity. i hope very much the secretary is right -- >> jamie: we will learn more about what progress was made, specifically, i am sure when he returns. i want to ask but iran. new president -- new policy? he has said that he wants more contact, more intersection with the western world. >> once again, i can only hope that this is the real thing. the iranians are masters of deception. they have proved it over the years. the -- i hear the new president. but i know the one who is really calling the shots in iran is the

supreme leader. he is very extremist. he has want come back on his threats or his plans. thfer, i would be very weary of the world being lulled into complacency by the talk of the president of iran. he has proved that he can talk the talk. now let's see if he can walk the walk. but he shouldn't be allowed much time to do that. >> jamie: it's been a very short time after the election there. but the fact that we won't have ahmadinejad to deal with in that capacity right now, any change -- any benefit to israel and to the world? >> seeing the back of ahmadinejad is good news for any person in this world. but at the same time, iran is the main engine, perpetrator and financier of terror around the world. i would actually set a deadline. i would like to see the president of the u.s. and the international community say to this new president, if you

really mean business, stop your nuclear program, let's sit down and discuss how you are going to do it and set a deadline and make it very, very clear to the iranians that all options are still on the table. we hope he means business. but if he doesn't, iranville a very heavy price to pay for it. we have talked about the repercussions for your country and also for the united states, getting involved. thank you so much. it's always a privilege to have you here with us. >> it's always good to be here. >> eric: good to see you. >> happy fourth to you. >> eric: know the fireworks mark the first week of george zimmerman's murder trial -- see any of that? the dramatic testimony and the tense confrontations between a key witness and a defense attorney. and the bizarre joke, fallen flat. where the case stands as we get ready for week 2. insatellite is coming up.

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>> jamie: what a week in the george zimmerman murder trial. really powerful testimony, dominating the first week. now that the prosecution's so-called key and some say star witness has told her story -- that obviously, george zimmerman with his defense counsel -- what comes next? could this trial wrap up fairly quickly? joining me now, bob massey, defense attorney, nicole debord. good morning, both of you. >> good morning! >> jamie: bob, when the prosecution puts up their first star witness, maybe the only one they have, i aminging both sides have something that will appear before they rest. and she almost becomes a defense witness -- it was really hard to tell -- her testimony was so confusing, if you could even hear her. >> that's right. >> jamie: does it signal that they will wrap their case quickly? >> assuming that that is as good

as they have, from a legal competency for our viewers, that's how competent she was, she was a hearing witness, not an eyewitness, if that's as good as she has, it's very difficult to see how they will rehabilitate the whole case, based on that. they have to, as you know, it's a chess game, in a trial. they have to evaluate witnesses, maybe they will eliminate or bring somebody else in on the list and try to finish it up and argue as best as they can, the facts of the case. >> jamie: nicole, i want to play a quick sound bite, what ms-nbc had to say, friend of trayvon martin, spoke to him before he died. so she wasn't on the phone with him wliel it was happening -- except at the beginning, where she gives something sm information in one respect on the stand that wasn't consistent with what she had said or even written previous to that. listen. >> trayvon martin, saying get

off, get off. >> there is a letter on march 19, at no time did you mention that you heard trayvon martin say a little get off, get off. correct is that yes, you did not say that? >> yes, sir. >> it's the job of the opposing side to discret them, take them down a notch. what happened here? >> i think that's exactly what happened here. the problem is that it appears -- at least from my perspective, that she was embellishing to make her story stronger for the jury. but the problem is that she got caught in that trap and the jurors will have a question about whether or not she told the truth about what she actually heard. i think it's damaging any time a witness tries to stretch the truth or embellish.

>> jamie: was she just poorly coached. factually, she lied about why she didn't go to the funeral. she said she was in the hospital, which later, it was found out that she wasn't. >> it's a little bit surprising that she hadn't been told to expect certain kinds of questions or if she had, she wasn't able to handle them very well. the defense was able to show that she has told a series of lies here and maybe has an ax to grind in her testimony. >> jamie: what seemed like another big minute, bob, are the injuries that george zimmerman suffered. i want to put up pictures of both his face, broken nose, bloodied and the back of his head, described by emt and a witness whoa said they heard a struggle and another witness say they saw someone on top in that altercation that they believed it was trayvon. how compelling that was testimony?

>> well, look, that's direct witness and everybody said that trayvon martin didn't have a weapon. in fact, he used the cement as his weapon. that gives rise to the stand your ground issue, as you know. was he in fear, will aerably person fear serious bodily harm. and that plays scbo the defense's argument. and you i -- and nicole -- how many times have you prepared witnesses for trial you? only know how good they are on the witness stand. this young lady, obviously, struggled throughout the case and was not able to perform the way the prosecution intended her to do, i am sure. >> jamie: why keep her on so long? even the opening argument for the defense was way longer than it need to be. >> absolutely. >> jamie: nicole, coming up this week, what can we expect, do you think that there will be smoking

gun witnesses that were on or want on the witness list? >> you know, i really don't think there will be any smoke gun. after defense presents their case, the prosecution can try to tie up any loosens that were created by the defense's case of but at this point, i think they have done their best to put their best foot forward. i don't think it went as planned and the operative word is performed. the witness tried to perform. when you are trying to perform as opposed to trying to recount what you know to be the truth, you sometimes have problems. >> jamie: i always found the witnesses were better before. >> absolutely. >> jamie: this jury is six women. we have all faced juries before. what do you make of that -- we can't predict, but do women react differently than men? >> oh, my goodness... listen! give me sixfy ands.

vitried six cases. females are tough on us. they are more detail oriented. on the other hand, there is something about cross-examining somebody like this star witness, too long. as you said earlier, there becomes a sympathy issue. saying that. i think women are collectively terrific jurors because they will look at the details and eliminate the emotion from it. and they will go, as we hope all jurors do, with the facts inside the courtroom, not outside the courtroom. i think they're historically tough. >> tough jurors. >>. >> jamie: clearly, we will be talking more. great analysis. >> thank you. >> thanks for having us. >> eric: jamie, bittish prime minister david cameron saying he hopes that stalled peace talks with the taliban will resume soon. a meeting in qatar was cut off earlier this month.

here's liz trotta's commentary. >> did you know that afghanistan has its own independence independence day in mid-august. it isn't as festive as it was in 1919. but amidst the carnage and failed hopes, it is an enduring testimony to how they feel about foreigners. afghanistan's fate was in play last week, after president obama revealed that direct peace talks with the taliban would take place immediately in qatar. so the taliban and their families moved into a villa and raised the taliban flag and a plaque identifying their office as the islamic emirates of afghanistan. it is a checkmate to the hand-handed diplomatic corption. this looked like a government in

exile, waiting for a comeback. sthat's exactly hathey wanted, under pressure, the flag and the plaque later disappeared. karzai fumed and said he wouldn't attend the talks and submitted to obama's persuasion in a conference call. advantage, talg ban. the incident have the markings of farce and remined me of the peace talks in 1973, when the vietnamese argued for weeks over the design of the tabling where they would talk peace while they waged war. journalists can never know all the details of diplomacy, much of what they are fed is disinformation n. time, however, like the blindfolded man feeling an elephant, they see the shape of things, the familiar contours of what they know from experience, emerging from the mist of the afghan war is a lost cause, one that obama's team got

wrong from the start. so as they recline on silk pillows, sipping tea at the villa. all the taliban has to do is wait. while they wait, they make war and men die, as did four soldiers last week. to further drive home their point, taliban suicide bombers actually fought their way onto the palace grounds in kabul, not far from the cia station. all of this happened only hours after the security of the country was handed to the afghanistan government. pakistan, friend of terrorists, is reported to be trying to patch up the rift and get both sides back to the table. but why should the taliban hurry when u.s. forces will be out by the end of next year, so we are told. reportedly, the white house has tail scaled back the original

conditions for peace talks, namely that the taliban renounce al qaeda, abandon teror and treat women better. this last aband has been a deal breaker and a contradiction to the half-baked u.s. line about respecting foreign cultures. a state department employee explained to reporters that these conditions are now thought of, as, quote, end goals, face saving is important in the grand game. the talks in doha which have been held semi-secretly for two years, became tantalizing in a proposal for swapping prisoners. they are asking for the return of five senior terrorists held at disbitmo, in exchange for a sergeant from halley, idaho, who has been a captive of the taliban for four years. the occasional video indicates he is still alive.

the taliban is acutely aware that the new secretary of state, john kerry, would burnish his rem resume in the sergeant is released and president obama would claim it as a personal victory. the taliban also knows, it has an edge in this diplomatic dance. for centuries, time and patience have served them well. >> eric: voter i.d -- it's back. supporters are praising it opponents harshly denounce it. greg abbot will explain what it means in the lone star state. the president of the united states of america, standing in one of the most famous and infamous cells on the globe. that is nelson mandela's small concrete home on robin island, where he spent 18 of his 27 years, sleeping on the floor in that -- if you can even call it a bed -- a pensive, thoughtful

and clearly emotional commander in chief who has said that nelson mandela is one of his personal icons, looking out, thinking about the future and mandela's future, too.

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thank you for joining us this morning. >> great to be with you. >> eric: when the ruling came down, you announced you would start voter i.d., obviously, lobe star state voters would now need it? >> right. part of the backdrop of the supreme court decision, striking down the pre-clearance part of the voting right act, we in texas had passed a voter i.d. law the department of justice was want allowing us to implement, even though it's been pre-approved by the supreme court in another state. so it showed the way the pre-clearance process was being used was discriminatory against some states, not being allowed to use the same voter integrity laws that other states can use. >> eric: critics say tell lead to suppression of minorities and those who don't have voter i.d -- it is not why bloody sunday happened in selma. what is your reaction to those

who say, it's suppressing the vote, you may have to drive, what? 300 miles to get a voter i.d -- who's going to do that? >> those criticisms are false. it is very important to understand that in the states that have employed voter i.d. laws, minority participation has increased, not decreased. second, the united states has upheld the constitutionity and it said that, sure, there are inconveniences that go along with getting a voter i.d, however those inconveniences are not voter suppression and it doesn't make the law unconstitutional. these are issues that have been argued about, but the third thing that is so important here is that just because the pre-clearance part of the voting rights act has been string down tdoes not mean that the robust protections are gone. someone feels like they have been discriminated against because of voter i.d. or other

law, they still have recourse to the courts to try to have the law stricken down. really, all of these protections, protecting minorities and those who demand their right to vote, are still going to be there to help them. >> eric: in 15 seconds, we are running out of time -- but what do the texas voters have to do now, what if they don't have an i.d. why where do they go? >> texas is going to provide a photo i.d. for them for free. if they ask for tthey can get it for free and vote in the upcoming election. >> eric: thank so much. i apologize for the short time table. we'll be right back. >> thank you. a sec! i found our colors. we've made a decision. great, let's go get you set up... we need brushes. you should check out our workshops...

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>> jamie: already deadly results from the summer scorcher that is sweeping the south and the southwest part of the country. look at the numbers. we go to los angeles with more on the heat. dominic? >> reporter: yes. one elderly man claimed yesterday, after fire responders went to his home in las vegas and discovered that he had died. he did have medical issues to begin with. and the fire department saying they think it was the heat that caused complications and finished him off. but that's precisely the risks that's happening here. in las vegas, it is expected to be 117 today, pushing close to an all-time record there. yesterday, 30 people in an open-air concert had to be taken to the hospital, dued to heat-related problems. they are going to be fine. but as always in las vegas, 40 people were taken to the hospital in total because it's getting so warm.

palm springs, a record 122 degrees yesterday. central valley's going to be hot. 100 and here in grand park in los angeles, we are expecting to touch about 93 degrees. we are having people paddling in the water and that's one of the ways they are trying to keep cool. 65 cooling centers are being set up for those who don't have air conditioning at home. given the death in las vegas yesterday, authorities are concerned about people suffer from this heat. they say the heat stroke is a 911 emergency. if have you relatives, friends, or neighbor who is look like they are suffering call officials right away? president obama about to take the stage in capetown, south africa, any moment now. white house officials calling this the speech of the trip. we will bring it to you live, as soon as the president steps up

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>> eric: twitter mee me -- i guess that's what you do. >> jamie: are you really not following me, yet? join us! see you next time. shannon bream, live from washington starts now. >> shannon: against the backdrop of grave concerns about nelson mandela's health, we are awaiting a speech from president obama, sitting in the city where robert kennedy made a speech in the darkest days of apartheid, the president is expected to highlight nelson mandela's legacy and bringing about changes once thought impossible. this will wrap up the first trip to south africa as president. ed henry is traveling with the president and is live in capetown. hello. >> reporter: great to see you, shannon. this is the hallmark speech of the week-long visit to this continent of africa, billed that way by the white house because the president will be at the university of capetown, where robert f. kennedy gave a