led to the first democratic elections in south africa in the spring of 1994, the election of nelson mandela, which is why in 2013 one mandela had his funeral in south africa, one of the few heads of state who was asked to wask amongst all present president raul castro of cuba. >> [applause] in any case,ne: you should also know during the u.s. civil war, spanish cuba, or the spanish ruled cuba, was in a quandary. on the one hand they suspected that whoever won, the north of the self, during the u.s. civil war, that the winners would want cuba. there had been a lust for taking cuba decades previously. there has been an effort to make cuba a state of the united states of america. that is one idea that is circulating in the minds of the spanish rulers in cuba. circulating that they should be in solidarity with their slaveholding comrades in the south in order to defeat the north. won,, if the south had they would be after cuba ousting the spanish. at the end of the day they decided to open the report to the confederate state of america. after the defeat of the confederates, there was tremendous

so the first example was borer nelson mandela and was offered the executive chef job under president clinton. but he turned it down because it was too much of a pay cut. [laughter] he was making well into the six figures at the hotel across the street from the white house that that time the executive chef salary was only 58,000 so it definitely drop he had several kids and turned it down. with the sesame crested halibut with lemon grass vegetables in there is a recipe in my book to replicate at home at the last second they asked him to be the guest of honor along with nelson mandela said he did not cook a meal but he created it. but george herbert walker bush that is the only one that i know of. is there a presidential tace tester? yes there is it tends to be the opposition leader in congress. [laughter] it is actually the white house chef. and can you give us insight i know he doesn't drink. >> we don't get a lot of information what president trump likes the what i have seen so far is he does love meatballs with a well done stake with catch-up. -- catch-up but the fast food label is

on nelson mandela international day. i submitted comments for the record this morning but i would like to highlight a few key points. in his 95 years of life, president mandela was a transformative leader who forever changed the world through his steadfast dedication to freedom, equality and human rights. after spending 27 years in prison, nelson mandela became the first black south african to e elected president and used his administration to dismantle apartheid, combat institutional racism and begin the prosofse racial reconciliation in his country. to me, however, nelson mandela was more than a world renowned leader. i had the distinct honor and privilege of calling him a friend. his courageous leadership in the antiapartheid movement encouraged me to join in the fight which to this day is one of the most defining moments of my life. we will forever be indebted to nelson mandela who taught the power of one man having the fortitude to sacrifice his own ideals for a cause greater than himself. i yield back the balance of

clinton asked him to be the guest of honor along with nelson mandela. the meal but created it. in terms of the allergies, george herbert walker bush after he had sushi or whatever in japan. that is the only one i know of. people ask me, is there a presidential taster? yes there is. it tends to be the opposition leader in congress. [applause] >> it is actually the white house chef. they are the last ones to taste what goes before the president. >> i have enjoyed your discussion. can you give us insight to our present president. does he have any -- i know he doesn't drink. >> we don't get a lot of information on what donald trump likes. what i have seen in the press is he loves meatloaf and he loves a well-done steak with jump. that is what i saw on the news. there are a lot of chronicled about the fast food. the fast food label is unfair. when you are on the campaign trail that is what you're getting a lot of times but i do know he loves meatloaf. mother is and that we don't get a lot of information about what is going on in the trump white house. thank

nelson mandela, a a e free man taking his first steps. >> while the world is changing in europe, theid government of south africa sees the writing on the wall. south africa won't be able to continue in the post cold world war world. >> when he's released from prison, it becomes a global moment that signifies one of the earliest indications that the 1990s is going to be a different sort of decade. >> i greet you all. peace. freedom for all. >> he becomes a moral beacon around the world because of the way he handled himself. so you had this world, this moment in the early '90s when the peacemakers were in charge. the stars aligned. >> there has been a dangerous late breaking development in the persian gulf. u.s. intelligence sources confirm that it within the past few hours, more than 100,000 iraqi troops have masked along the border with kuwait. >> saddam hussein sends a fleet of tanks and other mechanized forces to the kuwaiti border. it's shocking in washington and other than western capitals. saddam hussein had a million-man army and if he invades kuwait, he could lurch into saudi

>> free nelson mandela. >> they freed him already. john: what's the enemy of social justice?> capitalism is really what is the oppressive force. john: so what must people do? >> spread those resources. john: when that's tried, people have to wait in endless lines for their social justice. >> [inaudible] john: social justice -- >> if we don't get it -- john: that's our show tonight. ♪ ♪ >> and now, john stossel. john: are you for social justice? i want to say i am because if i'm not, wouldn't that mean i'm for social injustice? that sounds terrible. it's why social justice is such a powerful slogan. it usually means, well, i'm not clear exactly what it means. it can mean so many things. jonah goldberg explains that in this video for prager university. >> ask ten lib calls to tell you -- liberals to tell you what they mean by social justice, and you'll get ten different answers. that's because social justice means anything its champions want it to mean. social justice is code for good things no one needs to argue for and no one dare be against. john: except me. excuse me, i wan

. >> was that during nelson mandela. >> oh, my gosh that's right. >> what's hpe prepare for everything here. you're plague along. when they say it's here's how you make gas, home blued alcohol and big manure rick perry used to be on "dancing with the stars." could sean spicer former president secretary courted by "dancing with the stars." and then apparently he's also got a meeting with abc, income, cbs, and fox news in new york. this guy on dancing with st stars. >> i submit that may have been the long timing from the very beginning this was goal. i'm going on tv and saying there's way more people at the inauguration and hide in the pushes towel distance moves no one is watching and this oom i resign and moom that what's i want to do. >> somebody in comedy you know they ask about melissa mccarthy. >>> the first thing they did it it was shocking. they seem almost the chew thought and he said it was mean. he didn't think was funny. i thought dude maybe lighten up ail little because if you. >> they're watching. >> i think that i mean i felt it was finance any. each and every time the fac

. >>> today is international nelson mandela day. the united nations honoring his contributions to world peace. the former south african president was born on this date in 1918. the onnels mandela foundation is calling on people to fight poverty as part of this year's observance. >> still ahead, a lot of buzz at one of the biggest technology shows in the country. we'll give you a peak at some of the top gadgets on display. >> plus an uber turned into an emergency delivery room, after a woman went into labor. have you to see the incredible video taken by the uber driver who helped to deliver her baby. >>> well techies are in heaven at the big consumer electronics show in new york. it's gadgets galore. the latest innovations are causing a lot of buzz. one of them is a grill on the go. the solar powered device lets you bake, roast, and steam in the sun. >> just load food into the stainless steel trays. it goes inside of vacuum chambers. any day of the year is pretty much fair game as long as you have light. >> and for new parents, baby

a rather famous admirers include nelson mandela who gave her this silk scarf and from president john f. kennedy a signed photograph of john f. kennedy. the queen of course has one obvious passion and visitors will quickly notice a theme emerging. there have been several gifts of life courses during the queen's frankly none of which is shown in the exhibition. but also objects relating to courses site porcelain horses an example of her writings will spend me's in bronze and examples of her mind to it. from grand gifts personal belongings for the first time one of the displays has been dedicated to princess diana with items chosen by her sons to mark the twentieth anniversary of her death. among them her ballet shoes and a suitcase full of cassette tapes of her favorite music. john manga bbc news at buckingham palace. estonian president locked with a boss is suspended all official contacts with israel is the crises gray savor additional security measures. in the old city of jerusalem three palestinians were killed in clashes with israeli security forces. and three israelis have died af

same thing, tie yourself to a popular fad and make it look like it's bigger than it is, like nelson mandela should have been out there giving a peach, pokemon is above fietding the oppressors, they cannot catch us all. they can never. (applause). >> trevor: but it turns out fidget spinners aren't the only thing russia is toying with. >> this morning a striking new revelation, a white house official telling nbc news president trump had a previously undisclosed conversation with russian president vladimir putin at this dinner held for world leaders at the g20 sum knit ham wurg, germany. >> video shows mr. trump taking the seat across the table from mr. putin and first lady melania trump, later on mr. trump reportedly left his seat it go to speak with mr. putin for nearly an hour. using mr. putin's translator. >> trevor: i'm starting to think donald trump never wants us to stop talking about russia. because then we would start talking about the fact that he doesn't know how to be president. like the funny thing is we can talk about both, donald, we can talk about both. i'm not even upset by th

got to prison, i started writing and so as to maintain my own mental health, i decided to use nelson mandelamodel. >> not a bad model. >> not a bad model. >> not a bad model. >> here's a guy who was in solitary confinement for more than 30 years. now, that's identified as a form of torture by the united nations. and he came out and what did he do? he forgave everybody. so i decided, i have to look at this as water under the bridge. i can't change it. it's done. it's in the past. i have to -- i have to rebuild my life and look forward. with that said, i think that we need to talk as a country about what the fbi does to people. one of the wonderful things about working for the senate foreign relations committee is you get to have lunch with foreign diplomats all the time. and, you know, i just love talking about middle eastern politics and the middle east peace process and whatever. i got a call from a japanese diplomat inviting me to lunch one day. i went to lunch. i remember that lunch being delightful. and at the end of it, he said to me, so what's next for you? i said, well, i think i'm go

her other famous admirers include nelson mandela, who gave her this silk scarf.itors will quickly notice a theme emerging. well, there have been several gifts of live horses during the queen's reign, clearly none of which are shown in the exhibition, but also objects relating to horses. so, porcelain horses, an example of her riding horse burmese in bronze, and examples of her mounted. from grand gifts to personal belongings, but for the first time, one of the displays has been dedicated to princess diana, with items chosen by her sons to mark the 20th anniversary of her death. among them, her ballet shoes and a suitcase full of cassette tapes of her favourite music. john ironmonger, bbc news, at buckingham palace. a bag used by neil armstrong to bring back lunar soil from the first ever trip to the moon has been sold at an auction in new york. "that's one small step for man"... but it was a giant leap for the anonymous bidder who bought it, sealing the deal at sotheby‘s for a cool £1.4 million. the bag is no longerfull, but it does still contain traces of moon r

president bill clinton and vice president al gore, british prime minister tony blair and president nelson mandela and his perfect clients are huge, but i also want to say i have a personal privilege of being able to work with stanley greenberg for three decades in different capacities in different countries around the world and the work that he did in south africa in a quality for people of color and make safe space for other people in south africa in extraordinary work and looking at the questions of disability, said the disability movement is quite fortunate to have his mind around some of our issues. [applause] to the skills he needed. to be in the front line and i'm always admiring jennifer laszlo's unbelievable energy, focus and intensity. when sets herself out to achieve a goal, i have no doubt we'll make progress so i'm happy to participate. we had the good fortune to begin to pull together with a republican partner, you know, over the last few years, initially for national public radio, but then to look at the disability community, both those with disabilities and are part of this communi

and nelson mandela was awarded his liberty medal the first trip to the u.s. >> barry manilow song, looksooks like we made it. >> reporter: bursting at the scenes. >> i think it is wonderful. the entertainment is great. it is free. >> it is wonderful. it is great. >> new people moving in, more people sending their kids to college here. >> reporter: 25 years later, philadelphia's hosted two party conventions, an nfl draft. >> i think the city of philadelphia is going to love it. >> reporter: and a pope, not to mention an annual tradition, wawa welcome america, a huge concert on the parkway. in '93 -- it was bobby rydell that graced the stage. since then, philadelphia's exploded. >> i gave them a charge to get it done. and with bare bones staffs, they got it done, to the point we now hold the biggest events in the world flawlessly. >> reporter: in philadelphia, keith jones, nbc 10 news. >>> a few minutes before 9:30. we're tracking breaking developments in the chester county road rage murder case. the district attorney is expected to reveal new information here in just about an hour. this i

nelson mandela was awarded the liberty medal, his first trip to the u.s. >> barry manilow song, looksde it. >> reporter: bursting at the scenes. >> i think it is wonderful. the entertainment is great. it is free. >> it is wonderful. it is great. >> new people moving in, more people sending their kids to college here. >> reporter: 25 years later, philadelphia's hosted two party conventions, an nfl draft. >> i think the city of philadelphia is going to love it. >> reporter: and a pope, not to mention an annual tradition, wawa welcome america, a huge concert on the parkway. in '93 -- it was bobby rydell that graced the stage. since then, philadelphia's exploded. >> i gave them a charge to get it done. and with bare bones staffs, they got it done, to the point we now hold the biggest events in the world flawlessly. >> reporter: in philadelphia, keith jones, nbc 10 news. don't miss your chance to win big during the wawa welcome america festivities, our way of saying thank you to all of our viewers. nbc 10 summer of fun giveaway. here are the prizes. three-night all inclusive getaway from a

he has previously created portraits of a number of influential people including pope francis' nelson mandela and donald trump who is another big figure at the upcoming g twenty summit. austria's ambassador has been summoned by the vienna as reported plans to deploy troops at the borders between the two countries the italian interior minister has strongly criticized the decision. it's an unjustified and unprecedented initiative that if not immediately changed will inevitably have repercussions for security cooperation between two countries. it's all happening amidst an increased influx of migrants and it is highly artificial the day bensky has more. there has been summonsed over the fact that vienna has said it could deploy up to seven hundred and fifty troops to the border with italy there ready to be deployed at any point and it has already deployed a number of armed personnel carriers to the border to the brain a pass which is a mountainous pass between italy and austria and that's because austria is concerned about the growing influx of migrants to italy which may then cross its border in

. >>> nelson mandela was hospitalized for what has been called a routine medical checkup.or says there is nothing to worry about. >>> if you forgot to do it last night, move your clocks ahead an hour for daylight savings time. we have more news later. now, it's back to lockup. >>> due to mature subject matter viewer discretion is advised. >>> at boston suffolk county jail, some inmates are better known to staff than others, mainly due to their many stays here. >> boston baby, beantown. bean town! >> sal guiliano, who is finishing up a year-long sentence for a probation violation, is here for the 12th time. it's a chance to catch up with buddies from his neighborhood. >> east boston baby, east boston. waitress. 2128, stay golden. [ bleep ] [ bleep ] how i grew up, just loyalty was a big thing. friendship was a big thing. don't find too many people who understand them words, friendship. friendship to me is, you know, i do for others, those that are my friends i would do before i do for myself. >> selfish. one coffee. there's six of us. you come in with one coffee. all right.

her other famous admirers include nelson mandela, who gave her this silk scarf.assion, and visitors will quickly notice a theme emerging. well, there have been several gifts of live horses during the queen's reign, clearly none of which are shown in the exhibition, but also objects relating to horses. so, porcelain horses, an example of her riding horse burmese in bronze, and examples of her mounted. from grand gifts to personal belongings, but for the first time, one of the displays has been dedicated to princess diana, with items chosen by her sons to mark the 20th anniversary of her death. among them, her ballet shoes and a suitcase full of cassette tapes of her favourite music. john ironmonger, bbc news, at buckingham palace. a bag used by neil armstrong to bring back lunar soil from the first ever trip to the moon has been sold at an auction in new york. that's one small step for man. but it was a giant leap for the anonymous bidder who bought it, sealing the deal at sotheby‘s for a cool £1.4 million. that is quite extraordinary. i bet he wishes he had taken

admitted into the university of london in 2011 to study for a law degree by correspondence, as nelson mandelaone from prison in south africa. susan was one of the university of london's best students in human rights law. she established a legal aid clinic in her prison, helping scores of her fellow inmates to be released from prison. she led a case, susan tigula and 417 others, where all of the death row inmates in uganda challenged the mandatory death sentence for murder and armed robbery. as a result of this case, susan and hundreds of others were released from death row. she's now completed her law degree. uganda's most senior judge invited her to apply to join the judiciary. she said, "i won't, and now i'm going to train women in prison in the law, so they can use the law to protect their families and their communities." we're in the process of establishing the world's first prison-based law college. we're then going to establish a prison-based law firm, through which they provide services to their peers. we've seen about 3,000 people released from prison in uganda and kenya, having acces

her other famous admirers include nelson mandela, who gave her this silk scarf.rs will quickly notice a theme emerging. well, there have been several gifts of live horses during the queen's reign, clearly none of which are shown in the exhibition, but also objects relating to horses. so, porcelain horses, an example of her riding horse burmese in bronze, and examples of her mounted. from grand gifts to personal belongings, but for the first time, one of the displays has been dedicated to princess diana, with items chosen by her sons to mark the 20th anniversary of her death. among them, her ballet shoes and a suitcase full of cassette tapes of her favourite music. john ironmonger, bbc news, at buckingham palace. time for the weather. many of us feeling a chill in the air, some strong winds around. and some heavy rain, even cracks of thunder again across one or two areas of the uk. in wales, for example, in the last few hours. the weather has been nasty, especially in the south—west, those winds have been strong around coastal areas and blustery inland, as well. t

>> nelson mandela said the one word that should describe every leader is measured.en. >> especially as a president. ari? >> chaos is a mood, not a strategy. if you do not like donald trump's agenda, the good news on this failure-filled week is that he is doing more chaos and less governing. >> it is failure friday. rick? >> i'll say it again, i think this presidency is effectively over. we don't effectively have a chief of staff, a comes director, anything that's working. >> donny. >> #limp. >> yamiche? >> i think americans are waiting for the government to work for them, whether democrats and republicans, people all over the world and all over the country are hoping that donald trump functions in some way and congress functions in some way that actually betters lives. >> it is a sad and difficult time. i'll quote someone important to me who says bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and blavpss, causes compromises and accommodations so let's cooperate. it put it on my twitter bio. it is my dad. that does it for us this morning. stephanie ruhle picks up the coverag