on this day, anthony nelson is going back to his food distribution company in lake tahoe after a yearl.a., is being released after serving four months. >> first name. >> i'll see you when you come back. >> i'll see you when you come back. >> all right. >> i'll still be there. >> you never know. that's why you've got to be careful. it's kind of good to know that you'll come right back if you're not on your toes out there. it's easy to get in trouble. you come right back. >> will they be back? young jesus has been in prison once before. and for anthony, this was his fourth time behind bars. ♪ one day you'll find me on the main street ♪ ♪ i'll be the one who's looking square ♪ ♪ oh yeah >> if the goal of prison is to deter, punish, and rehabilitate criminals, maybe folsom is doing something right. in the past ten years, folsom inmates have provided about 1.5 million hours of community service. at that rate in a single year, the labor saves community agencies over $2.5 million. the true test is whether these inmates can continue using the skills they learned inside folsom to help their co

. ♪ ♪ ♪ free nelson mandela ♪ free nelson mandela ♪ >> rolling stone magazine condition tributing editor anthonyrst heard "sun city" by stephen van zandt, what did you think of the song? >> i thought it was terrific. stephen was someone who i really -- he's bruce springsteen's guitarist and after they went to europe it kind of brought into his intellectual and historical knowledge and apartheid became an issue for him and he totally went for it, as is his way and,you know, he united hip-hop musicians and jazz musicians to make his statement and it catalyzed action. >> it catalyzed and it mobilized all of these people to realize what that was going on in south africa was simply unsustainable. >> yeah. there were a variety of things going on. i mean, i went to cover a concert to free nelson mandela in london for "rolling stone" and it was amazing how controversial that issue was at that time. i mean, there were conservative ministers of parliament in england who were very upset that the bbc was going to broadcast this concert. the concert was broadcast in the united states and kind of stripped of

nelson mandela begins a journey home. allen pizzey is liven there there. allen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anthony.he plane is carried the body. the flag-draped coffin came out the back of the plane in full military honors. it will be placed in a hearse and driven around the town making two stops so people can pay their last respects and then they will make their way down a highway that's been closed off down here to qunu. a lot of people have been lining that route so they can say their final farewell. it will go to mandela's traditional -- the house he built, the house he loved the most. you may be able to see it behind me amongst the tents. there's a screen so people who can't fit into the large dome where the funeral will be held can watch it. the journey began very early this morning at an aur base this morning where they made a very long speech detailing the history of the african congress which were the ones who fought against the apartheid. zuma has been accused of turning this into a political party type of event. there were huge crowds. you can see nelson mandela's widow graca machel open

anthony, venita? >> bill plante at the white house this morning. >>> the world remembers nelson mandela as a fighter fornd a great national leader. but mandala also understood the rich power of music. in tonight's 48-hour special, "nelson mandela: father of a nation" jazz legend and cbs contributor, went wibtynton marsalis shows how music became an instrument of social change in south africa. ♪ ♪ >> nelson mandela's life-long fight for freedom in south africa had a secret weapon -- music. ♪ ♪ >> one of the masters of that music, and a man who knew nelson mandela is legendary horn man, hugh masekela. we got together to remember mandala and the music that propelled a people's revolution. ♪ ♪ >> the story of nelson mandela jailed for such a long time. but what was the perception of mandala when he was in jail? were you aware of him and what he had done? >> we all knew him from when we were children when he went to jail. he made one of the greatest speeches ever. >> this is something for which i am prepared to die. >> freedom is a thing that i stand for and i'm prepared to die for it and then he disappeared

nelson mandela. he died in johannesburg late yesterday, he was 95. >> let's go to our johannesburg reporter. anthonyrough what has happened since the news of the passing of mandela was announced. the news was announced just before midnight. instantly started flocking to his current tom and his former home -- home and his former home in soweto. they've have gathered singing, celebrating his life, basically morning -- mourning. there has been no official announcement on what the funeral plans are. his body has been flown to a military hospital in pretoria. that is what everyone is waiting for -- when and where the state funeral will be. a lot of tributes are being paid by his friends from the apartheid era. in addition, we have had world leaders like president obama paying tribute to his life and we are really waiting to see what happens now going forward. >> as you say, we are going to in which we pay tribute to the man and that we will have his funeral. presumably, the logistics of that funeral are going to be something because world leaders will be pouring into this country to attend that event. >>

anthony. and thanks for watching nbc bay area news. see you back here next weekend. have a good week. we leave you tonight from live pictures from johannesburg of the memorial for nelsonu up in the air with student pilots training in the u.s. why sot critics say they're being rushed in the cockpit. and hoe legal battles over special ed are affecting all students. and we investigate a bay area fire station that's earned the ugly reputation as the cancer station.

see brazil in my future. [ anthony ] i use the explorer card to earn miles in order to go visit my family, which means a lot to me. ♪ how much can you tell us about -- about nelsonla from your perspective? >> joe, it's very interesting to observe there is the legacy of mandela. this is a society which was highly divided by apartheid. now you have a system where the economy does integrate plaques and whites and other groups in south africa. it will give us the bitter legacy. it's also as a result of much of the rest of africa. it was hard to imagine a 30 or 40 yearsyeah. brian, you were fortunate enough to know the man pretty well just from both business and public service, right? >> yes, you're very right. and thank you very much for having us all on the show this morning. first of all, my condolences to all the people of africa and, indeed, the world. we've lost an akiconic leader w in his presence you're dignified where he went out of his way to make you feel so important. but, indeed, south africa has a lot of work to do going forward. and, the legacy which nelson mandela had created and the platform he has created, i think the new south africa is very much f