how do we see this going forward. >> let's compare dr king and nelson mandela. after the height of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, dr king had two or three other goals. adjust foreign policy, antiwar, peace movement in the war and political oppression. not only in this country but globally. also dr king had another goal. the poor people's march, poverty, number inequality. conversely nelson mandela south africa got rid of apartheid, they have black rule, but there are millions lacking in housing, jobs, high unemployment, health care disparities. in other words we see a parallel between dr king and nelson mandela - same issues, same problems, even after the end of apartheid. even after the end of legal segregation in this country. so important between looking at nelson mandela, and their legacies to under one thing. the problems that they - and their vision saw as being endemic and impacting poor african-americans, poor black south africans still had to be struggled against, fought against. in other words both of them saw that this was a battle that was n

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>>> 50 years ago dr. kingn a remarkable year. 50 years later, it's been another remarkable year of fighting for rights and progress 37 that's next. [ sniffles, coughs ] shhhh! i have a cold with this annoying runny nose. [ sniffles ] i better take something. [ male announcer ] dayquil cold and flu doesn't treat all that. it doesn't? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms plus has a fast-acting antihistamine. oh, what a relief it is! wears off. [ female announcer ] stop searching and start repairing. eucerin professional repair moisturizes while actually repairing very dry skin. the end of trial and error has arrived. try a free sample at eucerinus.com. >>> 50 years ago dr. king and other civil rights leaders looked back on a remarkable year. the pain and resolve of the birmingham protest. the triumph of the march on washington. the tragedy of the church bombing. it was a year when the governor of alabama declared segregation now and forever. and a year in which dr. king answered w

dr. king said famously in the line that is the first to be forgotten that when the civil rights movement got rid of segregation in the south, some of the chief beneficiaries would be white southerners because their whole system was imprisoned psychologically, economically and politically in a system of selling regeation that -- segregation that depended on trying to keep people degraded. it degraded everyone. and when segregation went, what did you hear about? the sun belt. you never heard of the sun belt when it was segregated. it was the hook worm belt. we were poor. my mayor, ivan allen in atlanta, said as soon as the civil rights bill passed not quite 50 years ago, the city of atlanta built a sports stadium on land it didn't own with money be it didn't have for a team it hadn't located and lured the first professional sports team, the atlanta braves, from milwaukee to atlanta. it opened up the whole world. every politician in the south who cusses the civil rights movement stands on its sho

i have always regarded dr. king as the greatest american this country has produced, but dr. was dead long before i was out of diapers. here was a freedom fighter that represents the closest thing to kings correct i would ever meet. i was stuck outside pouting until someone yelled to me the mayor was asking for me. backecret service let me inside city hall, and i moved or the hallways, now filled with mandela's entourage, to see what the mayor needed. all the time i am looking for a glimpse myself. .he mayor wished us to meet mandela wanted to personally greet mohammed ali and sidney poitier before he went to speak at the rally. my job as a young aide was to go outside and escort ali and poitier back into the mayor's office. my heart accelerated so fast i immediately ran outside and i hadd ali and what ea as been told. when i open the security door into the long hallway that led to the mayor's personal office and the mayor's entourage, saw i'll be and what he a walking tour -- saw ali and poitier walking toward them, i cannot describe the sheer ecstasy in that hallway as we w

we had to fight that same system that dr. king started in '63, mandela got out and there was the right to vote, and they had to get this commerce to declare sanctions very reluctant against our system. but the impetus to free that system came from the civil rights struggle on policy. and to think, david, he got off the terrorist list in 2008. think about that. >> he had sort of lingered there. >> he got off the perish list by george bush at the communists' urging in 2008. >> we talk about the mandela legacy and he's often compared, as we said, to dr. king, to ghandi. but those two were killed much earlier in their lives before they could see the fruits of that struggle. mandela stands alone in that regard, doesn't he? >> in many respects. but let me just say this, i think it makes sense, david. when you think about ghandi, both mandela and king learned from ghandi his whole commitment as a lawyer to non-violence. that became king's legacy in his short 39 years of life, it became nelson man dailydela's l in his 95 years of life. ki

dr. marvin luther king jr. they were two men that truly changed the world. joining me now is dr. nie niece, dr. albeta king. >> thank you for having me. >> you met nelson mandela after she served time in prison, what is your impression now as we see one of the great leaders of the world. >> as one that has been involved in the struggle for freedom all of my life, actually, coming out of my own family, to me, president mandela was a humbling experience. i was very aware of his early years. he was a warrior. and he thought that fighting was the way to do it, physical fighting, the human contact, and yet he was humble in prison autoof all of those years. you could see that humility and a certain grace. most of the time when you see his pictures that that gentle smile was there. for me it was also a humbling experience. i had the opportunity to go to south africa myself a few years later to see the after math of apartheid. and i put that in the same category of meeting others like muhammad ali and others because of being in the family of martin luther king. >> what were some of the c

effort that in one thousand sixty three sixty four sixty five the civil rights movement grew and dr king ultimately was in the rose garden with president johnson to sign the civil rights in the voting rights act so it's the social movements working in concert with those inside the system that also will bring about that change who thought that a southern president under lyndon johnson would do that but between the assassination of john f. kennedy in the civil rights movement on that pressure and then fly. only i would end with the anti-war movement when buddhist monks started the self in your late under offices of robert mcnamara a young activist began to gather at the pentagon as early as sixty three and sixty four doubt led to bella abzug in others to cut the purse strings and vietnam so i think it's a combination of the two it's what we do as activists what we do as citizens to move our president regardless of what time we find ourselves so also we bring about that change and that's why i'm so honored to be part of progressive democrats of america and be part of that social movement so

we had to fight that same system that dr. kingn '63, mandela got out and there was the right to vote, and they had to get this commerce to declare sanctions very reluctant against our system. but the impetus to free that system came from the civil rights struggle on policy. and to think, david, he got off the terrorist list in 2008. think about that. >> he had sort of lingered there. >> he got off the perish list by george bush at the communists' urging in 2008. >> we talk about the mandela legacy and he's often compared, as we said, to dr. king, to ghandi. but those two were killed much earlier in their lives before they could see the fruits of that struggle. mandela stands alone in that regard, doesn't he? >> in many respects. but let me just say this, i think it makes sense, david. when you think about ghandi, both mandela and king learned from ghandi his whole commitment as a lawyer to non-violence. that became king's legacy in his short 39 years of life, it became nelson mandela's legacy in his 95 years of life. king freed a

nelson mandela and reverend martin luther king, jr., two men who truly did change the world. joining me is dr. alveda king, dr. king's niece. thank you for joining me. >> hello, and merry christmas everyone. >> thank you. and merry christmas to you. you actually met nelson mandela in 1990, not long after he was released from the 27-year time in prison. what was your initial impression as you met this man we now see as one of the great leaders of the world? >> as one who has been involved in the struggle for freedom all of my life, actually, coming out of my own family, to meet president mandela, it was a humbling experience. i was very aware of this early years when he was warrior, and he thought that fighting was the way to do it, physical fighting, human combat, and yet he was humbled in prison over all of those years, and you can see that humility, and that was a certain grace, and most of the time when you see his picture, that same smile, that gentle smile was there. so for me it was a humbling experience. i had the opportunity to go to south africa myself a few years later and see the a

longer than dr. king lived.aid the predicate for apartheid. we raised money for that movement in south africa. we got the black caucus led by maxine waters. the u.s. and britain were partners in the south african regime. as a nation, we chose apartheid in the name of being anti communist over the freedom of the people. and somehow the movement here, the civil rights movement in our country deserves much credit for the change we now see in america, and in south africa. >> well, and reverend, to that point, that's why it is so interesting -- i think, and potentially enlightening, to see some of the political debate playing out more among republicans. but take a listen to more from former speaker newt gingrich, in doing what rick hertzburg was doing, embracing as a founding father in politics, one of the best things you could say about someone. take a listen. >> posted my statement on her facebook page and was amazed at some of the intensity, some of whom came back three and four and five times, repeating how angry

dr. king's presence and his impact. i think with mr. mandela, his c fact we were blessed to have him with us for 95 years. dr. king we lost as a man. yes, i think you are correct, mr. mandela, his influence in his own life has grown. you are correct. very astute observation. >> we want to thank you for sharing your insights and memories with us. wonderful to talk with you again on this very sad occasion. >> thank you so much. >> caller: thank you both. >> as we watch a live picture here again in johannesburg outside the mandela home, our coverage continues >>> back now, this is a live image of the statue of nelson mandela, outside the embassy in northwest washington. mandela, dead today at the age of 95. his death announced by south african president, jacob zuma. reaction is pouring in from around the world and here at home, jimmy carter just released this statement about mandela's death. we are deeply saddened by the death of nelson mandela. the people of south africa lost a great leader. i was gratified to work with him through the re

you have said, bernice, dr. king, we all know, dr. our hero. you were at the white house during the clinton administration, and you talked about, you know, it's not quite the same, i suppose, hearing your father speak, with his booming voice and that of nelson mandela's. but their presence is similar. >> their presence. their presence is very much similar. i mean, i remember when he was in my mom's office at the king center. my mother hosted the trip that he took to atlanta. and he came to the king center, and our family had an opportunity to sit with him just a little while. where just remember that his peaceful presence filled that room. and he didn't have to say a whole lot. i mean, because his being just spoke so much. then again, when i was at the white house during the clinton administration, you know, you want to hear what he has to say because it's like, this man has paid a dear price. and he has conducted himself, as my father would say, on the higher plain of dignity and discipline, and you can't help but want to hear what he

dr. bernice king. nelson mandela and dr. martin luther king were cell mates.e in a birmingham jail, he in robben island jail. >> and they both sort of helped each other. they both worked on each other's mission. there's a bond there. there's a link between dr. martin luther king jr. and nelson mandela. even though they never met. >> they never met. and king was assassinated long before -- >> 1968. >> yes, before mandela was released from prison. but mandela read about martin luther king. mandela did not go into robben island a nonviolent man. he came out of robben island intent somehow upon bringing his country together in a peaceful revolution. this was a racially torn society. the whole notion that it could come together in peace to solve that problem was beyond anyone's imagination. he did it. >> i assume there'll be a huge congressional delegation that will want to go to south africa. >> certainly. >> have you been hearing about that already? >> well, remember, congress is gone at the moment. when this occurred. >> for this, many members will want to join

like dr. king, he would give claims to moral necessity of racial justice.re a brutal imprisonment that began in the time of kennedy and khrushchev and the cold bar. emerging from prison, he would like abraham lincoln, hold his country together when it threatened to break apart. like america's founding fathers, he would erect a constitutional order to preserve freedom for future generations, a commitment to democracy, and rule of law, ratified not only by his election but by his willingness to step down from power after only one term. given the sweep of his life, the scope of his accomplishments, the adoration that he so rightly earned, it is tempting, i think, to remember nelson mandela as an icon, smiling, detached from the poverty and affairs of men but madiba himself strongly resisted such a life portrait. instead, madiba insisted on sharing with us his doubts and his fears, his miscalculations. >> i am not a saint, he said, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying. it was precisely because he could admit the imperfection. because he w

with dr. king.er speaking to the people of jefferson county, there is no doubt racism is alive and well in the south. and i think it's growing. this is what an alabama public school teacher came to the microphone and said. >> i have been a part of public education since 1970. when the schools were first integrated. i see more hatred in the south now than i ever saw in 1970. and i tell you why. it's being preached in the pulpit. it's in the white churches. they are teaching people that if you vote anything but republican, you're going to hell, pretty much. >> oh-oh! mr. o'reilly, couldn't you have used that sound bite? el well, no, you know a heck of a lot more. it's all stereotyping, isn't it? >> is it going to be jumping into the spit fire? all the things that made america great, equal rights, civil rights. workers' rights. women's rights. now under attack by the conservative movement in our country. >> i enjoyed all things in london. it was fun. they want to hear from a liberal and the perspective

. >> dr. king. >> what did your daddy do? >> something special is go on there. >> i know your son is a freedom writ writer. >> i never understood what you all really went through, and you changed my heart. >> there is a whole black power movement going on. >> you know what they're going to do -- >> get out of my -- >> i'm sorry, i didn't mean -- >> we have no tolerance for politics at the white house. >> i'm cecil gains. i'm the new butler. >> i didn't do it to make an important civil rights movie. it's not about the civil rights movement. it was a father and son story that was something we didn't see -- >> i can't consider it -- >> we're fighting for our rights. >> hey! who are you talking to? >> i brought you in this world, i'll take you out. >> it wasn't until we shot a bus scene on a bridge where countless african men were lynched. and we were on a bus, a freedom writers bus. and i'm on the bus, with the kids, and i'm yelling action, and from nowhere comes the kkk, the hoods, the swastikas, the hoods, rattling the bus. i

nelson mandela and dr. king never met. africa and inspired by him. joining me now the son of martin luther king, jr. it's great to have you with me, sir. your mom and your sister bernice, they all traveled with you as you attended the inauguration of mandela. tell us what it was like, that kind of impact that was had on you and your family in 1994 and what that meant knowing the history you were coming from here in america. >> first, i would say thank you for the opportunity. as we mourn this loss for our world. but i remember in 1986 actually protesting at the south african embassy along with my mother and sister where we were arrested. of course, in 1994 going to south africa twice, on two occasions, one during the electoral process and, of course, for the inauguration, which was, of course, a celebration, which was really, in a sense, earth shattering to see the first african head of state of that wonderful country who really taught us about the power of forgiveness. that is what i believe president mandela represented.

parks in the front of a bus and said i'm simply not going to move anymore and the young minister dr king begin what became of the civil rights movement as we know it today and it was through that effort that in one nine hundred sixty three sixty four sixty five the civil rights movement grew and dr king ultimately was in the rose garden with president johnson to sign the civil rights in the voting rights act so it's the social movements working in concert with those inside the system that also will bring about that change who thought that a southern president under lyndon johnson would do that but between the assassination of john f. kennedy in the civil rights movement on that pressure and then fly. only i would end with the anti-war movement when buddhist monks started the self in your late under offices robert mcnamara a young activist began to gather at the pentagon as early as sixty three and sixty four how does not lead to bell labs or get others to cut the purse strings and vietnam so i think it's a combination of the two it's what we do as activists what we do as citizens to move

when dr. kingon the nobel prize, the first statement he issued was issued with chief otuli who had won before him. and he was the founder of anc. and nelson mandela's predecessor. so our movements go way back, almost 75 years together. >> hold one minute, ambassador young. i'm going to ask you to hold one minute. thank you charlene, i'm going to let you go. and i'm going to hold ambassador young. because joining us live from right outside of mandela's house in johannesburg, south africa, is nbc's ruhit kutru who's outside of the mandela home in south africa. what can you tell us is going on outside? >> reporter: well, al, there is an incredible crowd here. a gathering of perhaps a hundred people of all ages of black and white. a true representation of south africa. one interesting observation is perhaps how young this crowd is. i would estimate two-thirds of people who are less than 25 years old. people who have no memory of the darkest days of apartheid. but such is mandela's legacy that he means

vision of a non-racist, non-sexist country which certainly has a compatible legacy in our country's dr. kingights movement here, which it's interesting there was a symbiosis between the civil rights movement and south african movement, they took a tremendous amount of inspiration from dr. king in the civil rights movement in the united states, if you think about 196 3, he went to prison in 1964. >> there is no doubt which gets me to the next question from professor ogletree, in terms of the impact that the anti parti movement around the world had and here in the united states had on the end of a paratide, how significant was it? >> it was very significant. remember, anderson, this was during the regan administration and ronald reagan opposed what we were doing and have towed issues to talk about opening up the system in south africa to end the partide. thousands of people got arrested in washington d.c. and i got a group of lawyers together to represent them for nothing. they were released and not charged with an offense. it was a national issue, black, white, male, female, people on the lef

. >> dr. king said that there is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. so that the sum of the man is -- we have talked about the night side of woodrow wilson. what is the enduring legacy? >> he wasn't a hater. he really wasn't. again, certainly 100 years later, it looks terribly wrong. it was ironic that he was so regressive because he was so regressive and almost everything else. it includes the modern income tax which he thought was more fair for middle and lower class people. the federal reserve system he thought took away the power from five or six bankers. he put the first jew on the supreme court and began shattering these glass ceilings. foras opening a few doors americans. internationally, he was a real idealist. and he could bring about a greater peace, he thought, through a league of nations. he was really the first one to say that there should be an international parliament. didn't buy his league of nations. a place where they could sit and discuss problems. it as how important was a precursor to the united nations? cracks i think it is everyt

dr. king's i have a dream speech.t was both an encapsulation of the progress and the energy and the hope but also the challenges like the voting rights act that you were talking about and the voter i.d. laws and how far we still have to go in the march for equality. >> joy? >> i think the defining moment for me had to have been the zimmerman verdict, the george zimmerman verdict in the shooting death of trayvon martin. it was that moment i felt every person i knew collectively held their breath for that verdict to come down. and the sense of collective shock. you were so involved in terms of looking at the activism of just trying to get that to court. just how difficult that was. not to get an outcome but even a case to happen. i think it also defined the racial polarization in the country. it split the country down racial lines. it was unfortunate, but it was a truthful moment. >> i have to agree with all of you. i think the zimmerman verdict was crucial, the supreme court i was there for the arguments. crucial. and

we heard charlayne make the comparison and like dr. king, nelson mandela, rejected by many, labeled a terrorist until 2008. but with the push from journalists of color, lawmakers of color, eventually, pointing to the truth, this is the man we remember today, not this man vilified or this creature that never existed. >> he never existed as a terrorist. he was a product of the university which was methodist congre congregationalist and tribal values are essentially geared towards reconciliation and living together. what happened in this country was our civil rights movement became integrated, he was sentenced in '62. that was just right after the freedom rides. it was just before we went into birmingham. and while we were in birmingham, i think somewhere around there the sharpville killings occurred. and so our movements moved in parallel. i first went with arthur ash in 1974. and when we came back, we came back determined that i was in the congress then. that we were going to start the process of sanctions. it was interesting to me that we c

first thing in the morning, before i spoke to the national press club, we went to the dr king memoriali thought of his, "i have a dream" speech, and it was given on the steps of the lincoln memorial. we went there and saw president lincoln there. when we looked across the mall to the far end, i saw it has the national nut house, just the day opened. >> the national nut house would be the capital, the house of representatives and the senate. >> yes. >> tell me about that. >> you use the word whacko. word. >> i used that word in the speech. the tea party people are crazy. i mean, they are luna ticks. they closed down the government, throw people out of their jobs, hundreds of thousands of people and say that they are doing to ultimately in the interests of creating jobs. madness. and, you know, my life has been shaped by that kind of situation - madness, craziness by our democracy and shining ideals of our dem okay wassy mem wrorial esed by the -- memorialized by the monuments at the other end of the mall. incarcerations of japanese-americans was crazy. they didn't incars rate the japane

comparing him to lincoln, and dr. king. >> you ,change laws, but he also changed heart. >> the president added,mandela's work is not done. >> harold the world today, men and women are stimimprisoned for their political beliefs and still perse perse persecuted. >> he shook hands with raul castro whose nation has been a u.s. enemy for decades. despite the politic, everybody here today came to honor, remember, and celebrate a man who united and inspired generations. nelson mandela's body will lie in state for three days and then on sunday, the burial and final good-bye in a family plot in the small town of cunu. in south africa, derek mcginty, wusa9. >> today also marks the 20th anniversary of the day that mandela, south africa's last and apartide clerk sieved the nobel peace prize for their efforts to bring peace to their country. and don't miss derek mcginty as he hosts a special, mandela, the man and the message 7:00 p.m. this friday. we'll explore his lasting legacy. >>> with president oh bomb many's approval ratings at

dr. king said injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.ell not anymore. [ applause ] >> because in the -- [ applause ] >> -- in the three years since we passed this law the share of americans with insurance are up, the growth of health care costs are down to the slowest rate in 50 years, more people have insurance, and more have new benefits and protections, a hundred million americans who have gained the right for free preventive care, the more than 7 million americans who saved an average of $1,200 on their annual prescription, more people without insurance have gained insurance. more than 3 million young americans have been able to stay on their parent's plan. the more than half a million americans and counting who are poised to get coverage on january 1st, some for the first time, and it is these americans that will ultimately determine the fate of this law, not any poll. [ applause ] >> it's the measurable outcomes and reduced bankruptcies and reduced hours that have been lost because somebody couldn't make it to work, and healthier k

dr. martin luther king made a visit to dallas. it's not widely known by historians. they try to amplify the story for perhaps the first time. he had been warned to stay away from dallas. yet he decided to give a speech about unity and ending the polarization in america and a bomb threat was lodged against him not long after that. the leading head of the anti-kennedy movement it's americana meant general edwin walker booted out of the military by kennedy, a kuester brainwashing has troops and reading john birch society literature a few months after the attempted assassination perhaps dr. king, general walker was almost assassinated in dallas by lee harvey oswald. an alleyway behind general walker's house put it gone on a notch and try to kill general walker. 1963 just kept getting more and more hot. neiman marcus, the famous store downtown, a lot of you know from the finest store in this part of the country was coated with swastikas. folks are coming out. the holocaust survivor in the spring of 63 came out and found a cross burning and it culminated in october a month

dr. king and how historians have treated her. in the shadows of her husband, paul robeson and rosa parks seen as one-dimensional and away. i can't tell you how many people said paul robeson's life. i knew we had a wife, but i did know much about her. the vendor robeson was a remarkable person and a biographer because he is such a red flag. that made my job a little easier. she began and quickly shifted to serve but the manager, publicist, et cetera. that's not her main contribution or accomplishment. i was most drawn and interested and excited to do this work. i mean that on a global stage. the importance of telling her story in particular and rosa parks of the international significance of their political contributions. the colonial activist, a writer, a u.n. correspondent, anthropologists. she traveled to travel to africa in 1936. after italy had occupied ethiopia, she took a ship down to uganda. at a time when not only difficult they met with some of the anti-apartheid struggle close to my heart for many, many years. what is s

their gandhi, their lincoln, their mother theresa, their dr. king, and their fdr all rolled into one. nelson mandela wanted a country where babies were born into freedom and equality. of the two, it is equality that for so many remains a long walk. which brings us to tonight, after a day of heavy rain tonight's fog has blotted out the union buildings behind us. but beginning in a few hours, this is where nelson mandela will come to lie in state as the long farewell continues right up until burial next sunday. >>> that is for us our broadcast on a tuesday night. thank you for joining us. i'm brian williams reporting to the from pretoria, south africa. we, of course, hope to see you from our new york studios tomorrow evening. good night. ♪ >>> right now at 6:00, anger outside santa rosa city hall. the protesters you see here are trying to crash a city council meeting to express their outrage over the death of a teenager and the return to work for the sheriff's deputy who killed him. thanks for joining us. i'm janelle wang in for raj mathai. >> i'm jes

dr. martin luther king jr.' >> congratulations back 50 years, john lewis was 23 years old, congressman and youngest person ever to speak at the rally and now you have that dubious distinction. and you had april lot to say. asean, congratulations. what was it like standing in front of there in front of all of these folks? >> i felt pretty proud of myself just to know that i -- i have changed the world and i have made a big difference in my life. >> well, it has made a big difference. where do you get the guts at the young age to speak up at the age of 9 years old and telling it like it is? >> well, i really think i get it from my parents and great grandfather. he was at that march when dr. martin luther king spoke. i feel proud to know my grandfather was here 50 years ago and now i'm here 50 years later. >> i have a dream. >> our favorite trenders of 2013, plus -- forget the scripts we're doing it live. >> look at the show uncensored stay with us. >> he's a dancing machine. ♪ to the left to the left honestly, my

comparing him to gandhi, lincoln and dr. king. >> he changed laws.but he also changed hearts. >> reporter: the president added mandela's work is not done. >> around the world today, men and women are still in prison for their political beliefs and are still persecuted for what they look like, and how they worship and who they love. that is happening today. >> reporter: before talking about mandela's legacy of reconciliation, he shook hands with cuban leader raul castro. south african oscar winner charlize theron and proctor bono -- rock star bono were among the ones in the crowd. they came to honor and remember and celebrate a man who united a nation and inspired generations, alphonso van marsh, johannesburg south africa. >> tributes are also planned here in the united states including one this week in washington, d.c.. there the oakland based pacific boy choir academy will make the ceremony. the one trip in 2009 was to mandela's home. >> being in his house, seeing where he stood with like where he got all his great ideas. >> the event in washington

is being called their george washington, their gandhi, their lincoln, their mother teresa, their dr. kingall rolled into one. nelson mandela wanted a country where babies were born into freedom and equality. of the two, it is equality that for so many remains a long walk. which brings us to tonight, after a day of heavy rain tonight's fog has blotted out the union buildings behind us. but beginning in a few hours this is where nelson mandela will come to lie in state as the long farewell continues right up to burial next sunday. that is for us our broadcast on a tuesday night, thank you for joining us. i'm brian williams reporting to the from pretoria, south africa. of course we hope to see you from our new york studios tomorrow evening. good night. this country was built by working people. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff.

couldn't make any little mistakes anymore and that's a hard thing to come to grips with i interviewed dr king a couple times spencer i knew nelson mandela spent time at his house interviewed him you played him yeah i always like to play a living person with nelson and now i believe. the saddest thing about that is i never got to talk to him before. so i felt like i was kind of stealing but i knew that he had sacrificed most of his freedom and his his youth for everyone else so all like it felt amazing because i can grab from the sorrow but also you know garnish some of the hope that he had and i was a changed man from that moment forward because you can't you know when he got circumcised at sixteen years old you know they have to if you give me a moment you know they take seven or eight boys out of the village and they put them in front of the schama and you know they have their manhood sitting there and the shopman comes by and he grabs the four skin and he comes down with it with a hatchet and he chops off the four skin and they're supposed to say immediately indian door which means i am a

we connect lines to dr king tut to senior research fellow at korea institute for defense analysis the study so much for talking with us. wouldn't it. ken was the most distinct feature of today's ceremony compared to last year's if you found noteworthy the backdrop of a pit stop the execution of it done and packed up to the pulpit that it didn't go back to the notification of cucumber on top of the book and olivia to you the future so keep that they did it at that ceremony. the bologna the obvious the tale. canning and the cd with all that he could but then the defeat of fifth of april. secondly i think you need caffeine but i've yet to tee it up. both the tokyo. the morning. for more. we are to grow up and yet appear to be fifteen of the minority mock going to be aware that all the time. well i had to be made of. on monday. the duration of the theater. the weapon then get a phd up. more on with your crafting ideas of what you typed up higher level of life in them. bulletin of the people of the forty overs of the town from there. in a preppy look problematic given the keys. you know st

we do it because dr. king was right. life is an inescapable networking of -- what is happen to people in harm's way can impact us tomorrow. we are all blessed and therefore for the grace of god especially those of us who along the guflt -- gulf coast. if you can talk about the children. and finally, i would like to mention they were helpful and knowledgeable about the issues we had to deal with. and smoke up and made some great points about that are important to the people. not only in us but our ability to message these things that we saw. i want to give my expression of appreciation to both of them. i yield back. >> thank you very much, mr. green. people caiment up to us thank us for being there for the assistance. not just whether we were in the churches but even in an airport. people would come up. we had the opportunity they had a basketball game the two professional teams to try to raise money for the effort. the two teams happened to be the next morning on the same flight we were flying on. and each one, a they ca

couldn't make any little mistakes anymore and that's a hard thing to come to grips with i interviewed dr king a couple times since and knew nelson mandela spent time at his house and viewed him played him yeah i always like to play a living person. with nelson and now i believe the saddest thing about that is i never got to talk to him before hand. so i felt like i was kind of stealing but i knew that he had sacrificed most of his freedom and his his youth for everyone else so all like it felt amazing because i can grab from the sorrow but also you know garnish some of the hope that he had and i was a changed man from that moment forward because you can't you know when he got circumcised at sixteen years old you know they have to if you give me a moment you know they take seven or eight boys out of the village and they put them in front of the shopman and you know they have the manhood sitting there and the shopping comes by and he grabs the four skin and he comes down with it with a hatchet and he chops off the four skin and they're supposed to say immediately indian door which means i am a

reverend, i -- >> question of the personal transformation is tested by one's commitment to what dr. king calls a beloved community. it dutch reform church in south africa committed to personal salvation as construed by religious folks but did it not play out very well in terms of their theology. their theology embraced apartheid. >> i know. but what i want everybody to get across on this day, you know history is taught in america now. it's not taught. particularly about countries about south africa. he could have gotten out of prison. all he had to do was tell that apartheid government do you know what? you're not so bad i'll work with you. he wouldn't do it. 27 years. just think about. that no matter what else he did, no matter what he believed in, what he didn't accomplish, just that, that sacrifice for his people, elevates him right up here. gentlemen, thank you very much. next on the run down crowley and combs will react to the legacy and exploitation of it. later michelle bachmann on why americans see >> true confessions tonight. you think? >> you're committed leftist. i've known yo