. >> republicans baulk at extending payments for the jobless. >> remembering nelson mandela. it is 9am in johannesburg, south africa. that is a live look at the stadium where crowds are forming for the official state memorial service which is set to begin in 2 hours. it's taking place at the f&b stadium, which seats 94,000. authorities are expecting many more will attend. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. nic in addition to the citizens of south africa dignitaries will attend. president obama will speak. he met nelson mandela at a washington d.c. hotel in 2005 when he was a senator. bill clinton, george w. bush and jimmy carter also part of delegation. >> david cameron, hamid karzai, steven harper. ban ki-moon, will people, and former general secretary kofi annan. prince charles is representing the throne. we'll have more from south africa with ali velshi who is on the ground. men american forces are being called on. chuck hagel is ordering the u.s. military to transport troops. 400 have been killed in fighting between christians and muslim groups. we go to the

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many democrats are baulking, because it doesn't include extending unemployment benefits. why not include it? >> well, there are a lot of things that people wanted. they wanted farm bill things in they're. they wanted stimulus spending in here, they wanted a tax increase, but there were a lot of things that we just weren't going to do. and we're.ing an agreement that we can agree to. there was no offset requested for that. that was $20 bill chron that would have shot a hole through our deficit reduction. there are a lot of things not in this graeme that people wanted, and that is the way that compromise and common ground work. >> it does not include closing a single tax loophole, yet would increase tsa fees that all americans say. how would you respond to a critic the nbc time you're having a town hall in wisconsin that says, why are you in favor that what is, by any other name a tax increase? >> it's not a tax, a user fee. >> well, you can call it whatever you want, but pretend i'm being joe blow in wisconsin, you're making me pay more at the tsa. >> i'm in a town hall me