. >> there it is, there i am with reverend jessie jackson. he's taking the phone so the reverend can put his wife on the phone to give a hello. the morning i met former president nelson mandela. he spoke to me in an incredible voice that is unique and said, "morgan, are you here to visit me." he was reading four papers, one in africans, english, zulu. his mind was sharp. he was brilliant, vibrant, all the things you would expect. >> when you lived in south africa, what was it like when you were there? >> when i was there it was surprisingly still very racially tense. this is something that is not foreign to me, because i am a southerner, and i come from greens bro north carolina which has racial tension, like a bad hang over from the 1960s that put us on the map. when i lived in south africa, it was not foreign to me, but it was different. this is what i hear. my parents, african mernts, grew up in segregated schools experienced. i was fresh out of college. here i was, a grad with my backpack travelling the world. they have this understanding

he never lost the sharpliness of his mind. >> reverend jessie jackson.l jazeera will return in a moment with more on the life and legacy of nelson mandela. >> it was more than 20 years ago that mr nelson mandela visited atlan atlan atlanda -- atlant ageorgia and paid his respects. robert ray is at the historic site. >> we have a special privilege, al jazeera america does to be at the king site at downtown atlanta where martin luther king and his wife are buried behind me. june 27th, 1990, nelson mandela at the tail end of his american tour stopped here in atlanta. some of the first things he said when he got off the plane is it reminded him because of his home town of south africa, because of the landscape and warmth. it was a hot day. it was a whirl wind tour around the state of georgia, as he was escorted in a bulletproof limousine and brought out at three locations, morehouse college being one, where he was made an honorary morehouse man. after that, as you can see, the cameraman can zoom in, he was brought to this site where martin luther king is bur

i was invited to meet president nelson mandela and president jacob zuma while reference rend jessie jackson was in down. i never forget nelson mandela greeting me in that voice, "how nice to meet you, young lady." highs mind was sharp and he had a charisma. i met his grandson, who later told me about the important example his grandfather set for him. >> he came out of gaol and said, "i don't want to take revenge, i want to create peace and mover forward. for me i'm continuing what has been started by our grandfather, involved in the liberation movement across africa. >> i'll never forget what dooeb said in the end, "when we feel like we are running out of time that's when it's important to take our time. and i will remember his legacy. >> i was not the only one with a special memory. president obama met nelson mandela in 2005 and will travel to south africa to attend memorial services. he'll be joined by former presidents bill clinton and george bush. >> 2013 is poised to be the best year for hire since 2005, before the recession. year low and is at 7%.l to a of the u.s. economy gained more

. >> there i am with reverend jessie jackson and nelson mandela. he is take the photo so the reverend can put his wife on the phone to give a quick hello. the morning i met former president nelson mandela, he spoke in his incredible person and said, "morgan, are you here to visit me this morning?" and was reading four newspapers, one in afrikaans, one in english, one and zulu, and his mind was so sharp. he was brilliant, vibe rant, cheeky and charismatic and all the things you would expect from a man who changed the world. >> when you meet him for the first time he was a statue esque regal manned but he was so gentle, fine, funny. >> he was godfather to your child. >> what happened when helena was born he called and said, "i have named your child kasade because it means the one who took a long time to come", because when she sees me now she'll see an old man and start crying. >> he will be remembered as one of the people that made the world a better place. he did not like people to fuss over him, did not like the idea that people would want to say

jessie jackson, oprah winfrey and activists desmond tutu who feared he might be a no-show. speakers at the four-hour long event included family members, religious leaders and including south african president jacob zuma. here is some of what he had to say. >> once the long walk to freedom has ended, in the physical sense, our own journey continues. we have to continue building the type of society you worked tirelessly to construct. >> reporter: after the public ceremony the casket was transported to the grave site where some of his family members, including children, are buried. the plot is to symbolize his life-long struggle against apartheid and social justice. there were helicopters and jets overhead, a 21-gun salute but it was a quiet moment for his inner circle by the grave. here at mandela's long final home, now turned into a museum. there have been crowds here all day as well. those in south africa are beginning to come to grips with a post mandela south africa including all of the political challenges that that means. >> greg, thank you very much. >>> well a massive

and ahead jessie jackson on so-called apartheid in america. and later a violent feud involving lindsey lohan and paris hilton. paris believes lindsey lohan may have put out a hint on her brother. we'll have more. ♪ >>> on something called meet the press, refer and -- reverend jesse jackson said this about mandela. >> even today while we son the skin level of apartheid, the apartheid remains with gaps in poverty and health care and education. we are in the middle of the end of the apartheid story but now it has just changed faces. >> didn't see that coming. using apartheid to describe present day america. in case you noticed i'm not an older black south african, but if i were i would be peeved. but as attention getting stunts go, comparing your cause always works. and part of it is his fault. he's aligned himself with leftist ideas that have done little to raise the votes of his brethren and others who do not embrace such assumptions. jackson shows it is time for a new batch of leaders, rejecting the government bloat that has dragged so many bl

the american civil rights act visit jessie jackson said nelson mandela's dignity would be missed. >> i was in south africa in cape town on the day his body was released. his passing is sadness. he took us though great heights and depths. he used his mind and body as a living sacrifice and suffered to bring down the barriers of that system, and chose to build a new non-racist south africa, chose reconciliation over rhett pri bugs, it may be the critical judgment he made to have a south africa that would not put whites in the margin. >> south africans in the united states gathered outside a restaurant called madiba, a clan made he's known by. they released lanterns into the sky. >> i think nobody thought of him dying or anything like that. it is a shock. i think a lot of people, myself includ included, i have not taken it in. >> he's the face of south africa, and he's taken us so far. even as a continent. >> white, black, indian, he's a unifying figure. people say we'll never have another nelson mandela. we won't. in the context of being south africa. unbelievable unifying force betwee

when the president said something, jessie jackson and others said they're speaking down.e vilified, i know this personally. they'll call you an uncle tom, call you worse for simply expressing your point of view. charles: no doubt about it. we've seen it happen to amazing people, including bill cosby. and juan, i want you to check this video out, brawls break breaking out all over the country over new air jordans and i hate to say this, more often than not, it's about the blah being kids beating each other up over $200 sneakers. we'll talk to juan williams next. ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the mercedes-benz winter event s back, with the perfe vehicle that's just right for you, no matter which list you're on [ santa ] ho, ho, ho, ho! [ male announcer ] gethe all-new 2014 cla250 starting at just $29,900. time for a check of the markets of the big board. we were above 16,300. most stocks are up big. we have a loser, micron technologies, bank of america and merrill lynch. and we're out of it and we have taken profit and people are going to start selling it as well